Change the bolt head to one of the right size perhaps.
Type: Posts; User: LawrenceA
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Change the bolt head to one of the right size perhaps.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Buy a standard triangular file and take a dremel or belt sander and take the teeth off one side.
Failing that then there is a long lot of stoning involved.
Brownells sell one but it is atrociously...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I agree with blpenn its a SMLE bayonet. MA means is it was made in Lithgow Australia and the broadhead designates military acceptance.
Forum: Our Town
Oldest ones I use.
Trapdoor cadet269454
with a gould bullet
And 1830's'40's 14G shotty269455269456
Forum: Leverguns
I find it funny that they are extolling the virtues of a gun you need to empty to kill a smallish bear.
I hate to think some idiot is now going to go 45 Long Colt Hmm BEAR KILLER!!!
I is gonna git...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Having said that I just bought a an unused Lyman 58 minie mold for 50 bucks
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Had mine out last Saturday.
Belgium 14 Gauge 266329
266330
Izz funnn:bigsmyl2:
Forum: Our Town
Seems to be dying for modern guns but growing for those that prefer old school smoke poles.
Like Stubach I prefer wood.
Nothing nicer than a nice chunk of tree.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The 45-70 is not a paper patch calibre. Never was.
There is no throat cut in the chamber so you would need to be ultra careful with the length of the patch protruding I think.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
When you say build it depends what you build exactly. Youtube has a fair bit of info on builds.
Just search on muzzle loader build or long rifle build.
Track of the wolf, amongst others, sells...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have read that most hunters would take considerably more powder than they carried lead for as they would recover lead from their kills. That was the story anyway.
I believe Benjamin Franklin was...
Forum: Helping Hands
I believe that little gizzo at the bottom is to adjust the sight up and down on Mosin Nagants and possibly the SKS as well.
Suspect the barrel vise looking thing is to drift the front sight as...
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
It is with great trepidation I enter this arena. I hate to say it but this is my opinion and it is considered and reconsidered. I spent years reading and re reading and seeking guidance to reach this...
Forum: Our Town
Sounds to me you need to do more shootin!
Or your boolits might go stale. Why risk it?
Up here is a tourist hotspot so there are a lot of businesses that are crushed. The area has a high...
Forum: Leverguns
Have a look at Paco's page on the 45 colt (I think it is Paco). In a strong rifle it is a surprising round particularly with 250 to 300 grainers.
Forum: Our Town
No
The winged variety make a damn racket and stink beyond belief. You can smell them and hear them 100's yards away
Forum: Our Town
Remarkable!
Looking at those teeth the poor fruit don't stand a chance either.
Be careful. they might declare the whole region a National Park or something.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
You could melt it out but be careful not to heat more than necessary. Difference in a sight and a stuck bullet is how much of the barrel you need to heat. You do not want to see too drastic a colour...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a beautiful Martini in 22k Hornet.
The base is a peice of square bar undercut to go over the knox form.
3/8 dovetail on top.
Milled concave on the bottom.
Works a treat and looks like a...
Has anyone mentioned 5.5mm Velodog or the anemic to beat them all "2mm Kolibri" in a semi auto no less.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I must confess I have a sweet spot for it to. I was all mahh.. when a friend of mine brought out a 92 in 32-20 but I was surprised at what a capable little fella it is.
I now have a Revolver, Pump...
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 |