Recent content by SP155

I agree with the general disclaimer observation. They have to discourage the less informed from wandering off the farm so to speak. I'll confess that I have some 150 Gr Federal Non Typical Whitetail (soft point) ammo that has a metal jacket all the way to the tip with only the lead core visible...

I know that this flies in the face of other admonitions in the manual regarding reloads, BUT if you do reload one could easily deconstruct that soft point ammo and pop in a FMJ in its place. OTOH can anyone expound on the consequences of shooting soft points through their M1A? At least one...

Page 6 Item 4 paragraph 3 of the Springfield Armory Owner's Manual: "Do not use soft point or light magnum type ammo".

I too wrestled with the scope eye relief question (pre purchase) and couldn't come up with an answer that suited me. Accepting defeat I switched horses and settled on a walnut stock standard to which I have added a 4.5-18 scope. Hope you find a good solution that suits your shooting requirements.

Almost everything you read these days talks about applying grease to almost every sliding part of the rifle. To protect the parts from rust etc when being stored for long periods is sound practice, especially in humid salt air climates. No problem.......yet. During my service years we never...

That was my first guess but further investigation indicated similar markings used in northern German states at the time. I highly doubt there were any Turks in the German army in that period.

Towards the end of the Battle of the Bulge my uncle's infantry squad encountered a German patrol on a very wet foggy day making their way back to their unit. A fight ensued that didn't turn out well for the Germans. My uncle retrieved this CZ 27 7.65 (.32ACP) and holster from the downed German...