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I suspect you need more blood pressure meds Sam... you seem to be on the attack lately.

I should measure my overclock WHY exactly, besides what your precious manuals state? Why would I be bothered...

A picture speaks a thousand words...

Sam won't listen, so why bother?

Sam,

The document you cite also lists 45 ACP - again, an obsolete calibre in US military service unless M1911A1's are still being issued?

Yes, as far as I can determine, the US stopped manufacture for military use in the 1960's, apart from M72 match ammunition, which has ceased some time back.

What firearms in US military service -...

I started to type before could you please explain a single US military issue or reserve issue firearm in 30-06? (I deleted it as I was not sure of my facts) I believe even MOST of the match M1...

I think I have that article still somewhere. Yes, it's a fact about the sniper and his HT in Korea... he certainly wasn't too upset with Mk VII penetration/effectiveness, but the Koreans/Chinese sure...

I really hate to burst your self-esteem bubble Sam, but actually there were MORE requests for you to be banned than there was for Ed Horton!!!!

I quote directly from Gunboards...

Gee Sam, I just going to have to ban you again. Seems your ban expired by me pushing the wrong button. OOPS!

If you'd only kept quiet.

I am still not sure why Sam keeps bringing up Pakistani ammunition - considering it is all post-WW2, all made for and used by...PAKISTAN...and every surplus shooter knows to avoid it like the plague,...

There we go, Reynolds again... one man's limited account from 80 years ago, now proven many times in many aspects to be WRONG.

Shall we refrain from calling Sam "Multitool" please, as it implies he has a variety of uses - which he does not.

Brits didn't admire the German sniper rifles.... where, pray-tell, did you dream...

I must thank Bill and John for a darned good laugh and chuckle for the last few pages, and Sam for cut and paste, cut and paste, cut and paste cut and paste, cut and paste, cut and paste and cut and...

Partially correct. French Law permits rifles in ORIGINAL calibre under certain number limitations, if to be used in matches etc.



I would hardly call the Lithgow single shot target rifle a...

Sam,
A WAG was all you were going to get - some of us do not have the "anality"to be bothered to precisely measure how much past-TDC a bolt head rotates. I could measure it, and it would be...

I would not rely on Reynolds too much - there is a LOT of bad information in it, and a lot of VERY VERY outdated assumptions and flat-out incorrectness (his glaring examples are the heavy barrel...

I guess I wrote it poorly - I meant that seeing the bolt head is locked into the action guide rib, when the bolt is cammed open, the bolt head runs FORWARD on the bolt (unscrews by almost 90...

Sam,

When I "quoted" 10 to 20 degrees, I was not measuring it with a dial calliper or a protractor - I was making a WAG. 7.5 degrees does sound about right. It's not much anyway.

If a SMLE will...

Safe queens? Out of the 190 I had in the safes at one point, maybe 10 were safe queens. The rest were well used, and I needn't explain about the bolt heads...

10 to 20 degrees is HARDLY a quarter...

Darn it, I better go tell the 3 unissued (as in NEW, never issued, unfired from proofing) Lithgow SMLE III*'s they are out of spec because all 3 of their bolt heads line up past the rib... damn it,...

Errrr.....

Overclocking bolt head is NOT a problem - it is DESIGNED to - it's SUPPOSED to rotate at least 10 to 20 degrees past alignment with the bolt rib. IF it lines up tightly WITH the rib,...

gew98 is right... that buddy is me!

First, let me relate a couple more recent episodes of the Springfield M1903 as related to me by a friend who is a competition shooter of milsurps in the USA (he...