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    Thanks to all with your suggestions. Fulton...

    Thanks to all with your suggestions. Fulton Armory looks great, but their website specifically makes an exception for doing barrels/actions from Washington customers. I'm going to call them for...
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    ***: M-1 Carbine Gunsmith

    My Carbine barrel needs replacing; the rifling has been removed. I need a source for a replacement barrel, and a smith to do the work. Western Washington is a gun smith desert.
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    Thank you gentlemen, this is exactly what I was...

    Thank you gentlemen, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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    Monocular eyeglass attachment

    [I] got into my seventies and discovered I can no longer see the bull well at 100 yards and past. I know some shooters use a small attachment to their eyeglass lens that allows a good sight picture....
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    Load recommendations for Oregon Trail .44-40 bullets

    I rediscovered about 300 of these in my garage. They are .44-40, 225 grain. I'd like to shoot them in my Win 66, 73 and Schofield repros. I'd like a load tailored to this bullet weight, using one of...
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    Thanks for your input. I have my own Star, so I...

    Thanks for your input. I have my own Star, so I know they are closely similar. I was hoping someone knew more about when and where they were made. You never see or hear about them. I'm curious about...
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    Phelps bullet luber & sizer

    I have one of these, picked up years ago with a lot of other casting equipment. It is identical to a Star, but has no markings. There may have once been a decal that identified it. I've never tried...
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    I had a straight military Martini in .303 about...

    I had a straight military Martini in .303 about 30 years ago. I wasn't reloading rifle then, so I shot modern .303 ball in it. I was just savvy enough though, to know modern ball was probably not a...
  9. Thread: Sig 220 grips

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    Wow, thank you. I went to their site, they have...

    Wow, thank you. I went to their site, they have what I want. The kicker is that shipping for four screws costs more than the screws. Oh, well.
  10. Thread: Sig 220 grips

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    Sig 220 grips

    I've got a 220, german made. Years ago at a gun show,, I got a set of the Nilli grips, beautiful walnut, with a fine checkering/stippling on the panels. They didn't come with screws, and the factory...
  11. Thread: Mystery Linotype

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    My dad was a linotype machinist at a large daily...

    My dad was a linotype machinist at a large daily paper, and while attending school, I worked the linotype pot every day, melting the previous days type, pouring 250 22 lb pigs, and distributing the...
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    It will go to Bazoo.

    It will go to Bazoo.
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    Even older than I thought; thanks for the...

    Even older than I thought; thanks for the interesting information.
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    The box does say it is a division of Olin...

    The box does say it is a division of Olin Industries. The lot# inside the end flap says "A68 8".
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    Free: Winchester .380 box

    I was given this; it had seven live rounds only. The box is cardboard, worn but intact, except for one end flap. The inside container box is intact. Colors are red and yellow; The top and bottom are...
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    Primer size of 7.62x39

    Is it large or small rifle primers?
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    A S&W M-36, 2" with the flat latch that makes it...

    A S&W M-36, 2" with the flat latch that makes it a late 50's-early 60's piece. my neighbor needed cash since his business is sucking wind in this pandemic. I needed another J-frame like a moose needs...
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    Little Dandy rotors with CFE Pistol powder.

    I use the Little Dandy system exclusively for pistol. I want to load a quantity of .45 acp with 230 gr lead bullets, using CFE. RCBS, as best as i can tell, has never updated their rotor charge table...
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    Pressman, I'll do that. Thanks for the good...

    Pressman, I'll do that. Thanks for the good advice.
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    Thank you for your reply, it was very helpful.

    Thank you for your reply, it was very helpful.
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    Time to let my 310 stuff go

    Years ago, i started accumulating die sets and handles as I found them at gun shows, thinking it would be fun to branch off into a new area of reloading. I was probably right too, but I didn't do...
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    Sig 220 Crimson Trace grips.

    I bought some used ones at a very good price, but without instructions. The seller included two thin, filmy plastic inserts that fit inside the grips. He said they were intended to protect the twin...
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    I had a very nice Victory, .380, with "Osterreich...

    I had a very nice Victory, .380, with "Osterreich Politzei" post war markings. I handload, but I could never get that thing to shoot to point-of-aim, trying all sorts of cast .357 bullets and...
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    A stainless, Colt Government 1911 in 9mm. My last...

    A stainless, Colt Government 1911 in 9mm. My last gun purchase in Washington, done just before our latest, most onerous piece of anti-gun legislation, ram-rodded through by techi zillionaire funding...
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    Thanks to all for your insights and hard won...

    Thanks to all for your insights and hard won wisdom. Burnt Fingers, your comment is especially acute. I had never heard of Checkmate before this; I'll have to follow up.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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