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How do I do it? I have a Traditions .50 caliber muzzleloader with a 44 magnum sabot and 50 gr Pyrodex charge stuck in it. I have tried firing several caps and even fishing a wire into the flash hole to dislodge whatever is keeping spark from the powder. I am a complete novice when it come to...

I ran across a new RCBS Partner Press at the gun store yesterday. It was in a "half-off" room along with the rest of their reloading inventory, so for $49 I figured I'd give it a shot. I figured I would use it for lighter stuff, because it is fairly small. My main single stage press is a Lee...

I just bought a Winchester Model 70 in .223 WSSM and I’m wondering if these cartridges are still viable. I thought I paid a fair price, $280 for the rifle and Leupold bases. I can’t hardly buy an entry level rifle for that much so I figured “why not”! The shop also had a few boxes of the ammo...

My father-in-law was fussing over his old Weaver scope on his deer rifle last night and I thought it would be nice to get him a better scope. He currently has an old 4x32 Weaver that has seen better days. It is cloudy and the eye relief is pretty unforgiving. He also said he'd like to have...

This may be common knowledge to some but I just figured it out myself. The last year or so I've been having some major issues with failure to eject cases in my Savage Mk II FV-SR. I finally sat down with it and figured it out. I had a piece backwards. The C-clip that holds the extractors was...

I'm going to ask a very broad question. How do you suggest getting into gunsmithing? I'm interested in doing minor gunsmithing for folks who don't know or care how to. Of course I would charge enough to make it worth my while. I have decent knowledge and love learning more every chance I get...

So my wife has pretty much given me permission to build a shed in the side yard to use as a reloading/workshop area. I'm thinking a 12x16 building with a loft (it has to have storage for seasonal decorations too) would be about perfect. I've been reloading about 6 years now and need to expand a...

I'm loading for a 20" barrel Rossi M92 using H110. I'm noticing some load velocities for lighter bullets are starting at 1800 fps but the bullets are only rated for 1500-1600. I've zeroed in on the 300+ grain Cast Performance Bullets because the data I find is within the bullets' velocity...

Just bought a Rossi R92 chambered in 454 Casull the other day. I was shooting some Hornady 300 gr XTP when this happened. It was the third round I fired through the rifle. The back half ejected just fine, no extra force was required to pull the lever down. I was able to pull the front half...

I ordered 500 bullets with the Hornady rebate when I got my AP Progressive Press. Had them for months and haven't touched them until last night. I was really just messing around to begin with. I dialed the powder measure to drop 39.0 gr of H4895 into some once fired Federal (M1A marked) brass...

Disclaimer: I'm a novice and this is the most I've ever spent on a rifle. Other "precision" bolts are Tikka T3 Tactical and various Remington 700s and Savages. Pictures to follow. Went by to look at the RPR today and found out it wasn't spoken for, so of course I had to have it. This...

I just got a new truck, a 14 F150 crew cab. I'd like to be able to mount a rifle under the back seat. There isnt much room under there. The rear half is a raised ledge that is about 1" from the bottom of the seat. So it looks like I'll only have the front part of the seat to work with. Does...

I'm a little hesitant to post this due to all the 6.5 related threads already running, but I've been stewing on this for a few days. I've had a Ruger M77 compact in .260 Rem for a few months now and have just recently found some time to test it out. I'm really finding I like the rifle and the...

My wife has decided to trade away her Savage B-Mag in favor of another rifle. The trades she has been offered AND interested in are a Vanguard in 270 and a 788 in .243. I know nothing of either of these rifles besides most folks like their Weatherbys and the 788 used to be a budget gun in the...

A few days ago I asked about the muzzle break on this rifle. Well I finally got a chance to shoot it yesterday and needless to say I was pretty impressed. The yard is flooded from some recent rain so I resorted to shooting with the bipod rested on our sawmill. Not very stable but better than...

Need help identifying this 308 muzzle brake. I got this Tikka T3 Tactical in a trade the other day and it came with the muzzle brake below. I can't seem to find any info on it yet. Just wondering if it's worth a hoot or if I should just find a thread protector for it (not looking forward to the...

What's the deal with high brass shells? From what I can find they used high brass when shotgun shells were made of paper wrappings. Now folks ask for high brass when they want a more powerful load. The thing is, a more powerful shell doesn't always have a higher brass base. And people get...

Does anybody have a good source for Superformance data? I finally broke down and ordered some from Powder Valley. I'll have to get the Newest edition of Hornady manual, no biggie. I was just wondering if anyone had a good online source for it.

I'm starting to see some hog sign in the back yard (about 200 from the house. I've never had to deal with hogs this close before, I worry about my labs getting tangled up with them. Here in Georgia it's open season on hogs so I'm wondering what the best course of action is. To actively hunt...

A few YouTube channels I subscribe to are starting to get barrels and ammo from SRC for testing and evaluation. Newer calibers always intrigue me, especially in the AR platform. I know this round has been in the works for quite some time, some threads on THR going back to 2011. It seems...