Recent content by Carman

Easy off oven cleaner sprayed into the chamber and then a good scrubbing with a chamber brush solved the problem. Fired 40 rounds through it yesterday and it never got sticky. 50 years of sitting in cosmoline left a layer of hardened crust in the chamber and the easy off got rid of it in 10...

I am pretty certain that the problem is varnish buildup inside the chamber, either from the cosmoline and/or lacquer from the ammo. I sprayed some easy off oven cleaner in the chamber and let it set about 5 minutes. Then I ran a chamber brush in a gave it a good scrubbing. Then I ran solvent...

Thanks for the reply...that is something I will get checked out next. I read on another site that the number one cause is a layer of varnish that forms in the chamber from the cosmoline. The more you shoot it, the more this film heats up and becomes sticky...almost like glue. I just sprayed some...

My son recently bought a Mosin Nagant, and I bought 2 cans of surplus ammo to shoot through it. The rifle is pretty accurate but the bolt is very difficult to open after firing. Does anyone out there have an idea why. The shells load easy, and the bolt slides smoothly, but after each shot, it...

Wow. Glad to know I am not the only person with a warped sense of curiosity about stuff like this.

That would be interesting to see....but only if I could find somebody else to try it.

I haven't ever tried this but I am sure someone has. I was just wondering if anyone has ever tried filing down the tip of a FMJ bullet, just enough to expose the lead, to see if it expands on impact, and by how much.

Well.....as I said, I switched from RL22 to H1000 and what a difference it made on the accuracy. The Savage just did not like the RL22 ( maybe it was the temperature variation issue with RL22. I started with 77 gr of H1000 and worked up in .2 gr increments. When I got to 77.9 gr, I started...

I have calipers and use them to check COL as I am loading but case length never was mentioned by my friend that got me started as it never was an issue until recently. Until just a few months ago, I reloaded for my AR15 and my 9MM. Have not had any issues whatsoever with them as I load fairly...

Well...I am not as experienced at loading as you might think. The guy that got me into reloading died shortly after from cancer and there is a lot I have yet to learn. I clean primer pockets, chamfer and denier meticulously but he never said a word about case length (learned that in the past few...

Hat makes me nuts is that no matter how meticulous I am about case prep, powder measure and loading, the is always about a 20-40 fps variance in velocities with my loads. Seems like there should be a better way to get closer groups in terms of velocity.

Hahaha. No, I don't compete. I just love to shoot. That's why I took up reloading. I reload for my AR15, 9MM pistol, my M1 Garand, and just recently for my 300 Win Mag. Never had any issues with reloading until recently. I sold my Ruger 300 Win Mag and bought a Savage LRH in the same caliber. I...

Thanks Mutt. I already shoot sub moa with every rifle that I own, but for grins, I seek perfection.

Does anyone know if there is a powder scale available that will measure more accurately than 1/10th of a grain?

Me too!