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I am having trouble locating data for a specific bullet and weight (140 gr. Hornady XTP) in .357 mag for Hodgdon Lil' Gun powder. Hodgdon's site lists a Lil' Gun load for a 158 gr. XTP and I've found data for a 110 gr. JHP. So theoretically it seems as if the powder is appropriate for both light...

I just purchased a chronograph a few weeks ago and honestly I don't know how I've lived without one this long. As a reloader I find it incredibly useful in finding out what my loads are doing from my guns and not relying on estimates from the manuals (which so far I'm finding are almost always...

Ordered a Volquartsen sear for a MKII from MidwayUSA after reading numerous online reviews of how great they are. Installed it in my Pre MKIII 22/45 stainless as it's my most often used competition gun and the one I had intended for it to go into. When I got it installed the gun will not fire...

This is a somewhat belated product review in that I've had these for a few months. I've commented on them and recommended them in various LCP threads but haven't done a full writeup until now. I'll start by saying I love my LCP. I've had it since April of 08 and have put somewhere north of...

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Ruger fan. Have been since I bought my first handgun 15 years ago. It was a Ruger, that I sadly no longer own, and I'm currently well into double digits of Ruger products, with several more having come into and out of my possession over the intervening years. Last week I...

Posted this at Rugerforum.net and CSF last Friday, but thought I'd share it with the TFL crowd as well. Other than having bluing wear consistent with it's age and some use (and being filthy!!), it appears in great shape. Had some surface rust but no pitting. Surface rust cleaned up well. A...

A while back Arrington's had their trade in 870's for a pretty good deal and I picked up a couple. Ended up selling one and keeping one. It's an 870 Wingmaster 2 3/4" only that was an Asheville PD gun. Haven't run the serial number yet to see what year it dates to, but it's a pre-flextab gun...

What would you expect to pay for an 85%-90% Ruger MKII Govt. Target with 2 mags and no box/documents?? 6 7/8" Bull Barrel, Blued finish, wear on upper and frame, but no visible rust or pitting. Looks like it could be touched up with cold blue rather effectively. One grip panel has some funky...

My wife and kids and I were in Wal-mart the other night picking up some groceries and a few other things. My wife likes to use the self-check lines. I don't particularly care for them as I'd rather not pay a store for the priveledge of being my own cashier, but that's me........ So she was...

I had a chance a couple weeks ago to pick up this nice Target Grey GP100 from one of the members of our local forum. It came with the standard Rosewood grip panels in use on the GP100, but I felt like it would look better with the Grey/Black laminate Super Redhawk .454 Casull/.480 Ruger panels...

There's a woodland camo'd example at the local gun shop that looks to be in great shape. Don't remember the exact price on it, 4 something or other. But they'll probably take a little less than what's on the tag. I need another shotgun like I need a hole in the head but this one intrigued me a...

I've had and hunted with a .30-06 and .243 Win for years. I've also owned .30-30's and milsurps as hunting guns back in my younger days. Lately though as I've gotten a little older and as old injuries (broken vertebra in 2007 and knee and shoulder problems dating back to the '80's) have taken...

:) I've had a Mossberg 835 in OFM camo for years. Also had a blued/wood 500 for quite some time. Been mostly a Remington kinda guy though with multiple 870's an 11-87 and a couple of 700's to cover my rifle needs. I'd always said that if I ran across a model 500 in the same camo pattern as my...

I snuck out of work about an hour early today. Well, sneaking isn't exactly so. I'm the boss I'll leave when I darn well please :). But anyway I took the opportunity to hit the range for a short trip. It was COLD and windy or I'd have tried to stay a little longer. As it was I ran out of...

GP100's that is....... I've had the blued one for a couple months, but I just picked the stainless one up from my FFL today. Very tight lockup and sweeeeet trigger. It's 2007 vintage, the blued is circa '94.

Our Muzzleloader season for the Central region got under way on Saturday. I hunted Saturday morning, Monday all day, and this morning. Saturday I managed to kill an 8-pointer. Not real big or anything but not bad for this region. Yesterday evening I took a doe at 85 yds. I could have killed...

Remington's new "Ultimate Home Defense" ammo has got me to thinking (a dangerous prospect in and of itself). Not about the usefulness of this particular round per se, particularly because the skeptic in me tends to reject anything with the word "Ultimate" in the title, but about the usefulness...

.....and I noticed something funny when I was loading it. See what I'm talking about? No? Need a closer pic? Yeah, that's factory loaded ammo. This to be exact. I guess with all the mad rush to fill ammo orders the ability to actually get the bullet seated the right way in the case...

I took some time during my range trip today to pattern test my new-old 870 Police. Got this gun from Budsgunshop.com a few weeks back. It was a KY State Police trade in. Specs are 20" RS fixed IC barrel. 3" chamber with speedfeed I stocks. I added a +2 extension I had on hand and then ran across...

Picked this up from my transfer FFL on Thursday: Serial number dates it to 1989. It was sold to me as unfired and I see no reason to doubt that. There's a turn line from dryfiring, but no carbon or powder marks ANYWHERE. It came mounted with a B-square mount and an older Swift 2x20 scope but...