I suggest you read the Mauser story and history in Jon Speeds book "Original Mauser Sporting rifles" Loewe made plenty of money out of Mauser as they were supposed to manufacture Rifles for Turkey...
Type: Posts; User: Brithunter
Forum: Military Rifles
I suggest you read the Mauser story and history in Jon Speeds book "Original Mauser Sporting rifles" Loewe made plenty of money out of Mauser as they were supposed to manufacture Rifles for Turkey...
In my little collection there is 4 of the Lee hammer type loaders. A Lee Loader in 270 Winchester this is an original Lee Custom tool. A Unitized Lee Load in 280 Remington the differnce is that the...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Oh forgot to mention as I had actually forgotten myself but when looking out the Lyman Spar-T press and the Lyman 450 found that I also have a Lyman .31 Long (303B) M expander die and a Lee universal...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Welcome Pete. Which part of the UK are you located?
I am out on the East Coast near Boston and am just getting to grips with gathering the stuff to start casting bullets. Luckily I thought about...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Well it seems that the Saeco has disappeared so it will have to be the Lyman 450. As I have to empty where the Saeco should have been it may yet turn up but due to the events just over 4 yars ago I...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thank you both. I will go and have a look round and see if I can come up with the Seaco sizer again. It's in there somewhere just need to move a lot of junk and find out where. Need a sort out and...
Am just thinking that for my small scale casting that a couple of Lee double cavity moulds might be just the ticket. Am looking at 900368 the 170grn flat nosed 30 cal mould. Number 900371 the 185 Grn...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Ahhh actually European use deeper grooves and 0.008" deep for each groove is fairly common in fact on checking both Steyr 6.5mm rifles had 0.008" deep grooves the bores measuered 0.256" but groove...
Forum: Special Projects
Of course due to using a much stronger action you are not limited by the low pressure to which the 30-30 is normally loaded. Some years back Petersens Rifle Shooter did an article on Souping up the...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Ahh as I have both of them already, I know where the Lyman is exactly as tripped over it the other day when looking for something else the Saeco is somewhere in there just have to move some stuff...
Forum: Casting Equipment
As we are starting to look at casting bullets am looking at what would be best to use for the sizing and lubricating the cast lead bullets for rifle. Thinking of the 303 British, 308 win, and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well that was entertaining to read..... now I have a radical suggestion to make. Instead of moaning at the mould makers why not get onto the gun manufacturers and insist that they actually make the...
Forum: Military Rifles
This is a case from my 303 Imp rifle:-
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Forum: Military Rifles
Most of the problem with case head seperations is down to undersized case webs on US manufactured brass. The web is supposed to measure 0.455" but in all the commercial US brass that I have tried...
Forum: Military Rifles
BSA when they wanted to fulfill the wishes of those hunters whom were clamouring for a lightweight rifle in the late 40's and early 50's they lightened the Majestic rifle and one such method was the...
Forum: Military Rifles
Sorry but the online photos wer elost with my Picturetrail account so I will ahve to take a few more of the cases. The 303 IMP is special it seems amde for Norman Clark of Rugby England whom did the...
Forum: Military Rifles
That looks like a Century Arms P-14 sporting conversion/build to me. Now I am interested in what scope mounts your using as Century machined the ears off and the rear bridge of the action but have...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
If the action is true and not twisted or bent then the 98 receiver will provide precision on target. Now what witht he other comments on thw "Gun Plumber" who assembled this rifle one ahs to wonder...
Forum: Military Rifles
Interesting as ever Pattern 14 or No3 as they were later known that I have come across has the sereial number stamped on the under side of the bolt handle and the number on the receiver ring of...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Well I have several "Classic" scopes from this period:-
Weavers:_
K3W
K4W
K1.5 all with steel tubes.
Khales 4L2
Forum: Military Rifles
Parker-Hale made the PH5B target rear sight for the P-14 and of course it will fit the P-17 but the adjustment scale will be calibrated for the 303 Mk V11 ball cartridge.
Forum: AirGuns
Ahhhhh surely the HW77k is manufactured by Weihrauch in Germany. Beeman are only the importers/retailers .................................. that is unless of course Beeman make a rifle and are using...
Forum: Leverguns
My problem with this question is that the rifle was not specified only the cartridge. Now my own 30-30 I would have no qualms about shooting deer the same distances as with a .308 Win chambered...
Forum: Military Rifles
I would not agree aboutt his:-
In proofing the new Lee Enfields several cartridges were dipped in "Rangoon Oil" then fired as his increased the bolt thrust on the locking lugs. Chambers...
Forum: Military Rifles
The difference is that the head space specifications were already set and established and SAMMI altered them causing much confusion especially in the US. Here in the UK it's almost unheard of to hear...
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 |