Recent content by Lucky Jim

I have just gathered everything up to reload for my K31 SR in 7.5 x55 and am planning on using 170 grain Laser Cast gas checked bullets. I have always read that you are not supposed to seat the gas check past the case neck. On the 7.5 Swiss I have to seat the bullet so deep that the gas check...

I have been shooting 165 grain cast bullets in my 30-30 at a local silhoutte match. Most of the guys use 180 grain bullets. I use the 165 grain bullets simply because I do not have to seat the bullet with the gas check past the case neck. Some of the old time shooters were telling me the 165...

Savage Stock I did previously post about replacing the Savage 10FP-LE1 stock with the Savage 12BVSS. You will just have to fiddle around with the sling studs and the action screws to get everything just as you want it. No problem though. I got everything either from the original stock or...

SMLE With the intention of developing one rifle which would serve the infantryman as a rifle and everbody else as a carbine, the 'Short Lee-Enfield was designed.

Are these rifles worth buying? I have found one in just about perfect shape and I think I can reload if I don't mind paying the high brass prices and can use .308 bullets. Does anyone have any advice on these? They look pretty nice. I plan on shooting cast bullets so I would not really be hard...

Savage stock I have the 10FP-LE1 in .308 and the factory stock was okay, but sort of flimsy. That was just to me. The rifle shoots great with factory stock. I wondered into a gunsmith shop last week and they had a bunch of stocks lined up for sale. I found a laminated stock that looked like...

Savage I have a couple of the Savage rifles in .308 with the heavy barrel. I really like them and have had no problems with them. I have a friend that has one of the heavy barrel rifles and he did have a problem with the extractor. He was firing cast bullets at a silhoutte match and after...

Remington Police Hey, nothing against Remington they are great rifles and I have the LTR in .308 and had zero problems ordering it from a dealer, but you might also look at the Savage 10FP-LE1 in .308 or .223. These are great rifles, too. You probably could save enough to get a better scope...

Wow. That is way to deep for me. Think I will go back to work with the old shovel. I know how fast it will dig here on Earth in 105 degree heat or myself X 105 degree heat X shovel X 8 hours = pooped. Thanks for clearing that thought up for me guys.

Just wondering, as oft I do, what would happen if an Astronaut fired a .45 acp pistol in space? Would the bullet go 850fps in one direction and the Astronaut 850fps in the other direction or would a gun even shoot in space? Since there is no resistance to bullet travel would a gun that shot a...

.308 loads I ran into a problem using 4064 @ 41 grains and 168 grain Sierra HPBTM bullets in my Remington LTR .308. I was using new brass, Federal primers and bullets were uncrimped. I was loading single rounds in the bolt gun. The powder I started out with was nearly 5 years old and had...

RX This is Alliant Powder and some call it Reloder (as labeled on containers) but sometimes it is listed as RX powder. It is made in Sweden for New River Energetics. I do not know how many of the RX powders they make, but Reloder or RX 7, 12 & 15 I know are out there to be had. I use it in...

I recently ordered a Nikon 20x60x80 spotting scope. When I received it I immediately noticed that it was not fully assembled. The scope is made in two pieces, front and rear. They were not fully together. By this I mean I could see an O-ring between the two pieces and it looked as if the...

What to buy? For $500.00 or less there is a whole bunch of stuff you can buy. You could even get two or three if you played your cards right. Don't get something you can't afford to shoot. Whatever you buy you should find out before you buy it what the ammo cost and if it is available...

Gibbs I bought a Gibbs Jungle Carbine in .308, I guess you call it, at a local pawn shop for $150.00. It had a satin nickel finish on it and had the scope mount with it. The wood, fit and finish looked okay for $150.00 so I took it home. I hope you do not have the same misfortune and buy...