My last job was working at a trash transfer station I was the company mechanic and I would fill in filling the outbound trailers I was amazed at what is discarded in America we got compactors from...
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Forum: Our Town
My last job was working at a trash transfer station I was the company mechanic and I would fill in filling the outbound trailers I was amazed at what is discarded in America we got compactors from...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I settled on a Monarch 10EE for most of the work in my shop but I have a Summit 16x60 gap bed and I find I have a good setup ran the shop as a general machine and repair shop for about 20 years
I bought a Pedersoli sharps rifle 45/70 with a curved buttstock it was painful to shoot any more than a couple of shots and at the competition I shoot it is 25 shots. I now have a shotgun buttstock...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I started out with a small lathe to play on soon moved up to a 12x36 Rockwell I then traded it in on a 10 ee Monarch which I still have and never will part with as a larger lathe I have a 18x60...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I shoot my Shilo sharps 45-70 in a 300 yard open sight competition, there is a guy that has a whole shop dedicated to black powder and flintlocks I use his bore cleaner and his bullet lube I shoot 25...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use my tig gloves when casting very flexible as far as leather gloves go.
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I was working on a small river reclamation project up in the state of Connecticut and I just dumped a load of rip rap out in the water so Roy could reach it with the excavator when he swung back he...
Forum: Factory Rifles
the last gun I bought was a 38-55 Winchester 94 octagon barrel made in 1906 presentable condition with a very nice bore a couple of weeks before that purchase I found a nice Winchester 95 30 Kreig...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
I ended up with my grandads 32 short H&R top break with a 6 inch barrel and nickel plating and I have a Colt solid frame 32 short with a 4 inch barrel I make bullets for both light loads they are fun...
Forum: Our Town
Aistep my Mack is a double over triplex with a newer Mack 260 hp. engine it rolls I used to own and drive an Autocar with a 4x4 trans, I hauled tons and tons with a Brockway triaxle with a 318 and a...
Forum: Our Town
I have a 58 B model Mack that I have fixed up to use every once in a while someone will ask if I will sell it, I built a 32 ford pickup hotrod and at the car shows I get asked is it for sale. Funny...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I too have been shooting 45/70 nickel plated cases for years in my single shot guns I don't have any idea how many times they have been used with black powder no crimp just push the bullet tip in by...
Forum: Our Town
The one machinist that I had in my shop working part time used to be the boss in a shop in Wilks-Barre Pa. that machined the cast receivers for Springfield arms company. I was down in that shop many...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I spent all day cutting up and melting down into the one or so lbs. bars I ended up with 92 lbs plus of melted down roof flashing and another 6 lbs. of lead my dentist gave me. I will be looking to...
Forum: Our Town
I replaced the washer and dryer about 20 years ago with Miele's still working good was quite a bit to pay for but my cousin is on his third washer in the same time frame. I got a good deal on a...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I have a Winchester 73 chambered in 22 short you could not shoot it the chamber and bore was bad I installed a 22 liner and cut the chamber with a friends chamber tool. I questioned my wanting to fix...
Forum: Our Town
I was a Cat mechanic back in the early 70's and worked on most every cat engine then moved on to head mechanic for fleets and heavy equipment until forced retirement over a back injury. I ran my own...
Forum: Our Town
I purchased a little Marlin 22 fifty four years ago and my 410 shotgun I had for fifty seven years
Forum: Our Town
I just a month ago had the left and right eyes done, I couldn't get the corrective lenses my right eye had so much iron in the eye the surgeon said no. But I went from 20-40 to 20-20 in the left and...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Hello, new guy here I have a reading turret, the big reading press, a star for 38's, hollywood press, dillon 550, hornady turret, I use the reading turret and hollywood press the most.
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 |