The 'funny' part is that the Post Office (at least mine) won't even take them as payments for buying money orders. :-/
Type: Posts; User: Kestrel4k
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
The 'funny' part is that the Post Office (at least mine) won't even take them as payments for buying money orders. :-/
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
That is very interesting; I also note that explosives were made from lard, and that I doubt there was enough domestic supply in pre-war Japan.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Good perspective there for sure.
I recently traded off a couple pounds of very old Green Dot for some new-ish IMR4831 (also very hard to find, and of which I had nothing even similar)....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Having shot thousands of wadcutters in .38Spl revolvers with complete satisfaction, I would still take semi-wadcutters for both rifle /and/ pistol any day. More stable, better ballistics, better...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I read that the top producers and exporters are Thailand, China, and India.
Also read from WSJ that Russia has recently ~doubled their imports - no surprise, with the last couple years.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Will that include the NOE stuff the owner covered re: your last thread, now deleted ?
Forum: Rimfire Area
The Leupold service center may or may not be currently providing their parallax service based on current workload status, but it is worth asking. The price was reasonable many years ago but won't be...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Shouldn't this be in the Coatings and Alternatives subforum ? lol
Forum: Our Town
Thanks for the link; tagged w/ my post so I can watch it later, thx.
Forum: Rimfire Area
My thought was an intentional "mistake" by a line worker, hoping that he could buy the 'defective' rifle for a song instead of the factory having to rework it. And then his plan didn't work out for...
Forum: Our Town
I don't believe much of what I read on this site anyways, so go for it. :-)
Forum: Our Town
My first decade growing up in Bush AK, we always had a few C rations kicking around the camp gear. I thought they were pretty good as a kid - of course, even boxed mac & cheese is good at that age...
Forum: Our Town
... rummaging through my 38Spl brass to sell as 357Mag ...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My apologies, I didn't see that this was the Muzzleloader subforum;
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have read that smokeless powder contains a small amount of moisture, by design;
While I use dessicant packs in my primer cans, I do not for my ammo cans for this reason.
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I can't speak for the TSS, but my very first shot with Hevi-Shot killed 5 mallards stone dead.
With my limited hunting time and all the related effort, I can certainly understand the reasoning...
Forum: Our Town
Thx for the report Don; I have similar and think I am pushing that ...
My apologies for not reading all the posts, but I think a component of recoil that isn't often discussed is recoil /velocity/ - which is certainly perceived differently than recoil energy.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Outstanding article, thanks for posting it.
Nice having the add'l historical context of naval warfare events.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I rather doubt that the red powder is ferritic for this particular case.
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 |