Depends on how much time I spend at the Tiki Bar!
Type: Posts; User: jsizemore
Forum: Our Town
Depends on how much time I spend at the Tiki Bar!
Forum: Our Town
I bet that was an eye opener when they got in the shower.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I was at the grocery store earlier this week. Check to see what the price of any produce might be to get something fresh. 4 ears of sweet corn was $5. I'm pretty sure that's above spot. Aged (?)...
Forum: Our Town
Just southwest of Hickory, NC at Vale. Hosting business is Bullseye Sports. Larry Willis started it and is shot on some family land. The land is so hilly that you can't grow crops on it so it's...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use my star to size after PC. So PC adds the time to coat and bake. Takes the same time to to size and lube or just size. It takes me 20 minutes to coat 800 bullets and another 30 minutes to bake....
Forum: Cast Boolits
It's always good to explore and master all your options.
Forum: Our Town
Couple weeks ago headed to the Hickory groundhog and egg shoot. Practiced a little after deer season. It's been about 18 years since I'd been. Have a young fella (58) that has been getting accuracy...
Forum: Cast Boolits
PC and HiTek are another tool in the box. No more, no less. If your mold casts small both coatings might get you up to the size you need. If your getting into casting you can save some money from...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Sig P320 AXG Compact in 9mm. Sig custom shop FCU. Only thing plastic is the mag base and the box it came in. Oh, and the striker spring keepers. The rest is METAL. Really good shooting gun. Even with...
Forum: AirGuns
I catch them when they ain't lookin' and smack them to the ground and stomp 'em. Not as good with my left hand as I used to be.
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
In the 60's there was a fella south of us that paid $10/foot for rattle snakes. He'd milk them for antivenom. The cattle farmers didn't mind us youngins getting rid of them in their pastures or land...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
My miniature manchester terrier killed a rat that used to get into the dog and chicken feed in the barn when I was a kid. The rat could open the trash can lids holding the feed. When he had killed...
Forum: Our Town
Jenn-Air 2 speed downdraft fan is great for a casting exhaust. If noise is an issue you can mount it remotely and use 6" hard duct for your intake. 5" exhaust can be hard to find duct parts but...
Forum: Rimfire Area
EFR Leupold. Got a couple of the 6.5x20x40's mounted.
Sometimes the alloy and/or mold block temps are too high.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A friend that prototypes and manufactures power supplies for electrical equipment says about all his customers specify lead free solder. He knows from experience that lead makes the solder joint more...
Forum: Cast Boolits
What about the lead from the priming compound? You didn't mention it.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm sure they were a 4 pack for a buck. Fortunately I wasn't the end payer for the $5 each bulbs. I ended up buying a milkhouse heater for the pump house with the filter, pH and pump control/well...
Forum: Our Town
I repaired my first dual fuel slide in range today. Complaint was that the oven wasn't cooking the food completely. A Kitchenaid model KSDG950ESS1.It's in the island so it's downdraft exhaust. Not...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use incandescent bulbs in a few pump houses to keep them from freezing in the winter. This past winter they were near impossible to find. 4 100 watt bulbs cost $20 at the appliance parts store....
Forum: Our Town
Why should I ignore what somebody has to say? I realized that when I came back stateside in 1974.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I had a little trouble with sizing after PC. I used a lanolin/isopropyl mix to lube before sizing. Increased my bake time to 30 minutes @ 400degF and the lube ain't necessary. I coat as soon as...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I've loaded a bunch of different rounds. Maybe swapped the shell holder plates 5-6 times and used the LS jaws twice in 20+ years.
Forum: Our Town
Just wondered if you had been at the groundhog shoot Saturday morning and I might have passed you.
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 |