Since there is no gas vent in this rifle, the only path for the blast to go was down through the trigger lockwork so the only damage was to fingers, forearms and ears. I wonder if it would be possible to drill a 'strategic' hole that would serve as a gas vent? I realize it would violate any warrant...

Headspace or out of battery discharge. I have an old Remington 121 Fieldmaster purchased by my grandfather in '52 to go after muskrats in the dam at the end of a lake on his country place. This pump rifle had a nasty habit of blowing the heads off .22lr cases and shoving the case body about an inch ...

John Taffin says it raps his finger, too. Well, at least I'm in good company.. :D I'm looking to get 950-1000 fps out of these 250gr. XTP's That ought to be deer worthy out to as far as I'll shoot. Any ideas? Pistol powder I have available is H-110, Lil'Gun and Bluedot. You probably already know th...

Just for my curiosity, did anybody actually read the post I linked to? Joe Yep, sure did. Just had to reactivate my account to add this: Several years ago I bought Lee four die pistol sets for 44Mag and 45LC. I shoot cast bullets. The 44Mag pistol throats slug out at .430-.431 and the Marlin 1894H ...