Recent content by Uncle Billy

Yup, "Don't Take Your Guns To Town", Johnny Cash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMMp_llzBT4 See what OC can get you into, even in the rural west? <Just a joke, guys>

I "tare" my digital scale with the primed case, throw the charge and weigh it again- the reading the second time is the weight of powder in the case. I'll do it this way for the entire batch if: I'm loading Unique, which is a pain in the pratt to meter accurately because of its shape. The...

SalchaketJoe: Thanks, I was wondering if I was mistaken. I tried to find it again on HBO on demand but wasn't successful. Oh well, no big deal I guess.

I thought I saw a bolt action rifle being carried by one of the Marines as they went ashore from the landing craft, that was left-handed. I know that the marksmen carried bolt-action Springfields (I think), and this early in the war a lot of Marines carried Springfields at first, but...

I've often shared my BP flintlocks with someone who's interested at the outdoor range, and that's accorded me an opportunity to shoot a few rounds out of a bunch of different guns which I wouldn't have the opportunity to shoot otherwise.

I did a similar project on a Herter's (BSA action) .30-06. The original stock split in 2 pieces. I bought a roughly shaped block of pretty nice wood from Reinhart-Faegin (they were in business by themselves in those days) and made a fairly well-shaped stock using the busted one for a pattern...

Thanks, guys... Thanks to all of you for your posts here. Your responses to my original request are just what I was looking for, and now I've got a lot more alternatives and ways to go than previously. I'm going to practice on some pieces of maple I have laying around my shop and from how...

I'm not sure if this ought to be posted here or in the "Gunsmithing" section, so if it's out of place here, I'm sure the mods will move it. My next project is to build a quality flintlock "Kentucky" rifle from a kit. I've done a couple BP kits before, CVA and Dixie Gun Works (I was given...

Call 911 on your cell phone, mention that deadly weapons are involved, tell the combatants that the cops are on their way with weapons drawn, see whatever you can so as to be a credible witness- take pictures with your cell phone if you can, etc., and let them know that's what you're doing. If...

We are all "subjects"- "...one who lives in the territory of, enjoys the protection of, and owes allegiance to a sovereign power or state." Merriam-Webster Online dictionary. We are "subjects" to the laws of where we live. In this country it's still true that if someone wants a law to be...

Hello from New York I also discovered this forum in a search for information and thought I'd join up. I have a small collection of guns made up of military and sporting guns from my family's past and as such are valued heirlooms; guns left to me by family friends and ones I've acquired over...

You know you're old when the cop who caught you doing a burnout (Datsun 240Z with a small block Chev in it) says, "Come on, Gramps, grow up!" and drives away shaking his head. Or when the E-3 kid next to you at the USAF qualification range for the last time after 34 years in the Air Force...