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If your Mk IV has been cut to accept .45acp with half moon clips, I would suggest not using factory ammo. Your pistol was designed for black powder. The Mk V and Mk VI were a heavier construction...

Hi, I don't collect knives, but can't say I've ever seen a metal scabbard on a Sykes knife, always leather, usually metal tip ... Is this perhaps an Aussie feature?

Interesting to see that the 8mm option (.315") is still manufactured as a modernised SMLE sporter by IOF (India) ... as is also a .32" Mk3 Webley.

[QUOTE=Ridolpho;243928]. But I'm curious about the Turkish conversion to 8mm. How was the strengthening bar on the right side of the action body attached and what other modifications were involved?
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Well, I didn't know that the Spanish guards in Cuba used .303 ammo ! there yer go, learn something every day.

After my pistols were taken away (compulsory purchase) I was re-acquainting with .303 shooting after about a 30 year break, had just joined LERA and prior to a day on Bisley ranges, I had booked a...

I suppose you could say that BAE Systems, with their 'rail-gun' development, is a significant arms manufacturer ... but most of their research and manufacturing is now spread around the western...

Well I never ... all these years I thought the 'En' stood for 'Enfield' ..... as with also the Brno/Enfield (BREN)! :banghead:

An old Sussex armourer told me it wasn't an uncommon problem ... and suggested I (gently) hammer down the groove lip on the bolt head, to make it a tighter fit. This I never did because I just didn't...

Hi Patrick, I wouldn't call the 'long shank' swivels fake as such, it's just that they are probably not military. They were made by BSA, Parker-Hale etc, for the civilian target shooters. If you are...

Much of Europe and also (I believe) Australia, have lived with anti military calibre regulations for many years. One of the cheaper solutions is to modify the chambering a small amount and call it...

If I can put in my humble opinion . . . . . Lt.Col.Tucker is doing a photo call, has inadvertently pressed the magazine release catch, the magazine has dropped and is about to fall out, maybe it is...

Hi Peter, I think for the benefit of Carl in Houston and everyone else in the USA, what we Brits refer to as a 'Public' school over here is very much the same as what Americans will think of over...

I think we can say "crap" without offending anyone. Chroming is often done to cover over pitting from rust or corrosion, but pimping up an otherwise clean war veteran is just sad ... Remove the...

Hi Peter, I've got a 'lovely' chromed SA80 bayonet ... just a little bit of bling ?

Nothing mythical about the top one Warren. Not a sporter, but a BSA .22 Trainer trials rifle. There's about a hundred of them ... somewhere. The bottom one looks like it came out of the same stable...

Peter, I don't know about over there, but in the UK , Bob Holloway is advertising a .455 MkIV (4") with .22 insert and cylinder priced at £955 which you could probably get on a Heritage ticket. He...

Hey John, how come it can't be a 30-30 ? there's one down our gun club, looks just like my .303, I think a lot were converted 'Down Under'.

Though I must admit that I agree, a detached case neck...

[QUOTE=Beerhunter;191291]If they can't chamber rounds, one can't practice: Holding, Loading Aiming & Firing because the Drill Rounds won't chamber.

Ok Beerhunter, that's the basis of my...

What I can't understand is ... why were DP'd rifles left capable of chambering and firing live ammo ? Or are we looking at a load of DP parts which have been exported and then re-built as live...

I didn't know there was ever an issue single point sling, but there are often leather target SP slings listed on fleecebay. I've got one for my Anschutz, but you'll need to make the hitch narrower to...

In the meantime, anyone still got an early, maybe 'A' prefix serial number early TG Co fill-from-the-top-bowl?[/QUOTE]

Peter, from what I've read, it seems that the 'B' preceeding the serial...

You can often find surplus rations advertised among camping and other outdoors pursuit suppliers. Usually 5 to 10€ per 24hr box. I don't know who the wholesalers are. The French stuff is excellent...

If you need .38S&W brass, then you could try obsolete industrial sites. I found a couple of boxes of Kynoch blanks for a 'Rapid Hammer Major' which I presume is some sort of nail gun. The cartridges...

Do issue rod attachments have a standard thread ? My steel rod is Alfred Parker and is compatible with P-H but I bought some nylon brushes externally identical (prob for 7.62) but the inner screw...