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Type: Posts; User: Mr Humble
Forum: Rimfire Area
I have found a minty 74 long rifle made in 1946. Mint bore. What should I be concerned about ? I've read that it's a horror to take down to clean.
Appreciate comments. Thanks !
Forum: Military Rifles
I bought 5 from Mitchell's about 5 years ago. All had teak stocks. Have a boat and know what teak looks/smells like.
Forum: Our Town
In WY I only clean when accuracy falls off. In FL I have the copper foil lined cases and clean if I have nothing more important ...... like posting here.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I'll go to $200 ! Let the bidding begin !
Forum: Single Shot Guns
shdwlkr wants them free ..... heck, I'll give $100 bucks for each one you want to dump.
Forum: AirGuns
Nobody ever called a 416 Rigby a "BB", as for AR, it has always meant Automatic Rifle as in BAR.
My first BB gun was a Daisy pump style some 63 years ago. It was great for picking starlings out of...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Best way is to corn it like corned beef. Except for the absence of fat, you'll never know it's deer meat.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I agree that any rimmed or belted cartridge is better set up to headspace off the shoulder BUT, in a rimmed or belted case IF the shoulder is set back, there will be no excessive headspace because of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My experience with Lee molds is that in the larger diameters they are okay. Once you get down to 30 caliber the "cheapness" starts to show up.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Our idiot Commerce Department has blocked the shipment of scopes to Canada due to all the terrorist training facilities there. Guess they have not figgered out most terrorist rifles have iron sights !
Forum: Military Rifles
Agree the Lee dies are too small for the K31 but not as small as the RCBS ones. Glad to hear Redding has it right (as they always seem to). Wanna sell your set ?
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
A couple of thoughts:
1. the 7.62x54 headspaces on the rim not the shoulder.
2. why not stick with proven powders that have been essentially the same for decades like 4198/4895/4064 etc. ?
Forum: Special Projects
An M die does not enlarge the neck diameter beyond what is correct. The top part of the M die mandrel bells the case mouth to ease bullet seating. If the belling portion of the mandrel does not touch...
Forum: Cast Boolits
"To answer the other question, it is not striking the baffles, and yes there is lead stuck to the baffles."
IME lead boolits do not "shed" metal after leaving the bore and gums up cans.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
If there is residue in the can, step one is to figure out what it is. The ID of the can should be larger than the bore. PC coated boolits should be, after coating, sized to the same OD that works...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The only "fighter" in Nam that lacked a gun was the F-4 which really wasn't much of a turn and burn fighter.
All other USAF and Navy "fighters" had guns. Most air to air shootdowns by both sides...
Forum: Special Projects
"M" dies are ease seating not to reduce neck tension. Nobody uses M dies with jacketed bullets. As cast boolits are at minimum 2 thou over jacketed bullet diameter, they can shave if shoved in a case...
Forum: Military Rifles
Your Swiss rifle would be an easy fix. Go to the library and get a few books on advanced woodworking. Should have instructions for making hidden, reinforced glue joints using epoxy glue. The barrel...
Forum: Military Rifles
No biscuits, just well fitted. Note mortise on bottom view. Swiss folks say these were made when walnut got scarce. Looking at the grain lines, it seems the two pieces were made from one piece.
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Forum: Military Rifles
I know some of the K31s (like mine) had 2 piece laminated walnut stocks. The work was so good you usually would never catch it under several decades of dirt and linseed oil. Mine came in greased...
Forum: Military Rifles
There are 2 different chambers.
The 1890 spec cartridge (dies only made by RCBS) which has smaller dimensions. Trying to size a fired case from a K31 is a bad idea. (guess how I know !)
Then I...
Took some time and fair amount of Franklins, but here they are:
Colt Officers Model Match 22 rimfire
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Colt Officers Model Match 32 CF (1 of 49 made in 1940 due to ordering error)
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Forum: Our Town
As there have been complaints filed about me, I will no longer be posting on this subject.
Anyone who wants to speak further, please PM me. Thanks!
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 |