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Here is some poetry for all the tacticool zombie-slayers :p Zombie Haiku by Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that zombie plagued night. And take the shotgun. Zombie Haiku by Silvia Plath From head to black shoe, daddy, I had to eat you because I’m starving. Zombie Haiku by Robert Frost Two...

I have two cans of AA3100 powder and I want to mix what's left in them and use the result to finish off the powder since I'm switching to something different. I've loaded the same cases, bullets, primers with each of these powder lots separately and fired them over my chrony with same velocity...

I posted this at another forum, but I want to pique TFL's collective brain too! Hi Guys, I've got a nice service grade HRA on the way that I tagged last month at the CMP Western Games. I already bought a bayonet, FM 23-5, TM 9-1005-222-12 and a couple of armorer's videos on the M1 (I need...

Somebody posted a link to a site that sells online surplus rifles and for the life of me I can't remember what it was called. I'll recognize it right away when I see it, so I was hoping you guys could throw some popular ones at me since I've tried searching via google for awhile now and...

I just wanted to relate something that happened yesterday. I was at the range shooting some handloads over my chrony and one was very, very hot yet the bolt opened without binding up and the case didn't show any sign of excess pressure (gotta love Lapua!) I thought maybe I was missing...

I'm having some real trouble with copper fouling in my 6.5x55SE. It's my first centerfire rifle so I'm not used to having to work so hard to clean my rifle. I'm mostly just used to powder-fouling in shotguns, .22's and pistols. Even my .357 Mag is a piece of cake compared to this. I love...

JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK I have never been LESS satisfied with any instrument, tool, measure or just about anything as I am with this total piece of crap that came in my RCBS Supreme Master Reloading Kit. I hate this garbage scale so much, as soon as I have the...

I tried to work up to a maximum load today from the Nosler book. A couple of days ago I reloaded these 20 once-fired factory Federal cases all with the starting load of 46.5 grains of AA3100 behind Nosler 120 grain ballistic tips in my CZ 550 American in 6.5x55 Swedish. All went well so I...

I finally loaded and fired my first 20 handloads. What an awesome feeling! I just wanted to give a big thanks to all on TFL who have helped guys like me get started. I've spent months pouring over threads, both old and new, here and I believe it's a big part of the reason why my first experience...

I was just drooling over at Sako's site and I noticed that on the Kodiak model they have the front swivel on a band that is directly attached to the barrel instead of the stock. It seems like having a sling attached right to the barrel like that would screw the harmonics all up. What do you guys...

I just wanted to let all you shooters know that for $10 you can buy a raffle ticket for the Swarovski Optics Package at: http://www.arizonabiggamesuperraffle.com/ I bought a ticket for Elk and one for the optics package, but if you aren't a hunter you can just buy a ticket for the optics...

I thought I was pretty dead-set on going with a Savage 110 in 25-06 for my first centerfire rifle. In fact, if my truck hadn't got broke into last week I would have already ordered it (oh, and I couldn't pass on a Mark II that I saw). Then I saw all the different bullets available for the 6.5x55...

I was thinking about buying this: Adjustable Sight Kit because the rear sight on my beloved 686 is always coming loose. Once, when I first got it and didn't know to check it, the rear sight blade fell out and I found it later on the carpet. Since then I've been good about checking it, but when...

I caught a glimpse of a documentary once on the battle for the Aleutian Islands during WWII and they mentioned a group of elite scouts composed of mountain man trappers, prospectors and Eskimos who carried .22 pistols and lived off the land traveling light and fast. I posted somewhere before...

I'm looking for a rifle to use on Pronghorn primarily, but also for coyote and cougar. Sounds like the 25-06 is the ticket, would anyone suggest a better chambering for my needs? Anything smaller than a coyote (fox and bobcat) I'll use my .17 HMR. For rabbits and tree squirrels either the .17...

I haven't been lucky enough to shoot many high-powered rifles, but I've got a lot of pump time on my 12-Gauges. I was wondering if any of you guys could estimate what rifle would produce recoil about equal to a 3" Magnum slug fired out of a 12-Gauge shotgun with a stock recoil pad. If the...

I'm thinking about getting one for my next rifle. Any thoughts or experiences?

I always used to buy these at the surplus stores, this is a nice link that has a ton of field manuals. Many are in html format and easily read online, but a lot are in .pdf format and can be downloaded and either printed or uploaded to PDAs for portable reading...

I was shooting my 686 today at the range and the little forward screw that holds the rear sight base to the top of the gun kept coming loose. I pressed the base down and used my Leatherman Micra to turn the screw without putting too much torque into it as the driver didn't fit the screw the way...

Just thought I'd post something fun, what are your choices for the following "Ultimate" categories? 1. Ultimate CCW Handgun; -Concealable, Reliable, Powerful...What's your vote? 2. Ultimate Combat Revolver; -When the SHTF and you are in the mud and the blood and the beer what revolver would...