What cal. was this?
I was wondering if any of you chaps more enlightened than myself could tell me what calibre my old apparently Swedish rolling block was.I say 'was' as the muzzle and breech have been drilled out and...
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Pukkajust below the blue lable FFV Expert on this pageAMMOAre the different cartridges used in the HV Single shot rifles does not indicate which were for what rifles. This is part of this site with...
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Thanks pinky.It does look like it was chambered for the 9.3 x 57r/360, as it wasn't a bottlenecked case.If I could make a chamber sleeve, it would have getting on for an inch of freebore though, if I...
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PukkaWhile looking there is the 9.3X72R you can still get this case for reloading and bullets from Norma look at this link infact I belive they still make the round and so does sellers and bellot I...
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Yes, the 9,3x72R is the logical choice, Not sure if hammer nose would allow chambering, but believe it would work OK as it is a slim cartridge.Only other concern would be if I ever sold the gun or...
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Could always get some letter stamps and put on "BLACK POWDER ONLY"! You must be able to get firearms proofed/re-proofed, in UK it is the destructive type proofing where they use extra powerfull rounds...
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Standard CIP proof is firing a proof load which is 30% above the 'normal' pressure, and looking for signs of failure... If the firearms passes without problems, it gets the proof stamp. If it breaks,...
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