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Post by alukban on Nov 5, 2013 16:25:49 GMT -5
Great write up and pics boss!
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cmh
.401 Bobcat
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Post by cmh on Nov 5, 2013 21:32:06 GMT -5
You did a great job Ive always enjoyed big bore mausers............ need to get that project of mine started one of these days
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groo
.327 Meteor
I yet live!!!!
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Post by groo on Nov 9, 2013 12:44:41 GMT -5
I see you have a big tree rat problem.
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Post by tek4260 on Nov 10, 2013 8:26:31 GMT -5
I found a few more posts I had made on the project that I forgot to put here Got the trigger worked out tonight. I tried a few different springs, but due to the strength of the firing pin spring, they wouldn't reliably reset the trigger from the first stage if you released the trigger. So I used the factory spring and removed 1 1/2 coils which helped a good bit and will still reset the trigger if you release it before it fires. And, the main thing I managed to do to improve it was to file then stone and polish the sides of the sear where it passes thru the action into the bolt tunnel. I was amazed at how much difference that made. It had some rub marks on the side indicating dragging, but nothing major. What a difference it made when I corrected it though! Also, who says cold blue isn't as good as goodblue??? Matches pretty good.... So either I gots some good cold blue or some bad goodblue?
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Post by tek4260 on Nov 10, 2013 8:28:32 GMT -5
Figured out how to fix the problem of not being able to compress the powder due to the rubber tip of the bullet compressing and getting cut by the jacket. Simply used the seater for my 30-06 die and it contacts the bullet below the tip, on the jacket. Now I can compress the load and have consistent seating depth.. zgrin The original thread: wedealinlead.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=3129
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Post by tek4260 on Nov 15, 2013 14:19:46 GMT -5
Managed to throw together a sling that matches the "character" of the rifle. Simply took an old belt that I no longer wore and cut the buckle end off, added some Chicago screws, and ended up with a pretty good match.
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Post by tek4260 on Dec 4, 2013 22:45:57 GMT -5
So I managed to take a moment and load a few rounds with H322..... Fired one and I knew I had my stuff together when the trigger broke. Checked it, adjusted and fired 3 more at 100 yards. With the 322, it is now loaded to the 50K level... Recoil is 2x what it was with 4895, but it still isn't what I'd consider "punishing" After deer season, it will undergo a face lift with the new stock!
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Post by hutchman on Dec 15, 2013 21:23:14 GMT -5
I like it Tek!~!
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snappy
.30 Stingray
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Post by snappy on Dec 16, 2013 20:20:54 GMT -5
Thanks Tek, will be neat to see this project evolve. Way to get it done.
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Post by tek4260 on Dec 30, 2013 10:00:29 GMT -5
url=http://s292.photobucket.com/user/tk3945/media/guns2/5F12BFC1-D0F1-4AE6-B739-C272D76AF8F4_zpsr3w9z9co.jpg.html] [/url] Well I managed to get a doe yesterday morning before church. 75 yards quartering away. That is the entrance. No exit. Just a bunch of lungs in the field that came out of her mouth at the shot. Never had one hit quite so hard that the guts came out. If you look ahead of the gaping hole in her side, you can see where the bullet entered, quartering towards the offside shoulder. Those FTX bullets are designed to work in the 1900+ fps standard 45-70 loadings, but see to get a bit explosive when pushed to 2500+ fps I am curious to see what the effect will be on one shot in the shoulder broadside instead of standing quartering.
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dmize
.401 Bobcat
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Post by dmize on Dec 30, 2013 10:35:56 GMT -5
Id say the tracking problems have been solved. As well as the majority of field dressing.
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Post by tek4260 on Dec 30, 2013 10:48:42 GMT -5
I still don't understand "how" it did what it did. There are 3 ribs behind where the bullet entered and all were separated from the spine but still bridged together at the top(for lack of a better way to explain it). There was nothing left of the bullet but the rubber tip and lots of specks of copper and lead inside the lungs and heart. It didn't pierce the offside of the ribcage nor go up into the neck. I have one of those bullets that I pulled the tip from in an early attempt to load them using the standard 458 seater plug, and the jackets really are paper thin. I suppose they are thin enough to really come completely apart just as bullets fired from 22-250's and 220 Swifts do.
Thanks again dmize!
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Post by curmudgeon on Dec 30, 2013 16:39:23 GMT -5
For some reason the 458 has always been an accurate cartridge, I think the after market bullets has a lot to do with it. I've shot several 1" groups with my original Browning. Had it restocked in a nice piece a Maple (birdseye) and traded it to my Alaskan outfitter. He has stopped 2 Grizz and one Brown charge with it. Two were with photographers that got too close to a Sow with cubs, and the other a bad shot placement by a hunter. 3 charges That's more Grizz and Brown than most shooters see in a lifetime. He said it did the job. But the paperwork on the Sow out of season makes it a bad deal.
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Post by tangocharlie on Dec 30, 2013 19:08:58 GMT -5
The deer hunters around here generally call that "DRT". Dead Right There.........
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Post by curmudgeon on Dec 30, 2013 19:42:14 GMT -5
Nice shadow line cheek piece but the recoil pad fit leaves a little to be desired.
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