And BP loads were only used for little more than three years. Metford rifling soon washed out with cordite which was why most of the rifles were rebarreled with deeper Enfield rifling
OH, by the...
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
And BP loads were only used for little more than three years. Metford rifling soon washed out with cordite which was why most of the rifles were rebarreled with deeper Enfield rifling
OH, by the...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Those "andirions" were a pair of shells from a Civil War Parrot rifle! the people installed them in their vacation cottage, then went for a walk until the house warmed up. Took out the fireplace...
Forum: Military Rifles
they are all in my walk-in closet:wink:
Seriously they are still available but the prices have gone up A LOT
Forum: Military Rifles
Seems that the Canadians managed to re-equip themselves with SMLE's only to be told to turn them back in because they didn't pick up the bayonets as well. Later rectified.
Ross sold up and retired...
I thought the "group buy" was closed some time ago?????
Whatever happened with these? Have seen nothing on them since everybody put their names down.:sad:
Forum: Military Rifles
I still wonder what the point was in destroying the rifle?:evil:
Forum: Military Rifles
It may "look right" but it's FAR less valuable than the unbuggered version
Forum: Military Rifles
One caveat. DO NOT dry fire these rifles. The one I bought had been dry fired and the chamber was peened. Would not chamber a round. Took it back to the gun store and they repaired it
Forum: Military Rifles
Six P14's and one M1917(with RCAF property stamp)
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Well I did buy a Lyman black powder measure, and I use the aluminum Drop tube with it.
Forum: Our Town
I never could understand WHY you had to type on a telephone!
My other question is WHY if you need one, do you need to have all the other features?
Forum: Our Town
Best thing about the surgery is I can drive at night and oncoming headlights no longer look like firework starbursts
Forum: Military Rifles
Slight correction . Neither SSA or NRF, when SSA was taken over by the gubmint produced complete rifles. Only recievers, barrels, trigger guards and barrel bands.
The firm was used as a "Feeder...
Forum: Military Rifles
Got to agree , it's an election year and the Somali wants us gun owners to vote for him.
NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!
Forum: Military Rifles
Couple of 71/84 mousers
Couple of Swiss vetterlis (converted to centrefire)
Kropatchek
Swede Rolling block
Egyptian rolling block in .43 spanish
Sniders (rifles and carbines)
Martinis (both...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
At last!!!:awesome:
Will we be notified on this thread? I do NOT want to miss this, or by email?
check book at the ready!
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Depends on which vintage M&H you have. While they all will accept a 44-40 case, there is a difference in bullet diameters between 44 Winchester and 44-40.
I have a pair. One will accept 44-40 but...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Now folks you got to realize them hazmat fees are just the gubmint protecting us from all those trucks that used to blow up every day on the highways while carrying Black powder.
We gots ta...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
How about reducing the amount of powder you pour into the cartridge case?
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Any military firearm in the U.K. sold out of service is required to go through proof before it can be put on the civillian market. (even if it was on a military firing range the day before)
Forum: Military Rifles
My No4 was converted to 7.62x39 by Black River Armory. Uses Czech single stack AK mags.
By the way is was a bubba job to start with, so no original rifle was harmed in the process.
Forum: Military Rifles
Keep in mind a Lee Enfield is NOT an M16. Each magazine was fitted to the rifle and it was only to be removed when cleaning the rifle.
The ONLY Enfield that had a spare magazine was the Lee Metford...
Forum: Military Rifles
I think you meant gaging the ammo in Aircraft Vickers. I once saw a WW1 pic of aircraft belts being loaded. Hanging from the table was a vickers barrel, and each round was dropped into it before...
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 |