Your so right. Mausers are a work unto them selves. I have all vz24’s except for 2 and my approach to the vz’s is scrub clean and a soft polish and Lucas oil. I have never altered a Mauser rail,...
Type: Posts; User: nekshot
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Your so right. Mausers are a work unto them selves. I have all vz24’s except for 2 and my approach to the vz’s is scrub clean and a soft polish and Lucas oil. I have never altered a Mauser rail,...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Yes, lowering the follower after polishing is often required.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
When I was a kid I saw someone take a expensive bolt action rifle and when barrel was tipped down bolt slid smoothly into receiver and locked. I was impressed. After years of polishing turds and...
Forum: Shot Guns
A 16 on a properly scaled action is a treat. My favorite shot gun bore. My dad harvested 21 deer with his 16 and slugs.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Ok, thanks for all input. As soon as it warms up a bit maybe by Tuesday I will venture out to shop and have a look at this ar again. Too cold and I am 5 weeks out for a knee replacement so things...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
It’s a rifle with original type stock. Remington green tip ammo. The cartridge ends up pointed up into the breech but the bolt is kinda on top of it.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
It is a aero lower with rifle stock. It seems jam 2 or 3 shot. Never got deeper in the mag. I built a few of these that function flawless. I am wondering about the spring in rifle tube? It would...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Thank you for this info. It is amazing what a person ca accomplish out of vision for an idea!
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
!!!we .are mature reloaders, I am not the smartest but I have over 50 years of reloading. Can we keep the chatter for newbies out? I am absalutly fed up with the beware of lawyer, be careful you...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I relooked at this powder and it looks as you said short broken pieces of pencil lead. The flecks of red are very remote but occasionally you see one. I wander what I was looking at last that I could...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Thanks so much this answers most of my question. I have a friend drop off some powder from his late father. It is flakes with some red particles in it. The flakes look kinda like Imr 700x.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I never used or saw this powder. Yup, I am from the backwoods. My question is what does it look like? I have found info on the powder but none describing its appearence. Is it ball, flake, granular,...
Forum: Factory Rifles
The 170 is a gun I still would love to have, but strength for the action is very limited from the folk i heard that have them.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Awesome repairs only expierence can give. I sure am inspired by your craftsmenship. The base of very good talent on this forum is what keeps me popping in to have a looky see!
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
It’s a very rusty on outside sako alll magnum action. Total junk but the inside of action rails and receiver and bore are super clean. It is totally stripped so we start all over. If I could find a...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have been going thru a slow time waiting for knee surgery and I came face to face with a 375 action. Never wanted one but the bore is perfect and it would be the biggest challenge of my self taught...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I appreciate your talent because if I tried that it would go from something to trash. I have trouble drawing a straight line!
Forum: Factory Rifles
Around 71 I dropped out of school and started working in a garage as a car mechanic. Every Friday evening I took some money to Green Dragon and went to Jack’s hardware tool stand and bought hand...
I have no expierence with this situation. I bought a 38 super barrel that has a “ramp” effect for easier feeding and I never used it because I don’t like the idea of brass showing at chamber. I have...
At Hawks bullets they have what looks like a decent bullet for these guns but I don’t see them available yet.
Forum: Our Town
I am getting the parts together to redo my 68 C20. The engine code is a 327, 350 4bl. Can I replace original 4spd with a nv4500 5 speed ? I also would like to replace original transfer case with the...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Slow down fps and try paper patching. At this point any thing is worth trying if safe!
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
As I also wait to hear the blow up, the 223 went and 300 stays home.
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 |