I found the lee dies worked the neck a lot on my K31, but that is a different chamber.
Slug your bore. I have several 1889s and one of them, the earliest, has a smaller bore. 305 or 303 if I...
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Forum: Military Rifles
I found the lee dies worked the neck a lot on my K31, but that is a different chamber.
Slug your bore. I have several 1889s and one of them, the earliest, has a smaller bore. 305 or 303 if I...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I shoot 310 cadet. They are very accurate and make a great subsonic calibre
The bore on mine is about .321/322. I use the RCBS 310 cadet bullet which I size to .323.
They are great guns but a...
Forum: AirGuns
If it is for fun shooting, get a spring gun. They are a lot harder to shoot and more fun. For competition, whatever the rules allow. For hunting, probably a PCP because it is easier to make humane...
Forum: AirGuns
Hawks are some of the best value airgun proof scopes. They are very popular in UK.
Nikko Sterling are good to.
Nitro pistons have a bigger initial push to the piston than spring guns. It is...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
They will dry out quicker if they are open side up. You could shake them about in a priming tray to do that and then leave it in the Sun.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
If it is an original chambering then 7.62 nagant revolver dies are so close to that you can use them for sizing.
Sizing bullets is easy. Tumble lube in Lee allox and push them through a Lee sizer.
Forum: AirGuns
For shooting live stuff JSB Hades have la reputation for accuracy and expanding well. Most hollow point pellets have low long range accuracy but these are consistent.
Another good pellet in .22 is...
Forum: AirGuns
On a spring gun any lubricant inside the pellet skirt will burn off. You might get a bit of a velocity gain but unless you can make the amount of lubricant very consistent, you will increase the...
Forum: AirGuns
This video was done by a UK airgun shooter on his antique airgun restoration project. It is a spring mechanism that you won't see on any modern airgun.
If you have half an hour spare and have an...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Muzzle loading lube
1 part beef dripping (rendered beef fat).
1 part boiled castor oil (as used in Felix lube)
Small amount of calcium soap
Carnuba wax to reach required hardness.
Works...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I use 180 gr Lee .309 round nose on top of 25 grains on 5744/ LovexD060. Works fine at short ranges and fits in with the ranges ~1500 ft-lb energy limit.
In France you might be able to get the 174...
Forum: AirGuns
I use shop bought pellets, mainly in .22. In terms of brands I go for JSB, then H&N and then RWS. Several other brands are just rebranded JSBs or H&Ns.
JSB exact are really good, as are the JSB...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Top one ..
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Forum: Military Rifles
I shoot cast in my K31 (180 grn Lee RN with 25 grn of 5744) and I had to push the foresight right the way over to. It seems pretty accurate with them.
Forum: AirGuns
The TX200 is one of the best spring guns you can get. They are reasonably heavy and I don't like them (personal opinion- safety catch is fiddly) but most people do. With good pellets they should be...
Forum: AirGuns
There isn't much to go wrong with a spring-piston gun. Most likely are the breech seal, the piston seal and the spring. The breech seals are standard sizes for Hatsan. The piston seal is again pretty...
Forum: AirGuns
I have a couple of pumps and I use a dive bottle. Going past 2000psi was hard work. It would probably be easier if I was heavier, but at under 11 stone, I couldn't compress over 2500psi.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The firing pin size is a little less of an issue if you use small rifle primers, which are thicker. There should be plenty of power on the firing pin. You can also de-cock the rifle by pulling the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I use cut down 32-20 brass that had the rim thinned. The case capacity is 1cc with the heeled bullet. My preferred load is 3.5 gr N320 behind a 120 grain RCBS cast bullet. For quiet loads, try 2.2...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
It isn't just the case itself. The firing pin can give distinctive marks. But that is easily replaced.
If you run a paper patched bullet through a sizer you will see distinctive patterns from the...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Most .22 pellets are really 5.5mm rather than 5.7 like bullet barrels. The ones used in larger airgun barrels are usually RWS Superdome or the largest head size H&N field target trophy. These are the...
Forum: AirGuns
If your Springer is too hard to cock, put in a less powerful spring. My go-to spring for UK power levels is a titan no 10, which is designed for a TX209 MK3. It makes a HW80 or Diana 52 lovely to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
310 cadet is about 310 on the heel and 322 on the main bullet. Maybe something similar to 32 Colt instead?
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have successfully used Lee 7.62 Nagant sizing dies for 310 cadet (using modified 32-20 cases). If you draw the profile of a 7.62 Nagant case and a 310 cadet case they are so close (over the bit...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Cast are better than jacketed. Less likely to get stuck and a lot easier to get out if they do get stuck.
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 |