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Scorpio is still wet behind the ears himselfnice.. did it cost you your first-born?
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Scorpio is still wet behind the ears himselfnice.. did it cost you your first-born?
Didn't cost me much the guy had a after war 1918 luger p08 for 1700 1815 with tax but I let 2 older gentlemen get it so the owner brought me this 1 from his personal collection and let me buy it for 2100nice.. did it cost you your first-born?
Indeed I am can't buy nice stuff if I have kids lolScorpio is still wet behind the ears himself
I just looked up pictures of the rifle and gods that's pretty.Brought lead samples to a friend with a lead hardness tester. We’d bought lead from a friend who can no longer reload, and I suspected it was harder than what I was told. Nothing wrong with that, I just need to know what I’m dealing with so it can be used appropriately. The soft lead was more like wheel weights in hardness. The wheel weight lead was more like hard ball alloy, so I can use that as-is for my bolt action rifle bullets.
Friday I picked up my previously mentioned Grail gun, a Model 1889 Danish Krag 8x58R caliber. All metal matching numbers. Step 1 Run a solvent soaked patch through bore and let soak an hour or so. It came out dark bluish green. Brush bore and let it soak in solvent, using afresh solvent patch every 6-12 hours. I let the chemistry do the work…works for me. 48 hours later still on step 1…they must’ve not had copper solvent back in the day. Mine’s a bringback from WWII.
Step 2 will be form brass from 8x56R Hungarian brass and work up accurate cast bullet load. I already load the caliber for a Swedish rolling block so I don’t need buy anything. I’d bought extra Hungarian brass a few years ago in anticipation of getting a Danish Krag some day. After the rain I need to take some pics, as while it is a Krag, the door for loading hinges forward while U.S. Krags hinges downward. It also has a barrel jacket around the barrel.
Didn't make it to the Pig Farm but found a small spot to shoot with friends yesterday.
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Yeah that entire situation is bs. It's the only outdoor range I like to shoot at but I know the owner so I'm biased. Haven't been to Element yet.I haven't been out to pig farm since their culvert took out the road awhile back. Saw they were having issues with the easement due to land developers
The owner is good people. Used to make that drive once or twice a week just to get out there.Yeah that entire situation is bs. It's the only outdoor range I like to shoot at but I know the owner so I'm biased. Haven't been to Element yet.
Didn't make it to the Pig Farm but found a small spot to shoot with friends yesterday.
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