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I've had a couple of these for a year or so, I also have a Harris and to be honest I can't really tell the difference.
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How about a De Lisle carbine in .45ACP
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A few hour of practice there
Here's another chap who's put some time in:
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Are you shooting home loads or factory? Have you changed your ammunition? What bullet weight/barrel twist rate do you have?
I found my .243 Howa would only shoot some 100gn bullets with a 1/10 barrel.
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I've fitted a Rifle Basix Sav2 trigger to one of my Savage F-12's. Very nice trigger down to around 10oz.
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I guess you've run out of vertical adjustment. You could try swapping the mounts front to back...
If you look through the scope and wind the turret, while the rifle held in a fixed position, you should see the image move. When it stops moving you're out of clicks.
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Yes Voere mags... I've had one for 40 years and still going strong. The mags are hard to find. I
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And your opinion on this matter is?
For the record, mine is that he has done this several times before and to him this is all good publicity.
Personally I think Chris Packham is an extremist, I think he's only one step away from the type who break into legal laboratories to free the caged rats used for drug testing or aggressive hunt saboteurs who disrupt a legal pursuit.
His weapon is to use his celebrity, condoned by the BBC to pursue his biased agenda. His regular outrageous claims are swallowed as gospel by his narrow minded followers. Claiming Lapwings are in decline because they are being shot etc.
Typically he's patron to this charity with some odd ideas about Foxes.
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Not bad from a fairly basic scale that must be more than 20 years old. (grey) Once you get down to the .02 grain area you are getting to the stage where it dosen't matter how much you pay for scales unless you're going to think about cutting kernels in half.
Good test.
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I agree, a reloading scale can't be compared with an analytical balance but that's surely no reason not to regularly check it for accuracy and repeatability against a known standard. A lot of "measuring" that we do when trying to load an accurate round is actually comparing, making sure all our rounds are as consistent as possible, sometimes though, we do need to measure. When we do, it's nice to know your micrometer is telling the truth, checking it against a know standard slip gauge gives a certain amount of reassurance the bullet you are going to use to load your .303 is actually .311 and not a .308.
+/- A tenth of a grain when loading rifle rounds will, in general, not matter a jot but where do you draw the line, +/- a 1/5th? If I'm shooting my 6.5-284 at 1000 yds at the best part of £1 a bang, it's really no more effort to weigh the powder as accurately as possible. Just the same with concentricity, neck tension, trim length and all the other steps to a well prepped case.
My Pardini competition .32 centrefire pistol used a charge of 1.6 grains, my current .32 pistol uses 1 grain - really don't want to be 10% out with that.
Here's a reloading scale showing a fair degree of linearity:
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Personally I wouldn't be without a set of checkweights. A Lyman or RCBS set of grain weights is around £40, they will last a lifetime and not lose value.
Most reloading scales, if in good condition, tend to be fairly accurate in the 5-100 grain range, some do tail off toward the end of the range but usually only a couple of tenths of a grain. The problems begin when the scale isn't working as well as it should be and gives false readings.
A good beam scale will be accurate to 1/10th grain (4-5 kernels of Varget), some will consistently register a single kernel of Varget or similar.
I have seen many scales under/over read because of chipped knife edges, hairs of wire wool stuck to the magnets in the damper slot, poorly adjusted pan hanger stirrup etc.
How do you know your scale is still reading consistently without some means of checking them?
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Looks like it may have "Turn off" barrel (Hexagon and no ramrod) - Barrel unscrews to load.
Here's something very similar:
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Well done Bewsher - It's interesting to read the whole case. The proof house will fight tooth and claw to keep and expand their little empire.
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Think about how a Mores taper works - shiny and smooth is good.
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My secret hobbyist hero. Those scales are still awesome by the way!
:) Thank you Mick. Just building myself a new 20' x14' workshop but when it's up and running I'll be picking your brains about 3D printing - really think I need one.
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I've got an old 1960's ex-college Colchester Bantam. Got it off Ebay for £480 and very pleased with it. I also recently treated myself to a Amadeal M25 milling machine. I've added full DRO and again, very pleased.
Here's something I recently knocked up:
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What ever bullet you choose, make sure it's as accurate as you need. If you have a .243 with a standard 1:10 barrel it should stabilise a 100 grain bullet, but there again, it may not.
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I was lucky and picked up a rock tumbler at a boot sale for £30.
Here's a short video of how it works with my brass.:
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Not my cup of tea - but "each to their own"... Of course they shouldn't be banned just because they're different. It's not a new concept, stomp rockets and McDonalds straw sheaths work the same way.
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My Finnfire is the same but never seen it as a problem. If I slide the bolt forward there's just enough spring pressure on the follower to pop the mag out.
Thank you, Sussex Police
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Must say, over the last year or so I've had excellent service from Sussex, renewal and variation..