About Blisters

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About Blisters
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Apprentice builder

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    Blisters liked post by Happy Jack On thread : Macpac 40% off sale now on 1/5/20
    Won't be buying anything for a while wife has just lost her job due the the lockdown and no tourists so the local iSite which is owned by the pools is downsizing on staff
    Liked On: 01-05-2020, 08:16 PM
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    Blisters liked post by Cordite On thread : bullet help please
    Should this not be in the "what do you do for a crust" thread? (-; Pretty corroded, do wear shooting glasses. And yes, they clean up nicely. Let's know how they shoot.
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 10:52 PM
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    Blisters liked post by Marty Henry On thread : bullet help please
    Ha ha, I've done that in the past a tub of 40s manufacture 303, brasso and cloth. They looked so pretty when they were finished.
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 07:28 PM
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    Blisters liked post by csmiffy On thread : bullet help please
    You are actually correct -300 Savage was the initial start for the 308 -straight from Wikipedia. found some other articles that backed this up. During the 1940s, the .300 Savage became the basis for...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 02:35 PM
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    Blisters liked post by Marty Henry On thread : bullet help please
    Grandpamac you forgot to mention that the 174 grain rounds caused functioning issues with the recently adopted m1 grand so back to the little 150 they went. Ironically the longest case full power...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 02:34 PM
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    Blisters liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings All, The story about how the US got to the M2 30-06 cartridge may be of interest. The US adopted the 150 grain load in 1906 replacing the original .30-03 220 grain load. This followed the...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 02:34 PM
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    Blisters liked post by Cordite On thread : bullet help please
    Half the answer is in seeing how accurate it is at 100m. How consistently were the tips filed and drilled? And do they clickbang? Also as bullets are lightened with a slightly blunter...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 02:33 PM
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    Blisters liked post by Cordite On thread : bullet help please
    Yes, the .30-06 M2 should have been made with a boat tail but was in fact a flat-bottom spitzer... even though the advantages of boat tails were well known at the time. The M2 was deliberately...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 12:14 AM
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    Blisters liked post by 300CALMAN On thread : bullet help please
    Blisters the primers might be berdan so impossible to reload with normal reloading tools
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 07:06 PM
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    Blisters liked post by Dicko On thread : bullet help please
    Blisters, 'how much was a roo skin worth? what were they used for?" The last time I sold roo skins was back in the mid 80's. We used to get paid by size. ranged from about $3.50 for small or...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 07:06 PM
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    Blisters liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings All, There were a few specialist military target loads in .30-06 but to my knowledge all of the M2 ball ammo was boxer primed. The domed shape of the primer was common at the time. Had a...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 07:04 PM
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    Blisters liked post by Dicko On thread : bullet help please
    ShooterNZ, I have read the same story about projectiles Separating in the bore over here. I also know the practice was widely adopted by every roo shooter in Oz post ww1 until rifles in commercial...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 02:19 PM
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    Blisters liked post by shooternz On thread : bullet help please
    That is true an old gunsmith friend of mine showed me a pile of .303 barrels he had pulled and replaced all with bullets suck up them, This was back in the 60's when everyone hunted wth a .303 a...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 12:34 PM
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    Blisters liked post by Micky Duck On thread : bullet help please
    I recall being told the issue was the .303 rounds where you found red plastic inside tip....some had alloy some cardboard...if you trimmed too far they could seperate and leave core behind.....like...
    Liked On: 27-04-2020, 04:35 PM
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    Blisters liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings Blisters, Looks like Military M2 rounds that have been drilled by someone. That it is a pretty big drill hole and there is a danger that the jacket could be left in the barrel if you fire...
    Liked On: 27-04-2020, 12:00 PM

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