I have a love for the 16-gauge as well.
It was my first gun as well, a Winchester Model 37 Steelbilt.
I later added a Remington model 12.
I need to get a MEC Jr. in 16-gauge and start shooting them more.
For such a dumb marketing ploy, they sure caught on and have a cult following.
Everyone likes different things, and that's okay. Be a hell of a boring world if we all liked the same things.
Very nice.
The only .22 I have is an old Marlin 60 and I put 100 rounds or so through it the other day and forgot how fun plinking with a .22 really is.
I need to get me a nicer bolt that's capable of some good accuracy.
I've been joking in the thread, but I'll say I am more picky about that stuff with hunting ammo than I am with range plinking ammo.
I start out with a full box of ammo for deer rifles each year. I don't care about there being empty slots during deer season.
However when season is over, the box...
I don't know who makes one, but I'll say if you get a 6 cavity it better be aluminum.
I have a 4 cavity Lyman for .38 special and it will wear you out.
I use mostly 700X and Unique in .44 Special.
I shoot them out of a .44 magnum Super Blackhawk and mostly I shoot the Skeeter load, which is 7.5 grains of Unique and a 245 grain SWC.
That will be stout in that snubbie.
Like others have said, consult a manual and use published data.
I have quite a bit of nickel plated brass for .357 mag and .38 Special. I've never lubed a single handgun round and I've loaded many thousands. I have no plans to start now.
I also have a lot of .30-06 in nickel, but they all have to be lubed anyway.
I don't really have a preference. The...
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It's more about consistency for me.
I don't get up in arms about headstamps. Everything I have is mixed and I pay no attention to it whatsoever. Everything gets loaded the same. You'll get some people talking about different headstamps have different internal...
I don't practice in the federal system and admittedly don't know very much about it, so I won't weigh in on whether he could go or not.
I will weigh in on one idea that must be kept in mind when talking about possession. There is actual possession, which is what we immediately think about when...
I'm part OCD but I'm also part lazy. It's a bad combination.
I like shiny brass. But I'm not going to the trouble of having to dry brass after cleaning.
So, corncob and NuFinish it is for me.
I'll rephrase.
I won't pay the same, or even close to the same, for a Taurus as I would a Ruger.
For that price, I would buy a Taurus. It's a very good value at that price point.
That's exactly my point.
I'm not paying $700 for a Taurus when I can get a Ruger for the same money.
Again, not bashing Taurus, but they're not as good a gun as a Ruger.
Well, they used to be.
I have a Taurus revolver and it's fine. Like has been said above, it is not a shining example of flawless craftsmanship, but that's not what they were going for. Mine is a police trade in 4" .38 Special that I paid $200 for. For that gun at that price, it was worth it...
And sadly procreate.
Our range is very strict on this.
Either the gun is racked, or it's left with action open and chamber flag in place. And it's not to be touched while folks are downrange.
And giving someone your key will get you booted. Quickly.
If a kid is coming over and I don't know the parents that well, say for my kids birthday party or something like that, and they ask I would have no problem telling them that yes, they are all locked up.
A case prep center is on my short list of tools to add to the bench.
I use the Lee trimmers because I loathe having to make a dozen tiny adjustments when changing calibers that I'm trimming. The Lee system is so easy, just screw in the caliber specific rod and start trimming.
Well now Lee makes...
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