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  1. Slamfire

    Animal Cruelty!!!

    The horror!, the horror! This poor bug was just flying about on a wonderful, sunny day, and its life was cruelly snuffed out! This happened in during timed fire in the centerfire portion of the match. The 25 yard target is visible for 20 seconds, the shooter uses one hand to hold the...
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    Fiocchi to build primer manufacturing facility in Arkansas

    Two articles on Fiocchi establishing a primer manufacturing facility in Arkansas: 1. Italian ammo maker plans to build $41.5M factory at the Port of Little Rock, add 120 jobs The gist of the effort is to make lead free primers, something I support. It used to be that the OSHA workplace...
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    Handled some new Colts

    The local gunstore had a new 44 Mag Anaconda, a new 4" 357 Python, and a new 3" Cobra in the 357. Got to play with them all. With all of them the double action trigger pulls were exceptionally smooth without stacking. I don't know how Colt did that. Single action triggers were crisp. I...
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    What happened to 40 caliber?

    If popularity is based on the brass I pick up at the range, 9mm is by far the champion. It used to be I picked up a fair amount of 40 S&W, now, it is onesies and twosies. I find more 380 Auto than 40 caliber. So what is going on? I miss the days when I picked up coffee cans worth of 38...
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    Kabar mythology

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    Series 80 firing pin block

    When the hammer is forward, as in condition two carry, is the firing pin block up, allowing the firing pin to free float, or is it down, acting as a firing pin block? For me, to lower the hammer, I have to press the trigger, lower the hammer to half cock, then press the trigger again to release...
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    Is this a surplus action?

    Local gun store had this used Zastava M98 Mauser on the rack. It is in 8 X 57 Mauser. Not a GI barrel, absolutely new barrel, almost feather weight contour. New wooden stock. typical military notch on left side of receiver, so you don't jam your thumb using a stripper clip. military...
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    Government Model Ruger MKII

    I remember when the "Government Model" Ruger came on the market, but never saw a real Government Model till a recent Bullseye Pistol Match. All Guard shooters were there, some using these, and I got to take a couple of pictures of real, genuine, Government Property, Ruger MKII's. I did not take...
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    Spotting Scope lens cap

    The cheap front lens cap on this spotting scope has lost a spring. Today I found listings of camera front lens caps that look similar. Will a 100 mm camera lens cap replace the lens cap for a 100 mm spotting scope?
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    Pull marks and pulled bullets

    I am loading batches of 270 Win ammunition to shoot in my recently rebarreled pre 64 M70 and setting up the OAL, I noticed that I had a bunch of bullets with deep pull marks. This morning I sorted these bullets in two groups, ones that have obviously deep pull marks or gouges, and not so deep...
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    Bullseye Load with AA#5

    Yesterday at the range a shooter was using a 200 LSWC 5.1 grains AA#5, in his 45 ACP, but he had not chronographed the load, nor was he shooting past 15 yards. I have a keg of AA#5 and would like a load at 740-750 fps, with the same bullet, because that is my current 50 yard load. I have found...
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    Federal Fusion Bullets

    I purchased 1000 150 grain Federal Fusion bullets in 308, all pulled. I previously shot around 200 130 grain Federal Fusion bullets (pulled) in two 270 Winchesters and they shot well. I can say the 277 Federal Fusion bullets would hold the ten ring out to 300 yards, but I have no idea how these...
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    Never annealed brass before

    This is once fired 30-06 brass that I then expanded to 35 Whelen. It has been resized three times and I continued to lose cases due to case neck cracks. Tonight I decided to try case neck annealing. I used a blowtorch in the inky shadows of the garage. I held the cases in the fingers of my left...
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    Range 2 Targets CMP Talladega

    I recently shot in another Bullseye Match at CMP Talladega Alabama and was able to take a few more pictures, which may be of interest. Range 2 is the Bullseye Pistol Range, 25 yard and 50 yard electronic targets. Here the AMU shooter is firing at the 50 yard targets, notice the electronic...
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    How to measure spring strength? Help!

    I have been shooting a Les Baer Wadcutter in NRA competition and I am want to install a new recoil spring. How do I measure the spring strength in the M1911? I cocked the hammer, so the hammer spring would not give a false reading, tied a string around the pistol, string being on the recoil...
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    Help in identifying age of Queen knife

    This is the best reference table which I have access: I have this plastic yellow handled Queen Steel Stockman, closed it is 4” long. The Blade is etched “Queen Steel #9A”. There are no additional words to the etching. The tang stamp is different from any tang stamp on this list...
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    Busted Queen Mainspring

    Never had this happen before, and it was in the box! I bought this Queen stockman prior to Christmas 2010, pulled it out of the box to use, and found one broken spring. I called up Queen and they said send it back, and it will be in the mail next week. If you look at the end of the...
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    30 Year-Old Primers

    I do not think primers have a shelf life. For loaded ammunition the powder goes bad first. I shot 60's vintage CCI pistol primers around the turn of the century and they worked fine.
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    Evolution of the M855A1 Round

    I thought this article might be of interest to those who shoot AR15's. Notice that the bullet is copper core with steel penetrator front. The article is written by the Product Manager, who is an advocate/salesman for the program, so don't expect total objectivity. I really don't believe...
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    S&W Number 3 Target Model

    A shooting bud had this 44 Russian S&W Top Break at the Range. According to him, it was made in 1896, is a target model with non rebounding hammer. Apparently standard No 3's had a rebounding hammer, target shooters thought that was bad for target grade accuracy. Roy Jinks told him that the...
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