I took possession of the 'new' (to me!) M-1910 Mannlicher Schönauer before Christmas, but ended up pressed for time with family commitments etc, till now!

Grabbed some new unprimed .30-06 cases, and following the 'recipe' in George Nonte's cook-book I managed to fabricate some fine-looking fodder for load development.

Luckily a close friend had an old box of Hornady 270gr round-nose softs, so the first batch is now loaded and ready. Hopefully I'll get time to run them over the chrono in the next couple of days. Stay tuned.

Here's the process: .30-06 case, trimmed to 2.24-inch, deburred, neck expanded to ~.375 and shoulder pushed back for minimum headspace in my rifle, then neck-annealed.

And here's the jewelry:

Don't they look lovely! I'm gunna enjoy this!