I purchased this one last year. https://www.leer.com/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=HF650M
I love it and for my needs it's the best I could find. I wanted lockable and waterproof.
Type: Posts; User: M-Tecs
Forum: Our Town
I purchased this one last year. https://www.leer.com/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=HF650M
I love it and for my needs it's the best I could find. I wanted lockable and waterproof.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I've only done switching Blackhawks to Bisleys. The Bisley grip frames required extensive fitting. I used a milling machine to remove excess material.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
After turning myself into a Prussian blue mess a couple of times I switched to kerosene lamp. That worked very well for me. After I started shooting High-power Service rifle I switched to using a...
Dry firing with proper follow through. As stated above the sight alignment shouldn't changes as the hammer falls. The way to tell if you are doing it properly is to compare the actual bullet impact...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Chad Dixon of Long Rifles Inc still cuts the receives for them and he may do bolt on guides also. ...
Forum: Our Town
It works very well for rust and seems to last a very long time if the metal is oil and grease free. I not sure if it does provide future rust protection? If it does it's very limited. They do...
Forum: Our Town
https://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-gun-laws/new-york/
https://legalbeagle.com/6808278-new-state-black-powder-laws.html
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Forum: Our Town
If Cabalas and Midway will not ship that product to that location, you have a well-researched answer.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
No problem on showing you my setup in a month or two. Currently doing a redo of the layout with the addition of the surface grinders and the 3 phase compressor.
The Haas TL-1 & TL-2's are great...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
No reason it could not be. At the time these were designed DRO's weren't common, if they were available at all. Some lathes had travel dials but again not common for gunsmith type lathes.
The...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Most of the serious machine tools are going to be 3 phase. Depending on what you get rotary or digital phase converts are an easy and cost-effective option. Machine requirements are based on what...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Congrats, now that you are done with school any thoughts as to where you're going to hang your shingle?
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
It's been a very long time since I've seen one and I have never used one. I prefer a floating reamer holder verse the Dem-Bart Micro-head which is nothing more than a micro-stop for controlling...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Cheap stands start at about $15 on amazon. That being said county gents advise about proper holding a mic aids in accuracy and proper feel.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
0-1 Mics normally are zeroed by cleaning the anvil and the spindle face by pulling a clean piece of printer paper thru them. Gage pins close to the size of the part you are measuring ensures that...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I love quality tools. Most of my personal tools are high end. US made if possible. That being said some of the Chinese imports are 90% of the quality but 25% or less in cost. For low usage or...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
If you go with Krieger you have several choices for rifling types. You also can pick your land/groove width. Standard is 30/70. Some claim for lead the 50/50 width gives the best accuracy. I have...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I am hoping for better. Manufacturing and machining Technologies have come a long way since the Contender was designed. Too the best of my knowledge Contenders never required the hand fitting some...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The old SAAMI spec for 45 Colt was .454". By the 70's most manufactures switched to .452" bores. The current SAAMI 45 Colt bore is .452". The current SAAMI 45 Colt bullet size is .456" -0.006". ...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Hopefully this will be good news.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/gregg-ritz-acquires-thompson-center-arms/
Wabash, Indiana (April 30, 2024) – Gregg Ritz, a prominent figure in the outdoor...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I've never killed a coyote with the 223 and cast. I have killed a lot of coyotes. If you are looking to recover to sell or tan furs expansion is very desirable. In the 70's I shot dozens of a...
Forum: Our Town
Unless you have an explosion venting storage safe storing BP in a safe is not a good idea. If you are storing guns any material that burns other than stocks is not a good idea but you can get by...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Looks like that one gets your attention when you pull the trigger? Very nice.
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 |