I have a room in the basement that was where the old boiler was. Now we have a efficient furnace mounted outside of that. So I ended up with a concrete room with a steel door for a gun room. When you...
Type: Posts; User: Connelly47
Forum: Special Projects
I have a room in the basement that was where the old boiler was. Now we have a efficient furnace mounted outside of that. So I ended up with a concrete room with a steel door for a gun room. When you...
Forum: Our Town
Only for my carry guns. Like others have said, that lawyer stuff.
Forum: Our Town
I had carpal tunnel release surgery on both hands at 30 and at 50. It took about six months before I could shoot big cailbers again.
Forum: Our Town
I use a 2000 Blazer as a kid hauler and light weight wheeler, and a 64 GMC 1 ton for waist deep snow and gnarly mountain trails.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
One gun shop I frequent has gun safes in the back and a soda machine. The safes hold guns that are in for repair, the soda machine holds holds the high end rifles when the store is closed. I'm there...
Forum: Our Town
I think most panics come from the manufacturers themselves. Advertising 'Get them while you can!' starts people thinking they should stock up, and sales increase. Any event from war to an election...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have a lid on my cast iron pot that's the cut off bottom of an old propane tank. I use it to preheat the next batch going into the pot. I've seen steam and smoke come out that lid. It never quite...
Forum: Leverguns
My dad taught me that if I couldn't get a sub 100 yard shot I wasn't meant to take that shot. He was a Marine sniper so he had the patience and magic to get very close shots. I wouldn't try anything...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought a Lee bench top primer, and had it jam and bend internal plastic parts in short order. My Lee hand primer has always worked well for me, but was brutal on my hands. I removed the three side...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I buy supplies when I find them at a price I want to pay. So my supplies get lopsided at times. My problem is that when I find a good deal on brass, I have to clean, size and primer them. Same way...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My wife and I tiled our kitchen and bathrooms, and we ended up with a stack of subflooring and coffee cans of screws. The sheets of plywood were irregular and a little sticky from the stick on tiles,...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have the basic dutch oven on a turkey cooker. The only thing I can add is that I built a brick chimney around the turkey cooker and pot to keep out out the wind. Saves quite a bit of fuel and the...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I just bought a Rossi mare's leg in .45 long Colt. Been toying with the idea of adding a laser to practice off the hip shots.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I've found a shiny mold that has been smoked black with a beeswax candle will make good bullets in the first casting. Mold temperature has more to do with getting good bullets than any coatings.
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 |