Lee Loader for my Swede
Posted: 21 May 2016 12:29
Years ago, I was collecting military rifles, bolt guns from WWI and II. For each gun that I intended to shoot, I would buy a Lee Loader, as I never shot any of them in high volume.
This worked out for me very well. The recommended loads that came with the Lee Loader were always as accurate as the guns were.
I wound up selling the entire collection due to a financial pinch, and I believe that including the LEE Loaders with the guns served me very well. I got good prices on all of them.
A few years later, I found a Swedish Mauser in such pristine condition that I just couldn't resist it, even though it had been over fifteen years since I had had a military gun in my safe. It was a real beauty, and by habit I bought a Lee Loader for it.
Fooling around, I decided to try the B-Square no-gunsmithing scope mount for the Swede, which clamped onto the rear sight. They said it would not mar the gun at all, and I decided to test that claim. For a sight, I paid 25 bucks at WalMart for a red-dot sight.
About that time, my daughter Celeste was deeply involved in a PC game called Medal of Honor. She was fifteen at the time, and in the game she always eschewed the Thompson SMG and the Garand to use the Springfield 03 sniper rifle with the scope on it.
I invited her to shoot the Swede with me one day and to my surprise, she was very enthusiastic about the idea of shooting a real rifle. I set up a target for her at 100 yards, having already sighted in the gun. She sat down and proceeded to fire the three rounds that I gave her - all into one inch!
Needless to say, I preserved that target and still have it on file. I do not believe that I have ever felt more proud of my little girl, now all grown up with a family of her own.
The B-Square mount worked as advertised, and the loads I knocked out with my Lee Loader produced ammunition for that rifle that were accurate enough for my daughter to delight the old man with her shooting that day.
This worked out for me very well. The recommended loads that came with the Lee Loader were always as accurate as the guns were.
I wound up selling the entire collection due to a financial pinch, and I believe that including the LEE Loaders with the guns served me very well. I got good prices on all of them.
A few years later, I found a Swedish Mauser in such pristine condition that I just couldn't resist it, even though it had been over fifteen years since I had had a military gun in my safe. It was a real beauty, and by habit I bought a Lee Loader for it.
Fooling around, I decided to try the B-Square no-gunsmithing scope mount for the Swede, which clamped onto the rear sight. They said it would not mar the gun at all, and I decided to test that claim. For a sight, I paid 25 bucks at WalMart for a red-dot sight.
About that time, my daughter Celeste was deeply involved in a PC game called Medal of Honor. She was fifteen at the time, and in the game she always eschewed the Thompson SMG and the Garand to use the Springfield 03 sniper rifle with the scope on it.
I invited her to shoot the Swede with me one day and to my surprise, she was very enthusiastic about the idea of shooting a real rifle. I set up a target for her at 100 yards, having already sighted in the gun. She sat down and proceeded to fire the three rounds that I gave her - all into one inch!
Needless to say, I preserved that target and still have it on file. I do not believe that I have ever felt more proud of my little girl, now all grown up with a family of her own.
The B-Square mount worked as advertised, and the loads I knocked out with my Lee Loader produced ammunition for that rifle that were accurate enough for my daughter to delight the old man with her shooting that day.
