Xarcher,
Good luck with your project. My only comment has to do with bullets you intend to use. Are they monolithic copper? As reported previously...
mike ford
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Herman,
See my comments above, in your thread about identification of the drilling. 11.15x52R KL Express (of course I might be wrong).
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Herman,
Look on page 66 of Dixon's book ai 11.15 R LK Express (EXP43). Dimensions of the chamber cast have to be larger than the cartridge, otherwise...Leave a comment:
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Meinherr,
The scope may or may not have been mounted by Waffen Franconia Wuerzburg. The combination barrels may have been made or fit up by them...Leave a comment:
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Karl,
Since you identified your drilling as having been made in 1891 it predates the use of proof marks, which means that physical measurements...Leave a comment:
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Meinherr,
In my experience, most claw mounted scopes were not "factory mounted", unless ordered with the gun. Claw mounts must be precisely...Leave a comment:
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Meinherr,
GGCA member and friend Axel has addressed this a couple times with well written, clear instructions and hints regarding common problems...Leave a comment:
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The case length measured from the chambercast does respond to 60mm rather than 71mm as some of us supposed.
Mike...Leave a comment:
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I'm not the whizzkid, this is way above my head, someone else will have to do it.
Mike...Leave a comment:
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Ms9x56,
Technically, it was supposed to take a .318" bullet but, as Axel informed us, shortly after the Versailles Treaty Mauser throated...Leave a comment:
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That is very encouraging for fire forming loads. In the case volumes above, did you mean 9.3x74R or 9.3x64?
Mike...Leave a comment:
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buckstix,
Raimey is more "into" Austrian proofmarks than I. Maybe he will be along soon. What is the final case length? It reminds...Leave a comment:
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Vic,
You are right, a 3D printer would have never entered my mind.
Mike...Leave a comment:
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Vic,
When I was working on a solution to make 11.15X60R cases, one of the things I did was to swage a rim onto a rimless (actually, belted with...Leave a comment:
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buckstix,
Very interesting, good work.
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Doug,
No, it was common practice for dealers to buy guns made for "the trade" without a maker's name and the dealer sometimes added...Leave a comment:
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Sometimes, there is confusion concerning proof marks between German and Austrian cartridges, since Germans marked bore diameter and Austrians marked bullet...Leave a comment:
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Doug,
I don't have the gun "in Hand" like the auction house does, so I can't say what is on the gun and what is not. Since it is marked...Leave a comment:
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buckstix,
I think the Peterlongo series of cartridges are about 70 or 72 mm long and based on a M88 or M93 head size rimless case. I have an 8mm...Last edited by mike ford; 10-21-2024, 03:01 PM.Leave a comment:
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Doug,
Yes, 8.8x72 is one of the proof marks you find on 9.3X72R rifles. That mark is not really the nominal cartridge designation, it only shows...Leave a comment:
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