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    Forum: Testing Area

    Tribfisher, Presuming that you grandfather's...

    Tribfisher,

    Presuming that you grandfather's rifle is in sound condition, a load of 14 grains of H4195 & using your current 170 grain bullet should equal that old-school factory load of the WWI...
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    NICE. = Ought to be FINE for bunnies &...

    NICE. = Ought to be FINE for bunnies & bushytails.

    yours, tex
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    falmike, My class was at a school library in...

    falmike,

    My class was at a school library in Landstul & we had students for about 50KM in every direction.

    WALDMANSHEIL to you as well, Herr Jager.
    (Those "days of yore" were GOOD days. =...
  4. skeettx, WELL SAID. = When I took my II-B...

    skeettx,

    WELL SAID. = When I took my II-B Hirsch (RED DEER) in Germany long ago, my forstmeister insisted that we wait a 1/2 hour (seemed like a HALF-YEAR to me) for him to bleed out. = He stopped...
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    John McCorkle, Exactly what I wondered when I...

    John McCorkle,

    Exactly what I wondered when I read that. = When I as single & had a house in rural NE Texas, my local friends in the PD, SD & I used to shoot .22, .32 & .38 "target loads" down the...
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    Alstep, WAY, WAY above my pay-grade, too. ...

    Alstep,

    WAY, WAY above my pay-grade, too.

    Fwiw, I saw a VERY SIMILAR Combination Gun of the 1940-1960 period at the last gun-show in The Alamo City, with an "asking price" of 1200.oo, to one...
  7. brewer12345, Fwiw, MANY a mulie/elk was taken...

    brewer12345,

    Fwiw, MANY a mulie/elk was taken in the 20th Century with a .22 Savage HP, .25-35WCF, .38-40, .44-40, .303 Savage or the .32-40WCF. = None of those rounds is a "powerhouse". ...
  8. Minerat, EXACTLY. = That is what the Armed...

    Minerat,

    EXACTLY. = That is what the Armed Forces calls "battle-sight zero" & it provides GOOD "practical hunting accuracy" likely out to 300M..

    yours, tex
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    Gewehr-Guy, I suspect that one of the...

    Gewehr-Guy,

    I suspect that one of the employees at Bremerhaven ended up with my property & despite the fact that I got (almost immediately, which I found "rather suspicious") a fairly large...
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    WayneSmith, At the time that I posted the...

    WayneSmith,

    At the time that I posted the comment, there was a message on the page but NO picture of anything, unless you count: We missed one..

    yours, tex
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    peter72, LOOKS FINE. = CONGRADS. yours, tex

    peter72,

    LOOKS FINE. = CONGRADS.

    yours, tex
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    falmike, I went to Jagerschule in FEB/MAR 1970....

    falmike,
    I went to Jagerschule in FEB/MAR 1970. = We took the test in German (which I read POORLY), qualified on the firing range in front of a Forststampsmeister & then had an oral exam by a German...
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    falmike, Would I be correct that you are also...

    falmike,

    Would I be correct that you are also a Jager??

    yours, tex
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    Der Giburgsjager, Sorry, that I was evidently...

    Der Giburgsjager,

    Sorry, that I was evidently unclear.

    I'm looking for a DRILLING or a CAPE-GUN, rather than any single-shot rifle. - A Sharps is unsuitable for small game, imo.
    (Because of...
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    SEEKING a HAMMER Drilling or Cape-Gun

    Friends,

    I'm trying to find a DRILLING or CAPE GUN with exposed/outside hammers & that is a suitable condition for hunting Red Deer & Wild Boar.
    (IF you are curious about WHY : The "border area"...
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    An Army surplus heavy-duty canvas mechanics tool...

    An Army surplus heavy-duty canvas mechanics tool bag, for which I paid 2 bucks at a local gun-show. = NOT pretty but works fine as it is very STURDY.

    yours, tex
  17. To All, Fwiw, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol &...

    To All,

    Fwiw, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol & OSBI years ago used a 220grain LHP at about 800FPS out of their .357MAG S&W 4" Model 28 revolvers, which they described as "very effective".

    yours,...
  18. Char-Gar, Fyi, the British, due to a pre-war...

    Char-Gar,

    Fyi, the British, due to a pre-war shortage of firearms, received/used a lot of BOTH .38 S&W & .38 SPL Colt's & S&W revolvers, under Lend-Lease. = SOME were US Armed Forces revolvers...
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    To All, Some 10-12 years ago, I encountered a...

    To All,

    Some 10-12 years ago, I encountered a Deputy Constable from Tyler, TX who was armed with a S&W Model 64HB, which was loaded with what he called "barrel bullets", i.e., what looked like a...
  20. Chill Wills, The old-school 200 grain lead...

    Chill Wills,

    The old-school 200 grain lead boolit at >750FPS is definitely A KILLER.
    (When I was a young deputy with the SD, that was the standard load that was issued to our street deputies for...
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    ShooterAZ, It's hard to find a better load...

    ShooterAZ,

    It's hard to find a better load than yours for general use with Garand rifles..

    Fwiw, I use NOTHING but Lake City once-fired cases (that I get FREE from a local Garand match shooter)...
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    starnbar, Frankly, I'm surprised that the...

    starnbar,

    Frankly, I'm surprised that the Armed Forces haven't pulled some out of depot storage & issued them to skilled marksmen for service in the mountains of Afghanistan.
    (The M4 is nearly...
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    georgerkahn, SORRY that I wasn't clear. = I...

    georgerkahn,

    SORRY that I wasn't clear. = I was asking "osteodoc08" for his "pet" load that is "softer recoiling & still full functioning" & preferably a GCCB load.
    (My JHP hunting load is a...
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    osteodoc08, Would you care to share your "pet...

    osteodoc08,

    Would you care to share your "pet load" that functions the Garand action??

    yours, tex
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    Char-Gar, I feel your pain. = The SAME...

    Char-Gar,

    I feel your pain. = The SAME happened to me when my first wife & I "split the sheets" in 1979. - She got my REAL Colt's Walker & promptly sold it "for peanuts".

    yours, tex
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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