Banning it would take an act of Congress, and Congress would rather take away our ability to buy ammo altogether, especially thru online sales. We don't want their "help"...
All we need to stop...
Type: Posts; User: saigafan2008
Forum: Rimfire Area
Banning it would take an act of Congress, and Congress would rather take away our ability to buy ammo altogether, especially thru online sales. We don't want their "help"...
All we need to stop...
A while ago I ordered a FoxX holster for my sidearm thru Amazon. It arrived in less than a week. It's a hybrid IWB tuckable holster and it is very comfortable. It's also adjustable.
Looks just...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
+1
I use the same load for my 38 special
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Jim,
Try getting PrimoPDF. Its a free PDF print tool that you can download from the web. I've been using it for years at both work and home and it works great. It's an way to post word docs to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Here's a link to a great document on Modern Black Powder Pistol proofmarks:
https://store.bluebookinc.com/Info/PDF/POWDER/MBPProofmarks.pdf
The AP means a 1986 manufacture date, the star-PN is...
Thanks for the heads up, Treetop. I just placed my order!
Carl
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Awesome job, Mr. Morris!
May I ask where you bought the motor?
Thanks,
Carl
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Fly,
Try either of the following places
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/
http://www.vtigunparts.com/
They carry "antique" black powder gun parts.
Forum: Our Town
Don,
Again, many thanks for putting this together. PayPal sent.
This is one of the things I love about this group. They still know what it means to be a family, even though you've never met...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I've seen several posts on this scattered across multiple boards. This is gaining popularity among those shooting surplus ammo.
Here's the best article I've seen so far on converting berdan to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cabela's is always cheaper online than locally. Problem is I can't justify paying HAZMAT fees unless I'm buying at least 5K of primers, and my cash flow doesn't like buying that many at a time. :-(...
Forum: Cast Boolits
When I stopped by the local Cabela's last week they had nearly all types of primers in stock. There was only 1 brand for each type in stock though (either CCI or Federal, mostly CCI) except...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I usually buy WW ingots, but I managed to score a free bucket of raw WWs this summer. Contents weighed ~75 lbs. I finally sorted thru them a couple of weeks ago. Here's what I found:
54.8 lbs...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
My last batch of WW had more Fe and Zn w/o rivets than with rivets. And now I'm getting both Fe and Zn stick-on WWs in the bucket, too.
FYI, all but one of the WW's marked 5 grams was Zn or Fe,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I ordered Pat's 30 cal checkmaker back in March, and hopefully it'll be here soon. But I plan to use it with copper from his copper GB...
Carl
4 Fingers,
Check out this website:
http://www.powderhombre.com/mbpproofmarks.pdf
It tells how to identify most black powder guns by the proof marks. Didn't work for me, but in my case the...
Well, halfslow, that's a pretty quick and simple solution! The cylinder measures 2.021" long. So I guess I can use cylinders made for Pietta revolvers.
This makes a lot of sense, actually. The...
You can buy a Pedersoli 1858 Remington New Army here:
http://www.oldwestguns.ca/index.php?page=products&object=175
But I'll warn you, they're very expensive...
My revolver has 'Made in...
Hello,
I have an 1858 Remington New Army clone in .44 for which I am considering buying a conversion cylinder to use 45LC. I bought the gun at a gun show 16+ years ago. The fellow I was with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I wouldn't blame the reviewers for this, Pat.
I believe this is just the manufacturers playing the game. They know that everything is riding on a good review, so they guarantee the reviewer...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
BudRow,
For some reason your PM didn't come thru. I've sent you a PM with my email address. Hopefully you'll get my PM...
Thanks,
Carl
Forum: Reloading Equipment
BudRow,
If you're interested in selling and not just trading, I'm interested in buying your spare 30-06 and 308 Lee Loaders.
I've slowly been collecting Lee Loaders from fleabay, but it's been...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Check out this site:
http://projectguns.com/parkerizing.html
Found it in a parkerizing thread at theakforum website. A lot of the AK forums, including forum.Saiga-12.com, have good threads on...
I used to do Civil War Cavalry re-enacting, and every guy in the unit was taught to pinch the caps when priming and to cock the gun with the barrel up and slightly to the right to help avoid jams...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Awhile back I had a package lost for over a month that had been shipped Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation. After waiting for two weeks with no sign of the package, I checked online and found...
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 |