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  1. goldpelican

    Keep your receipts!

    It is worth tracking down and finding receipts, emailed order confirmations or any other "proof of purchase" for items that are at risk of being caught up in new regulations or legislation. A thread on Colorado's large capacity magazine prohibitions reminded me that items can be grandfathered in...
  2. goldpelican

    Difference between S&W Performance and E Series 1911

    Rented a PERFORMANCE CENTER Model SW1911 at the range today - what a joy to shoot. Only the second time I've used a 1911, and the last time was in the 90s with a beat up range rental which was literally my first pistol experience. Ready to throw my Ruger P95 in the trash - my groups at the same...
  3. goldpelican

    148g HBWC in 357 Magnum

    Looking for an excuse to load up a bunch of 357 Magnum cases I have. I have a Taurus 38/357 with a 2" barrel - I've only been loading 38 Special for it, but am interested in seeing just how accurate a loading I can get going in it, so have been considering getting some HBWC bullets to load. I...
  4. goldpelican

    Anyone recognize this 9mm bullet

    I bought 2000 of these over a year ago - can't find the order email, can't remember the company and lost the label I kept in a house move. From memory it is 124g, but cannot remember if it was plated or jacket. I have a suspicion that they are RMR, but can't find a decent photo of their HP...
  5. goldpelican

    Hodgdon H335 and 62 grain pills in 5.56

    I have both Hornady FMJ (flattish bottom with concave) and Hornady BTHP match bullets in 62 grains. The Lee manual doesn't offer 62g load data for H335 (but they do have 60g and 63g), and I'm finding some wildly different published loads. Lee - 60g jacketed - 22.5 to 24.0 grains Hodgdon - 62g...
  6. goldpelican

    Burnt myself on Harbor Freight Vibratory Tumbler

    Something's up with my tumbler. 2 years old, probably put 4000 cases through it. Forgot it was running last night, it had been on for about 5 hours - so went to the garage (it sits on a concrete floor), turned it off, touched the wingnut, and literally heard sizzling. The wingnut and thread...
  7. goldpelican

    Reloading 223 on a turret - how do you handle powder?

    Been happily chugging away loading 9mm (and now 38 Special) for about 18 months with my Lee Classic Turret - looking at expanding to doing 223 as well for use in the AR - so not looking for match grade loads. How do you handle powder dispensing for such a task? I have the Lee Pro Auto Disk...
  8. goldpelican

    Lee Class Cast single stage press

    Looking at adding a single stage press to the bench for specific batch tasks (full length resizing and primer crimp swaging). Already have a Lee Classic Turret, but I just have the feels that I don't want to be full length resizing on it in bulk. Pretty much all of my gear is Lee except for a...
  9. goldpelican

    10 gallons of once fired

    Think I did okay today - two 5 gallon buckets of indoor range brass for $175. Paid about $1.30 a pound. Only about 100 aluminum cases and no steel - I think it had had a magnet run over it before I got it. Not too much 22LR either - less than a pound. The big surprise was the amount of live...
  10. goldpelican

    Safety glasses while reloading

    The small/large primer 45 ACP thread had me thinking - do many people on here wear safety glasses when reloading, especially when handling primers? Are there any people that DON'T? My grandfather lost an eye shortly after WWII from a reloading accident - was doing something with 303 British and...
  11. goldpelican

    Best brass catcher for use at an indoor range

    New range opened in town, so I went along to try it. Long story short, the bays are narrow, and 9mm brass that normally hits the mesh and drops into my ammo tin at my normal outdoor range (90%+ save rate) instead bounces off the wall, and usually flies forward into the lane and is lost. I only...
  12. goldpelican

    Ruger American Rimfire Compact/Standard conversion

    Just double checking - it's possible to convert an RAR 22 from Compact to Standard just by changing out the stock module? i.e. convert model 8306 (18" compact/threaded) to model 8305 (18" standard/threaded) by adding the standard pull stock module. I need a 22 for the kids to learn on, and I...
  13. goldpelican

    Ruger ISB for 10/22

    Didn't see any comments on this yet. http://www.ruger.com/micros/silent-sr-ISB/index.html Billed as "RUGER® SILENT-SR® 10/22 TAKEDOWN® INTEGRALLY SUPPRESSED BARREL", with an MSRP of $629. Replaces the entire barrel on a takedown 10/22 or 22 Charger pistol.
  14. goldpelican

    Asked for black powder... offered smokeless

    At a Bass Pro in SWFL yesterday. Asked for black powder at the gun counter as they keep it out back being an explosive. Young guy says - "it's behind you - I'll show you". That caught me off guard, as it's not kept out in the aisles. Took me straight to the smokeless powder section. I said, no...
  15. goldpelican

    Which powder for 38 special in 2" barrel?

    About to load 38 Special for the first time - the gun is a Taurus with 2" barrel. I have the following three powders on hand - which would you recommend for use with 125g Berrys plated flat nose bullets in the short barrel? HP-38 BE-86 Power Pistol I'm thinking I would like to avoid Mosin...
  16. goldpelican

    Bought wrong ammo!

    Well today saw a first. Went into Walmart to buy a Winchester white box of 357 Magnum. Asked for 357 Magnum, the guy was having a hard time locating it, I said "second shelf from the bottom", he pulled a box marked 357, rang it up, bagged it and handed it over. Got home and opened the bag...
  17. goldpelican

    Speed loader for Taurus 605 in 357

    Any recommendations for a speedloader for the Taurus 605? I have a new one, 2" SS model. This is my first revolver - I will be picking up some speed strips, but would like to try out a speed loader as well.
  18. goldpelican

    Eye protection - ESS ICE vs ESS Suppressor

    Looking to pick up some new shooting glasses, and based on spec & reviews, am set on trying something by ESS. I want a single lense, so have narrowed the choice down the the ICE and Suppressor (which is a muff friendly version of the Crossbow). Has anyone here owned either pair of these...
  19. goldpelican

    Appropriate range clothing

    A terrible accident at a local range here in Florida this weekend - a 14yo boy was shot and killed by his father while at the bench behind the firing line when a hot 22LR case bounced off a wall and went down to back of the fathers shirt. The father instinctively reached back to swat at the hot...
  20. goldpelican

    CCI APS primers on strips

    How many are there in a case? Saw a case of #500 small pistol primers on APS strips at a show today - the seller claimed it was a box of 5000, but the carton looked far too small - all it said on the side about the contents was "5 PCS". The carton was about the same size as 3x boxes of 1000...
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