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You're right, I forgot to pull the extractor! Ignore the picture; I'll check it again next time I have it apart.

I've been lightly cleaning the barrel daily: three passes with an Otis patch...

I received a nice 1954/'55 HRA from CMP. Headspace looks great with a field gauge:
43127

I slugged the barrel, and measure either 306 across the slug in one direction, and 307 across the other....

I've put-off removing mine from the stock, because it shoots so well, and I heard that it was easy to assemble the handgaurds and barrel bands a tad wrong, putting pressure on the barrel.

When I...

I'll be sure to push into the magazine on the M1917. I guess I had just gotten used to placing the round into the chamber on 22s, and never thought about it.

That brings to mind, when single...

Is there any problem placing a round fully into the chamber, then closing the bolt? On a different firearm, I'd heard that doing this was hard on the extractor; and that it was preferable to load...

Thanks!

I have a RCBS 30-06 sizer die, but don't know of it is a neck sizer or full-length sizer. It's labelled
"RCBS 30-06SB.....6"

There's a happy ending to this one: the rifle passed a field guage test with the third bolt I bought. With the firing pin and extractor removed, the bolt handle stops leaving about 1/4" of space...

I knew that the trigger-pull of my old DPMS AR15 was heavy; much heavier than my M1917. I finally broke-down and ordered an RRA 2-stage trigger, and took a "before" and "after" measurement:

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1911 magazine. It sounds like both were honest mistakes, and I'm just "unusually lucky" this week.

Just a little rant: I had purchased two bolts, to see if one might be a thousandth longer and get my rifle to headspace.

The first bolt, advertised on eBay as "1917 Eddystone Enfield Complete...

Ok, I finally received a bolt to try... Except I'm not sure it came off an Enfield as advertised. It's marked "X" instead of E/W/R, there's a serial number stamped on the handle, and slight...

I've heard about both "stretched receivers" and "crushed gauges". I'm curious which is more likely, as I have a field gauge, but got it from a friend, so it has an unknown history.

I bought a 1907 pattern sling, $25 shipped on Amazon from International Military Antiques. I gave it a good rub with Lexol leather conditioner, but it's still fairly stiff.

It adjusts from...

To give some closure, I took the rifle to a smith. He claimed that he didn't work on it because it failed a headspace test. Despite that claim, the rifle feeds from the magazine now.

I bought a couple of 1917 bolts, so I'll see how they do when they get here.

I also shot some Winchester factory ammo yesterday, deprimed, cleaned, neck-sized and measured case length:

2.492,...

I tried the Hunters Supply .311 165gr no-gas-check yesterday in a .309 barreled M1917.

I started with "The Load" (13 gr. Red Dot) and worked down from there to see where subsonic would be,...

I meant to say I got some .312 jacketed bullets (not .314!).

Thanks for the pointer, those molds look interesting. I haven't tried casting yet; it looks like it would give me more choices, though...

You're right about the bore: I checked it yesterday, and got a generous .312 (max was .3126 rotating the slug in the caliper). I decided to use these cast .311s in a M1917 instead, also at...

If I neck-size only, should I trim to a non-standard length? In 3 firings, cases have stretched beyond max length.

Thanks, Parashooter. I wonder why Hunter's Supply advertises these for hunting loads in 30 cal., but they aren't made to take a gas check?

Anyways, if I can't add a gas-check, I could...

I bought a Clymer field gage, and (with the firing pin and extractor removed) I can close the bolt without touching it: I just shake the rifle and the bolt handle drops. I saw the "shake test" done...

I bought a M1917 this spring at a local gun shop, and took it to a local smith for some minor work. The smith reported that he was unable to work on it, because it failed the 14 thou. 30-06 field...

To answer part of my own question: I dropped one of the bullets, and dust/hair stuck firmly. They are lubed, but it's a stiffer wax, and not tacky or slippery.

I have a bag of 165 grain Hunters Supply brand cast bullets (#014551654). I've only reloaded with jacked bullets, and was wondering if I need to lube these? They appear to have some blue lube in...