Another thing to note, if your 58 is a brass frame model. It can’t take any hot loads. Period full stop. The frame is the part that will stretch out and fail on you overtime if you abuse it.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Another thing to note, if your 58 is a brass frame model. It can’t take any hot loads. Period full stop. The frame is the part that will stretch out and fail on you overtime if you abuse it.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
So I make paper cartridges for my 1858.
Occasionally they go bad in the cylinder if I haven’t shot it that long, (lube cookies can contaminate the powder depending of temperature in storage and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
How many grains of powder?
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Forum: Our Town
I’m not dismissing that it’s feasible to do yourself, or myself. And not subjecting ourselves to Joe schmo the handy man wannabe. Good references of course.
But just acknowledging the risks that...
Forum: Our Town
Even if I wanted to do it, the way insurance and stuff works here in ct. if something went wrong it would probably be considered grave negligence. Inspection passing or not.
I’ve worked as a...
Forum: Our Town
I have a gas boiler that heats the entire house.
That is the single gas appliance for the house.
It’s a 4ft crawl space
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Forum: Our Town
I’m debating switching from an electric to a gas range at the new house. It’s just so slow with my cast irons.
Anyone know what this should cost outside of the oven itself? I’m not sure I want...
Forum: Our Town
Because they are collecting a tax they legally cannot refuse a stack of pennys
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Forum: Our Town
It covers the fee for them to use the machine/debit service. Same reason some small shops have minimum charges
The people who build the ability to use the card digital infrastructure demand...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Store them with a desiccant. And in an airtight baggie/box or both. Last 6mo+ (usually get shot before longer then that)
Without that I’ve had them go bad in little under 2months in my basement in...
Forum: Our Town
It’s okay in bumper to bumper in the city. Turn it off by switching off eco mode.
Yes it can wear out a starter and solenoid. Not the battery tho.
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I am a glazier by trade. Mostly specializing in historic buildings around New England. However hurricane proof is mostly just marketing.
Is your goal just mainly sound proofing? Get 1/4 inch or...
Forum: Our Town
Depends on the method of access used by the scammer. If you have screen sharinging of sometype downloaded and they call you and they trick you into connecting with them they can only see what you...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I love it when the guy next to you says their handgun won’t shoot, they flag you, you take it from them point it at the target and it shoots fine…
It’s a wonder why more people don’t accidentally...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I also use the Full lead taco mold for my 300 blackout subs
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Forum: Our Town
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I met this fat boy and his friend crossing the road on a hike today. Black rat snake. Not poisonous and good to have...
Forum: Our Town
So it’s usually 4 numbers
P is powertrain
0 is generic
2 is system, in this case fuel.
30 indicates fuel pump, Primary circuit.
Idk what the Y is.
And having a 2 where the 0(generic) or (1...
Forum: Our Town
To be specific these toys for air soft matches are what I was talking about
https://youtu.be/B7eH8D7h1S4?si=hJxKE8bcCtQmwrXN
Kids/teenagers/ adults use them in games all the time.
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Forum: Our Town
Legal trouble over an airsoft toy? I kinda doubt it but may as well play it safe. The sprinkler idea sounds just as good to me lol
I know they are some local kids because they were wearing the...
Forum: Our Town
So my town/ block has had some problems with teenage kids (13-15) that keep trying to get into empty cars and playing typical low level annoyance stuff.
Last night at 12:30 I caught them messing...
I own the m17 with the manual safety, I’ve carried it with alternate grips/slides basically making it a p320 subcompact as well. No issues and mine has a nice trigger. Maybe I’m lucky considering...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Haha that’s great to know! On my AR my 3moa dot is probably closer to a 6-7. Never tried the prisms before but they appear to be very nice and sometimes battery free
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Forum: Rimfire Area
So I picked up a mk3 22/45 from my lgs for a steal. It already has a weaver/ dovetail rail on it.
Anyone ever used something like those tiny 3x prism scopes on these? Or just stick with a red dot? ...
I use a punch, anvil, to reshape
A pick to remove the primer’s anvil
Tweezers to set the primer’s anvil into the reshaped cup. And the back of the punch seat it
Sharpshooters/ 22reloader kit...
Forum: Special Projects
As in- dog food? Interesting
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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 |