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If it were me, I'd have a dedicated bullet casting area with fume handling. You really don't want lead dust and smoke getting all over the rest of the shop if you can help it. If you want to go all out, you could build something like a lab fume hood. A high amp rated outlet for your lead pot...

I understand. Recently, my wife suggested that we should buy another safe as there isn't room to buy any more toys. Of course, it is her turn now...

Remington 700 BDL Left handed model for me. Both the 70 & 700 are fine rifles, I just happen to be a southpaw.

There are several problems with using liquid propellants in firearms or big guns. The liquid propellants are going to be more or less similar to liquid rocket fuels. These offer greater energy per pound than solid propellants but are always trickier to handle. This is the basic reason that the...

As of 7:56 it was: Yes 11% 76 No 86% 575 Maybe 1% 13 Total 664 FWIW. This is fun and all but are we actually accomplishing anything?

There are some "issues" with the .44 magnum as a home defense round. Two of the biggest of them are over penetration and heavy recoil. Also, as a lesser issue, the .44 magnum is usually very loud. Mind you, any full power handgun fired inside a house is likely to produce some amount of hearing...

I've been loading for an HK since 1982. I usually use Lake City cases. I have reloaded some of them more than six times w/o problems. The flutes are ~usually~ just cosmetic. I've found that some military surplus loads extrude brass into the stripes. I've had some hand-loads do that too...

Like several others, I started in 1978 which makes 30 years for me. 1660.25 +30 ------------------------------ 1690.25 So, as a group we've been reloading since before Rome fell....

fumes from burning powder OK, I think that the whole "fire bad, fire very bad" thing's been addressed pretty thoroughly already so I'll touch on another aspect of the question. The fumes from unconfined (*) burning powder can be very toxic with various nitrogen oxides ~or~ carbon monoxide...

I used to run a paintball field in the late '80s. (A micro-burst storm put me out of business.) I got out of the sport when there came to be so many jerks that I stopped enjoying myself. If you have a good gang to play with, it is awesome fun.

WuzYoungOnceToo said "I think far too much to-do is made over this camo pattern vs. that camo pattern." I heartily agree. The questions are: 1) What are you hunting? 2) What is the cover? 3) What season is it? Unless you're hunting turkeys or people (playing paintball) color isn't...

The USS North Carolina (BB-55) is in Wilmington, NC. I agree with Dr. Carbine about the Mighty 8th Air Force museum in Savannah, Ga. They have some very interesting aviation "stuff" including a Me-163 Komet. (The German rocket propelled interceptor.) http://www.mightyeighth.org/

ConfuseUs wrote: "I know picric acid was used to treat jaundice as well as blow things up, but I have no idea why there was any of the stuff in a high school to begin with." Picric Acid is still (sometimes) used to stain slides for microscope study. IIRC, before WWI, it used to be used as a...

The Democratic party started going anti-second amendment pretty much immediately after ratification. For instance, Nat Turners rebellion in 1831 prompted a national change of laws. The seminal change though was in 1865. In the aftermath of the civil war, the Democrats (who ran the...

Thanks ya'll! I appreciate the advice.

I have a friend who's going to be driving from NC to Philadelphia for a couple of days. He plans on bringing his CC weapon along. I know that Pennsylvania, Va and WV have reciprocity with North Carolina, but is there anything else that he's going to have to watch out for? How anti-gun are the...

NeoSpud; 10-4 on the rain check. It was just a notion.

Seems that there are a number of us in the W-S area. Anyone up for a cup of mud at Borders books Saturday morning? This isn't off topic is it? Jim.

That was me. Leatherneck, I agree totally. That's why I don't have any other indications on the car. However as noted, if you're not one of the tribe, you won't get it. NeoSpud, according to the NC DMV website, MOLNLAB is available (6/20/07.)...

A good reloading shop in Kernersville If you're willing to drive that far, there's a pretty good shop in Kernersville. (That is about another 15-20 minutes west from Greensboro.) The shop is called "The Gun Rack" They're on highway 150 about 1 block off of Business I-40. I was in there...