I carry a 6 round leather belt slide in my pocket with 2 Speer snake shot and 4 back ups for my S&W 637. Don’t need it as often as I thought I would out here on the farm.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I carry a 6 round leather belt slide in my pocket with 2 Speer snake shot and 4 back ups for my S&W 637. Don’t need it as often as I thought I would out here on the farm.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
You are absolutely right about the rounded bands but that’s what I got with pure lead. I don’t consider them rejects (yet). What I did get is a .359 bullet with a good hollow point ( for the most...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Here’s some pure lead bullets I cast last week using an old single cavity Lee mould. RogerDat is correct, a hot mould and hot mix are your “friends” with pure lead. I don’t powder coat but my friend...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cast 250 of these from a single cavity Lee mould
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
That gets me in under the wire. I’m about 1/2 mile west of 281 and a few miles South of I20
Forum: Our Town
Nursing homes use those vehicles. You might try checking with homes in the area and see if they have anything.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I’ve pretty much gone to Everglades plated bullets. I’ve been very satisfied with both their products and service.
I also have a Model B that’s ancient. I generally put my brass in a gallon zip loc bag with warm water; a little dish washing liquid; and some lemi shine. I tape the mouth of the bag with duct tape...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I use a 3X9 Nikon Prostaff on my lightly customized 10/22. Does a good job.
Forum: Our Town
Franklin’s is the one I hear about all the time in Austin.
Forum: Our Town
Probably was Gilbert’s. Just down 281 from Boaz. Have know the sisters that own the store all their lives.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I’ve been buying plated bullets from them for years. They have been great to deal with.
Forum: Leverguns
My son’s .44 Rossi had that problem. It turned out to be the plastic follower in the mag tube. It had split on the back side where the mag spring comes in. The more rounds loaded the wider the split...
I have a 45 Colt Bond arms derringer which can shoot 2 1/2” .410’s also. I have found it to pattern much better with conventional CCI 45 Colt snake shot.
Forum: Our Town
Going down to the local feed store and picking up meds is not so easy anymore. Last week I was in need of some LA200 antibiotic to doctor an ailing calf. I was told that new regulations required a...
Forum: Shot Guns
I carry a Savage “Camper” .22/20 ga on my Ranger most of the time. Carry a few slugs in the glove box. I’ve killed quite a few rattlesnakes and several varmints with it, just because it was there. It...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Got my belt for my Model B Thumbler Tumbler at a sewing machine repair shop.
Forum: Our Town
“Remedy” is what you want. We use it to kill mesquite trees. If it will kill them it will kill anything.
Here are my 2 snubbies in .357. They are my 19-3 and 640-3. For a carry gun I much prefer the 640. It weighs 20 oz and has a 2 1/8” barrel which is borderline for pocket carry but I find it as easy...
Forum: Our Town
Yep. Can’t tell that story without choking up myself.
Forum: Our Town
Back around Christmas time my the deacons in my son’s church bought 200 cooked hams and passed them out in the immediate area of his small church. They had distributed 70 the year before and ran out...
For target loads I use WST; 231; and 244. For higher performance loads I use Unique.
Forum: Our Town
The Academy close to me has the worst check out lines I’ve ever seen. Several times I’ve picked up items to buy and finally after 15 minutes or more of waiting in line put the item back. A friend of...
Forum: Our Town
I heard a guy say he had moved one using golf balls under it as rollers. But I have no first hand knowledge as to whether that will work.
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 |