You know you live in the country if......

[flylowgethigh]

I do not crimp my .308. Those accurate rounds are not mis-handled to change the OAL, and the dist between the bullet ogive and the start of the rifling lands. BTW, the start of those lands go away as the barrel is fired over and over, so you have to keep "chasing" them if you want the "jam" or "jump" you build your round to, to be consistant.

 

[St. Phatty]

Measuring and case trimming when necessary is important too.

If you are going through the trouble of reloading for accuracy, it would be a good idea to get your barrel crowned.

re. Case Trimming - you mean adjusting the length of the brass ?

Actually, that's one of the reasons I started using ONLY Starline and LC-18 (Lake City 18).

I get tired of adjusting the bullet seating die for different brass lengths.

I notice the Starline is slightly shorter, so I use that for bullets that need a shorter brass (180 grain where I want to compress the powder ... almost, and a 150 grain where the bullet has a lot of length in front of the cannelure & I'm concerned about it fitting in a standard magazine).

One of the guys at the range uses a lathe to adjust the length of his brass.


But as far as things that are interesting -
* 6.5-284

I think if somebody came out with a "Stretch" AR10 lower, to fit 30-06, 7 mm Rem Mag, and all those many longer action bullets that are about 1/2 inch longer than 308 - and a stretch magazine - they would sell 1 million.

The fit would have to be as clean as a normal 308 upper / AR10 lower.

Got to admire Palmetto State, at this point their AR10 & AR15 lowers seem to be the "Gold Standard" among cheap lowers.

 

[Sunshineinabag]

If the best way to town in winter is on a snow machine

 

[Zeez]

LC is the good stuff. Every time the brass gets resized it gets a little longer. There are case trimmers that cut the neck back to the correct size. Seating the bullet deeper works to a point but the brass will begin to move in towards the barrel when the action locks. The other thing is that the brass gets to be all different lengths and messes up consistency.

 

[mowood3479]

LC is the good stuff. Every time the brass gets resized it gets a little longer. There are case trimmers that cut the neck back to the correct size. Seating the bullet deeper works to a point but the brass will begin to move in towards the barrel when the action locks. The other thing is that the brass gets to be all different lengths and messes up consistency.

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[PizzaMan5000]

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^you know you live in the country if those are fightin' words.

 

[mowood3479]

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[PizzaMan5000]

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Yeah, I keep earplugs in my night stand.

Selective hearing

 

[St. Phatty]

I think Grow Rip Jitters are more common in the Country.

People living in the city or suburbs are more likely to have indoor grows.

I have a Senile 75 year old who likes to steal from his neighbors on one side, and the teenage nephews of another neighbor on the other side.

 

[Zeez]

I think Grow Rip Jitters are more common in the Country.

People living in the city or suburbs are more likely to have indoor grows.

I have a Senile 75 year old who likes to steal from his neighbors on one side, and the teenage nephews of another neighbor on the other side.

Yeah, they're more likely to hear shotguns too.

 

[Sunshineinabag]

LC is the good stuff. Every time the brass gets resized it gets a little longer. There are case trimmers that cut the neck back to the correct size. Seating the bullet deeper works to a point but the brass will begin to move in towards the barrel when the action locks. The other thing is that the brass gets to be all different lengths and messes up consistency.

I recycle brass at the range locally....my midway reloading station is prob the best investment I've made.

 

[Sunshineinabag]

Every Sunday is paul harrell day


https://youtu.be/YB0pliqHfi0

 

[St. Phatty]

https://palmettostatearmory.com/fed...er-4-1-link-ammuntion-100rds-zsama557moi.html

I get a kick out of some of these ads.

WHO BUYS THESE THINGS ?

4 regular 50 BMG, 1 tracer 50 cal BMG.

Though I admit, I bought a box of 20 rounds of 50 BMG.

Thinking about pulling the bullet out of one and using the powder to top off some re-loads. It's very slow-burning with HUGE kernels.

Should go fine ... unless I make a spark removing the bullet.

 

[PizzaMan5000]

I think PSA, RIA, and kel tec are the future. All three are innovative and at a low price.

Flame me if you want, but they are sleeping giants imho.

 

[Sunshineinabag]

You didn't say taurus so we good brah lol

 

[flylowgethigh]

I am getting into smaller size carry pistols as America changes. You guys save all the pennies you can, but I am sticking with Sig. The P226 is really too large to carry, so I am adding P365s to the stable. I have been trying to buy another in a "Tac pak" but the damn store is crazy this last week. Sig will sell the slide assy that has the flush sights, and it will work on the standard lower which has better controls. Fits the coin pocket in the kind of jeans I wear - perfectly.

Is that old guy stealing the plants because green plant bad, or is he stealing them to consume? If to consume, why? They catch a lot of fools around here stealing the "hemp", but it is still not ripe. Maybe they are trying to sell it as dope.

 

[Zeez]

I recycle brass at the range locally....my midway reloading station is prob the best investment I've made.

It takes allot of time and record keeping, but it's worth it.

I lived in Europe and nobody reloads there. Shooting shotguns, we were talking empty skeet boxes and filling them with uptown, once fired Fiocci cases. They were laughing at us foreigners for picking up their garbage and we were laughing at them because we had an endless supply of premium cases that could be reloaded many times. We never told them about the reloading.

 

[St. Phatty]

I recycle brass at the range locally....my midway reloading station is prob the best investment I've made.

Which one did you get ?

 

[St. Phatty]

I cam across a 460 S&W Magnum - sort of - for a Killer Price. $450.

So I bought it !!!

The "sort of" part ...

460 S&W uses same bullets as 450 Bushmaster.

460 S&W is .050 inches longer. S&W loads are pretty heavy duty - 45 grains of Magnum Handgun powder, 3 Grams.

I'm scared to use the 450 Bushmaster with more than 2.3 grams of powder.

I realized that it would do just fine with a slower burning powder. A fast burning rifle powder instead of a Magnum Pistol powder.

So next time I take out the 450 Bushmaster I will try it with rifle powders like Accurate 2200.

Handguns as powerful as the 460 S&W, definitely need 2 Hands ! ! !

I bought the 450 Bushmaster about 3 years ago. Didn't know I was buying a 460 S&W in rifle form.

 

[St. Phatty]

Anybody have an opinion on how many pounds a trigger pull should be ?

I have an AR10 with a really heavy trigger. Read it's about 8 pounds.

Looking at one of these, Rise Arms 535. Pulls at 3.5 pounds.

Has anybody ever installed one of these drop-in triggers ?

From watching a few videos, it involves using a roll bin punch to drive out the 2 pins that hold the stock trigger mechanism, and a screw-driver or Allen wrench to loosen the handle.

The handle is attached to a spring that is attached to the Fire/Safe selector/ switch, that is attached to the trigger.

So you have to make sure the spring doesn't fall out, or if it does it's on a workbench.

I'm thinking about paying the store to do it. $190 installed.

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