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   Tikka7mm08 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Is it 'Cold Bore' or 'Foul Bore' ?

   Greetings All, Most people fall into somewhere between fastidious and lax on rifle cleaning after a few years. This is pretty much where I am. A patch with Hoppes no 9 followed by a nylon bristle...

   Liked On: 16-01-2021, 12:03 PM

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   Butch73 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Keeping it Simple for New Handloaders

   Greetings G.I_Joel, Thanks for your kind words. I think that handloading is not something that you ever completely master, although you may fool yourself that you have for a time. I certainly fall...

   Liked On: 15-01-2021, 08:42 PM

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   Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?

   Lets all remember that the 7.7 x 56 mm cartridge aka .303 was designed as a metric rimless cartridge by a Major Rubin in Switzerland. The only input the Brits had was to put a rim on it. Grandpamac.

   Liked On: 14-01-2021, 08:16 AM

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   bunji liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?

   Greetings All, After seeing all those photo's of pristine Lee Enfields a few pages back I thought I would share a couple of my scoped .303.141088141089 Almost every major component has been altered...

   Liked On: 14-01-2021, 01:47 AM

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   bunji liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?

   Greetings Csmiffy, There are likely plenty of .303 Lee Enfields out there with groove diameter's that large that shoot quite well, especially the two groove barrels. I think where Ruger may have...

   Liked On: 14-01-2021, 01:16 AM

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   Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Stroll with New Gun...

   Greetings All, Nice to see someone hunting without a scope. Open sights become problematic to most of us with a lot of years on the clock. An aperture and blade is more forgiving as we just look...

   Liked On: 12-01-2021, 09:32 PM

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   johnd liked post by grandpamac On thread : Casual

   Greeting All, As mentioned above the cartridge is the cheapest part of our hunting kit and its reliability and safety need to be our first consideration. The use of other peoples handloads or our...

   Liked On: 12-01-2021, 08:10 PM

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   Butch73 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Casual

   Greeting All, As mentioned above the cartridge is the cheapest part of our hunting kit and its reliability and safety need to be our first consideration. The use of other peoples handloads or our...

   Liked On: 12-01-2021, 05:17 PM

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   caberslash liked post by grandpamac On thread : Pierced Primer

   Greetings Charlie Horse, Whatever the load is is FAR too hot. The ejector hole marks mean that the elastic limit of the brass has been exceeded and the brass is flowing back into the ejector hole....

   Liked On: 11-01-2021, 09:04 PM

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    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : Casual

    Greetings Micky, From your description it sounded as if your rifle was one with a recessed bolt face as is your Howa replacement. They handle the gas from a ruptured case much better and probably...

    Liked On: 11-01-2021, 12:30 AM

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    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : Casual

    Well said Zimmer, Additional to the case you mentioned two local cases that I know of, although not first hand, resulted in two buggered rifles and two injured shooters, one with damaged sight. I...

    Liked On: 11-01-2021, 12:28 AM

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    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Casual

    Greetings Micky, From your description it sounded as if your rifle was one with a recessed bolt face as is your Howa replacement. They handle the gas from a ruptured case much better and probably...

    Liked On: 10-01-2021, 06:42 PM

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    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Casual

    Sound thinking Micky, My experience has been that current production rifles have tighter chambers compared with those of 30 plus years ago especially in sporting cartridges. One .308 I worked with...

    Liked On: 10-01-2021, 04:28 PM

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    Finnwolf liked post by grandpamac On thread : Casual

    Well said Zimmer, Additional to the case you mentioned two local cases that I know of, although not first hand, resulted in two buggered rifles and two injured shooters, one with damaged sight. I...

    Liked On: 10-01-2021, 02:49 PM

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    erniec liked post by grandpamac On thread : Casual

    Well said Zimmer, Additional to the case you mentioned two local cases that I know of, although not first hand, resulted in two buggered rifles and two injured shooters, one with damaged sight. I...

    Liked On: 10-01-2021, 12:40 PM

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