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Yep - just checked the Numrich Arms site and discovered that the part was the safety. Re keeping it collectiible, I really have no interest in that. The huge amount of black paint has rendered it almost inoperable and it is badly chipped in many, many places. I've no choice but to remove...

Received my AIM Surplus Ishapore 2A on Friday. I, also, paid the extra ten bucks. Bore is good, could not find any rust anywhere (but have a long way to go yet), appears to have matching numbers. Major repair done on heel of stock. Extremely non-matching pieces of wood inserted and two...

Already had a S&W K38 before Dirty Harry I already had a wonderfully accurate S&W K38 before I ever saw the Dirty Harry movie series. So Clint had nothing to do with my love for S&W revolvers. It is really hard to beat the single action trigger pull on a Smith. I WAS, however, influenced...

Once again - REALLY appreciate the responses. I've still not had the chance to load those Leadhead 250 grainers. I'm guessing that if I use H110 (my normal favorite for .41 Mag) and keep it to a moderate level that there'll be plenty of room in the cartridge case for a normal crimp and still...

Thanks for the replies guys - most appreciated. BTW, .41 Redhawk - the heavy bullets that I spoke of were from Leadhead. I'm really looking forward to shooting the 250s, but I bet the recoil will be interesting. :-)

Hi Guys: Back in the late 70s and early 80s I was pretty heavy into shooting in International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association shooting. Always shot a S&W Mod. 57 .41 mag in 8-3/8", which qualified as production revolver and I normally shot standing, rather than freestyle. I got...

Hi Guys: Back in the late 70s and early 80s I was pretty heavy into shooting in International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association shooting. Always shot a S&W Mod. 57 .41 mag in 8-3/8", which qualified as production revolver and I normally shot standing, rather than freestyle. Anyway...

Forget "D" :-) You can't go wrong with the Ruger Blackhawk, but my personal preferences run to a S&W M57 (.41 Mag) - the classic no-longer-made 8-3/8" like I used to have. :-( While it may be true that you can never have too much ammunition, my firm (and fun) rule is that I can't have too...

Battle Rifle I've been lucky/unlucky; in that I've had one of every one of the guns you guys have been talking about. I HAD a PTR, a Saiga, a CETME, a milled AK47, and HAVE an M1 Garand, an M1A, and a FAL. The first four were stolen in a burglary in 11/04, along with a 16" FAL and a number...

An interesting related post from The Loading Bench Re our discussion of Yugo and other bullets for the M1 Garand, following is a copy of a post I found on The Loading Bench, a really nice web site. ******************************************************** "Re: Reloading Cannelure Bullets...

4895 and powder measures Yes, 4895 (even tho supposedly a short little rod) is sometimes a PITA in a powder measure and I've used three different measures in an attempt to deal with cut grains, etc. But, that powder works so blessed well in both my M1 rifle (.30-06) and my M1A (.308) that I...

gibrass and Widners I've bought and shot a couple thousand "150" gr. FJM flat based bullets from gibrass.com that were specifically made for the Garand, as evidenced by the cannalure location and the overall cartridge length limitation of the M1. Those bullets, in combination with the CCI No...

Primer and bullet sealant Re the "all weather" aspect of this thread: I've seen ads for some kind of a liquid that is supposed to seal out water, etc. when used on loaded rounds at the primer and the junction of the bullet and case neck. This is supposed to be better than the awful tar...

"As an interesting aside - seating deeper (shorter OAL) does NOT necessarily increase pressure. With my Encore's short throat, I was getting higher peak pressure signs when seating 150gr-165gr bullets out to 2.80" than I did when seating the bullets to an OAL of 2.75". I can only presume that...

Don't EVER use 4350 in either an M1 Garand or an M1A/M14. IMR 4064 is about as slow as you can safely use in either of these gas guns. I use 4895 (either Hogdon or IMR) exclusively in both of those and in my FAL. I don't know about the safety or receiver life issue of using slow powders in...

Over many years I've used cast bullets from a variety of casters. I have recently tried Meister Bullets and have been happy with their stuff. I reload using cast bullets for .38 Spec., .357 Mag, .41 Mag, and .45 ACP. I don't worrry about leading until I get past about 1300 fps with the .41...