Recent content by goldpelican

Assuming your 9mm is an auto and the 357 is a wheel gun, I think your ratios are out - I'm fine with just 100 or so 38/357 loaded on hand, but a few thousand 9mm. I go through more 9mm. My kanban spreadsheet says I've currently got 2200 loaded 9mm, 2200 primed 9mm, 4300 ready to prime, and I...

I concur with earlier posters - probably tried to prime crimped primer pockets. I prime with an RCBS hand primer - it works perfectly unless you try to prime a case that hasn't had enough crimp removed. The primer "crunches" into the pocket and flattened. All of the cases I've done it to are...

Currently looking at an Ultima 100 - anyone got one?

One in stock at my local dealer. The only application I can think of is for deer in muzzle loading season - and the only place around here to do that has a very active public range located within the hunting area with non-stop pistol, rifle and shotgun all day, so it will probably sit in stock a...

Most sporterized surplus look like they've been chopped, but that just looks old school "legit". Very nice regardless of what caliber it turns out.

...and make sure you fire a thousand of them to ensure you've picked a reliable brand that doesn't have priming issues. I recently bought 10 gallons of mixed brass from an indoor range - out of the two buckets, I must have pulled a dozen live 22LR with firing pin indents. I ran a few of them...

At a gun show on the weekend and two different dealers had specials on Springfields that included 4 magazines, a range bag and possibly another accessory, in a white cardboard box instead of a hard carrycase. Can't find any details of it online though. Very much liking the Range Officer after...

Worthwhile for anything you don't have a receipt for, but third party sourced documentation like a receipt or invoice would be better - anyone can fudge a date on an email. I guess my point was if you possess items that you're worried may be subject to future restrictions, get provenance now so...

I know it won't be a popular opinion shared by many on here, but I agree - it's a device designed to provide the equivalent of automatic fire without the NFA hassles, and it's only currently legal (in my opinion) from ATF following the letter of the law, not the intent of the law. As fun as they...

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...

You do understand that uppers and lowers are pretty compact when separated, right? You could probably fit 10 ARs into a single suitcase and it would weigh under 80lb, and all of the ammo into another. Wave off the bellboy and lug it yourself.

Wonder if you could ream out a 45-70 to a 90 or 100.

Duh. The linked article was an example. The recent lever action shotgun that cause controversy was the Adler A110 - they were looking at reclassifying *all* lever actions, not just shotguns.

If it comes to light that something aftermarket like a bump fire stock or gat crank were used, then they might be up for being shunted onto the NFA list. Neither have a hunting or personal protection purpose, I'm not aware of any competitions that call for their use, effectively they're just...

See http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/explainer-why-was-the-controversial-adler-110-leveraction-shotgun-banned-20161018-gs5gdt.html - there was an argument that lever actions were considered "rapid fire" weapons. A relative has a couple of 1892s, and all sorts of 30-30...