Such a ratty thing, you should send it to me so I could keep it out of view from onlookers. :bigsmyl2:
Type: Posts; User: ulav8r
Forum: Military Rifles
Such a ratty thing, you should send it to me so I could keep it out of view from onlookers. :bigsmyl2:
Forum: Our Town
Dad and a bunch of other soldiers tried to spend the night in a Korean farmhouse during the winter. The owners had left the area and no one had paid close attention to how the fireplace worked. It...
Forum: Our Town
Green Ash, even when well cured, leaves a lot of ash. I cut up one that was blown down, let it cure before burning, and it produced at least twice as much ash as oak or hickory. In this area red...
Forum: Shot Guns
Still miss my 11-48. Was sold years ago to keep food on the table and gas in my car so I could get to work.
Forum: Rimfire Area
I finally realized this thread was about a Bergara rifle. I have never seen one.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I bought Jerrows from Brownells in 1977.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Seek and ye shall find:
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2031232978
https://homesteadparts.com/shop/stock-finish-and-sealer-filler-dembart-2-0z-p-2312.html
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Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I found a ram extension on my lathe.
Forum: Our Town
Never burn anything but natural gas or propane without a chimney. Better to not burn those either. All combustion has by-products that are not good for your health, especially carbon monoxide if...
Forum: Our Town
Several years back my granddaughter was talking the her mom about their guns. Granddaughter told her mom, I will inherit Grandpa and Granddad's guns, then yours and Dad's. I will have lots of guns.
Forum: Our Town
Looks very good. I like it just barely done, almost gooey in the middle. Best eaten while it is still warm with a little cream cheese frosting.
Forum: Rimfire Area
The end inside the tube is ball shaped so the outer tip can follow the last bullet up
the feed ramp.
Forum: Our Town
Lived in Omaha for 3 years. In that time there were 3 days that the wind was not blowing at least 23 hours and 49 1/2 minutes each day. Said something at work about it and was told it was "Because...
Forum: Our Town
Plumbed my new house for propane, furnace and fireplace operating already. Water heater hooked up but not turned on yet. Cooktop and freestanding stove fireplace not hooked up yet. 8-9 months...
Forum: Our Town
Was talking to an airline attendant last weekend. He is too young to retire but has worked long enough to earn a pension, once he reaches retirement age. If he left now he would have no income for...
Forum: Special Projects
But they say they will use your email for marketing, implying that they would supply it to others. I already get too much unwanted email.
Forum: Our Town
My mother had it, about 3 years from diagnosis until she was legally blind, but she could still read large print with some difficulty for another 8-9 years.
Forum: Our Town
The dynamite story reminds me of one from the not quite distant past. While I was a student at CST, Jack Belk was one of the instructors. He had gone to school there several years earlier and went...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Though that checkering looks well done with straight lines and even depth, it has a major error. The length and direction of the diamonds is not "proper". The diamonds should be about 3 times...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
20 lpi will look better and still give a good grip. You will only have to cut a few more lines with the closer spacing.
Forum: Rimfire Area
Clean or not? Shoot targets from a good rest, keeping count of rounds fired. As soon as accuracy starts to fall off note round count. Then clean at about 60% of that count. OR whenever it makes...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Sierra uses extruders to make lead wire for the cores in their bullets. Load an 8" diameter slug about a foot long into the chamber, then use hydraulic pressure to to extrude a single wire, size...
Forum: Our Town
Manufacturing bean counters decided years ago that wide feet did not deserve separate sizes, so they cut back on their width offerings to make inventory easier to maintain. Wish they could be forced...
Forum: Special Projects
Turn the back end of the liner down to .627" diameter, about 3-4 inches long. Make a sleeve the same length, bored to 5/8", then polish down the liner to a very close slip fit. Then attach to the...
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 |