Now, first things first, I don’t know if I’ll be able to load a picture (yep, can’t figure it out…) but I wanted to give a collective “thanks” to the CB crowd for all the good reading and reports...
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
Now, first things first, I don’t know if I’ll be able to load a picture (yep, can’t figure it out…) but I wanted to give a collective “thanks” to the CB crowd for all the good reading and reports...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Well, a bit more to add, even though this thread has a little age on it. With the 358 I’ve been working with, and based on some other 7383 users’ data and posts (Ben, notably), I’ve gotten some...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I’ve just started playing with a Type 1 Carcano the Italians built for the Japanese in 6.5x50 and with all the … less than stellar … conversations about the Cruise missile, I reached out to Matt’s...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I had Ed at Maplewood Bullets cast up a bunch of either the Lee 155 or the Lee 160 for my K31 and they shot very well over (IIRC) about 18-19 grains of 2400. Don’t have my notes nearby, but I’m...
Forum: Military Rifles
Depending on how “deep” you want to go with this, I see a decent number of small ring stocks come through epay - usually in that 1960s “sporter” look that wasn’t quite military, wasn’t quite sporter,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I was on the site last week and had no issues, but I seem to remember there was a message on the site they were updating it. Might still be working through it, depending on your browser history,...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I’ll be interested to see how this turns out. Last fall, I bought a beat up pre-war (maybe 4th change?) K-frame in 32/20 that had been locked up, beat up, and pretty well left for dead in a local...
Always nice to have a load like that which just plain works no matter what projectile you’ve got to load!
I’m not really surprised - barrel harmonics does weird things, and the fact the heavier boolit hit lower is likely more to do with how the boolit left the barrel than weight impacting trajectory at...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Chumly - Some of my recent nosing around has indicated FN did - at least at one time - load a Belgium-produced equivalent of AA2230. The previously mentioned H335 and H322 powders look nothing...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Waco - you’ll be a happy fellow with a JES rebore and a 358, no matter what powder you use!
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Not a 96/11 or 11, but my 1946-ish K31 that was sporterized years ago will put them all where I want them to go with 18 grains of 2400 and the little Lee 155 grainer intended for the 7.62x39. It’s a...
Forum: Our Town
Going through this with my wife, who’s in her mid-50s. Two years ago, she had several traumatic incidents - dog bite that led to blood poisoning and a week in the hospital, then a few months later,...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Thanks for the insight, guys. Like I said in the original post, this wasn’t so much about the Carcanos themselves, more about the twist rates in general and how that impacts or affects what bullet...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I’ve got one of the “conversion” turrets on my TruLine and it’s a great little tool. Yes, it’s got its quirks, but as folks have long noted, if you’re not FL resizing something odd, or something too...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Eddie1971 and his suggestion about IMR4064 is a solid load. I’ve found both 48 and 49 grains of IMR4064, along with both 150 and 165 grain Ballistic Tips to be excellent (1.5” at 100 yards) in a...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Okay, so this thread isn’t about a gun in my safe, but it’s a question that I’ve never found an answer to, so I thought I’d pose it to CB…
For all those “gain twist” Carcanos out there that got...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I’ve just started playing with a bit of surplus powder from another 556 pulldown lot, and it’s interesting to say the least. In researching it, the data that was given indicates a burn rate closer...
Thanks - this weekend, I’ll move the load up a bit, although 20 grains has been accurate. That is really the whole reason for the question - the data I’ve found just seemed off a bit - not that I...
So I’ve been playing with a new 358 and a few different boolit weights, and of course, 2400 is proving to be an economical and fun load to shoot. I’ve got the 3rd and 4th Lyman Cast Bullet...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Some years back, when I knew even less about boolits, fit, and all the “usual” suspects we talk about here, I sallied forth with some unknown Gunbroker boolits (about 175 grains GC) and simply loaded...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
What you’ve got is, as you and others have noted, a Belgium gun using the Lafecheaux (sp?) action. Husqavarna used the same basic action longer, and got into the “better” steel, but they are...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Christopher O - your guess is pretty good - the oddball shape of the bolt on your 81 does date it to the 1940s, likely the second version if the trigger guard was plastic. I’ve rebuilt a few of...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Hamish - I agree - words like “peaky” often give us pause, especially when handloading. Since I first found this forum several years ago, I can say I’ve gone through many of the subforums,...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Johnch - Good point I’d forgotten to mention, all the data, such as it is for me, has been with regular LR primers - an ancient lot of Winchester Staynless and very little crimp to the bullet/boolit....
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 |