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Charles

Glad to know Terry is up, about and still doing what he does best, i.e. being Terry. He is a great guy, but a little short on patience with human nature. I will have to admit, it (human nature) does wear awful thin as the years go on and I have to remind myself daily that I am one of those "ess...

Charles

I an not a fan of paraffin in bullet lubes, although some is not the kiss of death. Candle wax usually contains several different waxes of different types with some additives thrown in. Some of it works as a bullet lube base and some does not. I have used some 70% beeswax alter candles with good res...

Charles

During my 37 years in the pastoral ministry, I have seen way to many suicides and have ministered to those left behind. In every situation there is guilt felt by the survivors. The amount of guilt varies, but it is always there to some degree. This is unearned guilt, in that we didn't do anything to...

Charles

It is entirely possible to bend long slender rifle cast bullets in the sizing process. This has been a long known thing. The fix is to use a sizer that pushes on the base and not the nose. The Lee sizer is an example of a "nose first sizer". Various folks make gizmos that hold RCBS/Lyman s...

Charles

He built a hell for stout, reliable and useful rifle. He will go down in the history books as having a big influence on 20th Century weapons design. I wish his family well as the adjust to life without him.

Charles

A decent trade is when one person trades a gun he has, for another gun he wants more and both parties are happy with what they got in the deal. If making money is the object, then you sell what you have and buy what you want.

Charles

model55 wrote:It should fit a 1911 as well!

Nope, won't fit a 1911. I tried it.

Charles

Here is a nice vintage Brill holster for the Browning Hi-Power and left handed to boot. Rob Leahy of Simply Rugged latched on to it and passed it on to me, knowing my fondness for Texas stuff, Hi-Powers and I am left handed. Did I mention I like it allot!

Charles

When we do the right thing, it is because it is the right thing to do. What happens after that has no bearing whatsoever on what we did and the reason we did it. When I was a kid, it was said "virtue is it's own reward", and life has taught me the truth of that.

Charles

I bought a set of Lyman dies about 25 years ago and they have worked well for me.

Charles

That is very light weight for a safe that size. Methinks it had a composite door and fairly thin sides, top and bottom. The price is pretty cheap as well. Take a look at a Graffunder or Brown, you will pay 4 to 5 times that price and get 4 to 5 times the weight for a safe that size.

Charles

Lyman made their 56 W88 for the rifle in question. They are out of print, but show up on Ebay and other sites from time to time. I bought one a few years back and it simply screws into the factory holes and requires no alteration to the stock.

Charles

I started shooting in the 50's and variable scopes were still in the future with the exception of a couple (Weaver KV and Bausch and Lomb) that I never saw on a rifle. The common wisdom was a 2.5 scope was fine for general hunting except for fine and are shooting at antelope and western mule deer. F...

Charles

I have used Rit dye and linseed oil (boiled) to finish stocks. As others have suggested it is an alcohol based dye. IF you are finishing beech and birch it will take an alcohol based die to stain the wood. Oil based stains while great for walnut just will make a mess on beech and birch. Fiebings lea...

Charles

For 44 Mag, 357 Mag to be fired from a rifle, I would go with No. 2 as suggested.

For handgun loads I would prefer something softer and would go with 1-20.

If I could only buy just one, it would be No. 2

Charles

Hoppers that size were still around when I was a kid here in Texas. We used them for trot line bait to catch the really big cat fish. Sadly hoppers that size and the cat fish that ate them were taxed out of existence by the Democrat party. If doesn't take anything more than a good 22 HP to kill the ...

Charles

Mann was an MD who got stinking rich selling the rights to a machine he invented to grind chicken bones into meal. He spent the rest of his life delving into why bullets did what they did. He had a scientific bend due to his education, so he was very methodical. The book can be very technical and de...

Charles

Mann was an MD who got sticking rich selling the rights to a machine he invented to grind chicken bones into meal. He spent the rest of his life delving into why bullets did what they did. He had a scientific bend due to his education, so he was very methodical. The book can be very technical and de...

Charles

I first checked that book out of the library in 1954 and read it three or four times over the next two years. I have the same reprint you have and still read parts of it from time to time.

Charles

I make certain my powder measure is set correctly by throwing ten charges and dividing the weight by 10. That is the average of ten throws. I then lock the measure and load. I don't check it again, unless I have some reason to think the measure has come out of adjustment, which is never with the equ...

Charles

As time goes by shooters that cut their teeth on peep sights are getting fewer and fewer and thus misinformation begins to abound. I don't know if I am bragging or complaining, but I am one of those who started target shooting and hunting with peep sights. Let me give you the facts as I know them to...

Charles

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Charles

The 30-06 is the poor mans .308,30-40, 300 savage, 30-30, 32-20 and a whole bunch of other calibers. We have known this for 100 years. The man with good 30-06 has an arsenal at his disposal.

Charles

sixgun... I have both a Remington and a Smith-Corona 03A3 and if forced to choose, I would keep the S-C. High Standard was making spare 03 barrels and was the original contractor for the 03A3. Lacking the capacity needed, H-S pulled Smith Corona in on the contract. H-S continued to make the barrels ...

Charles

.310 or .311 will do just fine. Be aware that some of those Marlins have little or no throat/free bore, making the use of cast bullets with a driving band out of case neck problematic. Not all, but some...

Charles

I am not paranoid at all, which means I don't think there are people out there actively seeking to harm me. But, like everybody else I might be in the wrong place at the wrong time, or my home might be selected at random or by mistake by some pendejo violence on his mind. I have a firearm within arm...

Charles

I live within 3 miles of the border of Texas and Mexico and Mexico is no place you want to be or live these days. Firearms ownership will be impossible for you. Violence, crime and corruption is way out of control in Mexico. I have also lived in Central and South American and none of those places ar...

Charles

They say "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." and " Just no accounting for some people's tastes.", but I think that is one nasty looking firearm

. I would probably run a fellow off, if he came to the door with one of those as a gift for me.

Charles

This discussion and often the resulting arguments has been going on since the mind of man remembereth not. Military experience of Kyle or others in a military situation where use of FMJ ammo is mandated by international law really is not relevant to our civilian defense issues. I hold the position t...

Charles

If that Eddystone 1917 smokes, it is not because of the bore condition. Go back to school on that one. Original 5 groove Eddystone, Remington and Winchester 1917 barrels tend to run large at .309 or a smidge larger in the grooves. WWII rebuilt 1917s were barreled with 2 groove barrels by Johnson Aut...

Charles

Q. Where did your cases go?

A. Your cases went out the ejection port of your pistol.

I am sorry, I really can't help myself, for I am so literal about these things.

Charles

Historical inaccuracy about firearms does not bother me, as most of the others parts of the films are also historically inaccurate. I have yet to see one that I felt was an accurate representation of life in the Western United States during the 1865 - 1900 period. They are what they are, films put t...

Charles

I have a least a bushel basket full of gun leather and some of it is very high dollar. I am a big guy with am ample waist and belly and have never found any IWB that was comfortable for all day long carry. People keep telling me, that is possible if you know how. They then tell me how, I try it and...

Charles

I have a least a bushel basket full of gun leather and some of it is very high dollar. I am a big guy with am ample waist and belly and have never found any IWB that was comfortable for all day long carry. People keep telling me, that is possible if you know how. They then tell me how, I try it and ...

Charles

I find it interesting that Co. A was stationed in Alice which was/is the county seat of Jim Well county, yet he enlisted in LaSalle county two counties NW from Alice. I guess they enlisted them all over the place and not just at Co. HQ. The Daily Report was written in San Ygnacio which is indeed dow...

Charles

Back in the early 60's, I had a friend who damaged the blade of his Randall knife splitting kindling and such. He sent it back to Randall to be fixed. Randall did fix it, but it came back with a nasty and profane letter from Bo Randall waxing on about the kind of a fool that didn't know the differen...

Charles

I have listened and participated in the HD arguments for years with each side saying they had the truth. I live less than 3 miles from the US/Mexico border and live hip and thigh with the Mexican drug thugs and the possibility of a violent encounter is higher than it is in many other parts of the co...

Charles

Sixgun....as far as I can see and measure, NEI 257-89-GC #19 is an exact clone of the aforementioned Lyman mold.

Charles

I have been casting and loading for the 25-20 WCF since the very early 60's and have found it quite easy to find a good accuracy and effective load. I have both a Winchester 92 and a Remington 25. I have only used one load in both for many years. It is Lyman 257312 85 grain GC over 9/4227. I cast th...

Charles

Color me cynical, but I doubt Edwin Booth's loyalties had anything to do with conviction. His fame and fortune came from the urban North and not the rural South. He knew which side of his bread had the butter.

Charles

The BHP is a must have pistol for a true gun nut. They are sheer elegance in machined steel. They also fit my hand well and I can make one sit up and do tricks.

Charles

The Allied D-Day invasion of France was a pretty big battle and changed the history of allot of people and countries.

Charles

I don't have any of those pastes or polishes. Would 2,000 grit wet/dry sandpaper be a reasonable alternative, or would it be considered too abrasive ?? Cheers, Carl I would not use emery paper no matter how fine. Mothers Mag Polish is sold anywhere auto wax and polishes are sold and that is about e...

Charles

I polish most of my steel reloading dies with Mother's Mag Polish on a paper shop towel wrapped about a bore mop, powered by an electric motor. It removes no steel, as I measured sized cases before and after the polish. The case dimensions are the same, but the amount of force needed to resize is re...

Charles

That is a fine vintage American rifle and I am glad you have it. Even better because it belonged to your Grandfather. You uncle is a slug for gouging your mom on the price. He should have given it to you. I would have. I recently returned a sword to a family after it had been missing for over 100 ye...

Charles

It is good to see Terry's pic someplace other than the wall at the Post Office!

Charles

When I went to the range Saturday, the range owner and my gun dealer, said he had a present for me. He gave me a copy of the aforementioned book by Chris Kyle. He had read it, and passed it on to my. It is a very good read and a great book for any student of American history and firearms. I highly r...

Charles

I have one like it, but left handed. I bought it new in 1971. Great rifle and very accurate.

Charles

Yep, you can. To find out, I went to the shop and pulled out a LC 73 7.62 case and a Lyman Shell Resizer in 300 savage. The case came out with no increase in neck thickness (.015) and the base reduced .0005. Trim to length and you are good to go. I have a collection of 40 of theses Lyman hand sizing...

Charles

You can't expect accuracy from an entertainment program, where the Wyoming Sherriff is played by an Australian, and the Cheyenne Indian by a Pilipino.

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