its ok I get the same treatment from the wife :-).I'll give that a try in the ruger.thanks.
pete
Type: Posts; User: txpete
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
its ok I get the same treatment from the wife :-).I'll give that a try in the ruger.thanks.
pete
Forum: Single Shot Guns
your great grand kids won't wear it out.
Forum: Military Rifles
can't you see the powder burns on the target :wink:
Forum: Military Rifles
I got to fire a thompson full auto and it was a hoot.:D
BTW we still had grease guns in the 2nd cav (ACR) in the arms room 1981 went I left.
Forum: Military Rifles
bill the M39 finn's left the factory with a .310 dia. bore.the finn mosin nagants are alot different than their rooski cousins :smile:.these are high quality accurate rifles
in my finn M39's I...
tatume is great to deal with.even when the usps lost the package and it was delivered late he was understanding.it doesn't get any better than that.tom is one of the good guys....
Forum: Factory Rifles
well I did make it to the range.I didn't get to loading up any cast loads yet :oops:.I did bring along some wolf 122 gr hp ammo.
its a shooter and next time out I will have some handloads ready to...
Forum: Military Rifles
there hasn't been any M38's or 91/59's brought in for sometime now.if you can get a good quality M38 or a 91/59 for 125.00 jump on it.thats dirt cheap.
pete
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
y'all got me thinking on these sub sonic loads.I have a early ruger 77 in 7.62X39 with a .308 bore.for cast bullets I have the lee 160 tl,RD 165 gr and lee 185 boolits.data is real thin on subsonic...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
have you tried any heavier bullets?.I was thinking about trying the lee 185 and maybe going subsonic.
Forum: Military Rifles
I started shooting cast thru my finns years ago when a spam can was 29.99 + shipping.everyone thought I was nuts but I just like to shoot cast boooolits:drinks:.
M39 VKT finn with red dot...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
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Forum: Factory Rifles
anyone try the lyman 311359 ?. I have one on the way and should be here fri.
thanks
pete
Forum: Factory Rifles
I got stationed here a couple of times and love it.I retired out of 1st CAV in 94 and stayed.I went to work for a defence contractor doing aircraft maint. and now just a retired bum.:grin:
Forum: Factory Rifles
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I bought one to go with the ruger bisley 45 colt.cdnn had them on sale for $229.00:drinks: the wood is very nice and a good shooter.its built on the same frame as the 45/70 buffalo...
Forum: Factory Rifles
dave what powders were you using with the 165 gr bullets?.I found one of those rugers yesterday NIB and it followed me home.
thanks
pete28143
Forum: Cast Boolits
no problems with the 357 redhawk ;)
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Forum: Military Rifles
with the russians its a ??? what you will get.imho the war year guns tend to run larger as they were getting them out as fast as they could.my best russian shooters have hex recievers ymmv.I now size...
Forum: Military Rifles
alot of it is the person shooting it.I see sometimes on forums where some one is claiming 1/2 or 1/4 " groups with a stock M1 @ 100 meters I just smile.my eyes are going south and bifocals and peep...
the chambers on a mini-gun are kind of sloppy.you have to remember that they fired 2000 on low and 4000 rounds a minute on high speed.
they had a time delay control relay in the TCA (turret control...
and on a sad note LC 7.62 brass after going thru a mini-gun is trash.
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thanks did it for 21 years in the army then another 9 years for a defence contractor.now just a full time bum.
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as aircraft weapons I bore sighted those weapons to a gnats ass.that said I had no control on the finger of the officer in the...
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 |