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    Unexplained velocity variation - help!

    I'm laddering my loads in a .22-250 rifle that I've had for 2 years. It already shoots below 1" at 200 yds (no bragg... no bull, but please do not tell me to leave things be as they are - that will not be helpful). I recently bought a CED M2 chronometer and decided to ladder the loads to make...
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    Is .45 caliber ball ammo as good as 9mm HP for SD?

    I was on the Ed Brown web site recently and was struck by the statement that .45 ball (FMJ) makes a good self defense round. I've been so focused (hung up?) on expanding HP loads that I never thought of ball ammo for SD. Possible advantages of .45 caliber ball ammo: 1. It leaves a pretty big...
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    This is what gives the rest of us a bad name

    Taken from Yahoo News, on 2/2/2007: CAMBRIDGE, Minn. - A farmer who chased down a thief and held him at gunpoint until authorities arrived now faces a more serious charge than the thief himself. Kenneth Smith, 74, was charged with second-degree assault, a felony. The thief, who the sheriff said...
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    Load clip with 1 less than full capacity?

    Can that be right? In Ayoob's book (In The Gravest Extreme) he states, in Chapter 13, "Experts rotate their spare magazines every few months. To further reduce magazine spring stress, they will load the clip with one cartridge less than full capacity." Rotate mags... OK. Replace mag springs...
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    Range Report - Springfield 9MM EMP

    Had an opportunity to take my new 9 MM Springfield EMP to the range today. I'll limit this report to my impressions and to a description of how the gun performed during the 250 rounds I put through it. For specifications, please visit Springfield’s website...
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    What does your XD sub-compact weigh?

    Last week I bought my first plastic gun: a Springfield XD in .45 caliber (4" service model). I like it so much I just bought another XD. This time I opted for the sub-compact model in 9 mm. Haven't shot it yet, but this little bruiser promises to be a winner. But there’s the thing I’m...
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    Easy gun cleaning

    This topic comes up now and again, but I want to describe an easy way to clean cylinders and barrels in a fraction of the time it takes using conventional methods. What used to take ½ hr now takes me 10 minutes. Please be aware that this is limited to Stainless Steel parts and surfaces and NOT...
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    I’m Tired of the XD .45 Hype

    OK, I admit it: I don’t like women with big muscles, and I don’t like boxy looking guns with plastic components – especially those with pseudo-macho Picatinny rails and ugly tan or green frames. That just ain’t the way Mr. Browning meant for guns to be. What’s more, I’m too old and cranky to...
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