Forum for discussing ammunition issues and reloading techniques for military surplus firearms
Daily Bulletin See the link in the article: How do bullets fly? Not just for "milsurp" shooters.
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...
My apologies for the delay in giving everyone a thorough update, but I was up and down almost 36 hours addressing the outage, and I needed some...
The following tutorial was created for the benefit of our members by Milsurps Moderator Harlan (deceased). On behalf of all of our membership, I'd...
Hello folks … :) I'd like to remind everyone to re-read our Forum Rules & Site User Agreement (click here), particularly the section which covers...
Why have a separate Social Groups area? Over the last 10 years, we’ve received many requests to permit broader public discussions amongst members,...
There are some members who seem to experience site time-outs, or other problems when uploading pics as attachments to their threads and posts. It...
Other than someone who fails to say thank you when they get an answer to a question they’ve posted, I don’t think there’s anything more frustrating...
<center><img src="images/advisory_panel_reviewed_medium.png" alt="This item has been reviewed by members of the Milsurps Advisory Panel."><img...
Today’s Internet exposes computer users and the web sites they access, to a wide range of malicious pieces of infectious software code, designed to...
We understand you may be impatient to get on with placing your advertisement, but we would ask that you please read this post carefully, in order to...
Answer: For your own protection and to help preserve them for future research by all members ... :thup: The reason we capture and store all...
The following tutorial was created for the benefit of our members by Milsurps Moderator cafdfw (Harlan). On behalf of all of our membership, I'd...
The answer is YES … :beerchug: With the evolution of technology, many of our very active members want to keep current viewing our forums using...
A lot of members don't realize that our site supports multiple interfaces, often referred to as Forum Skins. Fundamentally, there are three...
I tested a few different types of Ammo in my M48a, here's the results. Test firing was done from the prone position, shooting at 100 yards, 85...
Anyone know if you can buy 8x57I Ammo? I just aquired an 1895 Spanish carbine re-barrled in 8mm
I found a few G.M.I marked Enfield strippers,anyone here know who made them? Will
Hi, I've been to a few local gun shows and have not been having much luck finding 303 ammo paper packs. Of course, I come across the odd pack of...
I have a Q about reloading for Swedes, so I hope this is the correct place to ask. I will be reloading for the CG63, M96 and the...
I have looked all over the place in the last couple days and can't find a recipe. Even tried Cast boolits. I spoke with the local guy I get my cast...
Was at the range a few days ago and the fellow next to me was shooting his .45. He left without picking up his brass and I picked up a few. Sure...
I'll be reloading for a No4 Mk2 Enfield soon. I understand that these rifles had "generous" chambers and if one reloads for them case life is... not...
Some examples "un-earthed" recently due to a discussion on a thread in the L-E forum:
Does anyone use Varget in their Swiss K31?? I mainly use 168-175 gr projectiles. Cheers
I received these two cases the other day and opened one up tonight. Factory 61, 1969 dated, and copper-washed case and bullet. I might have to order...
My goal is to use a standard Persian Mauser 98, with a 29" barrel in excellent condition to hit the target at 1000 yards. The stock was relieved and...
Hello, I got a hold of some Remington 185gr PSPCL bullets and I wanted to try them in my 1938 J P Saur RC. I was going to try Varget, IMR-4064...
Picked up some brass at the range marked A80 on top and 7.62 R1M1 under. Looks like NATO 7.62, but will not size with standard dies. The diameter of...
Hello all, can anyone tell me a good place to buy military surplus amm for my 303 british .it sees to be getting harder to find around here.thanks in...
I was given some old .303 ammo since it is known I shoot an old Enfield. I took examples of three of the four cartridges apart to photograph, weigh...
After reading previous advice on loading the 6.5x54 Carcano using Hornady 160 gr. .2675 bullets, I pulled the bullets from the rounds I had trouble...
Hi to all, a friend has a nice hunting rifle made at Ferlach and it has the rare caliber of 6x70R. It is looking like smaller .303 Brit. and he...
Got up at six am and headed to the range after coffee and loading the truck. Set up a target and settled in at the 25 yd sighting line. Aimed at the...
I started out with Nosler Partition 140 gr. Immediately I noticed the new Graf/Privi case mouth swallowed the 140 gr bullet. I re-sized the case and...
Use this control to limit the display of threads to those newer than the specified time frame.
Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted.
Order threads in...
Note: when sorting by date, 'descending order' will show the newest results first.
Forum Rules & Site User Agreement