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I've got something that should work great on what I'll call 'cheap wood' gunstocks. That would be something like birch, but not the good stuff like Walnut. A buddy of mine had a table that he needed refinishing. I sanded it down to find that it was just plain old white pine. Hmmm. So I dug...

Surely some of you fellows have Windows 8 (I just got it on Monday, with the new PC). Is there some way to arrange to go direct to the forum instead of having to google it up? Maybe there's an app or something. Just for info, Windows 8 is making me crazy, but I can see that once I have...

Today, not being able to find the powders I really wanted, I bought several pounds of BL-C(2) to put behind some bullets I found recently. Normally, for small critter use, I shoot 40 Nosler BT's over H335, but I'm running low on both of those. I have a few hundred of the Sierra 40 gr Varminter...

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Finally. I've been backordered on Lapua 223 brass for months. Looks like it's on the way to me. Maybe reloading stuff supply is getting a bit better. Bout time.

I have a Remington Model 33 single shot 22 bolt action. It has no serial number, so I think that means it was made in the first 2 years of the 3 years of manufacture (1932 and 1933). Every now and then it'll fail to fire. Puts a dent in the primer rim, but apparently not a good enough dent. I...

I finished all my centerfire reloading and shooting and put all the stuff away. Then I got bored, so I decided to sight in both my lever guns (39A and 9422) at 50 yards. I had them sighted in at about 30 yards, but decided 50 yards would be better. Scopes on both are old Leupold 2-7, but both...

I'd like to try some of the TSX bullets in my 220 Swift, and I have two questions for the folks that use them now. First question is about the copper. Is copper fouling particularly bad with that bullet? Second question is what bullet to use. They offer 50 grain, 53 grain, and 55 grain, and is...

I'm just now beginning the comparison test between several types of case resizing dies for the 223, and the resultant accuracy from each. Ruger Hawkeye stainless in a Hogue stock with full aluminum bedding channel. Leupold VX2 6-18 scope. Nosler 40 gr BT. H335 powder. CCI BR4 primers. Nosler...

I've been shooting my 220, working on the loads with 60 gr Partitions. Wasn't getting much in the way of decent groups yesterday and it was getting late, so I thought I'd clean the bore. I gave it a good cleaning with Butch's Bore Shine and got all the powder fouling out, along with some copper...

Reloader 17 in a 220 Swift? Yes, yes, and yes again! Wow I'm working up loads for my 220, using the 60 gr Partition and IMR 4064 and it's not going that great. I can shoot the eyes out of a gnat with 55 gr Ballistic Tips, but the Partition is giving me fits. I've got some Reloader 17, which I...

Well...heck. I've been prepping brass prior to reloading for my 220 Swift. Was going to work up loads for the 60 gr Partition. The cases are Winchester and have never been fired. They've probably been in my 'extra brass' container for maybe 10 years or more and sealed in a plastic bag the entire...

So yesterday, just about 10 minutes to 6 pm, a medium sized hog walked into range and I dropped him on the spot. I'll guess he weighed about 100 to 120 pounds. It was time for supper, so I walked on back to the house with plans for the morning to drag the recently deceased to a spot where I'd...

With all the rain we've had recently, I expected that the pigs would come back, and they did exactly that. Had about 8 of them come out on my hay field at approx 250 to 275 yards. I just can't find the words to tell you how happy I was. It wasn't far enough to bother with the rangefinder, so I...

If you had asked me a week ago if I had a favorite rifle, I'd have mumbled and hesitated, and said "probably not". But this morning I put the deer rifles in the safe and took out my old Ruger 77V in 220 Swift. It now has a new (well, relatively new) Douglas barrel in a lighter contour. I took it...

Yep, here's the same old topic by a fellow that wants a new scope. And heaven knows I've commented plenty of times to ya'll on what I think and what I recommend and what I don't like. So here's the deal. I came into some money and it's more than I expected (that's nice, huh). I could now afford...

On a post a week or two ago I mentioned that I was considering rebarreling my Dad's old 270 Ruger Ultralight, but planned to clean it and shooting it to see what it would do in its original caliber of 270. Man, that thing was nasty. I could've colored a swimming pool with the blue that came out...

So I have this old Ruger 77 Ultralight (tang safety version) in 270. I'm thinking about rebarreling it and getting it all 'tuned' up, but I don't have a hunting caliber chosen yet. I have a 260 and a 270 already, so something new is in order. I'm thinking maybe 25-06 or 6.5-06, since it's a long...

When I started reloading some 30 odd years ago, I full length sized everything. Later, based on what I had read, I went to Partial Resizing. Later on I went to neck sizing. Due to some discussions on this forum and some info from competition shooters, I found myself wondering if maybe Neck...

Frustration...After finally deciding on that Tikka T3 Stainless Lite MT in 260 Remington, I set about trying to find one. I guess they don't offer that caliber anymore, because nobody I've talked to can order one. So...I thought I'd just get the Sako 85 Stainless Finnlight in 260. That rifle...