Thanks for the help. I think that I found one.
Type: Posts; User: rjathon
Forum: Completed Deals
Thanks for the help. I think that I found one.
Forum: Completed Deals
I need a front barrel band screw for an early Marlin 336.
Thank you.
Forum: Military Rifles
I don’t think that it was new in the wrapper but that he thought it was new as it was in cosmoline, wrapped in paper at the hardware store. He was just a farm kid buying an affordable rifle at the...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have used Remington 200 gr round nose bullets and every shot was DRT.
I then tried Hornady 180 gr SSP bullets at a reduced load and got DRT with significantly less recoil.
Forum: Military Rifles
I’m guessing that it is arsenal refurbished as it was in cosmoline but has mixed parts. The receiver, barrel, stock, and front band are Winchester but the cocking piece is Remington and the safety...
Forum: Military Rifles
My buddy returned with the rifle.
The rifle is a U.S. MODEL OF 1917. The serial number under 100,000. The barrel is marked W 11-17 and has five grooves. After cleaning the bore is bright and...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The big question is how to go about getting the right mold for him.
I don’t have anything that he could try.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
My buddy is seeing the light. He wants to give cast bullets a go. He is having a National Match M1a built with a 1/12” twist Krieger barrel. It will have a match chamber.
He asked me about what...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
H450 is a fantastic powder for the 6.5x55 with 140gr and up bullets. In that application magnum primers aren’t needed. On a progressive it is awesome.
Forum: Completed Deals
Starline has it in stock:
https://www.starlinebrass.com/350-legend
Forum: Military Rifles
The stock is mostly inletted but it requires some bedding. What commercial “carbon black” is recommended? Any bedding tips?
The stock is nicely sanded but does have open grain.
Any help with...
Forum: Completed Deals
A buddy needs some spare magazines for his vintage Browning T-Bolt.
Thanks
Forum: Military Rifles
Sarco has new 1903 Springfield stocks for sale. I bought one and it is beautiful. It is very close to being a drop in. It has enough inletting that needs to be done to ensure a tight fit. They are...
Forum: Completed Deals
https://www.sarcoinc.com/springfield-c-stock-with-new-03a3-handguard/
Forum: Military Rifles
He said that is ammo was lead tipped commercial. One box was 150 gr and one was 220 gr. He remembered that the 220 seemed to kick harder.
Forum: Our Town
The Japanese killed over a quarter million Chinese in retribution for having helped the Doolittle raiders who made it to China.
Jimmy Doolittle’s autobiography “I Could Never Be so Lucky Again”...
Forum: Military Rifles
Thank you Larry. I think that is a U.S. Rifle M1917. My friend is nearly 80 now and he bought it when he was a teenager growing up on a farm at the hardware store. He says that it was new in a...
Forum: Military Rifles
What is a fair price for a 1917 Enfield that was bought new in the wrapper many years ago, fired less than fifty times, and then placed in a closet for decades?
Thank you
Forum: Military Rifles
Is it OK to shoot .312” jacketed (Hornady 174 gr RN) in an Enfield No4 mk2?
Thank you.
A shout out to Heebs for a great deal on some brass. It is beautiful and professionally packaged!
Thank you very much,
Russ
Forum: Military Rifles
At Grafs:
https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/12637
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Why not ream it out to 308 Win and be done with it?
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 |