I've been encouraging my kids to make something of themselves, always learn and be looking for something better. I was stupid when I was young, waited for things to come to me instead of being smart...
Type: Posts; User: fatelk
Forum: Our Town
I've been encouraging my kids to make something of themselves, always learn and be looking for something better. I was stupid when I was young, waited for things to come to me instead of being smart...
Forum: Our Town
One thing that's really been interesting to me in recent years has been really understanding the power of inflation.
We all think back to how much things cost or how much we earned back in the...
Forum: Our Town
I work in an industrial plant where I'm the senior tech. I learned years back that annual raises (in my company at least) were nothing more than an attempt at keeping up with inflation, 2-3% at best,...
Forum: Our Town
I work for a large nation wide company with thousands of employees. Raises are always about the same every year, with very little variation for performance. It's called a "merit increase", but...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Bump - he found another 500, and one buyer seems to have disappeared, so there's at least five bags of 100 each left.
Forum: Our Town
Now that I think about it, I had a slightly similar issue here a couple years ago. I bought a 1911 barrel off of Swappin and Sellin. I paid and he shipped the barrel promptly. When I pulled it out of...
Forum: Our Town
Glad it worked out. If it were me though, and I made a mistake, I would do my best to make the buyer completely whole, and that includes covering shipping both ways. Integrity is worth more than a...
Forum: Our Town
I wish I had land I could shoot on. I grew up on a farm with plenty of room. Now I'm raising my family in town. Around here, you either need family land, or have to be wealthy to afford room enough...
Forum: Our Town
Do the top right clips hold 30-06/8mm Mauser size rims? I would have sworn they were Broomhandle Mauser clips, but if they're bigger than a 9mm/7.62x25 base, then they wouldn't be.
The reason I...
Forum: Our Town
I hate cancer, hate it with a passion for very personal reasons. Cancer and the requisite treatment are devastating to the body.
I'm glad to see that Paul has such a good attitude and still has...
Forum: Our Town
Nothing strange about it, in my book. I'd have bought them too if they were cheap enough. That's why I go to gun shows - to look around and find oddball things to buy.
As already ID'd, the top...
Forum: Our Town
Very nice, but I do see one problem: that empty bolt hole right in the middle. You're naturally going to aim for the middle when you're shooting at it, and if you're an awesome shot like me, you're...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Bump - this is all range pick-up brass, nearly all from the pistol bay, and has not been polished or processed.
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I'm helping a friend clear out and sell some more brass. There are a few less common calibers, and lots of common ones.
10mm auto - new unfired RP brass. $19 per bag of 100 pcs. 10 bags available....
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
560 pieces of fired 5.7mm brass. $65 shipped
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Forum: Completed Deals
I'm helping a friend clear out and sell some more brass. There are a few less common calibers, and lots of common ones.
Total of 85 pieces, 303 Savage fired cases. These are old vintage cases that...
Forum: Our Town
Sorry for your loss. You are very blessed to have had such a father. There's something special between a son and his father.
I lost my dad four years ago, and miss him all the time, even though we...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Me too. I always have something mildly interesting on youtube, something in the background but not too interesting. Total silence doesn't work for me; seems to be distracting in and of itself...
Forum: Our Town
Darnit! That's a great show, and I'm going to miss it. :(
That's one of the best shows around. I don't go to very many shows nowadays, but I always try to make it to that one. I used to work in...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I kind of figured it wasn't Turkish. It's a bit rough too. I imagine in earlier days when surplus was cheaper and more readily available, this thing would have ended up as firewood. It has a couple...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Oops, sorry about that. I thought I had attached more photos than just the one. Here are the rest.
This is a project that's been on the back burner for a long time, just because it's there. I have...
Forum: Our Town
I didn't know he was going downhill so fast. I've met him a few times at gun shows. The last time I saw him was a month or two ago; I bought some ammo and odds and ends from him. He seemed very...
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 |