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A friend made me an offer I can't refuse. He had a squib round in his Bersa Thunder .380 and bulged out his barrel pretty bad, so he is offering to sell me the gun for $50. There is no other damage to the gun besides the ruined barrel. Given it's a blowback design, if I just swap out the...

I just won a 9mm Norinco Tokarev (213) for what I think is a pretty good deal on G.B. ($100) and I am getting ready for it. I got it cheap because some bubba decided to strip the finish from the frame to make a two-tone look, and drilled holes in the trigger to lighten it. :barf: :barf...

I every so often check Craigslist for firearm items (very few make it past the watchful eyes of the screeners) but the other day I cam across a hell of a deal that had just been posted. I got: 1 box Hornady marked 180 grain .308 1 box unknown 150 grain BTSP 1 box Hornady 130 grain .308...

This was just plain weird-- I was trying out some Wolf Match in my Toz 78-01 rifle (nice little Russian 22lr bolt action) At 50 yards I shot 25 rounds and all of them were less than 1/2" on the vertical, but were a huge string of 4" on the horizontal :what: It was quite literally a nice...

Buddy of mine and I were shooting over the early muzzleloader season and he was showing me his Hawkins rifle. It had a conversion nipple unit of some sort to allow him to use small rifle primers instead of the #11 caps. He of course doesn't remember where he got it. Anyone know what this...

Me and a few buddies went to the last day of early muzzleloader season at the Salt Fork state park in Ohio. It was saturday, and we could not get off from work any earlier. Set up on a great pinch point through a natural ford in the creek between bedding and food source, wind was in our favor...

I am thinking of getting a longer range rifle than the typical milsurps that I have right now. I am looking at the K31 or a Savage 110 in 30-06 as choices. I am not looking for a rifle to compete with bench rest guys, but more to be able to hit the target consistantly at 400-600 yards...

Well I just completed my first ever AR build, which just happens to be a retro A1 build. I didn't plan on building a retro, but I wanted to build an AR as cheaply as I could. I found a M16A1 barreled upper on the EE for really cheap so off I went into retro land! I gotta say though< I am really...

I am going to start reforming some of the 500+ 30/06 cases I have to 8MM. But I am worried about accidently mistaking one for the other once its done and said. I am trying to figure out a way to mark the cases to keep them segregated easier. What do you guys do to mark reformed cases...

I have an old friend that I work with (and go hunting with for the past couple of deer seasons). Yesterday he asks me "You reload don't you?" I said yes and he told me he had something to give me today. Turns out it is a complete MEC 12 guage reloading setup, including the press, about 10...

I know about the whole 5.56 ammunition not being safe in a 223 chambered rifle issue. But my question is, if I reaload an empty 5.56 case to 223 specs (including a full length size in a 223 die set, and powder appropriate to a 223 round) will it be safe to use in a 223 chamber? Or do I...

Anyone seen the preview for Tropic Thunder? Looks pretty darn funny, Ben Stiller & Jack Black amongst others in a comedy about actors creating a Vietnam war movie. Break.com Tropic Thunder preview Due out in August, I actually can't wait to see it.

So I am at my uncle in laws house and while talking about shooting he lets me know he has a few old guns in the house that he used to shoot. He brings out the three he has, and here is where I want to cry-- #1 ORIGINAL Trapdoor in 45/70 :what: And it is rusted shut. He left it under the...

HI-- Was thinking about adding a light to my Mossberg 500, but unfortunately can't afford the Surefire lights. I already have a nice Mini Maglite that has a LED bulb in, and I saw these accessories- Pressure switch for Mini Maglite Universal Barrel mount For a just in case scenario...

Got thinking about this, I have heard tell that many surplus rounds are as innacurate as they are because of inconsistant bullet weights and charges. So I am wondering if I can increase the accuracy of the surplus rounds by pulling them, and reloading them with consistant values of their orignal...

I know .1 would be better, but if all I reload is rifle rounds will an electronic scale that can measure to .2 grains be good enough? I would be smart enough never to reach out to the max charge (in case it would end up .1 over max)

Anyone have any bright ideas about how to even start looking for private hunting land when you aren't from that area, and don't have any network connections from there? Basically I am looking for an aternative to hunting public lands in Ohio. I live in a big city (Akron) and therefore don't...

I am looking for something for my Mossberg 500 for home defense, but I need the action to be locked up because I have two young ones in the house. My plan is to have the magazine loaded, with nothing in the chamber, and an action lock keeping any rounds in the mag from being chambered until...

Okay, I am kinda new to shotguns, but last weekend had a blast shooting clay pigeons from the sky at a friends house. Twice a year a bunch of guys go over to his cabin and spend 6+ hours shooting clays launched from a electric launcher (launches it down a hill). I know it is not skeet, or...

How close to the actual groove diameter can you be with a bullet? I slugged my 1938 Izzy Mosin 91/30 and got a reading of .312 Can I use a .311 jacketed bullet for reloading, or is that too tight? I imagine I can, but don't want to load it too tight and end up with a kaboom.