That Remington looks nice. How about more pics? and include pics of your Springfield. Are both original CW period? I’m not much of a collector I just like to shoot. A little while ago I thought of getting a period gun in shootable condition, but nothing I can afford seems very shootable. I acquired an original Enfield from a very nice CWT member. It would probably be OK to shoot but I’ve changed my mind about that. It would seem almost like abusing a sacred relic. I have reproductions of the main two guns that I wanted, a P53 Enfield and a 61 Springfield. Like many folks I wanted to have guns like those I know my ancestor carried. I also picked up a repro 63 Springfield, the Miroku that I’ve posted about. Currently it’s in Todd Watts’ shop for a little work. If I can make good shooters out of these three, especially the Parker Hale Enfield, I'll be happy.
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@kenysd, if you read my earlier posts in this thread I gave the sizes of the bores of my three reproductions. I never did size the Zolli Zouave before I sold it. (Have you done that yet
@BillH?) I have molds and sizers for .575-.577 bullets for the Parker Hale Enfield and the bullet that drops from the Lyman 575213-OS seems to shoot OK in the Armi Sport Springfield without sizing it. (I forget the size as it comes out of the mold.) I've learned some important lessons from all of this, among them are: (1) This hobby can get expensive; (2) Shooting for accuracy can get very complicated and technical; and, (3) it's still a lot of fun.
I posted WTB threads at both N-SSA and and here to try and find a .582 mold to shoot the Miroku, and I’ve got lots of good advice. I’ve had no offers from anyone looking to sell a mold but I’m leaning toward Moose Moulds’ “International Minie.” Here’s what they told me about it: "In a .582 diameter, we offer our International Hollow Base Mould in a .582-475. This design has a skirt thickness of approximately .070-.075. We also offer this mould with the base plug to our Old Style Minnie, which would reduce the skirt thickness to approximately .045-.050."
I have no clue whether to choose the standard base plug or the old style base plug and hence a thinner skirt. Anyone have a recommendation?