all appreciated, thanks.
Type: Posts; User: chowan
Forum: Military Rifles
Well, further, then- is the rise/fall/movement of the cocking piece necessary for the the trigger to work? IOW, if the cocking piece was held stationary in the vertical plane, say by a slot milled...
Forum: Military Rifles
I make a study of old sights, apertures in particular- I never heard of the R1 until this thread; seems the Rice, too, would work on a split bridge rifle other than a Krag- there are plenty of them...
Forum: Military Rifles
-I'd have to disagree with that... ;-)
Thanks to all.
Forum: Military Rifles
Yes- by cutting the triggerguard I did mean flush to the stock by trimming the magazine, leaving the actual trigger guard in place.
Sounds you don't think it's a good idea:) Can you expand on...
Forum: Military Rifles
Thanks- that's why it's a hypothesis:)
What sights are the sights mentioned?
Forum: Military Rifles
New guy, hello.
I have a M-N bolt I want to convert to .45-70, then supply a donor receiver to it. I'm investigating cutting the triggerguard flush with the bottom of the stock, also.
My...
Forum: Military Rifles
To clarify the above then, a small ring Mauser barrel has the same thread as an '88? I had decided on a '98 take off because there are so many available, and was told it can be re-threaded to '88...
Forum: Military Rifles
Howdy-
Maybe I'm posting in the wrong place, but I'll give this a shot.
I'm slowly building a rifle on an '88 Commission Rifle receiver. I have been told a '98 take off barrel can be fit to the...
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 |