My dad was Army 9th division. Was at the "Bulge". He never fully got over the frostbite from there. IIRC,it was a record cold for the area that winter?
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Forum: Our Town
My dad was Army 9th division. Was at the "Bulge". He never fully got over the frostbite from there. IIRC,it was a record cold for the area that winter?
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Very slight tangent... but heading in a good direction;
Take the star with you to a real,not sLowes,Home Despot... welding supply store. Ask them for a name of any retired or small machine shops...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Around 1980? there was a wrinkle in the Virginia game laws that lasted for a cpl years. The synopsis being 22-250 was "legal" for deer hunting. I'm doing this big construction job at an auto/heavy...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Slight tangent but,not really....
The ability to fine tune the bullet grip isn't totally a function of expander diameter. You also have depth,annealing,lube interface.
Just saying it's not just...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Sorry,you're about 10 years after the fact. Instead of getting all worked up,spend way more time researching. There are some amazing deals to be had... just need to educate yourself beforehand.
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Forum: Our Town
On French doors and the like;
Head and Foot bolts. Not saying this is the term you're looking for but may help in your search.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Beautiful resto and new application greybuff,thanks for sharing.
Not entirety aimed at you.... more towards the students of this application. The OP's great little press is a rack/pinion...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Froggie,probably have what you need here to make one. Maybe work out a trade for something vs monies?
*word of caution however,I have some other equipment (reloading) that you may want so.... be...
Forum: Our Town
We had a Craftsman machine come through here 20'ish? years ago....
The cable end wasn't anything I'd ever seen before as it seemed *proprietary. The machine worked fine,and sent it down the road....
Forum: Our Town
Think it was our '81 F150 shop truck?
Heater core can be accessed from engine bay by cutting the housing open. New sheet metal flat cover,RTV and self tapping screws to finish. About 20 minutes or...
Forum: Our Town
Rest in peace.
Always tough to let them go. He is in a much better place. Prayers.
Forum: Our Town
Sorry for your loss. Always tough to let them go but at least he's not suffering anymore,and in a better place....RIP
Forum: Our Town
Lymes disease...check. Covid 3 times...check. Broken neck...check. Widow maker heart attack....check. More broken bones than anyone I know....check. Severe "complex" PTSD.... check. 45-50 BPM heart...
700X or 231 for light target/plinking.
Unique for midrange around 1000fps is hard to beat.
Blue Dot for light magnum... it's a touch peaky so want to be careful getting to aggressive. But can...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I run a Lee 225-55RF in a stock R700 223 at durn near max 4198 jacketed book loads. Skinny brrl will cloverleaf 3 shots @100 including the 1st,cold bore shot....
But that's not the reason for...
Forum: Our Town
I hope so,built a dedicated library whilst building our house 35 years ago. Has ALL the bells N whistles. By "building" I mean every last stud,custom made moulds,and 30 thousand bricks vs paying...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I almost universally test to see what the rig prefers... as cast,001 over,or 2 over. Rarely more. Most of my hotrod rifles like as cast with just the GC "area" sized(even this has a height/depth...
Forum: Our Town
Heat is your #1 enemy in compressor water seperation. Irrespective of brand,the typical "fruitjar" style separator ain't gonna be much good located right at the compressor. You need to do the...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
There's an old notion or strategy when Turkey hunting that goes along the lines;
Hit your caller a few times and then....throw it in the truck.
Every spring it seems I do that. Not in the truck...
Forum: Special Projects
I've got Timney Calvin elites on a cpl of my cast varmint vaporizers.....
And there's "better" triggers than these. Just sayin,good luck improving on these basically,over the counter target...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just a beefed/accurized cabine tree.
It functions flawlessly but to be honest the vertical impact tester has much more potential. Mainly because it makes direct comparisons between the shape of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
This cost me a little bit over half the price of the Lee. Think cabine tree on STEROIDS..
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Measure the chamber neck ID. It's the very first thing I do to ALL new rigs coming in here. This gets written down at the top of the header page of each rigs pamphlet style load journal.
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Forum: Boolit Lube !
Lar I put a 26" S4(heavy sporter) 14 twist on.
Bought two of these Savage weather warriors when they first came out in the early 90's. One LA in '06,and a SA 223. Flat backs,top loaders,old...
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 |