I have had nothing but excellent service from Dillon. Their gear rarely breaks but if something does go bad, they stand by their products.
I broke a part on a 550, It didn't break - I broke it. ...
Type: Posts; User: Petrol & Powder
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have had nothing but excellent service from Dillon. Their gear rarely breaks but if something does go bad, they stand by their products.
I broke a part on a 550, It didn't break - I broke it. ...
Forum: Our Town
I still have all of my ignition wrenches, files for points, a timing light, dwell meter, vacuum gages, etc.
As others have pointed out, it's been a long time since engines had things like...
Forum: Special Projects
I think the failure of the Remington system was that the customers rejected it. People didn't trust it, consumers had concerns about ammunition availability, the ammunition was expensive, there was...
You were wise to walk away. Because it's likely a fake.
And it IS a gun, it's just not a firearm that falls within the scope of the 1968 Gun Control Act. There's a very real legal distinction.
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And serial numbers were not required on firearms made in the U.S. or imported into the U.S. prior to the 1968 GCA. Many companies did stamp serial numbers on their products but it...
S&W model and dash numbers are a study all to their own. I've memorized a lot of that history but still need a reference book now and then.
The Military & Police [M&P] model became known as the...
Forum: Our Town
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Having seen my share of disasters that occurred in unoccupied homes (some my own and many from others) I shut down the house as much as possible if it will be unoccupied for an...
The attachment will not open, at least not for me.
I think that 36 rounds of some particular cartridge is probably not the best yardstick to form an opinion about leading.
While it's entirely...
With the proper tools and some commonsense, the forcing cone can be lapped to remove tooling marks. However, If your leading is forward of the forcing cone, it's unlikely that the forcing cone is the...
During the Obama years, Ruger set successive goals of selling 1 million then 2 million guns. This was tied to a NRA funding pledge.
The huge production goals on top of a huge demand, resulted in a...
VariableRecall, Just to provide some information:
White Label is a trade name for a family run company that produces and sells excellent cast bullet lube.
Here's a shameless link to their website:...
Yep, all been said - commercial cast bullets with a hard lube. And the alloy may be hard.
I can't speak for powder coating and it's been a long time since I used tumble lube.
With 38 Special...
Forum: Our Town
With the new snap together metal panels (Advantage LokII is one brand), you don't need clips or a big sheet metal brake to form the pans.
There are no exposed fasteners and the install time (labor...
Forum: Our Town
It doesn't matter how I try to load it, I just cannot get that 8-track tape to fit the USB port in my car.
Forum: Our Town
Yeah.... when I was younger we just called it ....."weather".
Forum: Our Town
History has shown that it is extraordinarily difficult to stop the flow of information. Of course that applies to accurate information and inaccurate information equally.
"Common Sense" written by...
Forum: Our Town
Global Warming, oh wait, they couldn't sell that and renamed it "Climate Change".
Forum: Military Rifles
I don't wish to be negative here but you need to go into this with both eyes wide open.
As Bigslug correctly points out, your friend would have been 19 or 20 years old in 1961. So if he purchased...
Those are some nice Ruger's and some beautiful grips.
When loaded to its real potential (Skeeter load) the 44 Special leaves nothing to be desired. That may be one of the most "all-around"...
Forum: Our Town
I wouldn't even risk re-using the old pistons.
It would be a shame to spend all of that time and Money, only to have the engine tear itself apart.
I know pistons are expensive but if you're...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I may regret writing this but.... I am NOT a fan of the Lee FCD.
If you use the correct Lyman "M"-die style expander (or equivalent from another maker), seat & crimp in separate operations, and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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I use the Uniquetek powder funnel in a Dillon 550 for my 45 ACP loading and it's the way to go. I have a couple of powder funnels (powder through expanders) made by Lathesmith for...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I always felt like the P14 and P17 rifles were a bit under rated. The actions are strong, the guns are simple and they rarely break. What's not to love?
In their original configuration, the rear...
Glock calls their new Gen 5 barrels, "Marksman Barrel". I have one and it shoots very well. But, I have not shot cast in it, so no help there.
The rifling looks to be a hybrid between the old...
Forum: Military Rifles
For starters, I would be suspicious of a seller claiming he had a 1917 that was, "...bought new in the wrapper many years ago, fired less than fifty times,..". The odds of the description being...
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 |