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    35 cal X 54 R

    I have a Mosin Nagant Model 38 that I've been working on but may have a barrel that has seen its best days. One thought that has occured is to bore out the barrel to 35 caliber and create a cartridge that is .35"X54mm Russian. Since 'there is nothing new under the sun' does anyone know if...
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    Ugly bore

    I have a Mosin Nagant M38 with a really ugly bore. The rifling is still prominent, but the grooves are dark and rough looking, and regardless of how many patches I run through the bore I cannot get a clean patch out. I've read about "fire lapping" somewhere in the last few years but have...
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    Magnetized lead bullets?

    Just finished watching CSI: New York and part of the plot included a handgun that was in the proximity of an MRI machine. In the story the handgun was magnetized which is plausable, but the bullets were also magnatized! Now the bullets (38 special) were somewhat mushroomed implying that they...
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    Ishapore Enfield

    I have an Ishapore Enfield that I'm modifying to be a knock-around truck rifle. I've replaced the stock with a synthetic, removed the original rear sight and added a Williams aperature sight to the receiver. I originally thought about doing some bedding work on this rifle, but on closer...
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    M38 trigger improvement

    Someone suggested this web site to me regarding improving the trigger on my M38 MN. http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/improvingm44carbines/index.asp Yesterday I performed the changes as described in the article and found that it made a VAST improvement in trigger pull weight and...
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    Sight Frustration

    Why is it that most rifle manufacturers spec their rifle out with that rinky-dink rear sight leaf located in the middle of the barrel? Why not a sturdy aperature sight located at the rear of the receiver...wouldn't have to be a target grade. The sight radius would be much improved and visual...
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    Loads for H&R Target Model

    Ordered an H&R Target Model rifle in 38-55 caliber. During my looonnnggg wait for the rifle to arrive I've started casting bullets and getting ready to reload. My Lee bullet mold drops the bullets at 253 +/- 1 grain very consistently. I'm not planning to size the bullets to begin with, they...
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    H&R Target Model 38-55

    Ordered a Target Model 38-55 a few weeks ago and it looks like I'm in for a long wait. The dealer (high volume local dealer) called and told me it was on back order and that it might take months to get it. Is NEF (Marlin) so far behind in production that it causes this kind of wait, or is...
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    Glass bedding

    I just glass bedded a rifle using a kit I got from the local gun shop, it was not Accuglass and seems very brittle to me. My question though is about the release agent. I needed to fill a large area to support the chamber area of the rifle and used an epoxy filler...the kind that comes in two...
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    S&W 686

    Is a S&W 686 with a six inch barrel and a factory four position front sight of any more value that the same revolver with a standard fixed front sight?
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    45-70 card wads

    I was looking for a tool to make card wads (cardboard) to use when loading 45-70 cartridges with cast lead bullets. Someone suggested a company that sold the cut fiber wads and someone else suggested sharpening the edges of a 45-70 case and cutting them. Being a long time cheapskate I...
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    1895 Nagant trigger pull

    Can someone direct me to a site that provides information on improving the trigger pull on the 1895 Nagant revolver? Got one a couple months ago and started reloading for it, seems to shoot well but it has a trigger pull that could double as an exercise machine. I've read that Nagants were...
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    Accuracy?

    From time to time I hear or read about a firearm that " May shoot one MOA at 100 yards but will not necessarily shoot one MOA at 300 yards (or beyond)". Now I have a very good understanding of the effects of wind, up drafts, down drafts, etc on the path of the bullet; but it seems to me that...
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    45-70 loads

    I shoot two 45-70's, an NEF carbine and an IAB Sharps replica. To date haven't loaded anything over the pressure levels of the loads listed in Lyman's for the Trapdoor Springfield and have found some decent loads. While these loads are pretty "stiff" in the lightweight carbine I was wondering...
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    45-70 overpowder cards

    Does anyone have a nifty way to make overpowder cards for the 45-70?
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