We think alike. I have established a minimum reserve for what may happen in the future. I will stop plinking and shooting for fun when I get to that level unless I can purchase more.
I have...
Type: Posts; User: dverna
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
We think alike. I have established a minimum reserve for what may happen in the future. I will stop plinking and shooting for fun when I get to that level unless I can purchase more.
I have...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
What a wealth of knowledge and resourcefulness on this forum.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
When I was attending the University of Toronto in the early 70’s, the Range Officer was an old man who had shot the .303 at Bisley. For whatever reason he took a liking to me and shared a number of...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Ebb, hope your health improves. It sucks. At the Ohio Sate shoot about a decade ago I had to stop shooting after the first 50 rounds. I could not lift the gun. In 2012, I came in second at the...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Ebb, I have not reread the whole thread, but your last post might be the most important.
There is a very high probability that there is nothing that needs to be "invented" that has not been done...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I, on the other hand, am happy I got my Master Caster a few years ago. I have had a Sizer for 5 years and recently bid on another one. I don't need it, but it will not go down in value and nice...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Larry, it is a big tent. Everyone sees the question from their perspective and one view is not the right one for another.
The question “What is cheap to shoot?”, is an easy number crunching...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I hope you did not misinterpret my post. I was not questioning your results. My point was others had worse results with the 77/.357 and that influenced my decision not to get one.
There...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Every manufacturer who introduced a CF pistol caliber pump gun has stopped offering them. They either could not get them to work reliably, or there was too little demand for them. If the issue...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
The TC's were in rifle calibers.
You are the only one I have ever seen post a good report on accuracy with the Ruger in .357. Most were shooting 2" or larger at 50 yards and many folks thought...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
But they shot like crap. I wanted one, but the accuracy issues killed it for me. And they seemed overpriced when bargain bolt actions were $250. In fact I bought two TC Compass rifles for $225...
Forum: Factory Rifles
The issue a company must address is profitability. Designing and manufacturing a new gun is an expensive project. What a few hundred folks yearn for is not enough to justify it.
There is a...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Taurus offered one a while back. Not sure if still available but it was a loser. Not reliable or fast enough for CAS when I was into it.
Pumps offer no advantage over a lever action and...
Assuming your weapons will shoot factory ammunition reliably, there are three reasons reloaded rounds will not chamber. One is that the base of the case has been "blown out" so it jams and does not...
Forum: Shot Guns
When I was looking for a tractor gun I could not find one these at a reasonable price. They are not easy to find and a great concept.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Interesting. If it did not have a flash-hole, how did it fire the first time?
Just kidding, I know what you meant.
Forum: Our Town
When I was growing up in Ontario Canada we never had ticks. Or if we did, we did not know it. I would spend hours in the woods and the worst things were mosquitos.
What the heck happened?
Forum: Our Town
Robert, the clothes from Insect Shield are treated with the same chemical but they are rated for 70 washings or 10 years.
My whole forearm swelled up and I was lucky it did not get worse. ...
Forum: Our Town
From what I recall, most tick borne diseases are transmitted from ticks infecting mice.
But if this idea worked, feeding deer in MI is illegal due to TB and CWD. I suspect that applies to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you get hurt or harm the gun $200 of brass will look like a bargain. That is almost a lifetime supply of cases for a big boomer like that. I have a .300 Win Mag that has less than 100 rounds...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The powder in the cases I would dump. If the powder in the can smells and looks normal, it should be good.
I would also scrap the cases. Not worth the risk even though none of the ones you...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Like you, I missed the point until I thought about for a while.
It is cheap to shoot because it such a pain that you end up shooting less and save tons of money.
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 |