Post by crank on Jan 1, 2013 12:08:09 GMT -5
Greetings and happy new year!
I just took my 1910 out for the first time and it was an example of a day that goes from "Awesome" to "!@#$%". I am happy as could be with the gun, but realize that there are challenges ahead of me. I have had this gun for close to two years and have finally gotten things together to shoot it. The ingredients from this weekend are as follows:
1) Winchester 1910 made around second year of production, excellent bore, presentable metal and a mismatched butt stock.
100) brand new Fiocchi .401 WSL brass, which have BERDAN!!!! primer pockets.
100) Tula berdan primers (took almost a year to find the little f***ers!)
100) Lyman 240gr. .408 lead boolits. Cast from the mould I finally bought.
IMR 4227 as required.
The first 4 rounds were dead on at 25yds and could have been covered by a quarter. The first round failed to eject, but the remaining three cleared the gun by 6-8 feet. The next 4 rounds started the downward spiral. I had 2 rounds fail to fire, then I had a case head separate. The break was unusual, because it occurred 1/3 of the way forward of the rim, well past the typical break where the brass rapidly thins. I had a couple more failures to fire and a few more case failures and I had to quit when a case head ejected and the next round drove the remaining case forward and firmly seated it. That ended that. The gun operated correctly, was accurate, and mechanically did nothing wrong. I suspect that the ammunition is the weak link. The brass is extremely thin, priming berdan cases is a bit different and I am curious if head space is an issue. I will be taking the gun apart today to do some study. I had a great time with it and I had complete success with my 1905 in .35WSL and my 1907 in .351, with no problems at all. I will try to keep abreast of my adventures.
Mark
I just took my 1910 out for the first time and it was an example of a day that goes from "Awesome" to "!@#$%". I am happy as could be with the gun, but realize that there are challenges ahead of me. I have had this gun for close to two years and have finally gotten things together to shoot it. The ingredients from this weekend are as follows:
1) Winchester 1910 made around second year of production, excellent bore, presentable metal and a mismatched butt stock.
100) brand new Fiocchi .401 WSL brass, which have BERDAN!!!! primer pockets.
100) Tula berdan primers (took almost a year to find the little f***ers!)
100) Lyman 240gr. .408 lead boolits. Cast from the mould I finally bought.
IMR 4227 as required.
The first 4 rounds were dead on at 25yds and could have been covered by a quarter. The first round failed to eject, but the remaining three cleared the gun by 6-8 feet. The next 4 rounds started the downward spiral. I had 2 rounds fail to fire, then I had a case head separate. The break was unusual, because it occurred 1/3 of the way forward of the rim, well past the typical break where the brass rapidly thins. I had a couple more failures to fire and a few more case failures and I had to quit when a case head ejected and the next round drove the remaining case forward and firmly seated it. That ended that. The gun operated correctly, was accurate, and mechanically did nothing wrong. I suspect that the ammunition is the weak link. The brass is extremely thin, priming berdan cases is a bit different and I am curious if head space is an issue. I will be taking the gun apart today to do some study. I had a great time with it and I had complete success with my 1905 in .35WSL and my 1907 in .351, with no problems at all. I will try to keep abreast of my adventures.
Mark