Although the '98 action should physically fit in any stock, unless you use a '98 stock (or sporter made specifically for the 98) there will be an unsightly gap around the bolt handle area. Earlier...
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Forum: Military Rifles
Although the '98 action should physically fit in any stock, unless you use a '98 stock (or sporter made specifically for the 98) there will be an unsightly gap around the bolt handle area. Earlier...
Forum: Military Rifles
The 1901 rear sight is probably going to be the most popular, as it's very similar to that found on a M1903 Springfield. But I prefer the 1902, which also uses an aperture that can be raised to use...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Bought a Traditions "Kentucky" kit after trying one that a buddy had picked up, second hand. Kit went together with no trouble and is accurate and reliable. Whatever else one can say about them, and...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
He was some guy that Pedersoli booted 13 years ago.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
T/C has a great reputation, and if the bore is good to go, you should be very happy with it. Traditions: all I have fired are percussion models, Kentucky, Frontier, Hawken Woodsman, and all were...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I built one- the first and only so far, outside of production kits- from a TVM kit, an "Iron Pennsylvania". I was entirely satisfied with it, both in the quality of the parts and the stock, and it...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Try this simple two-step process and you'll be doing yourself an enormous favor. First, use a stain touch-up pen, stick, etc. to darken the scratch. Second, ignore it for the rest of your life. :-P
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Try S&S Firearms in Glendale NY. They show complete M1861 locks (#W15513) for $300.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
M1861 and M1863 locks are the same, meaning they will fit and function, but the hammers are shaped differently. The '61 hammer is sort of an upside down "J" (a holdover from the M1855 series) and...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Excellent advice. Those Criterion barrels are outstanding.
Forum: Military Rifles
I believe it's an M1891 carbine made by Ludwig Loewe. Looks like an Argentine, but I don't recognize the receiver ring crest.
Forum: Military Rifles
Nice find on your Krag. And as usual, excellent advice offered here on CB. In defense of old "Bubba" chopping up these fine old rifles, it has to be remembered that when they were sold off back in...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Good calls on the stamps, Scharfschuetze. The absence of a charger bridge is normal enough. Some got them during upgrades, some didn't. The rear sight slide would originally have had checkered bone...
Forum: Military Rifles
A 1941 Fazakerley (as Ballistics in Scotland says) is pretty early, as they only started production sometime in the middle or so of that year. The "A" suffix in the serial number means that it's not...
Forum: Military Rifles
Yes, .303 SMLE's use the same mag. Keep in mind, though: No.4 rifles and the No.5 "Jungle carbine" are not SMLE's and the magazines are different.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Still warm, crumbled into a bowl with sweet milk (as opposed to buttermilk. I feel a bit like a traitor to my heritage, but just never could hack the stuff). The yellow, sweet kind? Never knew it...
Forum: Military Rifles
Thanks for the welcome aboard, gents. Multigunner is 100% right about the butt socket safety catch being easily misassembled. I don't believe any of the short rifles (such as the OP's rifle) used...
Forum: Military Rifles
Hi All, long-time lurker here, registered because of this thread. The rifle is a MkI*** SMLE, converted from earlier MkI* and MkI** (your 1907 BSA was originally one of these) by the Royal Navy...
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 |