OMG, not sure how many hundred I have shot over the last 43 years or so, but yes the fur is really nice on them and at one time would net me 5 to 10 bux a hog. But, it never once crossed my mind to...
Type: Posts; User: mattw
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
OMG, not sure how many hundred I have shot over the last 43 years or so, but yes the fur is really nice on them and at one time would net me 5 to 10 bux a hog. But, it never once crossed my mind to...
Hands down the best recoil control stock I have found for a pump 12 gauge is the SpecOps active recoil control stock. My 5'4" 15 year old 150 pound daughter has a good time shooting slugs in my old...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I load most of my rifles with cast from .22 to .30. I will never flare another case, it is a draconian guess at best. Look into the Lyman M step dies and the NOE expander plugs. They expand the...
Forum: Our Town
Could not agree more... she will be 20 this fall and still loves spending time with "daddy". It is almost funny, her local buddies get after her all the time for calling me daddy and are just amazed...
Forum: Our Town
All good points. In IL we do not recognize any other states carry permits. As said above, without a FOID card an operable firearm not separated from the passengers will get you in serious trouble. ...
Forum: Our Town
Got to spend the day with my oldest at our range. She wanted to shoot bench rifles and her AR. Her eyes are so much better than mine that she regularly out shoots me. None the less it is fun...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I will say that last summer my daughter and I experimented with 221 Fireball in a bench grade rifle that both of us have significant trigger time with. We both ran the FB up to the top of the...
I use a 121 grain conical for my 380 Springfield. I really like the load, if comparing ft/lbs of energy to the lighter bullets there is not much of a gain, but the recoil impulse is dramatically...
They are wonderful units. I got mine after my daughter put a 221 fireball thru the previous model.
Forum: Vintage Powder Cans / Tins
I have had very good luck with 2230 C in 222 Mag and 221 Fireball. I am starting to run low on it, maybe 6-8 pounds left. I burns clean and seems consistent for me. I also have burnt a bunch of...
I have a 40XBR in 222 Mag that has been worked up to a fantastic bench gun. I have often thought that when and if the bore goes south, either 222 Mag/25 or 223/25 would be a good upgrade. My other...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I had green stuff one time, I was melting large amounts of lead pipe and traps. They came from an old lab building and I suspect it may have been a byproduct of copper or chromate based residue. I...
Forum: Our Town
Sounds like what I had 2 weeks prior to covid being identified publicly.
Is this an old Ohaus? I doubt it as they did not make 3C moulds that I know of.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a 23" 17 HMR, a 10" 41 mag and somewhere a 10" 357. I would like to get an 18" 357 mag, an 18"41 mag and about a 21" 30/30 at some point.
Forum: Cast Boolits
We have had a couple of Newfoundlands over the years, wonderful dogs. Our first one was running around the yard with one of the neighbors golf balls in his mouth, all of a sudden he stopped and got...
Forum: Our Town
@MrWolf... that is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks :)
Forum: Our Town
How do I find out when my site subscription expires? I can find everything but that, must be simple. :)
Forum: Cast Boolits
A very dear friend who has since passed. He taught me to cast for his Springfield Trap Door in the early to mid 90's. He then set me up with my first moulds, an RCBS Pro Melt from the mid 80's, a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yup, looks like you are beginning to have a proper setting for this fetish! Make no mistake, it is a fetish and oh man is it fun! I like casting as much as I like shooting and that says a bunch. ...
OMG, I love that mould! I have a 250 gr. and 275 gr. WFN that I use in my 657 for hunting, have not located anything with more weight that will fit the cylinder and leave enough powder space.
Forum: Gas Checks
I assume that they are made, but I have always used boring 30 cal. checks and they have served me well.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Popper, all of my NOE expanders are marked on the base... Or at least I think they are... will have to look now. I know they do mic pretty close to expected diameters.
Forum: Cast Boolits
You will want one that has the smaller step just below bullet diameter and the larger step should be .001-.002 over bullet diameter.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have problems with even Smoke's powders. Some colors, by themselves, just do not cover well. I have trouble with white, black, sometimes wine red and blue. But mixed... white and black are...
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 |