Mattnall

MTM Jammit target holder. These work great and can hold smaller and larger targets than A4.

5 hours ago, Jeffo1960 said:

Should have mentioned its a. 308 

Personally I'd go with 5/8x24. M18x1 is also popular and a similar sized thread. Muzzle devices in either thread size should be easily available.

What calibre of bullet are you shooting through the break?

.22cal bullets are usually with a ½" thread (UNF or UNEF)
.30cal is often 5/8"

But then there are plenty of metric 'standards'.

The OD of the barrel shouldn't really be the deciding factor for the thread.

I have an Uberti Winchester 1866 in 38spl, hardly shot and looks like new. It's a little more money but if you're interested drop me a PM.

On 2/12/2022 at 10:42 PM, Bangbangman said:

Definitely not exclusively a "young person's" sport!

 

 

I would say it is a young person's sport done by old people. If I was younger and fitter I'd get by easier but it is a great sport and seems to keep the older shooters going.

Not many other things would get me out in the wind and rain on a cold January morning, especially when I'm expected to lie down in the long grass too.

Allen key and spring balance still does a good job. Just make sure you cut a small groove in the key at the exact distance to make calculations easy (2", 4" etc depending upon size) - go for the longest moment you can.

Or buy the FAT wrench, it hasn't let me down yet.

On 1/30/2022 at 10:40 AM, Roy W said:

John, where did you get the AR upper fixture?

 

Roy, I've made a few of these, they are easy to make and great to use for cerakoting the upper - it means you don't need to mask the insides.
I'll bring one on Sunday if you want to take a look - I won't be able to make another one until possibly later next week, the bar stock and square section are easily sourced and often don't need any machining to size, only drilling counter-sinking and tapping and two bolts.

For full-bore barrel fitting an action bar is better as it doesn't put any stress on the receiver at all. Sometimes the upper, especially forged and other thin walled ones, can distort if you really need to tighten up a little bit more to time the barrel nut.

Yes, you're right. I cannot see why anyone on here would have primers or primed cases in their possession without any lawful excuse, it should really be a non-issue for us.

1 hour ago, Popsbengo said:

The VCR Act 2006 has redefined the law I believe.

Only in regard to buying or attempting to buy.

As mentioned above the best way to get involved with CSR is to enter the next match. Feb's is a good one to enter, the CQB/Urban Contact match is always fun and most never shoot below 100yds, this match will take you down to 25yds.

The Skills Course is also worth it and it will give you an heads-up on what to expect at a match. It'll also give you some practice at a sample of a few stages in a typical match. These are NRA run by staffed by CSR shooters so any questions you may have can be answered from an experienced view point. We'd love to see on the next course, 12th March is the next one I believe (the last one was Saturday just gone).

Rifles are available for hire for the course and the matches from the NRA if you feel your 6.5 is too much.

On 1/22/2022 at 7:12 PM, Laurie said:

'Cadmus' (Colin Greenwood) in the old Guns Review magazine reported on a legal case on this issue back in the 1980s or early 90s that created a legal precedent. ..

I think this is the case I was referring to in the previous post. As I understand it the offence is a primed case in a public place with no lawful excuse is to be considered as ammunition. The result was primed cases were fine as long as you had the lawful excuse or were at home etc.

I cannot find the exact precedent despite looking in all the books I have here, no doubt it'll turn up and I'll be corrected.

3 hours ago, BlueBoy69 said:

Maybe I'm not understanding it correctly, but a primed case, which isn't for a firearm or ammunition you possess still sounds like an offence to me? The text, from Section 35 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act (link), is below.

(4)It is an offence for a person to buy or to attempt to buy—

• (a)a primer to which this section applies, or
• (b)an empty cartridge case incorporating such a primer,

unless he falls within subsection (5).

(5)A person falls within this subsection if—

• (a)he is a registered firearms dealer;
• (b)he sells by way of any trade or business either primers or empty cartridge cases incorporating primers, or both;
• (c)he holds a certificate authorising him to possess a firearm of a relevant kind;
• (d)he holds a certificate authorising him to possess ammunition of a relevant kind;
• (e)he is a person in the service of Her Majesty who is entitled under subsection (6) to acquire a primer to which this section applies;
• (f)he is entitled, by virtue of the 1968 Act, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 or any other enactment and otherwise than by virtue of being a person in the service of Her Majesty, to have possession, without a certificate, of a firearm of a relevant kind or of ammunition of a relevant kind;
• (g)he is in possession of a certificate authorising another person to have possession of such a firearm, or of such ammunition, and has that other person's authority to purchase the primer or empty cartridge case on his behalf; or
• (h)he is authorised by regulations made by the Secretary of State to purchase primers or cartridge cases of the type in question.

 

The first line of the quoted text from the VCR Act doesn't mention possession at all, only buying or attempting to buy (and I believe later on in the act it mentions the same conditions for selling or attempting to sell).

Primed cases are not live rounds and are not considered as such (except in a public place without lawful excuse according to case law iirc). Primed cases are to be dealt with in the same way as primers when it comes to buying or selling only but not possession (I think s35 of the VCR Act refers).

Once you make a live round you need authority to possess that calibre/cartridge you've just made.

I have 500 rounds of CCI 17Mach2 17gn ammo that I no longer have a rifle for, how these hid away so well I'll never know.

I would like £10 per box of 50, open to offers for more than one box (10 boxes in total).

Face-2-face locally or delivery to Bisley and must have some valid reason to possess🙂.

On 11/23/2021 at 4:51 PM, MikeJ said:

Hi Catch-22,

No, I'm not removing the ejector, and I'm trimming after f/l sizing. Not that there's much, if anything, to take off, but I'll trim first then size and see how that goes.

3 hours ago, MikeJ said:

I'm trimming after resizing........ I really don't understand why there was a suggestion to trim before resizing 😕 

I'm sorry, I saw you were doing it after but it was your suggestion that you were going to try it the other way, which was why I mentioned it.

On 11/23/2021 at 4:51 PM, MikeJ said:

... I'm trimming after f/l sizing. Not that there's much, if anything, to take off, but I'll trim first then size and see how that goes.

Should you be trimming before sizing? What length are you going to trim to? As soon as you resize that will all change.

I have used the app for steel shooting and they record the sound of the bullet hitting the target. This seems to confuse the timer and you often get something like 18 'hits' from a 10 shot string.

I use MPro-7 on 22 rim fires. It removes the residue from firing even if it has been allowed to build up a bit. 😳

20 hours ago, Max Cottage said:

I live in Essex/London but happy to travel

What club are you a member of?

There are several ranges in the area that go out a long way - StanTA, Barton Road, Bisley, Fingringhoe, to name a few - and most clubs in the area will use one or the other or be partnered with a club that does (if only to keep costs down).

What do you call long distance? If your club only has a 25m range then anything from 100-600 could be considered long. Most of those mentioned can go to at least 600m, Bisley and Barton Rd go out to 1200 and sometimes beyond.

I use Viht135 with a 405gn RNFP bullet. Quite gentle load, not too hot.

The only other powder I've used in 45/70 is Reloder7 which I prefer but mainly because I usually have it on hand for other cartridges as well.

I have some of these little rounds that I'll never use for various reasons, for one I don't have a rifle to take them, I bought a bunch of .17 ammo from a club member who was giving up his FAC and not all of it was HMR - Doh!

These are CCI with the Hornady V-Max 17gn bullet.

Anyone want these? £10 per box of 50, or £75 for 500? I have 10 boxes taking up valuable ticket space.

Collection in person or I'll bring along next time I'm at Bisley. I would consider meeting up halfway if not too far.

On 3/4/2016 at 9:56 AM, Lashendei said:

But mils in the army were different, surely - 6400 mils in a circle? Was that just rounding up 62381 to an easily divisible figure? I also sort of remember that Warsaw Pact equipment used 6000 mils?

This is because Mils is not short for milliradians. There are 2π radians in a circle or roughly 6283 milliradians.

Mils were a military approximation to the milliradians and from what I've heard the west/allies? went with 6400 because it is easily divisible for standard compass points but the Russians and some others went with 6000 as a more rounded figure.

It gets confusing when people keep calling them milliradians or worse still, mil-rads.

They'll be calling 'bullets', 'heads' soon and if enough people doeventually it'll become right.😉

On 7/10/2021 at 9:22 AM, No i deer said:

That was lucky, just missed your thumb.😉

13 hours ago, Lawrence said:

 so I now have a serious wad and it isn't going to waste believe me.

😬Now you've done it.

There will be many posts from those telling you how you should spend it.

He had a bomb. If he is still moving, keep shooting. Oh, and don't hit the bomb!

Afterwards it wasn't a bomb but the assumption and from reports, a bomb was in the mix so act accordingly I'd have thought.
And brave to walk towards someone that may blow up the whole area, you along with it.