Recent content by jaimeshawn3

I built an M1 on one. Worked fine.

I have one. Good gun. Buy the good magazines for it, and it will as good as you are capable of shooting.

My daughter shoots a Mossberg 270. Plenty of power for elk; Plenty of range for antelope. Synthetic stock. You could get one for $300 and have coin for reloading and a scope.

Lots of rock people use vibrators instead of rotary tumblers for rock polishers. They are much, much faster than rotary tumblers, and do not round the rocks as much. You do not need to add water and the residual silica carbide does nothing to the brass later. My only warnings are don't...

An SKS would be an excellent home defense weapon. Short, light, and as powerful as a 30-30. A weapon that can shoot through sheetrock is your friend.

My -06 bolt gun like heavy bullets and shines with 200gr Sierras. The way you find out what your gun likes the best is try different weight bullets and try different powder loads until you have something that is consistently accurate. With a new high quality rifle, the barrels these days...

+1 with ms68. Do a ladder test to determine exactly what is the best powder charge for your barrel. I'd also recommend trying a heavier bullet with a better balistic coef. Maybe move up to 200gr Sierras.

Get a hotplate and a teapot for your man cave and make yourself a pot of tea before you start work. I myself prefer green tea. The steam will raise the humidity and the tea will calm you before attempting precision work. Reloading should not be rushed, and making the tea also gives you time...

I agree with the others that this is a Spanish Mauser, probably in 7.62x51. Do you have calipers? Do you know how to slug the bore? I have one that is a great little rifle but the bore was large so I use hard-cast-lead pistol bullets in it and reduced loads. Shoots great - It's the favorite...

You WANT to shoot High Power, you just don't know it yet. Find a local club that does it and borrow a military rifle to shoot the event with. ANY score works for the purposes of CMP. ANY. Get your Garand and ammo and keep doing it.

As for HD use: My father in law got a HP 9mm carbine for HD because they reminded him of the M1 carbine he carried during the war.

200 yd zero should be 2" high at 50 yds. At 100 yards you'll be about 2.5" high which is close to perfect for resting black area of a NRA High Power target on your front post. At 275yds, which is the classic battle zero, you'll be 5.5" low and at 300yds you'll be 8" low. I think there is...

Something in 7.62x39, maybe an SKS with a clip restriction to 3rds... or bolt action. I've taught most of grandkids to shoot with 7.62x39 starting young as 5yrs and it will hit as hard as 30-30. 6.8x39 Grendel in a bolt gun is one of my grandkids favs. You can get the kids a 308 but do...

+1 Yugo. Neighbor boy bought one and it was brand new condition. Shoots very very nice.

Another vote for the Garand. Powerful, accurate, reliable, and no mall ninja stuff.