At a gun show last weekend I watched a vendor sell 4 or 5 tins of # 11 caps for $20 a tin. These prices make me glad I stocked up over the last 40 years on most everything shooting related I will...
Type: Posts; User: rbuck351
Forum: Muzzleloading.
At a gun show last weekend I watched a vendor sell 4 or 5 tins of # 11 caps for $20 a tin. These prices make me glad I stocked up over the last 40 years on most everything shooting related I will...
Forum: Leverguns
My Rossi 92 in 454 Casull has a tube that is removed from the front by just turning it 90 degrees, removing the inner tube and dumping the rounds out the front.
Turkeys here are more a nuisance that something hard to hunt or shoot. A 22 short at 10 or 15 feet would work fine or a 410 with a 1/2 oz load of about any lead shot would work fine. I use 9s in my...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I bought a knipex 7" slip joint pliers about 15 years ago for around $35. They still list for about the same price online. They are the best slip joint pliers I have seen. I also bought a Chinese 1"...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought an old Bonanza CO-AX a few ear ago that was missing a primer catch bottle. I'm on a couple of prescription meds now so I have lots of used pill bottles. Mine are about 3 or 4 oz size. I...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have about 20 presses but not a lot of room in my gun room. I have only two presses set up a Dillon 550b and a Bonanza CO-AX. The 550 has dedicated die plates for my popular pistol rounds and the...
I have used 444 cases for 15 years or so and they work well in two of the three 410s I have without any mods. The rim diameter is a bit small for the one. I have also used blown out 303 brass but the...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I haven't tried it but why not. The best of both worlds.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
8s or 9s for me. My press shot die said 1 1/4 oz but only held 1 3/16 oz. I used 6s for ducks and pheasants. I haven't hunted much of anything except grouse with a shotgun in quite a while. For...
Forum: Our Town
My dad was with the fourth armored, 24 armored engineers battalion as a recon platoon officer and was with the march to breakout Bastogne. I guess he is one of the few that would talk of his time in...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I use it only in my 350 Rem mag. I was using H4895 with a case full to the point of the bullet being pushed back out of the case. That was a book load. I then tried TAC which gave better velocities...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have several Lee nose rider molds. None of them are .300 on the nose. They range from .002 under to .005 under. The problem is, you don't know what your going to get until you get it.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I don't beat on my molds with a stick or anything else especially aluminum molds. I use leather gloves when casting and just open the sprue cutter by hand. For me, it's faster as I don't have to mess...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yeah, I too enjoy fixing broken/damaged things. I buy a lot of stuff that needs fixing if it's cheap but I would rather it hadn't been messed with before I get my hands on it.
Forum: Our Town
I lived in AK for 32 years and earthquakes were just about a daily occurrence. Most were not noticeable but every once in a while they were real thumpers. So far I haven't heard of any deaths or real...
I have a 454 Puma that I load with the Lee 452 300gr with a case full of Lilgun for a mv a bit under 2000fps. I used it as a camp gun while hunting moose in Ak.
For the underground yellow jackets, I use a weed eater over the hole and stomp the ground around the hole to get them to come out. I call it my whirling dervish. For around or inside the house, I use...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you start with the starting loads and work up like you are supposed to it won't matter which 4831 it is. The starting load on either one will be low enough you shouldn't get in trouble. I have...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The minimum powder in the pan is one thing I haven't tried. I normally fill the pan just below the touch hole. I was told the flash across the top of the pan was the fastest of the burn pattern. I'm...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
If I decided to sell them I would list them as is and let the buyer decide how they wanted to clean them.
Forum: Our Town
When I retired I insisted on having a home where I could have a range on my own property. I found that place about 2 miles outside of the small town of Eureka MT. There are only 6 or 7 places within...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
It already has a screw in touch hole but it is coned (sort of ) from the inside and it's not coned at a 45 degree angle. Also IIRC the liner is a 1/4". I will make one that is tapered from the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
About ten years back I bought a TC front loader at a gun show in Anchorage AK. It came with two GM 32 cal barrels and two locks, one cap and one flint. The flint combo is by far is the most fun to...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have a Rem 700 V in 223 and have never had an issue keeping view of bullet strikes with out any recoil reduction devices.
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 |