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I have the opportunity to buy a Browning Citori that was originally purchased new in 1985. Does anyone know when the Citori began to be made tolerant for steel shot? In the event that I might use it foe waterfowl would steel shot mess up this gun? Thanks Drue

My Sierra Manual (5th Edition) lists loads for the 300gr .458 JHP bullet between 1450 fps for the Trapdoor and equivalents and 2550 fps for the .458 Winchester. It seems that any bullet that would expand at Trapdoor velocities would explode at .458 WM velocities and that one designed for the Mag...

Somewhere along the way I picked up a sealed plastic bag of 1000 primed USGI 223 brass. I finally got around to loading them and made up some test rounds. Ten in a row failed to fire. The primers all showed normal indentation and the rifle functioned normally with GI ammo immediately after the...

My boss' mother was rooting around in the attic and found yet another pistol stashed in the attic rafters by her late husband. He brought this in: It was loaded with Super Vel 112gr JSPs. It is a Swiss military M49 or SIG210. It is in excellent condition. Would anyone have a ballpark...

What do y'all think about moly coated bullets for target shooting? From what I have read, it seems like a number of people think that it will reduce the level of fouling over a number of rounds. Others think that moly coated bullets introduce their own kind of fouling that is harder to clean...

Has anyone has experience with the 5.7mm Johnson? I see that IAI is producing them again. Numrich advertises a barrel for $170 and I have a spare Plainfield Carbine gathering dust. Cartridges of the World shows a 5.7 load with a 40gr bullet at 3000. I don't excatly need another project, but that...