janfred
@janfred
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Joined: May 31, 2022
Last seen: Jul 1, 2026
Topics: 12 / Replies: 412
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Re: Ou/old Mauser .22 ??

Ek het dieselfde probleem met ʼn Winchester model 52 kolf. Daardie goed is skaarser as hoender tande

8 months ago
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Re: Lyman Case Timmer workaround

The only percieved downside of the Lee cutter system is that it cannot be adjusted.It takes a bit of hand strength, but this can be overcome by placin...

8 months ago
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Re: Tales from the reloading Room

This was a technical read, but the second half gave a pretty good explanation why it is a bad idea to have an oily chamber or oiled cases.

9 months ago
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Re: Tales from the reloading Room

That is not unexpected. If you measure the shoulder diameter of a fired case and the shoulder of a sized case you would see a reasonable difference. I...

9 months ago
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Re: Struggling to activate GRT

What archive are you interested in?

10 months ago
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Re: A new way to hide

I have a set of "blue pajamas" (Zarco) that I hunt with. Works well to hide from animal eyes and makes me visible to all but the colour blin...

10 months ago
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Re: IMR 4166 - odd residue

To make nitrocellulose, you have to treat cellulose, usually  cotton, with nitric acid. They can never remove quite all of the unreacted nitric a...

11 months ago
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Re: Speer Target Match Rifle Bullet, .308, 168 Grain

Too bad that they dont have it in a 155gr flavour. Bisley shooters would try it

11 months ago
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Re: Sticky bolt of the other kind.

You must have better eyes than me. I took the bolt apart as much as I could and could find no evidence of a seam or thread inside or outside. Did the ...

11 months ago
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Re: Sticky bolt of the other kind.

That is definitely an aftermarket bolt. I can now understand how it could happen. And no, original RSA bolts are not threaded.Good on you for fixing a...

11 months ago
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Re: Sticky bolt of the other kind.

I am trying to get my head around how your action or bolt got so warped that the bolt binds in the action. How bad was your gunsmith?In my experience,...

11 months ago
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Re: Sticky bolt of the other kind.

Can you show on the photo where the bolt body was binding?

11 months ago
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Re: Sticky bolt of the other kind.

I photo showing where the bolt body binds would be helpful.Cant be a standard bolt. They are cast and machined. None of the 4 models currently in my s...

11 months ago
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Re: Sticky bolt of the other kind.

Perhaps just let us know what action you used.

11 months ago
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Re: Sticky bolt of the other kind.

For proper headspace, the gunsmith should have closed the bolt on the gauges. As he did not find the binding problem, I suspect that you may be warpin...

11 months ago
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