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The stockpile of Balle-N bullets I have measure out at 0.3275" (8.32mm)

Speedy Recovery Paul!

<r>I reload 8mm Lebel.<br /><br />Inherited thousands of Balle N rounds mounted on Hotchkiss feeding strips.<br /><br />Unfortunately, every round I tried to shoot in my N chambered Berthier M16 carbine just went 'click'.<br /><br />So I have been pulling bullets, saving the powder, and reloading it...

The document is too large to attach to a post, but here is a link to an excellent article about Laflin & Rand, and the history of the powder industry as a whole.

www.castpics.net/subsite2/GeneralReference/L&R-Smokeless.pdf

<blockquote>In the late 1920's, Springfield Armory stopped using Logwood Stain, in an economy move. This changed the appearance of the wood on U.S. Military Arms.<br /><br />Possibly, 'AFJuvat' has a later 1903 Springfield stock in his photo.<br /><br />*Edited for brevity.<br /></blockquote><br /><...

<r>Since the original grips were beyond saving, I located a nice looking set of walnut grips.<br /><br />Here it is all back together with new springs and the new grips.<br /><br />I filled the markings with white grease pencil to make them easier to see, it comes off with alcohol. <IMG src="https:/...

<r>Rust bluing is fairly easy. I heat the parts to 200 degrees and apply a light coat of the rust bluing solution. Once the parts have a light coat of rust, they are boiled in distilled water, which converts the red rust to magnetite, which had a blue/ black color.<br /><br />Pictures 1 - 3 are the ...

<r>I do a fair amount of firearms restoration as sort of a 'side job'. If it is a true collector grade, I limit my restoration to stopping any active deterioration, and applying the correct finish to any wood components.<br /><br />That said, when working with a shooter grade gun, I really do enjoy ...

<r>I clean my oil finished wood stocks with a oil scrub.<br /><br />I cut raw linseed oil with turpentine to a 20%/80% mixture, then scrub the wood with a very fine scotch-brite pad. Remember, you are trying to lift the dirt and grime out of the grain, while not removing any wood in the process. <br...

If you go in with numerous empty gun cases, do you think they'll notice if they are filled when you leave?

Maybe I could distract them by pointing and shouting "look, an unregistered assault weapon" and then running as they searched for it.