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I've done a few searches, but just didn't find what I'm looking for. I will be putting together some sub-sonic loads for my AR, 1:7 twist, using 80gr tipped bullets. Published data for this is pretty scarce from what I've been able to find. I'm thinking I'll be needing something in the slow...

I'm sure this has been visited before.. But my searches haven't turned up anything very useful., The load manuals are pretty thin with regard to 180gr. .44 mag data. Anyway, I'm looking for some loads for a hot 180 gr. JHP from a carbine barrel. - If for nothing other than smacking the sh*% out...

Recently picked up a new Taurus M66. I had ordered this inline, and thought I was getting a 'blued' revolver. Turns out it is 'matte black'. Sort of a bead blasted version of a blued finish. It's OK for now, but I was wondering about getting it electroless nickeled at some point. My questions...

I've no doubt this has been covered or explored many times, but my searches aren't really coming up with a direct hit.. I've always used 'treated' corn cob media (dry vibratory tumbler). I can get a good deal on untreated corn media; what is the best way to 'treat' it? I see Nu-Finish...

I have a Pietta 1858 Remington - my first foray into BP revolvers. The base pin is milled flat on the bottom to allow for the retention screw. Mine looks like it's nearly half, maybe 40% milled away. I can't help but think this contributes to the fouling jamming in there and quickly causing some...

Bear with me, but after much searching, I have reached my breaking point. So I will post my question to THR without further dithering: I'm here with my new Pietta 1858 New Army .44 .. without any kind of volumetric measure. I have a digital reloading scale. I have Pyrodex P. Some time...

The only BP gun I've ever owned is a Wal-Mart special CVA inline, scoped. Purely utilitarian - got me two more weeks of deer season, for which it has performed admirably in every sense. Just got the bug for a revolver, as the more I thought about it, the more fun it sounded. Have an 1858...

I'm pretty familiar with how they make rifle barrels - deep drill a blank, and the various methods of rifling - hammer forging on a mandrel or push/pull a broach, button, or cutting the grooves one at a time, etc. I know they used to make shotgun barrels by wrapping a steel band or twisted...

So my drill & tap set came in and I proceed with my Mauser scope mount project. I'm using the standard 6-48 tap and go ahead and drill my hole. The envelope says the drill is a #32, which is supposed to be 0.116", right? When I go tap the hole, I realize it is completely oversized...

Horesmen61 has a recent post asking where Buffalo Bore got their bullets (answered at this point, I think) which got me to thinking, I've always wondered where Federal's CastCore line gets their bullets? Looks like LBT gas check design. I knew a guy a while back (before Federal came out with...

I was changing over calibers on my Dillon SDB the other day when the sliding sleeve on the powder dispenser tube fell off. Upon further inspection, I was rather shocked to find that the little arm that holds a roller bushing (that actuates the sliding powder bar) was all bent out of whack. The...

I've owned many revolvers. I've tried everything to reduce/eliminate the 'ringing' scratch from the cylinder stop. I've polished them to a mirror finish, yet I've never managed to eliminate, or much really reduce the ringing effect of the cylinder stop from scratching, permanently, the...

This Benjamin Franklin air rifle has NO serial number. It is .177 caliber. It functions very well, (hard to pump past 6 strokes) but is pretty darn powerful. Does anyone know the model and approx. age? Were these designed to shoot lead BB's? I found it interesting that after, say 10...

I hope I haven't post on this before... I so, please forgive me... Who out there has owned/has experience with the A-500R? The little I've seen on the gun has always been overshadowed by the Auto-5, or it's been purported to be a problematic shotgun. I got mine sometime in the late 90's...

Had a thread here a few weeks ago about the feeding problems with my MKII .223. Got it back today. They replaced the entire bolt, mag box with the improved follower (has little 'ears' underneath to prevent it tilting), and the new LC6 trigger. It's not as clean as the Timney unit I had on it...

I know, not again, but I was thinkin' - I wish I wasn't, but hey, that's part of the fun of this forum. A while back the ubiquitous subject again came up, and some lively discussion followed. I posited that the only significant factors with regard to recoil were: the mass of the firearm, the...

This just occurred to me... I sent my rifle back to Ruger for a repair. I paid for the shipping to them and of course insurance. My question, when they ship it back, I assume they will have some kind of insurance on the shipping as well. Or not? If so, what $ amount do they assign to item...

(Please bear with me guys - I'm going to try to be as specific as possible - the problem is not as complex as the description is long) I bought this rifle 'used like NIB' years ago. I love it, but it's always had an issue I've sort of learned to live with. It's either worse now, or it's...

I'm pretty familiar with the internals with regard to revolvers. Is the 'hand' the same as the 'pawl'? The little slide bit that ratchets the cylinder around? As long as I'm here, I read that there is an aftermarket pawl/hand that allows the SA guns to free wheel when loading. How does that...

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet. I asked Accurate Powders a while back why a bunch of loads I remembered were no longer in their online manual, and they said they were busy testing everything in psi rather than the old cup. At any rate, the new manual is up and has a lot of 'new' loads...