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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by Mags » Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:47 am

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There are threads here for that. My opinion Renaissance Wax is the best. Especially for brass and wood.
Start with this post, it has links to further discussion: http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... nce#p72389
Amazon, Walmart and others sell it.
Omegaspeedy wrote:No Mags, still brand new. I'm sure it will change in time :D. Will need to find a thread on keeping it shiny and the best products.
Mags wrote:.That is a gorgeous rifle. You have it buffed up nice and shiny.
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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by Omegaspeedy » Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:52 am

Mags wrote:.
There are threads here for that. My opinion Renaissance Wax is the best. Especially for brass and wood.
Start with this post, it has links to further discussion: http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... nce#p72389
Amazon, Walmart and others sell it.
Omegaspeedy wrote:No Mags, still brand new. I'm sure it will change in time :D. Will need to find a thread on keeping it shiny and the best products.
Mags wrote:.That is a gorgeous rifle. You have it buffed up nice and shiny.
Omegaspeedy wrote:...pictures on bar stool...

Thanks mate, will look though these as I better get onto it. You certainly don't want to get copper remover on the receiver as it dulls it quickly.
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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by Omegaspeedy » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:11 pm

Another fun day at the range, still making heaps of copper but I think it's easing and it definitely doesn't affect accuracy. The groups are tightening up also. Heres some 55, 82 and 100y groups.

Pretty happy with the results.
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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by Rifletom » Wed Nov 14, 2018 2:20 pm

That is some good shooting 'speedy! The furthest I've shot my BB Brass[20" barrel] is 50 and 75 yds. And it pretty much mirrors what you're doing. These are great rifles. Enjoy that one, but, I suspect you may be buying another. These are addicting.
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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by Omegaspeedy » Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:12 am

Rifletom wrote:That is some good shooting 'speedy! The furthest I've shot my BB Brass[20" barrel] is 50 and 75 yds. And it pretty much mirrors what you're doing. These are great rifles. Enjoy that one, but, I suspect you may be buying another. These are addicting.
Thanks Rifletom, I really do love this rifle! It's highly enjoyable to shoot and yes, another could well be on the cards!
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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:19 am

I am an open factory sights guy and that is some good shooting. Well done.
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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by 220 » Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:40 pm

Well done
Doesn't look like it is effecting accuracy much if at all, are they the hollow point or flat point XTP? For some reason the HP version has always shot a bit better than the FP version for me.
The Speer GDHP has been the most accurate 158gr I have tried.
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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by Omegaspeedy » Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:51 pm

220 wrote:Well done
Doesn't look like it is effecting accuracy much if at all, are they the hollow point or flat point XTP? For some reason the HP version has always shot a bit better than the FP version for me.
The Speer GDHP has been the most accurate 158gr I have tried.
Hi 220, yes they are the HP versions. Yes I'm pretty confident it's not affecting accuracy. It's just the clean up I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm still working on an active process of polishing the barrel carefully. I'm still holding high hopes I can achieve a point where it doesn't collect too much copper. I'd like to hear from any other dudes with .357's on how their copper is playing out if at all?
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Re: First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

Post by Redthies » Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:02 pm

Omegaspeedy wrote:Haha, our flags alway get mixed up, the Aussie flag has an extra star under the Union Jack. Thanks for the other peep sight options. I'll look into them.

I must have posted that whilst under the influence of something or other. I could have sworn you had the Aussie flag up, and I know the difference. Aussie also has white stars vs NZs red ones. Weird...
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