MY FIRST CADET
Went to a local arms fair today and picked up this BSA Cadet for €260 / £188 / $293! Original ask was €350. Another learning curve me thinks but it lust shouted BUY ME as I looked at the stall It...
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Bon appetit John...............These are the off cuts from when they make the barrel staves. A friend of mine collects a stêre from a miranderie in Jonzac - costs about €19 and is ready to burn. If...
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Go to spain, they use american oak, quite a bit cheaper. Which reminds me - I need to have my wine bottled after 3 years barrel. Cheers!
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Martin, you mean 1m³ of Oak at €20 is expensiveAnyway, this was FREE! My favourite price............................
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No you twit, I'm talking about the barrel! As you well know.... Paid about 250 for mine, think the actual cost nowadays is around 300,-
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Just got around to slugging the barrel and it comes out at .316" / 8.03 mm. I have some Cerrosafe in the post so should be able to do a chamber cast soon.
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When you use the Cerrosafe run your patched rod a few inches short of the chamber. Normally Cadet barrels run a little larger than .316.
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Joel's suggestion of including part of the bore in your casting is a good idea, but make sure that the overall length of the casting is shorter than the frame opening of the Cadet - or you'll have an...
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Duncan, You're sure you took into account the odd no. of grooves, yes?
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I just ordered a mold from CBE in Australia, Single Cavity .317"-125PB.Now to search out a set of dies
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martinibelgian wrote:Duncan, You're sure you took into account the odd no. of grooves, yes?Yes!
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.316 is the measurement one gets when they just clamp the caliper on a slug and measure. The odd number of lands and grooves put a land opposition a groove. The millwright's method to measure is to...
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I you have access to a small lathe, bore a hole in a piece of scrap bar and gradually open it up with a boring bar until the slug will just slide in. Then measure the hole dia. I have found that this...
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What Fred is describing is a basic ring gauge. Bore a hole in piece o metal .315" and try the slug. It should not go. Open the hole to .316. Try the slug. It still should not go. Open the hole to...
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While I appreciate your advice, I do not have access to a lathe or any such modern machinery My measurement is from rolling the slug in a metric digital caliper to produce the .316 result.The mold is...
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Duncaninfrance, I have a set of RCBS and a set of CH-4D dies for the 310 Cadet but I prefer to use a Lee .30 Carbine carbide die. It sizes the brass perfectly to hold a bullet with a .310 heel. I...
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Duncan, did you order the mold for a conventional or heeled-base bullet? I use the RCBS heeled bullet (with Lee Liquid Alox lube) in my Westley Richards .310 Cadet with decent results. No reloading...
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It is a conventional bullet. I chose this bullet on the advice of David Commens at CBE after giving him the dims and the case details. He is a very helpful chap with swift replies to all my questions.
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Good luck. We have a lot of 310 shooters---some have gone down your road---none have found it to work.The secret is the correct heeled bullet. Dies are required to re- form 32-20 cases. If you have...
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