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Shot my Savage M11 in .223 yesterday. Fired from a bipod and from a rest. I shot a total of 15 rounds fired in three 5 round groups. My cold barrel shot was always at the 7 o'clock position of the bull in the 10 X ring. The rest grouped higher, except when the "Loose Screw" behind the...

I see all this hubub about PDW's. How many actually own one of these? To me a PDW is whatever firearm is within reach when and if I need one.

A few years ago I bought a Pedersoli Colt Lightening in .45 Colt at an auction. Bought it for $900, when a new one was advertised as costing $1800.00. Shortly thereafter Pedersoli stopped production. Got it home and had problems with the rifle feeding ammo from the magazine. Asked questions...

Had sticker shock two weeks ago. The old A/C unit finally took a dump. Called a friend of my S-I-L, who has an airconditioning business. He came and gave us an estimate of $8K for a new one. He repaired the unit we had but after a couple of days it died again. Called him up and the next day...

A friend bought a 986 off Gunbroker. He had accuracy problems with 9MM bullets. He switched to .38/357 bullets and the accuracy was better. Now this morning the cylinder would not close. Best guesses??? tried the ejector rod and it was tight, all other pieces seemed to work as advertised...

My Grandson was loading some DEWC's for .38 Special. He ran out of DEWC's in the first box and grabbed another. Problem was he grabbed Button Nosed Wad cutters. He loaded some nice flush BNWC's, but base up. Think it will hurt to shoot them as is or teach him a lesson and make him put the...

A friend and I bought a bunch of used reloading items from another friend that is getting out of reloading. In the stash was a Universal Decapping Die. I have been reloading since 1972 and have never used one. My friend uses one a lot (he rloads both rifle and pistol, I just reload handgun...

A friend bought a S&W 986 off of Gunbroker last week. He brought it to the range yesterday. Nice looking revolver. Someone had cranked the rear sight down tight and I mean tight. Took both of us to loosen it up. The trigger pull was on the heavy/stiff side, loosened the strain screw about...

Was at the local range this morning to shoot handguns with some friends. I went to throw some trash in the trashcan and found this chrono pictured below. Someone had a bad and costly day. Reminds me of the old adage of "Muzzle Awareness". Have never seen a chronograph shot up before. I have...

For years I have been loading DEWC's abd HBWC's for my S&W 52 without any problems. I fell into a deal quite a few years back and bought a bought a bunch of bags of cast button nosed WC's (250 bullets to a bag for $2.00). Was thinking of using them in my pistol. Any secrets to using them as...

Have been rereading a few articles by the late John Taffin about "Perfect Packin' Pistols". I had picked up a Ruger New Vaquaro with a Birdshead grip in .45 Colt. Thought I would like it as it was. I was wrong, as it rolled to much in my hand. Enough that I had to readjust my grip on the gun...

Am I missing the Sell Check icon or is it gone with this new version of the form?

Was at the range today when a friend walked in. He had gotten out of reloading and was getting rid of some boxes of bullets. He had six in total, four in .45ACP/,45 Colt and two in .45/70. He asked me if I could use them and I said the Colt & AC was a yes. Also another friend of ours...

My S-I-L brought over a friend's Bodyguard. He told me his friend was having a problem getting the slide to go home. I dropped the mag, ensured the chamber was empty and hit the slide release. The slide went home. I reinserted the mag, and attempted to release the slide and no joy, it would...

A friend of mine uses gas checks on some of his hotter loads. He posed a question to me today and I had no answer for sure. He was wondering if to powder coat before applying the gas check? Or to waiting until after powder coating? Of course sizing would be accomplished as the last step...

What are you using for a max loading for .357 Mag.? I have loading books that go back to the 1930's. One by Phillip Sharpe who helped develop the .357 Mag. Loads are all over the place. I am going to use a 158 grain jacketed SWC. I see loadings up to and including 15.0 grains of 2400. Will...

A friend is looking at a K Frame .22 LR revolver with adjustable rear sights. It has a six inch barrel and Magna grips. The place selling it has the S/N as 81409. He is saying that there is an H before the S/N, I think just a poorly stuck K. If so this would make it produced about 1950. Best...

Was going through my stash of bullets. I found a box of .38 148 grain DEWC's that are plated. Has anybody used these? I use 148 grain cast DEWC's in my PC revolver. I also use 148grain HBWC's in my 52-1. I am assuming that these are plated so you can drive them a bit faster. Just...

Was reloading 10 MM today. I have cases from just about every manufacturer out there. I noticed a cracked case and then another, and finally one split almost completely down the side. All were S&B cases. None of the cases I have have been reloaded that much, no more than a few times. Just...

Which gun magazine do you care for the best? I had been getting a couple of different ones for a while. I found myself reading one the most(Guns Magazine). I just received a couple of very low priced offer from G&A and Shooting Times. Also Firearms News. Half the time I read one or two...