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    Problems (?) at the range with a cheap .22 single shot

    @randello88 It is also possible that primer compound was building up at the start of the rifling. Rimfire rounds have an excess of priming compound relative to centrefire rounds and that residue builds up much more quickly in a rimfire firearm. Part of the fun of shooting rimfire firearms. Some...
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    Problems (?) at the range with a cheap .22 single shot

    Two things occurred to me. Firstly, a light rifle like that will always be sensitive to hold (and more so with that stock arrangement). Keep your forward hand just under the chamber and try to put consistent tension on the butt stock. Secondly, as Tortuga mentioned, the plastic mounting rail...
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    Here's your chance to get a Walther WA 2000

    I understand that the second model, which had an unfluted barrel was more accurate.
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    Czech CZ54 & 54/91, Mosin's with a twist

    Good post. Early 2010s by my reckoning. The article comes from 75 years of service weapons by Ceska Zbrojovka Uhersky Brod, Ist ed. Copyright 2011 Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. I downloaded and printed my copy from the CZUB website, www.czub.cz If you send them a nice email they might reply with a...
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    K98 High Turret build

    I have some BM2 (Benchmark to Yanks) but have never used it in my 8x57. Which bullet weights are you using?
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    Parker Hale M82 Clone

    Princess Patricia’s (PPCLI) have a special place in sniper history, as I recall. A certain long shot with a .50 cal rifle, in Afghanistan, if my memory is correct. It is after midnight where I am and I need to sleep, otherwise I would drag out the relevant book.
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    Rifle Scopes Confirming rifle scope tracking…..can it be done without ammunition?

    Yes. Box test with ammo is (and always has been) purely for iron sights.
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    ishapore 308

    It is my understanding that the L2A1 receivers were newly made from modern ordnance steel, as opposed to the original carbon steel used in the No. 1 Mk III receivers. That being said, I advise that you only use standard 7.62 x51 rifle ammunition with 144gr projectiles (preferably .307” diameter...
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    Finland M39 Mosins

    Also new barrels, in some cases and ... a long story of Civil Guard competition focus vs Army practicality. NB If you ever wondered why the SIG P210 has a single column magazine, it is because the first customer was a civilian controlled national shooting association (that in theory should have...
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    WW1 British Expeditionary Force Marksmanship Standards

    Bloke on the Range did a video sometime in the last six months I think, in which he covered standard musketry training and ammunition allowances for that training. When you watch that, it is easy to understand why the Miniature Rifle Clubs, set up under Roberts’ aegis were so important to...
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    Rifle Scopes Older scopes still relevant?

    : If you really want to annoy a Mustang fan ... just remind him or her that: when the chase scene for Bullitt was being set up, the tyre pressures on the Mopar had to be lowered because initially it was simply leaving the Ford in the dust! :)
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    Sako S20

    Did someone seriously suggest that Sako should modify their centrefire rifles to use a single column (and third party) magazine? That is why they own Tikka! Sako's (fixed and detachable) centrefire magazines have seventy? years of (to the best of my knowledge) unquestioned reliability. Why...
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    Sako S20

    I know a guy, about 5’4” in height, who considers an R93 to be a practical hunting (bush and tops) rifle. Everyone else considers him (in that respect) to be slightly mad. 🙂
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    Sako S20

    Perimeter of a circle is: pi x diameter. Do the math with a diameter of 2km and you get a lower product than the 6400 ‘Artillery’ milliradians (mils) that are marked on an Artillery protractor. That being said, most of us get by very well with Artillery mils. I happily use degrees, minutes and...
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    Misadventures in Amature Gunsmithery: C3A1 edition

    @sandwarrior Good on you. It is a shame that the rifle envisaged by Frank de Haas son (p. 297-9, Bolt Action Rifles, rev. ed. DBI Books Inc, was essentially delivered by Parker Hale and then produced in relatively low numbers BUT the company fell victim to a number of factors, including the...
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    Rifle Scopes Need help with scope mount.

    Sportsmatch height adjustable ringmount set.
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    STGW 57 update.

    @sirhrmechanic Having gone from the SLR L1A1 (with a tiny bit of L2A1 Range time) to the M16A1 (briefly); then to a brand new Steyr AUG and later changing to an Aussie garbage AUG (as part of another apparently pointless reorganisation of the RNZE) I have a fairly low opinion of the AUG series...
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    STGW 57 update.

    @sandwarrior Flying carrot is apparently a Swiss nickname, derived from the practice grenades. I picked it up from watching the recent Bloke on the Range YouTube videos Swiss Flying Carrots 1/2 and 2/2 with the Bloke acting as sidekick to Dale. Dale is the young fella who also carried out some...
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    STGW 57 update.

    When you design and build a rifle to work as an infantry rifle, sniper rifle, light machine gun and ‘flying carrot’ launcher ... it is going to look more solid than beautiful!
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    Rem 597 Won't Group

    @loveha You could try removing all the primer fouling that will have built up at the start of the rifling THEN give the barrel a thorough clean, using a one piece steel rod, phosphor bronze brush and Ballistol OR something else with a good name for .22lr barrel cleaning. Clean out the barrel...
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