Recent content by ak7an

I was able to determine the twist rate last evening. It wound up being 1:11 which explains why the longer bullets won't shoot with poo. Looks like if I want to shoot the boat tails I will need to rebarrel with a tighter twist. I am seriously considering doing a .308 barrel with the same chamber...

I will start off by saying that I am in no way an expert long range shooter, or short range for that matter, and those are some beautiful specimens. I grew up and was taught at a very young age to use the Maximum Point Blank Range method of sighting in my hunting rifles. Worked for me for a long...

Thanks, not bad for $240 at a gun show back in 1990. I refinished the stock and reblued all the metal this past spring. Used the Birchwood Casey products. It is wearing a Leupold VX1 3-9x40. The reticle post is 4MOA on 9 power. Sighted to dead on at 250 makes the post 400 with the 180 gr Sierra...

I found them..:D:)

I have looked online and replacement barrels are few and far between, and like you said no guarantee that I wouldn't be in the same boat after rebarreling. I would definitely do a Pac-Nor or similar replacement. Pac-Nor can even do a contour copy of the original so it would still have that...

My Mauser is definitely not bubbaized lol.. It has been very well done and a very fine rifle. Its funny you mention the rechamber with a 308 barrel, as I have seriously considered doing this. It would open up a huge selection of high quality high BC bullets. Then again it would take some of the...

Thanks for the reply. Kinda figured not to many on this forum shoot these old relics. Definitely not the latest cool kids on the block. I am beginning to think my old mauser has a slower twist than I originally thought. Most info says 1 in 9.8 but I have seen some that say 1 in 11. I think I...

Wasn't sure where to post this. :) Was just curious if anyone here shoots any of the 303 calibers? I know that these are really old calibers, but a lot of fun to shoot. I have a sporterized M91 Mauser in 7.65 X 53. It shoots the Hornady 150 gr Spitzers exceptionally well, MOA, the 180 gr Sierra...

I do enjoy a respectful debate.. :)

Alex, thanks for the very understandable explanation. I definitely understand that each rifle barrel is a unique as the person shooting the rifle. My thoughts with using velocity as a measure of pressure is with the same rifle, same components, working towards a known safe velocity, (according...

I have a question and in no way want to get into a flame out.. How does velocity not tell you when you have exceeded a safe threshold of pressure when it is pressure that propels the bullet down the barrel.. the more pressure the higher the velocity.. Yes I understand powder lots vary. So if lot...

Yup, that is what I was getting at. Your load manual says ##.# of XYZ super powder gives 3000 FPS in a 24 in barrel. You load yours to the same charge and go shoot, but it chrono's 3200 out of your rifle. Safe??? you bet it is, cuz the manual said it was. I am afraid a lot of load development...

When we talk about safe pressure, what is it? Why is one pressure level safe for one cartridge but not another? Take the 270 Win for example, safe is below the max pressure of 65K PSI, but the 30-06, (the parent cartidge of the 270), safe is below 58K PSI. Belted magnums??? I am even more...

Interesting for sure. I get the whole hydrostatic shock, but I think that immediate loss of blood pressure plays a huge role in DRT. When large arteries are punctured or destroyed blood pressure drops to zero in a very short time (seconds), and the brain instantly reacts by shutting down a lot...

If you use a USPS MO and mail it to them and get ripped off the seller has just committed mail fraud and that is a federal offense. Just contact your local postmaster and file and he can get the investigation rolling. The USPS doesn't take these thing lightly and when caught the seller will wish...