1962, a second hand Lee Loader in .30-30. A single cavity Lee C308-170 mould came with the deal. The local gun shop sold me IMR-4895 weighed out into a small paper bag.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
1962, a second hand Lee Loader in .30-30. A single cavity Lee C308-170 mould came with the deal. The local gun shop sold me IMR-4895 weighed out into a small paper bag.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Agreed. The sights are better on the Remington and the solid frame is arguably stronger. However, the Remington also binds up from fouling far more easily than the Colt. It helps immensely to pull...
Forum: Military Rifles
The first time I ran onto the SKS I was on the wrong end. They weren't much after I got them from their former owners. Canister is a wonderful solution to pesky infantry at close range.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I also favor SR4759 and lament its passing. Luckily I have a good stash. After that, it is hard to go wrong with Ed Harris's "The Load" 13 grains of Red Dot
Forum: Cast Boolits
Beats me! Works good for me. Clear your cookies or some other impediment? https://www.mattsbullets.com/38-Smith-Wesson_c_10.html
Forum: Cast Boolits
Matt's bullets has a good selection. The 200 grain long round nose pretty much duplicates the old NEI 169a mould. Using the NEI #169A boolit designed to duplicate the service slug of the British...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I started out with the Lee 452-228-1R mould and wheelweights pert near fifty years ago. It worked well and accuracy was acceptable. Dan Cash introduced me to the truncated cone design bullets back in...
My favorite was Remington 148 grain hollow base wadcutter over 2.8 grains of Bullseye. 755 fps out of my S&W model 52-1. Seems like no one sells a good hollow base wad cutter anymore.
Shooters who like to shoot, tend to shoot a lot, thus likely shoot better than the ones who only shoot annual qualification because the job makes them.
Paper people never shoot back.
Point...
I suppose if you can find a Model 10-6 police tun in for 300 bucks or so, I'd jump on it. When I saw this orphan Police Positive Special lurking under glass shelves full of plastic pistols for the...
Forum: Rimfire Area
The Colt Officers Model Match .22 is the best shooting .22 revolver, but I have an Iver Johnson Supershot Sealed Eight from 1938 more fun. It does not group quite as nicely as the Colt, but it...
You won't see a Glock in a picture like this...
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but...
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Forum: Vintage Ammo
At one time US small arms ammunition was classified by its intended use, rifle, machine gun and aircraft. Here is an excerpt from TM 9-1901-1, dated 1957.
"7. Grade of Ammunition
a....
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Pedersoli makes the best quality Remington replica. Frame is forged, not cast, and it is properly tuned from the factory. This is what consistently wins MLAIC European Championships.
The Czechs had the answer in 1975. My old CZ-75 I got at the Rod & Gun Club in Grafenwöhr in 1979. Very comfortable in the hand, feels a lot like a Browning Hi-Power but with an SA/DA option and an...
I like the Army Special. I have a couple. A five inch in .32-20 from 1925
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From the deep, dark hills of Eastern Kentucky came this 1920 four inch .41 Colt. Those were tumultuous times...
The Hi-Power feels so good in the hand, then the trigger feels like you are dragging a cat across broken milk bottles. Springfield getting rid of the magazine safety will go a long ways towards...
Forum: Our Town
Some LED fixtures do not comply with FCC Part 15 requirements. "Cheap" LED lights often have spurious emissions that can cause trouble with radio communications.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
,257 Roberts. That rifle has put a lot of venison in the freezer.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I already have mine. A Model 70 Featherweight with a 4 power Leupold Compact.
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Forum: Rimfire Area
This little BSA Martini came up for sale nearby a few months ago. I met the very spry 90 year old rifle shooter who decided he preferred his Winchester Model 52 and the BSA was surplus to his needs....
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
They do it because they can. Having absorbed Dupont, Olin, and Accurate they have eliminated all competition in smokeless powders except Alliant. Oh well, they are cornering BP substitutes as well....
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Back in the Seventies, after the PA plant blew up and production was shifted to Louisiana the Army suffered some unwanted variation performance in artillery. It was eventually traced back to the...
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 |