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If anyone can help me id this is Stevens shotgun I would be eternally grateful. And has no serial number very few stamp markings. I have a picture of the markings on each side and view it has 4 pins instead of 3 and a 30" barrel. Markings are hard to see I think it says J. Stevens company some...

Planning on building an 20" DMR style AR. I will be handloading the ammo for it so I'm wondering if I should get a barrel with a .223 wyld chamber, standard .223, or a 5.56/.223 chamber? Obviously I want it to function and shoot well but accuracy is going to be priority

I've had a lot of trouble helping my mom find a firearm that didn't hurt her arthritis hands but have enough power to actually be effective in a self-defense situation. After trying a few different 380s I ended up having to get her a 32 ACP. Over the weekend A friend of mine had his wife with...

I think the title says it all would like to know if you guys think 70g FFg with 70g #5 shot is going to be enough to kill a turkey. My 82 year old uncle has decided he wants to kill a turkey with a black powder shotgun before he dies but I don't think he can handle any more load honestly. I know...

I'm developing load for a new rifle I bought it shoots really good. Rifle is Savage 10 fcp-sr w/brake 24" 1:10 twist barrel Loads are 175g smk/IMR 4064/lupua brass. I have two nodes, one that is 41 grain that shoots 2560 fps in 85deg weather and another that's 43.5g (no chrono)but is showing...

So I finally got a chronograph. It's a Caldwell G2 Precision chronograph, got it off Amazon for a pretty good price and I liked it because of the Bluetooth app. So I signed it up Saturday and tried shooting my nine-mil through it and it wasn't giving Accurate readings. It was saying either in...

I need to get new sights for my Hawken rifle and as I'm shopping around all I can seem to find is 3/8 dovetail if they are even labeled. I have an Ardesa Hawken style rifle, the dovetail notch seems to be approx. 5/16". Does anyone know where I can find the proper style sites or how I can find...

I bought some Sig brass for my 223 rifles I have an AR (5.56/.223) and a bolt-action 223. Stuff was just too cheap to pass up at around $20 for 100. In my amateur opinion it seem to be decent brass I'd probably compare it to Hornady after using some over the weekend and some more today. Out of...

Rifle- Ruger American w/a 22" barrel (.308) Ammo- 175g smk/Imr4064/lapua brass/2.850oal(approx, changes from lot to lot) #1- 42.2g #2- 44.2g Both shoot decent, basically trying to figure out if the low node (42.2g) would be good out 1,000yds. Probably never shoot it that far, but if I did...

I have a friend that inherited a 22 caliber Smith & Wesson from her grandfather. Hoping someone can help me find information and give her a value although she isn't planning on selling it. only markings are 22lr cartridge on the side of the barrel and the S# (K265xxx) on the bottom of the grip...

I want to load 45 colt cartridges for a Taylor & co. S.A.A. I have some hornady frontier lead 200g swc I'm wanting to load with black powder. I'm looking at one of these methods. 1- load it with a lubed wad under it 2- spray the bullets with alcohol and the smear bore butter on the knarling 3-...

Does anybody know where in the world I could find real black powder in the Cincinnati - Dayton area in Ohio? I know this is a long shot lol. Or maybe how I can look up distributors? T.I.A

I bought some 250 grain lead cast bullets from Missouri Bullet Company that are made for black powder shooting. They came Pre lubed. I took some out and shot them with smokeless powder and they let it in my Barrel real bad but I was using CFE pistol and pushing them at about a 900-1000 FPS, I...

I load 55 grain FMJ for my AR-15 and 69g (and sometimes 52g) SMKs for my bolt action 223. In my experience the faster burning powders are more appropriate for 55 grain and the slower stuff works better for the 69 grain (cfe seems to be an exception but havent tried it w/69g yet). I would like to...

First off happy Easter everyone. I've been reloading for awhile now and have been concentrating on 308 recently(edited for clarity), I have all of the standard reloading equipment. I have a few of the more expensive things that I need to get to start tightening my groups up to though. I need a...

Okay I have open the can of worms which is paying attention to shoulder bump while full length sizing. I have two ?s basically. First, I think (pretty darn sure) my chamber size measurement (Hornady comparator) is 1.625(5) but my once fired brass is usually 1.624(5)-1.625. Now if I'm bumping...

Ive seen discrepancies before but this just ridiculous. Win. lists max load of 26g. Hodgdon-26g max Hornady-28.9 " Sierra-27.5 " for AR & 26.5 " for bolt Speer-28.0 " I'm probably gonna go 23-26 and maybe have 26.5 if the 26.0 looks ok.

Been reloading for a Savage Axis II chambered in 223 Remington that I bought off of my pops, great shooting little rifle. When I measured for seating depth I was surprised to see that the throat is really deep. Normal oal for this round is 2.260 but the rifle measured 2.347. A round loaded to...

At the moment I'm using Lee full size die, my neck measurement when loaded is 0.336, after full length size w/exp. Ball it's 0.334. I have heard talk of not using the expander ball at so I took it put and the measurement was 0.328. Which wpuld be better for accuracy? Also broke the expander pin...