32 long And subsonic go well together. I shoot them in my Ruger single 7 and love the combination. I don’t reload them as that would be quite a test for my aging eye’s and fumble fingered hands,...
Type: Posts; User: Alasgun
Forum: Single Shot Guns
32 long And subsonic go well together. I shoot them in my Ruger single 7 and love the combination. I don’t reload them as that would be quite a test for my aging eye’s and fumble fingered hands,...
Forum: Shot Guns
Answering the question, an “11” shares similarities with the Browning A-5 and while you have some adjustability the system is designed to work off the inertia generated during recoil, to cycle the...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Im surprised that no one’s mentioned when you thread away from the chuck; you are cutting LEFT hand threads! I’d agree with others saying; light cuts, no concerns; and the proper methods of “setting...
Forum: Special Projects
Overall im happy with the results but in any project like this ; it’s never just exactly the way you envisioned it in your mind’s eye, which gave me the heading for this thread! Combining components...
Forum: Special Projects
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It is finished! Here’s the results. It weighs 11.2 lbs.
Forum: Special Projects
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Today i browned everything; now it sits around a couple day’s to cure then after a good scrubbing with white scotchbrite and Johnsons wax it will move to the “done pile”. Here’s the small...
Forum: Special Projects
The checkering is done, the wood is stained and im beginning the finishing. Previously i’ve used Anilin stains by themselves with great success and im particularly fond of a very deep red finish on...
Forum: Special Projects
303111Remember me? The garden season is slowing down so today i did a little scratching on the trapdoor. Pretty crude at this point; but one of the 4 panels was roughed in today! Once the checkering...
Years ago while living in the Dakotas a fellow was making a variant of the revolving rifle BUT with a twist! His were either normal; thumb cocked single action OR they could be pumped to cycle! Cute...
Forum: Special Projects
“Success” would be leaving well enough alone!!
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Replacing the barrel makes the most sense from both a time and expense standpoint. There’s numerous places you can buy a good barrel up to and including e-bay!
Forum: Muzzleloading.
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Start with the barrel wall thickness, add 3/4 of an inch to go into the powder column, and 2 inches sticking out the side. This is plenty from a safety standpoint; you don’t...
Great caliber! Years ago when we lived in the Dakotas; i hunted deer with a 6.5x55 simply because my .270 ruined a little more meat than i would have liked. The 6.5 topped out where the 270 started...
Forum: Our Town
It’s funny to me how people will buy stuff thats really easy to make yourself! Im not an aquaponic’o but i am completely familiar with fish emulsion. I keep a 55 gal poly drum out back that’s been...
Forum: Our Town
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This is an Alaskan greenhouse tomato, Celebrity hybrid and we grow them every year. Go to a “tomato site” for good information. Renaissance farms, Tomato fest etc. Our’s are grown...
Forum: Our Town
Since you are that close, go up to Big Timber and check out the Sharps rifle co’s. I believe both are still operating on the same street!!
A while back i bought a Single 7 .327 mag, stainless, birds head for a boat gun. I added a lanyard ring and polished up her innards to eliminate the nowdays customary ruger gravel feel! Then made a...
Forum: Special Projects
Beechbum, if your interest goes cold because you cant just screw some take off barrel into that action; pass along the sellers information so the rest of us could have a look.
There’s numerous folks...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Coon chili is pretty good, use to eat some that way when we lived down in America. Dont change anything about your chili recipe, just use coon meat instead of whatever. Ground or pre-cooked didnt...
Forum: Our Town
This all sounds wonderful, enjoy your trip. Be sure to visit some of our MANY weed stores, probably more of them than you have espresso stands where your from! And notice all the trashed vehicles...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
These are correct for gun purposes and very reasonable! No need to add extra anything, they can be purchased with the proper finish! Plug ;slotted, black oxide, oval or flat head into the search! I...
Forum: Our Town
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Swimming up-stream again; i have to ask. Why remove it? Any thing you do to ease removal will make a tight fit more difficult when you re- install it, Short of epoxy; which is a quite...
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
This is serious stuff folks, not to be looked at like an SAT test; where you pencil whip it then put your head on your desk for a 45 min nap! You need to have the right answers. Scripture tells us...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Yes i checkered the stock but i cheated quite a bit, im no checker’er. First of all i decided to use the flat top style as it is easier to fool you visually because the lines aren’t pointed up so...
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 |