You've probably already tried this, but have you ever thoroughly cleaned out and polished the chamber? Is it at all possible that the chamber of your rifle is either slightly pitted or rusted? A...
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Forum: Military Rifles
You've probably already tried this, but have you ever thoroughly cleaned out and polished the chamber? Is it at all possible that the chamber of your rifle is either slightly pitted or rusted? A...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have a couple of Lyman #36 sights on sporterised Remington Mosin Nagants, rifles that were modified into sporters, with those sights, long before WW2. The sights are really well made, and the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Nice groups! And a great idea for a receiver sight.
Unfortunately, I lack any skill with machine tools, but also got tired of non adj. windage on my 1917 several years ago. I couldn't afford a PH...
Forum: Military Rifles
I'm a long-time subscriber to Handloader, and was also very disappointed with the article. He apparently did little research, and made disparaging comments about straight-pulls that I thought were...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I just added a new RCBS Rebel to my presses, with include to 1980 vintage Rockchucker, an very old RCBS Jr2, a Lee hand press, some 310 tools.
All the RCBS presses are on plates for the Inline...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
As an aside, the POW escort guards at the Dresden train station, in that great opus "Slaughterhouse Five", are armed with Werndl's and Wanzl's.
Forum: Military Rifles
It's well documented that soldiers in WW1, on both sides of the Western Front, preferred sharpened entrenching tools and clubs as melee weapons over bayonets. Long bayonets on long rifles of the day,...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
There have been a few articles over the years in American Rifleman. going back almost 50 years, about using Teflon for bullet lubes. Iirc, theres even an article in one of their old reloading tomes....
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Sharpe's 1953 Third Edition of "Complete Guide to Handloading", page 255, discusses then-current Lachmiller products in good detail.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
http://www.three-peaks.net/Lyman_and_Ideal_Bullet_Molds.pdf
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
If I have less than a full-to-neck load of BP in my bottleneck black powder cartridges, I now use foam backer rod to fill the space. It's easy to work with, and inexpensive, and provides enough of a...
Musket percussion caps have wings to make them easier to handle, i.e., place and remove, esp. when firing in drill, volley fire, combat, etc.
CCI made 4 and 6 wing musket caps; most other brands...
Forum: Military Rifles
I guess it's a matter of tailoring a load to your specific rifle. I've used D166 and D46/D47 bullets for years, as they used to be available in different diameters so you culd "chase the bore", so to...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
https://hodgdon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/m1-grand-service-rifle-load-data.pdf
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Have you tried calling Huntington Die Specialties? They carry RCBS parts.
Old post, but more info. I have three versions of the 427103, all slightly different. One has two grease grooves and casts right at 370 grains in 100% Pb; another has three grease grooves and casts...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Digital copy is cheaper:
https://the4570book.com/shop/ols/products/digital-copy-loading-cartridges-for-the-original-45-70-springfield-rifle-carbine
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I own three Ideal/Lyman 427103 molds, and each one is different. One has three lube grooves with a round nose, a plain base, and casts 365 grains in pure lead with a diameter of .427"; the second...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
My first Lee product was a Lee Loader (cardboard box) in "7.62 Russian", i.e., 7.62x54r., in 1990. I still have it.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
https://4drentals.com/products/tool-rentals/crowning-tools/
Forum: Military Rifles
The Ethiopians added that rear sling swivel; the original rear swivel location was the front of the trigger guard.
Please post some images of the Ethiopian markings, thanks!
Forum: Military Rifles
Do you have an extra $7-10k for that? B1's are very rare and very expensive.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
If you use grease cookies in bottlenecked cases, be sure that the cookie does not sit below the case neck, in the shoulder area--the cookie, expanded into the neck area when the bullet is seated,...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I've fired thousands of rounds thru Russian Berdans in the last 25 years. When I first started, I fire formed 43 Spanish brass without any further steps, and reloaded those cases with 44 cal pistol...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
You might need to use a grease cookie under a gg boolit in the MH, just like you would normally do if shooting a PP boolit, if you get leading problems with the nekkid one. This advice from Paul...
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 |