the last loads was working up for the 444 is with mp 432640 seated deep so it will chamber in 444s and crimped with Lee FCD. I started with 47 grains imr 8208.
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Forum: Leverguns
the last loads was working up for the 444 is with mp 432640 seated deep so it will chamber in 444s and crimped with Lee FCD. I started with 47 grains imr 8208.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
another thing on my mind is the cost. saw a spray can of kroil in store last week its now over $20. fortunately I have a gallon can of kroil and LPS rust inhibitor and other lubricants
but...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
as a fan of old ugly guns some of these old firearms being not well cared for and rusted up need freeing up and lubricating. my Current project is a very rusted traditions muzzle loader.
ive been...
Forum: Our Town
oh no, im not in the burbs, im in a place where the sheriff will come out for old ladies and shoot feral dogs. ive keep 12 gauge, 22 pistol and rifle and a 22 pellet gun handy one at each door just...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
whenever im out and come across pewter I always give it a squeeze and see if it bends. that aluminum stuff will not bend by hand but pewter always will
Forum: Our Town
they are partly his kittens of the three ive seen 2 of them look just like him, yellow. the other one is black and white just like big boy, the dominant male of my pride
Forum: Our Town
momma cat brought out her kittens to the food bowl yesterday. they been hiding in the shed. I was just out there and heard a commotion. the tom was killing the kittens. first clear shot I get on him...
Forum: Our Town
no need to dump unwanted woodchucks. they are some tasty meat and the fur makes excellent glove linings among other things
Forum: Hunting with CB's
you can use those same bee slugs in a 22-250 and easily rip both lungs out of any monster buck
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
ive never had a bank where I had an account refuse a US postal money order and I dont do much online anything so I dont have PayPal, hello or any of them other things
Forum: Our Town
I had kept bees for years when I lived in florida. all of my boxes were home made and I still have about a half gallon of honey comb and honey and a big block of bees wax
Forum: Our Town
if you put some melon rind in one of those wire cage traps. have a hart traps or a knockoff look a like trap I guarantee that critter will go in there and get caught
cooked briefly in a pressure...
Forum: Our Town
like square butte ive found that a surefire way to attract them crop destroying ground hog/wood chuck is with using cantaloupe/musk melon rind.
either that or try growing melons, squash or pumpkins...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I'm no expert but a couple ways ive removed paint stripper. first put on chemical proof gloves then scrape the goo off with a plastic bondo spreader then scrub with fine steel wool. I'm not sure...
Forum: Our Town
is kia under warranty? if so. you might try stuffing a potato in exhaust pipe. that should put some codes in the computer
Forum: Leverguns
rossi can make some very good guns from time to time. the ones that had the puma emblem on the receiver and the Hartford are two examples. this new 95 sure does look like an exact duplicate of the...
Forum: Rimfire Area
here is a little write up on the bsev
https://chuckhawks.com/savage_bsev.htm
Forum: Rimfire Area
ive not seen a bergara 22, but bergara's in general are excellent rifles. very accurate right out of the box. the one I have is in 6.5 creed moor and is like a highly refined Remington 700 much more...
Forum: Our Town
I guess every situation is different. but some of the suggestions here remind me of a jimmy buffet song that says something like dont tell others something g if you have not done it yourself and know...
Forum: Our Town
I remember a solar storm hit years ago and popped breakers and melted power lines in Canada and up north that way in New York. power was out for a while from news reports I saw.
ive yet to see a...
00 doesn't fit into 20 ga shells very well. 9 pellets of #1 or17 or 20 pellets of #3 depending on wad. its been a while I think the last ones I loaded I used sg20 wad or mg20 wads
ballistic...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I found one scrap yard that has lead and will sell to me anything I want to buy. it's a couple mountains away and about 100 dollars in gas for my truck to get there and back.
ive got a line on...
Forum: Our Town
for quite a few years ive had a big black snake living 14' up in remnants of chimney pipe sticking horizontal out of one of my buildings. until a few weeks Aho there was a dove nest in it, haven't...
is buffalo arms making molds and dies now or just ordering for one of the known masters to make?
just thinking out loud here but we are in a golden era of custom mold makers.
im not sure if it...
I picked up an old Lyman rn flat point 44 cal machine mold, the only numbers on it are "448" that is missing the sprue plate. my friend want to convert it for hand tong use and we were wondering...
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 |