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As a cerakote applicator I could guarantee your issue is one of poor surface preparation. Cerakote does scratch and wear but should not flake off.

So 'Laser Nick' has come good with a new front sight insert for my Söderin front sight. I increased the internal diameter of the 'donut' and kept the same external diameter making it thinner. Added a pointer in the centre which is a little taller than bang on centre to compensate for the...

Yes.

Yes, this is the hope.

Sight tightened, threadlock applied. 1 shot to test then 3 with 9 clicks of windage.

Back again. So, started loading 129gr Hornady SST and found 45gn to be a good load for consistent results. After some advice I switched to a heavier bullets in the form of 143gr Hornady ELD-X Results... both bullets are a good 4-5" high with the rear sight at its lowest at 100m. Still a...

First testing of 3 loads today. Most consistently paced: 45gn with 3 rounds at 2754, 2741 and 2753fps. A touch over 2" group at 100m. Second attempt grouped under 2". Happy. I cannot zero for 100m, I'm 5" high so I'll be looking to cut a slightly taller foresight blade.

Surely I should be able to group fairly tightly at 100m?

Nice setup. I'll be sticking with the peep sight till my eyes fully stop working ....

What's your setup? Are you running iron sights or have you scoped it?

I shot three test rounds out to 100m sighing the centre of a foot square box. I wasn't on the most stable of platforms, a notch out of a branch of a fallen tree, but I am quite pleased at my first trial with iron sights. Shoots a touch high with the peep sight (Söderin) set at #1 This was load...

The rabbit hole has been entered... Spent a great morning with my friend who has mentored me through my initiation into this world of firearms. Load development for my 1912 M1896 Swedish Mauser has begun. So, I have 6 rounds of norma cased, hornady sst 129gr bullets loaded with 44gn of...

"These are standard Soderin colors , with approximate distance in milimeters between the hash marks of the #1 and #6 . Measured from the end of the mark at the outside diameter of the disc , straight across . White = 1.75 m/m Yellow = 4.5 m/m Red = 9.5 m/m Green = 11.5 m/m" I can't work out...

If only I knew!! The dial was 'clean' ie it had no paint on it. I have painted the markers white for now until I know any better!

It's a 1912 with a Soderin dioptre. Lovely old thing.