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    Yep. Another annoying MOA question

    One of the best ways to figure bullet drop and moa is to go to Hornady or Federal ballistic programs and get the figures to plug into the formula. Get the printout in 25 yard increments and print it up. With care you should be able to hit out to 500 depending on bullet. (don't ask a 40 grain...
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    .224 Valkyrie

    See you tube "Jonnys Reloading Bench " and see the troubles he had with brass in the 22 Nosler. He had chewed up brass and horrible accuracy ( 4 to 5 inches @ 100 ).
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    What 5 Guns only forever?

    1.) Walther P99 2.)Controlled feed action bolt gun 30-06 with 4x12 scope. Dangerous and big game. 3.) SPR ar15 with 1x4 scope and without all the other junk. Varmints of all sizes 4.) Savage mk11 22 bolt gun Ruger Std 22 pistol. Without the magazine disconnect and chamber loaded flags. KISS
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    52, 53, 55, 69 grain, FMJ, HP, BT etc .223, what's your most accurate powder/bullet combination??

    Rem 40x 52 smk 25.0 IMR 3031 .3 all day long . The gun is way better than I am. cheapo AR with Wilde chamber first load at 100 yds 23.5 8208 and 69 sierra mk into .55 The reason to use 3031 is the Sierra manual (old) stated that 3031 was the powder used in accuracy testing rifle bullets all...
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    Arisaka 99 question

    That gun is plenty strong. N R A story from the fifties. A shooter had done the same job and complained it kicked like a mule. The NRA experts found he had done the chambering job to a 6.5mm not the thirty cal. The gun was squeezing the bullet from 308 to 264. The barrel was ruined but the...
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    AR-15 Trigger Won't Reset

    Saw this same problem on a new gun. the parkerising was so rough the trigger spring would not reset the trigger. Oil on it( it was shipped dry) and thirty rounds latter it was functioning normally.
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    Hercules Unique powder loads..

    You say throw it on the lawn, I've tossed so much from surplus ammo I am thinking of a no smoking sign for the lawn.
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    Your opinion of the best all round reloading manual

    Speer #9 Speer #10 (Pistol chrono very close to mine) Sierra black manual with supplement for exterior ballistics.(1971) Sierra #5 Large ring (binder) One book/one load .45 9mm 308 Hodgins on line data This old guy is too cheap to buy a bunch of new books. Most is online today.
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    Scope corrections for long range - how far? Also AR Iron Sights

    I would look at the Millet sight web pages for 30-06 data try using 308 data (very similar) http://www.millettsights.com/resources/shooting-tips/ballistic-data-cards/
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    P38 questions

    Numrich gun parts shows three rear sights "R" and "L" and unmarked. And I saw one marked 4? so their is some variance in how they are marked. https://www.gunpartscorp.com/Products/971950.htm
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    P38 questions

    front sights are numbered for sight height and rear sights adjust for horizontal with four or five variations.
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    P38 questions

    robertsons trading post has the hex block p1 at : http://www.gunsamerica.com/978623559/Walther_9mm_P38_variant_P1_Lightweight_Military_1965_P_1_German_Federal_Border_Guard_BGS_P_38_Descendant_CA_OK_1_Factory_8_Shot_Magazine_He.htm This block absorbs the shock or the barrel assembly sliding...
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    7.62x39 .312 bullet in .310 neck?

    Think of the reduced diameter as a saftey cannalure to keep the bullets from sliding deeper in the case
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    Wierd idea on powder dipping.

    My first dipper for 9m/m was a 32 auto case soldered to a #12 screw. With the threads i was able to vibrate the rod over the can top to get consistant charges.
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    1911 feed problem

    the bottom of a colt extractor is rounded and slipes easily into place. It looks like the sig extractor is trying to machine the rims of the snap caps.
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    hammer or stryker

    Hammer fired pistols, they usually transfer a bit more energy to the firing pin. My browning hi-power fires reloaded berdan primed reloads that my p-99 takes multiple strikes to fire.My experience. I recall that the specification for firing pin energy of striker fired guns was lower than hammer...
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    G42 380 Reload Help?

    I've run them for thirty years with up to 100 gn bullets 3.0 gn ww 231/ hp38.
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    Powder weight is kind of secondary..

    Most of my containers for powder have a label for the powder measure/ weight in magic marker on them. if I use the powder for different bullet weights or calibers, It gets more notes.
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    Oldest 38 Special Powder Still In Existence

    I know that Hercules had an original lot of bullseye stored in water. They would take some out and test it against new powder to make sure to stayed the same.
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