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    1. M

      Just picked up a Lee turret press

      I bought a Lee 3 hole turret press back in the mid-1980s and it is still on the bench today being used constantly. More than 30 years of trouble free service. No way to know how many thousand rounds have been cranked out by that press, but for years I was shooting a minimum 1K per week just in...
    2. M

      CCI .22LR MiniMag packaging

      Really??? Three pages on how to open a box of ammo? Refer back to post #21.
    3. M

      Savage Axis rifles

      I have an Axis. Fantastic rifle for the money. Also a very consistant rifle. As an "old retired guy" I spend a lot of time at the local WMA range. I help two or three people sight in an Axis every week. I find that off sandbags they are consistantly 1.5"@100 yd shooters when using...
    4. M

      lead wheel weights

      Wheelweights are only going for $0.25 pound where I am at!
    5. M

      7.62x54R Question

      This particular rifle is combined with a 2-7 NcStar LER mounted on the barrel rails. Cost of the scope was $50. You can sell blood and cover the cost in a couple of weeks. I am not certain what ammo was used. It was Romanian, Polish or Russian, can't remember which. I threw the spam can away...
    6. M

      7.62x54R Question

      It is Russian. This one is an Izzie, 1943, and the two shots are before and after I cut 7 inches off the barrel last week. The trick is a good trigger rework and mounting a scope. The shot off to the left on the last pic is a spotter shot, I adjusted the scope off that shot and made the 3...
    7. M

      7.62x54R Question

      All the Warsaw Pac ammo was made to specs just like the NATO stuff. The Soviet were not cave dwelling barbarians and they knew what production specs were and expected them to be met. Every can I have opened shot to the sights on my rifles with no adjustments or recalibrating necessary. I have...
    8. M

      45 ACP RELOAD PROBLEMS. FTF ISSUES

      Has nothing to do with crimp, OAL or anything else but the change of recoil spring. A 14 pound spring will not overcome the friction needed to chamber the SWC. You are a full grain below recommended starting load. Bump the charge back up to recommended starting starting load and use the...
    9. M

      CC-ers...ever been "discovered" ?

      I pocket carry. I have never had an issue or lifted eyebrow.
    10. M

      looking for a good home made case lube

      Pam cooking spray. no mixing, blending or fussing. Just spray it on. I have been using it lately for FL resizing 30-06 and .308 cases. It is much less sticky than many of the commercial ludes and I have had no problems with the big cases sticking in the dies. I also have eliminated...
    11. M

      How much was your first handgun?

      $12.95 for a brand new .22lr revolver at Freidman's Army surplus in Nashville, TN. Followed a month latter by the purchase of a Ruger Standard .22 autopistol for $29.95. That was around 1967. I also bought a model 36 S&W for $85 new in 1974 and a model 10 for $75 a year latter. Yes I am...
    12. M

      Headspace issue: beginner question

      .308 has the tendency to compress at the shoulder when seating the bullet and form a hump at the case shoulder point which causes difficulty with chambering. It is the only round I have this problem with. I once got to the range with a batch of new reloads and found that not a single one of...
    13. M

      Don't trust anyone in the house

      The kids moved away, the wife passed away, sooooo*** Last time this happened to me I had to blame it on the cat! The cat calimed not guilty due to lack of thumbs. When you confront the kids and they claim "NO WAY" what are you going to do? Let's face it, if you are old enough to have...
    14. M

      Success! 9mm

      You are not making an omlet so breaking a few eggs and using "whatever" is not an option. Be certain of your exact charge. 9mm is a high preassure round with little room for going outside the assigned parimeters. Remember that you may get away with an overload once, twice or 100 rounds...
    15. M

      Popped Primers - .308

      I anticipate flattened primers as part of the normal preasure response. It is expected. I usually get nice flat primers with the recomended starting loads. Tool marks evident in rather hot loads and flowing of primer metal when things are getting too hot. That is disturbing, when the primer...
    16. M

      Popped Primers - .308

      My Hornady Book, 8th Edition lists 43.3 as max with IMR 4895!!! You are getting close and always remember, each load is subject to the varitations of the individual rifle. I would start over with fresh brass/primers and work up to the load slowly.
    17. M

      I have a confession to make...

      For me it all depends on if I am just shooting a piece of paper, or shooting to make the smallest possible group on that piece of paper. For me it is not how many rounds I shoot, but where they land. There have been several times whe I spent the entire afternoon at the range and only fired a...
    18. M

      What did you load or shoot today?

      I have an old Enfield that keyholes. It is very accurate cutting nice even X shaped groups with any slug used all the way out to 100 yds. I finally decided what to do about the problem. I spent the day working up round ball loads. I want to see one of those babies keyhole! Anybody have...
    19. M

      hello from the southern section

      Just found this forum. Saw there was lots of conversation and wanted to join in. I am an old dude, been shooting/reloading/gunbuilding a long time. Glad to be here.
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