Recent content by Tabby Lynn

If you think firearms are bad, buy a boat and see how much it's gonna cost to keep it afloat. You can literally buy dozens of firearms, thousands of bullets, many pounds of powder, as well as thousands of primers for the cost of the acquisition of one boat, as well as the insurance, storage and...

And that is why one should replace springs on a scheduled basis.

I have a M-17, which as far as I know does not suffer from the unknown malady. My thought about this is that it has a thumb safety so it's much harder to fire accidentally. Up until recently all of my striker fired handguns had thumb safety's. Not long ago I worked as an Armed Security Guard...

Try using a 45 tip if available,

If considering an auction site I would recommend Kramer Auction Service in Prairie du Chien, WI I have used them extensively for many years. Their fees are in line with other auction services but Curt evaluates every item and gives it an expected selling price along with a series of pictures...

I don't know if you could call what I currently do as collecting. At one time I owned many different rifles, pistols and shotguns. Then one day I looked at these specimens of ancient and modern firepower and thought to myself , Why are you doing this? I can only shoot one at a time, and most are...

Problems associated with reloading are disproportionately blown out of context. I have been reloading since 1973 and have loaded thousands of rounds without issue. Problems occur when someone does not practice safe reloading techniques, is in a hurry, wants to increase velocity beyond what the...

Copy and paste the wording then attach your pictures. Most forums like this will not copy pictures along with wording in a copy and paste. If need be number your pictures so you can refer to the picture and associate it with the point you are trying to make.

I don't have issues with the Hodgdon information, but often ran into pressure issues with less than the max powder charge listed with Hornady data.

I had a similar issue with a Remington 700. (BDL)The rifle would extract and eject the cartridge (factory or reload) just fine for the first few shots, then would have issues with the cartridge falling out of the bolt head and laying on top of the next cartridge and not ejecting. I did...

I have shot all over the country as well as a few foreign lands. I had few issues when in the Army, most soldiers respected you not getting designated a firearms instructor without knowing what you are doing. These days I live in Wisconsin and the issues seem to be consistent with non veterans...

I agree with Sgt Rock, lead on the face and edges of the cylinder is pretty much normal. You may be getting a bit more on one revolver than another because of cylinder timing, but much more likely because of the flat wad cutters you are using. Try using Acme coated wad cutters or preferably semi...

Nothing identifies ya'll as a yankee by not understanding the term.

I have been reloading since 1972 and early on learned to check several loading manuals before trusting any one manual for a max load just for that reason. I have also deleted Hornady from reloading data I trust. The only data I use now is Nosler, Sierra and Hodgdon.