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How much greater will the bolt thrust of a very tapered case be compared to a nearly straight case? One example of a nearly straight case would be the 45-70. An example of a case with much taper is the .348 Winchester. To what degree does a straight case hinder easy extraction? To what degree does a...

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I have used IMR SR4756 powder and like it for it's clean burning, leaving little residue in gun. I recall, quite some time ago, this powder was discussed here and the negative aspect of it was--I believe--it has a sudden pressure spike and therefore you can get into serious pressure trouble easier t...

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No doubt some people are gifted when it comes to shooting accurately and many are not and yet I wonder what percent of our combat soldiers/marines could be trained to pass the requirements to be a sniper? Every man with sniper ability--wow, that would be tough to come-up against. Well, I know every ...

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Been reading about and thinking about military guns and sometimes get to thinking about how we can have a better armed military and how we can change our training for the better? I'm wondering about all of our military rifles being chambered for 6mm. And, each man having a finely tuned bolt gun AS W...

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Here's a nice video about the major military guns used by the U.S. military since 1776 to the present. I would think the information in this video would be welcomed by just about anyone who likes guns. A very nice gun collection would be one that included each of the guns shown in this video. http:/...

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Been doing a little more reading about the guns used in the Revolutionary War. I wonder what percentage of each major gun was used? Colonists used the Brown Bess as well as the British. The major guns appear to be: Brown Bess--my understanding is it was used by a high percentage of the British soldi...

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Just finished watching this video about the Brown Bess. A major gun during our Revolutionary War. You like a big bore? How about .75 caliber? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz56I4n9O4U I enjoyed this video and know many here will also enjoy it. Am I gonna have to buy one of these too? It never ends-...

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My guess is the gun is an 1876 Win and the cartridges appear too long for pistol cartridges. The gun looks too big for an 1873.

Don

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firefuzz, Mosin-Nagant is the most robust? How so? Do you also mean most reliable? There's another straight-pull I haven't mentioned and it's the Blazer Tactical and sporting R8. The Tactical is a sniping rifle and over 4000 dollars. High-end and unique rather than reliable is my guess. The military...

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MrMurphy, Yes, the poor performance by the French in WWII is something I never could understand. Didn't they even have a significant number who sympathized with the Germans? I believe the Italians were also a "mixed lot" and also made a poor showing. Leaving the subject here but as I've sa...

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[quote="Mescalero"]The 49/56 is built like a bank vault, field strips easy; a lot of innovative maching on that thing.[/quote Mescalero, How do you like it compared to M1A, FAL, etc? Heavier than these? As reliable as these? I don't think the 49/56 is very well known and I wonder why--esp....

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MrMurphy, Thanks for your information. Found guys on internet who are getting good accuracy out of the MAS-36 and the 49-56 semi-auto. That's what I suspected. Believe there's a tendency to label any gun made by the French as poor or worse. I've enjoyed discovering these two guns I knew nothing abou...

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I'm continuing to spend time reading articles about the battle rifles of WWII. I didn't know what France or Italy used but found the French used a MAS-36 chambered for the 7.5X54mm French cartridge and the Italians used the Carcano M1891 chambered for the 6.5X52mm Mannlicher-Carcano. 1. Is that Fren...

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9422 mag for me. I have killed most all game on the ranch but deer with it. It is very accurate and packs a nice punch. RR7 rangerider, That's a real good one. I wouldn't want to but for survival I'd have to add a scope. I had that gun in 22 LR and I want it in 22 mag RF. One of the best of the bes...

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Here's an excellent review--with plenty of pictures--of this gun.

http://www.gunsumerreports.com/review_r ... -gs_p1.php

There are also many other reviews of other products at this site.

Don

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I have no definite answer for this and several possibilities. My Browning A-Bolt , 22 mag RF and it's scope with illuminated red dot. Still have black dot reticule if battery goes bad. 22 rim-fire would allow for carrying lots of ammo. My Browning A-Bolt, 243 Winchester and 6-24x scope. Reasoning he...

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Yes, the factory steel is tough to get the last few cartridges in. If you remove the floorplate from the mag, there is a plastic spacer in there that really doesn't do anything. If you remove it the mag will still work fine but be easier to load. I use the Ruger polymer mags in the 5 & 10 rnd. ...

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Well, even before shooting it I've got a complaint. The steel, 10 rd magazine that came with this gun is really hard to load. I haven't had a lot of guns with removable magazines but surely they could have done better than this. I'm going to order the Ruger polymer and expect I'll let that 10 rd ste...

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Took my brother to the hospital today and while waiting on him got to reading a magazine called, "Western Shooting Horse." Seems like this sport is growing fast and surprised to find so many women pictured on horseback in this magazine--shooting! I've wondered for some time if the riders i...

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What are some of you guy's thoughts about stainless steel guns? Does regular steel make for a smoother operating gun than stainless? Will a stainless barrel take longer to "shoot-out" than a regular? Is a stainless barrel potentially as accurate as a regular steel barrel? Do any of the out...

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Thanks for all of your responses. I probably won't do anything with it's trigger. Have to shoot it first to know for sure. It's wasn't bad when I "snapped" it a couple of times. Even though it's not supposed to hurt to dry fire certain guns I really never like to do it without fired casing...

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Discovered Larry Potterfield's "Short Stories" at the Midway USA site a while ago. Lots of good ones there and many pertaining to his hunting in Africa. As many of you know he is the founder of Midway USA. You might want to give them a look--if you haven't already. A couple of them are abo...

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I'm also wondering If I can adjust the trigger pull/lbs. or that must be done by a gunsmith? They say it has the new LC6 trigger that's supposed to be an improvement over the one they used in the model 77 for many years. I may not need to adjust it. It is truly a solidly built little rifle. It has a...

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Bought a Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle/carbine yesterday. 16.5" barrel with flash suppressor. Ought to be plenty of muzzle blast ! Chambered for the .308 Winchester cartridge. Only negative I see thus far is the bolt does not work as easy or as smoothly as I'd like. Any suggestions to help with thi...

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Been watching several videos on YouTube about the Lee Enfield Ishapore in .308. One guy said he had one in the Jungle Carbine version. Really? Did the Indians really make this in the Jungle Carbine version? Did Great Britain or elsewhere also make this gun in .308 Jungle Carbine. That would be my ch...

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Seen a Lee Enfield Jungle Carbine in .308 and the seller said shooting .308 hunting ammo in it would wear out the action. He said use only 7.62 military hard ball. Really? Cannot understand how Winchester .308 factory 'hunting ammo' would hurt it. Too, I wonder if extraction could be a problem since...

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Just read that Springfield, back in 2002, made some Garands chambered for Winchester .308 cartridge. Any of you seen and shot this chambering in this gun? I assume it's as reliable as the standard 30-06 chambering. The "Tanker version." Was that in existence during WWII or did people make ...

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What the things to look for when buying an M1 Garand? Is there a manufacturer that's as good as any but costs less? Was walnut wood used only on the earlier ones? I'm guessing a good one will cost about a thousand dollars. The gizmo that'll allow you to adjust the gas pressure for varying loads ?? Don

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Been watching Hickok45 talk about and shoot the M1 Garand. Occurred to me that out of all guns this is one of the very few deserving the highest respect. I had forgotten but it's neat that this gun does not have a magazine coming out of the bottom. Hey, you can carry this one like a regular hunting ...

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Just finished watching all 10 parts of "Life Below Zero." Took over 7 hours to see it all. Enjoyed a lot of it but some things I'd have changed. The "Drama music" was way over done. Jumping back and forth between the people and their locations was really for the birds. Yet, glad ...

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Thanks to member Malamute for mentioning "Life Below Zero" video which I believe he said was on TV. Maybe it's been mentioned here before but I found it on YouTube. 10 parts each about 44 minutes. It jumps from one Alaskan "wilderness liver" to another but still pretty entertaini...

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I have a couple of A-Bolts and like them. The short bolt handle throw is a big plus to me. I don't believe the newer X-Bolt is much different.

Don

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I can understand why some people might be turn-off with the Russian Mosin since it is a gun from a country that has often opposed us over the years. Have to remember though, the Russians and that gun gave us and our other allies a whole lot of help with the use of that gun. Helps also to know that R...

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I read that the Lee Enfield and the .303 British cartridge have killed more game in Canada than all other guns and cartridges combined. Is this true---or----did it used to be true? Another plus for the Lee Enfield I haven't mentioned is the short 60 degree (right?) throw of the bolt handle. Helps wi...

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cas wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gy62X4QXI

cas,

thanks for your help. I finally got it right.

Don

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Here's an excellent video for someone just starting out with their military rifle collection. This includes myself.

Seemed special to me and wanted to share it and expect it might be helpful for some in this group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzEA0lNZCrY

Some truly great guns shown here.

Don

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Yeah, that's right, it's chambered for the .308/7.62x51. Picture quality is very good as is his demonstration of how fast you can shoot this very fast bolt-action. There's a debate about whether this gun is as fast as the very few straight-pull bolt guns. It's fast enough, as you'll see. Believe the...

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How well will the Hog Stalker/FNAR and the PTR handle 125-130 gr bullets? Read the FNAR type was not easy to take apart for cleaning. What about the PTR? Wouldn't most of you agree the recoil operated PTR would run the longest without cleaning? Is it easier to disassemble than the FNAR? One thing I ...

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This is my .308 hog hunter. Most often use this one with a night vision scope. It's taken a pile of hogs. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y264/FWiedner/Firearms/LR30810XSWA_S_zpscdc3a7fa.jpg :mrgreen: FWiedner, what is that gun? After a lot of 'gun years' I'm just now getting into military types o...

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Grizz, You speak "gun lingo" really well. "Happy Switch"--that's a good'in ! Wow! I just found a couple of Browning Hog Stalkers for sale and both have asking price over 1600 dollars ! Believe there's a lot of demand for that gun or the price just couldn't be that high. The weigh...

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I've often thought it'd be real hard to have a more successful life than was lived by Dwight Eisenhower. When you think about it George Washington lived a similar life. Seems I recall Eisenhower giving a speech one time and he was talking about how great it was to live in a country where a Kansas fa...

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here is a contemporary alternative: http://centerfiresystems.com/RIFLE-PTR91GI-GRN.aspx http://centerfiresystems.com/productimages/handguns/RIFLE-PTR91F-D.jpg hard to beat the price, plenty of accessories, plenty of 4$ magazines, with plenty of cash left over for ammo..... Grizz, Say, you just may ...

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Believe I read it had a medium heavy barrel and weighed over 9 lbs empty. One of the attractive things about this Browning BAR is it has a 10 rd detachable magazine and I expect that means a 20 rd wouldn't be too hard to come by. If that weight is correct then I think I'd go with the Springfield m1A...

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Just watched a video about the Browning BAR Hog Stalker in .308.

Do any of you have one of these and if so how do you like it?

Kinda pricey. 13-1400 bucks.

Don

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Here's a nice story about a shotgun once owned by President Eisenhower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6EJkvSJxbQ

Don

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Been reading about the Remington 742 and Winchester 100. Several folks had trouble with these guns so I'm steering clear of them. The number one thing I require of any gun is RELIABILITY. Seen a sweet little Remington model 7, stainless and synthetic stock. Now I'm sure that's a reliable gun. Also l...

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How to set a gun on fire. Lots, I mean LOTS of shooting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lND51FkLuFU

Don't miss the last part....

1080p resolution possible with this one so you might want to make that choice.

Don

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I liked this video. Some points valid for repeat shots when hunting or self-defense. Short stroking is something I can see happening to a lot of guys. Even though most lever guns have a short butt stock the reach to full lever throw can be too much for shorter armed people. Of course with enough pra...

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Have some new Winchester .348 brass. Notice a few of the cases have small black specks on them. About the size of a large dot at end of a sentence.

My guess is nothing to be concerned about and they will work just fine.

What is the cause of these 'black specks."

Don

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Shootings by deranged people are getting totally out of hand. Just read where 3 people were killed in a mall in Maryland. Couple of days ago a person was shot at Purdue University here in Indiana and about this time, or a day or two earlier, 2 more people were killed at two other universities. Where...

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