'53 & '54 Mk2's
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Topic: '53 & '54 Mk2's
Posted By: MJ11
Subject: '53 & '54 Mk2's
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 8:45am
Just after unwrapping.
 Cheers
...MJ...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 9:34am
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To quote from Monty Python's Life Of Brian .........You Lucky, Lucky Bastard ! Very nice indeed ,where do they hail from ? Dave www.green/with/envy.com |
Posted By: Kodiac400
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 9:39am
| Wow. They are in amazing shape. |
Posted By: thresher_593
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 9:55am
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Sweet rifles! Do you plan on shooting them are will they be closet queens? ------------- Hiding out in the Northwest corner of Southeast Ohio |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 9:59am
On a table at a show. Still wrapped in paper with slings and bayonets.
 Cheers
...MJ...
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Posted By: Cookie Monster
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 10:32am
| Great pair of rifles !!! Nice ammo can too |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 12:19pm
They will not be shot. I have other #4 rifles I shoot.
 Cheers
...MJ...
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Posted By: oldbikewrench
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 1:45pm
Oh my gosh! They are incredible. Thanks for showing those and your T model (or would that be Model T ).------------- Love your neighbor as yourself.'...Mark12:31 He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke22:36 |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 21 2008 at 11:18pm
Thank's, any time. Would you like to see more?
 Cheers
...MJ...
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Posted By: Hatchetman
Date Posted: September 23 2008 at 5:41pm
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Oh I hate you
------------- But the winters coming, And the snow will cover tracks, And I'll be watching, Because I'm hunting you - Sarah Blasko, The Gardens End |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: September 23 2008 at 8:41pm
I hate him more than you!! Makes me sick to my pants!!These miscreants that have the toys I'M supposed to have!! Sakes! Hoadie  ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Hatchetman wrote:Posted By: Cookie Monster
Date Posted: September 23 2008 at 9:50pm
| There is two he should give us one |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 23 2008 at 11:24pm
Please don't hate me.
 Cheers
..MJ..
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Posted By: Kodiac400
Date Posted: September 23 2008 at 11:49pm
| Wow. Nice looking family. Are they all real T's? |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 24 2008 at 7:22am
Are they all real T's?
What do you think?
 Cheers
..MJ..
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: September 24 2008 at 6:30pm
I dont think they're "T's" @ all....I think they're RABBITS!!!  They certainly seem to be multiplying like rabbits!!
Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 25 2008 at 7:57am
My my I think your right.
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Posted By: Kodiac400
Date Posted: September 25 2008 at 8:00am
Yup..............I'm jealous 
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Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 2:39am
Oh don't be.
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Posted By: Cookie Monster
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 4:56am
| Not bad grouping |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 5:20am
Ya, that 5th one got away.
 It also opens up a bit hot.
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Posted By: Kodiac400
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 7:51am
| Nice shooting. Regardless of the 5th shot getting away.......I figure what ever that this rifle is pointing at is in a lot of trouble. |
Posted By: thresher_593
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 11:54am
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What ammo are you using, handloads or factory? ------------- Hiding out in the Northwest corner of Southeast Ohio |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 11:05pm
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Would you shoot Packistani 50 year old surplus in these rifles? I don't.
I hand load 174g SMK FMJBT's
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Posted By: Cookie Monster
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 11:21pm
| MJ11 I think he ment modern factory loads |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 27 2008 at 3:33am
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Why?
They don't replicate the MKVII round so your sights are off at 600 yards by 3'~4'. The 180g Remington is poor at over 100 yards. I make a 100 yard pig round with .311"150g Sierra Game Kings that still smokes a 120 lb. porker with IMR 4895.
I still own a 10" X 18" rectangle at 600 yards using the sights calibrated to the MK VII bullet.
I have tried the 174g and 150g fmjbt from Privi but they are not as accurate as the Sierra. The cost of the Sierra is the limiting factor so I use the Privi's for 300y or less. IMR 4064 for the big bullet and IMR 4895 for the 100 yard 150g pill
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Posted By: Cookie Monster
Date Posted: September 27 2008 at 6:37am
| Simple he said factory not surplus |
Posted By: MJ11
Date Posted: September 27 2008 at 10:06am
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Well then I don't know anything about factory ammo then. I know Remington 180g hnters, Winchester 150g fmj and Privi 174g fmj from what was Yugoslavia. I know the loads I learned from winning shooters at Bisley. So I'm limited in my background to anything outside my small world. I'm sure there are lots of other options in amunitions I am unaware off. I just followed the what the best guys recomended. The two things I changed was using IMR 4895 when they use RL-15 for targets out too 300y and RL-22 for 500y to 900y. I use IMR4064 at the long end. For me that's 600y. And not that offten these days with fuel and bullet costs.
If you don't hand load the .303 should be the one round to learn. It will reward you and make you cry the next moment.
Cheers
...MJ...
...200y ten shots on a 25y pistole target...
....The glass helped a lot...
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Posted By: thresher_593
Date Posted: September 27 2008 at 10:23am
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Just to clarify, what I meant was modern production factory loads like Remington, Winchester, Privi or Sellier. I don't shoot surplus in my No.4 either. I'm trying to get into handloading, just picking up the equipment a piece at a time as budget allows. Whatever ammo you use, it looks like you have an accurate load for your rifle. Nice group. ------------- Hiding out in the Northwest corner of Southeast Ohio |