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  1. There is an interesting video on YouTube titled "Adapting a Mosin-Nagant 91-30 to Winchester wildcats". Very straightforward conversion... WHat are your thoughts? Is this a common conversion as the guy in the video suggests? Do you think its safe from a pressure standpoint?
  2. TinkerFive - I'm sure your correct. I don't know the first thing about Mosin action strength and was just mindlessly repeating what I read on a forum somewhere, apparently info also posted by someone who doesn't know about Mosin action strength. As far as the .308 being the converted cartridge, it doesn't fit the story timeline wise. I know PO Ackley strength tested some actions...Did he test the Mosin? 8uck5snort - Your .35X39 wildcat already exists! Its called a 35 Gremlin, matches 35 Remington stats (180 gr bullet @2325 fps) and barrels and dies are readily available. Maybe brass too... Have you thought of shortening and necking up the 7.62X54 for use in the Mosin? Also look at the .357 Herret (case trimmed) for your Carcano action... guys are getting the same velocities with it as they are with the 358 Gremlin. Please post some pictures of your work. I think for my Turk I'm going to go with a shortened .358 Winchester case. Should be good for 180gr at 2300 -2400 fps. Hopefully I'll be able to just trim a set of dies and rechamber a 35 Remington Shilen small ring barrel. A dummy round I made feeds well and I won't have to mess with the bolt face. rivitir, Dr. Hess, thanks for your input I appreciate it
  3. Hello 8uck and Rivitir.....Good to know a couple of fellow Hoosiers who think our hunting laws are nuts. 8uck, I'd be real interested in hearing about your Carcano conversions. How strong are those actions? I do have a Mosin as well and have considered trying something with it but I've heard too many concerns about their safety with high pressure cartridges. Will it handle a .454 Casull? I know there were some .308 Winchester conversions early on that are considered unsafe to fire as a result of action failures. I've heard collectors in other forums say stay far away from these. As far as the .454 goes, awesome round. I've got a .454 leveraction that does 2400 fps with 240 grain xtps and I've been very pleased with it. Rivitir, I have looked at .357 max and still haven't ruled it out. I agree its a nice round for the purpose given our restrictions. YOu should both check out www.bfgcartridges.com, as they have some very cool ideas for Indiana hunters. I think I'm going to try something like a shortened .358 Winchester on my turk action but my main concern was safety, I just didn't want to surpass a safe pressure limit.
  4. Hey guys, I am new to the group and am an amateur, aspiring, gun nut. I know little of nothing at this point but would very much like to learn some basic gunsmithing skills, re-barreling, re-chambering, wildcatting,etc. I do have access to a lathe. I know you guys probably get tired of answering all these new kid questions but here goes. I recently bought a K.Kale Turk Mauser for $40. Barrel is rusted to the point of being worthless so I want to try my hand at converting it to a new cartridge. My first question is "Are Turks as safe as large ring 98s?" How much pressure is a safe upper limit? I've seen them chambered in .308 and even higher pressure cartridges is this wise? I'm not looking to push any limits here and would like to avoid the cost of having the receiver carburized if possible. Second question: I live in Indiana which has the most illogical gun laws for deer hunting that I know of. Basically, rifles can be used but catridge length cannot exceed 1.625 inches and caliber must be .357 or greater. So odd cartridges like .458 SOCOM, 358 Gremlin (7.62x39 necked to 35cal), 35/6mm BR, and 357 Herrett (trimmed) are all fair game. I am especially interested in the .458 SOCOM which is a .50 AE necked down to .458 cal with rim rebated to .470. Pressure runs less than 40,000 psi. Question is which cartridge to try? Is the fat SOCOM case an issue with the small ring barrel? Will the Turk feed a rimmed cartridge like the Herrett? When I asked about my pressure and safety concerns, a gunsmith friend of mine told me "you couldn't fit enough powder in such a small case to blow up that action". Valid point? Please weigh in and thanks for all your opinions. Sorry for the long post but us new guys really appreciate having this resource. Thanks Mark
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