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Also #5 today. Thanks for making me smile. Ivan

#5 is a common joke, if you have deaf friends! Ivan

Favorite 303's I have an almost new No5 North Branch Jungle Carbine from 1954. All my No4's have seen use. For ammo I had a belt of 333 cartridges on Browning type links. I thought it was a Greek headstamp, but it turns out to be Iraqi. I think my favorite 303 is a 1904 Citadel Martini with...

I love the irony of a Big Horn Ram on a 36! Ivan

In the 80's and early 90's I built about Forty 1911 type guns. Most were built on the Aluminum frame by Federal Ord. (Ordinance) Using rewelded slides and mostly used GI parts. As time went on, I refined a few things. The bushings I liked were the Match/spilt fingered type and I had problems...

When my brother and I had our old family farm in Harlem Twp., I ask if he had any tree stands set up. No was the answer. I took every stand that was manufactured, Blew up with buckshot every home-made stand. I also drank lots of water after eating onions and garlic and marked my territory...

Pete's #1 Metalman's #5 Chuck24's #5 Oldbrownhat's thoughtful post & Have a great Easter. Ivan

I remember one of these that had a fixed mag, then you refilled the mag every 30 rounds! I think that was the first version of "California Compliant". Ivan

Good for you! I'm still not up to more than 6 flat miles, waiting for nice weather. I could only afford a lower grade Trek Hybrid with the Government Covid Check. The wife goes on 4 to 6 milers with me but avoids the 20-24 mile ones I like when I'm back in shape. A couple autumns ago, I saw a...

A small single stage press (from RCBS or Lee) cab mount to a picnic table with drywall screws. My Lee fits in a 30 caliber ammo can with everything needed for on caliber. A Lyman 310 or Lee Classic Loader can fit several calibers in a 50 Cal. ammo can. I load a batch of 100 rounds every winter...

I am waiting for day after sales on Peeps! I plan on buying several packs of yellow, and one pack of the brown Dr. Pepper. (My favorite soda flavor) Personally, I used to raise tame rabbits for meat. I Think a giant sow would be the perfect meal for after Church on Easter! lots of baked carrots...

I have two of the T/C Contender actions with about 10 barrels. A Super 14' in 44 Mag another in 7 TCU and my favorite a 12" Hunter in 375 Winchester.. Now days I just plink a groundhogs wit 10" Bull barrels in 22 Hornet and 221 Fireball (Both Scoped). Several years ago, I was in a "Fun"...

Real Holy Black Powder and the substitutes are to be compressed. In fact there is no over compressing. In smaller spaces like Cap & Ball and Cartridge FFFg is the norm and some people use FFFFg when they can find it, All Pyrodex is course for the designations they give it. Cartridge Grade is...

The August 2024 (issue 351) had a Pet Loads article by Brian Pierce on 38 S&W. The original factory load was 14 grains of Black Powder and a 145 gr RN lead bullet. While I think your 10-grain load is safe, I would go with the 14 grains of PYRODEX P by volume. My experience with all the Pyrodex...

A couple of years ago I bought a Browning Citori 825 O/U in 410. They sell for around 5 times what you paid used! I have other 410's also. I load my own, and some things I've learned follow: 1) I buy every partial box of hunting loads under $10 and don't reload them. 2) For Skeet and Sporting...

Smoke's story about having a generator reminded me of two things. In 2008 the tail end of a hurricane made it all the way up to Ohio. I lived just outside of suburbia, half or most homes had some form of generator. Just driving down the road you could hear who did and who didn't! After the...

I don't own "Soft Jaws" for my vise, I use scraps of leather. My reamer came from Brownell's and was dull by 10 chambers, I called them and the sent a replacement for free it arrived within 48 hours. The second ream is razor sharp after a few more chambers and touching up the first 10. I wish I...

The guns all went bang just fine! But at the mothership you got paid by the piece! Extraction was somebody else's job! My F-I-L was an Armorer for Columbus, Ohio PD. They had a batch of Model 10's in the 60's that half the guns were never finish reamed and wouldn't chamber a 38! They didn't...

My 17-3 and 34-1 both need reamed badly. I got the ream and heavy cutting oil (1 quart) from Brownell's (I had a tap handle that worked already.) It took me about 5 to 8 minutes per chamber. For both guns i used about 1/2 cup of oil. I have a "Clamp on" bench vise. I put that on a B&D Workmate...

I have a very old (1`960's) RCBS Rock Chucker and set it up with the Hornady Lock-N-Load adapter. I have about 30 die bushings that allow very specific settings that then are permanent with the Lock ring. One of my friends has several very short forming dies that have been Red Lock-Tite in place...