As far as I can tell there were 4 regulars left until about 2 years ago. We were on early in the mornings. The biggest problem then was getting booted out of the room and having to reenter. Many...
Type: Posts; User: Hdskip
Forum: Our Town
As far as I can tell there were 4 regulars left until about 2 years ago. We were on early in the mornings. The biggest problem then was getting booted out of the room and having to reenter. Many...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I can go through a fair amount of 296 shooting skeet with my .410.....
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
The .223 has been necked up to .30 cal. With most bullets it doesnt feed well in AR platform. It is however a lot of fun in a bolt gun.... There is something in between called .30 HAMR. I have no...
it is used for 12 ga shotgun target loads in this neck of the woods
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Started a conversation with good data as a result. Nothing wrong with that.
Forum: Special Projects
This is a very under engineered but effective rod that works very well.
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
To answer your question about heavier bullets I would first ask if we are still speaking of cast bullets. If so I may investigate farther in the future as time allows. I have tried enough jacketed...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Thanks for the information and sources. Most of the needed parts for this project came from Numrich including the stock. I have not tried the PTG bolt heads either. I have used shotgun trigger guards...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Here are pics of the bullet I'm using. These were acquired in a trade so I was just utilizing what was on hand. I was unable to find a magnum bolt head at the time so I did open the head up to magnum...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have a p17 action that has been converted into an inline muzzle loader. it too had a horrible trigger. Timney used to make a replacement trigger for it . I solved that problem with the replacement
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Heavier bullets I tried were in 2- 2.5" range. Acceptable but as has been said " Only accurate rifles are interesting". As far as fitting the action no modifications were done. Ive only had 2 in the...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I shot 5 shots across the Magnetospeed and came up with this result. Needless to say I'm pretty happy with it. This is a load consisting of 19.0 grs of Unique, federal large rifle primer, 150gr. gas...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
One of last year"s projects was to turn a Savage 30/06 barreled action into something with more character. 30/06 held little interest for me so 300 H&H became the project. The work was completed and...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
There was a lot of cleaver jig and fixture design in that clip. Many tracer and panto-graph machines were used also. to an old manufacturing guy it wasn't so much what they were making as it how they...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I find that the chip breaker is key in that type material.
Forum: Backpacking and hiking!
My most memorable bp trip was in '69. Five miles back in the mountains of Virginia and hurricane Agnes made an appearance well after dark. Many inches of rain along with high winds made for a long...
Forum: Our Town
this is from Wiki......Weight of shell: 1,920 lbs (4 AP crh shell), 1,938 lbs (6 crh AP shell – 1937). Weight of charge: 428 lbs cordite, 490 lbs cordite for supercharge.[
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use this gauge to compare shoulder length but could adapt it to do the same by locating on the ogive of a loaded round.
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Forum: Military Rifles
I think this is what you might be able to use
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Forum: Leverguns
As I have often stated: "Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should!"
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Until about a month ago there were 4-5 of us that were there in the early mornings. Occasionally just pop in and leave with out saying anything. Worst part of the Chat was getting kicked out...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks. I even have Briley tubes and have never seen them before.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I recently acquired some reloading equipment and these 3 items were in one of the boxes. I do not have the first clue as to what they are. they are anodized aluminum and are all different sizes on...
Forum: Our Town
I can't speak for loaded ammo but components for reloading have been hard to come by for sure. Shot is up around $60 a bag. Powders are scarce and higher in price. Primers are really scarce. Most of...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Trying to burn smokeless powder is a seriously bad idea.
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 |