11-24-2022, 06:18 AM
My biggest surprise was that my rifle cleaning rod was too fat for the 6mm barrel. Finding brushes, a new rod and jags was not easy. I was surprised at how dirty the barrel was.
I found the Savage easy to disassemble. I used some grease on the front & rear lugs of the bolt. I couldn't easily access all of the receiver's bolt channel, so I relied on the bolt to carry the grease to those locations in the receiver I could not clearly get to. The bolt now rotates much more smoothly than it did when I first operated the bolt. I intend to pull the bolt, clean it and then re-grease it with a much lighter grease coating now that the receiver is greased to my satisfaction.
I had read about how difficult it was to get the bolt out. What a bunch of hooey. You just pull the trigger back, then pull down the bolt release and keep it down. At that point I release the trigger and pull out the bolt. I feel the folks that point out this operation as difficult are just looking for something to complain about.
I just received my Weaver scope base, and it came with 6-48 screws. My rifle needs 8-40 screws. My stock of mounting screws had some 8-40 screws, but their heads were too wide for the cutout in the scope base. Talk about being frustrated.
I will use the Elite 4500 32 power scope currently on my #4 Enfield #4 MK I. I will look at getting one of those inexpensive (less than $300.00) scopes with up to 24 power as a replacement for the Enfield, since I won't be shooting it much past 100 yards.
My next immediate expense will be a set of dies and some other specialized equipment for neck turning and case measurement tools to augment my concentricity meter.
I intend to start shooting next week, after I get my scope mounted. I just picked up three boxes of 105 grain Hornady Black 6mm ARC ammo today.
I guess it's time to order some of those 105 grain BTHB Hornady bullets so I'm in a position to do some relaoding.
I found the Savage easy to disassemble. I used some grease on the front & rear lugs of the bolt. I couldn't easily access all of the receiver's bolt channel, so I relied on the bolt to carry the grease to those locations in the receiver I could not clearly get to. The bolt now rotates much more smoothly than it did when I first operated the bolt. I intend to pull the bolt, clean it and then re-grease it with a much lighter grease coating now that the receiver is greased to my satisfaction.
I had read about how difficult it was to get the bolt out. What a bunch of hooey. You just pull the trigger back, then pull down the bolt release and keep it down. At that point I release the trigger and pull out the bolt. I feel the folks that point out this operation as difficult are just looking for something to complain about.
I just received my Weaver scope base, and it came with 6-48 screws. My rifle needs 8-40 screws. My stock of mounting screws had some 8-40 screws, but their heads were too wide for the cutout in the scope base. Talk about being frustrated.
I will use the Elite 4500 32 power scope currently on my #4 Enfield #4 MK I. I will look at getting one of those inexpensive (less than $300.00) scopes with up to 24 power as a replacement for the Enfield, since I won't be shooting it much past 100 yards.
My next immediate expense will be a set of dies and some other specialized equipment for neck turning and case measurement tools to augment my concentricity meter.
I intend to start shooting next week, after I get my scope mounted. I just picked up three boxes of 105 grain Hornady Black 6mm ARC ammo today.
I guess it's time to order some of those 105 grain BTHB Hornady bullets so I'm in a position to do some relaoding.