Recent content by Paper_Zombie

I use Garand Gear's plug myself, but I never shoot anything above 165 grain. If you're curious, they provide a pressure chart for your perusal showing how it performs with many different kinds of commercial ammo.

For now, all they're for is fun. I live in an apartment complex, and frankly, I wouldn't feel comfortable firing any of my weapons at an intruder. Even plain ol' birdshot, if I missed, would penetrate the thin drywall and ruin somebody's night. I started the thread for discussion, and offered...

Interesting...so it'd basically be a single-shot with a visually impressive muzzle-blast? lol

@ Ahil I think mine are Winchesters, out of a VP. I cut the top as close as I could to the seams, but only filled the shot to the top of the wad, leaving a good 1/8th inch to fill with pure wax, plus a little extra during the initial hardening to create a slight convex shape. (Don't want an...

I just found out about these, and read up a bit and watched a number of videos on youtube, both of results, and how-to's, and decided to make a few, since I have a couple-hundred rounds of birdshot sitting around not doing much. Mine is a Mossberg 500, so I'm not too worried (from what I've...

oh...okay...*goes right over head* I need some kind of basic reloader info then...because these numbers still don't make sense to me, lol. I can understand any technical or mechanical information about firearms, having a machinist background...but I'm not a chemist! And I'm obviously new to...

Shopping for powder online, this was one of the few available, and in a review someone had posted that they used it with their Garand with good results. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find that review again, and I know he posted his load data. :banghead: In the load-sheet that was shipped...

I realize that... I didn't want to start a debate on whether 5-rounds was enough or not...and certainly did not mean to imply that I thought the rifle was "slow"...whatever that means. :scrutiny: I was hoping they'd be a little cheaper than they're turning out to be. Layaway may be an...

Let me start by saying that I've never been involved with either of these...unless standing on the sidelines and watching my friends during a turkey shoot counts. My only shotgun is a Mossberg 500 with an 18.5" barrel, which I'm planning on taking to a gunsmith to get threaded for chokes...

I wasn't very interested in these until I picked up a gun magazine today which featured an article on them, and I got to see some detailed pictures of them. The side-loading magazine really intrigues me, and I happen to find it aesthetically pleasing, actually. I kind of want one now...

sooo much fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0X0F76YH68 This is the first time I've gotten to play around with tannerite, so I'm still kind of excited. Sorry about the camera angle. I forgot to take the tripod, so I had to set it on a half-rotten stump. :barf: Shots were taken at...

I disagree. Work for a corporation for awhile, and see if you don't start to believe that all they care about is the bottom line, not their employees, or their customers. To see our cost on a product, vs. what we sell it at, simply sickens me. In some cases it's more than an 800% profit margin...

As someone who lives paycheck to paycheck, I constantly have to turn my nose up at ammo prices, and take the increasingly rare deals when I can. Can I buy .40's or .357's? Sure, but only defense rounds at $1+ per shot, no target rounds for $.50. What does this mean? It means that, as much as...

Actually, I was more worried about obtaining a 10/22 than thinking about what I'd do once I'd gotten it, besides the stock (which I'd planned on getting for my Savage Mk.II before I decided to sell it). So, with that in mind, if you've any advice, or want to show me some items, I'm all for...

I guess I should clarify...prices in my area are ridiculous IF YOU CAN FIND ONE. I saw a NIB pink 10/22 selling for $280 at a LGS, and it's the only one I've seen in about 6 months. I'm happy with what I paid for it. Also "used" in this case means it's had about 300 rounds put through it...