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   grandpamac liked post by Ingrid 51 On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?

   I bought a 1943 No4 Mk1 star Longbranch on Sunday. It’s been refurbished and appears to have a new Criterion? Barrel fitted. All matching numbers, including forewood. Has what appears to be armoury...

   Liked On: 14-01-2021, 01:58 PM

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   grandpamac liked post by tiroahunta On thread : Stroll with New Gun...

   To be fair grandpamac this open sight fad thing won’t last long. Only wanted to shoot something with the rifle without a scope and was fairly confident I could do it. It did show me how much I rely...

   Liked On: 12-01-2021, 08:44 PM

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   grandpamac liked post by tiroahunta On thread : Stroll with New Gun...

   Headed out Saturday morning (earlyish after doing my work rounds) to a local DOC block I haunt/frequent. Wanted to blood my new Henry single shot in 45/70 and try out a new pack idea I had...

   Liked On: 12-01-2021, 12:46 PM

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   grandpamac liked post by Dama dama On thread : Casual

   Well I've lost no teeth but did lose $200 and a hunting trip due to using a mates reloads in my .308. A military round with the FMJ removed and replaced with some unknown (to me) soft point. Had...

   Liked On: 12-01-2021, 09:20 AM

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   grandpamac liked post by T.FOYE On thread : Casual

   Well fellas tbh my feeling is that if you're even asking a question on a given mystery round , you shouldn't shoot it. It's under $2.... Whats all your other gear and physical attributes worth...

   Liked On: 11-01-2021, 09:36 AM

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   grandpamac liked post by XR500 On thread : Casual

   Personal experience here. This one ended up with no damage to hunters, but a 5 day walk with a stainless steel walking stick: Early 90's, did a looong walk through the Ruahines with a couple of...

   Liked On: 11-01-2021, 06:59 AM

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   grandpamac liked post by Micky Duck On thread : Casual

   yip there were a few of those...and many other reports of bolts being siezed shut....Barry Crump had many do this...couldve been from placing entire rifle in stream to shoot trout LOL.... in 40...

   Liked On: 11-01-2021, 06:59 AM

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   grandpamac liked post by Micky Duck On thread : Casual

   push fed winchester model 70 lightweight 20" barrel from factory,suppressed,bedded,loved. REST HER DEAR SOUL replacement HOWA 1500 22" from factory S/S and Hogue stock.....time will tell how much it...

   Liked On: 10-01-2021, 05:31 PM

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   grandpamac liked post by zimmer On thread : Casual

   You don't need to wear a bolt as could happen in the most extreme case but a buggered rifle (recently documented) or a lost eye due to a shower of crap coming back thru some of the poorer gas...

   Liked On: 10-01-2021, 12:14 PM

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    grandpamac liked post by Micky Duck On thread : Casual

    my old rifle had loose bore and longthroat...so loads had plenty of room to releave pressure before projectile enguaged rifling.....my reloads for it were at hot end of scale..... also I partial...

    Liked On: 10-01-2021, 10:37 AM

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    grandpamac liked post by Bagheera On thread : Newbie wants to reload for 22-250

    That's a great block. When you want to reload more at once, go for 50 because that's the size of a lot of cartridge boxes and about as much as you can reload in a long evening. This is rimu with...

    Liked On: 04-01-2021, 07:12 AM

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    grandpamac liked post by Micky Duck On thread : Newbie wants to reload for 22-250

    I just looked at chart above,THATS WHERE it says 34.6 is max..........pretty sure our man be fine...but after recent balls up...Im a bit trigger shy.

    Liked On: 04-01-2021, 07:12 AM

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    grandpamac liked post by winaa On thread : New .270 cal cartridge from Winchester

    I agree 1:8 twist is a sweet spot for twist rate. Todd Hodnett from Accuracy First stated he uses this in his rifle builds up to and including 308w.

    Liked On: 30-12-2020, 07:01 AM

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    grandpamac liked post by Hunter_Nick On thread : Keeping it Simple for New Handloaders

    And if it ‘spins your wheels’ then have at it :thumbsup: I think whiskey is rubbish and is best burnt in an internal combustion engine, but I bet there’s a heap of you that disagree with that :XD:

    Liked On: 29-12-2020, 05:30 PM

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    grandpamac liked post by Micky Duck On thread : New .270 cal cartridge from Winchester

    and where pray tell me are they intending to GET 175grn .277 cal projectiles from????? it would be far far far better if they talked nosler into poking a plastic tip into the 160grn partition that...

    Liked On: 29-12-2020, 08:28 AM

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