Recent content by Relodr

Spoke to manager of local Wally mart one week ago. She still has a customer who arrives at 7:00 am, every day and buys every round of .22 lr, 9mm, and .380 delivered that morning. No explanation. No idea of total quantities or cost involved. She is beginning to suspect some sort of reselling...

My dad was a successful business owner in early fifties in E. St. Louis,Ill. Yeah, the Buster Wortman era and all that. In those days, daily receipts had to be hand carried to the bank. His daily carry was a Colt, 1903, 32 ACP. Completely random times/routes, using several banks, a powerful...

I'm going to gun show tomorrow. I need to pick up some affordable 22 LR, 16, 20, and 12 ga. I' m teaching four young folks and they are consuming my ten year surplus ammo at a prodigious rate. Gratifying results, but I sure hope things are improvng. This may push me to reloading shotshells...

GRIZ22, From the volume and quality of the work done/being done in this area, It must be quie difficult and or complex. I'm going to jump in as far as my technical abilities allow and then try to contact a few of the brighter bulbs out there.I suspect that in those cases where definitive...

Geez Texas. I don't think I know for certain now any more than when I first posted this topic.:confused:

I glanced at the popular mechanics stuff Dead Liver. Looks really interesting. Thanks. Gotta go through them more thoroughly now. .

Sounds plausible GRIZZ22. I'd love to see some photos of microscopic examinations of bullets from consecutive barrels to see the wear effect. Have you seen this? Is it really obvious?

Bullets fired from a particular gun barrel can be identified by the striations produced by the machining marks on the inner surface of the barrel. This is true. We've seen countless tv programs demonstrating this. My question is this: If two barrels are produced consecutively with the same...

Thanks guys. I've got my Midway and Brownells catalogs in front of me now. I just may be able to do a respectable job on this. If so it could make the 25 cent factory stock into at least a $5 one! Fumbler: That tutorial by Mr. science is impressive to say the least. His self deprecating...

I despise embossed checkering but couldn't pass up a really sweet shooting (consistent 1/2 " 50 yard groups with garden variety ammo) Marlin .22 WMR with butt ugly embossed checkering. Years ago I read about chasing the embossed checkering with standard checkering tools, ending up with...

My daughter and I took box stock GP100's to Thunder Ranch. Only other revolver there was another GP100 that had trigger job. Lightest, smoothest double action trigger I've ever come across. He was my partner so I saw, felt, every round he fired and during the week of shooting, heard at least...

If it's a plinker, clean it when it starts to shoot poorly (If it ever does!) or when it's going into storage. Defensive hand cannons? Best to keep the crud from building up in the innards, especially the semi-autos. The're finicky enough as is. Revolvers not so much so. Barrels? I've...

Folks: The key words here are "MOST RELIABLE". I presently own a Para P-14, Sig P220, HK USP, BHP, Beretta 92F, Ruger MKII, Buckmark .22, an old P-38, new XD, Ruger P90, a tiny NAA .32, a tiny Kel-Tech .32, and even an antique ( 1927) Colt 1903. Had a Glock .45 that was way too large...

First off, a quality, concealed hammer revolver (Airweight is numero uno) is by far the gun of choice for CCW. Revolvers go bang every time. Not talking LEO's here. They have some logic for "firepower". I love to shoot autos. My gunsafe has a Sig, HK, Ruger, CZ, Para (that new extractor is...

I put Meprolights on two GP100's 15 years ago, mine and my daughter's. New they were excellent. They are still usable but just barely. Maybe about half as bright as new. One thing I have noticed even now is that I can spot my gun on the cleaning bench in the dark if the sights are at a...