Durhamoutdoors
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- Orono Ontario
You are very optimistic in regards of "collection almost finished". Apart of infantry carbine there was artillery carbine and then cavalry carbine. And there was cavalry carbine converted from artillery. Like this one. Those babies are extremely hard to find.
Anyone have a full-power load they use?
I'm shooting 215gr .330" cast, gas checked, 46.5gr of H4895 with a filler.
Ideally I would want to shoot a heavier bullet so I don't have to use a filler.
Military bullet was a .320" 245gr gilded metal jacket. My bore measures .330", lands are ~.315". I might have to get a custom mold made for a ~250gr .330" RN.
I sold both the carbine and a colonial version to a fellow CGN in the Eastern provinces a couple of months ago...Both were all numbers matching along with cleaning rods and bayos...however bayo numbers did not match the rifles...From what I know he also has a collection of these rifles and fires them on a regular basis Hopefully he will chime in regards to reloading etc.
So people say 8x60R and 8x56R are interchangeable, is it true?
You are very optimistic in regards of "collection almost finished". Apart of infantry carbine there was artillery carbine and then cavalry carbine. And there was cavalry carbine converted from artillery. Like this one. Those babies are extremely hard to find.
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I don’t know much about these guns, but Iam absolutely in love with the look of that carbine. Being a tubular magazine I guess pointed bullets are out of the question, so would they fire 8x56r styer? Forgive my ignorance, I live milsurps and milsurp ammo but don’t know much about these.
I have one of these and for 2 years now have been trying to find out more about the stud on the side and coming up blank. Please tell me you have some info on them or where I could look to find more.
You are very optimistic in regards of "collection almost finished". Apart of infantry carbine there was artillery carbine and then cavalry carbine. And there was cavalry carbine converted from artillery. Like this one. Those babies are extremely hard to find.
Why not just buy a Lee .338 mold and size it down? Read an article about a fellow doing that with a 8x56R Hungarian which is not the same but shares the same groove size.Clover leaves at 50 yards.