I started shooting the Steel Challenge back in the early 80's. And then moved into IPSC. A lot of competitors were using the 38 Super cartridge. There was no 9x21 or 38 Super Comp or 9mm major...
Type: Posts; User: wildphilhickup
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I started shooting the Steel Challenge back in the early 80's. And then moved into IPSC. A lot of competitors were using the 38 Super cartridge. There was no 9x21 or 38 Super Comp or 9mm major...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I don't shoot raccoons, I trap them. I use the "beer can" trap with marshmallow or CHEAP canned cat food.
I ALWAYS catch a coon within 48 hours of setting the trap. *Tells you how many are...
Is there anyone out there that sells 12 gauge slugs in bulk? (Cast or swaged at a Good price)
I don't want any of them CNC machined Titanium Gold plated types.
I need like 1,000 of them.
...
Forum: Our Town
My Police friend got me some Wolf primers for $40 per 1,000 last week. Could only get 3,000 total. I have not seen primers anywhere in the Dallas area for about 3 months now.
Forum: Our Town
Is it my computer or What?
When I click on a post, many times the slide bar on the far right of my screen is NOT there?
But when I try a second time, it shows up.
I have a Sony Laptop with...
Forum: Our Town
I have me a 1995 OBS, F350, 5 Speed, 7.3 Powerstroke, Dually! I be the Original Owner.
I am in the process of upgrading it. Can you say "500 HP" ?
1) Fuel Bowl delete
2) Mechanical Fuel...
Forum: Our Town
HAZMAT fees are a SCAM.
“Hazmat fees” are a charge that customers pay to help a hazmat-related company cover costs related to their compliance with hazmat safety standards. "The practice is about...
Forum: Lathesmith's Custom Dies
Hi Lathesmith.
I would like to order a size die, PM sent.
Forum: Our Town
"i can breathe!" finally! Today i can access the website! Hell-a-lulu!
Blm - bees lives matter
Forum: Cast Boolits
Is that some type of special bullet?
Or is it cast boolit words that start with the letter "J"?
Does it follow "I-words" and preface "K-words"?
*Having a hard time figuring this one out.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have a Dillon 550 that I reload .30 carbine with.
I am using WW296 powder.
After 50 - 100 rounds, the powder causes the mechanism to get progressively "tighter" and bind to the point that I...
Forum: Our Town
Where did she come from?
B'OO'Lits - does that mean what I think?
THANKKS!
Forum: Reloading Equipment
So, the Dillon XL750 is touted as, "a high-speed progressive reloading machine designed to load common rifle and handgun cartridges, from 17 Hornet though the common belted magnum cartridges in...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I hear that. I pulled an external intercostal muscle resizing 45ACP brass. It took about 50,000 to do it.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I thought these were for the Magma Caster. ? Or maybe for the Magma Lube Sizer?
They are 5" long, and have a diameter of 0.620" The wires are 10" long.
Your help is much appreciated.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought a Dillon brass separator in ~1990 and I still use it to this day.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use a Harbor Freight LARGE Vibratory Polisher for cleaning brass. (Not a fan of wet cleaning, because I load 50,000+ rounds a year)
*** Bee careful of the "cleaners' you mix with the walnut...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Never, Ever clean brass with SS pins, unless the brass has been de-capped. A friend, (ex-friend now), gave me a few thousand 9mm brass that he had cleaned. I bent and broke a few decapping pins....
Forum: Reloading Equipment
SOT of Texas, and Oklahoma too I think. They sell everything associated with metal finishing. Walnut and Corn Cob is CHEAP! I pay $18 for a 40 pound bag.
I still got me a stash of 12 Gauge, 1 ounce, Hollow Point Shotgun Slugs, from "The Slugmasters", Leavittsburg, Ohio.
They state to load; PGS + 5/16" lubricated wad + 0.135" card.
Alcan ...
Forum: Military Rifles
M1A1 - powder, bullet, primer and brass
Powder - 4895 or 4064
Bullet - Hornady 168 BTHP Match - $100 per 500
Primer - CCI Large Rifle
Brass - Lake City "LR" Long Range or IMI Match 308
Forum: Military Rifles
Accushot Atlas - Can't go wrong with this one.
Forum: Military Rifles
I found me an 1884 Springfield rifle, 45-70 Trapdoor, at a gun show in Oklahoma in 2014 for $650. The gun was from an estate sale, that's the story. My research has found that it was never issued....
The data says the load is 900+ fps. I would not stand in front of that, even at 100 yards.
When testing, a slug went through a 4x4 set back 25 yards.
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 |