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I find it relives some tension on the bolt, and to boot it makes the job of getting the bolt out easier.

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Yeah, I guess so. Shame that a few idiots has to ruin things for everybody else.

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Old Savage wrote:And what the hell do they think these rules achieve?

Beats me... I guess they can tap themselves on the back, saying "Hey, we did something about all those dangerous weapons out here!"

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What I would have the hardest time dealing with is the limit of ten (or less) firearms. Please don't interpret this as bragging but I (and many others here) have... um... somewhat more than that. As do we :) Most of us have no more than four... I had four, sold two to get my 444p. And by the way, m...

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One other thing to remember... The 9422M in .22WMR is a jacketed round. It DOES foul your barrel just like a centerfire jacketed round does. With a .22LR, you can get away without cleaning for a great deal of time, but not these. If you neglect it, it WILL develope tight spots and build up, just as ...

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Well, I see one good reason to take them apart. The reason I had to reline mine, was that some owners liked to take it apart, some didn´t. The ones who didn´t, buggered up the bore from the muzzle, and about 5 inches in. Well, here in Sweden, a rifle cannot be under 17.7" to be legal for huntin...

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... We Americans are an influence on the rest of the world? Hmm... we keep hearing that we need to be more like Europe, with your "sensible" gun laws. Well, mostly no... Sure, there are aspects of your gun laws that would not fly here, but I for one are sad that I cannot own as many lever...

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Im the one who wrote that on the Swedish forums... It´s simple really. If the rifle is taken apart a lot, by someone who does not understand the construction of it, the "lip" on the lower that slots in to the upper gets bent a little upwards. That will cause the rifle to have a slight abil...

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With your prices rising, you guys will soon have to pay almost what we guys over here in Europe has been paying for new stuff for a long time. Only good thing about not being able to own as many firearms as you want, is that the prices for used stuff is close to nothing over here. Here in Sweden, we...

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Canuck Bob, thank you, I found those articles earlier today, when I googled the fraze: increase cast bullet diameter. Found some nice stuff, and If I get a Lee mould or similar, I´ll definately try both the beagling and the lapping. But for now, for my main bullet, I´m going to go with a Mountain mo...

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Yeah, I got some real good pointers in this thread, thank´s all of you. While I´m on the subject of cast bullets, have any of you guys tried to open up a bullet mold to a larger diameter with lapping compound? Seems that all the molds from at least Lee, are no bigger than .429, and I need .432... I ...

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Yeaaay, I scored a Skinner sight today to put on my new rifle when it gets here! Now I REALLY want to get that thing home...

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Great, thanks for that information! I´ve seen some lead-shank that my friend over here shot in his 45-70, aircooled, and it had (by mistake) passed through two moose-calfes. (one stood in front of the other, and it was an animal already shot at, so he had to take it down). That one had barely expand...

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Problem is that the hunting rounds need to expand to some degree, to be legal to hunt with here. On the other hand, they don´t have to expand a lot, they just have to show a difference in diameter. I hear you on ranchdog, I find it hard to get enough time with the family without having a business to...

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Dang, that bullet looks nice! I´ve been lurking around Mountain Molds aswell, to try and decide what kind of bullet I want to cast. I´m leaning hard towards oredering a block for 330 grain bullets, and just waterdrop the ones I don´t want to expand. That way, I have a load that works both for huntin...

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No no, I didn´t mean I´d pick up lead at the range, I was wondering if it would create a hard enough cast if waterdropped, to prevent them from expanding on impact. I´m planning on using ww-lead, since I have a garage/tireshop for a neighbour. Handy, huh? The problem I see, is that the rubber "...

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Wow, thank you very much, great info here! What diameter cast should the 444p with ballard rifling typically enjoy the best? I realize this is somewhat individual, but I´d like to hear you guys input. Im sitting here thinking to myself, that it would almost be stupid not to cast my own stuff. Why pa...

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6pt, wow, thats some serious knock down power at those speeds. About 405wcf, I know him from the Swedish reloading forums, Robsoft. He actually sent me some .30 bullets to play around with in my 308MX. All around nice guy! Well, I think I´ll stay in the 300 grain area, or just above, seems like you ...

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Lots of good pointers here, I thank you all! 6pt, I understand that you will never fire those bullets, if I were you I´d probably take out a few out of the box, polish them like crazy-shiny, and keep them on top of the box as a memento... What kind of speed did you get out of the 400 grain bullets? ...

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Well, since I´ve got a rifle with the faster twist, and deeper ballard rifling, I am under the impression that it can handle quite a bit heavier bullets than the migrogroove-version can. Am I right in that assumption? In case I am, I´d really like to get up and around the 300-grain ballpark, and fro...

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Thank you very much!

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Yeah, I´m actually looking in to start casting my own stuff too, tried to get on ranch dog website to drool a bit. But it seems that it´s not working at the moment?

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Hello, and thank you! I´ll check that link, and look in to getting them overseas!
I am really ancious to get the rifle home now, I want to try it out....

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Well, for me it completely depends on what I´m doing. I almost never load one in the chamber, just because it´s more of a hassle doing so in a levergun. If I´m in the woods sitting on my treestump watching for moose, I load all in the magazine, work the action once, with the safety on. Then I put on...

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Hi again folks! Long time since I´ve been on here posting anything, I think the last one was about my Marlin 308MX stright grip conversion. Well, since then, I´ve been thinking that I really need a big bore levergun as well, since we have a LOT of bear around where I hunt. So, a couple of days ago, ...

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Wow, that is a spectacular piece of ecuipment! That wood is awesome! Very nice piece, and I´m not at all jealous...not at all.

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Nice picture, mr Fritz!

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Sweden, best part of Northern Europe!

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up grade of 30-30!!!! I don't think there is any round you can put in a re-chambered 30-30 rifle that will give you enough improvement to make it worth while. The Ackley Improved give only 5% you can get that with the new Leverevolution ammo. If you need more from a lever gun Id go with .308 MX or ...

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Well, small update on the matter. I was sitting up one night, could not sleep. Got to thinking, an idéa formed in my head. If one has a given cartridge and load, let´s say the thuttythutty. If the bullet some how is pushed in, the result is a big increase in pressures! So, what if I did it the other...

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Boys, I humbly thank you for your research on my behalf! I´ll look into these suggestions, and I will return when I have tried rolling some of these loads. Just gotta get me some of the components you all have suggested!
Thank´s!

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Wow, as always when night falls here in Sweden, there are a lot of you guys up and writing new stuff over here. earlmck, that seems like the best opstion to me then, and all you other guys, thank´s a lot for the information and help! The .307 seems like a possible way to go as well, but we´ll see wh...

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Hell no, aint gettin me no BLR! Im sure they are great guns, but to me they just dont look....right. Keep in mind, this is mostly a fun sort of brainstorming exercise, just to get to find out what CAN be done. Most likely, if any of this comes to be real, I´ll just go the Ackley route, and wait for ...

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Dang BenT! We have a new contender! But what about the pressures in that cartridge, how high do they go?

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Yeah, I guess you are right, the LVR-powder, and Ackleyfying the rifle is propably the route to go. And I already have a 308MX, customized as some have seen... This still is a fun question to throw around and have fun with, so keep at it if you want to. I´m reading all I can, and soaking up knowledg...

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Yeah, I´ve been contemplating to pay for a subscription on ammoguide for a long time, but never had the bucks at the right time.... So much stuff to buy, and so little money...

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Yeah, me and my buddy been thinking about getting a reamer together. Still, this is a fun brainstorming and I have learned a good deal today. Now I just need to get my sorry butt off the chair, and do something about it. Anyone got a 30-30 Ackley on here? If so, what velocities do you get out of it,...

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earlmck, thank´s for that tip. However, I´ve already looked in to that option, and the sad thing is, we can´t get it here in Sweden. There are som approval and proofing stuff that needs to be done, and as of now, it´s not done yet. I´ve been in contact with a few dealers here in Sweden, and they say...

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Smokenrust, that is a very good point...

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Sarge, that seems really interesting, but there is the matter of having to rebore the barrel. Maybe there are barrels out there to be bought? However I'd rather keep the bore and find another route, if possible. Maybe the ackley is the only option I have without reboring or switching barrel, but the...

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Well, I'm only missing about 50 fps to consistently getting the speeds I need for the goal, so perhaps the Ackley would do the job just fine then? As we all know, rifles are individuals, and can show really different speeds with the same ammo. My buddy's thuttythutty lacks about 100 fps to do the jo...

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I'll just throw this out there as well... From what I've read about the thuttythutty ackley, most people get small to moderate increases in velocity with the same pressure in the case. However, many a handloader have found that they get much better life cycles out of the brass. True? Experience anyo...

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Nah, this is not really in the real world as of yet. It's purely hypothetical, and mostly for fun as of yet. But, if there actually comes up a real and realistic alternative to ackleyfying, I'll consider it. The budget is not set, and if it is just a matter of rechambering and adjusting for headspac...

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That´s just the problem. Some rifles do get just over the limit to pass for class 1 when ackley-fied, and some don´t. So I was just wondering if there any other options out there. At the same time it has to be fairly simple, ie cost effective, to do the conversion, but on the other hand it has to be...

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I´m sorry guy´s I completely forgot to say what boomstick this was all about, sorry about that! It´s a winchester 94, born in 1976. Top eject, 20" barrel. But ok, there we have a couple of candidates then. Keep rackin them up, and when I have a few options, I´ll start checking max pressures and...

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I´ve been thinking... Over here in Sweden, we have a class-system on our firearms. Or, I should really say, the system is for the ammunition, really. However, the highest class being calls 1, is the only one allowed for hunting bear, moose, and so on. The biggest game-types we have, to simplify. In ...

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I think it´s fair to say, that the situation might be vastly different, depending on where you live. As I stated before, with some common sense, and awareness, you have the best protection. However, what sore shoulder writes, is also true. But I do believe that for my own part, I dont have to worry ...

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Well, I only live in little old Sweden, but I have never ever worried about doing my banking online. I´ve been doing so for at least 15 years now, and have never had anything strange happen. That I didn´t cause myself, that is... :mrgreen: Neither have I ever been subjected to any form of an attack ...

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The way I see it, there is most of the time very small, or no reasons for a hacker to invade a personal computer. If it´s some sort of business´s machine, there might be more interest. I don´t think I´ve heard of one single case of an "average Joe´s" computer being hacked for serious or ma...

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If anyone has, as Griff ask´s, any more of the catalogs, this would make a great stickie. I wonder how many we could gather up in here?

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