Recent content by Tony k

I've shot a few thousand rounds of 115 grain bullets over 5.6/5.7 grains of Longshot. Works great. It's very loud in .45acp.

I've got a heritage roughrider revolver in 22lr/22mag. This is gonna be ugly...

I agree with the sentiment that he needs more trigger time with the DAO/ striker fired pistols. If he still wants SA, he'll at least have a broader perspective and a better sense of what will work for him. Guess I will just have to keep taking him shooting with me. Ranges with gun rentals are...

If it's as rugged, reliable, and feature packed as my Taurus PT1911, I wouldn't hesitate to suggest one. Plus, aren't they built on tooling they bought from Beretta? I vaguely remember something along those lines.

Oops. I know how they operate, just used incorrect verbage. Shows how uninitated I am in this realm.

I took a friend to the range on Sunday. Guy is a fellow vet with an interesting service history (a cook attached to an SF or Ranger unit), and once he shook the rust off, demonstrated some impressive skills with an AR. I mention this to say he has experience with firearms. But with pistols, he...

Pretty good shooting considering you had your ribcage ratcheted open a few short months ago. To me, the whole point of the challenge is just to get out there and do it. Or in my case, get out of my rut of close range steel silhouette shooting and try for more accuracy. I've been practicing...

Good point. And it's available on Kindle for less than a pound of powder

This is it exactly.

Mainly air rifles at squirrels and woodpeckers tearing up my buildings . As others have more eloquently pointed out, elemental lead poses very little threat. Lead styphnate from primers, solution additives ,etc are where problems might arise .

Lol, good point!

Didn't know that was a thing. Seems to defy chemistry, physics, and thermodynamics. What am I missing?

Truth is I swing between this line of thinking and OCD levels of wanting to absolutely control all traces of lead. What I think I'm learning from this thread is that my current dry tumbling practices are worse for my own health than Just about any method I could propose for disposal of wet...

I like em when they set the context AND experiment with variables in a series of targets. Different powders, different bullets, different grip style.

I bet a lot of it depends on water pH and local geology. My well is 500' deep and I'm right up against an Alpine wilderness ($$$$$). I think I'm safe. at least one of the seasonal neighbors near me has aa well that'sl iterally 13' deep and is basically just filled with this year's snowmelt...