Awesome thread. How ever I will stick to making old school duck boats. I'm working on a new design right now, hopefully it will be done in time for the season.
Type: Posts; User: wiersy111
Forum: Special Projects
Awesome thread. How ever I will stick to making old school duck boats. I'm working on a new design right now, hopefully it will be done in time for the season.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Wow thanks for all the help, I guess I will just refrain from asking stupid questions such as the one starting this thread. I am not a chemist nor metalurgist so I will go back into the shadows and...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Well if nothing else atleast my reading comprehention skills are still ok, that is what I what I got out of it so far. I was looking at Rotometal this morning at Alloy AC Casting Pewter Ingot (92%...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am actually reading that sticky, but there is drama in there that becomes very distracting, making it very slow to weed through the bs. I guess I will have start asking other questions such as good...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have mainly used straight w/w alloy for my boolits but now I am looking to expand my horizions. I am looking for advice on an alloy for 5.56 boolits to run through my AR. I not only use it just for...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
This is some really good info, I really want to give this a try.
Forum: Our Town
That is the truth!!!
We have a small local range that you are supposed to be a member in order to use the range but there is no enforcement. There are very few people that clean up after...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Try FS Reloading, they were formerly know as Lee Factory Sales.
I have the BFR 45-70 With the 10" barrel and my son has the BFR 450 Marlin 10". For supposedly being the same round the 450 had much more recoil. I am loading 350gr boolits because of the lack of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I had my first squib round tonight!!!!! I just started using a Lee Load Master. I have loaded about 500 rounds with it so far. I am 100% positive there was no powder. It kinda went pfffttt, I knew...
I have broke my RCBS hammer several times and they replace it every time.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
AAHHHRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
I wish I was in your area, I'd take them all. But I'm in Minnesota.
Forum: Factory Rifles
The only ones I own that have never been shot are a matched set of Teddy Roosevelt Winchester 94's that were my 1st birthday present. I doubt that they ever will be fired. Other wise I buy em to...
If your really looking for a big bore check out Magnum Research's BFR. I have the 45-70 with the 10" barrel, I love shooting it and have not had a single boolit come out of crimp. The recoil isn't...
Very nice!!!!
I have been looking for one of these in the chrome deluxe model.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
This is good stuff! I want to use my BC to learn the large slug long range game. Some time in the future I would like to get a Sharps. So for now I need to keep the cost down.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I'm interested in putting a different sight on my Buffalo Classic so I can reach out farther. This is the sight I am thinking of
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Forum: Our Town
My neighbor, friend and mentor Tom Sharnowski made the landing but his worst memories came from the Battle of the Bulge. I learned a lot of things from Tom over the years, we played cribbage for...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I don't want to hijack the thread but how do I make a good set of shooting sticks? Pic's are greatly appreciated.
I have ordered from Bullshop by simply shooting them an email and they are very prompt about replying. Like a meat head I did spill about half my first bottle. It goes to a good family.
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 |