The spring is off the guide. It wasn't intentional. I have four No. 1s and three No. 3's, so I have removed the assembly dozens of times. On this particular rifle, though, the keeper pin got...
Type: Posts; User: Bob S
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The spring is off the guide. It wasn't intentional. I have four No. 1s and three No. 3's, so I have removed the assembly dozens of times. On this particular rifle, though, the keeper pin got...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I am in desperate need of a Brownell's/Sinclair Ruger No. 1 Hammer Spring Compression Tool. Does anyone have one that they would sell or rent? Thanks!
Respectfully,
Bob S.
Forum: Factory Rifles
Something a bit different.
Respectfully,
Bob S.
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Forum: Factory Rifles
https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2017/9/29/six-key-reasons-why-john-whidden-uses-243-win-for-long-range-shooting/
Nuff said.
Respectfully, Bob S.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Short barrel, stainless steel is not my cup of tea. Blued with 26" barrel, I'd be there.
Respectfully, Bob S
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
An old favorite for years. I think you can read the notes.
208814
Respectfully,
Bob S.
I have a T-L set for 222 (triple deuce) that has a FL sizing die, works quite well. I think I also have one for 22 Hornet, but it's lost in the "archeological dig" of my old shop. I know I have a...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
42 grains WWII surplus 4831 and 311284. X-ring on SR target prone at 200 yards; 10-ring at 200 yards sitting. From my old IHC, circa 1972. You can substitute the "new" 4831 without problems.
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Yup. Even when I was 17 I had trouble with the old targets. The original Able target had an 8 inch bull and no V ring. That was before my time, thankfully.
Respectfully,
Bob S.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
You did well, Grasshopper! Swiss, or Connecticut militia? If the latter, 43 Spanish or 45-70? Henry rifling?
Respectfully,
Bob S.
Forum: Military Rifles
You need a 120 degree vee-anvil micrometer to accurately measure slugs for a 3-groove barrel. All of my 1889's are .310 and up.
Respectfully,
Bob S.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The current LR target (800, 900, and 1000 yards) has an aiming black of 44 inches: that's the 8,9,10 and X rings. The ten ring is 20 inches, the X ring ten inches.
The old Charlie target, the...
Forum: Military Rifles
For the record, I didn't say the M48 wouldn't shoot well. Mine shot quite well after I worked over the action so that it would feed, extract and eject reliably. Mine was apparently turned in to...
Forum: Military Rifles
The bolt does not lock into the barrel, but the barrel breech bolster is way oversized compared to what we gringos are used to; and the primary extraction cams are machined into the breech face. See...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have 3 of the "Alpine sporters". I think very few of them were made from K11's, they seem to be (by serial number) shortened 1896/1911 or 1911 long rifles. I don't think the Swiss had released the...
Forum: Military Rifles
Greetings Forrest,
If you like the M48, try a 24/47. I purchased a M48 when they were $79, and I discovered as you did, that nothing fit properly. And the receiver seemed rather soft. Then I...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Me too. My first .30 mould was the Ideal 311291. That shot very very well from my first 03A3 at 100 yards. I got the 311284 because I wanted something with the legs to go out to 200 dependably, and...
Forum: Military Rifles
OP says he has a model 1889. GP-11 should not be fired in the 1889; cases for reloading should be shortened to 2.1" to avoid pinching the bullet in the shorter 1889 chamber. Throats are VERY...
Forum: Military Rifles
Char-Gar: I think you got those reversed. None of my 70's (I have beaucoup) has a release button. I think the 80 series and the Trophy series has the release, and the Trophy sights that I have...
Lyman made a FL die for the Tru Line Jr. for .222, and most pistol cartridges. Possibly for 22 Hornet also, but I'm not sure about that one.
Resp'y.
Bob S.
Forum: Military Rifles
Seriously ... don't mess with the receiver.
Resp'y,
Bob S.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The last "NM" brass I have is 1982, and it was A-136 ("M118"), not "cannelured". Not sure if any "NM" was made after that date was made after that date; I'm reasonably certain that after A-171 was...
Forum: Military Rifles
I was the guinea pig of the Navy Team for Barnett barrels (M14): I got the first one put on after the Interservice in 1990 or 91. I was happy enough with it to purchase one for my personal M1A.
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
That Lee 309160 did very well in my Model 70 International Match (.308)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/BobS1/Lee309160R.jpg
This is a really old scan and poor quality, but the load (in...
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 |