Last time I saw them being sold new they were about 550 bucks,now I see them on gun broker for triple that amount.Price on USFA guns is skyrocketing it seems.
Type: Posts; User: MaineJim
Last time I saw them being sold new they were about 550 bucks,now I see them on gun broker for triple that amount.Price on USFA guns is skyrocketing it seems.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Im still well stocked on powder but while buying another Glock ( 17C) at the local gun emporium a couple of days ago,I picked up a pound of International.
Tried it today out of my Glock 17 with the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a couple of FA 1917 .45 acp,fired a bunch of times along with a good representation of brass from every decade since the forties.
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Another satisfied Chrony Beta user for almost 20 years here .
Forum: Cast Boolits
Even a loosely fitted 1911 will put most of its shots in the inner orange square at that distance,it takes thousands of rounds to became a good pistol shooter,even from a bench.Like it was mentioned...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I ve had a Chrony Beta model for almost 20 years with no problems and it was under 100 bucks,bet still is.
Forum: Gas Checks
I ordered mine march 18th,still waiting patiently...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thank you for the information Tom.
MaineJim.
Keep us posted with the results,load,etc and good luck!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just so I know in the future ,cause I own a couple of Contenders.Who did you call ,since TC was bought by Smith and Wesson a while back and they no longer manufacture Contenders.
I assume you called...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ive used a Chrony for over fifteen years,Beta model and other than its like to have the sun overhead it has worked flawlessly.
1.8 inch of barrel would not by itself increase velocity by 250 fps but a boolit that sits deeper in a case and a bit longer barrel would ,in my opinion.
Your wondering is in the right direction and...
Forum: Gas Checks
Nose first here too,the pressure on the check keeps it square as it gets pressed on the boolit,unlike doing it base up .
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Best deal I've seen in a looooong time,congrats! I own two Contenders and at that price I would buy as many as I could afford.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Best deal I've seen in a looooong time,congrats!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm a very satisfied user of 2400,sorry I have not used the other two.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Great looking 1911! hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Herco for my first .357,S&W model 66 2.5 inch barrel circa 1985.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Due to carpal tunnel ive given up on the 45-70,454s and big boomers in general.
I find .45 auto,9mm,357,308 and 30-30 a lot more enjoyable along with air rifles/pistols.
Another happy user of the 4 grain Red Dot load here,my 17 and 26 Glocks love it too.
I would say Unique,Bullseye and 2400 as well.
Unique doesn't meter well in some powder measures but good enough out of my ancient Lyman 55 and Lee auto disc.
Smoke? I don't think its the powder...
Torn between .308 and 30-30 here,propably 30-30 though because it uses less powder to accomplish the same things my .308 does with cast.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I completely agree with 44man and williamwaco.
I have tried shooting boolits without gas checks in different guns ,including the TC Contender 30-30 without much success.
I tried them hard,soft and...
Forum: Gas Checks
I ordered a .30 cal checkmaker about 10 days ago,i got over 1k hornadys left so im good for a while.
Im sure it will be worth the wait,though I can hardly wait to make my own .
Forum: Cast Boolits
I was getting leading in both my Glocks,26,17 with straight wheelweights.
No leading whatsoever after I went up to 14-16 bhn.
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 |