Recent content by Khornet

Actually, 2640. My bad.

The "2600 number" comes from the box of M72 match ammo marked "velocity 2642"

Still working on the last lot of 5000 I bought a while ago. From a long rifle barrel they are as quiet as a spring-piston air rifle. From a shorter barrel definitely louder, maybe recognizable a gunfire. From handguns,plain loud. Won't cycle semiautos, but easy to feed by hand cycling. Too short...

We care about lead because it can lead to unsafe pressures, as with Glock factory barrels in some circumstances. We care about copper because a) it can affect accuracy-not such a big deal in handguns, and b) because there is powder fouling under that copper, and that should go. I too use the...

Far as I can see, the Hornady manual loads are meant for targets and so don't develop unneeded power. That said, the "Sweet spot" for accuracy in M1 is said to be around 2600 fps....right at the starting load above. Chronographing my most accurate loads shows them all at 2580-2680 fps for 150...

Best way to chamber-test: take the spring off the op rod. Remove extractor and ejector. Remove firing pin if using a primed round. Drop test round in chamber. Tilt muzzle down. Bolt should slide home and rotate to locked position freely. I did this years ago to set up my die, and once was...

I use 4064 at 50-52 gr for 150 gr hunting bullets in my sporterized 1903A3 Remington with the original 2-groove barrel. After trying many powders, I've found it gets me consistent 1/2 to 3/4 MOA. Most of my .30-'06 loads these days are for my M1, so I stick to 4064/4895/2520/748/760 and avoid...

I have a K Hornet, and I've always neck-sized with no difficulties. I've also tried light loads such as 2.7-3.2 gr Bullseye; I put a small piece of TP over the powder to keep it against the flash hole. I've only done this with jacketed bullets, though, and got a disappointing 1" at 50 yds. I'll...

Model 52B Having trouble with attachments. Here's another. Buttplate is ebony I got from a luthier.

Here's how it comes out With the oil finish wet-sanding technique. A 1948 Winchester 52B I got cheap with ruined wood but good metal. Got a Wenig rough blank, inletted the metal, shaped with a draw-knife and scrapers, glass-bedded. Was going to checker but my daughter says no. Left-handed stock...

Model 52B restock Because there are no left-handed Model 52s and I'm a lefty. Once, just once, I wanted to see how it feels to have a cheekpiece and palm swell on my side of the stock.

That stock is left-handed on a standard right-handed action. The finish is IN the wood as well as on it. All the pores are filled by 'sanding in'. 6 or 7 years of squirrel hunting and target shooting and the finish is holding up fine.

Model 52B restock A few pics of the result.

Stocking a rifle I'm a doctor, with few woodworking skills. For my Winchester 52B which I bought used with a butchered stock but great metal, I bought a rough blank from Wenig custom stocks. Just the rough outline of the stock, no inletting, a slab of walnut. Using Jerow's inletting black and...