Recent content by uglymofo

Yethir, Yethir, I *AM* the king of cheep.. Hmmm. "inexpensive"..... Does this count? My second gun was a Remington Rand 1911; I got it for fixing a gate for the next door neighbor of my best friend's parents. She'd inherited the gun from her father, and was afraid of it and her teenage son's...

I'll consider myself smarter than the average "poor college student" :) (w/ $10,000 in guns??? dayumm, can I come live with you??) 'cuz I stopped keeping track a while ago; thankfully I was never strong in bookkeeping skills....I'd guess in the last 4 years I've poured all my extra money into...

Agreed. and nothin' but beanie babies, jerky, and knives. A real loser of a "show". I only went once.

Buy yourself a lapping tool ($15 at Sinclair Intl as I recall; maybe less at discount vendors) and lap the rings according to the tool manufacturer's instructions. I think the commonly accepted correct lapping is ~1/3 bare metal shows when the rings are properly lapped. After having found...

You haven't stated your requirements, but the 40mm will run out of elevation before the 30mm-tubed 50 will.

These are my 3 best deals so far: I found a Wilson Combat SuperGrade for $1800; the lady selling it didn't know how an auction was supposed to work, and neither did I (at the time--it was my first), and in a private mail, I said, "I'll do it for $1800 shipped" and she did. Some poor guy...

reloading. I dunno how all ya'll can separate one process outta the whole hateful chore.

I have about as many "1911's" --true Colts, a Brown, a Wilson Super Grade, the KZ 45 in both sizes, some custom guns (Behlert, Hoag, Wilson [before the bigtime]), and a Kimber. I also have a BHP, with a pretty sweet trigger. It's not the same. It doesn't point quite as naturally. I'm a big...

What they all said, but especially Fuff and HSmith. Don't rebarrel, and think this through before you customize, no matter who you choose. A customized SA is still an SA. If you're gonna go that route, do it to a Colt. You're gonna loose money in either case, but if you decided to sell a...

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Yes, the lever locks the case in place. There's no collet on the levered version of the RCBS Trim Pro. It uses a shellholder; the rope doesn't 'roll up'. The manual version works just fine for about half the cost of an RCBS electric, with the addition of common (at least to me) home...

I like this one.

I've been told that I could shoot smokeless 45-70's out of a rifle chambered for 45-90, and that that would be like shooting .38 Spl in a .357 Magnum or .44Sp in a .44Magnum. I don't doubt that it can be physically done, but what do y'alls experience say about that? 1) Would the pressures...

In response to my question, where is the ancient literary source and whom (?) is the historian responsible for citing the quote, my friend wrote back and verbatim, this is the text of his message: <<< The phrase "molon labe" comes from Plutarch's Moralia, "Sayings of Spartans"...

No biggie, Horge. I've got a couple feelers out to different guys, and expect to get an answer by maybe M or Tu. I couldn't find my wife's copies if I tried, anyway. They're buried somewheres with all the other books. :)