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PRD1

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    • PRD1
      PRD1 replied to the thread Should be simple.
      I have approached the same problem in a different way: I hacksaw or file a slot across the stud and use an appropriate-sized...
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      PRD1 replied to the thread Trapdoor Grouping.
      FWIW, the non-regular units who fought in the SAW were armed with the trapdoor - except the Rough Riders, who were armed with Krag...
    • PRD1
      PRD1 replied to the thread Trapdoor Grouping.
      Good idea. It is not easy to measure the internal dimensions of the trapdoor's 3-groove barrel. I have three-point internal...
    • PRD1
      PRD1 reacted to Slamfire's post in the thread Trapdoor Grouping with Like Like.
      I guess I am going to have to slug my barrel. I gave up on shooting it, it was so inaccurate.
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      PRD1 replied to the thread Trapdoor Grouping.
      The bore diameter for the .45-70 trapdoors of all models was specified at .450", and, because the bore was reamed to final diameter...
    • PRD1
      PRD1 replied to the thread three questions.
      1. I use beeswax/Crisco 1:3 mix 2. No wadding should be used as a patch on the ball or over the ball in a revolver, though grease wads...
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      PRD1 reacted to Chief TC's post in the thread 45-70 Factory Ammo Question with Like Like.
      All good info here. Big bores are a real problem for factory ammo. I used Steinel 405gr trapdoor smokeless loads and even though they...
    • PRD1
      PRD1 replied to the thread 45-70 Factory Ammo Question.
      The original 1873 and later Trapdoor rifles have steel barrels - but it is a mild steel, and not equal to later alloy steels for...
    • PRD1
      PRD1 reacted to Bazoo's post in the thread Help: ID this tool/die with Like Like.
      That is a drop tube for a Lyman 55 powder measure in a press adapter.
    • PRD1
      PRD1 replied to the thread Help: ID this tool/die.
      The die is for the Lyman 310 hand tool, useable with the Lyman Tru-Line presses as well. The adapter ring is threaded 7/8 - 14, to...
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      PRD1 reacted to J-Bar's post in the thread I guess I'll keep it with Like Like.
      This 7.5" Colt Officer's Model .38 Special was made in 1927. I am range testing some of my guns to reduce my inventory. This six shot...
    • PRD1
      PRD1 reacted to hps1's post in the thread Beloved 30-06 Anyone? with Like Like.
      Have owned at least 10 30-06 rifles over the years including a couple of M1's several 03's and A3's the rest Pre-64 Mod. 70's, but this...
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      PRD1 reacted to N555's post in the thread Removing Military crimp-- swage, ream? with Like Like.
      I have tried almost everything. The rcbs one is fine if you only have to do a dozen or so at a time doing a hundred at a time or more...
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      PRD1 replied to the thread Historic bolt action rifle ID.
      Definitely Japanese - apparently a late-wartime type 99, though it could be a training rifle. If there are any legible markings on the...
    • PRD1
      PRD1 replied to the thread Greatest invention in firearms history.
      Do a search on 'dynamite gun/dynamite cannon' - USS Vesuvius - Spanish-American War... PRD1 - mhb - MIke
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