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My 1951 JC Higgins .270 (actually an FN postwar Mauser 98 action with a chrome lined barrel) tack driver and my early 60s Marlin 336 .30-30 brush gun are all sighted in and ready, so it's back to playing with my two .50 cal Hawkens, my .45 Kentucky flint, and my Remington .44 1861 New Model Army, among my other toys. I just might take one of my Hawkens hunting this year and leave my smokeless burners at home. You don't get many long range shots around here.I only have perhaps two rifles that are suitable for deer in this area
My 1951 JC Higgins .270 (actually an FN postwar Mauser 98 action with a chrome lined barrel) tack driver and my early 60s Marlin 336 .30-30 brush gun are all sighted in and ready, so it's back to playing with my two .50 cal Hawkens, my .45 Kentucky flint, and my Remington .44 1861 New Model Army, among my other toys. I just might take one of my Hawkens hunting this year and leave my smokeless burners at home. You don't get many long range shots around here.
When black powder is burnt, it leaves behind a layer of soot that contains potassium and sodium oxides. The moisture in the air turns that mixture into a hydroxide and will quickly attack iron/steel.
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I have a Model 95 Mauser 7x57 made for Chile in 1898 that I bought in 1966 for $19, still in the factory cosmolene and brown paper, which I've hunted with. Century Arms in St Albans bought and imported an entire warehouse full of them, as well as Model 98s ($34.99) and FN 7x57 assault rifles ($54.99), all in mint condition. As a college student working a summer job for $66 every two weeks, I couldn't afford the "high priced spread".I suppose just about any old military bolt action might work as a hunting rifle. If that is the case, then I have a bunch.
I have a .445 round ball mold and a .445 "slug" mold that casts a dead ringer for an ACP bullet. About 230 grains, I think. I don't shoot the slugs much because they restrict the powder volume in the chambers. I haven't cast any slugs in ten years, and still have almost a hundred on hand.What kind of bullets do you use for the .44 Remington revolver?
In Vermont, we call it muzzle loader season and they have to be muzzle loaders. There's a bunch of us (nowhere near a majority) who think all "modern style" muzzle loaders should be banned and traditionals only allowed. If you want to get seriously laughed at, just show up at a primitive biathlon with a modern "muzzle loader", a pocket full of speed loads, wearing camo gear, and running on Sherpas.Don't you find it odd that a modern Knight Disc rifle qualifies for Black Powder Season but a period Sharps 1858 rifle does not?
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Just to summarize what the researhcer writes in his article: in Romania June 1-22 5 VA claim 240 (+4 ground) Axis aircraft destroyed, of which 122 were Me 109's and 17 VA another 11 (+9 ground) incl. 6 Me 109's (+ 3 ground). P-39's of 5 VA accounted for 61 Me 109's (by my count).
The opponents were Jg 52 whose losses were 6 Me109s lost and 8 damaged; 1 lost to AA, 2 lost + 2 damaged in combat with fighters. One pilot killed and 2 wounded.
If this case is anything to go by, then maybe the most spectacular achievement by P-39's in Soviet service may well be the overclaiming by the pilots that flew the plane.
Yeah, and Luftwaffe reporting was so reliable - NOT! If you went by Luftwaffe loss reports alone they won the Battle of Britain, Siege of Malta and every Russian campaign. The Germans were far more interested in reporting their successes (many over-claimed and some downright imaginary) than they were admitting their failures, and that was in all theatres.......If this case is anything to go by, then maybe the most spectacular achievement by P-39's in Soviet service may well be the overclaiming by the pilots that flew the plane.
..... and FN 7x57 assault rifles ($54.99), all in mint condition.
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My JC Higgins .270 isn't an "old military bolt action rifle". It's a new manufacture Fabrique Nationale sporting rifle with chrome lined barrel and a classy checkered and engraved stock. The Germans put FN to work during the war building 98s, which towards the end were getting rather sloppy with slave labor and poorer quality steel. Once they were liberated, the FN people were kind of embarrassed to be associated with their wartime products, so set out to "make a better mousetrap". They had the patterns and tooling for the 98, and once again had access to high strength ordnance steel, so they started cranking out high class sporting rifles. Trouble was, in the war-torn global economy, nobody had the affluence to buy these jewels except the US, and we were kind of partial to Winchester and Remington, and Savage and Stevens, etc. Enter Sears Roebuck, who gave FN entry to the US market under an American brand name, alongside some serious junk that also carried the JC Higgins name. I bought mine in a local sporting goods store with a Leupold scope on it for $325. It was tagged $350, but the owner wanted to move "that Sears junk" along so he offered it for $25 off with his condolences. He hadn't done his homework. I had.
In Vermont, we call it muzzle loader season and they have to be muzzle loaders. There's a bunch of us (nowhere near a majority) who think all "modern style" muzzle loaders should be banned and traditionals only allowed. If you want to get seriously laughed at, just show up at a primitive biathlon with a modern "muzzle loader", a pocket full of speed loads, wearing camo gear, and running on Sherpas.
Thanks.Hello P-39 Expert
As vikingBerserker wrote in his message #671 "The North Fleet Air Arm removed the wing guns along with some armor from their Mk 1s" The test plane was Airacobra Mk I BX382 and exact quote for the armour is "part of the armour plating" so no exact info on what pieces of armour were removed.
A high school classmate of mine whom I hadn't seen since graduation showed up at this year's Smugglers Notch Primitive Biathlon toting a Spanish pattern matchlock conquistador gun with which he shot a better score than I did with my .45 Kentucky. At least his ignition was reliable. Misfire = missed shot.There were a lot of very odd things that showed up. One was a match lock that was probably closer to a cannon than a musket.
It is not so simple, the LW also had recon 109s and also Rumanians had 109s. Hungarian 109s probably were not participating this campaign. But it is true that Soviets overclaimed badly on the southern part of the Eastern Front in 1944. JG 52 lost 15 109s to enemy actions in June 1944 and 10 to other causes. But what made the situation more complicated was that the USAAF conducted active bombing campaign against Rumania and Hungary in June 1944 so many of LW Rumanian and Hungarian losses were by the USAAF.
Yeah, and Luftwaffe reporting was so reliable - NOT! If you went by Luftwaffe loss reports alone they won the Battle of Britain, Siege of Malta and every Russian campaign. The Germans were far more interested in reporting their successes (many over-claimed and some downright imaginary) than they were admitting their failures, and that was in all theatres.
Let's have more of the same old argument and move the guns to it's own thread.So have we turned a sows ear into a silk purse after 37 pages or are you all getting bored repeating the same argument over and over and would rather talk about rifles?. I shot shot my 1908 Swedish Mauser today at 100m with cast bullets over 16grns of 2400 and put 5 of them into a genuine 1'' group sitting post.
I agree with P39 Expert (surprise!), and apologize for my hijacker tendencies. Mods, can you shift the gun chatter over to the appropriate thread, so this dead horse can absorb a few more kicks undistracted?Let's have more of the same old argument and move the guns to it's own thread.
So have we turned a sows ear into a silk purse after 37 pages or are you all getting bored repeating the same argument over and over and would rather talk about rifles?. I shot shot my 1908 Swedish Mauser today at 100m with cast bullets over 16grns of 2400 and put 5 of them into a genuine 1'' group sitting post.