Recent content by Metalbender

Thats very nice! I always want to try engraving dont think I would be very good

I have been hand priming for 23 yrs using the Lee and also the Rcbs as of the last 2 years I really like both units they haved served me well and prime as fast as you can place a case in them

Thanks guy's this gives me some ideas

I have a mossberg 835 and have a rifled slug barrel on the way with the cantelever scope mount and was really thinking of putting on a red dot scope, or am I better off with a reg scope in either a fixed power or variable ? I need something for the state parks that I want to hunt more dont think...

Ups use's a ORMD sticker on pkgs that let them know that its small arms ammo

Sltm1 yea it aint a exact thing but it works some guys that make knives and such have all the bells and wistles like a electric heat treat oven's and propane forges with pyro meters . I dont have the funds for these things since my disposable income is all but gone

Good for you ! its nice to get a good quality weapon

BHP FAN , if you can get it up to 1500 degrees or a little past were a magnet wont stick to it and have your oil pre heated to 140 -160 degrees you can dunk in there swish it around for a min or so to cool it and clean it and try temp in your oven @400 . I really dont think you need to temper it...

It breaking do to being to hard is a problem but first you have to be using a good carbon tool steel, you dont know the make up of your steel frizzen so its a guessing thing . You may not have a real problem with it because it wont get that hard ! I have been blacksmithing for awhile and I've...

Some things to try not trying to sound like I know everything but I've been shooting (30yrs) flintlocks for awhile and these are just some ideas for you to resolve the problem make sure you have a good sharp flint if the edge gets to rounded you will need to nap it when your frizzen is...