Cross Bolt Safety. Getting old and can spell.
Type: Posts; User: JDBrowning
Forum: Leverguns
Cross Bolt Safety. Getting old and can spell.
Forum: Leverguns
I had a failure to fire issue caused by the cross bold safety. The cross bold was not milled out correctly and was being hit by the hammer which slowed the hammer impact causing some miss fires. ...
Received my Ruger .327 SP101 4.2 the 16th. The cylinder is 1.585 long and the 311008 will easily fit with plenty of room to spare. Star Line Brass is now taking back orders for .327 brass with...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Well done Beau. It appears you have finally been able to settle down from all the moves.
Take care and Happy New Year.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Bullshop Junior
I want to give the 2 stroke oil a try for case lube, can you recommend the brand that works for you?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Official name for .35 cal Mauser: When I bought my 9X57 a few years back, the dealer had some original Remington ammo probably made in the 1930's or 40's. The Boxes are marked 9mm Mauser and...
Forum: Leverguns
NVScouter, I'm with you on the Savage 99 250-3000 and it's accuracy with 100 gr bullets. Mine will group 5 shots into 3/8in group at 100 yd. My best group was 3 shots in 1 in at 235 measured yds. ...
Ed, Hodgdon.com has loading data for your 9.3. I would guess that you will need to be near the factory velocity to regulate the sighting. I had this problem with my 9.3 x 57, get a good light load...
Forum: Leverguns
I use Lyman 311008 (a non-GC version of 311316) with 5.0 gr Unique and small rifle primer. Very accurate and effective in my MOD 53.
Forum: Hunting Accessories
Buy the best you can afford and more. I have the Swarovski 8X30 and love them, they are great. I had them 15 years and should never need another pair. I visited Cabela's today and just happened to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Check this site out for loads.
http://forums.gunboards.com/forumdisplay.php?50-Swedish-Civilian-amp-Sporting-Firearms
A load that I use for general practice is 23.0 gr of SR 4759 Win Lg Rifle...
crabo, I shot a friends 329pd with 4 different loads:
cowboy at 775 fps, OK not bad at all, 5 shots fired
429421 Keith at 1000 fps, about my upper limit, stout recoil, 5 shots fired
180 Rem...
hporter. When Ruger comes out with the plain sight version, order a replacement front sight, they may already have it.
My SP101 does very good in double action but the Wolf spring kit would...
Picked up the new Ruger for a Christmas present for myself. On the range for the first time today and was happy with it. Recoil with full loads was easier on my hand than my S & W Mod 60 3". The...
Forum: Group Buy Results
ErikT,
I had the same problem with a Lee .368 sizer. What worked for me was to polish the Lee sizer with very fine emery cloth. After polishing, the gas checks will slide through the die...
Forum: Gas Checks
.375 check NO 7120 Hornady average .3547
Forum: Group Buy Results
ammohead,
Mine is a mod 46 made in 1929, 9.3 X 57 mm. I noticed in your article that you can seat the bullet out past the lube groove. I can't chamber mine with the bullet out past the front...
Forum: Group Buy Results
On the range today.
Shot 4 groups with IMR SR 4759 starting with 22.0 gr working up to 25.0 gr.
All groups at 100 Yd. 290 gr sized .368. My rifle bore is .3675. Mix is 9 lb WW,
1 lb Pb with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
To the best of my knowledge, Hornady is the only commercial source for gas checks and supply Lyman as well. We do have private concerns like Gator Checks but I'm not sure how big this company is. ...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Denver,
I am working up loads for my Savage 99 .250 with 1-14 in twist. What I have done so far is with WC 846 LOT SA LC 20521-109.
35.0 gr with a speer 87 gr bullet and Rem primer got...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for the replies. Gained some information today. Was able to get a Taracorp Phone number and they said it should be either 50/50,40/60 or 60/40 as that is all they make. They couldn't tell...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I came across several bars of Taracorp lead and am having trouble finding out it's composition. Can anyone help!
Description printed on the bar: Taracorp T T T T 2 5/8 %, bar is approx 1/4"...
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 |