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It is related to this thread http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=3942029 but I want to talk about a more general storage issue than just If I want to keep things in an outside shed where temperatures can get really cold in the winter - ammo, powders, etc. - should I be worried about...

I plan to buy a quantity of powder on sale. 1. One of the choices I have is to store it in an unheated barn - where the temperature would vary from pretty hot in the summer to 20 Farenheit in the winter. I will not break the original seal, I can wrap extra against himidity and I can and...

I plan on having the barrel on my Rem 7600 .243 cut from 22 to 18 or so inches. I had an idea - before I send the rifle to the gunsmith, why don't I cut the barrel inch by inch just to measure the impact on velocity. This way I would know how much I lose and maybe even go shorter than 18...

Why the heck are the reloading recepies recorded in such a way, missing the crucial piece of easily-available information? Why nobody cares to specify the exact length of a bullet used - and sometimes not even the exact type? Wouldn't the recepie be much safer and easier to reproduce if...

Hey, guys - I need a comment on something. I have just loaded my first ever batch (of mild .38 Specias) and one thing surprised me. I use the RCBS ChargeMaster combo - scales and dispenser. Expensive as heck but I am really short on time and do not trust muself not to blow myself up with...

After all the posts where I claimed that it makes sense to pay $250 extra for the 12-ounce 340, I decided to try and pocket-carry my 3" steel model 60. I just folded the bottom of a cheap Gunmate IWB holster for a 4" revolver to serve as a pocket holster. I can't say it was uncomfortable...

Being a pump design, my Rem 7600P can shoot pretty much everything .308 that would feed into the chamber. I'd like to exploit this versatility for a "one-rifle for all occasions" project. A standard 150-168 grain .308 is generally considered an overkill for HD due to over-penetration...

I constantly hear people saying things like "Warren Buffet thinks we do not pay enough taxes" or "big corporations support government regulations rather than free market". People seem to be surprised - and I am surprised they are surprised. First, big corporations. They are already at the...

I am considering a purchase of 7600P - I would have gotten it already if not for some stupuid NYS rule preventing the dealer from selling for a couple of weeks in case of a used gun. Anyway, what kind of performance would I expect from a .308 in 16.5 barrel? Does any one have measured...

I am looking for military-type ammo - 168 and 150 grains or whatever are the standard weights. I understand that the standard 308 ammo is optimised for longer barrels - 22-24 inches, so in 16.5 inch barrel (Rem 7600P pump I am considering) it will not be efficient, as well as cause a huge...

Let's say my carry load is .357 Mag 125 grains. I want to practice with mild loads that cost less and put less wear on the gun and brass. At the same time I might want a practice load to reasonably reproduce some ballistic aspects of the carry load - specifically the point of impact (at...

By closest "match" I mean shape, feel and dimensions, not weight or recoil or trigger pull. The purpose is mostly practicing drawing and aiming from the same holsters as the original ones. I woudl consider making them heavier with lead shot if there are any voids to fill but doubt that is...

My acquaintance has recently got into gun ownership due to my propaganda. He got 2 revolvers – a 6 and 7 shot 4” 686 and some long pieces. Last week he took his wife to the ranges to try various guns for the first time in her life. She proved very capable with all guns – so much so that the...

http://www.kahrshop.com/cgi-bin/itemdetail.asp?itmid=85 Costs $99. 1/2 inch of barrel would not compromise concealability, while the power should increase somewhat. I am not sure I like the idea of ported barrel so much - the recoil/flip may not be so bad as to trade them against the...

I have been thinking about an armor arrangement in the backpack – Kevlar panels or the actual vest folded there, maybe even with polyethylene front/backing. That could be a very good tactical move for a civilian. Wearing one is not practical most of the time and the wearable one do not allow to...

I am curious about employment and properties of polyethylene as armor. I don’t know much about it. I know polyethylene ballistic plates are used in bullet-resistant vests. I guess the material used in such plates is somewhat different from run-off the mill polyethylene used in, say, cutting...

By popular demand ( http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=228714 ), here are the pictures of the 3-finger combat grip after I converted it into a 2-finger "boot grip". I cut off the rubber first, then removed the protruding metal plate with a hacksaw (I would ordinarily prefer to use a...

How easy and advisable it would be to remove the stock for ease of transportation? miko

This time out of my H&K P2000 .40 cal. The "bullets" (1/2 - 9/16 inch or parafine) measured at a bit over 300 fps (not using magnum primers). miko

With a ring installed onto the base, should there be a gap between the top of the base and the bottom of the ring or should the ring rest on the base? miko