I've never had a digital caliper, but have had a couple of Harbor Fright dial calipers. They are accurate enough for most of my reloading needs, until they aren't. Then the old Tumico Scherer (sp) or...
Type: Posts; User: Mk42gunner
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I've never had a digital caliper, but have had a couple of Harbor Fright dial calipers. They are accurate enough for most of my reloading needs, until they aren't. Then the old Tumico Scherer (sp) or...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't load for the .303 British but do load for various other .30 and .31 cal rifles. Since I normally use a .311 or .312" boolit, I use the M die meant for the .32 S&W family of cartridges.
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Forum: Our Town
It seems like a fall doesn't hurt blacksnakes. One night as I got out of the car I heard something that made me think of a five pound ham being dropped a couple of stories.
Turns out it was a...
I've never had a Luger, but you might try setting your seating depth by running the stem down on a loaded round like we used to do with .45 ACP. That is if you still have some of the rounds that ran...
I have not read the article, but I don't forsee them becoming common.
Robert
Make a duplicate of your pin, only shortened enough to give a flat nose. You wouldn't really need the insulating wooden knob.
The easier but more costly approach would be to find one of the Lyman/...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Other than trying small pistol primers, (the .218 Bee isn't all that much larger than a .22 Hornet and it tends to respond well to small pistol primers). How is the lockup/ headspace of your rifle?
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Forum: Our Town
I tried using it to control fleas on my dog a few years ago, sadly it didn't work for Daisy and I. I had high hopes since I have seldom read of it not working, and I really don't like spreading...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I remember reading of Paul Matthews using a two foot long piece of wood with a hole drilled in the end for the cartridge, then rapping it sharply over a wooden block to pull .45-70's.
My guess is...
My WAG says it was meant for the .44 Special.
Robert
Forum: Cast Boolits
My only experience with moon clips was thirty or so years ago with a S&W Model 25-2 in .45 ACP. Based on that and your not needing to meet any power factor, I will recommend trying various RN and...
Forum: Leverguns
Sorry, I can't help. Mine a 1950 made .35 Remington, came with a Lyman 56 receiver sight and an open dovetail (since filled).
Robert
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
If the scope lines up with your eye when the rifle is shouldered, I wouldn't hesitate to gently modify the hammer.
If you have to hunt for the full field of view, try different rings.
I don't...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yes you can. I have not done it, but it is feasible. For loads, check your loading manual.
I know the Lyman load manuals list a few different powders for the .357/WC combination.
Robert
Gloat much?
The only way you could have done better is if it comes with the wooden box, at least in my opinion.
I cannot remember the last time I saw a K-38 for $350.
Robert
The Bianchi Askins Avenger is one of the most comfortable holsters to wear. You can lock it in position on your belt by threading your belt into the slot, then through the belt loop on your pants...
Forum: Military Rifles
Thanks Wilco for finding that, unfortunately it is not the article I was thinking of. The one I remember explained how the cartridges were supposed to stack in a perfect triangle in the magazine...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have absolutely no idea if it is still on the internet or not, but more than twenty years ago there was an article by Darcy Echols IIRC on Mauser magazine geometry. Very informative on how...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I for one am not surprised that a Savage 110 series rifle shoots well, I'm more surprised when someone reports one that won't group under 1½".
Forty plus years ago a buddy and I just about wore...
Forum: Shot Guns
I made the original post because I too like the sixteen gauge and I never thought I would see another one.
If Remington and Browning couldn't bring the sixteen back to marketability twenty plus...
Forum: Shot Guns
I was in Walmart today and saw something I never though I would see again, a brand new 16 gauge shotgun.
It was a fairly good looking double, with what looked to be 28" barrels. No idea if it had...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
The most rats I have ever seen was on the pier at St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. They weren't real big, about like the one pictured in this thread, but there were thousands of them.
The Love Boat...
Forum: Our Town
No idea as to cost, but I much prefer cooking on a gas stove.
My in progress cabin is going to have the best of both worlds in my opinion, gas stove top and an electric oven. I have both already,...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Dad taught me to use 7 1/2 for dove and quail (Bobwhite), some times #9 if they were close. He did not like #8 for some reason. #6 for rabbits and squirrels, #4 for ducks.
I found out that #5...
Yeah cost creep is a thing.
The only reason I built that rifle is I bought the barrel at an estate auction for $30. It fit a Savage and they used to be cheap. Of course when I went looking for a...
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 |