Recent content by coondogger

I ran a second batch using Trail Boss. It produced a much higher pressure -- around 18,000. Still sooted up.

Thanks. I'll give them a call this afternoon.

I've misplaced just about everything; wallet, car keys (found 'em in the fridge), glasses, jacket, and even my truck once. But a gun? Nog nooit. Never. But I am glad you found yours.

I'd like to try a recipe for 44 magnum for my rifle. It calls for a #429215 cast lead bullet propelled by 9 grains of Titegroup. But I'm having trouble finding a supply of 429215 bullets. Titegroup is also scarce but still obtainable. Anyone know of a source for these specific lead cast bullets?

I believe I will. But for the current batch I’m putting a heavier crimp on the bullet. Just to eliminate that as a possibility. Then I load some with 6.8 g. (7.2 is max).

I just ran some 44 mag rounds through my Rossi 92 lever gun. I used a 165 lead round nose projectile powered by 6.5 grains of Universal. It generates 10,350 psi. This is from the latest edition of the Lee Precision loading manual. Here's the problem. The cases are exceedingly blackened after...

I should also mention that the Boer Wars was an excellent example of this. The Boers were 'n regtig burgerweermag (true citizen's army). They had no uniforms. They used their own horses, and their own rifles which as one British general observed, 'any man that comes within 700 yards of a Boer...

Finland, Sweden, and Norway have strong hunting cultures. Which is one reason they do well at Biathlon. It is also demonstrably difficult to invade a country that has extreme climate and terrain combined with a citizen's army. Ask Napoleon and Hitler. Both Germany and France's armies were...

Now that's what I call a glass half full. Believe me, this type of thinking makes life much more pleasant, and probably healthier.

Russian creative high points: Ballet, the field hospital, corrective eye surgery, air ionization, the Khalaznikov. Low points: Communism, Russian Roulette, and this knife/gun combo mishigas.

This is a good example of applied logic.

I assume you refer to the morbidly obese scion whose family bought him a governorship.

As Rat said to Mole, “You what? Never? Well what HAVE you been doing?”

That looks pretty easy. I might get one. If it doesn't work out out I can always remove it and re-install the safety.

Interesting idea. I’d rather have a peep sight than a safety of suspect workability. I wonder how hard they are to install.