That's what we used to call 'case hardening' - when a low carbon steel is soaked at quite high heat in a carbon rich material such as bone, leather, iron filings, then quenched to give a hard wearing...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 08:34 PM
I thought the 7x57 did - when me and my mates upgraded from the .303 we all got 7x57's. At that time I thought they were two only two calibres (apart from .22). Then one day my BSA couldn't hit a...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 07:56 PM
It just comes down to what you like I suppose - I've had 7mm Rem mag, .280, .270 and I've fired a bunch of others - and some gave me more recoil than I was comfortable with, and the 7x57 never did...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 06:51 PM
I thought the 7x57 did - when me and my mates upgraded from the .303 we all got 7x57's. At that time I thought they were two only two calibres (apart from .22). Then one day my BSA couldn't hit a...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 06:42 PM
You have a 'solid black finish with freckling' - and that's straight off the internet. The originals had that too, you just got a lot of 'freckling' - you lucky bastard :) Never seen a 'case...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 06:30 PM
You have a 'solid black finish with freckling' - and that's straight off the internet. The originals had that too, you just got a lot of 'freckling' - you lucky bastard :) Never seen a 'case...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 06:07 PM
It just comes down to what you like I suppose - I've had 7mm Rem mag, .280, .270 and I've fired a bunch of others - and some gave me more recoil than I was comfortable with, and the 7x57 never did...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 04:57 PM
I just looked up 'cerakoting' - it's an epoxy/ceramic finish and is considered very durable. You can get it in over 100 colours too - you got lots of choices there :) As mentioned - you could just...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 04:57 PM
I looked after a lot of those dudes - some so old their tattoos had faded and melted and couldn't be see for what they were any more. Many were war vets and they were there because they couldn't look...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 03:06 PM
That's fair comment - but I wonder how many who brought into it can actually shoot that well. I did get interested in black powder target shooting for a bit, got the action and went down to talk...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 02:36 PM
Cheers mate - a gun is like a hammer, it's just a tool and like any tool it needs to be kept in reasonable nick to keep doing its job. Sometimes a gun can be a sex symbol and the factory it came...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 02:12 PM
That's what we used to call 'case hardening' - when a low carbon steel is soaked at quite high heat in a carbon rich material such as bone, leather, iron filings, then quenched to give a hard wearing...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 02:12 PM
And I'm surprised no one has said - "Who wants to be seen with an ugly girl."
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 02:12 PM
I looked after a lot of those dudes - some so old their tattoos had faded and melted and couldn't be see for what they were any more. Many were war vets and they were there because they couldn't look...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 01:37 PM
That 'silver' bullet (was .303) was a 'thought' that happened - not very bright ............. But ........... if you approach the idea of making bullets, it's not an impossible thing. People were...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 12:56 PM