Recent content by pinhead56

Check out Midway, they have the Alpha Chrony for $85... I just ordered one today. Very basic model, but will do what I want.

ammo OAL Whenever one speaks about reliability of a Seecamp 32 acp, it usually revolves around misbehaving ammo. I visit the LWS forum regularly and many members say the OAL of the 32 round needs to be <= 0.910 inches to feed reliably. I bought a pair of calipers at Harbor Freight for about $15...

Check out the "Smart Carry". http://www.smartcarry.com/ The web site shows how it works for the inventor with a full size 1911 and a pair of jeans. You could carry on the beach in a swimsuit with this thing... though stay out of the water! I have one for a ppk/s or mid-sized auto. The...

I think Pax Jordana has it...the dutch of a "dutch load" is similar to the idea of a dutch door or going dutch... i.e. half-n-half. Anyways not sure I like such an idea, just go with HPs

regarding the Forster... I bought mine as a Bonanza about 1980 and it is one fine machine. Nothing to dislike. I recently bought a 'modern' progressive to up the volume and it requires lot's of fiddling... not that I'm complaining... I'm not, but the Coax is great.

I am reloading for 9mm with AA#5 and have some new Rainier 147 grain TRN bullets. I see in several different manuals as much as 0.8 to 1.0 grain of powder difference for FMJ vs plated bullets. When we are talking about the same weight bullet and extremely similar shape, what is the big...

Thanks for the info.

A friend of mine has a Ruger Old Army BP revolver. He has been known to shoot copper plated FMJ 45 cal bullets out of it. Has anyone else done this? Is this even safe? He has been advised by one person to NOT do this anymore, but he wonders what the *real* danger is (if any). Any comments from...

Claude raises a good point, in golf you can only carry 14 clubs in the bag when you go out. I think that could apply to shooters as well. That being the case, I have a ways to go before I can scrounge up 14 guns to take to the range at once... of course I know some of you could easily blow by...

Hey Igsracer the wooden storage box is a work of art by itself! :) I have an Ohaus 311 Cent-O-Gram that I bought from a lab supply shop around '81. It's a triple beam laboratory balance. It wasn't specifically made for reloading, but it works great and is accurate. You can read/weigh...

These don't also have a NT headstamp do they? An older thread here discussed some "Non-Toxic" FC brass with small primers rather than the usual large primers for 45acp.

I have a 1980's vintage Bonanza Coax (now known as Forster) and recently I bought a Hornady LNL AP to do more with less time. Today I've been trying to set up the LNL for 45 acp and understand each progressive step. This thing will be amazing if I can get it to seat primers correctly and throw a...

old balisong (or butterfly knife) Many moons ago when I was a teenager, I found and bought a "butterfly" knife in a Dayton, OH pawn shop. According to the owner it was hand-made in the Phillipines during WW II from a truck axle and whatever animal horn and pearl-like material was at hand. It's...