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PSA 308 bolt would not headspace with the original barrel nor would it headspace with the Faxon replacement. Lantac bolt fixed it. Bushmaster (Remington days) AR15 loose gas key. The bolts were properly staked and had not moved, but they were never torqued in the first place. The staking was...

My favorite is the Micro-trac V4.5W. 1.5-4.5 wide view. Best 22 scope ever IMO

Those old Weavers, especially the Micro-Tracs, will give a lot of modern scopes a run for their money.

I have a few that really should have been left laying around in Rhodesia because they weren't worth picking up. That said, Thermold makes some for the FAL and they also make RRA's poly mags for their LAR-8. They work extremely well in my old Bushmaster BAR10 which uses FAL mags. The last steel...

I bought CCI mini mag HP's x100/box for 8-9$/box last week at local walmart, limit 3. Rem 30-30 170 gr corelokt 18-19$ box of 20. That's not much higher than a couple years ago, so I'm pretty sure the MFG is not raking in all that profit.

Torque it to your desired torque, mark the place where the gas tube needs to go, remove the nut, and use a dremel or small chain saw file to cut your own notch for the gas tube.

When you call squirrels "game" it leads me to believe you'll be eating them. They're very good. But every squirrel or any other small animal I ever shot with a .223 was obliterated to the point there was not much left to eat. If you're eliminating "varmints" then that doesn't matter so much. JMO

55 yrs old, 6', 270 lb. Glock 17 or preferrably 19 in Alessi Talon Plus IWB at 4 o'clock position, right behind hip bone. The Talon clip does NOT go over your belt, just the waistband of your pants where the belt will cover it up...

The Pro Chrono is my recommendation as well. A couple years ago I finally shot my old Shooting Chrony F1. Got the Pro Chrono off Amazon and couldn't be more pleased with the price/performance ratio. I shoulda executed that F1 years ago. No telling how much wasted test ammo I could have saved due...

I'm no expert or anything, but I would think the 70 grain Barnes would require a 7-twist. It's not so much the WEIGHT of the bullet as it is the LENGTH. The Barnes and similar copper bullets are a good bit longer than the same weight conventional lead bullet. Longer bullets generally require...

I crimp my AR ammo. I use a taper crimp die which is much more forgiving as far as case length variation. Mine is CH4D. After loading, I drop every round into a case guage from JPRifles.com. Go to the address below and click on case gauges. http://www.jprifles.com/1.5.1.2_maint.php...

I must agree with that.

I've had some that looked similar from an AR with a light semi-auto BCG and std buffer/spring. Not that extreme but close. Primers were still in place but very flat. The load was not maxed out. I installed a heavy buffer (H3) with a heavy spring and the same loads ceased to show these pressure...

THIS^^^^

I have went through dry spells of like 2 or 3 years at a stretch, but I always go back. Many of those times I'm just dealing with other issues and can't get my mindset right. And summertime, which lasts at least 6-8 months here in the tropical paradise of Louisiana, it's too miserable to get out...