I'm sure a lot of us would like to start with one of these but don't want to hit the retirement fund in order to buy.
I started into PCP with a Daystate Huntsman Revere. Good quality but somewhat...
Type: Posts; User: alamogunr
Forum: AirGuns
I'm sure a lot of us would like to start with one of these but don't want to hit the retirement fund in order to buy.
I started into PCP with a Daystate Huntsman Revere. Good quality but somewhat...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I can't really say what it takes to have a never ending supply. A generous member sent me a large box of gray powder that apparently was salvaged(overspray?) from an industrial operation. I won't...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I just finished powder coating about 200 SAECO #130 .45 ACP boolits. I've had the mold for quite a while but seldom cast with it. Never bothered to weigh either. I'm about to set up to load some...
Forum: Our Town
Just read this thread from post #1 to the end. Enlightening to see all the different preferences in book types and subjects. I started reading books at about 9 or 10 years old.
The small town I...
Forum: AirGuns
I started in air rifles with a Weihrauch HW95 springer. I was 79(I'm 81 now) when I got it and really enjoyed shooting thru the back door of my garage. Enjoyed it until I over did things with a...
I bought 3 over 20 years ago. One each for myself and 2 sons. As I remember the original designer(father of the current builder) referred to it as a "Face Gun". Shove it in the bad guys face and...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Per the thread title, I responded and after a long wait, received a box of powder. I had forgotten all about it until the box showed up at the house. I had forgotten who made the offer and after a...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I did just that a couple of years ago. I wanted something to lay over my sand bags to keep from burning the jeans leg bags. Actually they are soy bean bags. I'll never wear out the apron I wear to...
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
Jesus absolutely is the Christ. Many intellectuals choose to disbelieve because they think that will solidify their position as intellectuals.
Others have already posted most of the reasons I...
I use my one and only mixture of lanolin/alcohol. The lanolin doesn't want to stay in solution so I have to shake it every time I use it. Then I only lube about every 5th case. For bottleneck...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I got my set on Ebay. It was missing a few pins and I took a chance that the missing ones would not be needed. So far that is the case. The whole set in a wood box was about $75 incl....
Forum: Leverguns
If I were 10 years younger(I'm 81), I would be looking to buy one despite the criticisms. So, my Rossi will have to do and it does what I want.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Just discovered this semi-old thread. I've got a NOE .311-180 FN K-31 mold. At least that is what is on my Excel mold list. I haven't gotten around to using it and may never. I don't know if the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Does load data for .308(7.62X61) apply to Garand conversions?
Forum: Our Town
Wife passed away last March. Pancreatic cancer was the diagnosis. Age and compromised systems left her subject to all the bad things associated with chemo.
I've made the decision that at my...
Forum: AirGuns
I've been doing the same thing and was about to ask about the advisability of continuing to shoot them or cull out. So far my abilities haven't been able to discern a difference in accuracy. Mine...
Forum: Rimfire Area
When prices hit .04-.05 per round, I loaded up each time it bounced that low. In the meantime I got old and lost my wife of 56 years, so I don't think I've shot a single round in the last year and a...
In addition to the S&W 696, I had a S&W Highway Patrolman converted to .44 Spec. and later bought a Freedom Arms 97 in .44 Spec. Love them all. Just getting too old to shoot them as much as I would...
Forum: Our Town
Another Consumer Cellular user here. Switched from Verizon same time I jettisoned the land line after my wife passed away. I didn't need phone like she did. We both had Iphones . I gave hers to...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Briefly looked at mounts on the Riton site. Looks like they make their profit on mounts after you are sucked in by the prices on the scopes.
Forum: Rimfire Area
Thanks to all for the advice. I'll start investigating the various options tomorrow.
Just talked to my son who is investigating suppressors. I'll also check to see what it will cost to get the...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I've got a CZ 452 that I've had for several years. I took some bad advice when I bought a scope and mount. The scope has about 1/16" range of eye relief and the mount doesn't allow any adjustment...
http://www.lasc.us/Fryxell44SpecialRevisited.htm
This article addresses the skinny part of the barrel extending thru the frame on the 696. I follow his advice and only use truncated cone boolits...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Several years ago I got the idea that if I had all the small primer .45 ACP I could accumulate I would never have to change the Dillon 550 since all I reloaded on it was .45 ACP, 38/.357 and 9mm. and...
Forum: AirGuns
Referring back to Post #6, as a beginning airgunner, I've just relied on the chambering of a pellet to straighten(sort of) the distorted skirts. Is the tool mentioned still available?
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 |