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I have worked with the 155 sierra palma bullet, 168 HPBT both sierra and hornady, 175 sierra. All worked good in the 1-10 twist in my service rifles.I normally competed from 200 yds to 1000yds. This...

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The hilt and back aree probably pins , but the scales could be headed rivets. Not a big thing replacing scales as the heads can be drilled out.
What wood are you planning on using?
I made a 3 piece...

On the line front sights were smoked with a carbide lantern for the very darkest dullest black. this stood out and there was no glare from light as the day changed. The national match front is...

Forward and right about 2:00 is the normal ejection pattern for the garand except for the last round from a clip. This can be adjusted by clipping the ejector spring and or stoning a slightly...

The best sausage gravy is with sausage from the butchers shop. Once a year we would have a pig ground into whole hog sausage this had a little more fat than today's prepackaged. ( you didnt have to...

Wilson, Redding and Warner would make dies to your fired cases send them 3-5 fired cases and they would make the die to match them.

This was more popular back in the 50s and 60s when wildcating...

It may be the bullet sliding rust or scale on the plate against the steel and producing a red hot ember or spark.This only really shows up at dusk or low light.

I want to say 47 grns but Im also loading a 350 grn bullet in the starline case. This is for BPCR silhouettesin my high wall and hepburn

38-55 isnt hard to load and no real "special" things need to be done. Its a straight forward cartridge to load. Use good data. Work up the load from starting load.
The 38-55 will really shine with...

Well when our club had the same thing ( a developer was behind it) the bullets supposedly came from a house wall and roof, gravel driveway and lawns. again no rifling and also no distortion from...

Mom made Dads and my aprons ( later my wife) she had a pattern that was very nice and made them from white denim. They had 3 pockets 2 were up near the top 1 held pencil and 6" scale these were only...

Happy top have helped PopcornSutton, Hope the conversion met your expectations.

0-1 is ground tool steel much flatter and square to start with. Hence it saves having to square and true the stock....

The soft nose casting isnt to bad with the right equipment and set up. I occasionally cast 45 caliber rifle bullets with a soft nose.
I have 2 ladles one is small and holds a measured amount of lead...

Several hurricanes released exotic animals in larger numbers over the years. These animals arnt "native" to the area and have no natural predators or other means of control. They breed and reproduce...

Wet the soft woods ( pine willow elms) produce a lot of creosote dried they burn fast and are hard to control. When we cut wood it was for the next year in advance. This years oak maple and others...

Smoked carp is a delicacy in many countries and very good. Marinate overnight in your seasoning liquid is best, then put the marinate in the water pan and smoke for 6-8 hours. Carp and suckers Mom...

When my son comes over Ill have him bring mine out to measure but mine the cross socket not bar. but should be the same dimensions and thread. Making from scratch should be a fun little project. The...

Most vent pressure off. Not hard to make one up.

I made them for my m1a/m14s. Basically the same set up.

Set up the plug in your lathe. center drill and then drill a .157 hole thru the plug on...

More than likely what the government is loading isnt available to reloaders other than surplus from pulled rounds. I think 7.62 x 51 was loaded with a version of 4895 or H 380 I have pulled some that...

Dukem still has it in their 109 scrapping blue they offer it in blue red green I believe.

Nato grade ammo is what it was meant for. Seriously if you can find some LC M852 ( the load with the knurledee case head) run some thru your rifle youll be surprised how it performs. There were 2...

I prefer to swage primer pockets to remove crimps and tru up the sides of the pocket. But I uniform with a sinclair tool made from carbide.The big issue when uniforming the bottom is the flutes on...

Dry firing is a good training aide. Dont do long sessions but shorter sessions every day. You need to be honest with yourself and call your shots. work with it, shooting is a lot of muscle memory and...

The wadcutters in repeaters will function but are very sensitive to overall length. I have loaded them in my henry original reproduction in 44-40 and when right they feed good and are very accurate.