Recent content by madcharlie61

Thats interesting reading. what happens to brass if you crash cool it. I know steel hardens but what happens to brass. Had this discution at work cos my superviser thought that us crash cooling braised joins was causing them to harden and crack. were i thought it didnt because the hardening of...

Good reply mikecr one thing i whould like to know is what is the differance between stress realeaving and anealing. you say its at diferant temps but what happens to the brass in the prosses? not testing you i just want to know.

NO it is science it is all science your not drawing a pretty picture on the brass you are sofening it with heat. look up templac. its a paint that disapers at a temp this wil help you keep the temp even. think of it as science and you will be in the right frame of mind to produce good...

Hey blacknzr1 i had a 223 that had the same issue turned out to be a tight chamber got a 1/2 thou more headspace and i was away laughing what did the gunsmith say about head space.

ok so i had another go at this today and have put more tention on the frount spring buy petting in a small packer this has pushed the sear back and the trigger is ingaging properly going to do a bit more testing on the bench to make 100% sure it safe but i think it will be.

ok so i have an older mod70 push feed model the one with the 2 pice triger. thats the best way to explain it. am having an odd problem if it is in the `half cock` position and the trigger is pulled then released then the bolt is closed the bolt uncocks. i can kinda remedy this by having a...

hmm me thinks we get lied to a fair bit down here when it comes to availability of bullets heard the story about manufactoers not making bullets a few to many times only to be able to get them out of the states. ow well nz retailers loss.

nice ill look into it it maybe a better option that changeing the profile on the 6.5 barrel i already have. i wonder if they will make one and send it down here to nz.

had a chat to they guys over in the pistol section and they are getting 2700-2780fps out of 17inch barrels with pretty much the same load and powder i use to get 2950fps out of my 26inch 6.5x284 useing 140 projectiles. so id be happy as shooting out to 300 with a 140grainer doing 2700. looks...

wow this has got me excited hopfully im going to have 2 rifles with similar loads one short and handy and one for reaching right out there. just to find a doner rifle to build this off thanx for the info Ernie been looking though other posts on this forum and you seam to be a big help to lots of...

thats close to the load i run in my current 6.5x284 but with ar2209 wich has a similar burning rate. i was expecting people to be useing faster burning powders with short barrels.

What powder you useing thats only 200fps slower than my 6.5x284 with a 26 inch barrel!!!!!

These times you are saying it takes to get guns built is shocking. If this was your plumber you whould be as angry as anything. only rifle i ever sent away to get re barreled came back in under a week. a mate of mine got a custom rifle made in something like 2 weeks. mind you the company that...

i asked the same question over in rifles barrels and balistics but i wanted to know about 16-18 inch barrel they said the pistol guys might know. Any ideas??

Thanx for that. i have a 6.5x284 with a 26inch barrel already and was thinking of haveing a little brother for it and not new dies and brass and stuff. might have to go 260 or 6.5x47l as i like 6.5mm what powder do you think will suit the smaller cases in a short barrel as i only use 2209...