This was the (state) National Guard being asked by the (national) Army to use (federal) money to increase personnel retention by offering bonuses when soldiers in given specialties and performance...
Type: Posts; User: montana_charlie
Forum: Our Town
This was the (state) National Guard being asked by the (national) Army to use (federal) money to increase personnel retention by offering bonuses when soldiers in given specialties and performance...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I'm already where I was headed.
If ALL of his cases give him the problem of not accepting a new bullet in unsized brass, then your measurement only tells you the part of the story that was in your...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Had he tried to insert a normally-prepped bullet in that specific case ... before selecting it for you to measure?
I have been firing the same batch of stretched and trimmed cases for so long I am...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I would modify what you told him only this much.
If he normally shoots cases that have been full length resized, then his 'test case' should be sized before expanding the mouth to full diameter...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The blurb on their website says, "It has a white receiver and a two piece, straight grip walnut stock with a steel butt plate and schnable forend tip."
It doesn't say 'faux walnut', and it doesn't...
Forum: Our Town
This is probably as good as any ...
What's the problem with your lower?
Nevermind.
I see where you asked your question ...
Forum: Our Town
I thought you were going to say that you took the rifle out to check it, set it down while putting up fresh targets, and now you can't find it because of the camoflage.
Forum: Our Town
I hear Ron Paul advertising on the radio for a home freeze dryer. He finishes by saying he can preserve all of his favorite foods ... including lasagna and ice cream ... and it's good for 25 years....
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?318445-WTS-RCBS-5-0-5-Scale
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?318401-RCBS-5-10-scale-for-sale
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I dunno, but you can compress powder without a wad, then seat your bullet on the charge.
That will eliminate the possibility ...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I'm still using both, but I haven't moved on to Step 3, yet, because I had to go back to Step 2.
I don't shoot often, but I try to stay organized in order to keep track of progress.
It turned out...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
My load has a veggie wad on the compressed powder charge, then a (dry) 1/8th felt wad under the bullet.
The felt is F1 'hard' felt, but it still has a little bit of give.
The bullet is seated to...
Forum: Our Town
If you think women are bad, let us know how it works when you try 'men'.
Forum: Our Town
Nope. I'm not an historian nor a musem curator.
I understand the evolution of the knife about as well as anybody, so the existence of the 'bayonet' is not surprising. But I have no interest in...
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The answer appears quite simple.
Position the triangular plate over the inverted shotgun shell with the 'hole' aligned and you will decap the shell.
Swing the plate 330 degrees and raise the shell...
Forum: Our Town
Look again.
When two chambers in the outer ring line up with the two side-by-side barrels, there is a single chamber in the inner ring that is lined up with the under barrel.
Look at the...
Forum: Our Town
She was just trying to do what you wanted her to do ...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
For some reason, you are asking this question on a paper patching forum.
If you plan to use paper patched bullets, you probably know that it is a very common practice to set the bullet only a tenth...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Pedersoli has three offerings of .22 lr in a Sharps configuration.
This is the heavy one ......
Forum: Our Town
I didn't post an image.[/QUOTE]
When I used the 'quote' feature to write a reply to you this batch of data was there in your post.
Since it begins and ends with the IMG flags, it is an image of...
Forum: Our Town
Why do you think that, and what exactly was that image you tried to post?
Forum: Our Town
I'm betting that since you just joined up and have not posted enough to qualify as a seller, you probably took the message denying you that privilege as being aimed at your nationality ... rather...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Just so you know the difference if you get in a group that is hard on mistakes ...
You have the USA 431 Silhouette Long Range sight.
Similar to a Soule, it has a staff that moves to adjust...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The confusion comes from the various ways we say it.
Common terms are:
(twenty-one pounds of alloy)
20-1 or 20:1 - which is 20 pounds of lead 'to' one pound of tin.
(twenty pounds of alloy)...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I wonder if this would work ...
You have a set of no-longer-useable cases with the heads drilled out to just leave the rim intact.
You soak your bore wipes, and load 'em into the cases ......
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 |