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    1. BFMIN

      Morris tube in a SMLE, Part Deux.

      The way, way high pattern from My 14 Beezer SMLE with the Morris .22 RF conversion was caused by barrel tension! I finally go to the range & started by firing a 3 round group just as it was set before It was still massively high. Next I started taking tension off the muzzle nut 1/4 turn at a...
    2. BFMIN

      & they all giggled.

      When I took 4 X 6 gallon Nalagene "Jerry Cans" from the plant that was closing down & we were told to "take everything rather than pay for disposal." I ordered them from new years before & know 100% for sure they have only ever held pure distilled water. Well yesterday, with zero warning out 20...
    3. BFMIN

      How soft is too soft when annealing

      I recently annealed a batch of bottleneck R-P .303 British cases I'd been gifted with. They're listed as "once fired". As part of brass prep I annealed them using my normal tools techniques & times. The cases were in a deep well socket spun continuously by an electric screwdriver. I heated over...
    4. BFMIN

      dupe, delete

      I recently annealed a batch of bottleneck R-P .303 British cases I'd been gifted with. They're listed as "once fired". As part of brass prep I annealed them using my normal tools techniques & times. The cases were in a deep well socket spun continuously by an electric screwdriver. I heated over...
    5. BFMIN

      Morris tubes & POA/POI.

      Has anyone "tuned" a tubed .22 shooter by adjusting sub-caliber tension? I'm curious because I have an SMLE with a sub caliber .22RF "trainer barrel" conversion kit. I recently re-crowned it because under bore-scope inspection it was really rough. When reinstalled it shot better groups than...
    6. BFMIN

      A project from the House of WECSOG

      (Whyle E Coyote school of Gunsmiffin'). Put a target type folding peep-sight, an A.G. Parker No9W, on an SMLE,.22 conversion. The front sight was way too short, even bottomed out on the elevator & with the bolt knob bouncing the windage arm every time it cycled it was 5" high! Globe sights are...
    7. BFMIN

      Lithgow SMLE. How were the barrels rifled?

      I ask because of this interesting close up shot. Its about 1/3 of the way into the barrel from the chamber end & I only found it recently while using a bore-scope to check for cleaning of fouling. 3 parallel transverse grooves very evenly spaced with an attendant smaller transverse groove...
    8. BFMIN

      What dissolves old, dried B.L.O?

      The "real deal" (AKA Stand Oil), not the Home Improvement store chemical rubbish. I have a bottle almost full, but the cap is glued to the glass bottle neck threads, & it's an "Adult Proof push down & twist" type! I can push down & I can turn the outside but internally the ratchet just clicks no...
    9. BFMIN

      Tide's in!

      Last night around 7:30pm at The Blu Miles in St Michaels. This is the parking lot & entrance!
    10. BFMIN

      Carry question, Absolute newby concidering going there, so excuse the simplicity)

      What is the difference between a Md "W&C" & a "CCW"? Does either trump the other, or would you need to get both?
    11. BFMIN

      knife sharpening stone question

      I have been given what I believe is a fine, hard, Arkansas stone for blade sharpening (the yellowish-gray thing next to the pouch on the left). I have & use a Lansky 5 stone set which is oiled, but this stone will be with me whenever the knife is for touch ups re edging & so on. I've heard...
    12. BFMIN

      Not quite sure where to post this Strelok Plus ballistics software.

      I know Amazon has caved & so have some others but does anyone know of a CURRENT as of today 3/24 place to download this app. I get several leads but one at a time they block in all sorts of creative ways.
    13. BFMIN

      ALICE strap upgrades. Question.

      Anyone know a current source for good, modern shoulder straps for a Large ALICE pack on an ALICE (not Molle) frame? I'm looking for something with a QR strap & more padding than the Milsurp & with a Sternum strap. If anyone had the real skinny on adapting the Molle 2 from experience that will do...
    14. BFMIN

      UNEXPECTED DATABASE ERROR, couldn't log on briefly.

      2/27/'23 2:11pm. Just thought you might like to know.
    15. BFMIN

      I needed a long, thin, image for my smartphone's wallpaper

      Because it has a long, thin, format to it. So I scratched my head a bit & then dreamed this up. Left an ex-mummy Fazakerly '55 No4 Mk2 ersatz sniper with an ART-2. Right a minty Lithgow '44 SMLE with a Central No4 target sight. Yeah, I know bayonets on a sniper, worse a "Land Service" to boot...
    16. BFMIN

      small trivia item fire-starting.

      If you have magnesium wire/ribbon as part of your fire-starting kit & one of those electric plasma arc lighters, they don't play well together! The arc lighters are great & solar rechargeable via USB so ever lasting (more or less). But the plasma arc shorts when magnesium is introduced as it...
    17. BFMIN

      1914 BSA SMLE .22RF sub caliber tube, bolt & magazine shell "brass catcher" fitted!

      "Victoria" is back at home, finally after over a year with the first 'Smith who just sat on it till I had to reclaim it from when I moved. Thanks to "Doco Overboard" she is now proudly wearing her custom-fitted .22RF conversion kit! This is my "tip 'o the hat" to those '50's shooters with the...
    18. BFMIN

      Laser boresighter (green)

      Anyone have a recommendation based on ownership? It going to be used on mostly milsurps which bring a few unique things into play. It will be used on a Lee Enfield No4 Mk2, A Lee Enfield SMLE, a second SMLE, but with the .22 sub caliber insert barrel tube, A Lee Enfield No5 Mk1 "Jungle Carbine"...
    19. BFMIN

      UPDATE:front sight cramp (pusher) for an SMLE found thanks!

      Buy, rent or just pillage for a week! I have a front sight blade that is NOT responding well to being beaten into submission. I just need it long enough to get whats left of the old one out, the dovetail dressed a tad & the new one pushed in. Talbot Co. Thanks
    20. BFMIN

      Shooting on your own property laws in Talbot Co.

      Anyone know? I heard someone pretty close by firing yesterday, it sounded like a .22RF & they seemed to be sighting in or something similar? 15~20 shots spaced out well.
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