jason41987
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exactly what im looking for is easy to explain.. first, i want a project, something to do in my free time during this winter, i havent much to do since i moved here from another state recently and the kind of project im most interested in is restoring an old mil surp from old, beat up, to like new. back to its issues condition
ill probably still get something like the K31, the M1895, and other interesting milsurps later on, but first, i need something thats going to serve a purpose.. something thats going to be useful for more things than just one, but of the rifles im going to spend most my time practicing with, i want them to share a common cartridge, something i can put a lot of time and effort into developing good hand load recipes for.. i dont as of right now have that one rifle cartridge i really completely support.. i have a nagant in 7.62x54R but i hate the rifle, and i hate the cartridge and because of this i have little to no motivation to shoot it or reload for it
so if im going to pick a cartridge to get behind and support, the best way for me to do that would be choose a cartridge ill have a lot of use for, something that can be chambered in multiple rifles, this leads me to 30-06 vs 8mm mauser, i think 30-06 MIGHT be the better cartridge due to a broader range of bullets available for it (such as hornadys 208 grain a-max with about .650 BC) but that 8mm has more power.. i need to run some ballistics calculations on the two and i really like hornadys 170 and 180 grain .323 bullets so at the end of the day im probably going to chose 8mm mauser.. which leads me to the K98K for my bolt action, and the FN-49 as my semi
ill probably still get something like the K31, the M1895, and other interesting milsurps later on, but first, i need something thats going to serve a purpose.. something thats going to be useful for more things than just one, but of the rifles im going to spend most my time practicing with, i want them to share a common cartridge, something i can put a lot of time and effort into developing good hand load recipes for.. i dont as of right now have that one rifle cartridge i really completely support.. i have a nagant in 7.62x54R but i hate the rifle, and i hate the cartridge and because of this i have little to no motivation to shoot it or reload for it
so if im going to pick a cartridge to get behind and support, the best way for me to do that would be choose a cartridge ill have a lot of use for, something that can be chambered in multiple rifles, this leads me to 30-06 vs 8mm mauser, i think 30-06 MIGHT be the better cartridge due to a broader range of bullets available for it (such as hornadys 208 grain a-max with about .650 BC) but that 8mm has more power.. i need to run some ballistics calculations on the two and i really like hornadys 170 and 180 grain .323 bullets so at the end of the day im probably going to chose 8mm mauser.. which leads me to the K98K for my bolt action, and the FN-49 as my semi
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