You have my dream rifle, Dante.
I shoot a 1901 Krag Carbine, sporterized a lot. I, and it, likes the Lyman 31429 sized .310 with 2400 or 4198. I shoot mostly 4198 as 2400 is hard to find. To...
Type: Posts; User: Krag 1901
You have my dream rifle, Dante.
I shoot a 1901 Krag Carbine, sporterized a lot. I, and it, likes the Lyman 31429 sized .310 with 2400 or 4198. I shoot mostly 4198 as 2400 is hard to find. To...
Forum: Our Town
High Tech craziness carried to an ext ream with Boolets!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQVrD7RnNI
Bullets HITTING Bullets in Slow Motion - THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOT
(Okay I can't type, sorry....
I'd pick the rifle you have. I have a 30-40, a 308 and a 30-06. But My local range has a monthly Silhouette shoot and I find my Krag is my go to. A long neck, a slick action. plus a weird gun...
I used to shoot a lot of 2400 in my 8" python but after a lot of rounds the darn gun locked up and upon disassembly I found that unburned 2400 had locked up the whole lower cylinder lock and trigger...
Forum: Military Rifles
Yeah, I'd clean the bore with bronze brushes and Hoppe's/ECT and patches until it looks clean. A original Krag bore will be pitted but that doesn't mean it won't shoot well. My 1901 carbine was...
Forum: Shot Guns
Interesting. I would not have thought it true so I asked the 'experts' here. I don't shoot shotguns much any more, after my Trap days.
Forum: Shot Guns
My nephew, who shoots Ducks told me the other day that his guns couldn't shoot steel shot. He inferred that steel shot would make his guns explode! I doubt any of his guns are older than ~1960's.
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Forum: Factory Rifles
Shoot a hundred rounds of Jacketed then clean the barrel real good. Then shoot some 314299's sized .310" with 4895 or.... powder of your choice. Might surprise you.
I started loading for my Krag with 150 gr FMJ's and 4895. I got in to cast boolets and found that the Lee 312-165-2r's worked very well at 3.00' OAL with ~20 gr 2400 or 25 grs 4198, Hornaday gas...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks guys for the advice.
I'm not too rich so I'll be looking for cheap as possible. After the Holidays I'll hit the Goodwill and Thrift stores and find me a convection oven and buy a IR...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
So Temp gauges? I get the digital/analog bias toward digital, I spent many years in electronic test equipment field. I just got on Amazon to check prices and found several types. The probe, (Meat...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I'm going to buy an oven. should I look for a convection oven or does it make any difference? I'll be looking in my used stores first for bargains so may not have a choice.
While reading this site, I read that the boolet dia should fit the chamber mouths. I bought some 200 gr .44/40 boolets that measure .430" but my .44's are all larger than .430" at the mouths? Not...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I agree the 6.5 Grendel is the gun to fit your needs. I'd trade my .223 Mod 77 MKII for one except I don't need a new dia to deal with. Besides I have more guns than I can shoot now.
Forum: Factory Rifles
Get your daughter a Cricket single shot .22. Sized for her and plenty to teach her to shoot. When she's 8-10 get her a .223. If you want a new rifle get yourself one.
I recently bought some 120 gr .32-20 boolets from Brazos and resized them in my .311 die for my .30-40 and loaded them with ~7.6 gr 700X. Which is what my #16 rotor drops with my Lil' Dandy measure. ...
OP, the .44 mag is a perfect cartridge to start reloading with. Get a Lyman cast manual, available on line for free, though older edition. Still valid though. Lots of powders work well for...
Forum: Our Town
I went shootin today and stopped by Sportsman's Warehouse to buy some more targets. While I was there I asked where they had their primers, 'cause I wanted to see the prices.. After some jocularity...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Thanks Larry. You are one of the reasons I love Cast Boolets forum.
I have some LC Match brass I've weight sorted to +/-1 grain that has been fired lots of times in my Ruger 77 push feed. I'll...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I shot some 120 gr PB with 7-8 gr 700X in my Krag and thought about doing the same with my .308. BUT, I had heard that it can cause 'setback" on the cases, unless you drill the primer holes?
Is...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
No problem. I chose to scope the Krag just because I wanted to try it out. I'll use the irons too, but right now I'm having eye problems due to having radiation treatments a couple of years ago. ...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I agree with you that the balance is changed, but at 77 I had trouble using the aperture sight, Last go round I had to remove the target aperture and use the screw hole to see the target well. ...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Not much data out there on AA2015 but It seems to be close to 3031 so should be versatile. I'm going to be testing it and RL10X in my .223 Ruger 77MKII in the next week of so.
AA2015 burned well...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I was figuring on getting Smokes variety pac to start with and use his recommendations first before experimenting. I haven't cast for a few years and am running out of my 165 gr Lee's, I use in my...
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 |