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    Looking for a certain type of bolt action .22

    Thanks for this info. Manually-cocked hammers on bolt actions seem to be an idiosyncrasy of .22LR rifles and I'd like this experience to reflect any common centerfire rifle they will come across in the future as I think the bolt action is an important core part of shooting knowledge. Moving up...
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    Looking for a certain type of bolt action .22

    Henry does have something, and it's both stainless (or at least silver cerakoted) and has a synthetic stock, good things for a gun that will be used by more than one person who doesn't own it. That said, the three-dot sights are an odd choice. I always thought Savage made a good rifle but...
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    Looking for a certain type of bolt action .22

    I've been awarded with putting on an informal youth shooting program and I'm looking for the kind of .22LR I learned on. I want to stick with single-shot (no magazine) models, but everything I find on Gunbroker among the vintage stuff has a firing pin you have to pull back to manually cock...
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    Free-floating a two-piece handguard?

    My first AR build has been stalled for about a month, partly due to funding, partly due to indecision. I guess that's everyone's stalled AR build. While I've built guns from scratch, I'm new to handling the AR platform. This isn't a security or field gun per say, at least not until I'm used...
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    Help! I used oven cleaner on the stock

    I finished a month-long refinish on a Mosin Nagant 91/30 (stop laughing, it looked really nice) and the first day I took it to the range, all the cosmoline I thought was gone bubbled my great finish. The first time I stripped the stock, I used brake cleaner to get the original shellac off and...
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    "New" Mosin prep, going through bronze brushes?

    I was looking for a chemical that will dissolve the lead but do nothing to steel (or bluing, though that's going to be redone anyway). I'm reasonably sure it would have to be left at least overnight for this much fouling, if it were aggressive enough to do it in five or ten minutes, it would...
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    "New" Mosin prep, going through bronze brushes?

    I thankfully only bought one nylon brush, as I bought one of each at first, thinking they'd last forever, as my new guns barely need scrubbing at all. As 30 caliber is common, I'm satisfied it'll all get used eventually. I'm losing some hope as I continue to clean this barrel, the lands seem...
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    "New" Mosin prep, going through bronze brushes?

    I'm in the process of restoring my recently-purchased 91-30. Despite it's lack of monetary value, I'm doing the job accurately, with new shellac, stripping and bluing all metal parts, the whole nine yards. I'm happy with how it's coming out, despite the difficulties getting there. I've been...
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    Best way to refinish a Mosin Nagant?

    I just stripped the shellac off of my stock, I'll also be stripping the metal and re-bluing all parts when the chemicals arrive. Does anyone try to take out the leaf springs that hold the stock collars in place, or the trim around the sling holes? I'd like to blue the springs if possible. I...
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    Fixing the steel finish on a Tula Mosin?

    I just bought my first Mosin Nagant 91/30, a 1936 Tula, numbers-matching on all except the bayonet (it's common not to having a matching bayonet), with an unblemished stock and a medium-quality bore (I haven't finished cleaning the bore yet, it might be better than that). After two days of...
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    Just starting out

    Good point, I had some initial difficulty with feeding and someone mentioned that the Lone Wolf barrel has a snug breech along with being fully supported. Probably better to make sure it'll load a cartridge smoothly should I ever be in a situation of needing, rather than worry about slightly...
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    Just starting out

    Centurian: It was a little more to get the Ergo Prime than the kit with a separate hand-priming tool, but it was recommended, or I'd probably have figured that priming on the press would be the best route. I imagine it's very similar to the Lee hand reloading press with a priming die mounted...
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    Just starting out

    I've been reading up on reloading for a few months now. I waited until the last possible moment because money's tight (spent it all on the gun), and got a Lee setup from Midway while they were on sale. I won't be doing more than depriming for now until I'm in the black again, but I'm not sure...
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