This might be a good place to discuss those front sight adjustments. I purchased a good quality front sight adjustment tool and headed for the range. The gun was shooing slightly to one side, so I...
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Forum: Military Rifles
This might be a good place to discuss those front sight adjustments. I purchased a good quality front sight adjustment tool and headed for the range. The gun was shooing slightly to one side, so I...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Nothing to add that hasn't been said already, except.......
Your grandfather KNEW how to wear a suit and hat! He cuts a rather dashing figure for the time period.
Whoops! Thanks for the correction! In my case, I cut the hulls down to 2 1/2", well below any original crimp and then load black powder, wads, shot, then roll crimp. Works well and a lot of fun!
If they're Federals, they probably take a 209 primer. They're obsolete by most standards, but I use them for blackpowder 12 ga. loads. Heck of a lot of fun and can usually be reloaded several times....
Herter's used to make an electric "shell ironer" in several gauges. Consisted of a vertical metal post of the correct gauge, with a heating coil inside. You put your paper shell over the post and it...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Too bad you're so far away. I have a box of .22 blanks for a Ramset (or similar) that I've been trying to give away for about five years.........
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Started in 1971 with a Lee Loader in 38 special. Didn't take long to realize I didn't like it, so I bought a little, nondescript, used press for $9.95 and went to town. Graduated to a Rock Chucker...
Forum: Our Town
Just read an article on the net, stating that lumber prices tanked, something like17% compared to last month. If this is true, once the existing....overpriced....stock is sold the price should come...
Forum: Our Town
THANK YOU EVERYONE! Just reading the posts confirmed what I already knew..........that the shooting community have the biggest hearts and most compassion. Bodee is still in ICU, on a morphine drip...
Forum: Our Town
Diamond back rattlers in this part of the country. Easy to tell the difference between poisonous and non poisonous.......if it has fat jowls (arrow shaped head) it's poisonous.
I've always heard...
Forum: Our Town
My ten year old grandson, Bodee, underwent open heart surgery today. He was diagnosed with a hole in one of his heart chambers several years ago and the doctors wanted to see if it would close on its...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Uh, my wife has two food dehydrators and just finished making a double batch of jerky and dried fruits. Try as hard as I may, I can't seem to convince her that cleaning brass is a legitimate...
Forum: Our Town
"Mini inflation" started here locally several years ago...........at least as far as the hamburger stand. I had my father in law in the pickup and offered to buy lunch, so we stopped at the local...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I'm an Imperial fan also, but with large batches of brass the application gets tiring. I tried a 1:7 mix of castor oil/denatured alcohol in a small spray bottle and it works quite well, but leaves an...
Forum: Our Town
This is NOT related to the present thread or situation, but......it concerns Remington .22 ammo that was packed in those little yellow plastic boxes with the slide out tray.
Many moons...
Forum: Our Town
If you ever get the chance, listen to Phil Harris' song "The Persian Kitten"..........about a fluffy, spoiled, dainty little thing that went "out" for a completely different reason.
.........and...
Forum: Our Town
Kind of related........
Yesterday I bought a can of spray moly grease for my garage door rollers/hinges. I'd had enough of all the tortured squealing.......sounded like I was gutting hogs every...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I had the small primer hole problem with one of Lee's shellholders when trying to use my RCBS ram prime.........I simply found a lettered (or numbered) drill bit that slid through the hole and used...
Forum: Vintage Reloading Manuals
Mine too, was a Speer manual in the early seventies. It came as part of an RCBS set called the "Ammo Crafter".......a Rockchucker press, powder measure, scale, etc. I still have the measure, but the...
Forum: Our Town
First, I'm glad you found the problem quickly and prevented a tragedy.
Now that I'm a mature adult (read: gettin' old) I'm amazed at the LACK of fire prevention training in our schools these days....
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Agree that the bullets are probably too small since the Mosin Nagant bore is usually .310 (or larger) and the expander in your die may be opening it up for that diameter, hence a loose fit. They'll...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Nothing to do with my original posting, but.....
The black tail jack rabbits we have in this area are technically NOT rabbits.........they are a hare, as found in Europe. The difference? Primarily...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Thanks Larry & MostlyLeverGuns..........I had forgotten about enlarging the flash holes. I just processed a bunch of brass for reloading tomorrow and will follow the advice.
Fortunately, I live in...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Hey, that DOES sound like fun! I have another handful of brass in the tumbler right now and will load more tonight. The reason I called it a "rabbit load" is that I live right on the Nevada border...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I was bored yesterday, so I warmed up the loading bench and started experimenting with "mouse fart" loads for my 1903a3. Powder was Unique, 4.6 grains (per a Lee .5 cc scoop) topped off with a 100...
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 |