It all depends on the woman's character - which none of us can know; you are the one closest to the situation and the people who are involved.
My second son's girlfriend was thrown out of her...
Type: Posts; User: HWooldridge
Forum: Our Town
It all depends on the woman's character - which none of us can know; you are the one closest to the situation and the people who are involved.
My second son's girlfriend was thrown out of her...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I've been threatening to buy one for the last 6 months - just haven't pulled the trigger (pun intended). Looks like you are having fun with it.
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I don’t know where you live, but those big Asian hornets are now in the far Northwest part of the country.
And if you live in the South, it might be a cicada killer - those will not bother a...
Forum: Our Town
Spring is over. We hit 97 yesterday; it will be like this until September - unless a tropical storm wanders in from the Gulf.
As one of our old weathermen was fond of saying, “Hot and dusty…”
Forum: Special Projects
Hi James…we all get by with a little help from our friends (was that a song?).
Very nice cloth laminate can be made from old Levis. Glue, clamp, cure and cut to size…
Forum: Special Projects
Micarta makes a good handle and is almost indestructible. A lot of people also wrap handles in paracord using interesting patterns then seal with hard epoxy. I generally used mesquite or osage wood...
Forum: Our Town
I doubt a 2016 car will have a clogged catalytic converter. Maybe if it was 20 years old and you were running leaded fuel.
On the other hand…
If there’s a recall, drive it around for a day or...
I have some Federal 44 mag brass that dates to 1977, when I bought my first Ruger Super Blackhawk. I lost a few pieces (less than 5) to poor collection methods, but have never split one of those...
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Steel will spark against something like flint because small fragments are "burned" off the surface by the rock striking the surface. The bullet is doing the same thing - I suspect if...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
There are quite a few 50-70 rifles on Gunbroker right now - one of the Remington rolling blocks looks nice.
Mine is either Winchester or R-P - I have zero Starline brass in 45 Colt (and probably no need to buy any in the future).
Forum: Testing Area
They will probably shoot low. I tried some of those from Matt's in my Ruger Old Model 45 with 7-1/2" barrel and ran out of elevation adjustment. However, it might not be as noticeable from a...
Forum: Leverguns
A buddy of mine owns one and hunts with it regularly. He uses a 265 gr JSP, but I'm not sure of the powder or charge weight. I'll ask and post the data if he's willing to share with me. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Haven't tried this but I would likely stack a bunch of boolits in a biscuit pan, fill it with water until the bearing surfaces were covered, then hit each one with a propane torch. Heat the first...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
A friend of mine owned a .40 with a GM barrel, while I had a .45 ball shooter. I used 70 grs FFFg in my rifle and he used 60 grs FFFg in his .40. Both shot comparably and would stay on a playing...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I use a brass piston in an aluminum housing and have never seen any swelling or distortion. It’s difficult to see how a piece of steel pipe would be affected but stranger things have happened, I...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
With access to a lathe, one could turn any size capsule from plastic rod and also make caps. Most folks don’t shoot huge amounts of small shotloads so the production time would be minimal.
I load #4 for my son to use on snakes and varmints. IIRC, a standard shell takes 15 pellets.
Forum: Our Town
CLR works well, especially with agitation. The process needs to be “killed” with baking soda and the bare metal must be protected with some sort of barrier.
I used to produce thousands of small...
Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
I remember it was a plain round barrel but I didn't pay much attention to how it was mounted - this was over 40 years ago when we were shooting that rifle.
It might have been a clamp-on mount for...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
That's the guy - I recalled he was killed by the cobra but apparently not. Maybe all that snake venom helped him live to be 100!
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
People can build up tolerance to snake bites - it's just that most people don't get bitten more than once. I had a blue heeler dog which I know for a fact was bitten four times in the course of her...
Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
A buddy of mine had one of those Tasco scopes mounted on a model 700 bolt gun in .308. We used to shoot varmints with milsurp ammo - lots of fun!
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
IMHO, only reason to kill a snake is if it’s venomous or threatening the poultry. Therefore, a person only needs to identify the dangerous ones in your area. We have all four basic species here,...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
One of my godsons went through the Colorado school about 12 years ago. He graduated with multiple projects that he brought home to finish, but he hasn’t used the training to any great extent and is...
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 |