I had what I think was RSV over 12 months ago .......nearly killed me then,and now I seem to have permanent lung damage ......maybe I should have gone to see a doctor.
Type: Posts; User: john.k
Forum: Our Town
I had what I think was RSV over 12 months ago .......nearly killed me then,and now I seem to have permanent lung damage ......maybe I should have gone to see a doctor.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ive noticed to push the sprue plate by hand,you generally get some shrinkage cavities in the base ,when the sprue is set harder ,the bullet is more solid.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Ive seen claim by those who know that Trailboss is almost identical to whats knows knows as "Smokeless Initiator" ,a blckpowder substitute in artillery propellant ......and for this reason ,I see no...
Forum: Our Town
I tried Evaporust on a complex mechanical part......for sure it removed the surface rust ,and rust from th gear teeth,but the rust jamming up the clearances is still there ,and the part is still...
Forum: Our Town
If you want cheap,molasses works more effectively than expensive store bought chemicals ........electrolysis also works cheap ,but needs a bit of juggling of large parts with shaded areas...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
German tools are nice......but the prices .....$600 for a set of combination Stahlwille wrenches ...........Knipex tools are all around $100..........Im old enough to remember when there were junk...
Forum: Our Town
I dont see why I should give everything away just because Im old .....sell this ,sell that ,get rid of the motorbikes ,get rid of the lathes ...etc ...etc.......why?
Forum: Our Town
I dont care who gets my stuff ....once Im gone,I certainly wont care .............the fight will be over the land value ,worth a million times what a few guns and motorbikes are ...............I...
Forum: Our Town
I had a right side hernia done last year ......surgeon said I left it go too long (due to covid) and he had to do a 5" long incision to get my guts pushed back in..........anyhoo,never felt a thing...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
CBC is excellent brass .......however check the priming ,as pre Bolsanaro ,the cases often had Berdan primers ,to make them difficult to reload.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Some Winchester P14s have a windage adjustable and finer graduated rear sight ......this was a sniper sight .
Forum: Military Rifles
If you have a P14 or Ross ,you can use 308 data ..........for SMLEs or Martini Enfields ,data for a 30/40 Krag ,or a 7.65 Mauser are OK...........between 30/40 ,7.65 ,and 303 ,you will have pretty...
Forum: Swaging
If I wanted a hydraulic press ,I could make one from bits I have ,............lately Ive been watching the free ads for a flywheel type punch press .....there is generally one in the free ads every...
Forum: Swaging
As I understand it ,the bullet dies are the expensive part ,and needing repolishing every so often at a quoted price of $1000..........there is no need for a hydraulic press power unit to be 3 phase...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The Spanish tried to blow up a rolling block as part of selection trials ..........with barrel plugged ,and 270 gr of powder ,the gun could not be blown up.....This trial is widely documented.
Forum: Military Rifles
As Ive read ,it will be impossible to 'hose' bullets with the new guns...........if you dont have an acquired target ,the gun wont fire at all.........the gun fires when the optics see the set...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The 303 blackpowder round had a solid compressed pellet of blackpowder weighing 71grs ..........there is no way that much loose blackpowder could be loaded into the case ...........Both blackpowder...
Forum: Our Town
Once you own your own house and are settled ,you are pretty stable ........young people who cant even think about buying a house,and pay half their pay in rent are permanently angry about ...
Forum: Our Town
I was critical to the continued functioning of the business I worked for ......both the partners knew it well,but being skinflints was so ingrained with them ,they refused to secure my further...
Forum: Our Town
House prices here are insane ..(not that Im complaining) .....an old house with a fallen in roof and derelict for 15 years sells at auction for $2.4 million........A house with converted chicken...
Forum: Our Town
The only thing Ive ever made any money from is land .......I recently sold my junkyard for over a million,I bought the land in 1980 for $12,000 and included in that was tons of scrap metal and an old...
Forum: Our Town
As a kid I picked strawberries and beans for a few cents an hour .........I was able to buy guns and old motorbikes with that .........first real job was IIRC about $40 a week ..$1 an hour.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
For sure .....the blocks are high carbon steel ,and hardened ..........and if you weld they will turn glass hard and need to be annealed to drill .....if you break off a drillbit inside on a hard...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
If you buy reagent grade its going to be a lot more expensive than industrial ......but it will also be 100% pure ..........my 1c worth is that anything you can make explosive out of is watered down...
Forum: Our Town
I got my last job at 50 ......pair of skinflints paid me labourers wage for a plant mechanic.........then they would make a big deal of a 50c raise .......pretty soon ,I was keeping the whole place...
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 |