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Reading this thread has made my brain hurt. There are lots of folks more educated than I on the subjects of reloading, cast bullets, and reloading cast bullets. I'm not a genius and I didn't stay in...

Ithaca 37 barrels aren't that easy to find and are lots more pricey than others when you do. A 37 made in 1950 has a barrel that is hand fitted to the receiver, meaning replacements have to be hand...

Yep. $200 tax stamp, ATF form 1(application to make and register) or ATF form 4(application for transfer), plus a couple other things, and a couple months of waiting for ATF to approve and return the...

There is no requirement to stamp a serial number on a firearm manufactured for personal use. BATF recommends it, but it is not required.

I'm still kicking myself for passing on a 3" M13 a few years back. Missed a 3" M66 a few years before that.

Attempting to bend the front sight often results in a broken front sight.

Mine had the same problem with the throats when I bought it. I used a Sunnen honing machine to fix that, but it isn't an option for most folks.

Of all of the prehardened 4140 I've seen, the hardest was in the 35-45 RHC range, so carbide isn't an absolute necessity, but it will chew through even the best cobalt endmills pretty regularly.
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I've got one in 12 gauge, has a few parts for conversion to 16. I loaded a bunch of 12 gauge on my uncle's texan. Good presses in my opinion. I've got MEC's for my other shotguns.

Call Sierra or Hodgdon and ask. I burn more 2400 than anything else, but to be perfectly honest, .45 ACP is not a cartridge that I would even consider using it in. It just won't burn well enough at...

Don't run the spindle in reverse if you have a thread on chuck. You'll be very disappointed if the tool hangs up using that method. ;-)

I've cleaned up some pretty nasty looking barrels and ended up with bores that actually looked pretty good. My M39 was one of them. I paid $91.86 for it a few years ago at a pawn shop. The bore was...

I don't know that there would be a measurable difference even if you compared a large sample from each arsenal. All of the Finnish rifles had to meet or exceed a pretty tight accuracy standard before...

More than just a single gage block is needed to calibrate a micrometer. It should be checked at 1/4 and half rotations to verify that the spindle and anvil are parallel. Optical flats can be used to...

It's an unnecessary addition that gets in the way. That stupid little safety nearly got my father in law torn up by an angry hog a few years ago. It should have been "off" since he never uses it, but...

Not true. An idiot is still an idiot. A miniscule mistake in either setup or data entry on the machinist/operator side of things will ruin a part just as quickly as one too many strokes of a file in...

That's assuming a machinist is standing at the control and not an operator.....

As best I remember, I was loading about 5 grains with the MP molds 125 grain HP.

My grandfather killed lots of big hogs(300+ pounds) with a single .22 short behind the ear. That said, I remember shooting one coyote 15 times with a marlin model 60, with a combination of head and...

Might as well give them a NAA in .22 short if all that you're concerned with is them being armed. .22 LR, like the ancient .38 SPL 158 RN, is a notoriously poor stopper. Sure, it'll poke holes in...

A snubby revolver is, IMHO, the worst choice for a carry gun that 90% of the shooting community could make(the other 10%, or less, actually practice with what they carry). An ultra lightweight...

Pride in workmanship is gone. Then again, so are things like employee/company loyalty, or a minute amount of ethics on the part of corporations. No real point in giving a damn about turning out...

I hate reading threads like this. I already have something like a dozen .357's...I wanted a 3" SP101 when I ran across a steal on a 2.25". I guess I'll have to buy 3" and 4" versions now.

Jacketed HP bullets are one step above worthless in a .380, especially a short barreled one like the P3AT. They just don't expand. The gold dot might, but others are proven not to. Mine stays loaded...

I'm nit picky about certain things. The term "battle rifle" is one of them. The garand, M14, FAL, and G3 are examples of battle rifles. The AR and AK fall into the "assault rifle" category. The...