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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 816816" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>I don't mean to sound like I don't like to shoot one, just that I would not use one for long range.</p><p>I am all for having fun.</p><p></p><p>I love to shoot the old service weapons and have owned many of them but with the ammo situation</p><p>I shoot them far less than I use to. Unfortunately, the days of going to the range and burning 500</p><p>to 1000 rounds is gone for me, and precision shooting is still a practical/possible way of enjoying</p><p>shooting for less ammo expense.</p><p></p><p>There are however some rules that I wont break. One is shooting the wrong size bullets for a rifle.</p><p>If it has a .311 bore dia that's the size of the bullets that I use. some of the ole rifles have different</p><p>bore sizes than we use today( .223 instead of .224, .307 instead of .308) are just some examples.</p><p>and if I cant find or make the proper size bullets, I sell the rifle and don't worry about it or it becomes </p><p>a safe queen.</p><p></p><p>There have been cases of different size bullets being used with a certain amount of success but the </p><p>practice is risky. PO Ackley fired some 8mm rounds through a 30/06 to study the effects. He reported </p><p>that there were no dangerous pressure effects but he did not recommend anyone doing</p><p>the same thing. I is common practice to use .224 bullets in a 22 hornet with .223 dia bore But that </p><p>does not make it OK.</p><p></p><p>If a person substitutes components they are risking problems that are not necessary. </p><p></p><p>So just because someone is doing it doesn't make it safe it just means that they are willing to risk</p><p>it and in a different rifle it could be fatal.</p><p></p><p>Be careful and have fun.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 816816, member: 2736"] I don't mean to sound like I don't like to shoot one, just that I would not use one for long range. I am all for having fun. I love to shoot the old service weapons and have owned many of them but with the ammo situation I shoot them far less than I use to. Unfortunately, the days of going to the range and burning 500 to 1000 rounds is gone for me, and precision shooting is still a practical/possible way of enjoying shooting for less ammo expense. There are however some rules that I wont break. One is shooting the wrong size bullets for a rifle. If it has a .311 bore dia that's the size of the bullets that I use. some of the ole rifles have different bore sizes than we use today( .223 instead of .224, .307 instead of .308) are just some examples. and if I cant find or make the proper size bullets, I sell the rifle and don't worry about it or it becomes a safe queen. There have been cases of different size bullets being used with a certain amount of success but the practice is risky. PO Ackley fired some 8mm rounds through a 30/06 to study the effects. He reported that there were no dangerous pressure effects but he did not recommend anyone doing the same thing. I is common practice to use .224 bullets in a 22 hornet with .223 dia bore But that does not make it OK. If a person substitutes components they are risking problems that are not necessary. So just because someone is doing it doesn't make it safe it just means that they are willing to risk it and in a different rifle it could be fatal. Be careful and have fun. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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