Normal for me is to soak my cylinder in my fuel oil/ATF mix for a day or 3 and I spend
more time on the cylinder chambers than I do on the barrel. I shoot both loads a lot and the older I get the...
Type: Posts; User: Old Grump
Forum: Cast Boolits
Normal for me is to soak my cylinder in my fuel oil/ATF mix for a day or 3 and I spend
more time on the cylinder chambers than I do on the barrel. I shoot both loads a lot and the older I get the...
Think about it for a minute, light spring, heavy load, heavy recoil banging on parts you don't want banged. Light spring, light load, matches recoil, gun functions and she can work the slide.
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Forum: Our Town
Blame that line on John Wayne.
Yeah I really am a grumpy old man and will politely remind a man talking about clips for his 1911A1 or his Ruger 10/22 that he means magazines. I don't make a big...
Forum: Special Projects
Great looking building, I hope it works out for you, I see a lot of years of plenty to do but you sure shouldn't have to worry much about outgrowing it.
I can't say for all handguns or all calibers but in my experience my accuracy loads have been on the lower end of the scale. For hunting loads I crank up and keep cranking till accuracy takes a...
Forum: Our Town
Old fashioned glycerin, just a tiny dab wiped on and it lasts a long time. Women's hand soap or baby shampoo, can be found anywhere and lasts a looooong time.
Forum: Leverguns
Of all the lever actions in the house the oldest (1930), Win 94 32 Win Spcl is the smoothest and the most accurate. I literally bought it in a coffee can, the barrel and stock were handed to me at...
Forum: Our Town
My only difference is I don't grip with my non shooting hand but let it lay flat palm up, I only use it for a cushion between the butt and the sandbag. I find if I grip with it I influence the gun...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Now you tell me. Actually I just dump a few bullets like 9MM or 45 hardball in the pot whenever I have a batch going, never tried to do a bun of them all at once. It always ended up with the empty...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
.308 150 GR. HDY SP, Hodgdon H4895, Overall length 2.790"
40.0 gr. 2484 fps
42.0 gr. 2578 fps
This is what I have in my book for the loads I make for my brother. 2" - 3" at 100 yards is...
Load em and shoot em. After the first shot your bullet will fit the grooves just fine.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Common misconception, most of those we have been fighting the last 50 years don't worry about their wounded during a fight. After the fight is over the man who can get back to an aid station gets...
Forum: Special Projects
No-no-no-no. There is a reason you sepearte the lighting circuit from the utility circuits. If you get a power failure on your machine and it causes your lights to go out and your hands are in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
With varmint hunting as your goal I would go with the 7MM-08. Everybody seems to have missed why you want to change calibers.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Sitting on a hillside behind my house when I hear a flurry of shots, guestimate about 20 of them from at least 3 rifles and a shot gun. Saw nobody and saw no deer.
Approximately 10 minutes...
Old dinosaur myself and I have to admit if there were any men I would love to have walked their path it was Kieth and Cooper. One of the bigger thrills in my life when I was still a puppy, (nearly...
Have both. like both but out of force of habit shoot single action most of the time. Accuracy trumps shooting fast.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a H&R 308 and a 10 gauge and love them to pieces but I am a gorilla and it's a good thing because the single shots are lighter, shorter and will recoil more, even in 20 gauge. Seriously I...
Forum: Our Town
Been there done that, you are in a very large non-exclusive club. How about losing a gun while in the middle of 5th army matches. Forgot I had dropped it off at the armorers truck to get some minor...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
To much reliance placed on the numbers on paper. Proof is in the pudding or in the holes in the target paper.
Old and slow but I can shoot them faster than I can make them. Molds as old as I am and they worked 40 years ago, (got them second hand). I'm getting to old to change horses now so don't feel bad...
Forum: Our Town
Been trying to post for about a month but when I tried the message that came back was I had to sign in even though I was signed in and then it didn't accept my sign in. Today is the first time I...
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 |