Forgot to ad the BAR was a 30.06
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Forgot to ad the BAR was a 30.06
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Sorry to hear about your migraine. I had a Browning BAR with the BOSS, an early one that had the compensator cut into it. Muzzle blast was horrible hunting, tolerable at the range with muffs on. A...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I really admire your rifle, and even more your skills and ingenuity to build the gun the way it turned out. Very nice job.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I’ve been playing with a 45-70 load in a 24” MGM barrel seeking to find the quietest non silenced rifle I could load for that is capable of taking deer, hogs, etc at short ranges. I found this...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Thank you for that Tar Heel. Mine only has the one washer, and is finicky about cocking the hammer back. I’ll try the videos recommended two washer trick.
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a SS Encore, with MGM 45-70 24” barrel and a MGM 6.5 Grendel with a 21” barrel. I use the Grendel as a lightweight, easy kicking , long range (relatively) hunting rifle. It has met all the...
Forum: Our Town
https://archive.org/details/AmmunitionMakingNRAByG.Frost1990
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Forum: Our Town
Thanks for all the advice. I thought about accidentally including some reloading materials in the sea container, but frankly it’s not worth the liability. Any fire or accident that would occur would...
Forum: Our Town
Last time I went on Carnaval, they tried to confiscate a bullwhip purchased on the day stop over in Ensenada. I refused to relinquish the whip, stating that it was an implement of husbandry, and I...
Forum: Our Town
Thin Man, thanks for the recommendation. I will certainly try to contact them.
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Forum: Our Town
Thanks for all the replies and advice. I’m in Fresno California.
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Forum: Our Town
Has anyone lately shipped powder or primers to Hawaii? I’m moving there in a few months, and have quite a bit of both. I’d sure like to take it with me. It all the shippers I’ve talked with won’t do...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Jack Lambert had a great article on quiet, heavy 45-70 loads.
https://www.jacklambert.com/2014/01/quiet-without-the-can-hunting-quietly-without-a-suppressor/
I followed his recommendations and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I’m with Kenstone. I’ve two P226’s, shot lousy with cast bullets. I also have Springfield 1911 that was extremely accurate with my cast bullets. I worked on the two P226’s for three years with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
380
9mm
38spl
357
45acp
45Colt
454 Casull
223
6.5 Grendel
Forum: Leverguns
Similar thing happened to me. Fell in love with the 1895sbl, came home with the HSM cowboy loads, as well as some kind of bear/dangerous game loads. Shooting just the cowboy loads wasn’t fun. The...
Forum: Our Town
I have a 1980 CJ7, with the original 151ci GM 4 cylinder engine and the factory hard top. The only options listed on the spec sheet were the hard top, the passenger and rear seats. Over the years I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
My guess is 1911
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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 |