Back in the saddle again! There are some final touches to do, but the demise of the NVcurmudgen is terribly over stated. The title will be led to in the last two words of the title. Still stuck in...
Type: Posts; User: NVcurmudgeon
Forum: Our Town
Back in the saddle again! There are some final touches to do, but the demise of the NVcurmudgen is terribly over stated. The title will be led to in the last two words of the title. Still stuck in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Dutchman, I have a number of Lyman/Ideal moulds and never had my hands on a bad one. The total experience I have in 6.5 was borrowing a 266469 and the other recently listed 160 gr. bullet. I...
Forum: Our Town
I was a customer at Bob Chow's back in the sixties. Also, as a Bay Area resident, I was a customer of Goodsell-Siegel in Oakland which dated from 1943 and is also long gone by the same technique...
Forum: Military Rifles
As a shooter of both .30/40 and .303 I have the luxury of having both cartridges with "proper" head stamps. As my .303 inventory of cases is generous and my .30/40 case inventory is less than 200, I...
Forum: Our Town
What will LCDR White be charged with, saving lives without asking "Mother may I?" Not the Navy I served in. Hope he gets a good civilian job, his Navy career is over.
Forum: Cast Boolits
There are stickies showing exactly how to cast SP bullets by the late Bruce Bannister. Go to advanced search, search for "casting soft point bullets" and use author name BruceB. There are five...
Forum: In Remembrance
Bruce Bannister, one of the foundations of Shooters, Aimoo , and Cast Boolits has passed on. I got the word from his daughter, Kim. Bruce was in the hospital for several ailments. My wife, Fran...
Forum: Cast Boolits
RCBS 35-200 FP is great in both my 336A .35 Rem. and my Lilja rebarreled early Ruger 77 .35 Whelen. The scoped Whelen groups well under 2" @ 100, and the iron sight 336A is a consistent 1.5" rifle @...
Forum: Our Town
I have a piece of plywood about 4" X 4" with a small squarish pill bottle screwed on. With a little shim paper the Bullplate is secure. Still, one bottle of Bullplate is never enough, so now I have...
Forum: Factory Rifles
That's good accuracy from your JC Higgins. I have shot nine five shot groups in my JC Higgins 51L (the improved small ring Swedish Mauser that replaced the 50 for an average of 1.825" at 100 yd. ...
Forum: Leverguns
I have owned only three 99's in the last 54 years, which certainly does not make me an expert. I had a 1960 99R .250/3000, a later 99-.358 that had the cool wide forearm, and a 1949 EG in .300...
Forum: Our Town
One of my friends had a copy of "Why Not Load Your Own" when we set out to teach ourselves about this mysterious handloading in 1959. We managed to teach ourselves without getting hurt, thanks to...
Forum: Our Town
In my limited use of Gunbroker, in which I sold two firearms, bought two firearms and a set of dies, everything has gone like clockwork. Everyone I dealt with whether dealer or "just gun nuts" like...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I loaded .300 H&H and .375 H&H with no trouble in my Junior press. Don't know the suffix no. but I bought it in 1963. After zillions loaded by 1988 I wrote RCBS and asked if a wobbly ram hurt. ...
Forum: Leverguns
Since the controversy about "Remlin" rifles began, my trusty gun browsing friend and I have been examining every Marlin rifle with Remington proofmarks we could find in the Carson City/Reno area. ...
Forum: Military Rifles
You are definitely on the right track with making the brass fit the chamber. Don't know why too many users blame excessive headspace instead of large chambers that make for sure chambering with...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Char-Gar, my one resident RCBS press is a RS 3 that was given to me by RCBS in 1988. It has 88 stamped into the top of the press right next to the die hole. I believe that I have cracked the code! ...
BruceF, I got the trophies all put together yesterday. Also have two boxes of drilled clay targets and various odds and ends of NCBS equipment, including BruceB's leader board and buckshot's loud...
Forum: Our Town
Felix, you've been an inspiration for your CB knowledge, and as a gentleman. Go with God, and we take great comfort that you are a Christian. Bill and Fran Lose
Forum: Our Town
Seconding BruceB's post. it's been about seven years since CobbMTMac and I went to a CROTW show and were underwhelmed. That one was staged in a wide aisle, with dimbulb lighting and was miniscule. ...
Forum: Leverguns
Been lusting for the Henry .45/70 since I saw one about two months ago. Henry sure paid the ultimate compliment to Marlin as most of the action is very Marlin. Features I liked were the .22 RF...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have a Hornady pistol measure that looks exactly like your picture. I like it very much and use it for most pistol loads. Mine came from Midway at least fifteen years ago, but the measures are no...
Forum: Our Town
As others have said, I de-squish all I can, especially LC. I'm beginning to think it's the best. As semis and full autos tend to be a little rough on brass, every case gets the bent wire test EVERY...
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 |