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Well, now that I posted this a pair showed up on an auction site this morning…I grabbed them. Thanks, though.

Richard

I'm looking for an old (late 1960s) Ruger rifle ad to frame for the reloading bench. I think it was in a Rifle magazine—that makes more sense than a Handloader, probably one of my Dad's....

I need another set of Redfield rotary bases for a Sako L--461 baby Mauser…or at least the front base (MIA, my fault, after having some work done on the barrel).
The set I had on the rifle didn't...

I'm finally checking out some of the rifles my dad had when he died and I just put into the storage unit, and what I remembered as a M96 Swede is actually a lovely 1941 Husky M38! Bore is beautiful...

No. 5 Mk III, mfg. 1/45, Fazakerley ( F )
"Customized" buttstock with genuine J.C. Higgins shotgun buttplate. Lovely hand-rubbed oil finish…smooth as silk. Next step is to check the rim headspace,...

Many years ago an elderly neighbor gave me several moulds by H&G and Cramer. One I ignored until recently is this dual-caliber (.30 and 8mm) with a "unique" oblique venting arrangement. Casts fine,...

Very sad news; he was only 10 years older than me. I was just looking at a PM where we were prioritizing things in our lives…like grandkids. We were never able to get together on one of my visits to...

I've always used cases formed from .405 Basic brass to feed my Highwall, now I'm going to try "proper" cases from Rocky Mountain Cartridge Co. Two questions:

1. Since they are rather pricey,...

I'm finally cleaning up the last rifle my dad bought me before he died, a bubba-ed jungle carbine. Bubba-ed in that it has a "sporter" buttstock and the barrel and flash hider are buffed in the...

OK, so if I have a bunch of (maybe?) once-fired .303 brass, am I wasting my time using the O-ring trick? Is this techniques just for virgin brass? I can easily section a case of each headstamp batch...

Red Oak is the traditional wood used to make Santa Maria-style (Central California) BBQ. The usual cut of beef is a tri-tip, seasoned with just coarse black pepper and salt. I like to sear the...

My dad and his brother had to clear buffalo skulls and bones from the family farm near Surrey, just east of Minot. He started farming with a mule-drawn plow, then graduated to a steam tractor, then...

If it's the same as Cerrobend 158 it has an IMMEDIATE expansion—unlike Cerrosafe, which shrinks during the first half hour and comes back to the exact size at one hour.

Not a good idea for chamber...

I picked up a load of taps—through, plug & bottom, NC & NF, up to 3/4". Any suggestions for storage? I should have enough for sets for both sons.

I've been using pill vials for each size/thread...

HighHook,

One of the nice things about #1s is that they all look alike. I try to not have more than one out of the safe at a time, but now that I have one in stainless with the laminated stock I...

I've been cleaning up my dad's last rifle project before he died last year—a Sako L461 in .25/222 Copperhead. He had a 257420 flat point mould, but it hasn't surfaced in the stuff I've gone through....

Tell your Clamper friend that you know it isn't his fault, but it is not "satisfactory" for the use you intend. So sayeth the brethren.

Richard

I've never been a fanatic about case annealing, but am thinking maybe I should be.

My technique is pretty simple—I rotate the case with my fingers, holding the neck of the case in the flame, then...

Ah yes, propane: the funny fuel. The rule of thumb used to be that acetylene cost 7 times as much as propane for flame cutting. Propane won't weld iron, but works fine for cutting IF you don't mind a...

If you're using a belt sander to shape it, smells good, don't it? Almost like boiling a skull…

Richard

Recreating the 18th Century Powder Horn by: Scott & Cathy Sibley

Powder Horns: Documents of History (17th - 19th Century) by: Tom Grinslade

www.collectorsbookstore.com has both these titles. If...

I didn't ever use oil, just slowed the beam with my fingertip and trickled powder in while watching the pointer—+3/10, -5/10 meant I was 2/10 low. +3/10,-3/10 or whatever meant I was correct.
No...

"Don't be shocked if you find the length of pull too long on the factory stock, and/or need extension rings and/or longer eye relief scope."

I thought I just needed arm extensions. Or to turn on...

Yes, you'll need an extractor. They can be ordered from Ruger or Numrich, and it seems to me they're less than $10 U.S. If necessary, you could cautiously grind the .270 extractor to fit the 45-70...

I've swapped on both a #1 and a #3. Put a .375 H&H barrel on the #1—lined up the witness marks and headspace was OK using a feeler gauge and a new case. I had to swap extractors as it was originally...