Very nice find. I agree dverna, John Taylor does excellent work.
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
Very nice find. I agree dverna, John Taylor does excellent work.
Forum: Vintage Reloading Gear
i have one and it is very hand for my 32-20. Got it for free as my brother gave it to me years ago.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
You made a good choice in John Taylor. He relined a 32-40 for me. His work is excellent.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Does anyone know how to contact Tom Rowe. I would like to add my Hupburn to the list of surviving rifles
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Just a guess but that could be a 33-40 round. It was popular in target rifles. A favorite of Harry Pope in his schuetzen rifles.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a Hepburn with its original stock. These rifles are classics. The checkering on your rifle is absolutely beautiful. I am not surprised that the gentleman who did this is somewhat older. I say...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have done some research and the 25-36 Marlin looks closest. Relining the barrel is a good idea if you can do it. This preserves the length of the barrel and would guarantee proper bore diameter. I...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Barrabruce,
Thinks, i would not thought of warming the bullets. I have a nice German rifle in 8.15x46r. it is a target rifle but not a Schuetzen rifle. I think it may have been made for the Running...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Does anyone make a tool for lubing stop ring bullets? At present I am just smearing the lube in.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The 32-40 Remington is actually a 308 bore. the brass can be made from 303 Enfield or 30-40 Kreg. You can see it in Cartilages of the World. My guns original barrel was chambered in this round some...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Yes that forearm is on the later ones. This rifle was originally in 32-40 Remington which is much different from 32-40 Winchester. The original barrel was replaced and I ask my brother to save it but...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Here are the pics:click to enlarge
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
I am happy to say the work was done by John Taylor, Taylor Machine. Excellent work. I have had trouble attaching the photos so my son is going send me a link which I will post
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I am not very high tech, I will get my son to help attach photos.
Forum: Factory Rifles
I was only making about $100 a week in the middle 60s. This was when you could mail order rifles. I Could not pass up a model 64 Savage-Anschutz new $89 complete with a set of Redfield Olympic...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
i have by grandfathers Remington Hepburn back. I am 85 and it was his hunting rifle. The barrel was changed along the way. It is a long story. anyway the new old barrel was not in good shape...
Forum: Military Rifles
I was in junior ROTC in high school. Closed the bolt many times as described above with no problem. While in Basic I did not move my thumb quick enough. I had that mashed fingernail for months. No...
Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
I am with marlinman93. I a have one of each Unertl, Litscert and a Fecker. I have used them on most of my single shot rifles The Fecker is bright and super clear. I got it about 30 years ago for...
Forum: Military Rifles
Some years ago I acquired a new old stock Remington 03a3 barrel. The barrel is marked R A with 9 43. It is a two grove barrel shiny inside and straight as far as i can tell. The under side has two...
Forum: Military Rifles
I acquired an 03a3 a number years ago and just put in the back of the safe. Someone varnished the stock and put white paint in the lettering on the receiver. I got it out to restore it back to...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have a Lyman 450 which i purchased about 1960. I have sized sized at least 15,000 bullets of all kinds through it. The only problem i had was the wood on the handle cracked and came off. I put...
Bent, Thanks for the info. It has some markings on the top but I could make out Wotk but that was all. The gentleman who gave it to me had some very nice benchrest rifles at the time. This was in the...
I have an old bullet box given to me by on older gentlemen about 60 years ago. I is marked W-M Bullets, Herkimer N.Y. and 50 gr 8S. i can not bring myself to throw it away.
The box is in good shape...
I have a 2 cavity Lyman (so marked) mold 311410 which has a center to center of the boolits .480+ or -. My other Lyman molds have a spacing of .440. This does not seem like much but it puts the holes...
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 |