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One of my last range outings, we had two people shooting their ccw guns - an old Walther PPK in 380 ACP vs. what I think was a Ruger LC9. Both guns are pretty much identical in weight and size, so the automatic argument was performance of the 9mm vs. 380, especially from short barrels. The PPK...

Does anyone know a fitting flip-up cover for the Vortex Sparc? The little bikini cover that came with it broke after one day use, and all the ones I tried at the local Sportsman's Warehouse didn't fit.

I bought a Weatherby Vanguard in 243 Winchester and mounted a Leupold VX-1 with Leupold base and rings. Trying to sight it I first started out with 100 gr Winchester. Centered at 25 yards, nowhere near the paper at 100 (should be 3" high according to JBM). Well, maybe the rifle doesn't like the...

My usual hunting gun is a 7x65R, but I've been unimpressed with that round on elk. Since I drew my dream tag for a trophy bull this fall I'm looking for a stronger alternative. My next gun up is a Win 70 in 338 WM, but I know I'm prone to flinching with that gun, especially offhand. Instead...

My wife is getting into shooting more seriously recoiling guns than her usual Marlin 1894C, but she's unhappy with the LOP on most of my rifles. I was thinking of doing some chopping on a sporterized Chile Mauser when I came across the WV Youth model. It's available in 7-08 (close to the 7x57...

One of my first purchases in college was a sporterized Chilean 1895 Mauser in 7x57 Mauser. Numbers matching but bolt, so I got a field gauge, headspace is good, shoots great. The gun has spent the last 20 years in the safe until I decided to convert it into a wife's deer rifle. The scope...

I'm considering a suppressor for my PS90. The problem I see is that in addition to the suppressor stamp I don't see a way getting around an additional SBR stamp. The PS90 only makes the minimum dimensions, both barrel and overall, by the use of a pinned flash hider. If I take the flash hider...

At this weekends gunshow I finally picked up a PS90. It's the flattop version without sight, and I'm starting to look at the options - and I'm rather confused, having never looked at red-dot and similar devices. There also seems to be a huge price (and quality?) gap, lots of stuff in the $100...

Got a "sale" email this morning, and their sale includes a lot of unusual brass like 8x50R French, 8mm kurz and 8x56R Hungarian. If you reload for surplus guns it might be worth checking out.

I'm using a 7x65R as elk rifle. I've used the Norma Vulcan 170 gr factory load this year, it shoots very accurately but I was unhappy with the performance on target - no exit wound. I would like to try to load the Berger 168 gr VLD hunting bullet, but Berger has no load data, and the only one I...

So, here's the problem. I'm sighting my rifle at 5000 ft in 45F weather. I'm hunting at 9000 ft at 0F, no way to check the POI beforehand. 338 WM Federal with 210 Nosler partition, where will it land relative to the POI I set on the range?

I'm trying to switch scope mounts on a Winchester 70 pre-64 in 338 WM. According to everything I've found the rear mount hole spacing is supposed to be .435, but when I pulled the existing mount the holes turned out to be spaced .395+-0.010. The front mount seems to be regulation. Has anyone...

Does anyone have a Speer manual and can check for 9.3x64 Brenneke loads? I found 9.3 270gr Speer SP bullets locally, but Nosler (the only manufacturer I found listing this cartridge) doesn't have a 270 gr. I found loads online, 62 - 68 gr RL 15, but it would be nice to actually have those...

Natchez Shooter Supply just send out a email offering Glock "high capacity" (anything over 10 rounds) at half price, with deals on other big magazines too. I guess that can be seen as "limiting your exposure" to potential changes.

The long package under the tree had a Garand in it :). I remember reading on several occasion that the typical Garand ammo was not as powerful as today's 30-06 loads, and can stress op rods and other parts. Does anyone have a preferred load specifically for shooting the Garand?

Is there any reason to buy special rimfire rated scopes as compared mounting your standard centerfire scopes? I'm still having issue with my 10/22, even with match ammo and of the sandbag I have 3 rounds in the black followed by 2 2" off to the side. I also noticed that I'm re-zeroing my...

My Weatherby Sub MOA shoots decent 1" groups with your average white box ammo, but I haven't found anything truly spectacular and cheap, so reloading it is. I got a box of Hornady Match 52 gr HPBT, but looking at powder listings, there's nothing I have on my shelf. What are good powders for...

In another thread, someone posted he could reload 308 Winchester for $.25, and that got me looking around. I couldn't find a recipe quite that cheap, but with Prvi FMJ for 17 cents each, 11 cents powder and 3 cents primer I ended up at $.31, what's close. Anything cheaper would require using...

I'm looking for load data (or manuals that have them) for the 9.3 x 64 Brenneke. I found some data in the Nosler, 62 - 66 gr RL 15 for a 286 gr bullet. Does any other manual cover this cartridge?

My wife's collection of 38 special and 357 mag brass is starting to scream at me "reload us", but I dread having to do that on my single stage rifle brass press. I'm looking at either a Lee Classic with both a 38 and a 357 disc, or a Redding T7 where I can use the same sizer die and just need...