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Sometime around 1988, I met a World War II B-17 pilot who was able to sneak his Singer 1911 into the country after completing 25 missions over Germany and France. He wanted to sell it to me. There were two things wrong with this scenario. First, he had no clue as to its value so I showed...

A few years ago, a friend's husband died. The husband had a small collection of guns, which I helped her sell. Today, she found what appears to be a Smith & Wesson, 9mm, single stack, 10 round magazine. There are eight rounds in the magazine and it appears it could hold two more. The only...

A little over one year ago, I was sorting 223 brass by head stamp. I came across some Federal cases with the following head stamp: 223, FC and a two digit date. I posted a question about this wondering if this is a mil spec case. Before posting this thread, today, I did a quick search and...

Today, a friend and I were testing some of my reloads in his Remington 30-06 We fired about ten rounds. All went well until we had a problem opening the bolt after firing a particular round. After a few minutes wrangling with the bolt, it opened. I checked the case to see if it split. Here...

A question I've had on my mind for many years is this. If you fire a 30-06 rifle from your shoulder, you feel the effects of equal and opposite energy. Let's say you clamp the rifle in an un-movable stand of some sort. Neither the rifle nor the stand can move when the rifle is fired...

Many years ago, I began applying for my Rocky Mountain Goat license. In seven years, I drew and shot a goat opening day. After drawing my license I wished I had begun applying for my sheep licenses at the same time I started the goat applications because I knew where I could shoot a sheep -...

I have a Remington 17 cartridge. I did some research and found a statement that says the Remington 17 Fireball is as fast as the 17. What's the difference between these two cartridge?

Is anyone applying for goat in Colorado? If you are and you want some advice, contact me either through this thread or private email. I bagged my goat about ten years ago after applying for seven years.

Later this summer, I will be moving to Arizona. This year is the first time in 38 years I have not either applied for a big game license or for a point only. I have seven elk points and seven pronghorn points that will be unused because, as a resident of Arizona, I'm not paying $600 for a...

I did some research on the Alliant and Hodgdon sites looking for minimum and maximum storage temperatures for powder. Neither gave specifics, only to store in a cool dry place. Later this summer, I will move to near Phoenix, AZ. My powder will be stored in an un-insulated garage in an area...

I read the posts about Steve's reloading data. Where did he obtain his loading data?

I have changed my original name of, Pogybait, to Bucksnort1. Bucksnort has been taken by another member with good taste in log in names. I've never seen a posting by Bucksnort. Does anyone know Bucksnort?

Do any of you who use Lee dies keep those clear plastic containers in which they are shipped? If so, why?

What a task I have at hand packing all my loading equipment and components, especially loaded ammunition and bullets. I'm moving to Gilbert, AZ, where you never have to SHOVEL THAT DAMN SNOW. I've been storing bullets in those small gray stackable bins Harbor Freight sells. I can't take a...

A reloading friend of mine was at Cabelas, last week. He saw a couple buying the 100 round boxes of Remchester ammunition at over $8 per box. Cabela's is now limiting 22 LR purchases to 1,200 per purchase. The man purchased 1,200 and his wife purchased 1,200. He told my friend they are from...

For .357 mag, the Lee manual shows recipes for 158 grain XTP bullets. May I assume these recipes are safe to use with other brands and styles of 158 grain jacketed hollow points? What about a 158 grain jacketed flat nose bullet?

Just because you are at a gun show, doesn't mean you will always find great prices. I'm sure you know this but you must shop the entire show. For example, at the Tanner show, last weekend, I found a number of vendors selling HP-38 for $25 per pound except at one table where it was $20.

My father was a 2nd Lt. in the Army of occupation in Heidelberg, Germany from 1946 to 1949. During this time, he, as he said, liberated the sporterized 8X57 Mauser you see in the photograph. As a young boy, pre-teen and a teenager, I loved this rifle dearly. Over the years, I think I wore off...

A couple of years ago, I got a good deal on a bolt action, Stevens model 200 in .223. It has a space age looking scope, a BSA mil dot 6X24X40 scope, which I really don't know how to use except as a basic scope. I bought the gun as a consignment piece. The story is an interesting one but I...

Some questions and comments about LC. Does LC produce only military spec ammunition? While brass hunting, this past weekend, I found a lot of LC 5.56. It is easy, generally, to distinguish LC brass from .223 brass because of the dark area at the neck and shoulder, which is caused by the...