The end inside the tube is ball shaped so the outer tip can follow the last bullet up
the feed ramp.
Type: Posts; User: ulav8r
Forum: Rimfire Area
The end inside the tube is ball shaped so the outer tip can follow the last bullet up
the feed ramp.
Forum: Our Town
Lived in Omaha for 3 years. In that time there were 3 days that the wind was not blowing at least 23 hours and 49 1/2 minutes each day. Said something at work about it and was told it was "Because...
Forum: Our Town
Plumbed my new house for propane, furnace and fireplace operating already. Water heater hooked up but not turned on yet. Cooktop and freestanding stove fireplace not hooked up yet. 8-9 months...
Forum: Our Town
Was talking to an airline attendant last weekend. He is too young to retire but has worked long enough to earn a pension, once he reaches retirement age. If he left now he would have no income for...
Forum: Special Projects
But they say they will use your email for marketing, implying that they would supply it to others. I already get too much unwanted email.
Forum: Our Town
My mother had it, about 3 years from diagnosis until she was legally blind, but she could still read large print with some difficulty for another 8-9 years.
Forum: Our Town
The dynamite story reminds me of one from the not quite distant past. While I was a student at CST, Jack Belk was one of the instructors. He had gone to school there several years earlier and went...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Though that checkering looks well done with straight lines and even depth, it has a major error. The length and direction of the diamonds is not "proper". The diamonds should be about 3 times...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
20 lpi will look better and still give a good grip. You will only have to cut a few more lines with the closer spacing.
Forum: Rimfire Area
Clean or not? Shoot targets from a good rest, keeping count of rounds fired. As soon as accuracy starts to fall off note round count. Then clean at about 60% of that count. OR whenever it makes...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Sierra uses extruders to make lead wire for the cores in their bullets. Load an 8" diameter slug about a foot long into the chamber, then use hydraulic pressure to to extrude a single wire, size...
Forum: Our Town
Manufacturing bean counters decided years ago that wide feet did not deserve separate sizes, so they cut back on their width offerings to make inventory easier to maintain. Wish they could be forced...
Forum: Special Projects
Turn the back end of the liner down to .627" diameter, about 3-4 inches long. Make a sleeve the same length, bored to 5/8", then polish down the liner to a very close slip fit. Then attach to the...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Please supply before and after pictures. Don't you love a homely gun that shoots like that?
Do you have adrill press,hacksaw, and 10" bastard file? If not, you are way under equipped. If you do, someone should be able to provide a sketch with a few dimensions. Mytools aare all packed...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Similar does not equal same. One number different on a burning scale list does not equal same. Different burning scale lists may rate the same powder differently. Different lots of the same...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Standard velocity as defined by marketing or standard velocity that is actually subsonic in many guns? No real objection to your observation, but really should separate 22rf ammo into 4 classes,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Looks like a bunch of boolits to me.
Forum: Gas Checks
That post is totally useless as the links listed in the initial post no longer work.
Forum: Our Town
Daughter just ordered a Lazyboy chair. $500 cheaper in Tulsa than NW Arkansas.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
At least you know where you can source the replacement for the pin that will now be loose in the base. �� Edit: the smiley I picked did not display properly.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
At the prices it is bringing, someone will want it even though it has been opened. I would not have it even it was unopened and priced under $40 total.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
A dimmer would allow for full heat til the lube gets to desired temp, then reduce wattage to maintain temp. Would be more user friendly for long lubing sessions and might require a lot of trial and...
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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 |