In another life I used to be an industrial scale technician, and the best thing I can say is that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Each scale type has its good points and bad points. Which is...
Type: Posts; User: CarlMc
Forum: Reloading Equipment
In another life I used to be an industrial scale technician, and the best thing I can say is that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Each scale type has its good points and bad points. Which is...
Forum: Our Town
I propose dispensing an education tax. I typically call these things the price of an education. Obviously it will all be IOU's, but when dispensing wisdom one could earn back those IOU's, thus...
Forum: Cast Boolits
So I don't cast yet- but I do reload, and what I do is keep a log book with all the little details. Each time I make a load, I give it a batch number. Like 9-017, meaning 9mm batch 17. All the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
The powder used in PC is plastic. Polymer is just a fancier word for plastic. The bullet coating works when the evenly distributed particles melt together to form a solid coating. Any time you...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Outside the PID settings, if your thermocouple is some distance from the heating element, there's a thermal lag between the heat input to the system and when the sensor reads the change. Meaning the...
Forum: Our Town
It wasn't that long ago when I was derided for loading 9MM when it could be bought for dirt cheap. Not worth the hassle they said. That guy. That guy's buying all the ammo he can, and now he's...
Forum: Our Town
The design for the AR was optimized to be made from aluminum. If the design had been optimized for a variety of polymers available at the time, it would have looked a lot different. Modern polymers...
Forum: Our Town
I have to say this, but police are some of the least informed when it comes to gun laws. Truly sad. You pretty much have to be a gun guy to have a decent chance of remembering all the laws. Even...
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
My mother always said that the Lord works in mysterious ways. Meaning you may very well get what you need; not necessarily what you want. With that in mind, I realized the best thing I can ever ask...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm a kitchen colander user. For rifle cases I just don't sort that many at a time. If you play with the shaking motion you'll find one where the cases roll over nicely and dump out. I do it over...
Forum: Our Town
Dave Workman answered this question with a booklet called: "Washington State gun rights and responsibilities"
He has a web site you can buy his book from, but I wasn't able to find it.
His book is...
Forum: Our Town
My cheap Midway range bag has held up well. My range bag has enough eyes and ears not just for me, but for whoever may be going with me. For them, think dates, friends, or whomever. I love my...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |