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    shotgun shells

    I am thinking this is a good start for doing reloads. I have ordered a lee load all II from Bass Pro shop ...it is on back order of course. i have also picked up a lb. of alliant smokeless powder along with a couple bags of AA wads and a few hundred 209 Remington primers. I am thinking this is...
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    new idea for wads

    i spend time thinking about thiings and was woundering about if we were to come to a time where certain things were not avalibal. would it be possible to make wads for 12ga slugs out of wax? making a mold and pouring in wax till it hardens and going with a combination... powder-wax-plug-slug and...
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    reloading slugs

    while reloading i haven't gotten in to it totally i guess i research to the point of analness my new question is for the purpose of reloading slugs for a 12ga. how may shells would i expect from a pound of powder.. i know it varies from types of powder I'm just asking for a round number.thank you
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    breach failt on a stevens s/s

    inherited a s/s Stevens tool co. 12ga. not sure of the model number but I'm sure its old, it does have the external hammer. the problem is when test firing it the breach opens and on trying to fire left barrel it wont, ya have to re latch the breach every thing works fine except that. i was...
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    mossberg magazine spring failure

    Well this never has happened before, at least not to me! But I do so love a challenge. Today i was out blasting away at an old tree stump running slugs I made for my 500a and out of no-where my spring broke inside my magazine tube. Following are a few questions if you fine folks have the time...
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    .22 hornet question

    I have a friend that has a new england .22 hornet I'm thinking of doing some horse trading with him or should i say i think HE is going to ask me about swapping me for some of my goodies. i really don't need to know if what i have that i think he is gonna want is worth the trade but I would...
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    s&w model 36

    i inherited a 1955 s&w model 36 in the box never been fired. yes i took it and test fired it. i ran 5 rounds thru it only. my question what exactly is this and what would one in pristine condition be worth? i am afraid to take it to a gun show because you never know how honest they are. for some...
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    sks question

    is there a trigger job that i can have done to my 54 Russian sks? make it lighter of a pull. thanks
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    sighting in my new toy?

    got a red dot site for my sks just woundering how would be the best way to site it in? yes it will be installed in frount of the bolt not on top of the bolt. just never had one b-4 not sure i will keep it but do intend on trying it out! thanks
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    mesquite tx gunshow 18th-19th

    anyone going to the gun show in mesquite this weekend? if so what are ya hopeing to get? or do ya go just to look and wish or to learn?
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    lasers and sd/hd shotguns

    i was just pondering the idea of mounting a laser on my mossy500, thinking of doing so on the mag. tube. i have a full tactical stock and forend with a 18inch barrel but I'm thinking the tube not the forend. question: do lasers mounted as such hold zero well and are they good for quick...
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    new to the casting

    hello all you fine people's im new to casting and wanted to warn you all im sure there will be many questions comming your way just wanted to say hi!!! plan on doing shotgun slugs this weekend will report back on how they came out got about 20lbs of ingots made up and a new mold came this week.
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    just starting have question

    My step father and I just started doing the casting thing, shotgun slugs and .50cal. ball ect. My wife ask me to make her a silver bullet. She don't care what cal. When i ask her why she said "she's herd all the jokes about the zombies and so why not be prepared for werewolf's too". hell next...
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    how to become a smithy

    I am 50 years old and find myself at yet again having to reconstruct my life. My question is how would a person become a gun smith, and are there different classes of gun smiths? My main problem is I am a truck driver by trade and my doctors aren't letting me return to that due to my back...
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    .50 blk powder whitetail rifle questions

    my step father picked up a ball and powder .50 cal whitetail for a 100 bucks lots of questions! first i guess was this a good deal the rifle is in excellent shape ...was it worth $100.00 next i no nothing about black powder guns where can i get all of the information about this so i can show...
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    trap or skeet?

    im not nor have i ever been into shooting for sport mostly it has just been home/self defence however here of late i have been going to the gun range also i have been reading more ABOUT shooting and less about SURVIVAL i suppose the (gloom and doom is just getting old) i was thinking i would...
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    barrel blue to paint question

    how to remove the blue off the barrel without sanding or wire brush guess what im asking is what is the right way to remove the bluing?
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    mossberg 500

    i have been researching ways to trick out my 500 i found a rifled barrel could some of you knowledgeable people tell me why i would want or need this? why a rifled barrel for a shot gun? is this for slugs? do they make pointed slugs? what is the kill distance? for non-hunters is a rifled...
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    question aout the sell of a crossbow

    which forum page to i try to sell a crossbow? am i allowed to do so? would it be the place on this forum?
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    need help with possable worth of an old shotgun i inherited

    i have a J.Stevens A&T sxs 12ga. shotgun that i received when my mother in law passed I'm trying to find out if it has any value before i do any thing with or to it. it has external hammers and two triggers no serial numbers or markings of any kind other than it was made in mass.u.s.a. it...
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