Recent content by smithwess999

Well said and thank you for taking the time to state this....

I just started a petition on the White House Petitions site, We the People. Will you sign it? http://wh.gov/Ervt Place the same controls on cameras as we place on guns. If guns are the cause of murders then cameras are the cause of child porn. So, by the same logic used for gun controls...

I got this explanation of why the UK ban is not working. In trying to keep an open mind I was wondering why that action in the UK appears to work when looking at the numbers but really is not. I also found that the US stats that are used by many at say 10 people killed per 100k is not a good...

Thanks for the post as my cousin was a tailgunner on a B17 and happened to be at Hickham on this date. He got his earphones shot off by a Jap Zero in a later fight and if you saw this man you would never guess he did and saw all this history. God Bless those men and women of the greatest...

Thank your Brother for his service and pat yourself on the back for being his Brother and Friend. I was in the Air Force as an enlisted man and flew 95 missions over Vietnam as an aircrew member. I rotated back on May of 1970 and can say that there is not a day that goes by that I remember...

My experience I have a 550B for about a year. I found that when I first started I had a number of bad loads so I bought a RCBS collet bullet puller and a collet that works for 38 special. I then bought a spare toolhead and keep the RCBS puller in that toolhead. Midway has the puller for about...

231 in plated RN 147 grain I have been reloading with my Dillon 550B for over a year, mostly 9mm and 45. I started to work with a plated 147 grain RN for my S&W 38 spec model 15. Worked up from 3.5 to 4.0 grains of 231 and seem to do fine at 4.0. The only oddity is that I see flakes of unburnt...

My experience I don't leave the car outside at night or unlock when parking but also don't carry where prohibited. I do fight the no guns signs when I feel they are wrong, currently discussing this with the American Legion. I purchased a Bulldog portable vault off of Amazon. It wouldn't stop a...

Thanks for the input. I used the lead/mid-range idea to start loading my plated 45's about a year ago. But, data for a RN lead is hard to find as most state for lead SWC or FN and jacketed centers around hollow point. Yes these 38 special plated are .357 like a 9mm. It would be better to find...

I started reloading for my S&W 38 special to put holes in paper. I have plated 147 grain round nose bullets and am using 231 with Winchester primers. It is hard to find data for plated bullets, I have 3 books plus online sites. I started at 3.5 grains of 231 but saw powder flakes in the spent...