DIRT Farmer
01-10-2014, 11:44 PM
I just picked up this rifle noticed it had good blueing and except for a few small spots still had a bright reciver and bolt. The barrel looked OK as there was not a cleaningrod to be had. After some nogation it came home with me.
I fired 5 shots with no cleaning of the barrel with the neck sized cast loads I use in my 1891 Ho-made carbine I bought a few years ago, the first thing I found was the brass was very tight which I take to be a good sign.
Today I fired 20 more loads 10 with the 10B-101 load and 10 with IMR4227 at 75 yards using the famous rest between the pickup cab and open door.
Two distinct groups 2 1/2 wide by four inches high which is not bad considering the rest and the way I see sights with my fuzzy right eye. ( need to schedule with my eye Dr for cateract surgry) Any way I figure it is a keeper and if it looked better would be ugly. This one would not have gotten a passing grade in my high school Vo Ag shop class.
I sluged the barrel, Throat is .305/.312 pass through is .302/ .312 just in the muzzle is .302/ .312 mesured with a cheap caliper groves matched with my cheap mike.
The casting I used was the Lyman 314-299 sized to .314 with Hornady gas check.
I saw in the GPC catalog that they have the parts for a complete stock in the 1891, hopefully they will fit and from current prices I will have an origonal appering gun.
Did I mention the stock looks bad?
I fired 5 shots with no cleaning of the barrel with the neck sized cast loads I use in my 1891 Ho-made carbine I bought a few years ago, the first thing I found was the brass was very tight which I take to be a good sign.
Today I fired 20 more loads 10 with the 10B-101 load and 10 with IMR4227 at 75 yards using the famous rest between the pickup cab and open door.
Two distinct groups 2 1/2 wide by four inches high which is not bad considering the rest and the way I see sights with my fuzzy right eye. ( need to schedule with my eye Dr for cateract surgry) Any way I figure it is a keeper and if it looked better would be ugly. This one would not have gotten a passing grade in my high school Vo Ag shop class.
I sluged the barrel, Throat is .305/.312 pass through is .302/ .312 just in the muzzle is .302/ .312 mesured with a cheap caliper groves matched with my cheap mike.
The casting I used was the Lyman 314-299 sized to .314 with Hornady gas check.
I saw in the GPC catalog that they have the parts for a complete stock in the 1891, hopefully they will fit and from current prices I will have an origonal appering gun.
Did I mention the stock looks bad?