Greetings, I assume that the .270 is a bolt action so what about one of those neat little Bergara single shots in .308. Even new they are around the cost of a rebarrel plus they break down and go in...
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 02:13 PM
Perhaps but still good to see you are still about Good to see your still making powder. Was up at the range a couple of days ago getting rid of some homemade powder through a Pedersoli Kentucky...
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 01:58 PM
Didn't know about it six years ago - looked into 'wood gasifying' after listening to all the gas being liberated when making willow charcoal for BP. And one thing led to another and now the...
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 01:58 PM
Why would anyone want to do that. Bloody pine trees.:thumbsup:
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 01:57 PM
I'm feeling a bit rude just jumping in - but to make decent powder you need good charcoal and a ball mill. Mine is just a plastic bottle a third filled with .54 lead balls. My charcoal wood is willow...
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 01:56 PM
Not true flowers if sulphur is pure sulphur in dust form, it's ideal as the crystal or prill stuff is a bugger to grind even in a lead ball mill. Also carbon black pigment for ink making is ready to...
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 01:52 PM
Ok M.D. so it really is a thing ! I clearly need to get out more often and engage with the real world instead of the on line world 230201
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 01:22 PM
You might have just touched on another subject entirely there MD - the dark art of anvil launching! I think in that context the question of 'Don't you have an anvil?' could be answered by 'well I...
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 01:22 PM
I must confess that my main interest in home made BP is being able to feed a cannon or mortar. I don't really use enough with my 6 muzzleloaders to warrant making my own. Cannons and mortars do...
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 01:17 PM
Just lately been replacing my original Redding mongrels with Forster cross bolt lock rings. I never tightened the Redding rings excessively but had to take over half of my Redding dies and clamp...
Liked On: 26-08-2023, 12:49 PM
He may have used a throating reamer.
Liked On: 22-08-2023, 11:45 PM
gundoc you are the man! Literally 30seconds and its like new. Cheers!
Liked On: 16-08-2023, 11:25 PM
Sideways slop in an U/O action can usually be cured by compressing the action walls gently in protected vise jaws.
Liked On: 16-08-2023, 11:25 PM
As a follow on from this post, have now had this rifle passed on to me. I’ve been quietly looking around for a 7x57 that had good bones but left me enough to put some love into. After nearly two...
Liked On: 16-08-2023, 11:22 PM
Akaroa's right - it's quite astonishing what's in this country I had a nice lightweight Rigby .275 (7x57) I couldn't resist taking into the Urewera'a and I went over a bank with that thing and...
Liked On: 16-08-2023, 11:19 PM