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4895 has worked the best for me in my Garands. I find that the best powder for me in my 94's with the 30-30 is 3031. In the 45 ACP Bullseye has worked well, but Red Dot also does a good job with a...

A shooter showed up at the range with a 1903 Springfield that had a rubber recoil pad marked US on it that was slipped on the stock. One opinion came forth that proclaimed that it was original and...

Thank you for the information. I neglected to mention that the barrel is not an SA. It is marked AV which must have been one of the barrel makers for Springfields at one time. It looks like an...

I recently acquired a RI with a serial number which is over 421,000. It seems to be much higher than the usual ones and is probably one that has been assembled from parts left over somewhere in the...

A few years ago I bought an IHC in the Hudson Valley of N.Y. It is in pristine shape with a ser# in the 4M,500 range. The second digit from the right has been spot annealed and restamped from a 3...

Crimping is sometimes a necessary evil to prevent bullet movement under recoil or if here is a possibility of the bullet telescoping when feeding. It should be kept to a minimum...just enough to get...

I dip my 06 case necks in a small jar of powdered graphite, tap once or twice to get the excess off before neck expanding. This helps the sizing go a bit smoother and eliminates the awful screeching...

I have a IHC M-1 in the 4,5 mill serial number range with a/the barrel marked LMR. What does this logo/marking stand for. Is it a company logo? or does it indicate where the barrel was made? Thanx...

I have a Smith-Corona since the late 1980's that appears to be either not issued or hardly handled much;all the original parkerizing appears unworn. The serial number is in the 4,7+ mil range. I...

I have 4 Garands;2 of WWII vintage and 2 of the Korean era. The trigger guards are different- the older ones have a projection (flange?) at the rear of the loop. Was this appendage put there to...

Really good advice already given. 4895 is the optimal powder, but 3031 works really well. Its tough going in the PM as already noted. I set my PM a little lower and trickle in the rest..slower going,...

Somewhere back in time someone had a recipe for converting the rear sight on a 1917 to enable the shooter to correct for windage. IIRC they used a rear sight from an automatic weapon...nomenclature...

A neighbor bought a Garand and gave it to a gunsmith to have it checked out. He was told that the checkout work included "timing it". I know what timing means in the working of a revolver, but don't...

A gentleman who shoots at our range brought his 1903 Springfield and with it a magazine that holds 20 rounds. It is attached by first removing the floorplate. No one present had ever seen anything...

I have a 1911-A1 that began to act up (seize). The slide began to not close completely/not at all. I disassembled it and found that the lug had increased in width and was causing the problem. I filed...

The one I have is the top one in the picture shown in post #4. Thank you for all the information that you have supplied. J. Cooper

I have 3 1917's and shoot cast in all of them. I found that bore-rider design of the bullet does better than any of the other types of cal. 30"s that I have. Specifically Lyman #311334 which is an...

I recently purchased an M-1 Carbine and with it came an attachment that I never heard of or seen before. It is a (roughly) rectangular shaped piece of metal attached to two rods and it fits over the...

A question was raised at the range last week between two owners of 1911-A1 pistols. One gun was made by Remington and marked Illion, N.Y. and the other by Ithaca. One opinion was that both...

I was considering buying a flash hider for my garand and was told that there are two different types; that the device was designed to shield the shooter from the flash at night rather than to keep...

I bought a SC O3-A3 that is in fine shape. It has a 4 groove barrel. I have been told that these also were made with 2 groove barrels, but that those are rare and seldom seen. Also that some 6 groove...

It has been pretty well documented that using reduced loads of powders that burn slower than medium rates, such as 3031/4895/etc can cause a condition known as detonation. This type of event can ruin...

I bought an M38 from a friend who in turn got it on the open market several years ago and never fired it. In viewing and reading the work done with the Swedish Mauser stock I am reminded of the...

There is really no one brand of major dies that loads ammunition better than another.It just comes down to personal belief or choice. Some have certain features that may meet a persons particular...

I have four 17's and have finished them well using boiled linseed oil cut with 1/3 turpentine. It penetrates well in wood covered by metal and dries ok. On exterior wood it takes quite a bit of...