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Single action Colt 1873 - manufactured in 1876 and in my family ever since.

Texas. Born and raised north of San Antonio... went to school in College Station and have lived the last 30 years in Tarrant and Parker Counties... I currently call Weatherford home.

I bought the smaller pot when I first started casting. I still have it but bought the large pot a couple years ago just to extend casting sessions between having to add metal. Never had a problem. ...

Most accurate is an 03A3. Right behind it by a quarter inch or so group-wise is my 1898 Krag. Unfortunately, my 1917 is just not that great a shooter. I have tried oversized bullets and several...

Yes - Ordnance experienced cracked lugs on a few rifles when they attempted to adopt the 2200 fps ammo. The ammo was withdrawn and the original 2000 fps ammo reissued. This is documented in period...

Very cool! I will love to hear how it shoots. As for the guide rib and bolt handle bearing on the receiver I suspect by the 1940s the manufacturers were much better at controlling dimensional buildup...

Thanks for the advice. I should add that I have been finger lubing these bullets. I pan lubed the latest batch but have yet to shoot these.

For my next outing I plan to shoot at 250 yards...

I purchased a new Pedersoli Sharps in 45-70 back in February and have been enjoying experimenting with it. I thought I'd share my results so far. The rifle has a long range Creedmoor tang sight and...

EDG - what powder did this occur with?

In the book firearms pressure factors the indication is that SEE is primarily a concern with powders slower than 3031. That said, the was not enough...

Regarding SEE - a good reference is the book Firearms Pressure Factors. Read the first couple chapters.

Regarding the Danish Krag - I believe what we see in the US and Norwegian Krags are just evolutions of the design. The Danish didn't choose the flip forward gate over the lower hinged gate - the...

I believe the reason Springfield decided to have the guide rib not bear on the receiver was so they could easily manufacture interchangeable bolts. The guide rib on the US Krag is one of two safety...

19 gr of 4759 under the Lee C312-185-1R.

Key is to slug your bore first. Krag barrel diameters run all over the map. Supposedly Krag's manufactured from late '99 on had tighter bore diameter...

I have been incorporating comments/advice I receive from various forum members. Many thanks for your reviews and thoughts. The online version of the book is now at v9. I intend to eventually publish...

Read the book firearms pressure factors by Brownell.

Reduced loads (below published starting loads) with powders slower than 3031 can be prone to SEE events. The phenomena is definitely real and well understood by ballistics engineers.

Thank you sir!

Mine has the 1901 sight which is very similar functionally to the 1905 sight that is on the Model 1903 Springfield. I didn't use it a whole lot before I added the Redfield target peep sight which I...

Thank you!

Don't you love those target sights?

Somebody did a very nice job on your stock fore-end.

Many thanks. If you have comments/criticism, please forward to me by PM and I will try to incorporate into revisions. I'm up to version 8 now uploaded. Every time I look at it, I find another typo or...

Moderators - please move or delete if this violates a rule (I checked and could find no rule prohibiting this).

I published my first e-book: Development of the Krag Jorgensen Rifle for the US...

It's all about the base! If the base is good then it will take a pretty major imperfection to screw up the trajectory. The base geometry is important because it affects potential for gas cutting and...

I neck size my Krag brass using a Lee 303 Brit neck size die. This works fine in my Krag with a .312 bore.

2400, 5744 and 4759 all have about the same quickness and all are excellent powders for reduced loads in rifle cases. I've never heard of a SEE event with powders in that burn rate region. As you...