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Yesterday I shot an honest half-inch group with my .223 Contender (14" Bull barrel) at 100 yds., off a Hornady Delta-rest with a sand bag under the pistol grip. My friend and I spent the day shooting rifles at 100 & 300 yds. and I also shot my Contender with 14" .223 & 30-30 barrels. I was...

Would an FFL license be required if someone wanted to make some extra money, as a part time job, cleaning guns, installing scopes, boresighting, and sighting-in rifles? I imagine that there are a lot of hunters who need their guns cleaned, now that seasons are either over or ending, that don't...

Just curious; how many of you are likely, at least once in your lifetime, to purchase a custom rifle. Sure there are some great factory rifles available for good prices off-the-shelf. But can you see yourself spending $3-10K for a full custom or some variation of full custom rifle, where you get...

This link is to the article in LA Sportsman about the NOPD stealing guns. It was written by Gordon Hutchinson, author of "The Great New Orleans Gun Grab". http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=1226

Last week I purchased my first 1911 handgun, a "new-to-me" Springfield Armory 1911-A1. It is one of the "Loaded" models. Over the weekend, shooting it for the first time, I had a problem with the Novak rear sight "walking" as I shot. It is dovetailed into the slide, with a setscrew to lock it...

I have just recieved an order of 100 pcs., new Winchester .284 Win. brass to reload. These cartridges are to be used in a Browning Micro-Medallion .284 Win. bolt action hunting rifle. Please answer a question for me. Should I run the cases through a sizing die first, or can I just start priming...

I've never posted to a SHTF thread before, I have read many of them. Surviving the recent Hurricane Lili got me to thinking about how this was and still is, in some areas very close to my home, a real SHTF scenario. We were suddenly without power for days on end, the heat, and muggy conditions...

I'm sure that stocks on factory rifles (Remington, Ruger, etc) are built to dimensions which fit the majority of gun buyers. I must not be part of this majority. I'm not sure if I can find all the right words to describe my "problem", but here goes: When I shoulder a Remington rifle (and others...

Picked up some components for reloading .223 this weekend at the gunshow. Want to try Hornady V-Max 55 gr. bullets over 28.5 gr. H414, with WSR primer. This load is from Modern Reloading by Richard Lee, with the exception that the bullet isn't specified in the book. This bullet is longer than a...

Today I began to deprime and clean some .357 cases I had recently fired. These had been reloaded by myself. The load was right out of the Hornady 4th edition (abridged); 158 gr. HP/XTP, 15 gr. H110, magnum primer (WSPM), R_P case, 1.280" OAL. Some components are different than the ones in the...

What do you think about? Be honest! You know even in your best spots, sometimes when nothing is moving, your mind tends to wander while sitting on a stand. What do you do to help stay focused, to keep still and quiet, to stay awake? While I have much more confidence in my stands than I did when...

A friend of mine was teaching his girlfriend to shoot his Glock .40 S&W. They were at a public firing range. She was shooting some handloaded ammo when this happened. The shot "sounded funny". The gun cycled another round but she, luckily, didn't pull the trigger again. Sensing something wasn't...

I'm having a misfire problem with my Marlin model 30A, 30-30 rifle. The problem is intermittant, it has happened approximately 12-15 times out of about 100 shots. When the trigger is pulled, the hammer falls, but the rifle dosen't fire. The primer is dented, but not as deeply as it would be on a...