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I had a good day at the range today. I zeroed a new AR upper and then shot some prone rapid. At my age (73) with a bad back, I can get into prone ok but getting up is a struggle. The one problem that I had was that, upon arriving at the range, I discovered that I had left the 100 yard reduced...

One of my neighbors is cleaning out her home prior to an extensive renovation. The home has been owned by her family for close to 100 years. In one closet she found some o!d firearms. She called me to have a look. Three of them are interesting...a model 1842 Springfield musket, a Trapdoor...

I wish that I did not have to write this....but soemthing went wrong and I do not know what. I have been handloading for decades with out ever a problem. I have loaded many thousands of rounds for my Colt HBar. Never a problem....until yesterday. I was set up to shoot prone with 50 rounds that...

How hard would it be to cut rifling into a smooth .32 caliber barrel? Two inch barrel. Tools needed? Pete

Just could not get the Xs. I added a Trijicon TA01 to my Colt HBar.....now that Service rifles are allowed optics. Tough to get a good cheek weld. Shot twenty rounds. The other target....not so good. 100 yards. Prone. Pete PS: I notice on this target, and others that I have shot, that I favor...

Some years ago I acquired the Baby Bulldog pictured below. I have not shot it. Timing is off, needs a new hand, spring, and other parts. I picked it up recently to review its needs and remind myself of the chambering. I pulled the cylinder and took some .32 S&W cartridges in hand. They dropped...

Question....since I have been unable to google up an answer. The rapid fire pistol event in the olympics uses a bullseye target (B-38/39). Years ago, though, the target was a stylized silhouette of the human body. When was the change made? Pete

I recently picked up a bag of BPI's "Stretch 36" wads for my .410. I was able to get a couple of patterns done this weekend. Using 3 inch hulls, the wads - stiffer than "normal" .410 wads and with two slits - I loaded 5/8ths oz of #8 shot. Normally, I pattern the .410 at 25 yards. I patterned...

I have had my Gold Cup NM for a couple of decades. It is my Bullseye gun. Lots of rounds through it, in excess of 60k. Just recently I have had a problem during the sustained fire stages. The grip safety engages during a string and the gun won't fire. If I shift my hand, regripping, then I can...

Here is my problem: I shot both of these yesterday. Prone. 100 yards. The one on the right was shot first. (the missing shots on both targets were 8s...pushed out by yours truly). I corrected the shots to the right by going left one click - NM clicks - the result is the target on the left...

A fellow in my gun club just won a set of four NIB Stevens 512 Gold Wing shotguns (12, 20, 28,.410). He wants to sell the set as opposed to selling each gun individually. This post is not an offer to sell or to broker a sale. He asked me if I had a sense of what to ask. He is thinking of two...

Encountered a problem today when I tried to assemble the Orion. Last time out, two weeks ago for some Trap, the gun went together normally. Today, the fore end will not seat; the latch will not close. The forend seats normally on the unmounted barrels. The barrels mount normally and tight to...

I had a somewhat unpleasant/disturbing/unsettling experience yesterday at the Trap range. I was told that I could not use some brass hulls that I'd reloaded. Background: I have a few older SXSs. (Ithaca, Parker, LeFever) that I take to the trap range maybe once a year or so. I load up brass...

Found this in a box of surplus cartridges today. Any one know what guns were used for it. Headstamp reads Remington UMC .22 Luger. Pete PS - Sorry, the picture posted originally was the wrong cartridge.

I guess that I am a slow learner because it took a while. I shot my first 25 straight yesterday - in the rain. The irony - if there is one - is that I shot it with a field gun, a Model 59 Winchester, because I didn't want to take the Trap gun out into the wet. I followed it up with an 18. Go...

The question that I have is this: within the Trap shooting venue, what makes a gun a "beginner's gun"? That is my term, of course. I recently posted that I'd acquired a new BT-99. At my club and here at TFL I have heard and read it described as "a nice gun to start with", "a good gun to learn...

I was milling today. In a gunshop. I saw and handled two shotguns new to me, though I have read a review of one. Are these good buys? Both are older guns in very good condition. Marlin model 43 pump gun - $225 - comes up to my eye like it was made for me. The other is a Winchester model 59 - a...

Told a friend that I would find out as much as I could about the Browning Model 27 O/U. I have read through a number of older threads and found nothing bad said about the gun. I am wondering whether there is more first hand info to be had from our current list of Posters.

I have a couple of old SXSs that are chambered for 2 1/2" shells. Does anyone know where I can get a set of dies for that length hull? At present, I load them on a MEC 600 and take them off to add a roll crimp. I'd like to be able to use a star crimp so as to speed things up. (No, I have not...

One of my MECs is acting up. It has been fine until now but has started putting a crease in some of the cases during the final crimp. one ounce load, WAA12SL. 20.5 grains WST. Two shells - same press, same load. same session. Notice the crease. Some of the cases have much less of a...