Rest in peace.
Always tough to let them go. He is in a much better place. Prayers.
Type: Posts; User: Shopdog
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.
...
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...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
From an investment perspective;
I've bought/sold "shop" equipment for 40+ years. #1- do your research. Your best chance for resale will be with well known higher quality items. Buy used-sell used...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Looks sharp Patrick,you should be proud of this project. Thanks for sharing.
Forum: Factory Rifles
Have a 223 Lux. Stock has some decent figure with an atrocious finish. Too lazy to redo it,haha. Honestly just doesn't bother me. The bolt was very stiff as issued,would sit in front of my hunting...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Keep notes on moulds,it will save some time later as you get more. Dosen't need to be a novel... jot down date,alloy,pot temp,and then weigh a cpl dz. It could be a year or two before using that...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yup M-Tecs..... that would look SOOO nice sitting peacefully in our shop. Thanks.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Shot a full tilt boogie '06 IMR4350 RCBS 165SIL;
3 shot CBI(cold bore included) group yesterday into a single ragged hole @100. Not cherry picked,best of..... nope,step out shop door,send 3...
Forum: Cast Boolits
But in these tool's defense ....
Our impact tester does show some very interesting results. Besides being highly repeatable.... and fun,smashing culls. So fully supportive of OP looking for a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Larry,just to blurt it out.... the only measurement I've found as an "absolute" is my torque wrench readings on slump,or plastic deformation. And this is only "practical" on longer rifle bullets...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I misunderstood... reread the op and it still looks like someone suggested a $6k machine? The reason I asked was I'm looking for a used Wilson hardness tester and they're in the $1500 range. Grizzly...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Do you have a name or type of the $6k equipment piece?
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 |