When I was in high school the bus driver got out of class ten minutes early so he could have the bus ready when the bell rang.
Type: Posts; User: tudor8055
Forum: Our Town
When I was in high school the bus driver got out of class ten minutes early so he could have the bus ready when the bell rang.
Forum: Our Town
I have owned a truck repair for 20 years. For the first 14 years of that I leased a space. It was stated in the lease that there were to be no firearms or animals on the property. I'm sure the...
Forum: Our Town
Wolfdog did you used to post on Handloads.com ? I remember reading posts over there from a guy that knew snakes.
Be careful with o/u for left handers as most will have a cast off stock. A left hander will not be able to shoot an o/u cast off, the gun will not
come up right. I am left handed and left eye...
Forum: Swaging
Last year local preserve we bird hunt ran out of birds. We asked him if he would put out some cats.
He said no because he was afraid the hawks would get em.
Told him we could shoot faster than...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Had a pound like that about 4 years ago. Finished it off and bought a new pound. New pound looked normal. I could not tell the difference between the two.
Forum: Our Town
I am not a Jew but the JPFO is one of my haunts.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I own a truck shop and we mount and balance tires. I won't re use weights because it would cut into my boolit supply.
Forum: Casting Equipment
With a bottom pour head pressure changes as the pot empties.
Ladle pour head pressure is always the same which makes it more consistent through the session.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I always list my loads as XXgr. Never been scolded for it either.
Can't hold everyones hand.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Sometimes for whatever reason I want to size Lee style. I have several Lee sizer kits that I use in my Rockchucker. Problem is sometimes I need a size not standard to Lee. I could do this in my star...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I use a lot of IMR 4227 and the loads I use it in were developed with the Canadian powder. I have purchased all the Canadian stuff I could find at local venders and gun shows and am now down to my...
Forum: Our Town
I am with Gear on this. I have been a diesel mechanic since 1976 and have seen the fuel go through many changes. Diesel holds a lot of moisture in suspension, that is why the fuel water seperators....
Forum: Leverguns
I have one of these rifles (Rossi 92 357 mag). I always wondered why it had such a slow twist rate,
1 in 30 compared to 1 in 16 if I remember correctly in the Marlin and most revolvers.
I...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Would like to get in for an RG2. Any time left?
A CZ 75B cracks the firing pin stop when dry firing. The stop is a roll pin.
After it breaks completely the firing pin exits the slide upon firing live ammo.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have been working with a new Lyman mould 429667 RNFP. Trying to find a good load for a Lispys 44 special 4&5/8. My first load was Unique worked from 6.2 to 7.5 The 6.5 load was the best pattern. I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have owned a truck repair shop for ten years and run two balancers. I threw the wheel weights away for seven years. After hand loading for about 25 years I decided to try casting. I kick myself for...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cast boolit= Cast cast boolit
ATM machine= Automatic teller machine machine
VIN number= Vehicle identification number number
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Lathsmith
I received my order today. Everything works great so far. On the .430 standard die I blocked the bottom holes and adjusted the punch to work with the Lyman 429244 255gr SWC GC with...
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 |