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Shown below between similar commercial bullets is one of the 154 gr FMJ Open Base bullets pulled from the million of rounds of Turkish ammo imported into the US about 15 years ago. You can see the...

Did you know that the "Fuller" or "Blood Groove" as many know it, has nothing to do with making the bayonet easier to withdraw from an opponent? It's to make it lighter and stronger.
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1) 30-30
2) 30-06
3) 7.62x54r
4) 7.92x57 / 8mm Mauser
5) 45-70

It wouldn't take long to come up with 10 powders in the 4198 to BL-C(2) range that would "work" with all of those cartridges, and...

As of this month we can buy them for $50 in Canada with frog, although not all are in as good a condition as yours. There seems to have been a large influx from Switzerland - prices on eBay are...

This thread is about the M71, not the M71/84 - they're not the same gun. In Canada the M71 is an antique, and the M71/84 is not.

It's an antique in Canada.

Antique status has nothing to do with ammunition availability, it has to do with age, bore size, magazine capacity, and centrefire vs. rimfire.

Greetings from Ottawa!

PM me - I have headspace gauges for the 303 Brit.

As for a Gunsmith - Jason Spencer at "Gunco". He's easily located on Google.

A much better choice for brass is Starline 414 Super Mag. Simply reduce the rim diameter, deepen the extractor groove and trim to length. Downside is that Starline only sells them in lots of 250 or...

Those are economical reduced loads - I shoot cast as well, and my personal favoyrite is SR4759.

Another route is to use a published H4895 load, and reduce it to 60% of max or higher.

My Father-in-Law owns (or owned) a book of pictures celebrating 125 years of Canada, and in there is a picture from Saskatchewan in 1952, of an RCMP Officer shooting cattle that were infected with...

Interesting project and I'll be watching for results, but my experience in these things is that many sceptics will remain unconvinced, as solid evidence is rarely sufficient for them to cease...

Very, very nice - great work and excellent photos. Thanks for sharing.

Probably only cost you $10 in materials and $200 worth of labour that you donated to the cause (and you had to buy a $5000...

Oh my. There's always two sides to a story, but sadly we rarely hear them both - and it's usually the vendors who get the short end .........

An informative thread with respect to the blades -...

Google "mrnambu". I've bought it from him before.

I have a two rivet handguard, and the retainer plate has separated from the two rivets. Any tips on how best to reattach it?

Nice! Shot with a 8x63mm Swedish? Why wouldn't you use something unusual like a 30-06? :p

There are so many that have been sporterized, that 9 times out of 10 when someone mentions one it's been cut down. Replacement stocks are non-existent.

In Canada, if complete and unaltered, I'd...

If you have the tools, you can make perfect boxer-primed 410 WSL brass from Starline 414 Super Mag. It requires reduction of the rim diameter, deepening of the extractor groove and reduction in...

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So many powders and bullets, so little time. I would imagine that Varget would work well, and proabaly H-380, a great, but little mentionned powder that works well in the 308.

I got excellent results with the Hornady 178gr A-Max over 44.0 grs of IMR4064, but want to try a Hornady 150gr FMJ. I was thinking working in the 44.0 to 46.0 grs range with IMR4064. How does that...

Be careful about chamber neck clearance in these guns. I have one that slugs 0.315", but the chamber will only accept bullets 0.310" or smaller and still allow 0.002" clearance with most brands of...

What has happened is a common phenomenom. A guy named "St Pierre" was an early poster of load data, and it has been copied ad nauseum on various Websites and Forums, in the process taking on an aura...

Thanks - that explains it I think. The Hodgdon loads are max for 1911 rifles (e.g. pre-K31) and the MV's are listed for a 31" barrel. You'd expect 200+ fps less with the K31's 23.5" barrel, and a...

178gr Hornady Amax, 2.900" OAL

44.0 grs IMR4064 - avg MV of 2575 fps. Very consistent, very accurate, and a max load IMO

50.0 grs H4350 - avg MV of 2525 fps. Very consistent, accurate, about 3...