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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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I have a 1914 Webley Mk V and wanted to know if it Is it ok to shoot jacketed .455 Mk VI ammo in it. I ask this as I am new to Webleys and noticed...
Lady Luck smiled briefly upon me today, as an older acquaintance of mine who was cleaning up his basement chanced upon 5 sealed cardboard boxes of...
2015 PA Cartridge Show!!! PENNSYLVANIA CARTRIDGE COLLECTORS 21st ANNUAL SHOW !!! AUGUST 14-15, 201 HOLIDAY INN OF MORGANTOWN 230 CHERRY LANE,...
Just picked up a .303 deactivated round cupro nickel bullet head stamps are V11 and a single V dated 1944. Anyone know which the factory who made it?...
Got 27 of them. Nor selling yet but what do you think a 45/70 Carbine cartridge(circa 1880) is worth? Great shape! Internal primed.
I just took down my 1876 Prarie Belt and got the cartridges that I had put in a seperate box. They are all Merdan primed and are for"C" carbines. 55...
A military friend gave me a bag of .38 Special rounds, most USGI headstamped. The bag included some .30 Carbine shells and these shells which may be...
Hello all. Any hints and tips to reloading for these rifles would be welcome. I am not new to reloading, so don't need advice as a starter! ...
For anyone interested Cheaper Than Dirt has Greek HXP 30-06 back in stock.
I was recently given about 600 once fired M2 Ball cases from an estate clean up. These were stored in the original 1952 St. Louis Arsenal pasteboard...
I just purchased some of the Greek surplus 303 being sold by Cheaperthandirt.com. They state "This is true Military Spec MK7Z Spitzer .303 British!...
I want to neck size my 7.62X54R brass but Lee doesn't offer a collet neck sizing die for this caliber. Comparing .303 British cases to 7.62X54R cases...
Photo show a Thomas (Hudson-Thomas) pencil point bullet. The Thomas pencil point bullets were loaded in 30-40, 30-03 and 30-06 starting around the...
I recently got 40 rounds of .303 ammo with a headstamp I don't recognize. It reads "K52" and "7". I've looked through the posts on ammo here on the...
Always on the lookout for hard to find calibers, especially as I have three for which I have no viable ammo for. Possibly found one cartridge each...
In an odd lot of ammo, I found a few rounds marked "WCC" "8 5" "SLAP" . This appears to be a .308 or 7.62x51 round, but I have not measured it to...
Tired of trimming hundreds of .556/.223 cases I decided to bite the bullet and purchase a Giraud case trimmer. It arrived a couple of days ago and...
I know the man this happened to and personally spoke to him today at our club. I've been away a few weeks and didn't know this happened until today....
Photo shows two British cartridges, the one on the left is headstamped 18 (1918) and the Mark 7 on the right is dated 16. Anyone know anything about...
What would be a good entry level chronograph. I reload a wide variety of pistol and rifle cartridges and black powder. I'm not looking for anything...
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