Chambers do vary, and yours just might be on the tight side.
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Chambers do vary, and yours just might be on the tight side.
Buy the rifle (scope), not the story.
I have an identical one, bought at an auction for $50.00.
Good optics.
I have had very good results with any of the 4350 powders and either 180 or 220 grain bullets.
My favorite is 180 grain bullets, as the recoil is very mild, and accuracy is excellent in either the...
The front sight, the receiver sight, and the recoil pad are not original. No Krag of any vintage had those.
It is hard to tell from your photo, but it does like a carbine stock.
This has...
This idea was common just after WWII, when softnose ammo was still scarse, and GI ammo was fairly common.
The idea was to cut off a little of the tip, then drill a hole to produce a hollow point...
You might try Sarco. I seem to remember that they had 96 stocks advertised a while back.
My guess is about $100 should get you something, depending on how good condition you demand.
"Hunkering down" on the rifle is exactly what you do not want to do.
I regularly shoot some quite heavy recoiling rifles, up to .375 H&H, and have found that the more upright you sit, the better....
I saw that also.
It is entirely possible that the scene was not filmed there at all.
It is entirely common for shows like this to use stock film scenes with no regard to the accuracy of the...
Buffalo Arms has no idea when/if the will have any more .401 brass, so I ordered the Fiocci brass from Grafs, and now need to find a source of Berdan primers.
I am in South Eastern PA, near...
Around here they would speed up and swerve into the other lane.
You might try Bill Ricca at billricca.com
I would call the manufacturer. Why ask for advice from people who may not even know what you have.
I don't recognize the brand name, but any chronograph which uses light screens with photosensors...
I have had good luck with 56 grains of any 4350 in bolt guns and 46 or perhaps 47 grains of 4895 in M1.
Experiment with the load if using 4895, there is quite a difference in burn rate of surplus...
The trigger and safety are not what was in the box. Somebody installed the trigger and safety on an 03 and then put the original parts in the boxes.
Trigger and safety worth perhaps $20.00 total,...
Your parts list is accurate. Any parts dealer would know what you need.
The front guard screw which you now have should be ok.
One source you might try is Bill Ricca, I believe his web site is...
Mauser serial numers were only 4 digits, started over with a 1 and a suffix (or prefix) at 10,000. Also started over with year change.
A newly parkerized finish must be well oiled the sooner the better. If its possible to do so while the metal is still warm, thats even better.
The front sight base was made by a company called " W. Stokes Kirk", somewhere in SE PA. They made many parts for 03s, and also sold ersatz rifles, somewhat like Bannerman did.
Cut down Krags are...
I found the .43 Spanish difficult to load for, but never really devoted a lot of effort.
The biggest issue I had was bullet diameter, as the bullets I could buy were all slightly smaller than the...
I have several of the low cost "rifleman" series, all of mine in 2-7 power, and like them very much. For the price, they are a good bargain. As far as I know, the excellent Leupold warranty extends...
Olsen's book on the Mausers mentions this bayonet, it is I believe Czek, but my memory is not very good.
They are quite common.
The "slow bullets hit higher" effect is true for handguns, but not always true in rifles.
For example, I am experimenting with a Ruger number 1 in .300 h&H, and 200 grain bullets impact several...
The local Cabelas has had mostly empty shelves until recently. Now they have in stock most of the common variety.
I suspect there is no real shortage, just takes a little time to catch up to the...
I have been trying to find .401 WSL brass for a long time. Even Buffalo Ams, who offers it reformed from some other caliber brass, has been backordered for a long time.
Suddenly Grafs is offering...
I believe what you have described is about all that is known about the NRA carbine.
I too have one which fits all the criteria, and it was sold to as such. However, I paid $400 for it mostly...