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Years ago I purchased a Savage 10FP in .308. It never shot well. Bad groups, sticky extraction and just typically a pain in the butt. So I went out, purchased a Shilen barrel in 6mm BR, screwed it on and never looked back. It was a real tack driver. The old .308 barrel sat all alone in the back...

These have to be what some lawyer thought was a litigation free solution to a non problem. My chambers are always loaded. A gun with an unloaded chamber is a stick or a paperweight. Guns in my safe all have a chamber flag inserted and very obvious. If it's holstered, or on my nightstand (fancy...

I came across some 9mm head stamped S&B. It is 9mm Luger, but .040 shorter than regular 9mm. See the attached photo. Has anyone seen this before and do you reload it or just chuck it in the recycle bucket? Why do you think they do this? To save money? .040 less brass on a case over...

I was sitting in my basement earlier today and looking at my reloading bench, specifically at the amount of ammunition I have, and began to wonder. I have a variety of guns, from Black powder, to revolvers, pistols, and several rifles in different calibers. I reload for most everything except...

There are tons of discussions on holsters. Invariably one person will recommend a particular holster, and someone else will chime in as to why brand "X" is better. Oh wait! I found brand "Y" to be better.... and on it goes. I'm sure all holsters work at one point in their lives, but what about...

Anyone have an opinion on HD loads?

Some of the things I want are: TV pistols than don't recoil, don't make noise and never need reloading. Movie rifles where there's zero shake through the scope. Tv bullets that always strike their target. Any more people?

Just want to wish you all the best for the coming year. Stay well all (and above all, vote!).

Want some other opinions on this. Let's say I have a rifle, .308 for instance, but could be any caliber. I work up a perfect load that shoots bug holes. I chrony it and let's say it's at 2800 ft per sec. I used a 168g bullet over X powder charge. Now I change powder to Y powder. Same...

On a previous thread I was asking about S&B 9mm brass, and there were some conversations both pro and con. One poster mentioned that some 9mm cases, from other manufacturers, were in fact steel with a brass plating. He demonstrated by using a magnet. Well, I went and looked at my range...

I picked up a bunch of 9mm range brass the other day. There were a lot of S&B cases included. Tonight I loaded up some 9mm, I was using Winchester small primers. All other head stamps primed fine except the S&B. They were very difficult to seat. Has anyone else experienced this with this...

I chrony' my .308 the other day. I was shooting 155g A-Max's over 43.8 grains of Varget. 26" Shilen barrel. FC brass and WLR primers. I was clocking 2800.7 Avg Velocity with a SD of 32.9. The hornady reloading site says the starting load is 44g of Varget with an avg velocity of 2759'/sec out...

Well, it's time I purchased a chronograph. Up to this point I've been adjusting my MOA until I was on target at various known distances. That worked except I didn't know the speed so I couldn't calculate drops on distances which were not known (does that make sense?). The charges, bullets...

There's no freaken ammo! Aughhh...

My boy just moved down to Mechanicsville VA. It's near Richmond. Does anyone know of a rifle range in the Mech /Rich area? Preferably a long distance range, sbut we'll take whatever you have at the moment. Thanks....

I have a stainless steel barrel from Shilen what I would like to paint. It's mounted in a Manners stock, desert tan. I want to paint the barrel and possibly the receiver as well. Anyone paint a SS barrel? If so, what did you use and how'd you go about it? How well does it hold up?

Fist some background. I usually shoot 168g SMKs out of my .308, but managed to score some 155g Hornady A-Max's. So I started working up loads, referring to manuals, sites etc. The latest Hornady reloading manual lists: Varget 35.9 - 44.9 grains IMR 4064 38.4 - 44.9 grains The...

With all the garbage going on in the world, it's refreshing to come here and exchange information, ideas and experiences with other like minded individuals. Just wanted to thank you THR for being a stable platform in today's world. Thank you....

I have a buddy that purchased yet another 22 rifle. This one was manufactured in 1942. No matter what it's fed, it shoots them extremely accurately. I have seen this on numerous "older" 22 rifles. However today's rifles all appear to be ammo specific. They tend to like one particular ammo better...

I usually shoot 168 grain SMK's, but I just scored some Hornaday A-Max 168 grains. Can someone look up a recipe using Hornady 168g A-Max bullets, preferably with Varget, IMR 4064 or IMR 4895 please? These are the powders I have. I have a Sierra loading manual, but it does not list those...