Recent content by mcofboise

Over the years I've gotten a lot of replacement parts from them at no charge, so this was no real surprise: broken decapping rods, O-rings and a handle for the lubrisizer, various things for the Pro-Melt. Each time I offer to pay, and each time it's comped. Makes me happy to have so much green...

I bought my RockChucker press in 1978. A couple days ago I was doing something with it (that I probably should not have been doing) and broke the priming arm. I fired off an email asking how much to order and replace the part. Today, I got the typical response email... part's in the mail...

Got an email from Ruger today about this: http://www.ruger.com/products/HawkeyePredator/models.html May be boding of the shape of things to come... mike ----> dunno

Lovely. I'm a little OCD and ADD, and I do a little lathe work, so I get it. :) mike

Yes. 21. The basic permit is really easy to get with minimal requirements. The enhanced requires classroom time and live-fire qualifications. With the enhanced we get reciprocity with all of our border states, except Oregon, who steadfastly refuses to recognize us, while I'm pretty sure we...

Email always works for me. I've been blue since 1984 and they still respond with the same no BS attitude as if I'd just bought it yesterday. I always offer to pay (by this point, some things are just plain wearing out from use) but I haven't spent a nickel on replacement parts in all this...

The only brass I've seen consistently warned against is any of the FC headstamps. Mostly the complaints against are that of loose primer pockets and low tolerance to multiple reloadings. I tend to agree with the loose primer pockets crowd and have been culling FCs from my inventory. The LC...

Thanks! I needed that laugh. I walked around the house giggling every time I thought about this thread. A couple years ago I experienced one of the best days of my life when I tossed my keys on the desk and left a 32 year career in retail behind. Depending on my mood, I frequently...

My 1895SS Marlin was the first gun I ever had recoil issues with; not normally recoil-conscious, but trying to shoot groups over sandbags with this gun was not in the cards. Until I put a Limbsaver recoil pad on it to ease the pressure on my tender clavicle. I shoot the Hornady FTX (the...

9 or 10 grains of Unique for a very pleasant and accurate load to plink with. 18 grains of 2400 for a more magnum-like load to work your way up to 20 grains of 2400 which has all the snort and beller I need from the round. It also is very accurate. 15 grains of Blue Dot shoots to the same...

Paul, all this rain is keeping me out of the desert. I'm feeling weak. Is there a meeting next week for our 12 round... er, step, program? mike

My '73 Trapdoor came with a broken extractor, and a partial box of circa '50s Remington ammo, including several fired cases with odd flow marks on them. Looking in the chamber showed gouges in the chamber wall that matched the brass flows and pretty much explained the broken extractor. I...

A lot of the brass I pick up at the local shooting spots has some of our desert clay adhering to it. After knocking the adobe wadcutters out of some of them, there is still residual grit, and I refuse to shoot high speed abrasives down my barrels needlessly (similarly, I gave up rouge...

So I was going to PM you and show my ignorance, but instead I looked up some old threads and I think I understand now the difference between standard and wadcutter cases. My only question would be: Any way to easily differentiate between the two in a pile of mixed brass? mike

I had to look up those aluminum blocks; found a posting on snipershide for them. Very cool work and he shows a 25 round block with a milled out recess to hold the bullets you're loading. Hmmm. And now we've hijacked this thread from the guy doing the most awesome woodwork at the top... mike