I'm loving all the input and ideas! Unfortunately, spring has sprung pretty early around here, so I've been buried with pasture/garden/greenhouse chores and not getting much fun time. :( I've got...
Type: Posts; User: trails4u
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I'm loving all the input and ideas! Unfortunately, spring has sprung pretty early around here, so I've been buried with pasture/garden/greenhouse chores and not getting much fun time. :( I've got...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Now don't you go spreading good rumors about me. I have a reputation to uphold!!!!
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Yes, sir....I did. :) Wanted to be certain you got 50 good, usable pieces of brass per our deal, so a few extra to cover any that you might not have been happy with.
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Hey Gavin; Still not getting PMs from you.....no idea why, but they're not showing up for me.
Glad you got the brass and all in good shape!
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Hey Gavin;
Sorry my man.... I haven't been getting PMs from you since the 24th, so not sure what's going on there. Funds arrived yesterday and brass will be out in Monday's mail. I'll get you a...
Forum: Our Town
glyphosate (the active chemical in roundup) is a foliar treatment, i.e. the tree/plant absorbs it through the leaves. I'm not going to say that you can't treat a stump/bole of a tree with roundup...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
My apologies Gav..... Got tied up w/home stuff. PM inbound now....
Forum: Military Rifles
Swedish 6.5 I believe.....
https://www.gotavapen.se/gota/sverige/hylsmarkning.htm
Forum: Factory Rifles
when comparing internal volume....don't use powder, but rather use water. FL size but leave primer in case. put case on scale, zero the scale, add water until surface tension on the case neck. ...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Just that...looking for 7x65R brass. New or once fired. Using it as a parent case for forming 35WCF brass.
Thanks! Chris.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Reg...that's where I want to get to. I understand it's a mountain to climb....don't know that I'll ever get to where Matt (Grumpa) was in his knowledge and ability, but I'm sure determined to try. ...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Yeah, that was Matt, aka Grumpa. Smart feller.....and missed!
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I know a lot of folks use Krag brass......super easy conversion, just run it through the 35WCF FL die. They do start life pretty short that way.... I've not heard of anyone drawing it...but that's...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I can't take credit for the idea....pretty sure I read it here that it was possible. And just a quick bit of research confirmed that, so off I went. :)
I won't throw my friend under the...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
So, I've been messing around with forming 35WCF from 7x65R. I read, pretty sure here, that it was doable so I gave it a go. I'll spare you all of the gory details and frustrations, crushed necks,...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Well....thought I'd follow up. Got lathe up and going and most of my tooling squared away, so went after my first small project this evening. I've converting 7x65R to 35wcf, and as part of that...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
It is historically accurate, and I've done nothing to correct it on mine. It's part of the charm of shooting them, 'as they were', in my opinion. Might consider the rawhide....would have made sense...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Both of mine are all original and in pretty incredible shape, both with pristine bores, good wood, cleaning rods intact and correct. As much as I would like to make them more shooter friendly, I...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
When I got my carbine I had high hopes the trigger pull would be better..... Uh....nope.
I'll second this on the meplat..... Not cast in my case, but a plated bullet....and it had to be seated MUCH deeper to chamber and cycle in a hellcat as compared to some others in the stable. Once...
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 |