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- Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:40 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: An ebay curiosity
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2791
Re: An ebay curiosity
I wish ebay searches for original old Frankford Arsenal stuff didn't include millions of pages of new Frankford Arsenal reloading products!
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 6:56 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Cupronickle jackets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2992
Re: Cupronickle jackets
I shot up a bunch of old cupro-nickel jacketed bullets in a Springfield one time long ago. I experienced severe jacket fouling. Following the old timer's protocol for removing it, I filled the bore with stronger ammonia (the Real McCoy) and let it sit for a while. When I un-stoppered the barrel and ...
- Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:21 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: Flea Market Find
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5351
Re: Flea Market Find
Don't ignore those low number '03's. A 1907 vintage one will have been made with the same steel, by the same guys, following the same heat treat protocols as when the last of our Krags were made just a couple of years earlier. Just don't hot rod the ammo you feed it. Later "low number" '03...
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:07 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: A couple loads I'm trying
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4173
Re: A couple loads I'm trying
I've been using that bullet in my National Match '03 and absolutely love it. And yes, it seems to like high velocity (2000fps +) and to be hard. I re-barreled another 1903A1 with a Criterion barrel and throated it to match the ogive on this bullet, and I now dwell in Nirvana.<br /><br />Next up is a...
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:26 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Contemplating buying a bullet mould
- Replies: 17
- Views: 21952
Re: Contemplating buying a bullet mould
I'll second that re: NOE moulds. An old Lyman/Ideal Loverin design can be depended on to work well also- if you can find one that is not out of round (and if you do find one, cherish it). Then again there is the old stand-by 311284, but only if it fits your throat and the bore riding section actuall...
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:19 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: A question for anyone out there that casts
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3824
Re: A question for anyone out there that casts
First things first: do a chamber cast so you know what your throat dimensions are. Cast bullet fit to the throat is waaaaay more important than groove diameter, no matter what rifle you're shooting.
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:16 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Interesting Find.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2298
Re: Interesting Find.
When I remember how many of those sealed boxes of vintage Krag and '03 ammo I ripped open back in the 60's and 70's in order to shoot tin cans in the shale pit, I want to cry!
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:29 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: Fred C. Ness & Krag sporters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6557
Re: Fred C. Ness & Krag sporters
Same Pacific, as far as I know. Please correct me if wrong.<br /><br />No markings on the barrel other than Hervey's name stamped on the underside. Maker unknown, heavy straight taper. No, I haven't slugged the bore. A chamber cast revealed a .225 throat with a standard leade, and .224 groove diamet...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:01 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: Fred C. Ness & Krag sporters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6557
Re: Fred C. Ness & Krag sporters
I have a Krag that was converted to single shot and barreled to .22 Maximum Lovell, by old Hervey Lovell himself. With its heavy barrel and Pacific double-set triggers it is a bug hole shooter. While I don't hot rod it (because of expensive brass) I do run warm loads in it.<br /><br /><a href='http:...
- Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:15 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Original 1900s Frankford Arsenal Bench Decapper???
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1793
Re: Original 1900s Frankford Arsenal Bench Decapper???
On the same note, anybody have a boxed set Gill's decapper they wish to sell?