I have been using mine since 1963 and it is still almost new condition. Good machine. Mine is red and had the sticker that eventually fell off. If I remember correctly it said Soviergn. The early...
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have been using mine since 1963 and it is still almost new condition. Good machine. Mine is red and had the sticker that eventually fell off. If I remember correctly it said Soviergn. The early...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a Leopold 2 X 7 in Weaver rings on my #3 in 223. I have a Weaver V 1 1/2 X 4 1/2 on the #3 that is chambered to 30.40. No problems with either one and that 30.40 is my finest cast shooter. ...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I purchases a Model J action in 1977 or 78 and had Dean Miller of Miller-DeHass actions barrel it withat Douglas Supreme, heavy sporter weight barrel and chambered to 225 Winchester. I stocked it...
Forum: Our Town
What a coincidence! I retired in August 1979 with slightly less than twenty two years service in Naval Aviation/Air Force. Seems as if it was only a few weeks ago. Neil
Forum: Our Town
I just remembered the scoped M/S carbine that Anthony Quinn used in Guns of Navarone.
Neil
Forum: Our Town
The scoped, takedown Ross rifle that Clint Eastwood used in Joe Kidd.
Neil
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have a set of Easton dies and that particular set is standard 7/8 X 14.
Neil
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I am using a older model Lachmiller priming tool that uses a cam rather than compound linkage. Huntington once stated that the main reason he purchased Lachmiller was to obtain the rights to make...
Forum: Our Town
Words fail me! Young men like this are what have made this country great. The Marines have a great tradition of bravery and this young man exhibited that to the utmost. Good luck to him in all...
Forum: Our Town
We have been using old conveyer belting at the range for several years now and it has worked very well. We set posts in the ground with a two inch pipe across the top of them and suspend an eight...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Last saturday I discovered a young gentleman that makes chamber inserts that are well made. At the present time they are only made as smoothbore but he intends to expand to rifled versions. He has...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I most definetly agree with cheese1566. It is also possible that it may be due to a buildup of static electricity on the plastic parts. Simply apply a small amount of Joy dishwashing soap to the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
If you can get 25.35 cases by all means use them as it is much simpler. About twenty years ago a friend bought a large Martini that had a heavy varmint barrel chambered to 219 Zipper improved. At...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
My bought my first Cadet in 1962 and it had been rechambered to 32 Winchester Special. I gave $35.00 for it. Recoil was very brisk!!! I had one that had been rebored and chambered to 357 Magnum...
I have one of the 32 molds made by Dave Farmer and it is great. Neil
I have used these boolits in 38 Special for almost fifty years. Elmer Keith provided me with my favorite load which was 11 grains of 2400. These clocked at 1,042 fps out of my 6 inch Colt 357 and...
Forum: Our Town
I have been swathing hay this week and have run two porcupines through the swather. For those folk that don't know what a swather is, it cuts the hay and then runs it through a set of rollers that...
Forum: Our Town
I have a similar picture taken aboard the USS Midway in 1965. I was in VA-23 with A-4E Skyhawks at that time. My first duty squadron was 1958 in VF-211, the Fighting Red Checkertails with the new...
Forum: Our Town
During the sixties I used Necco wafers extensively for plinking targets. I also used a lot of Animal Crackers. What ever the birds and varmnts didn't get disappeared during the first decent rain. ...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I bought an action in 1977 and gunsmith Dean Miller installed a Douglas Supreme barrel and chambered it for 225 Winchester. I bought a fancy Myrtle wood blank from Herters and stocked it myself. It...
I bought my first 3" Bulldog in the early seventies and then sold it when transferred back overseas. I bought the second one in the early eighties and ended up selling it to an undercover cop that...
Forum: Our Town
A couple years ago I was watching a steam railroad program and got to see the Garret Locomotives at work in South Africa. Odd looking beasts but they sure seemed to work well.
During the late...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I have in front of me a copy of "American Guerilla In The Philippines". The book was written by Ira Wolfert in 1945 and covers the experiences of Lt. David Richardson. Richardson was the executive...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Excellent little rifle. Buy it if the price is right. Neil
Forum: Rimfire Area
Good luck!! I bought one in 22lr about six months ago and haven't been able to find spare magazines. These are nice rifles but I believe the springs in the magazine and trigger were designed for...
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 |