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Type: Posts; User: edp2k
> use a filler, either on top, or in the bottom of the cells in a 380/9mm box.
Thanks for the input :)
I have tried that, and the result has been lukewarm.
putting a piece of foam/cardboard in...
I have googled the heck out of it but can't find anything.
Definitely not MTM or Berrys.
A 9mm box has too much horizonal and vertical play to keep a 32 auto round from rattling out of it's...
Hello All,
Does anyone know of a good translucent plastic ammo box for 32 auto ammo?
I have googled the heck out of it but can't find anything.
Definitely not MTM or Berrys.
A 9mm box has...
You are correct; I stand corrected :)
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/04/01/odd-guns-hk-vp70z/
https://www.primerpeak.com/the-hk-vp70-the-most-important-bad-handgun-2022/
Is there room to put in a small "E" clip to take up the space on the loose mold half/handle/pin?
or even a home made E clip made of some small diameter wire.
I believe they are for a French rifle, I think it's called a MAS 49, caliber 7.5 French.
Google for that info and you will be able to zero in on the details.
Forum: Our Town
How'd you get all that snow in Mississippi?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
2nd knob and bar is likely a different size powder (charge) bar.
The modern Dillon powder measures can take 4 different sizes of powder bars: extra small, small, large, magnum...
Forum: Military Rifles
If you clean the bore and eyeball down the barrel and look at the gas port
(its tough, I know) does the gas port look eroded?
What diameter are you sizing the bullets to?
Is your barrel chromed...
Forum: Military Rifles
Maybe you have a burr or erosion in your gas port.
Many fals are build on parts kits from the 50s/60s/70s (i.e. 60+ years old) and some
(e.g. Imbel kits used in south american wars and izzy kits)...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Instead of cotton or paper, use an earplug in the impact puller.
Good use for a used earplug.
Forum: Our Town
"I'm here for your head Fat Man!!!" said the Hitman.
Santa responds with "Your think you're the first???!!!" and a blazing 1911 and Walker Colt :)
Forum: Leverguns
Go to the grocery/drug/whatever store and buy a pair of nice thick foam shoe insole pads.
Cut to fit.
Or steal from a pair of old sneaker (wash first) :)
Forum: Casting Equipment
if the flat pan is teflon/non-stick coated, and it looks like it is, do not heat it to high temps (above a couple hundred degrees).
at higher temps it will give off very toxic gases.
google it if...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I don't even know how someone could crack an upper like that,
short of using a hammer, which is likely what happened.
In the beginning Tanfoglio made 9 mm and 40 S&W guns using their small frame,
and 45 ACP guns using their large frame.
Then (15? 20? years ago) they changed over and made the 9mm and 40 on the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The extractor has a cutout that matches the rim diameter of whatever cartridge this is chambered for.
Next, determine if this is chambered for a rim fire or center fire
(my eye ball says that the...
Back in the day when Ideal started making 310 dies sets, using a
non-standard (i.e. non-SAE) / proprietary thread size and pitch
was no only very common, it was prevalent.
(Plus the auto industry...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
As usual Outpost75 is right on target :)
The 38 Special was originally a black powder cartridge.
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 |