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Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:06 pm
by Charlotte the flyer
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:07 pm
by Dougan
There's some nice looking rifles there, especially the first one on the opening post...
...but if you're going to go to the trouble of making a nice looking custom rifle; why not use a decent action?
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:12 pm
by meles meles
Yup, we think a project rifle is definitely in the offing here. Of course, we'll be sticking milsurp through it....
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:15 pm
by meles meles
Is there a better action, squirrel, for the 7.62x54R, than the Mosin Nagant ? Pricewise it's hard to beat, and allows a greater portion of the overall budget to be spent on the barrel.
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:23 pm
by Dougan
meles meles wrote:Is there a better action, squirrel, for the 7.62x54R, than the Mosin Nagant ?
Fair enough, but why 7.62 x 54R, when there are better calibers and better actions to shoot them from...
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:26 pm
by meles meles
Better for what ?
Yes, we could spend a zillion pennies on a high end rifle, but in our paws a 7.62x54R rifle may be good enough, and far cheaper. Also, becuase we can: the 7.62x54R seems to be a pretty accurate round and so it would be nice to build a rifle that can shoot to minute of Farmer Giles' waistcoat button without spending a fortune...
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:26 pm
by meles meles
Did we mention low cost fodder too ?
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:47 pm
by Dougan
meles meles wrote:Did we mention low cost fodder too ?
I made 40 .303 and 30 6.5 x 55 today - they work out at about 23p each (not including cases, but the second hand press and dies have already payed for themselves)...so my ammo for tomorrow is just over £16...
...how much will you be paying for 70 rounds of 7.62 x 54?
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:59 pm
by kennyc
Dougan wrote:meles meles wrote:Did we mention low cost fodder too ?
I made 40 .303 and 30 6.5 x 55 today - they work out at about 23p each (not including cases, but the second hand press and dies have already payed for themselves)...so my ammo for tomorrow is just over £16...
...how much will you be paying for 70 rounds of 7.62 x 54?
are those cast boolit rounds ? my 7.5x55 and .308 cost that for powder alone!
Re: TKIV-85
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:49 pm
by meles meles
Dougan wrote:
...how much will you be paying for 70 rounds of 7.62 x 54?
Oh we can get 100 rounds of nice Russian ammunition in its ikkle sealed packets for the same price as your 70 rounds of paw loads. Even full price, 100 rounds of 7.62x54R can be had for around £25 / 100 from many dealers. WE'll concede your paw loads may group better, Russian standard service ammo is only specified to hold 4 MoA. Bulgarian surplus will often do better, and East German always does.