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Consider mounting it so the fixed jaw is even with or proud of the edge of the bench. That way you can clamp long items vertically. Can come in handy.

I have had the same thing with new Privi cases for 7.62 Nagant revolver. Altering them to fit .310 Martini Cadet. An easy conversion, cut to length, chamfer and run in a full length size die.

It has worked for me, .357 to .256. Starline brass, with the RCBS forming dies. Length seemed OK, no need to use .357 Max.

I did have an issue with new Winchester brand brass (not once fired),...

I guess I am old fashioned, but my vote goes to Herco.

Lyman made (or makes) a gas check seater for their lube-sizer. You put it on the rod below the die and it limited the travel. You could only seat the gas check.

Sometimes you can make buggered screws look much better. Put the screw in something that will support the head, like one of the holes in a machinist's bench block. Then tap on it gently with a light...

I have the RCBS, bought used at a gun show 20 years ago and it has been fine. Also a Lyman Magdipper, bought new off eBay, also fine. I did get rid of 2 Lee pots as they were too much hassle,...

The Lyman/RCBS and Rowell ladles are best for different styles of casting. With the Lyman/RCBS, you put the spout in the sprue hole, then rotate to vertical to fill the mold.
Rowell is for molds...

I have used Ed's Red for years. Results are fine. Acetone, Kerosene, Min Spirits and ATF. Never noticed any problem with stock finishes but I do wipe it off, if I get it on them. Current batch, I did...

Careful with the polishes. I had one change the color of a nickel S&W. Factory nickel seems almost golden. After the polish it was more like chrome. If you are determined, take off the grips and try...

9 months and still out of stock at Numrich so I went ahead and made one. I had a number drill just a couple thousandths over size. I put it in a drill press upside down and sanded it down to fit with...

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I have a Model 141 in .35 Rem. One thing I found is that it doesn't have much throat. Lyman cast bullets had to be seated below the crimp groove to chamber. There would be marks from the rifling...

My assumption is firing with smokeless factory ammunition. I never fired the piece. The damage was already done when I saw it. Unfortunately I can't think of any way to repair this kind of problem....

S&W guns are better made than most of the rest but the steel is not much better. I have examined closely a break open S&W 32 that stretched. A safety hammerless.
Way too much end play at the...

I have been using old Lyman .348 gas checks. With a thousand to a box, they should last a while. Original 71, regular, not the deluxe. RCBS bullet. Or old Hornady J-words. 4064 powder. Might want to...

In the videos I have seen, a young woman was using Brocock air rifles and sponsored by Airguns of Arizona (?). Different models. "Iguana Solutions" was the channel on YT. Seems kind of sketchy...

The handle on my 69A was loose. It would turn a little on the threads but the old staking kept it from unscrewing. I took a small cold chisel and ground it to the same profile as Winchester had used....

Good score, Gtek! It is a great bullet. Standard bullet for the 32/20. It was just about identical to an old Winchester mold for 32/20 (probably made for Winchester by Ideal). And that is what I have...

I got some of the Loctite 420 from Zorotools on eBay. Came the next day. I am going to do some tests first and see how it works out. It is super thin. Probably less viscosity than water!

I got a little Bondic kit from Amazon and did some basic tests. Neat stuff, probably in the same family as Solarez for fly tying or the UV glues they use in nail salons. Seems to have the same oily...

I have a couple wooden stocks, rifle/shotgun with hairline cracks. I have seen several recommendations to use Loctite 420 as a fix. Loctite 420 is a very thin superglue that wicks into the crack....

The mushrooming is only on one side of the frame. That is what gave me the inspiration to check it with a little machinist's square. With the gun closed, there is no gap on the left side. On the...

The frame is fine, no cracking. The face of the slide not being square to the sides is based on machinist's squares on the slide only. Replacement spring was a Wolff IIRC. No way to measure it...

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The issue I am concerned about is some battering of the frame by the face of the slide. Only on the left side. Gun is a HD Military, serial 255xxx so 1947 production. Purchased some years ago....

Thank you for the reply. I had the bolt apart and the "firing pin stop pin" was in two pieces. Compared to the schematic where it was not. Numrich had the part listed as out of stock when I bought a...