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TJT replied to Please help! Is this a fair price?

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01-07-2020, 01:25 AM
It may or may not be. Without LOTS of pictures of EVERY thing inside and out, it's a crap shoot for all of us.
Jon

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TJT replied to Hra 5517xxx

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01-02-2020, 11:44 PM
A rifle is only original ONCE---the day it leaves the armory. There is a HUGE difference between original and corrected to look original.
Jon

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TJT replied to Stuck cases! $%#

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01-01-2020, 01:37 PM
LEE is also very good at customer service. I once ruined a 6.5 Jap die. I sent it to LEE and told them what happened and that it was my fault the die...

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TJT replied to another center fire rifle converted to 22 rim fire

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12-30-2019, 11:38 PM
Nice looking rig. From one machinist to another--great job. How 'bout a full view shot of the finished product?
Jon

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TJT replied to IHC Garand help

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12-29-2019, 09:37 PM
There will OCCASIONALLY be SA barrels found on EARLY IHC's in the 4 million s/n range. Barrels will be dated late '52 or early '53. Orlando, again, is...

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TJT replied to Hra 5517xxx

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12-29-2019, 04:32 PM
It's a tool. Tools are meant to be used. Safe-queens be damned!!!
Jon

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TJT replied to building a 22 rim fire in a Springfield 1903 rifle

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12-25-2019, 01:53 AM
Same rifle. Same conditions. 5 shots at 100 yds using Eley Tenex...

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TJT replied to building a 22 rim fire in a Springfield 1903 rifle

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12-25-2019, 01:22 AM
Here's my unaltered M1922M1 NRA Sales Type rifle and what it's capable of. Yours should do as well with the right ammo. I use the CCI std vel for practice...

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TJT replied to New old guy Michigan is my home

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12-25-2019, 01:11 AM
Aww, come on Stee--it's just a tool and tools were made to be used. Load that baby up and let 'er rip!!!! Safe-queens be damned.
Jon

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TJT replied to Flat v. Radiused GC Lock

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12-25-2019, 01:05 AM
Thanks Bill. Maybe some one could pose the question to Wayne and see what he says. Other than the CMP forum I don't know where he frequents and I got...

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TJT replied to IHC Garand help

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12-24-2019, 11:33 PM
Possible? Yes, but as Mr Spock would've said, "Highly improbable". To have a barrel installed 3 years after it was made is a little hard to...

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TJT replied to IHC Garand help

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12-23-2019, 08:40 PM
Be cautious with that site. It's full of inaccuracies. Orlando is spot-on. Yes, SA gave some receivers to IHC early on (4 million s/n range) and HRA gave...

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Last edited by TJT; 12-24-2019, 09:39 AM.
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