The red dot is claiming their space. Can’t blame the manufacturers for dropping what has become a niche item. It’s all that damned profit motive.
Type: Posts; User: imashooter2
The red dot is claiming their space. Can’t blame the manufacturers for dropping what has become a niche item. It’s all that damned profit motive.
Forum: Cast Boolits
It took me 7-10 years to get the last of my stuff out of the ancestral home. My little brother still had a fair pile of things to drag out when we settled my Father’s estate. My older brother had...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Virgin metal has always been pricey compared to scrap. I’m very thankful I got in on the front end of pewter scrounging before prices on that started to climb. I managed to put up a lifetime supply...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Go online at the blue home center and choose free ship to store. Then go to the store and pick it up.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Somebody is going to be buying a lot of propane…
Forum: Cast Boolits
Try it yourself and see. Short round nose bullets are problematic in ARs.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Regards 110 grain bullets intended for the Carbine... 3 different brand FMJ and Remington JSP failed to feed in my rifle. 3 more light RN cast also failed. They all jammed hard into the locking lugs....
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Zip codes were introduced in 1963. So the green boxes are likely prior to that.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Any brand sodium carbonate will do. It is sold as pH booster for pools and hot tubs as well as washing soda. I have a box of Arm and Hammer brand because that is what our market had. Sodium...
Forum: Our Town
Pay with crypto and you have no recourse when the company fails to deliver. Companies doing this scam typically list items that are unavailable elsewhere for attractive prices… very easy to do when...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
For those on phones or pads, this site has worked for me for many years. After the resize, save the result to your device and follow the remaining instructions in the OP.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
Electrolytic rust removal is great for precision parts. It cannot remove metal, only the rust.
http://schoepp.hylands.net/electrolyticrust.html
A quick and easy set up I have used several...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Check your magazine. Often boolits with a long bore riding nose will be pinched inwards by the forward ribs on the magazine and the stack binds and causes feed problems. Magazines designed for 300...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Felix World Famous Lube. Recipe in the lube stickies.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I had some trouble with a dedicated rimfire. Switched the hammer spring to the JP red and the problem was solved with very minimal increase in trigger weight.
Never a problem in centerfire rifles.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Maybe. I think it more likely the manufacturers have engineers that tell them desiccants aren’t required.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Strange that manufacturers don’t see a need for desiccants in powder or primer packaging.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
That’s a fair pile! Congratulations!
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Electrolytic rust removal is king.
http://schoepp.hylands.net/electrolyticrust.html
A quick and easy set up I have used several times:
http://imashooter2.com/pictures/ERR-out.jpg
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Forum: Leverguns
My microgroove 336 likes them hard and fat. I use a Lee C309-150-F water quenched and sized to .310.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Drill and tap through the upper ring of the casting for a set screw. File a ring around the retaining nut at the appropriate depth to help the set screw hold it in. Sacrifice your memories of the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Ley metal pewter may contain up to 15% lead and was only used for items that wouldn’t contact food.
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 |