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Thread: Winchester M17 30.06

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    Boolit Master Bad Ass Wallace's Avatar
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    Winchester M17 30.06

    As military rifles go I have many good cast boolit shooters, mainly 7x57 mm Mauser, 303 British and 8x57 Mauser. The best would have to be my Winchester Model 17 in 30.06 fitted with a Parker-Hale 5C range sight. The manufacturing date on the barrel is 03/17 and the barrel would rate 9+/10 even after many years of shooting cast boolits.

    Nothing more relaxing than an afternoon on the range with this 105yo old beauty.



    Hold Still Varmint; while I plugs Yer!

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    Good shooting there. What you using for a load? I recently got an Eddystone and just starting to cast for it.

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    Boolit Master Bad Ass Wallace's Avatar
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    Load is a Lyman 311284 sized to 0.310" and backed by 31.5gns of 3031

    Hold Still Varmint; while I plugs Yer!

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    Boolit Buddy
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    I have a Remington just like it. It also is one fine shooter.

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    Boolit Buddy
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    I’ve got all 3 of the 1917s my winchester is in 99% condition with every part matching, I’ve been thinking about finding a sporter or a mixmaster 1917 to do that exact same thing too…..now I may have to look harder, I still have 25lbs of 3031 though I don’t have that mold I have a NOE similar…

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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