Low Number Rock Island 1903

[Adam Helmer]

Gil,

Interesting link. I still maintain Low Numbers, now a century old, need cast bullets or a place on the wall. I believe the link made my case: "Who has a low number receiver "eyeballed by a worker" that was treated +/- 300 degrees on a sunny or cloudy day? I have lots of military stuff that I feel safer shooting than a questionable Low Number. As for the military not pulling the guns from the troops; at $57.00 per month for a soldier and rifles costing $26.00, let the guns stay with the troops. Most were shot once a year for 50 rounds and the soldiers' luck held out.

I shoot the Lyman #311467 cast bullet and 2400 in my Low Numbers and the receivers are ALL in tact. Try that with Hornady "Light Magnums" and give me a final report!

Adam