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U.S. Metallic Cartridges Testing (Regulation and Experimental) (1873) Author: Major T.J. Treadwell (Commanding Frankford Aresenal) Government...
Hatcher's Notebook Author: Julian S. Hatcher Publisher: The Military Publishing Service Company (1947) ISBN: 978-0-8117-0350-5 (Hard Cover...
Complete Guide to Handloading: A Treatise on Handloading for Pleasure, Economy and Utility Philip B. Sharpe Format: 468 pages Published 1937 by...
With thanks to member Ian Robertson, here's a interesting document he uncovered titled Some Facts and Figures on 7.62 Ammunition and Barrels …...
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I have some 6.5x53R cartridges that I'd like to clean before firing them. What is the best method? They look like brass but I'll check in the...
Gentlemen, I have a puzzle. Having just experienced a disaster at a no-sighters competition, where my "correction" from 100 to 300 meters for my...
... use ancient steel-cased ammo in your rifle. The following horror photos are of what was extracted with great difficulty from a Portuguese 98k...
Took my Garand to the range last week with 60 rounds of reloaded ammunition and all went well until the last enbloc. The first round fired ok with no...
The barrel on my 1942 Finnish Mosin Nagant slugs out at .310 and around here the only available bullets are .308 which produces sooty cases and .312...
I purchased several boxes of 7.62 x 25mm a few years ago to use in a Romanian Cz 52 and have been having problems with the cases sticking in the...
I am new at 45 reloading so please advise. If you are not supposed to crimp 45 acp do you expand the case or only resize it. and if you do expand...
I have never used primer sealer but would like to know if it is needed or recommended. With doing allot of reloading and they may be in storage...
Is there any way to reproduce a .30-03 cartridge from a .30-06? I have a RIA 12-05 barreled receiver that has a TE reading of 7. I used a Forster No...
Can someone help with an ID of these gauges. Are these min (1.940) and max (1.946) gauges military? I own a Forster No-Go (2.0547) and a field...
I have about 140 rounds of what I believe to be 6.5x55 training ammo with red wooden bullets that came with some gun gear I bought from a friend. My...
I recently moved and in cleaning out the "junk" one keeps and never uses I came across a vacuum food sealer. Now I got to thinking, if I put one of...
I picked these rounds up recently. I know they are 6.5 Carcano but that's it. They appear to have some sticky residue on them. Almost like Linseed...
Can anyone verify that these are: Kynoch Factories, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Birmingham, England Greenwood & Batley Ltd, UK Royal...
I was given a bunch of boxes of this ammo. I was hoping someone could ID it for me. Thanks in advance.
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...
Hi all, I was given a few old .303 rounds and one of them was a Mk 4 Hollow Point. I am trying to determine the manufacturer and yr if it is...
i have many older rifles that i wish to shoot using reduced loads and cast bullets several indian era trap door carbines 4 digit rod bayonet ...
i mean actual information vice rumors, stuff can not be dried up forever i am getting serious low on varget and h 4895 down to about a lb each
anyone ever notice a static electricity sometimes affecting powder dump??
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