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My 410 creepy critter loads are fairly light. I use 4 grs. Unique and 100 grs of #9 shot. It has been enough for several snakes. Doesn't tear things up but gets the job done. #9 shot seems to be...

I have cleaned some that were in a safe during a fire. They had a crust from a section of carpet in the front corner that got hot and smoked the interior . It ruined the blue on a Win 70, bubbled a...

More so when they are mad for some reason. Had a great aunt that could smell them, it is no joke.

I think that all the chemicals we are around sort of mutes our sense of smell. A good example was...

We have the blasted things here, haven't seen any so far this year but it's time for them to be moving. The last one I killed was under the tarp on the wood pile, had a couple mice in him. It was...

I have used the Lee 358-125 RF and 4 grains of Unique.

In the past there were very limited options for concealed carry. It was against the law most every where so if you carried it really needed to be out of sight. Even the 32's were not small.
The 25...

I have had shoulder set back in my 8 X 57 mauser using light loads. Drilling out the flash hole helps. Ignition was not really a problem. I set aside 50 cases for that purpose. You didn't say what...

Something tastefully done doesn't bother me but using a pocket knife to scratch their initials in 2 inch tall letters on the side of an new 1894 Marlin makes me sort of nauseous.

I have a Sig 365X, the chamber is tight. Haven't tried any reloads but cases fired in my Glock and sized with a RCBS carbide or a Lee undersized sizer will not fit in the chamber. Fired in the Sig...

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I have paper patched .308 to .314. I also rolled the bullet between two files. I let the patch extend a little over the ogive and lubed with LLA. The long throat in my #4 Enfield probably helps....

I am a fan of the SWK, have a bunch but not one with that many tools. A lot of things can be fixed with what's in your pocket. Not heavy duty and the steel is not great but very useful.

Absolutely...

I have worked with several avid hunters and gun owners who refused to vote. Wouldn't even discuss it, never understood it.

I think it is called the Bell shot, he usually went for the brain. He dissected elephants to get an idea on how to hit the brain from most any angle. He said when you hit the brain the size of the...

Bell was a remarkable gentleman, born in the right time, right place and with the right fortitude. I doubt we will ever see anything like it again.

jonp, that would be living a dream. Collect any...

A good many years ago I walked into my favorite gun shop and several people were looking at a cased rifle set on the counter. It was a 275 Rigby cased set with all accessories in remarkable...

I can't walk it anymore, used to go every year. There was a guy in a corner room at the gun show that I would buy brass from. Even though gun alley is gone there were still lots of firearms...

I have tried W760 in the 303 Brit. Always felt it was a little slow, especially with cast. Even with J-words I found a mag primers worked best. Ball powders are harder to ignite.

I wish I understood that a little better. Seems a PP bullet would offer less resistance than copper would. At the same time powder needs some pressure, as in bullet resistance, to burn properly. I...

Cats can be a trip. My wife and step-daughter were gone for a few days and I kept her cat here at the house. After a couple days the cat figured out when I got up to go work and go to bed at at...

Yes, I ran a couple loads over the chrono just to see where we were at.

I dug around and found some noted from PPing for the Mosin-Nagant. I have 91/30 with a good bore. I sized to .308, patched to.316, lubed with LLA and sized to .314. The Lee 180 was under 3 inches...

Reading the the thread about rat bait brought back a funny story from about '71. I had a '62 Jeep pick-up. You know how an old pick-up is, cluttered with camping stuff and almost anything behind the...

For the old spring traps take a strip of gauze or similar strip of fabric and tie around the trigger. Work peanut butter into the fabric, makes them work for the bait and trip it.

We had a big...

I have a 1949 336 with 4 groove rifling, it had little to no throat. I didn't have a mold that would chamber without seating very deep. I have ran into the same thing with micro-groove rifling. I...