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Greetings all, Picked up a box of Hornaday 110 grain .270, their version of a ballistic tip. My rifle is 22" 1 in 10 twist. Mauser action. I'd like to vaporize them... Anyone have pet loads to share? I've a healthy selection of powders, like many others only magnum primers in the stash. Thanks...

Adding a new caliber always means new dies. Wal-Mart gets 33 bucks for 20 rounds of 30.06. A quick inventory check revealed no 30.06 dies in the house. Hmm, I do have 7mm Mag and 257. Weatherby mag. Very unlikely those two calibers will be coming home anytime soon. 2 for 1 works for the store to...

I shall post up pics. I've been a fan of the old JC Higgins model 50 for a very long time. It's rather nice that fine blued steel and walnut go so cheaply these days. I've owned the Model 50 in .270 Win since the late 80's, the finest rifle in my safe, it now has company, a model 50 in 30/06...

Heard about this on a radio talk show, did not get the state this "permit" will be issued in. I know it sounds like I should be posting this on April first, but the news item was alleged to be accurate. Anyone heard about this at all? The reasoning behind the story was the sale of permits would...

Greetings, I have a genuine oddball. I've spent a fair amount of time researching, and can't find an exact match to what I have. So far I have determined it is original blue, appears unfired, and is in quite excellent condition, bluing discolored just a touch of freckling and corrosion but...

Just what the title says, what is the maximum? I'll assume it's the itty bitty .17 caliber. So what is the maximum? At what FPS do the bullets "vaporize"?

I had more fun at the range yesterday than one should be allowed and I only fired a few rounds. A quick recap, I work closely with a Japanese company that makes the equipment I sell. My company has N. American distribution. I spent the day yesterday with my sales rep for that manufacturer. We...

I stopped by my favorite used gun place the other day for my lunch hour. I like to look thru their used racks for bargains. I found the bargain of a lifetime, and it fits me like a glove. She is a 1918 LC Smith Specialty grade. It's a single barrel trap gun. The condition of this "Elsie" is...

My weekend got off to a pretty poor start. My neighbor woke me from a sound sleep at 1:30 am Saturday, dude your car got damaged. Went outside to find that a reckless driver had nailed my parked Prius and crashed it in to my 4Runner, 2 in one shot. The Prius is totaled, slight damage to my...

I recently bought a Stevens 311 A 12 ga. (Sears marked gun) about 50 years old and in real nice shape. My issue is the gun is quite stiff when cocking. My 20 ga 311 pretty much cocks from the weight of the barrels when it is opened. The 12 ga. you have to pull down on the barrels to cock it. It...

I bought myself a nice xmas gift, a late 70s-early 80s Win 101 12 ga. 30" full and mod. I have had it to the patterning boards and found the pattern a little large for my liking at 35 yds. The bores appear to be perfect. I'm in the process of installing a Graco adjustable butt pad to better fit...

I have a 1925 vintage Savage 99 in 30.30. Great old rifle, and in decent condition. It's one of the take-down models. Complete with the way cool cartridge counter. I'm not a big fan of the ol 30.30 cal. any thoughts as to options for a rechamber? I know they made these in .308 at a later date...

CZ 82 Here's mine after a quick strip and cold blue of the slide.

A friend gave me this, obviously the action has been harvested, looks like a 98 Mauser to me, bore looks like 8mm, haven't measured but it's a big hole:) The only marking on it are pictured, I haven't removed the forend wood but no markings visible on the metal. Anybody recognize this one...

I splurged and bought a mate for my Stevens 311A 20 ga. It will now have a 12 gauge brother. Always liked that little 20, it was my first firearm. Well I spotted a JC Higgins / Savage 311 12 ga on Gunbroker for 199 in nice shape and won the auction. After I won I thought hmmm JC Higgins was...

Well the brown truck 'o happiness brought my xmas gift today, a nice new F-1 Chrony. I played with it a bit today and found my grandkids airsoft pistols shoot at their advertised velocity:) About 180 FPS. Pretty awful instructions, and it does seem a bit fussy. How about a few tips from the...

I'm thinkin of pulling the trigger on one more rifle this year, and the K98 Mauser has piqued my collector interest. This one looks almost too good to be true these days. http://www.southernohiogun.com/surrifle.htm I'm sure another will come up but I'm kinda focused on this one right now...

Santa needs to bring this good little boy an Lock-n-load AP. Santa's helper can't find this press anywhere for a good price, all on backorder. I'm going to call Hornaday Mon. I want to grab their free 1000 bullets deal and it expires at year end. I just have a little time in reloading so far, it...

Ya gotta get one. Best 120 bucks I have spent in a long time. I bought one as a what the hell, 120 bucks I'm already ordering the CZ 82s so why not throw one of these in the pile, only added a few bucks to the freight. I got a 1953 production pistol, virtually like new. Wow, the 7.62 X 25 is...

A friend gave me this old muzzleloader, only markings on it are Jukar and Spain, It has a full stock, brass furnitue, and .45 cal. I cleaned it up, it's a pretty low quality piece, but looks to be safe enough to shoot. Approx. ball size and charge would be helpful gang:) Anyone else seen one of...