While not exactly the same bullet, I have shot well north of 1000 rounds of these
https://bayoubullets.net/45-acp-225-gr-tc/
with a pretty stiff charge of Sport Pistol out of my S&W 625 with...
Type: Posts; User: dswancutt
While not exactly the same bullet, I have shot well north of 1000 rounds of these
https://bayoubullets.net/45-acp-225-gr-tc/
with a pretty stiff charge of Sport Pistol out of my S&W 625 with...
Forum: Military Rifles
The P on the stock is a proof mark and is on all new guns. If it has been rebuilt, in will get a another P marking on the stock. That said, I am not sure if the P indicated a "proof" load of just...
Forum: Our Town
I had to do an intake on my mom's 2003 F-150 4x4, and like you I would not do it again. I ended up buying this because the step stool was not cutting it.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
Here is the website for Hornady instructions. The Multi-Deluxe Powder measure I think is the old Pacific model carried over to the Hornady line. It is not a great scan, but it should point you in...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Look up Mark Novak on YouTube. He has a video explaining how he repaired a stock with damage just like yours.
A quick google search on anti-seize show that copper grade may be better for soft metals, otherwise they are about the same.
https://www.crcindustries.com/world-anti-seize/
What jumps out a me other than being listed for about 2 times what it would actually sell for, is that he doesn't know beans about S&W revolvers and is just making stuff up.
I have never heard of...
Forum: Completed Deals
I don't have my S&W book handy, but I think the ramped front sight first appeared about 1952 or 53 or thereabout.
Forum: Our Town
I just came upstairs after doing a primer count. I have 22,500 small pistol on hand and about 17,000 large. I forgot that I had that many. Glad I stocked up before everything went south 2 years...
Forum: Our Town
Not too long after this post, 2 more grass rigs, the pumper/crew truck, tanker, and Sherriff headed west. I stepped out just before 9pm and you can smell the smoke.
Forum: Our Town
Right now in southern Nebraska it is 87 degrees, 12% humidity, 35 mph winds with gusts to 50 and the sky is brown with dirt. And as I type this update, the rural fire department grass fire rig just...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I believe they are just various fitters marks from the time it was assembled.
Forum: Military Rifles
I bought a NOS scant stock from I believe Numrich to restore a sporterized 03A3 back to original configuration. It had a couple of minor flaws, but nothing serious. Here are some pictures.
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Forum: Our Town
I am pulling this from memory, but Kohler has 2 series of engines. If I recall correctly, the Command is the good one. The Courage is their box store special engine and is built to a price point.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I would run out to my uncles farm and grab this, don't think it would be a problem.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
The TW53 an LC66 will be the most sought after. The DEN42, DM42 and U42 had corrosive primers so some people are a little leery of them because it might have weakened the brass.
I would pop over to...
Forum: Our Town
Same here. Feb 6 of 2019 a case of Winchester small pistol from Brownells cost 2.6 each. A month before, I bought two cases of CCI Large for 2.9 cents a primer.
Forum: Our Town
Well, a 14" gun on a US WW1 standard battleship is 356mm. A Mk16 AP round weighs in at 1500lb, to that is about 10,500,000 grains.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Exactly. A turret press is the best answer for most people who need to step up from a single stage.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
If you don't like setting up dies on a single stage, you are going to hate setting up dies on a progressive press, especially to do a short run. You will have all the setup for a single stage plus...
Forum: Military Rifles
Type 99's also have the groves for the dust cover. By the arsenal marks, I think it is a type 99 short rifle.
Looking at the Castle-Thunder website. I think it is a 37th Series Type 99 Short...
Forum: Military Rifles
It's a type 38 or type 99 Arisaka. A type 38 will have 2 gas escape holes on the receiver and a type 99 will have one.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I took a quick look at the parts schematic from RCBS and it looks like you should be able to drift the pin at the base of the ram out to free the ram. Now, how hard the pin is in the ram is the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Here is one recovered from a bowling pin. MP molds 359-640, 170 gr at about 800+ fps at a bowling pin at 25 feet. It is smokes PC and I actually messed up this batch, dumped the bullets too hot and...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Right now, Hammer tone Green is all but unavailable in central Nebraska. Hopefully you can find some.
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 |