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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thank you Lags!
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Just curious, how much does a rebore cost?
Can a 1-48” twist 50 caliber barrel become a 1-66” .54 caliber barrel?
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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This is the newest Topper action that I have; it is a transfer bar/ striker action. The extension works well under a 1”...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
That surplus ammunition is Yugoslav. I shot a bunch of it when it was $5/15 on stripper clips.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I have a Uncle Mikes extension on my 44-40; I’m waiting on a Grovetech extension for my 7-30 Waters.
I’ve found that these work better than the Marlin type of extension. Even with the old Topper...
Forum: Military Rifles
That’s a lot of money for .270 Winchester ballistics.
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Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
Do you prefer long grain rice or the “skeet size” jasmine rice?
Oh my goodness, Don! I want a $350 K38! What a score!
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I went ahead and bought a set of the GruBee 3/4” rings. I didn’t care much for the side mount situation on the 94 Win....
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I’m down to 4 Speer capsule rounds so I needed to try the .38 with card wads. They appear to be very capable at ten feet on a paper snake.
3 grs AA#2, 100 grs of #11/12irregular shot.
A card over...
If the right deer are all lined up, you can probably fill your tags with one shot…….[emoji106]
JES sure does good work!
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Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
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By golly it works!
Thanks again for the idea. I’m just using some pine trim for backing-heck, if I keep pushing I’ll...
Forum: Our Town
48 degrees here today! It’s usually twice that warm in April so no complaints at all!
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Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I like those.
Mine are hammer powered.
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Forum: Military Rifles
Just for grins, hold the barreled action upside down and look at the action sidewalls under the rails- especially the ejector side- for burrs.
Getting the cartridge to sit just a bit more to left...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
It may be too brittle- here’s one that I’m going to seal with LLA and try out on a paper plate.
I usually use shotgun shell box or .22 shell carton wads but I thought the see through wads were worth...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
A fun plinking at cans load for the Krag is a .310” round ball over two grains of most any fast powder( Red Dot, etc.) and any large rifle or large pistol primer you have laying around.
I also like...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
Thanks for the tip.
Coincidentally I’m punching out some wads (card and plastic) for a dozen .38 shotloads from a JBWeld package.
Going to be snakeish around here soon.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I had to fit the new lifter spring a small amount but it looks like it will work now.
It’s raining at the moment so I’m going to wait for the range test.
I want to shoot it from bags with some...
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A “Carried a lot, shot a little since 1982” Colt Official Police .38 Special.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Dixie Gun Works came through.
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The...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I just annealed and reformed 70 mixed .357 brass to .256 with NO losses.
Thanks, TxCowboy52!
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That looks great, especially from that powerful of a load.
Good shooting- tell us about your rifle please.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I will not seat bullets into the rifling for hunting loads.
It’s a bit embarrassing at best to unload the cartridge from the chamber and the bullet stays, the powder dumps into the innards, and the...
Forum: Special Projects
Back in the late 1970s I worked on the Eqiptment Moving Crew at Texas Instruments. We used some devices similar to yours(we called them scooters) to move and set up huge mills, lathes, and whatnot....
Forum: Our Town
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This little one had plenty to say to me the other morning.
I love the pictures, Recycled bullet. Thanks for sharing!
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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 |