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Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:10 pm
by Colonel26
OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:51 pm
Some range time today sighting in the new Browning BL22 Grade 1, 22lr. Shoots great, the short throw lever on the Browning is really great. Sighted her in at 50 yards with Win Super X 22lr high velocity hollow points.
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That’s really nice!!! I have a friend who collects those. I’ve never shot one but I hear all manner of good things about them.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:19 am
by Mumbleypeg
That’s a beauty OC!
Ken
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:22 am
by Steve Warden
OC - niiiiiiiiiiiiice!!
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:39 am
by garddogg56
OC I have a buddy who is a Browning nut he has every leaver action Browning made.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:01 am
by OLDE CUTLER
I stimulated the economy of my favorite gunshop with part of my check for the Browning. lol
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:06 am
by Scale Military
Nice one olde cutter! My dad has a BL-22, T-Bolt in curly maple, Winchester 61, and Remington speedmaster, all in .22LR
Dad's a .22 collector.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 3:39 am
by treefarmer
Scale Military wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:06 am
Nice one olde cutter! My dad has a BL-22, T-Bolt in curly maple, Winchester 61, and Remington speedmaster, all in .22LR
Dad's a .22 collector.
The Winchester 61 is a prize! When I was young and living in another part of Florida, I was told the outlaws used the Winchester 61's that were chambered in .22 magnum for their "go to" deer rifle. These rifles were mostly used in conjunction with a "one eyed dog", usually a few hours after legal shooting time had closed. ( "one eyed dog" was the redneck name for the old 6 volt headlights). My uncle had a 61 .22 mag. and sold it for $70 when I was about 14 or 15 years old. I was a little bit displeased with that deal.
His selling it probably kept me out of trouble.
The 61's .22 LR and .22 mag bring a pretty good price nowadays. I've got a 62 in my pile, it's the one with the exposed hammer.
Treefarmer
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:41 am
by ken98k
HELP!!
I'm looking for a set of dies for a "416 Taylor"
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 3:04 pm
by samb1955
ken98k wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:41 am
HELP!!
I'm looking for a set of dies for a "416 Taylor"
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You might try Midway.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:02 pm
by ken98k
samb1955 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 3:04 pm
ken98k wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:41 am
HELP!!
I'm looking for a set of dies for a "416 Taylor"
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You might try Midway.
I've tried them all.
Somewhere in the U.S. there is a sporting goods or a hardware store that has a set of these on the shelf, I hoping someone here might see them and recall that I'm looking for them.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:15 pm
by Byrd
Try contacting Lee directly. They're a pretty accommodating company.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:37 pm
by steve99f
That is a beautiful Browning OC, that'll be a pleasure to own.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:55 pm
by thankgod4rkids
OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:01 am
I stimulated the economy of my favorite gunshop with part of my check for the Browning. lol
Gary's or is there other gunshops I need to help out. I mean check out.
Bill
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:06 pm
by OLDE CUTLER
thankgod4rkids wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:55 pm
OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:01 am
I stimulated the economy of my favorite gunshop with part of my check for the Browning. lol
Gary's or is there other gunshops I need to help out. I mean check out.
Bill
Right you are, Garys Gunshop on 41st St. I buy most of my stuff there, occasionally at Scheels if they dont have it.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:46 pm
by TripleF
Bought a box of junk yesterday at the flea and this beast was in it.
I know the WRA stands for Winchester Repeating Arms but no clue about anything else.
Info would be appreciated and it is for sale or trade!!
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:37 pm
by treefarmer
Just guessing I would say it looks like military round, 30/06 and the 51 on the head stamp probably was the year of manufacture.
Treefarmer
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:57 pm
by TripleF
treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:37 pm
Just guessing I would say it looks like military round, 30/06 and the 51 on the head stamp probably was the year of manufacture.
Treefarmer
I didn't place the ruler next to it, but it's 5.5" OAL.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:13 pm
by treefarmer
Scott, if it's that long it sure ain't a 30/06. What diameter is the bullet? That is probably a .50 cal Browing Machine gun round.
Treefarmer
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:21 pm
by Byrd
I'd say .50 BMG as well. It's military as the primer is crimped in.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:36 pm
by Mumbleypeg
TripleF wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:46 pm
Bought a box of junk yesterday at the flea and this beast was in it.
I know the WRA stands for Winchester Repeating Arms but no clue about anything else.
Info would be appreciated and it is for sale or trade!!
Scott, FWIW I searched online for “WRA 51 headstamp” and found this on a cartridge collector web site:
A true explosive round was developed by Winchester for the U.S. Government in 1940. This is called the Pomeroy after the guy who patented the design. The nitroglycerine explosive element is enclosed in a copper tube in the bullet nose and activated by the bullet rotation concentrating it against the side of the tube. It was loaded on cases headstamped W.R.A. .30-,06. While they were supposed to have a green tip, this seems to come off easily and most have no visible signs to identify them - they look like a normal copper-tubed hunting bullet.
In the late 1940s Frankford Arsenal and Winchester again experimented with an observation bullet identified by a yellow tip and this was the T99 Observing. This is most often found with a WRA 51 headstamp.
However this implies it was a .30 caliber cartridge. From your picture the one you have appears to be larger, probably .50 caliber as others have said.
Ken
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 7:05 pm
by jerryd6818
It not only "looks like" a .50 Cal, it is a .50 Cal.
For comparison, here are some pictures of a .50 Cal. cartridge I "acquired" someplace far, far away. The smaller cartridge is 7.62x51 (.308) I took out of one of my M-14 magazines. Fired the primer with a soldering iron.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:51 pm
by TripleF
treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:13 pm
Scott, if it's that long it sure ain't a 30/06. What diameter is the bullet? That is probably a .50 cal Browing Machine gun round.
Treefarmer
.75" round at end.
I would agree Philip.
Thanks for the info fellas!!!
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:32 am
by garddogg56
Strike is almost over which means summer vaca is almost over
soooo I hit the wood range to zero in my Grandsons single shot .22 and a few other .22's
A thermos of coffee and two hundred rounds latter I was ready for a nap in the wood
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:10 am
by Colonel26
garddogg56 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:32 am
Strike is almost over which means summer vaca is almost over
soooo I hit the wood range to zero in my Grandsons single shot .22 and a few other .22's
A thermos of coffee and two hundred rounds latter I was ready for a nap in the wood
That’s awesome, and some good shootin’! The boys and I love shooting .22s in the back field too.
What’s the left handed bolt gun? My middle boy is wrong handed. When he was ready for a 22 we got him a Savage MKII youth model (it’s just barely youth sized). It’s a good one, but I have to hold it upside down to run it. lol.
Re: Guns & Gun Related Stuff
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:38 pm
by Steve Warden
Heading out to the range again today.
Ya know, it's probably a good thing for my wallet I can't step out my backdoor and shoot whenever I want! Remembering the hours and rounds I used to put through my Daisy Red Rider as a kid (yup, out the backdoor and shoot), if I was able to do that today, I'd go broke buying ammo.
