วีดีโอ

Yes. Well said!

Hello Rifleman! The powder is easy to find here in Norway. Don't know about other countries. I would think the American market would be important to them. I suggest you do a google search.

Yes, you're right. But they have a certain charm. They were the cheapest bolt action centrefire for years. Sold in hardware stores, department stores, and in mailorder catalogs. Not so much in actual gun stores.

@@Dimwit_the_last_mountainman Right. They were sold at Coast to Coast Hardware here in Western SD, among others. They also sold higher end stuff. I have a Model 99 Featherweight that my Grandpa bought there with period Weaver MK4. It's a fantastic deer killer in .300 Sav.

@@ranchodeluxe1 I have been to SD several times. I lived on a farm in southwestern ND from summer of 83 to summer of 85. Graduated from Bowman High School as an exchange student. Been back to visit friends and family several times. My home away from home.There was also a Coast to Coast hardware store in Bowman.

@@Dimwit_the_last_mountainman Small world. My family is from Harding County in extreme NW SD for five generations. I know that country pretty well. Yes. C to C Hdwe was everywhere. My Dad used to wholesale to them. That's how I ended up with my Rem 600 Mohawk. Everyone was saying they wouldn't sell. The Rem rep consigned a whole Buick Electra 225 trunk full to my Dad. He had no trouble selling them.

@@ranchodeluxe1 Very interesting! I kind of like guns that are a bit out of the ordinary. I would not mind having the Mohawk.

Hello. Good to hear from you. These rifles are bit out of the ordinary. I like them!

Thankyou. I live in Norway. Everything is a rip-off over here. Used to be able to buy Unique powder, but not for years now. Same thing with those bullets. Government restrictions, shipping restrictions, storage restrictions, pandemic, Ukraine war... They blame it on everything. Best days are gone. Gun owners get the shit end of the stick every time.

@ sorry to hear. Love your resourcefulness.

Hello, Aussi! So nice to hear from "down under". Bet the weather is warmer than in Norway. Glad you enjoyed my video. Cheers!

True, but due to a skeleton illness I don't hunt anymore. For the same reason I like light guns. I mostly shoot steel gongs at 50 yards or less. Magazine is not long enough to take advantage of spitzer bullets. This setup works great for my purposes.

Oh, another thing... Our deere here in Norway are very small. Roedeere. No problem with an 18" barrel. Even a 16" barrel will be fine. Pretty close range hunting here in the forrest. I used to live on a farm in southwestern North Dakota. Different story. Wide open country. The 243 was king of the prarie. We had white tail deere, mule deere, and pronghorn antelope.

Hi! Good to hear from you. Take good care of it. Pass it on to the next generation when the time comes.

Hey! Thankyou. Glad you liked it. This is the only Savage 340 I have heard of, here in Norway. But I am very happy with the 30-30 cartridge. Especially now that I can download it to a level where I can cast my own bullet. Basically plinking for almost the same price as 22LR.

Thankyou! I am very happy with it. Glad you liked it too.

Thankyou! Very interesting. Wish the magazine was longer on my Savage. So that I could run spitzer bullets. Suppuse one could have a spitzer loaded round in the chamber, and regular bullets in the magazine, on a hunt.

I noticed that. Your magazine is fairly short.​@@Dimwit_the_last_mountainman

Thankyou! Glad you like it. I'm very happy with it.

Thankyou! I'm glad you agree.

Thankyou, Sir! Glad you enjoyed it. I am also a huge fan of the 6.5x55. I have done some changes to it. Replaced the picatinny rail with a rail that I made from scratch. Installed a vintage Weaver V8 scope on it. I like it even better now. I will make another video with it, some time this winter.

Well, the "ring" does ghost out. It doesn't matter what we call it. Works well. Fast and accurate.

Thankyou! It was just like all the others, but I had a vision. Glad you liked it!

Thankyou! It was a fun product, and I think it turned out well. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thankyou! Sounds reasonable. Had a feeling I got this wrong. And the other dot should probably be white, instead of green. Easy fix!

Thankyou! I will take that as a compliment.

Takk skal du ha, Doktor! Alltid hyggelig å høre fra deg. Håper du klarer å få tak i RS14 krutt.

Hello BB! I should have mentioned, these are store bought bullets. I want to wait until spring, before I cast my own. But I was eager to try that RS14 powder. Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes, that is a possibility. I have used muzzleloader roundballs to reload various cartridges before. Works quite well, even in a 50-70. I have invested in more casting stuff, but I'll wait untill spring before casting.

I run cast bullets and plated bullets pushed at about 1400 fps with unique, reddot, and 2400 powders for linking loads. Thanks for sharing! Rat

@@floridagunrat1625 Thankyou! I live in Norway, and for years alot of powders have been impossible to get. We use mostly swedish Norma powder, and finnish Vihtavuori powder.

​@@Dimwit_the_last_mountainman#0 buckshot sized to. 309 with 2.5 grains of pistol powder and a kapok filler to keep the powder against the primer will approximate. 22lr ballistics.

Yes, indeed!

Thankyou! Glad you enjoy my videos. I have done some changes to the M98 and the Husqvarna, and several of the Krag rifles. I will be making some follow up videos on them, so stay tuned.

Hmmm..... Never accured to me. Now I have an excuse for another project. Thankyou!

Yes. It was allready messed with, so might as well. Much better this way. Would not have done it, if it was in original configuration.

Yes, it used to be a M1853/67 Albini-Braendlin.

hi, to you ‼️ your video are all good and true ... infact your channel is one than few true and you you are an honest weapon stuff communicator...hello,good job

@Antonino-t3y Thankyou for your kind words! Wish you a very Merry Christmas!

@Dimwit_the_last_mountainman , thank you ... ‼️ merry Christmas to you too ... ‼️ 🌾

Thankyou, for those kind words! I have several videos planned for this winter. So stay with me.

Yes, those were the days! Lots of different ideas and mechanisms. Lots of them weren't that great, but sure makes it interesting for us collectors all these years later.

Thankyou Doc! And a Merry Christmas to you as well. This is the only one I have seen over here. You have been very good this year, and I think you deserve to treat yourself with a Christmas present. Gunderson has one of these trapdoors for sale.

Thankyou! I have been busy with a building project at the cabin. You will get to see it. I have lots of videos planned.

@Dimwit_the_last_mountainman Looking forward

Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thankyou! Merry Christmas to you too.

Hello Snapshot! Yes, I had to take it apart for a much needed cleaning. I was surprised by quality of steel and workmanship. Much better than I expected.

Good to hear from you, Doc! I certainly agree. I find that memories increase in value, as I get older. As opposed to most other things these days.

Cool! Thanks for watching.

Sure thing, Curtis! Dimwit got some plans of his own. Won't be long!

Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed it.

@@Dimwit_the_last_mountainman :)

Wow! That's quite a Christmas present. Not sure if many 12 year olds gets gifts like that anymore. I miss the eighties!

therifleshoppe.com

Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed it.

Good deal! It will serve you well. Modern guns just don't have the heart and soul like the old ones. Cheers from Norway.

Great Christmas gift! It will last for generations. I'm sure whoever gets it, will be very happy with it.

Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it! Messing with these old guns is like travelling in time. I love it!

Greetings! Bore was dirty and rough, but cleaned up surprisingly well. Smoothbores often do, as opposed to rifles. I often use a brake cylinder honer in smoothbores, and also valve lapping compound. If the musket got potential, and the price is right, I would take the chance. The barrel walls are quite thick, and quality of metal seems excellent. Actually I got rid of the worst corrosion, when shortening it to a two band musket. And it handles so much better. Good luck!

Thank you for information, I have those things as I do all my mechanical work.this musket is dated1842 and looks like conversion flint to cap first glance at bore seemed like 12ga. Stock has initials carved in it and cracked. But I'll persever, happy trails

@@woodsmokegary5150 I like using Gorilla Glue for cracks. Apply a bit of water on wood first. The glue will foam and fill the crack. Wipe off excess, and scrape or sand when dried. Will absorb alcohol based leather tan, and look like wood when done. Happy Trails!

Thanks John you have been very helpful 😅

Takk for det! Det er så mye rykter og usikkerhet om ammo til Krag, så jeg håper videoen min kan være til hjelp for noen.

Could be. I only tried it for the video. I sold it. But my russian similar shortened shotgun seems too shoot very close to aim.