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Midway just sent out an email advertising barrels of Frontier 223 and 5.56 ammo. You can get 13,889 rounds of ammo in a metal drum for $4000. Shipping is free. That’s a lot of ammo. I’m trying to imagine some poor guy explaining to his wife that he dropped 4K on a big red metal barrel of ammo...

Made a pile of these with my new MP mold tonight. Preliminary results from my 35 Whelen have been exceptional. I'm hoping I might get to take a deer with one of the ones in this pile in the fall. Love the MP molds!

I have an Erfurt 1920 stamped Mauser action that has been sporterized and fitted with a prechambered heavy barrel in 243. How I ended up with is a long and uninteresting story. The problem with it is that the bolt closes on a FIELD gauge. I made myself an action wrench and turned off the...

I went to open my shrink wrapped sealed container of Acraglas gel only to discover it had dried out over the years. I have my M70 ready to bed and am not really a fan of waiting for a container to show up in the mail and I don't think anybody sells it locally. I wonder if there would be a real...

I only read two firearms forums, TFL and THR, so forgive me if you're also a High Road member who had to read the same question twice :) I picked up a nice 98 Mauser rebarreled to 30-06 at a gunshow last weekend. It has a really racy Weatherby inspired stock which is wearing a Herter's plastic...

I'm wanting to build a custom 257 WBY mag on a Savage action and I have two choices that I see. 1) rebarrel a 300 win mag that I already have 2) rechamber a 25-06 and swap in a magnum boldface Is their any particular advantage to either approach other than the possibility of a better barrel...

So think with me here: a bolt gun cartridge that's ideal for cast bullet shooting and that wouldn't require a whole bunch of exotic (or expensive) custom dies or even chambering reamers. What I'm thinking about is basically a short, rimless 444 Marlin but with a higher pressure limit. If...

I had a case head failure in my Savage 270 bolt action rifle Monday at the range. The load was 56.0 grains of IMR 4831 behind a Hornady 130 grain spire point. It's the same load I have hunted with for 20 years now. I knew something bad had happened the minute I pulled the trigger because there...

I sure wish I had picked up a couple in interesting calibers before the stopped selling them. They certainly were great bargains. The 35 Whelen I bought last year is a tack driver for sure! Now they are selling Shaw barrels for $200 that come with a wrench and headspace gauges, but I already...

I have a surplus of IMR 4831 but am doing a lot of shooting with cast bullets these days. Is there any inherent danger in using reduced loads of slow burning stick powders in rifle cartridges like the 308? I'm thinking about trying 30 grains of 4831 behind a 170 cast bullet for a range load. I...

I just bought the most recent (31st) Blue Book of Gun Values. I was looking up some of my guns and I decided to find out how much my junky Systema Colt lists for. I bought it at a Gander mountain store 4-5 years ago, and I'm positive it was marked at less than $300. It's cosmetically rough at...

Anone have any comments on Rhino safes? Not the imported Bighorn line, but the ones made in the USA. I'm trying to decide between a Rhino or a Liberty Fatboy. Both would be relatively the same price delivered. The Rhino has the advantage of having a 2.5 hour fire rating, but would be coming...

Has anybody ever disassembled a pistol and tossed it in their tumbler for a few hours to polish and smooth it up? I have a Systema Colt that looks like hell and I'm giving some thought to tossing it in the tumbler, degreasing it well and then giving it a rubdown with cold blue. I know it sounds...

I guess I'm out of the loop but I just discovered the 460 Rowland cartridge and conversion kits. I see that a 1911 kit can be ordered from Clark directly, but I read in a couple of places that a company called Wild West Guns was also making kits for the M&P and XD. I think I would rather convert...

I'm fitting a replacement walnut stock to a rifle. What is the general consensus (if there is one) on which method is most accurate? Should I bed the action and float the barrel, or should I bed the entire length? Thanks for any info.

I was thumbing through a reloading manual yesterday when it struck me that .257 is the only major caliber that hasn't had a factory cartridge built for it from the 308 case. We have the: 243 Win X 260 Remington 7mm-08 308 Win 338 Federal 358 Win I realize that .277 is missing, but it's very...

Just before Winchester fell apart the last time I managed to come across my Holy Grail of a rifle: a left handed pre-64 style Model 70 in 270! I love everything about this gun...except that it has a walnut stock. I put it in the safe and have never even sighted it in yet, because I was...

I have 10 pounds of IMR 4831 in one pound cans and I'm afraid it's going bad. I can't really smell the terrible smell everyone tells me it's supposed to have, (it hardly smells at all) but it does look a bit 'rusty' compared to what I know it should look like. I've never seen 'bad' powder...

It doesn't exist, but while I was out hunting yesterday I compiled a list of characteristics for my perfect rifle: 1) Available in S, M, L action lengths. 2) Left handed models in all lengths 3) Available in blue or stainless 4) Integral scope bases like the Ruger or Tikka- one less thing to...

Anybody make one? I didn't see any LH guns in the Winchester 2010 catalog. Is there a Mauser-type left hand action currently on the market? TIA for any info