the sa80 is a great rifle, apart from it hits you in the noise when i used it.
5.56 cal, lightweight and strips down good.
If you added the longer barrel with bi pod on it makes a good platoon...
Type: Posts; User: melter68
Forum: Military Rifles
the sa80 is a great rifle, apart from it hits you in the noise when i used it.
5.56 cal, lightweight and strips down good.
If you added the longer barrel with bi pod on it makes a good platoon...
Forum: Military Rifles
A good rifle is a complete rifle, happy shooting with your mauser, thats the good thing on here
everyone helps and learns.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Yes Bill,
Thanks for that, i take it your M48 is the .323 size bore etc.
Will investigate that load.
Many thanks.
chris
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Well, the boolits shot and got down range, so the powder at 32 grs is ok, but i used sized
boolit heads and i should have used unsized boolit heads, as the mold was for a 30/40 krag,
i was told....
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Just loaded up 32 grs of win 760 in 10 303 cases, going to range tomorrow, so will try. Used
150gr cast gas checked boolit head with CCI primer.
Keep you updated.
Then if that works will try in a...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Good info guys, every little helps,
cheers chris
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Come on Guys, there must be someone who has tryed that combo
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Used win760 43grs with the standard lee 8 x 57 174gr mold, quite good load but
not used any low loads.
There must be lots of people out there who shoot low loads, with the results they need.
Forum: Our Town
Sorry for your loss, prayers and thoughts with you and your family.
21 years of memories, i am sure you will treasure them.
Forum: Military Rifles
Yes the good old girls look very good and they are a pleasure to shoot, own and clean.
They are a art in there own.
Just wish i got one years ago, but have shot all the range of enfields, its just...
Forum: Military Rifles
Very nice and thers plenty of service left in the old girls yet.
Sporters look good and those sights WOW
Forum: Military Rifles
Canadian (your side of the pond) Lee Enfield No 4 MK 1* Long Branch.
Restored gun blue, varnish wire wooled off and linseed oiled with a indian colour wood
dye and sealed with bees wax. New...
Forum: Military Rifles
Well, yugo refinished Kar 98.
One thing we all agree on it shoots boolits
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Well each to their own, i do tend to knock the front sight, so i thought i better put one on.
If only we did not need metal gun cabinets-well thats the english for you
Forum: Military Rifles
Yes its a homemade bracket with scope mount on for POSP scope, mounted from mag plate.
Well spotted Sir
Forum: Military Rifles
Thought you may like this, stock done with boiled linseed oil and white crayon in the markings.
Hope you like
Forum: Cast Boolits
WEll i have been casting for about ten years and you still learn new tricks and tips, so class me as a NOOB too.
Peace too
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Hi Guys,
Took me 3 weeks to think of this money saving idea, i dont like spending.
items needed.
1. piece flat steel bar, min size 4cm long 12mm wide and about 5mm thick.
2. large hacksaw....
Well my results are better than the one i paid £25 pounds for last week.
So i set out to think of idea's months ago after reading peoples threads do this with a lathe
and that. I like to save money...
Hi Guys,
Just made a 410 roll crimp without a lathe.
Looked at other methods you guys were making them and came up
with this idea, easy simple and just a bench drill and hacksaw and metal file...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Shooting and reloading are fun, but to make a fast buck on E bay, thats a sin
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 |