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- Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:26 am
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Shot my Krag today. Didn't go well
- Replies: 36
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Re: Shot my Krag today. Didn't go well
Allen, I hope I didn't offend you by wanting to verify what cartridge was actually used. My training and 30+ years as a mechanical engineer leads me to solve problems by separating out probable causes, starting at the highest and most improbable level and working down. And after 50 years of shooting...
- Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:40 am
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Shot my Krag today. Didn't go well
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Re: Shot my Krag today. Didn't go well
When I measured the rim diameter and case length in your picture, it didn't seem to match up with the proportions of a 30-40 casing, unless the neck was missing altogether. It <i>does</i> match the proportions of a <strong>30-30</strong> case whose neck has been blown out almost completely. The spli...
- Sun Jul 27, 2014 12:15 am
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Shot my Krag today. Didn't go well
- Replies: 36
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Re: Shot my Krag today. Didn't go well
What does the headstamp on that cartridge casing read?
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:42 am
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Adjustable Trigger for a Krag Sporter
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Re: Adjustable Trigger for a Krag Sporter
For what it's worth, I have one Krag sporter with the military two stage pull and one that has been gunsmithed to a single stage pull. I'm with butlersrangers and prefer the two stage pull myself. Part of the reason might be my perception that a two stage trigger has deep and safe sear engagement un...
- Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:34 pm
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: at auction
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Re: at auction
I used to have a flintlock, a Lyman Great Plains. Try as I might, I could never stop flinching when the priming powder went off. I guess that's why they're sometimes called "flinch locks". But I know shooters who have no trouble shooting them. I just must be too high strung.
- Fri May 30, 2014 1:12 pm
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Ship Question.
- Replies: 18
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Re: Ship Question.
One of my favorite battleship pictures: USS Iowa.<br /><br /><a href='http://s127.photobucket.com/user/gunboat57/media/battleship-uss-iowa2_zps978fa4e2.jpg.html'><IMG src="http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p142/gunboat57/battleship-uss-iowa2_zps978fa4e2.jpg" alt="img"></a><br /><br />This picture w...
- Thu May 29, 2014 2:33 pm
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Ship Question.
- Replies: 18
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Re: Ship Question.
Remembering back, another reason I didn't pursue a naval career was because I wasn't a good fit, literally. I wanted to fly but was 2 inches too tall for rotary wing or fixed wing. I spent a few days on an attack boat but couldn't fold myself any way that was tolerable once we submerged. The only su...
- Wed May 28, 2014 5:24 pm
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Ship Question.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10005
Re: Ship Question.
I was all set to join the Navy as an Ensign after completing ROTC in the late 70s. But at that time there wasn't much of a chance for advancement so I dropped out of the program.<br />But one exciting time was when I was aboard the USS Voge in the Med during a training cruise. That's when a Soviet E...
- Wed May 28, 2014 12:50 am
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Italian System for calculating ship firing angle.
- Replies: 5
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Re: Italian System for calculating ship firing angle.
I could see it being a distraction to disciplined gunnery.
- Tue May 27, 2014 8:37 pm
- Forum: Older threads
- Topic: Ship Question.
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Re: Ship Question.
Range clocks. When battleships were in a line formation and were firing at a common target, the range was displayed on the "clocks", fore and aft, so they could be read by other ships in the line. This was before radio and conveyed info faster than signal flags.