Hey mate, bit late but what are your thoughts on 270 over 308 for the same purposes?, wouldn’t mind reaching out with less bullet drop but the short action and 30 cal sounds just as good. Is there much extra recoil with 270? If it’s not going to be as comfortable to shoot I might not get it, but if it’s near the same I do want that extra energy at range. Cheers
In 1965 my grandfather gave me 22lr browning trombone,after I left armed services in 1974,I bought a model 70 Winchester in 270win,year later I pick up browning A5 12g 48 years latter still have those 3 firearms, they served me well,on ducks,pigs,rabbits,foxes and one deer and one buffaloe.They be hand down when I gone.
I got some questions it wasn't very clear on camera cuz you run on the bottom of the screen how do you put the top part of the bolt back on the rest of the lever
I have accurized many Rugger M77 Mk ll’s. I have burnt out two barrels on the .204’s it took 20 years and neather grouped as bad as yours. I always inspect the stock and action for fit. Watch the action as you torque it down. I usually glass bed the action at the barrel. Also I have had bad scopes drive me nuts. Even Leupoe scopes go bad. Working up loads was never a problem. Sending a Ruger back for a rebarrel is fast and easy.
I'm told that I havean 1893 Spanish Mauser. It is a single shot bolt action. However, everyone I see has a magazine. So I'm not sure what I have. Any help would be appreciated greatly.
Interesting watching your trial and error process. Did you consider buying some regular commercial rounds to use as a baseline? I probably would be useful in gauging what's possible.
I have a '95' which appears to have been a 'presentation' model of some sort, I've never seen another like it or even heard of one. The principle difference is that the stock is a Honey Blonde color finish that appears, to me at least, to be something similar to a gloss linseed oil. In stark contrast to the deep blue barrel and action and bright bolt; the rifle is visually quite striking. Another peculiarity, is that the rifle appears to have been fired extremely rarely perhaps even limited to only the factory test firing; as the barrel/chamber/bore reveal no wear at all. I had a trusted old gunsmith friend of mine examine it for safety (headspace etc.) and his response was to immediately try to buy it from me- and for a VERY healthy sum:) When I declined, he sadly pointed out that ALL the parts were original, and all carried the same serial numbers and that I should probably keep it as a family heirloom as in all his years, he also, had never seen one like it. I've now had it for some 60 odd years and surprisingly, though I take it out, clean and just admire it every now and then, I've found that because it's just so damned elegant, I've never felt the need to fire it myself; my legacy spec serv/ops son feels the same way. Perhaps HIS son will be the first in the family to actually fire it some day. In the meantime, I'll just keep appreciating the sure pleasure one derives from possessing one of Mr. Mauser's finest works.
Very nice video! I have a Greener GP 12 shotgun and the only way i found to remove the breech is to remove bottom parts first(trigger group,lever) Is that the correct procedure for a GP 12?
Great stuff mate, i have a RGS that i use has a scrub gun, i sometimes use a red dot, but recently been using a vortex lpvo, ive had very good results with adi 168g out to 300m
... love my Ruger M77 MKII All Weather stainless bolt action in 300 Win Mag ... the earlier Ruger bolt action rifles including the MKIIs were infamous for their lousy triggers and mine was no exception so I replaced the 7.5 pound pull "fence post" factory trigger with a Timney set at 2 pounds ... all in all a very accurate and tough rifle
This vid is tailored to me it seems. I haven't purchased anything yet, still waiting. Going to get a .308 Savage 110 Scout with a 16" barrel I think. I like the idea of a fixed magnification prism scope in the $4-$500 range. Re the scope, I do have some photography experience that could be applicable. It's known in photography that a 50mm fixed magnification plastic $150 lens is sharper and clearer than the most expensive zoom lens - even in the $5000 range. This is because fixed lenses have very little glass inside them to distort the light and distort the image making them very clear, bright and sharp. If a fixed magnification lens at $150 is good, imagine what a $2500 fixed magnification lens is like (which is what wedding photographers use). I wonder if this transfers to fixed magnification prism scopes. From reading reviews on prism scopes I think it does. Same things in reviews come through again and again and that's clear, bright and sharp.
I bought a nice old husqvarna M98 in 8x57 with pitting in barrel that will put Barnes 160 ttsx into an inch and Nosler 200 Accubond into .75”. Was $300 CDN with a 3-9 scope and rings shipped to my house. Worst thing I ever did was buy a bore scope lol
Missed my chance at an M38 by about a week; delayed a purchase from Global Ordnance [iirc the name] until the new year, and that's when they shut down because of an argument between the principals who owned the company. Doh! Will just have to make do w/ my M1896, but would love the handier configuration of the M38...
Great videos, thank you. I just had my first weekend of reloading so my opinion isn't worth much but I'll share my results with my Howa 26" varmint barrel in a Boyds stock. Straight from the ADI website I loaded exactly as they said except for the case. They used Winchester cases, I used Hornady once fired and a Lee factory crimp die. AR2208, COL 2.35", WLR primer, 60gr V-Max. My velocities where higher. 34gr 3360 fps 5/8" 35gr 3450 fps 3/4" 35.8gr 3580 fps 1/2" The primers look fine from my understanding, not to flattened, no cratering, visibility similar to factory Hornady loads.
They are excellent results and great work on your first reloading attempt too mate. The crimp is supposed to add a little pressure which might account for the increased speed.
You have great looking rifle. I learned the care and feeding of military bolt guns on one of these. Got an early Lowe version and still have it. Picked up a Soligen mfg bayonet. Good caliber 7mm Mauser.
Thanks for the honest video(s), a pleasure to watch. Love the Rugers myself and the Zytel stock are the icing on the cake. I've used that same Hornady 50 #2245 to kill coyotes and it works extremely well. I tend to appreciate the Nosler Ballistic tip bullets more than the V-Max line, for me at least they seem to shoot better.
