I think Gewehr was asking about my homemade rear sight. I think...
Type: Posts; User: gunboat57
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I think Gewehr was asking about my homemade rear sight. I think...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
It's rainy here in NW Pennsylvania, so I can't mow the lawn. And the aluminum bar stock I ordered hasn't arrived yet. So I designed another rear sight using the aluminum I had at hand. See the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Gewehr-Guy, I don't think I'll need to unmount the sight to make windage adjustment. I can adjust the windage by using long nose pliers to grip the center of the windage adjustment screw and...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Years ago I bought an Ishy No1 MkIII* which had terrible wood but a pristine bore. It cost me all of $59.
I replaced all the wood and bought a No1 MkIII windage adjustable rear sight leaf for it. ...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Still waiting for some material to arrive before I can finish, but here are some images of what it will look like. I'm using the existing M1917 sight screw and nut to attach the assembly to the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I like to shoot my Remington M1917 with either cast or jacketed bullets. Problem is that I have to shift the front sight .030" left to correct windage when shooting cast. I know that Parker Hale...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Yeah, I don't think the firing pin is damaged by leaving the gun cocked. There might be a small chance that the mainspring could take a set over time, but with modern materials it's not likely.
I...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
BobT, is the 220 a shotgun? If so, I think those firing pins are more robust than on a 30-30? My firing pin tip is .070" diameter and about .4" long. Even when you install it correctly the firing...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a first model 219 in 30-30, the model with a striker that cocks when the top lever is pushed to the right. The safety is automatically moved to the safe position at the same time.
I don't...
I have to agree that unless you know how the hammer block works, you could be in an unsafe condition and not know it. Leaving one chamber empty is pretty safe.
By the way, since I posted I got...
I recently bought an Uberti Schofield in 45 Colt with a 7" barrel. Absolutely love it so far. I can hold 2" groups at 25 yards off a rest with 260 gr LSWCs. POI is POA, too. This is in spite of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My new Lyman 31141 produces .314 bands. The mold is single cavity so the going is slow, but I've never had a mold that is so easy to make good boolits.
Larry Gibson, I followed your advice about...
Forum: Leverguns
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Here is what my R92 is wearing for now. It's the smallest pad Hi Viz makes. I slit it, punched some holes, and laced it up to make it tight. Looks bad, works good.
Forum: Leverguns
I was checking out the Whyte website and decided I would go for the soft version. Haven't called him up yet. So the Whyte covers fit the teeny R92 buttstock? I have a few recoil pads that don't...
Forum: Cast Boolits
A few years ago I ordered an Accurate Molds 315-195RG that casts .316 bands and a .304 nose with wheel weights. It has worked very well in my generous bore Enfields and my Mosin. So really my...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well, I just bought a Lyman 31141 (311041?) single cavity mold. I am hoping this mold will produce driving bands of at least .313 diameter with WW so I can use it for any of my ~30 caliber rifles,...
Forum: Leverguns
To load my bumped up .434s, I just use a Lee flaring die on the case mouth. Just a bit of a flare prevents any lead shaving for me. Adjusting the seater die removes the flare and lightly crimps....
Forum: Leverguns
Interesting that your grooves run to .433 dia. My R92 with 20" barrel has the same groove diameter. Can you tell me what .434 cast boolit you have? I make mine by bumping up a .431 to .434...
Forum: Cast Boolits
That's kinda what I had in mind. But some of my 30 cal rifles have bore/groove of .301/.310 dia. That bore riding .304 to .308 dia would give me trouble I think.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm thinking with a non bore riding boolit, I could even bump up the diameter a thou or two. I've had good results bumping a 200 gr .431 boolit up to .434 to fit my 44 mag Rossi R92.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the advice!
Bigslug, I tumble lube my 30ish rifle boolits and sometimes have the lube grooves a little beyond the case mouth in order to get close to the rifling. But I understand what...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hello all.
I am thinking of ordering the Accurate mold 30-170M with the driving bands cut to drop at .315 diameter. Since this is not a bore-riding boolit, I'm thinking I can size it down to fit my...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Old thread, but I use a drill bushing instead of a lube sizer die. An 11mm bushing lets me bump .431 boolits up to .434 dia. Using a 7/16" bushing I can go up to .437 diameter. I'm doing this to...
Forum: Leverguns
vonb, can you tell me what recoil pad you're using? I'm looking for one small enough to fit my Rossi R92.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Hi, I've been developing loads off and on for my Swede roller for about 20 years. Mine has a bore dia that is about .319 and a groove dia of .329 inch. I've found the best boolit for my rifle is...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |