Pattern 14's

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Pattern 14's

Post by joseyclosey » Sat Aug 10, 2013 10:11 am

My pal had just picked up an early ERA MkI* and, being keen to shoot it, asked if I had some indoor downloaded rounds he could try. So today I took along my Winchester P14 and took the opportunity of a few comparison snaps.

After a wee bit of foresight adjustment to the ERA we had a little competition and my pal outshot me with my own handloads!

Cest la vie. :oops:
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:18 am

Galling isn't it Joe :roll: :roll:
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Re: Pattern 14's

Post by dhtaxi » Sun Aug 11, 2013 4:27 am

So what are the loads Joe. I am using a 115 grain .311 boolit with 4 grains of Vit310 in mine for short range work.
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Re: Pattern 14's

Post by joseyclosey » Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:18 pm

I had two different loads Dave, a 155g NOE 155-316 PB sized .314 over 4.5g of N310.

And a 118g NOE 313640 PB sized .314 also over 4.5g of N310. Both loads shot well in both rifles when the nut behind the butt did his job right!

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Re: Pattern 14's

Post by dhtaxi » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:29 pm

Thanks Joe. Interesting stuff these short range loads. I am quite enjoying reloading cast for my toys at the moment. I got some really good results with the MAS36 I was surprised. I am taking the Mosin Nagant to the range tomorrow night to chrono it. Seeing as I cant sell it I may as well shoot it.
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Re: Pattern 14's

Post by A square 10 » Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:49 pm

both very nice examples , neither weedon reworks i take it , my Patt 14 is an eddystone in pre-weedon format as well , i do love these rifles ,

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Re: Pattern 14's

Post by joseyclosey » Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:24 am

Yes they both escaped the the Weedon rework, you have a fine looking example yourself there A square.

What are the M17s in the pic?

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Re: Pattern 14's

Post by A square 10 » Sat Nov 16, 2013 11:30 pm

been off - lost my job of near 30 years , but now im back on , so - in response the light one is a remington M17 WWII canadian marked that i traded for a really nice martini trap gun a few years back , the other is a winchester M17 that i still have and enjoy very much ,
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Re: Pattern 14's

Post by A square 10 » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:20 pm

ive had a photobucket crash and a change of computer - i will add the photo back - hope there are others out there checkin in that will post to this old thread

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