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With the several threads we have had lately, discussing this, I thought it would be fun to get only slightly more scientific and make it a poll. So I'm asking DO YOU or WOULD YOU (if you handloaded) carry handloads in your PERSONAL defensive handgun? Not your issue piece, with issue...

Help me, oh TFL wise ones. I recently bought an Ishapore Enfield. That's an Indian .308 version with a notched rear sight forward of the magazine. Not the way-better aperture at the rear. Its shooting decent groups, but I'm 8" high at 100 yards and a full foot high at 200 yards. That's...

Hmmmm. I love reloading. I just cranked out 102 .223's in my favorite varmit load. (45gr bullet with 26gr. H335 and a CCI 450 primer). The powder measure was going snick-snack (tap-tap) snick-snack. Then the press was going thunk (rattle) thunk. And I have 2 boxes ready to go. But I found...

Or should I say 5.56 NATO.... I usually don't buy brass, because I have finely-developed scrounging skills. But this was $2 per hundred for Lake City brass. So, how good is it? Should this be relegated to plinking ammo, or should I use this for the serious varmit hunting in the spring?

Local gun shop is going out of business, and clearing out inventory. They have a 6.5X55 1902 Karl Gustav that has been sporsterized: -Nice IRON sights. A requirement in my book. Dunno what sights they are, but the front sight looks like my Rem700 (small white bead, serrated ramp) and the...

I recently became the happy owner of an Ishapore Enfield. As we all know, once We obtain a firearm, We must accessorize it. And the first accessory I'm looking for is stripper clips. Will standard .308 NATO clips (like the Aussie surplus) work? Or are there Ishapore-specifit clips? If so...

I took my two younger girls camping for the first time last weekend. Ages 7 and 9. On the way up into the mountains, they asked me if bears live up there. I try to avoid lying whenever possible, so I answered that, yes, they do, but they try real hard to stay away from people, and there are...

Local gun store is going out of business. They've got an Ishtapore Enfield in .308 marked at $150. I may be able to get it for $125 or less. Bore looks good. So how are they? Is it a good coversion? Any durability issues converting an Enfield action to the higher pressures of .308...

I just started reloading .45acp. Man, I love the big cases, big bullets, etc. Easy to handle. I bought a set of Lee dies for the cartridge. And I'm having some trouble. Wondering if this is normal. When I seat bullets, about 3/4 of them seat normally. But on about 1/4 of them.... There...

Just bought a pound of TiteGroup. Trying a new powder. Have been using Unique, which I like, but its dirty and I wanted something cleaner. Did some research here, and TG seems to get good marks, but I don't recall seeing any comments on how it rates for muzzle flash? Whaddaya say? To get...

I got to thinking about my gun purchases. In most cases I selected the cartridge first, then the platform. IOW, I want a .308 hunting rifle. I end up selecting a Rem700. But I know I wanted a .308 before I knew I wanted a Rem 700. The two exceptions I can think of--I decided I wanted an AK...

In my never-ending quest to shoot more for less cost, I'm considering using the 147 gr. pulled milsurp bullets in my plinking loads for my K-31 and .308. At a cost of $55 per 1,000 (what's shipping cost? drat!) they reduce my ammo cost from about $5.20 per 20 using commercial bullets, to...

A question to those of you who have used scout-type scopes (long-eye relief scope mounted forward of the action.) How do you like the scout scope? Is it a gimmick? Or an improvement over traditional scope setups? Is it all Cooper says it is? As I understant it, the benefits are: -Quicker...

I almost left the tumbler on all night last night. If I had, would there be any negative effects on the brass? Excess wear? Or would it just be 'real' clean. I use corncob media with a Tbsp of car polish.

We've had some threads about the shelf life of powders--but what about primers? My buddy's widow moved, cleaned out his shooting room and found a couple cases of primers I use. The few individual boxes were marked 79 cents, and were from Walgreens (!). CCI primers in old packaging--trays...

For those who missed it, I thought you would enjoy reading it. Firearms content? A list of the weapons systems Kerry has voted against. Enjoy. Posted: September 1, 2004 10:30 p.m. Eastern (WorldNetDaily.com cannot copyright someone else's speech)

Saw the specs in the AIM Catalog. 30gr. lead hollow point at 1,750fps. I'm thinking it could change my ol' Romy .22 from an effective 50-yard whistle-pig gun to a 75-100 yard whistle-pig gun, if the accuray is not bad. Anyone tried it?

The thread on motorcycle "what do you ride and how do you carry" had a small hijack about musicians--what do you play and how do you carry at gigs? So I thought I'd start a dedicated thread for TFL musicians. What DO you play and how DO you carry at gigs? I play a '73 Jazz bass through a...

I liked the thread hijack so much I thought I'd start a thread for REAL hunting haikus. Poems about the hunt. Haiku's are a simple format. If you've never written a poem before, this is one of the best to start with 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables Try to tell a whole store using poetic...

I have a .308 load that I am very happy with, using H335 powder. I got a new kind of bullet, and wanted to put together a load for it. I got a half can of Varget from a friend, and I'm tying to convince myself that it would be worthwhile working up a load with Varget. I am not doing a very...