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Thanks for the tip. I plan to take it my local weld shop, and have them tig weld it. I drilled the muzzle brake with a 1/8" drill bit, and then I put a divit into the barrel to about the depth of the muzzle break's barrel thread with the same 1/8" drill bit. I'll be sure to mention to them...

I do have a good relationship with one of our professional weld shops of very good reputation, and they've even done stuff for me for free when the jobs have been small. So, maybe they would handle it cheaply, or even free...making the pin/weld option the better choice after all. I know they...

Good advice, thank you!

Federal Law requires PERMANENT attachment of a muzzle brake on a rifle barrel under 16" in length. My rifle barrel is under 16," and with the addition of the muzzle break, it will be over 16". So, "Permanent Attachment" is defined only three very specific ways by ATF. I must install the...

I used a pipe thread cutter to remove a 1/2" long barrel shroud from in front of the front sight post of a Saiga 7.62 x 39mm Rifle barrel, in order to thread the end of the barrel for a muzzle device. Unfortunately, I made an error gaging the depth of the pipe cutter wheel in an attempt to...

I cut off the end of the barrel on one of my rifles, leveled it, and recrowned it. I highly polished the end of the barrel, and the new crown. I'm looking for a good finish to apply to the end of the barrel, but the "easy" blueing products don't seem to be very durable, and many of the reviews...

I used a pipe thread cutter to remove a 1/2" long barrel shroud from in front of the front sight post of a Saiga 7.62 x 39mm Rifle barrel, in order to thread the end of the barrel for a muzzle device. The Saiga Rifles don't come with muzzle devices, and mine didn’t have threads pre-installed, so...

Maybe a snake gun loaded with .410, but you might shoot your foot off in the process, LOL!:D

@MaxP Yeah, I ran into brown bear in the Sangre De Cristo mountains, a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains that extends between Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico, ran into multiple brown bear...

Thanks for your replies...I wasn't sure about the .410 slug idea, I know a 12 gauge slug is the second best defense. I understand that bear repellent is actually the most effective, apparently. But, that having been said, relying on bear repellent alone isn't something I would want to rely...

I know the best choice for Grizzly Bears is probablhy a 10mm semi-auto pistol, or a .454 Casul caliber revolver. But, all you guys in those parts of the country that have to consider carrying something that will stop a Grizzly Bear, would a Taurus Judge loaded with .410 slugs be effective? I...

It must be the model 36. They are amazingly accurate!

Got a set of RCBS check weights in here from Midway today. They're on sale right now. I brought in the 60 grain set. Wow, from the photo on Midway's website, I expected them to be bigger in size. They're teeny tiny aren't they? I haven't figured out what the small bar shapes are for. Can...

Yeah, those are great ideas. After reading those chapters you sent, bds, I was thinking that the powder charge may need to be increased anyway in order to be using the optimum charge in the end. Isn't Power Pistol considered pretty fast burning? How does it compare to W231/Unique/HP-38...

Still Raining...Soooooo, I wanted to see how many firearms would plunk. I had access to several for this test. The test rounds all plunked in the S&W M&P40C, the Springfield Armory XD40, the Steyr S40A1, the Taurus PT140, and the Kahr CW40. However, it's interesting to note that the...