I recently received a vintage Weaver K8 in excellent condition from a friend. My question is whether there is any documented use of a K8 by the US military--03A4, M1, Model 70, etc? Any info...
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I recently received a vintage Weaver K8 in excellent condition from a friend. My question is whether there is any documented use of a K8 by the US military--03A4, M1, Model 70, etc? Any info...
I also have an 1898 that was missing the safety leaf. i bought one from S&S. I believe it is a reproduction. i had to do some fitting and filing, but it works and looks correct.
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Yesterday I fired 25 rounds from the bench at 200 yards (actually meters). I had to use a hold at the bottom of the paper on the SR target. After five sighters, the rifle put 17 shots in the ten ring...
hold is six o'clock on an NRA high power SR1 target (aiming black is slightly over 6 inches). Lowest setting on rifle's ladder sight is 400 meters, so 15 to 18 inches high at a 100 yards is not...
I have two type 99's with nice looking bores. I like the sights and experimented with quite a few different loads. my best results were with IMR 4320 and 150 grain bullets (Hornady .312). The load...
Took my 25 rounds and test fired the Dane Saturday at my club's 100 yard range. Lowest setting on the ladder sight prints 15" high at 100.
My loads were 48 grains of IMR 4350 and 50 grains of the...
my cases came in from Buffalo Arms. I have 25 loaded for Saturday. Hornady 150 SP's with moderate IMR 4350 load. This one may not have barked for a long time. We'll see how she does.
Thanks for the leads!
Not a US Krag, but recently acquired a nice Danish krag rifle, 8x58R. I have dies and a few cases with more coming. There is little load data available, and some is deemed by various sources to be...
FYI, a Numrich rep at the recent SHOT show in Orlando told me the scopes are manufactured by a country "in the Far East." He also said a repro scope for the British Enfield sniper will be introduced...