I've been detecting off and on for about 18 years or so. I started out with a Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202. I still have it and it works quite well. I've added 2 additional coils for it so I can search...
Type: Posts; User: mikeingeorgia
Forum: Our Town
I've been detecting off and on for about 18 years or so. I started out with a Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202. I still have it and it works quite well. I've added 2 additional coils for it so I can search...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
When I do Steel Challenge with a revolver, I use cast boolits for the Smoke and Hope stage just for the visual effects lol
Forum: Leverguns
I keep a 12 ga handy in the event I have uninvited "guests". I added a light called iProtec that I believe I found on Amazon. It is a very bright red light, and the width of the beam is adjustable....
My GP100 gave me a hard time about the cylinder rotating when I first got it too. It was binding up, and after asking around and looking at it, I saw that I was getting unburned powder (Blue Dot)...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I went through 60 rounds of 38 Special in a GP100 yesterday afternoon that were loaded with Blue Dot. I've relegated them to practice now instead of matches because in the matches I'd go through a...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I had really good results in a revolver with True Blue in some 38 Special loads I had made up, so I went ahead and grabbed 2 of the 4 lb kegs from Grafs. I figure the best way to have lot to lot...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
That sounds like an awesome price. I've only seen 5744 in person once or twice, and they wanted somewhere around $40 for just one pound, so I've never even tried it. That sounds like a really good...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
The NRA posted on their Facebook page that in 2016, there were almost 28,000,000 background checks conducted. If each check resulted in a sale, and each person only bought 1 50 round pack of ammo...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Competition is generally good for the customers. As long as it doesn't make it harder to find my favorites I guess it's a good thing.
I get a great deal of enjoyment by mentoring my daughters. I'm hoping to get them Glock 34s to participate in the Steel Challenge and bowling pin matches. My older one has participated with a Ruger...
Those grips look really nice on that revolver Sean357. I may be shopping for a pair of them in a few months. My daughter is in the county 4-H and they do cowboy mounted shooting using single actions....
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Just a pound of 800-X. Wouldn't hurt my feelings to wander in and see some True Blue sitting there as well.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
It always concerns me when people on some pages brag about how they assembled hundreds of rounds in just 1 day, because that sounds like quite a bit to keep tabs on to me. Of course, it could just be...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
That's an excellent group Waco! I have the Lee C309-170-F mold and have used it for 308, 30-30 and 30-06. I really like having additional powder choices although my current favorite flavor is Reloder...
I've had a blued one for a few years now, and loved it so much that I recently purchased a stainless one just for variety. But I've been very pleased with their reliablility, fit, finish and even...
I know I for one have an appreciation for a nicely made revolver, although I do have a weakness for 1911s too. I guess it's because I figure there's more work being put into the metal than the...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I've been having a good time lately knocking the **** out of bowling pins, so when I stopped by the lgs I picked up another pound of 800-X just to stay ahead of the curve.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Had to run some errands yesterday in the vicinity of the LGS so I stopped by. They had a big enough variety that just about everyone would find something they could use. I resisted the powder urge...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Stopped in the local shop today and picked up a lb of IMR-4320 for some .30-30 testing. I chose that because it had the lowest starting velocity listed in my Lyman manual and because it's a Marlin...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Alright, let me get my thinkin cap out [smilie=p:
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Hey, I'm planning on giving PC'ing a try. On Harbor Freight's website do I just search for powder coating powder? Do you just tumble them in the powder then bake them?
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I've gotten pretty consistent results with the 8208 in a .223. I would definitely give it two thumbs up.
I stopped in Barnes and Noble the other day, and while browsing around I came across the Hodgdon 2016 Annual Manual. If you can find Varget or H4895, it has loads exactly in the velocity range you're...
Forum: Gas Checks
What about if you were to tumble lube, then wipe the lube off of the base, then apply gas check and size, then tumble lube again? Would this give a nicer smoother surface for the gas check to seat to...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I was at a range one time plinking my 8" steel spinner target on the 100 yd line with my Ruger 6 1/2" Single-Six, and along comes a guy and his grandson to the table next to me with a Colt Buntline...
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 |