Recent content by Buck13

457s are definitely something I've been considering. Which model I like best changes from week to week.

Knowing me, maybe a match once a decade. Just want something that is noticeably a step or two ahead of my box-stock 10/22s, so probably "informal."

If you were not poor but cheap, and looking to buy a bolt-action .22 for target shooting that hit your sweet spot for the trade-off between accuracy and price, what would it be? Not a project gun (no changing the stock, trigger, barrel or anything like that) but as a turn-key that just needs a...

I have an OEM 20" 10/22 (have a BX trigger I'm soon to install, otherwise all-original), want to put a Leupold 2-7 x 33 VX Rimfire on it. Since this is not an NRL22 rifle, I don't feel the need for anything bigger! What mount is good for a smallish scope like that? Ideally parts I can order...

Midway has Desantis Softuck on sale (some models anyway). Ruger Mk pistols aren't listed in fit guide. Suggestions? Maybe a 1911 model of similar barrel length? Looking for something to carry a Ruger MkIV Lite or MkII 5.5" Target. Neither is a great carry gun, IMHO, but would be nice to...

I went to two SWs and called two more yesterday. No 2400 to be found. But I did score 500 Federal Large Pistol Match standard primers for 8 cents a pop, which isn't bad considering that the nearest Cabela's wanted 10 cents each for Winchester LPs. No doubt it helped with availability that the...

M-dies are supposed to be really good for cast bullets. I have a couple and haven't really played around with them that much. My reloading schedule is pretty limited and erratic, and the last time I was using plastic-coated bullets, I just remember thinking maybe it wasn't worth it to save a...

For the .45 I'd buy their (Zero's) 185 grain JHPs for target use.

I picked up a fair number (by my standards) of Nosler 158 grain .357 JHPs quite a while ago at a reasonable price. Very happy with their accuracy but I've run out and the prices no longer seem at all reasonable. I picked up a .45 1911 early this year and got some GT cast for it. I'm thinking...

That is pretty steep. Good to know it's available. Definitely wasn't any at SW in Everett that last few times I was there, but I only get in there every two to three months. Next week I'll be driving right past a BassPro, a different SW and a Cabela's, so I guess I'll duck into each to...

Has anyone seen 2400 available? I have enough magnum revolver powder for my needs, but nothing that has quite the same fireball as 2400. I haven't seen any for sale in years. I was guessing that Alliant found it more convenient/profitable to make only MP-300 for some reason. Or does 2400...

A while back I bought a Weigatinny rail to put on my original model Redhawk .43 Magnum. I didn't rush to install it, and it finally occurred to me when I looked at it last night that I would need a pin punch to remove the rear sight pivot pin. Not the kind of tool I have a full set of. What...

I guess I should first figure out which is in more common use and learn the one that is more popular, so I'm speaking the same language. I'm used to hearing about MOA, but mainly when people are talking about turret clicks.

Well, to be more specific: Not only do animals vary in size, both by species and age, but how big their bodies appear varies A LOT with their posture. So, the head of an adult gray squirrel would be pretty consistent and might be useful for ranging, but the thickness or length of a squirrel's...

Hmm, the "Similar threads" below led me to this: https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-slx6-1-6x24mm-sfp-rifle-scope-gen-3-illuminated-acss-22lr-reticle Not *precisely* what I was looking for, but close, and reasonably priced. I'm going to have to RTFM because I can't figure out how the...