I have acquired a few J-Words that I haven't ID'd yet. They are .308 diameter, military, 145 gr., with a maroon colored painted tip. As can be seen in the photo they are a closed based tracer at a minimum. What other properties they may possess is unknown. They do attract a magnet, but so does a standard .30 tracer. Any ideas? PXL_20240423_154353586 resized.jpg PXL_20240423_154218719 resized.jpg Attached Images PXL_20240423_154353586 resized.jpg (76.7 KB) PXL_20240423_154218719 resized.jpg (74.8 KB ..read more

Here is one from way out in Left Field: I have Winchester load data that indicates they (at least once upon a time) loaded 150gr bullets on top of 748 powder in 303 British. I was curious to here from the folks in the know how their mileage is/was with Winchester factory ammo. I have been loading with BL-C2 with very good results, but I find myself with a fair chunk of 748 that could use a good home (it didn't fair well with my 7.5 MAS loads). The table is open ..read more

My Carbine barrel needs replacing; the rifling has been removed. I need a source for a replacement barrel, and a smith to do the work. Western Washington is a gun smith desert ..read more

Next Generation Squad Weapon and optic exceed paratrooper expectations https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ne...a5b8882c&ei=22 The first soldiers to field the Army's newest rifle and automatic rifle began live-fire training with the weapons this week, including demonstrations on how the new round can penetrate barriers to strike targets. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division received a batch of XM7 rifles and XM250 automatic rifles and their XM157 fire controls in late March. The XM7 is the Army's replacement for the M4 while the XM250 will replac ..read more

Here for your perusal is my Lee-Enfield .303 RIC 1898 carbine serial number 6648 with bayonet; RIC inventory number 4303 with acceptance date 6-04. Bore/rifling rates 8/10 so it should be quite accurate; can't wait to take it to the shooting range! 10,000 RIC carbines were converted from obsolete British military Lee Enfield and Lee Metford carbines in 1903 and 1904. Where the British carbines had full-length stocks, the RIC wanted to be able to mount bayonets (specifically, 1888 pattern Metford bayonets). To accommodate this, the carbines were modified with a sleeve to increase the muzzle to ..read more

In this case, it's a pre-64 Model 70 .30-06 but same family. No issues at all running ball '06 or other spitzers, but the Accurate 31-194D round (ish) nose is giving me some problems. The load feeds fine off the right side of the mag, but from the left, the bullet crosses over to the right and the meplat jams up in the extractor cutout at the back of the chamber. My Ruger 77MKII / Hawkeye eats the same load like popcorn. I have access to a few other Mauser-family '06's I can try it in, but this one's frustrating, as that bullet was supposed to be my "One to Rule Them All", and not being abl ..read more

If you get a chance, check out this rifle on Sarco’s website. Made for the Honduran market in the late 1930s by Bannerman’s. Parts is parts! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ..read more

Beat to death in other places is 303 British Head Space Gauges VS SAAMI. It would seem the general consensus was, when shooting old LE - ArrowMark was the go to gauge company, but they have not been available for a long while. Is there a current "best" recommendation? Thanks in advance ..read more

I ran a ladder from 24 grains to 26 grains of IMR 3031 on 140 grain cast bullets in the AR15. The groups at the end tightened up vertically but not horizontally. I seemed to be getting right drift and not sure if its the bullets or me and the rest. It doesn't quite fit in the lead sled because of the grip hitting one of the adjustment knobs. At 26 grains I got 3 in the money and 2 drifted off. The first two were in the white and 3, 4 and 5 hit center. Bullets are WW lead about a hardness of 11 and water quenched and about a 16 I think. They are powder coated and quenched right out of the oven ..read more

Got my Brownells news letter. Reduce recoil on a ar15. April fools joke???? They have no recoil to begin with. Maybe just a sign of the times where most shoot only ar's. I wonder how many shots it would take, shooting a 338 Mag, before the flinch like they were shocked with a taser ..read more