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With thanks to member Ian Robertson, here's a interesting document he uncovered titled Some Facts and Figures on 7.62 Ammunition and Barrels …...
Complete Guide to Handloading: A Treatise on Handloading for Pleasure, Economy and Utility Philip B. Sharpe Format: 468 pages Published 1937 by...
Hatcher's Notebook Author: Julian S. Hatcher Publisher: The Military Publishing Service Company (1947) ISBN: 978-0-8117-0350-5 (Hard Cover...
U.S. Metallic Cartridges Testing (Regulation and Experimental) (1873) Author: Major T.J. Treadwell (Commanding Frankford Aresenal) Government...
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Hi Guys, I got a bunch of ammo at auction and have one I can't figure out. It's similar to a 30/40 Krag, but isn't and is rimmed like Mosin but...
Just scored a handful of these rounds. They need a bit of cleaning up but appear to be the real deal by the markings. They appear to have been...
Huge puff of smoke out pf my type 53s action after firing this round and complete case split. This is from a gunshow bag of ammo. I've shot a lot of...
Have a 1944 20mm prac round has on the projectile fuse ~ Mk 26 - 1 - RM with a G or C hard to make out on the projectile body ~ Mk 4 - 26 D - 9 - 42...
I was going to load some .303 British. According to the Lyman 49th Edition on Page 249: 150 Gr SP Primer: Fed 210 H4895 Start Load 38 GR @ 2254...
Got this a while ago its an inert Russian 14mm x 108 ? a 50 BMG round on the left and a 303 on the Rt for scale I am thinking the Red/Black tip...
Hi all, Currently I am trying to slowly pick away at writing a generalized book on military rifles and pistols from roughly the invention of...
I have been searching the net for information on this box of ammunition. The headstamp is dnh and a WWII date, I think 43 or 44. I know dnh is the...
Last week I collected some 170 rds of 7.62 ball ammunition some French, some from I believe Singapore I tried some yesterday and all went well, in...
Good Morning from SD, If someone has the 9th edition of the Hornady manual could tell me if there are M1 loading specs thanks
Hi Guys, In all my reloading manuals there isn't a loading for 174 Gr FMJBT M1 projectiles. 174 SP, Spitzer and the like. Is there any...
I attended a show last few days and was given some ammo of varied caliber. Some was mixed headstamp .303 and I thought I better show you...specially...
Jim (browninautorifle) made a point about sharing info and showing bits and bobs of our cartridge collections so here is one that came in last year....
I am expecting some Pakistan POF (Possibility of Firing) in .303 British. This is known as crap ammo with delayed ignition and many duds. Would it...
Found some 30-40 for sale for what I though was a good price. $29.99 a box or $28.49 ea. for 10 boxes at Able's. It was HSM ammo, I called HSM and...
I know I'll catch hell for not checking from the get go and loading 100 rounds and then realizing my mistake, but admittedly I made an error when...
I have read that the MLE actions aren't quite as strong as the later No1MkIII actions. For the people who reload for the MLE, do you use lighter...
I have been searching high and low for 8x58mmR Danish dies so I can reload for my Rolling Block rifle but I have had no luck with WTBs on multiple...
I recently slugged the bore on my 1873 Trapdoor, it came out to .458. What size bullet do I use? .456, .458, .460? I was planning on shooting...
My photo shows three cartridges, two 577/450 and the small 297/250 Rook in the center. The 577/450 on the left, could it be a carbine loading ?
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