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Tom_H
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Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?
16/09/17 01:43 PM

Now that I figured out how to edit pix, these should tell the story...

The color case was in superb condition and it fit so tightly into the stock I thought that there was another fastener that i missed. Thankfully, whoever owned it gave it a liberal coating of cosmoline or something like it.

The condition of the metal and the stock made me think this was a safe queen and possibly never out of the stock.

The bore was as washed out as I have ever seen. Still rifled but for the most part very limited for the first few inches. How someone managed to shoot it that much and keep it in the condition that it's in is a mystery to me.

The groove diameter at the muzzle was around .321.

And it was NOT an 8x60.

Dropped in the 8x57 field gauge and it fit.
Resized and trimmed a 30-06 case and sized it until a .013 feeler gauge fit between the shell holder and the base of the die. Have to take a better look at the locking lugs and lug recesses if I can.

I can put up some more complete pix later. Did already hit all the case with a coating of lacquer.

Tom

Edited by Tom_H (16/09/17 01:52 PM)

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Ok, so what did I buy here?	Tom_H	08/09/17 08:17 AM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	Huvius	08/09/17 09:13 AM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	DarylS	08/09/17 09:57 AM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	kuduae	09/09/17 12:12 AM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	lancaster	09/09/17 04:36 AM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	NitroX	09/09/17 03:07 PM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	sharps4590	09/09/17 09:14 PM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	lancaster	10/09/17 02:34 PM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	Tom_H	16/09/17 01:43 PM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	Tom_H	16/09/17 10:24 PM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	lancaster	18/09/17 04:25 AM
Re: Ok, so what did I buy here?	93x64mm	18/09/17 06:18 AM

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