Thanks y'all for the info,appreciate very much!! lreed
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Thanks y'all for the info,appreciate very much!! lreed
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Does anyone have knowledge of a bedding compound that will bond and add structural integrity to a Remington plastic 700 stock? I've tried a test patch with JBweld on a roughed up spot but was easily...
Forum: Factory Rifles
This 700 rem stock is one of the new style fiber glass-plastic things, seems fairly rigid. I've used a gob of Accra-glass on wood stocks but never on one of these new type,hadn't even thought of free...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Does anyone have info on 700 Rem mfg in the last year or so? The Sn prefix is RAR with a NY address,.308,26 in heavy barrel, curious as to whether it was mfg before,during or after the change of...
I have a new to me Rem 700,1x12 twist,26 in heavy barrel, and an old KT10 Weaver. I plan to try for a 10 in plate at 500,using a .30xcb Pc bullet.I have several varieties of powder but limited...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I've had great luck with improving accuracy of stock Ruger barrels by facing the breech and shoulder of barrel back .125 and use in my case a match reamer,to ream until your choice of ammo will...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Hello. Can .32S&W long cartridges be loaded using .32S&W short dies, Lee dies if it matters? Thanks. lreed
Forum: Military Rifles
I had the Lee bullet problem with my .300bo,bullet nose .302,with powder coat .303,intermittent jams,bad ones! I solved my problem by making a "apple sizer ring"to eliminate any bullets made by...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks,I was curious as I had not seen rcbs dies of this sort. I have a Hollywood mfg.45Colt two die set with I think, a sizer, decapper and expander all in one die, just sorta size and sorta...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Bought a bunch of reloading stuff at a garage sale yesterday,included was a 38-357 rcbs three die set. The carbide sizing die was missing the decapper,however the expander die has the decapper pin,I...
Interesting posts.I personally would like to hear about the rifle and how you did the rimed case in a rimless feed Mauser.I have a .30-30 Mauser I put together,always interested in other peoples...
I believe there was a M98-m1950 Mauser mfg for Columbia in cal 30.06. The one I have was mfg by FN in Herstal Belgium and the barrel was serial numbered to the action.Yes it too has a bore of .298. I...
Forum: Military Rifles
There were some questions about proofing reclaimed drill rifles,Roy Dunlap in his book"Gunsmithing"page 178 gives a 10% above factory standard,about three grains above max. He states,new brass,check...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the info,went on a search for Lyman 50th yesterday,no luck locally,even my goto mail order place is sold out. I suppose there isn't too much interest(money) in developing cast bullet data...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hello; been awhile. Does anyone know of a loading manual that has cast boolit data for .300 blk out? I have been searching for hard data but have found none. I'm working with AR platform,Lee...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
It ain't how ''they" did it,but, super glue the rock to the leather after everything is fitted is hard to beat. lreed
Forum: Our Town
Me thinks the problem could have been solved in its infancy by letting the little bar-steed who did this deed live out his days in the land of his birth! Why are they here?
Forum: Military Rifles
Hello,I've built four a3's in the past couple of years ,three of the actions were from Aim,I think the actions they sell are all reclaimed drill rifles,all were nice as far as looks and function.The...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I did a 30-30 0n a 93 action,but as a single shot. If I was doing again I would go the route of turning the case heads to same diameter as the bolt face,cut a shallow extractor grove and go that...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Mortars are muzzle loading too,a feller could take one and a few bushels of corn spread out just right and do some serious deer and hog harvesting! Just saying.lreed
Forum: Our Town
Douguy, Yes,I believe the American persimmon and something called " D Lotis" is listed as rootstock for Japanese persimmons. I have grafted a few Japanese to American but success rate is not as high...
Forum: Our Town
Thanks C Latch,I will look into the Nikita's persimmon,do you have contact info for Rusty Mangrum?My understanding is the Nikita persimmon is a cross between American and Japanese trees ...
Forum: Our Town
I sure would like to hear from anyone growing Japanese persimmons in the more northern temp zones,my location is listed as 6,6b or 7 depending on whoever determines such. My wife and I really like...
Forum: Special Projects
Are the percentages by weight or volume? Thanks lreed
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Hello, hoping some of you might help me id a cannon ball that I bought at a junk sale down on the Gulf last week. The ball weighs 4.6 lbs and is a nominal 3.1/8 in in diameter . I can't place it in...
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 |