Rules for identifying primers on Yugo/Serb made ammo....
Red Primer annulus = Berdan primed and corrosive.
Green Primer annulus = Boxer primed and non-corrosive
Purple Primer annulus = Berdan...
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Rules for identifying primers on Yugo/Serb made ammo....
Red Primer annulus = Berdan primed and corrosive.
Green Primer annulus = Boxer primed and non-corrosive
Purple Primer annulus = Berdan...
Whatever you go for just be sure to degrease it, prime it, paint it and clear coat it.
What's your stock made of? Plastic? Fibreglass?
They benefit from being weight sorted, but have a reputation for having only slightly above average performance (great for chonking through ARs though) . Price was around $200 for 1000 back in the...
Another recent acquisition - Brazilian 1908 Mauser..
My 'To me, From me.' Christmas presents for this year....... and self imposed triggering event...
Is this for a Hunting or Target Rifle?
0.6 MoA is pretty effing good for a factory mass produced rifle - with or without a Heavy Barrel.
Any of those groups - with the exception of 42.8 grns -...
They won't. Firearms or Weapons are bad juju for them...if they know about it.
I've had to fly to Auckland a few times to rescue rifles and bayonets from Customs/Post jail that I've imported from...
They were all Arctic Birch...
The VK-1 or MCH-53 Lacquer (its a manufactured chemical similar to cellulose varnish, not a shellac made from bug secretions...Shellac stopped being used on rifle stocks in 1940) used during Soviet...
In 30 years of collecting I think I've seen about five come up for sale and held only one in my hands. They don't come up often....
As the majority of M1886/93s were made by 1901, most are made...
Bofors make RL-22 (it is THE powder used in Swedish Military 6.5x55mm)
Reload Swiss makes RL-17, and sell it as RS60. This is THE powder used in Swiss Military GP11 7.5x55mm.
From an old...
Any of the Greek HXP .303, .308 or .30-06 made since the 1960s is non-corrosive but as others have said, carbon can ruin your bore if not removed (copper kills accuracy, carbon kills bores).
A...
Ne'er a truer word spoken.... or typed....
I'd rather see a decent photo of the bore condition, than a sample target.
Another couple of recent additions to the Safe.....
M1903 bought from a Forum Member. It started life as a Receiver made at Rock Island in 1919, and put into storage to be made into a whole M1903...
+1 for Reloading International.
I've used them a couple of times to buy projectiles that weren't available here.
I played with BM2 in .308 a few years ago with 150grn FMJ projectiles.
It worked acceptably, but there was a very fine line - .2gn from memory - between no pressure signs and popped primers.
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If these Japanese boys have M1917 rifles over their shoulders and Arisaka Bayonets on their belts - my rifle could very well be modified by the Japanese- I'm certainly researching this more.
Nope.
It has been modified to take Arisaka Type 30 Bayonet...
A couple of recent additions...
Type 38 Carbine and Winchester M1917.
Who can tell what's wrong with the picture of the M1917?
You don't need an Import Permit to get projectiles or brass into NZ, but you need an Export License to get them out of the US - unless the brass is fired.
Being a Dual-Citizen puts you in a nice position to be able to buy firearms and take possession of them in the US, but you'll still need import permits to get them into NZ and Export Permits to get...
Ballistol on external surfaces.
MPro7 Gun Oil down the Bore.
This was my 'To me, From me' Christmas present...
A nice little 1921 manufactured Swiss Modell 1911 Karabiner - or K11...
I've no doubt the groups could be tightened up with less heat, mirage,...
Your rifle will be taken off the plane and sent to the Auckland International Mail Centre, 9 Laurence Stevens Drive, Māngere, Auckland 2022 - about a two minute drive from the Airport. Pay the...
No permit required to bring them into NZ, but a permit may be required to take them out of where ever you're coming from.