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Type: Posts; User: straightwall
Forum: Rimfire Area
Cool rifle! I have a Stevens 30G from 2004 in .22lr. It is still my teenage kids' favorite rifle.
Where do you find .22 cal round balls?
Forum: Rimfire Area
Aquila sells .22lr ammo that uses Eley priming compound, if you like the high-end stuff but want to save a buck. All reports I have seen on the Aquila is good, except their Colibri rounds shoot a...
Ruger LCP is a good choice and they just had a factory price reduction.
Forum: Rimfire Area
Talk them down to $250 and buy it. I bet they only paid $100 for it. That is what a local pawn shop told me is their going "buy" rate for any .22 rifle.
Power Custom in Missouri. Not Texas, but is a gun-friendly state.
http://www.powercustom.com/
Found a Texas smith for you when looking for you and searching "Bill Grover" and "Keith DeHart."
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Forum: Rimfire Area
CCI SV (Standard Velocity) at 1070 fps, or maybe CCI Quiet at 710 fps
Maybe Aguila SV
A good blued finish works well for me. Rust blue is the most durable. Hot blue is next in durability.
I like the look of honest use on a blued gun. A blurring job shouldn't be that expensive...
Look on GunBroker at the SOLD auctions, not the For Sale auctions to get a good idea of value.
I have one .32 Long DA revolver and like it. I have another .32 H&R mag SA Ruger on layaway. I need to buy some reloading equipment next, I think. [emoji4]
I just picked up another 75B after foolishly selling my last one. I haven't shot the new one yet. With the old one I was accurate shooting a metal swing target. I could hit the swinger almost every...
Yes, muzzle flash either way. The difference is flashing straight out the barrel or straight up into line of sight. <shrug>
Ports make the gun louder and can ruin your night vision when shot in the dark. These negatives outweigh the benefit of better shooting control. Practice also helps attain confidence and control of...
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$150 in 1970 equals $916.30 in 2015.
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=150.00&year1=1970&year2=2015
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Somewhere, maybe TTAG, I saw the weight listed at 25 or 26 ounces empty.
Kind of expensive for that 1 additional shot over my SP101 EDC, but looks like a very nice gun.
Where does a new M&P cost $350? In Houston they are all $500. Sign me up!
| 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 |