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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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Ok fellows......need some help here. Going to order reloading dies........they are going to be carbide dies and will be either LEE brand or...
How do you set your resizing die for your fireformed cases? I am reloading for a 7.7 Arisaka and the case shoulder is round than with a sharp...
Various threads claim that the 7.7 Arisaka is a rimless version of the .303 Enfield. The load data is close. Has anyone read any threads of shooters...
found 282 rounds of brass cased 7.62x54r in the bottom of my ammo safe and the head stamp is not ringing a bell , pretty sure its Yugo , but only has...
Gentleman just as the title asks. I have a partial bandoleer of T W 54 AP M2 that I have no idea where it came from or when I got it. This isn't...
This is not my mold and I already have it. But if anyone owns an Enfield, Arisaka, or Moisin, this mold is on Ebay. I was thinking of filing the tip...
I came home after a week of Deer hunting in the Los Padres CHUNASH Wilderness here in California and found a box of surplus ammunition waiting for...
I acquired several 40 round boxes of this 42 dated South African made 8mm Mauser ammo. Does anyone have any experience shooting this stuff? Is it...
Did this project after talking to a fellow WB shooter about using small rifle primers in his .38 and thinking about how I could get my large pistol...
I spotted this a few months back, in a tiny museum in the middle of Queensland. Markings illegible. My punt is that it is a specimen of the...
Lee is not making custom 7.7 Arisaka collet neck sizing dies at this time so plan to try an RCBS 7.62x54R neck sizing die. Does anyone have any...
I recently started loading for my '42 Kar98k. I can get 1" groups @100yds with 170gr Hornady SST and PPU 196gr SP. Anyone here have any luck...
Got some ammo in a bulk bag of 8mm mauser but some seem off. Also got a lone round just trying to identify firearm, and one on stripper clip, i was...
I just got these, from an old friends stash. I'm guessing they were a post WWII production run to supply ammunition to all the rifles that were sold...
Anyone seen one like this? Anyone know the history?
I purchased 2 boxes of Tula ammunition awhile and started testing it. As I recall, I took 20 bullets, separated, and measured the components....
Hi, I was looking into buying some snap caps for a Schmidt-Rubin 1889 I have for display and demonstration purposes. The original 7.5x53.5 ammo...
I would like to get info on some Argie .45 ACP ammo I picked up. Headstamp is: 11.25x23 FLB 78 Is this corrosive ammo? ...
I am intrigued by the idea of casting bullets for my No.1 Mk.3 and have accordingly slugged the throat and determined it to be .314. So, in order to...
I understand the safety concerns about these rifles and the need to load WAYdown. I don’t have a mold yet so want to load the three cases I picked up...
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