I haven't had time to try the PP brass, we sell a lot of it at the store in various calibers with few ill complaints.
I can give a thumbs up to the Win 284 conversion which has worked very well...
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I haven't had time to try the PP brass, we sell a lot of it at the store in various calibers with few ill complaints.
I can give a thumbs up to the Win 284 conversion which has worked very well...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
My ranger partner that day summed it up pretty well when he said 'No use trying 1/2 gr powder variations on that load'.
- Virgil
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Thanks to threads on the his board, I have to report excellent results with AA2400 and the Lee 175gr .324 bullet with my Mausers.
Load:
- Lee 175gr .324 w/Gas Check sized to .323 with the Lee...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I would put 322 a bit on the fast end (it's a great powder for the 55gr and lighter .224 bullets) and RL15 towards the slow end (although my Lee 1st Edition book lists a pretty good velocity for RL15...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Century cracked stock rifles can be anything from very minor cosmetic problems to major wood missing. Fortunately, it's much more common to have the minor issues than major ones.
Even the ones...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |