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What njJoni guy said, Nosler 77&80 custom Comps no canallure. 77 loaded to 2.255 no crimp, 80s for the 600 yd single load slow fire loaded 2.450 in a Wylde chamber.

You're sh!ting me right.....? This pic is a joke right??

Now that's funny!!!! And as true as can be!!

Hmmmm, interesting.... Misha stated how much he revered Stalin and Lenin. He was a member of the communist party since 1953, a communist through and through. Did he design and create one of the simplest, most efficient weapons ever? No doubt! But as someone who has family and friends who lived under the yoke of Stalin and his successors, I would rather not glorify or canonize Kalashnikov on his passing, I'd rather view it as having no impact on me or my life, and then yawn....... Flame on........

Rutgers, again, what are you hearing......?

I shoot service rifle competition, I've never used a BUIS and frankly, don't even know what it is. When shooting in whatever position whether prone, off hand, or sitting my eye is as close to the rear sight as possible with my nose pressed against the charging handle. If you're 6" away from the rear sight, I don't see how it's possible to have a consistent hold, or natural point of aim...... What size aperture does that rear sight have? Also what adjustment on that sight, 1/2 min, 1/4 min or more? At 50 yds with 1/2 min sights 5 clicks will give 1 1/4" of movement at the point of impact. Sight the rifle in the prone position preferably slung up. Find your natural point of aim, get a good consistent cheek weld as close as possible to the sight and put some shots on target..... Go from there. http://www.usaac.army.mil/amu/unit/servicerifle.asp This is how it's done..... See how close he is to the sight, nose on the charging handle, slung up in a rock solid position. Btw, I've been fortunate enough to shoot next to these guys at the Eastern Games last year at Camp Butner NC, quite an experience.....

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I don't want to hijack the thread, but what is it you're hearing about the BOD? What's going on??

Nice looking rifle, I have a 1.16 mil SA with a 66 VAR barrel and it's my best shooter, I use it in JCG matches and it out shoots me......

That's just not right.........

That's the way it's done.........

I agree, I don't use other peoples reloaded ammo, pull the bullets and dump the powder......

+1 I trickle up when loading my match rounds........

I have a White Oak Upper, Wilson 1.7 stainless barrel, Wylde chamber, RRA lower geiselle 2 stage SSA-E trigger Ron Brown service rifle sling. About $1200 or so into it, it out shoots me....... Tried to post a pic from the iPad but can't figure it out......

What's the serial #??

I can't tell from the pics, was it dipped Dave?

I'd be interested in where that data exists, gotta be interesting reading. Hatchers notebook is quite extensive and doesn't make any distinction on where the failures occurred. Certainly he recommended the "Hatcher" hole for a reason......

Springfield Armory Receivers. The overall failure rate of the 33 Springfield receivers was 4.13 failures per 100,000 receivers. This is shown in table 1 and figure 1. The failure rate was variable by year. Of the 15 years between 1903 and the end of 1917 when the heat treatment method was changed, there were no failures in five of the years (1908-10, 1912, 1915). The highest rate of failures occurred among the receivers manufactured in 1904 (8.71/100,000), followed by 1911 (8.53/100,000), 1916 (7.53/100,000), then 1907 (7.26/100,000). The belief that the problem with brittle receivers was caused by inexperienced workers overheating the receivers in 1917 is not supported by the data. Only one of the 11 receivers that failed in 1917 was made in that year. The other ten were made before 1917, two in 1904. The distribution of these rates by year suggests that the problem of overheating the receivers was present during ten of the 15 years of manufacture, and was worse before 1917, especially in the earliest years of production, with 10 of the 33 known receivers being made before 1908. The absence of receiver failures in some years suggests that the problem may have been specific to some workers who only worked during some years. At Springfield Armory the worst three years for receiver failure were 1904-1907 with 1905 being an exception. Receivers made in these four years account for nearly 45.5 % (15/33) of all the receivers that failed. The absence of failed receiver among those produced in 1908-10, 1912 and 1915 suggests that the problem was not caused by hastily trained war time workers unfamiliar with rifle manufacturing requirements.

http://m1903.com/03rcvrfail/ Read this and see for yourself, I have a 400,000 with a 43 USMC barrel no Hatcher hole, haven't fired it yet ........ A lot of contrary info out there, google and see.

That's a great looking rifle!!! Good luck with it!!

Got it a while ago off the CMP for sale forum. You probably don't remember but I posted I'd take it about a minute before you did the same. It's a very nice HRA with all correct parts. Yours is a beautiful rifle Dave!!! Btw, my avatar is a January 43 Danish return I bought from you for a very fair price. VAR barrel and my go to rifle for Garand matches.

Here's my HRA

Where you gonna shoot it?

Nice Dave, I've got a 5.5 mil correct also....... Great rifle!

Those measurements are fine!!!