Not to tell you what to do, only what I do.
I have a first month 1969 bought new, production Marlin 444 rifle, not a carbine, no pistol grip. It has the micro grove riflng and is .432 groove. First...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Not to tell you what to do, only what I do.
I have a first month 1969 bought new, production Marlin 444 rifle, not a carbine, no pistol grip. It has the micro grove riflng and is .432 groove. First...
Forum: Our Town
No big deal, just got kicked off twice, with data failure, messages then got off and came back and had a double post.....minor deal compared to being taken down. You guys do a real good job, much...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
At least is was not the French / Belgian conglomerate.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I am just glad it was not the Belgian/French conglomerate bunch the went around the world buying everything in sight and screwed it all up with their woke and communist crap.
Anyone that has delt...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I always slug every barrel, never guess, never use any GCs any more and load to 2,700 fps with no leading in rifles including ARs, and with .43" groups with the 358 RCBS 200. With the plain base at...
Forum: Rimfire Area
This is a $20 junk M-510 I bought in a pawn shop for the parts, barrel had a dirt dobber nest built by a wasp into the muzzle that had eaten up about 2"of the muzzle area. So took it down, cleaned it...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Did not buy, was a gift. SIL had an 870 he wanted me to fix for him, the pump slide was sticking. Turns out it had an old rust spot on the mag tube, so disassembled, cleaned it up was pitted and...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
One thing the Hani rifle invites is a stub barrel change out, if you have a shop. Cut the old in front of the block, drill, ID thread, new barrel, turn to major, OD thread to match, chamber, etc.
Goes back to reloading 101, change any part of the load, then you always reduce the load and then work back up, to accuracy or the performance level desired. No short cuts or assumptions, ever, do...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have used Eastwood powder for auto chrome since day one, now nearing 20 years. I only do the shake and bake method and do not own a powder coating gun at all. At first I had problems here in FL,...
Best to always take a woman out to shoot several guns that may fit her and never just buy one you think she will like. Most unlikely that I have run across so far is my hunting buddy's wife that is...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I have several of each, plus the 6TCU and the 6x47 and the JDJ cartridges. The trick is to set the headspace on the shoulder, not the rim with a case with a rim. Use new unfired brass to form, and...
Forum: Our Town
The US Constitution says all citizens have the right to sell or trade private property. An as a representative of the owner, acting for the owner and in their behalf you can sell the property that...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Ain't going to be fooled again.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
When you travel around the country as a military brat, you find some great food from odd sources. A friend living in NW FL from Kansas City would have taco parties at his house. His father was a...
Forum: Our Town
This is the reason you ask the service providers where you live.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I use the 200 grain RCBS FP with about 20 grains of H-110/296 or 4227 with small rifle primers. Have both moulds, the plain base and the gas check versions. The plain base mould was discontinued by...
Forum: Our Town
DE works because it is talcum powder fine and made up of sharp edged crystals, like broken glass, the crystals get into eco-skeleton joints of insects and cuts their innards to shreads as they move....
Forum: Our Town
Suggest that you Do not ask insurance buyers for data, they know no more than you do, ask the folks that actually get paid, who it is that pays them the best and is easiest and fairest to deal with...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Sounds like a gun store "counter" story you can hear some strange and outrageous stuff in a LGS.
Forum: Our Town
Welcome back to the cast house from NW FL.[smilie=s:
Forum: Gas Checks
If you powder coat then bake nose down in a hardware cloth 1" deep upside down box, holding the bullet in the holes, base up, you do not need a gas check up to 2,700 fps. Repeat, You do not need a...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
If you want to reform brass, especially bottle neck cases, you need to start with quality brass and use quality dies, plus you always clean, anneal and size the brass before you even think 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 |