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Went to church picnic yesterday at a church member's house. I noticed he had a nice 200 yard shootin lane behind the garage. He addressed a common problem I find in making my shooting lanes - the farthest shot was a little downhill, so he had to raise the target about 7 feet off the ground...

**WARNING: LEFTY RANT ** Examining my new Sig 229 tonight, I notice how ridiculously simple making an ambidextrous slide stop for it would be, given a machine shop with the most basic of tools. Heck, I almost think I could make one myself with the limited tools at my disposal - wouldn't be...

Decided to tear down and detail my L1 in anticipation of a new spring set forthcoming. Also decided it was time to refinish that old wooden Aussie stock set. Agonized for weeks on whether I'd sand it down, raise the dents and get it new-looking, or leave the dents and bruises and just put...

Seems no matter how long you've been shooting, there's always good advice to be had from the oldest veteran shooters, all the way to the greenest newbie. At times, it's just plain simple common sense to a problem you're making too complicated. A couple of my favorites: From a Virginia...

Picked up a brand new Sig P229 in 357 Sig today. Felt good in my hand, and reports of 357 Sig accuracy seemed hopeful. Ran 200rd of Winchester white box 125gr and 100rd of Speer Lawman 125gr (only two types my dealer had in stock) through it this afternoon after the manual-suggested...

Noticed yesterday that my surplus Trilux SUIT scope is canted. Not the entire scope (or I'd grind the cam down in a skinny minute! :D ), but the reticule, if that's what you call it. Seems to have plenty of access, what with all the screws holding it together, but I thought I better ask...

Going through my ammo dump, weeding out the 308 I don't use much anymore. Can't remember what one particular one is. I can't seem to find the headstamp ID on my lists, maybe y'all know it (I don't use any ammo that'd be considered exotic in any way, so it must be a common surplus item...)...

Anybody here done it much? Is it fun/worth it? What kind of dies did you use, and what troubles did you encounter? Also, ever try it with NATO-spec 7.62 casings?

What's the measured distance between the AR10's front and rear sights? Also, measuring from barrel center, is there a difference in the heights of the average rear peephole center and the average height of the top of the front post (say, at 300m setting)? Thanks

Buddy of mine is switching to slugs this year for shotgun season. He being the no-holds-barred kinda guy he is, he ordered up a fully rifled new Remington barrel with the cantilevered scope mount and a Leupold Vari-XII scope for his 11-87. When he got it all together, we took it back to the...

Just a quick question: I'm visiting family in Florida right now, and I'm gonna open carry a knife for the time being until my non-res permit comes. Can't find any state definitions of "knife", vs "sword", etc.. so, my question is, What's the legal open carry knife limit in Florida, or is...

Maybe there's a thread poking around here about mid-size case cleaners, but my search terms came up nil. Anyhoo.... I need a bigger case cleaner. Although I don't reload as much as I'd like to say I do, I do clean brass often. I'm currently using the vibratory 1gal cleaner I've had since...

Well boys and girls, I've seem to have fallen bass-ackwards into a little 22lr inheritance. There's about 15,000 rounds here, all brand new in the box, of many different makes. Most of the ammo was purchased in the early/mid-80's. Before you ask, yes I'm keeping it. ;) I'll be shooting...

Oh man did I mess up. You'll see another thread kickin around here on my decision to buy new arrows. Here's the skinny: I'm a lefty, shootin old large compound bow, 60lb. I'm tall with monkey-length arms, can't remember my draw length off hand, but my arrow shaft measurement from the tip...

No sleep. Must kill turkey in 4 hours 96 minutes... Silicone the bow and arrows... No sleep. Must kill turkey in 4 hours 94 minutes... No sleep. Check gear... Still there... Must kill turkey in 4 hours 92 minutes... Go to sleep. Sleep? No sleep, must kill turkey in 4 hours 91...

I'm new to bows. Being a lefty, never got an opportunity to shoot anyone else's bow. Ran into a deal for a used lefty with arrows late last year and started hunting with it immediately. The arrows are aluminum shaft. The inserts that hold the heads (sorry for my lack of correct terminology...

Huntin buddy of mine has an 11-87 Express 12ga, bought NIB late last year. During duck season, when he was cleaning it, he noticed the rubber O-ring barrel seal was ripped in half. It didn't cause any problems in the action. We chalked it up to getting frozen and he ordered 4 replacement...

I'm thinking of purchasing a few thousand 7.62 NATO stripper clips with a few guides. Having never used FAL stripper clip setups before, I figure I better ask y'all how they work for ya, before I end up with a few thousand worthless chunks of tin lying around here: Do the 7.62 NATO...

Well, got bored tonight and decided to swing by ol' AR15.com to browse the trade boards. Reminds me why I moved south from upstate NY in the first place.:D

I've got the old RCBS case trimmer - Hand crank, the stepped-down shell holder that's supposed to be universal. The shell holder won't hold the 22 Hornet casings. Even at the smallest setting the shell holder's too big. When working up loads, I had to take the pilot and cutter from my...