Slightly off topic, but years ago I would set the valve clearance on Fiats & Alfa Romeos.
I had about a dozen different feeler gauges and would swap between them until I had the right 'feel' for a...
Type: Posts; User: Randy in Arizona
Forum: Our Town
Slightly off topic, but years ago I would set the valve clearance on Fiats & Alfa Romeos.
I had about a dozen different feeler gauges and would swap between them until I had the right 'feel' for a...
Forum: Our Town
I went for a 'deal' like this.
The clown trashed the house, burglarized the detached shop & storage building, and left a dead car in the driveway.
So I really do not blame your Aunt & Uncle!
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Forum: Our Town
Years ago I got a new to me phone number.
I hesitate to guess the profession of the last 'lady' to have that number but she frequently got late night calls from drunken men.[smilie=1:
Ma Bell would...
Forum: Our Town
[QUOTE=GregLaROCHE;4620256]Another approach would be Celebrex. I’ve been taking it for fifteen years now and it works wonders for me. A lot less stiff and calms arthritis right down. I wouldn’t go a...
Forum: Our Town
Unfortunately the elevator I use the most is the one up to the floor where the restroom is located.
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Forum: Our Town
I went through a laundry list of anti-inflammatory meds and finally settled on Celebrex 100mg once a day.
I took it for about five years every day that I didn't forget to take all my pills. (CRS...
Forum: Our Town
20mm Solothurn
50BMG in a Barrett M82A1
35 Whelen in a DHT Springfield '03
Also Mastercaster with the assorted molds I'd need.
And a flatbed semi trailer overloaded with casting alloy.
(Hey,...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
GI Brass from the 50's, 60's & 70's - anneal before loading it again?
I have a fair amount of once fired GI brass. I never had any problems with it when staying with the same caliber, IE: .30-'06...
Thanks!
Great FAQs, but does not address the question of "but what is the meaning of the extra 0W & the L O?"
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It matches the illustrations I have found of the Lyman 457193, but what is the meaning of the extra 0W & the L O?
Non pivot side
Lyman
4571930W (no extra spacing between any of the characters)...
Forum: Our Town
Literally waited years for Graf & Sons to get in a batch of PPU 7.35 Carcano brass.
I ended up paying more for the 200 rounds of brass & 300 Hornady Jwords than I did for the rifle.
But the rifle...
Forum: Castpic of the Month
If you ever have that bullpup out of the stock, I'd be very interested in how they did the trigger linkage. (pictures)
Or if you would like to trade for an as built 03, or other 03 let me know what...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Some confusion about Hodgdon 'Clays' powders - - -
IIRC Clays was first, but then came International Clays & Universal Clays.
BUT some loads just call out Clays - I don't feel comfortable...
Forum: Our Town
Lovely Tucson, been here longer than the US has been a country.
Population of the metro area over a million.
Sort the mail here? Bleep NO!
Ship it to Phoenix, sort it, ship it back.
At least the...
IIRC THE active ingredient in Evapo-Rust is citric acid.
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Forum: Gas Checks
Well I have a slightly different worry.
I had an integral suppressor built on a 45/70.
No way on earth do I want a gas check coming off the bullet while still inside the suppressor.
Fixing those...
50% vinegar & 50% Hydrogen Peroxide will remove the leading.
Residue is one of the most poisonous of the lead salts.
Wear nitrile or other barrier gloves.
May harm the bluing, but I cleaned up a...
I lucked out a couple of weeks ago.
The LGS had 100 Starline 45/70 for 22.95 / 50.
I checked the price that evening, and beat feet back ASAP to buy it.
Too bad that was all they had!
The only...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I made 6 of them from some 303 British brass that extended clear to the front of the cylinder.
IIRC all I had to do was file the rim diameter down until it fit the cylinder, cut to length &...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I got this mold cheap off of eBay, Having fun working with it!
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11 Grains of H110 seems to be a bit hot.
RCBS 2-Cavity Bullet Mold 40-300-SP-CSA 40 Caliber (410 Diameter) 300 Grain...
Forum: Cast Boolits
But over on the North side of the river, it is imported beer!
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Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
4895 for a 340 Savage in 222.
Lee Loader, Sierra 50 gr spitzers.
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In my misspent youth (the statute of limitations has long since expired) I made a 1" pipe cannon.
I cast the slugs using a couple of pine 2x4 chunks screwed together with a 7/8" hole bored from...
Forum: Our Town
The FIRST sign of getting old:
When you lean back on the stinking hot upholstery
in your car on a summer's day,
and it feels GOOOOOD!
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I found a full pound bar of that in the middle of a busy intersection one time.
Other than a bad case of road rash it was fine!
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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 |