My old range report using 1960's surplus pull down IMR4895 that dimensions of the grains matches 4895, but ballistically matched H322.
1-31-04
I went to the range today and shot:
1) #1 1903 Turkish Mauser [ marked 1936 on receiver ] [I inspected the
bores of 40 and bought 20 and this is the best ] .
This rifle has been modified:
a) drilled and tapped and installed Wheeler one piece Weaver scope mount
b) Stock and handguard from 1938 Turkish Mauser
c) rear hump ground off trigger
d) trigger spring replaced with a wimpy higher index spring.
e) a piece of screw in the trigger spring cup that controls over travel
f) rear pillar pounded out and replaced with a larger brass pillar glued
with epoxy
g) receiver glass bedded with Devcon Steel Putty from end to end, and 6"
of barrel too
h) trigger guard / magazine assembly glass bedded
i) stock relieved for barrel clearance
j) bayonet mount relieved for barrel clearance
k) bolt bent
l) stock relived for bolt
m) three layers of masking tape on large ring to shim scope mount to be
parallel with bolt.
I put on my test scope: 6.5x20x40 boosted to 13x40x40 with high Grand
Slam rings and bore sighted it to within 1.5" at 50 m.
Win 8x57 brass, WLR primers, seated with RCBS, 47 gr. IMR4895 bulk all
loads were seated so long that unfired extraction resulted in spilled
powder:
n) 200 gr. Sierra Match King, new brass, 3.625" with Sinclair 30 cal
nut, 1" 5 shot group at 100m [first 4 shots were 1/2" and I made the
whole range stay hot to wait for my 5 th. shot], flattened primers
2618, 2633, 2649, 2623, 2650, 2626, 2638 fps
I have had this rifle for 3 years [Paid Big5 $50 ] , and didn't know
what I had until today
