Heat treatment in that time was spotty at best. Temperatures were still gaged by color, not by proper instrumentation. This weakness is what led to the infamous "low-serial-number-Springfields" fiasco a few years later.
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Heat treatment in that time was spotty at best. Temperatures were still gaged by color, not by proper instrumentation. This weakness is what led to the infamous "low-serial-number-Springfields" fiasco a few years later.
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Cognitive Dissident
We need more cowbell.
And a pic for the thread title- please.
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Last edited by Texas by God; 03-28-2019 at 10:15 AM.
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 |