In 1967 I bought my first 6.5x06 cat (Heart bbl, commercial Mauser action) and made my first brass that very night. I have owned at least one 6.5x06 from then until now. Geez, that is 50 years, time flies when having fun.
Ed
In 1967 I bought my first 6.5x06 cat (Heart bbl, commercial Mauser action) and made my first brass that very night. I have owned at least one 6.5x06 from then until now. Geez, that is 50 years, time flies when having fun.
Ed
"Let us speak courteously, fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready."
Teddy Roosevelt, May 13, 1903
Decades ago, "kid" GONRA made 6.5x50.5 mm Japanese brass from .35 Remington brass
with my boyhood Craftsman Lathe Model nr. 109.21270
and Lyman/Ideal 6.5x50.5 mm Japanese HAND die.
A real adventure in case forming!
Soon after, Norma began making the brass - HUGE deal for me!
Not counting shortened shotgun rounds, a .32-20 from a .357 case.
43 Egyptian from 11mm Beaumont lots and lots of trimming
7.5 Swiss from 284 Winchester.
Funny how back in the late 60's you couldn't find boxer primed 7.5 Swiss ammo , all the stuff was Berdan primed but the 284 Winchester was easy to find , boxer primed and a trip thru the sizer got you a reloadable case. Now 7.5 Swiss is common and the 284 Winchester the hard find !
Certified Cajun
Proud Member of The Basket of Deplorables
" Let's Go Brandon !"
30 herrett back in the day and about the same time 257 roberts out of 757
8mm nambu from 30 Remington.
7mm TCU from .223 rem. For a TC contender. Was just learning how to reload so was nervous as heck. reading everything I could. Still have two boxes of that ammo loaded on the shelf. Got rid of the barrel 20 years ago.
I made .358 win from .308. Then 2 9/16 16 ga from 2 3/4 16 gauge
R J Talley
Teacher/James Madison Fellow
Half a sackful of 30-06
made upto 7x57, 9.3x62
opened up .375 RUM to use with CB for .404J
.303Br to. 410
.300 WSSM to an Aussie wildcat .458 JCE
"...Some days its rocket science, and some days it just zinc..."
219 Ackley Improved Zipper from 30 30 brass. Single shot 98 action with a douglas bull barrel, bought it from an estate sale.
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We were brothers then, we are brothers now, we are brothers forever. Currahee
.38 special to .30 Badger . Easy to do for a beginner .
Jack
Buy it cheap and stack it deep , you may need it !
Black Rifles Matter
.30-06 to 8x57.
Standard stuff; 223 ►300 BO; and 308 ►45 shotshell.
.30-'06 into 7.65x53mm, for an Argentine Model 1891 Carbine
30-06 from 270 Win had just gotten th gunafter finding 36 .270 brass at the range
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 |