Yesterday's Weapons Forums

Took it out this morning & burned up some old ammo I found in the gun room. Shot @ 50 yards from an elbow rest. Cases made from 348 Win brass. 20.0 grains/ AA 5744. Lee 205 grain gas check bullet meant for Steyr M.95 @ .329"

After this I found a rock the size of a cantaloupe & smacked it 5x5 @ 100+ yards. Turned it into gravel!

What a sweet old rifle! SW


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Slava Ukraini!!

pretty neat.........but I can't say that rifles name..

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It's easy! Go slowly... "Brit - ney". There! That wasn't so hard! SW

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looks sweet - not so sure of that name tho ---not peckin sides tho

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I run 348 brass through the 8mm Kropatschek FL die. One pass does the deal. Cutting a bevel on the case head isn't as easy.

I chuck a case in my cheep drill press using hand pressure & apply a file until the bolt will close on each case. Doesn't take all that much - just a little practice.

I'm not sure how Buffalo Arms makes their cases longer... they really don't need to be - you seat the boolet out to achieve the right COL & stuff them in the tube magazine as normal.

I did buy 20 cases already made up but was too cheep for more. Once I got onto making the bevel, I made 50.

These are sweet old rifles! Oddly, the bayonets cost like half as much as the rifle. But you can use them to dig dandylions without bending over!

As of right now, Buffalo Arms has dies and brass in stock for 8x60R Kropatschek. The dies aren't cheep @ $80 but worth it in the long run. SW

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I've never messed around with Lebel brass for anything but Lebel ammo so I can't say. Also can't say much about the bayonet - I've only ever seen the long ones. SW

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Nice looking rifle! Dandelion pickin bayos, lol.

Ive got one also and it is one of my most accurate cast bullet rifle for shooting full course 200-500 meter silhouette.

I use the Lee Precision 205 grain M95 .329" bullet behind 22 grain of IMR SR4759 or 23 grins of AA5744.

Cutting the bevel on a lathe (I have one) or is the quickest way to modify rim.

Has anyone tried IMR 4198 with a cast bullet? If the original load was 70ish grains of black, I would think a good place to start would be 27-28 grains of IMR 4198. I am doing my homework while refurbishing a well used carbine.

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What is the stud mounted forward of the side sling swivel for?

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GMC(SW), USN-Retired
USS San Diego
USS Missouri
USS Boxer
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If that's on a carbine, it might be something to keep it in the scabbard - or on the artillery piece - something of that nature. SW

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Slava Ukraini!!

Okay. The fellow I bought it from referred to it as an 'artillery carbine'.

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GMC(SW), USN-Retired
USS San Diego
USS Missouri
USS Boxer
NAS Whidbey Island