This is the 180 serial number 1-10 twist Mini that I built, the group is pictured next to it. I did all of the work. The list of fixes is fairly long but not all of that complicated. Replacing the...
Type: Posts; User: Sur-shot
Forum: Factory Rifles
This is the 180 serial number 1-10 twist Mini that I built, the group is pictured next to it. I did all of the work. The list of fixes is fairly long but not all of that complicated. Replacing the...
Forum: Our Town
I use a Lawn Tonic to to pull through my shallow well lawn pump. it fertilizes the yard and kills grass eaters real well, at the same time. The lethal ingredients for bugs is Listerine mouth wash and...
Well lets see, the 452 loads with the 200s were developed by the AMU. I shot several canisters of the stuff, literally, back when it came in 10 pound cans. WW change the designation to WST now it is...
Forum: Special Projects
I have built a lot of single shot rifles based on break action guns I have found for cheap. I just look for a dog with a decent action. You can use the chamber end with the locking lugs as a stub,...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Anything based on the 308 case will form right up to the 7x08. The 145 RCBS is a very good bullet in a 7mm and the 140 Hornady SPFB is also a very good jacketed bullet in the 7mm. The list of powders...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
This is the 308x39 with a Trijicon no battery red dot. Very handy, just flip the cover off an instant auto adjust to ambient light dot. I built the rifle from SOTA parts, .308 barrel with 1-10 twist,...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
What I did when thinking about buying an induction cook top for my island top back years ago was to read the reviews very carefully. This is an example of what you find back then, if you look long...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Yep, the Bush 105mm is from the USAF, it is the big gun on the AC-130 gun ship known as the "Spectre." They are permanently stationed here in NW Florida and fly all over the world "visiting" the bad...
Forum: Our Town
Some time ago I decided to stop buying box store equipment and went to stuff that lasts and stuff you do not throw away, you get it fixed. I also get tired of the "it is almost as good as." I own a...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The best checkering cradle I ever saw was in someone else's shop.......
Ed
Forum: Military Rifles
This is a new story about a Canadian JTF-2 member shooting a TAC-50 that just took out the trash at 2.1 miles. . Good shooting and a great spotter.
Ed
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Done this several times. Wrap a smooth steel rod (with two flat ends, edges broken) with electrical tape along its length, about every 6 inches or so, wrap until snug to the bore, the wrapped tape...
Forum: Leverguns
Have any idea what it takes to overcome one vocal disgruntled customer? Twelve paid ads, that statistic comes from the ad industry. This thread is really expensive, but well deserved. These companies...
Forum: Our Town
If you listed your number on the Federal Do Not Call List then that call was a violation from the get go. The best result is the blocked call list of your phone company. However the harassers will...
Forum: Factory Rifles
If you want to buy and sell or buy and collect, you need to know about buying and selling first. You only make money when you buy, never when you sell. Then you need to know what you are buying, if...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Just another "Fool Proof" gadget that met the right fool. I have seen a bunch of shallow wells "shot" before without bulging a barrel on a 22 rifle, never saw it actually work, so it started pumping...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Would be interested to know how the untreated ivory works out for you.
I tried several bone grips and had a problem with them cracking on my 1911 45 ACP builds, so started sending my grips out to...
Forum: Our Town
Make sure the wife is home when you do this, she needs a good laugh, :-). But you blow a hole in her swimming pond, get ready for a real adz whopping. I would be willing to watch....... from a safe...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I owned a 270 Ren, in an XL, the case is a Jim Rock invention (RPM, maker of the XL), it suffers from lack of capacity. Better is the 7mm max (357 max necked to 7mm), I also owned one of those in an...
Forum: Our Chapel
Prayers, Cliff. I do hope she has a 100% successful surgery and a 100% recovery after.
Ed
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Well, lets see, I have a 218 Bee, a 222R, a 225 Win Mag switch barrel, two 357 Max guns.
The 357 Max is not a real problem on ejection, it can be a problem on loading if you do not use rifle...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
If you need a different option, you can buy a McGowen Mauser prethreaded and standard chambered #3 contoured 26 inch barrel in 357 caliber, 1-14 or 1-20 twist, flat blued, for $310. I have a couple...
Forum: Our Town
Suggest you look into trespass laws. I own, a tree farm. In FL you must have written permission, on your person, or you are trespassing, there are two sets of laws, one involves a misdemeanor...
You might try 8gr of 700X with the 210-215, it shoots an all holes touching clover leaf in my 44 at 50 yards.
Ed
Forum: Our Town
Yep, they will surprise you. Mine showed me a snake she found in the driveway at the farm, it had been run over by me, without seeing it, in the early morning dark. But she went out and unlocked the...
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 |