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Appreciate the information fellas. I do have some 4350 sitting on the shelf as well, just not a quantity. I was trying to utilize what I had ample stock of as most supplies here are difficult to...

Another range trip. I had loaded up a string of what looked promising using the initial data and both the Hornady 174gr RN and the Sierra 180gr Pro Hunter. Powder was again RL15 with one exception....

Spoke to Lee Customer Service this morning. No reason that the smaller diameter .308 mandrel could not be used in the .303 die and collet. So...that option is there to size the necks -.003”.

I have Lee FCDs for other calibers and they indeed work great. That might be the next step. I have the .308win die on the bench and it would save me about $15USD plus shipping. There seems to be...

Another option might be a mandrel swap. Lee does not make an undersized mandrel for .303brit. However, the standard size mandrel on the .308win is .3055”. The standard size (the only size) for the...

A number of weeks back I posted on a ‘43 Maltby that I had acquired. Initial shooting with limited factory PPU 174gr FMJBT was fairly promising. I subsequently picked up dies and a supply of a few...

Thanks again!

I had originally stumbled across this thread: https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=20758 sometime ago and it kind of got lost. Found it again, and it’s a treasure of pics and...

So you know my family too? :bitch::madsmile:

Victorian Era.

Too much egg nog this afternoon.

Thanks for the updates all.

So if I understand, it appears that the thinned red oxide is almost applied like a heavy wiping stain? It appears from the pic on this site that there is a fair...

Appreciate the insight. I did find several close matches at a stateside paint center called Sherwin Williams. I learned that each color has a specific ID that can be searched and duplicated. 35...

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Dug a bit more here. Not sure how I initially missed it. The color has been described as “Deep Bronze Green”. The reference to “organic milk paint” was indeed from another forum.

The...

Yes. Someplace on here I read that that was the original formula way back when. Unless of course I missed something in the translation...like “bonnet” or “chips”... Entirely possible right there!

Appreciate the posts. Other life projects plus deer season has occupied the past few weeks. I have some preliminary components standing by. A few bags of PPU brass, some PPU 174gr FMJBT, and a box...

The Maltby in my previous post is coming along nicely. Seems accurate enough with irons, but aging peepers required me to put some optics on it before I started the process of finding an accurate...

Decided to shoot the remaining box of PPU 175gr FMJBT using the vernier sight and the target listed on this site. 25yds prone. Looks like the adjustments are pretty accurate including the 300yd...

From one new guy to another...howdy!

Thanks Gents,

Got the opportunity to shoot a few preliminary boxes thru it today. A box of Remington 175 FMJ and a box of PPU of the same weight. Only at 50yds as time was limited. More of a...

Yup. Opposite side is the same. I need to research a bit on the charger bridge and how it’s constructed. I was figuring the receiver was one piece milled, but obviously not the case.

Hopefully...

Thanks for the heads up on that. I took a closer look at the areas you mentioned as well as the rest of the receiver in general. The area above the ejector screw shows no mirrored marks on the...

Agree. In the past, I’ve picked up some cosmoline covered messes. Peeling apart an SKS or even a Mauser is on a lesser level though IMHO. There is not a single buggered screw on this one, and it...

Thanks. I’ll attach a few pics below to show what I have going. Spent the afternoon giving it a good scrubbing with mineral spirits. Bore seems fairly clean with no blue patches using old school...

As they say...long time listener, first time caller.
I’ve hopped on and off here over the years, along with some other related boards that have come and gone. A few Mausers reside in the safe,...