At NCBS we have been using the rebar for a while but instead mom all the welding, we just use iron plumbing pipe "t's" to make them even more portable, a bit cheaper, and easier to store.
Type: Posts; User: quilbilly
Forum: Our Town
At NCBS we have been using the rebar for a while but instead mom all the welding, we just use iron plumbing pipe "t's" to make them even more portable, a bit cheaper, and easier to store.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have gotten good results with both Red Dot and Green Dot in my 308 using a 196 gr plain base CB.
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you want to try a little bit of extra tin to see if it does what you want, just go down to Walmart and pick up a small bag lead free tin splitshot sinkers. Just a couple size #7's added to a pound...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Of all the Contender barrels I have (both carbine and 10"), the 32-20 is far and away my favorite. It is my "walking-around" barrel for the wide open spaces of the desert and once my...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I am entering that age where I may not live that long. Fortunately, I already have half a dozen old frames but always wanted an extra stainless frame to try a particular carbine barrel. BTW - I...
Forum: Our Town
Yesterday, I talked to an old friend who wanted to return my Martin 45# longbow to me. I loaned it to him some years ago for the Nevada bow season but he never used it or the dozen fine cedar...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
How long did it take each of you to get yours and where did you get it???
Forum: Leverguns
I have had my 464 for about ten years and have shot it quite a bit with no difficulties. Mostly what I shoot is loads that are quite light, usually 130's at 1300 fps. I wonder if that makes a...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Having just read the article in GUNS Magazine about SSK bringing back the T/C Contender (renamed the SSK 50), it's exciting! The article says it will accommodate all the old Contender barrels. Nice!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have three 22 molds, two of them Lee molds. My Hornet likes the old style Lee soup can mold as does my Contender 222 but my single shot and bolt rifles prefer the new style. Since I have many...
Forum: Our Town
I used thicker fishing rod winding thread for my knocking points and sealed it with clear nail polish. I made my knocking threads long enough that all three fingers were on the rod winding thread. ...
Forum: Our Town
I bought that inexpensive 30# recurve at Sportsman's Warehouse last summer when I realized my shoulder wouldn't handle my old 40# recurve target bows let alone my hunting recurves. The brand is...
Forum: Our Town
The new strings are definitely faster and apparently a step beyond the kevlar strings that replaced the Dacron. They do transmit a lot more shock to the bow limbs from what the olympic pros told me....
Forum: Our Town
Be careful of the type of string you get for it. The new type of fast flight strings that replace the Dacron used on bows of the 60's and 70's will shatter the old style fiberglass bows when...
Forum: Cast Boolits
With my old arthritic fingers, I have enough trouble handling the .22 pills.
Forum: Our Town
I knew I was an old fart when I drove up to a McDonalds drive thru in Idaho and they offered me the senior coffee.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Just lube the sides of the sabot. In my experience with sabots in any of my 50 cal muzzleloaders, any lube whatsoever on the bottom ruined accuracy. With my primary sabot muzzleloader, it prefers...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have one and it shot well in my 357 max carbine. It drops significantly heavier than advertised from my mold. Since I prefer a flat point, I do not shoot it much at all.
The shoot is probably more than a month late for sage rats. As for more info and pictures, just scroll down through this get-together/competitions subject and you will see NCBS threads for many...
Forum: Our Town
The easiest way for long distance visitors might be to just find a cheap flight into Reno, Nv on Thursday or Friday and rent a car to get the last 160 miles. No need to bring firearms since we all...
If you are interested, many pictures of previous events are posted to give you a feel for what happens. The 2020 shoot even included a group trip through a ghost town and into the high Santa Rosa...
Forum: Our Town
It was 14 degrees this morning on our front porch. It went above freezing for the first time in almost a week. It was 9 on Friday and the salt water in our fjord (Hood Canal) was freezing around the...
Forum: Our Town
This event is more fun than one should be allowed to have. Good food, good people, good times! For me it is completely worth the 1300 mile round trip in my truck
Forum: Our Town
The experience here in Washington is that they can handle the cold just fine but the consistent 35 degree rains for months on end in NW Washington are what they can't handle just like, apparently,...
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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 |
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