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I have not done any gun stock finishing for many years. However, yesterday when finishing the scales on my new-made Bowie Knife, I found that I still had a partial bottle of Tru-Oil... would not have to buy another bottle for just those scales. I found that beneith the crust on top, there was...

I have been trying to find information about high capacity magazines relative to the new anti-gun bill. I take it that such mags are banned as per the bill, but have not seen any reference to "grandfathering" existing, already in possession mags (as was in the 1994 act). Someone enlighten me...

Way back in the "old days" when the .45 ACP was the target handgun (before being dropped for the 9MM by the military), it was known that .45 ACP cases would fail to enter the shell holder due to the rims (yeah, I know it is "rimless"), growing too large due to being reloaded many times. Back...

I just cast about 500 of these and have begun to seat the checks on them. I had forgotten how labor intensive making these and getting them checked, sized to lock the checks on, powder coating and sizing them again is. If I did not already have the two RCBS molds, I would just use my...

I went out yesterday and shot 50 rounds of my handloads in my recently acquired RIA 1911 A1 .38 Super. They functioned at 100%, were accurate enough for my home range, falling plate 16 yard range. Cases = Starline .38 Super Comp. Powder = 4.7 Titegroup Bullets = Home cast, RCBS 125 round nose...

What was the basis for only 18 rounds in 20 round mags during early Vietnam War? 1. Anecdotes? 2. A sociological norm (seemly "good idea" accepted by most, A.K.A., "group think")? 3. Actual government (Army, Marines) data (tests of loading 18 vs. 20 rounds)? If based on actual studies, is...

I use my home-cast, powder coated, gas-checked bullets to keep my .30 M1 Carbine fed. Before anyone asks, no I have never had a problem with cast bullet debris plugging the gas port hole. If it did, I would unscrew the gas plug and clean the hole out with a small wire... no Biggy. The .30...

I have 7,000 or so of the bullets I cast for my K38 shooting, but find that I have a hankering to shoot my .38 Supers more. So, I need way more of these RCBS 120 G.C. bullets. I have a salamander heater out in the garage where I do my casting. I have some more gas checks on the way from...

I am tired of seeing the Bullet Casting forum with no new entries for such a long time. I don't have any questions, just though I would "poke" this area to see if it will stimulate people to post. Here are some of my heavy .44 caliber bullets that I powder coat and load in my .44 Special...

One can only speculate if the fall of the Afghan Army will enable American made surplus M4s to hit the market. I can see the advertisement now: "For sale Afghan Army M4s... never been fired, only dropped once." :) ;)

Looking for some rubber (not plastic) bumper pads for my 1911s. Looking for the cheapest with self-tapping screws (I am going to have to drill some of my magazine base plates).

In reference to a previous and expired thread: Is it true that "A modern 1911 will feed properly assembled semi-wadcutters from any magazine."? The only magazines that I have that have intermittent jams are the type on the right of the picture I posted. The others have wadcutter lips and...

I went out and shot 100 rounds of .45 ACP in my XSE Colt Combat Commander today. It is part of the last 200 rounds I had that is lubed with NRA 50/50 Alox. I decided to take the gun down and clean it inasmuch as that NRA lube always leaves the gun full of oily sludge. Sure enough, having to...

I noticed in the re-runs of "Tour of Duty", in the opening scene where Sgt. Anderson charges his M16 in the helicopter ("Lock and load"), the charging handle seems to snap back into the receiver when he releases it. I have owned a Colt H-Bar Target at one time and have a current home-build...

I went out to my home "falling plate" (actually swinging plate) set-up to shoot 100 rounds of .44 Special. Wow...at 77 I am no longer up for the recoil. After 10 or so rounds, I had enough of the recoil. The load was only 4.1 grains under a Keith-type 250 grain home-cast bullet (the last of...

I have a M1 U.S. .30 Carbine for which I have ordered (and received), a complete spring kit and a bolt assembly/disassembly tool. The Carbine had no problems, functioned (notice I did not say "ran") ...I just wanted to be prepared for any minor problem if it should manifest itself. I...

Being a revolver man, I only own three autos. Being concerned that someday that 13-15 round Browning H.P. mags will again be restricted at the national level, I ordered and received two more 15 rounders from Mec-gar. I also got two more .38 Super mags from them also. So at this point I have...

The M1 Garand although beloved by those who were issued it in Basic Training and as an infantry weapon, had some faults. Firstly, the rounds in the internal magazine could not be "topped up" handily during a lull in combat. Secondly, the ammunition was so heavy that it limited the amount an...

Having recently watched 8 of the 9 (I own 1-8, the 9th is on its way via NetFlix) in the series of Tom Selleck's Jesse Stone character and his gun-handling. His character's gun being a Smith & Wesson SW1911 (Gunsite) - .45 ACP which incorporates an "external" extractor rather than the G.I...

In regard to my very modified ("Franken Colt") Colt .38 Super Combat Commander, one last modification came after it arrived in the mail today. After much searching for an extended slide lock that fits .38 Super, found one from Fusion Firearms for the seemingly reasonable amount of $44.95. I...