Drawing's tomorrow
Type: Posts; User: nodda duma
Forum: Military Rifles
So what is the community opinion on James River Armory products? Seems to me to be decent but I've had little interaction with their products.
Forum: Military Rifles
Saw this come across my thread and I gotta tell ya... An M1A has been on my list for quite some time. The Rockola looks sweet.
https://wn.nr/rPhp7F
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I saved the baby formula cans from when our kids were babies and use those for brass and bullets
Forum: Our Town
Grew up in the Ozarks, worked for the Navy and learned to cast in California, now I live in NH. Not sure what to vote for lol
Forum: Our Town
Thanks for the heads-up. Just took advantage of the deal.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Interesting to read. My first batch was last month and it burns significantly faster than Pyrodex. I think it was the corn size since I used a fine mesh. I'm wondering if I ought to test it in a...
Forum: Casting Equipment
WHOOPS my mistake and my apologies. You are correct. Internet posting, beer, and thinking about work don't mix lol
Forum: Casting Equipment
There is no thermostat in the Lee pot. It's just a simple rheostat (look up the definitions).
If you do your homework and search, all the parts you need to make a PID controller will be about...
Forum: Our Town
Engineers are famous (or well-known) within their trade. In my trade the famous engineers are folks like Rudolph Kingslake, Dennis Taylor, Warren Smith, etc.
Btw here's a list of famous...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
It is easy to make but safety is most important!
Rock tumbler from harbor freight is very useful. Use lead balls for milling. Lots of good info on pyrotechnics websites. Get a set of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
So I don't think I learned to cast the right way..
A few years ago, a coworker gave me his uncle's old 30mm ammo can full of casting gear..a can which hadn't been opened since the 50s.
So...
Forum: Our Town
8 degrees up here in NH. Not as cold as it was last week. No wind either, which helps.
Forum: Cast Boolits
My mom shipped some meat up to us... Priority mail 2 day. It got lost.. Lol. I hope it doesn't show up now. It's been MIA for two weeks.
I could clean that rust away easily in an electrolysis tank. My wife's grandfather's Kar 98 was rusted all over like that. After removing the rust using electrolysis and a wipe-down, it looked brand...
Forum: Our Town
Under certain circumstances the water can become superheated...reaching temperatures significantly higher than boiling point without actually boiling off. Remove it from the microwave, stir it or...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Funny, I actually set out to do this on my own. I hadn't realized PID controllers could be had for so cheap until I searched eBay out of Idle curiosity. When I saw they could be had for so cheap I...
Forum: Our Town
It's kind of on the end viewer to educate themselves on what they're looking at.
And realistically speaking, the folks who post comments are probably the geek types who understand what they're...
Forum: Our Town
Not sure why you'd get worked up. The raw image data is available in the public domain. You could view that raw imagery and judge for yourself what they did.
And that's the great thing about...
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 |