My reloading book notes that if you are reloading for Marlin rifles with Micro-Groove rifling, you should keep the velocities below 1600 fps for best accuracy. Closest to that is IMR 4064, 34 grains, with 1652 fps using a 200 gr jacketed RN.
Thanks all for the warm greeting. I must admit my surprise at the reception for a new and unknown member. I appreciate it and look forward to meeting many of you at events around Indiana...
Thanks Kalboy. I will check out the site. IndyGunWorks, I have no reason to think it would not shoot. I am choosing to err on the side of caution. The gun is 120 years old this year and in all I do, I use risk reward logic. I do not have experience with old guns to understand the risk. I...
I bought this gun and information from the internet indicates there are perhaps less than 3500 of these guns remaining. I would very much like to shoot this gun a time or two with a very light load just to say that I have. I have had people tell me not to shoot it and some saying go ahead...
Very impressive. I would be interested in hearing how you decided on the layout. Did you start with a smaller area and expand? Did you inventory what you thought you were going to have and design around that? I recently purchased a gun shop's reloading equipment including a Dillon 550B, a...
I joined this site to help my son in his quest to become a gunsmith. He has enrolled at Yavapai College in Prescott, AZ and has a long list of guns to acquire to learn his chosen trade. I hunted as a kid with a shotgun but never learned about handguns, rifle, ammunition, etc. I am looking...