Downed my first bumble bee yesterday with rice in a 357 mag. Sounded like a cap gun going off. Wife is super excited to have a fun way to get wasp and bumble bees this summer. What fun. Thanks for...
Type: Posts; User: floydboy
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
Downed my first bumble bee yesterday with rice in a 357 mag. Sounded like a cap gun going off. Wife is super excited to have a fun way to get wasp and bumble bees this summer. What fun. Thanks for...
Forum: Shot Guns
I have a bag of 5,6,7.5 mixed that I'm working on since last years dove season. I shot 1 1/8 oz loads and did fine. Over the winter I got out some old 1 1/4 oz wads I had been saving for years and...
Forum: Our Town
I'm 66. Diagnosed 2 years ago and started taking Areds2. Asked Dr if I would be blind before I expire. He said as long as it doesn't progress any faster than it does now I have nothing to worry...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Mine is sighted in at 50 yds and I use a scope also. The gun is very accurate at that distance with most ammo.
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
I agree with 45workhorse. The S&S site is usually the first thing I check when logging on. The items for sale on here are more pertinent to my hobbies than other sites. The prices are usually more...
Forum: Leverguns
I shoot the same boolit, powder and grains as Sam Sackett. I size at .311.
Floyd
Forum: Leverguns
Chutes, I have a 336 PG I was considering converting into a straight grip. I've done some research and am unclear if the lower tang/trigger plate and the finger lever will interchange from a 94 to a...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I just got my Star die, punch and nut with set screw from Ammohead today. Definitely quality work. Installed in press and fit was nice and snug. Ordered a .323 sizing die and by my calipers sized...
Forum: Our Town
Poppy42 is correct. Collies and a couple other breeds are sensitive to it. Check the label on Heartguard and the price. I eventually got fed up paying the price for heartworm meds for three dogs at...
Forum: Our Town
I assume this works for dogs also.....We use Ivermectin orally on our dogs on a monthly basis for heartworm prevention. Also have been giving a very expensive tick preventive. Our dogs have no ticks....
Forum: Leverguns
PMER,
I just got a Winchester 94 in 32 Win Special and am in the process of working up a load. Was wanting to get in the 2000 to 2200 FPS area. If you don't mind what is you load that gets to 2200...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Ammohead is making Star dies. I ordered a Star die, punch and punch nut with set screw from him yesterday. Says he can't harden them but with normal use should last a lifetime. I don't doubt this to...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Thanks. Definitely gonna add this to my bucket list of things to do.
Floyd
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Looks fantastic. How many times through the rusting cabinet did it take to get that nice finish? What did you use to get the rust going?
I bought some rust bluing off this site a few years ago to...
Forum: Our Town
I have found Savage barrels to be very good and definitely a bargain to most aftermarket barrels.
Forum: Casting Equipment
The star is by far the best option. I've had the lyman and RCBS and they are both good machines. As previously stated the star can be finicky with pointed boolits and very short boolits. Otherwise it...
Forum: Casting Equipment
thats the way mine looked also. I always thought it should have had a small tip like the lyman in the pic has. mine showed no evidence of one being broke off. mine leaked more than I liked. I tried...
Forum: Cast Boolits
while mold is hot rub with a cool lead ingot. Smear will come off.
Forum: Our Town
Get it done. The longer you wait the harder rehab will be. The therapist is your friend. Do your excercises as directed and in a couple weeks or less you should be in pretty good shape. As your knee...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Most will tell you it isn't worth the hassle to make this conversion. They are probably right. I started with the 6.5 CM back when brass was hard to find and expensive when you could find it. I got...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Definitely look as selling your 243 and buying 6.5 brass if you can find it. When 6.5CM first became popular brass was scarce and expensive. Reforming was a necessity at times. Now not so much. I...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
yes they are pins. No threads. The ones I've seen are like small brass nails. Just gently pull them out with a pair of side cutters. tap them back in.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Couple months ago got the wife a Kimber Micro Rosewood 380ACP. 2 3/4" barrel. Beautiful little pistol that she just loves. Bought a Lyman 358242 that drops a 92 grain boolit. Size to .357. Wasn't the...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I reform LC 308 cases for 6.5 CM. Started before brass was readily available. Keep doing it because I have the brass and they make one tough case. When I use it all up I doubt I keep doing it. With...
Kimber micro two tone 380acp for the wife. Bought this past weekend.
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 |