Once owned a Mauser pistol, did the same as you did. I also made up some from 38 spec brass. I had no lathe so used a little needle file to change the rim and make a ejector groove.
Once owned a Mauser pistol, did the same as you did. I also made up some from 38 spec brass. I had no lathe so used a little needle file to change the rim and make a ejector groove.
Thanks for sharing, I love reading old stories like this. I had neighbors when I was a kid that made 4x8 signs for a construction company, dad mom and two boys all worked together. They would buy the plywood paint them then layout the letters and paint them too, the money from that bought them nice vacations.
Thanks, guys. I love those stories. Brings me back to the days when I grew up dirt poor, in Northeastern Tennessee. Then, this sort of stuff was have to - now, its just for fun. If your time is money, then give StarLine $115 for 500, and be done with it! But, if you can afford to play around ...
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 |