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Re: Hortonium
canvasback
03/19/24 01:03 PM
It may not be a good, inexpensive alternative to lead. It's own claims put it a bit off of bismuth? prof has a point, if it can retain bar form at an apparent red heat, thay are probably looking at the boutique rifle bullet market, rather than many inexpensive inexpensive little spheres? First, if my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle. It may not be good. You are right. But it also may be good. You don’t know yet. I don’t know yet. But I’m certainly not going to crap on them or nit pick because they are trying. Maybe it does work out only to be useful as a rifle bullet. And that would be a bad thing how? My original point stands. No big deal cback, I never pooed on it. If we already have bismuth, that works in shotgun shells, here's hoping it can be maufactured more uniformly and inexpensively vs sell us on why the premium for maleability? In rifle bullets, I never said it would not be useful, but if it is perfectly what it is, the company laid out a chart of down grades from lead. It seems more to be an alternative to steel, for the puposes of the nontoxic shot market, than lead, and we don't know if it will be inexpensive. My point Steve, isn’t that it’s a perfect substitute for lead. Or even a better bismuth. It’s that someone is spending creative effort and money in the non tox sector. This is a bad thing? Because it’s not perfect? F me! We should be celebrating this and hoping there are 20 more entities working away on the problem.
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Re: Lead ban in Minnesota?
ChiefAmungum
03/19/24 12:46 PM
Brent, No shortage here, want a few? They'll bounce back.
In case you missed it I think no tox for waterfowl has a good case going. In fact my whole dissatisfaction with the get the lead out movement has much more to do with unnecessary restrictions that you, yourself just alluded to. Is lead causing a decline in populations other than waterfowl. Or are those populations coping. I think they are.
Then you have the anti shooting/hunting crusaders that have found some leverage in our government. I truly believe that even if the perfect no tox alternative to lead is produced that agenda will remain active.
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Re: For Sale- Remington Big Boys
Stanton Hillis
03/19/24 11:26 AM
Given that the engraving is actually roughly carved into the stock ......... I'm fairly certain that is not carving, but stamping. When enlarged one can see that the tops of a letter or two aren't impressed as deeply as others, lending credence to the stamping of each letter. It's hard to hold those stamps perfectly for each lick.
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Re: Beesley Single Trigger
Sandlapper
03/19/24 11:07 AM
I've got a Scott Premier circa 1924 with SST that is a Lard via Westley Richards design. People give the L. C. Smith SST a hard time, but of all the Smiths I've had with one, and a WR droplock heavy 12 I have, they have never failed. WR put them on many of their heavy caliber double rifles, which should be a testament to their reliability. Sandlapper
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Re: Shotgun shell pressure testing
GLS
03/19/24 10:12 AM
As Drew mentioned, live ammo can't be shipped by USPS. I shipped rounds for pressure testing yesterday at UPS. It is a 20 minute drive from home to the UPS Consumer Counter at the UPS warehouse. Be prepared to pay through the nose as an adult signature is required which runs up cost. UPS Stores are franchises that won't ship ammo. There was a counter sign dated Aug 2022 that stated" guns or gun parts can no longer shipped by UPS except by "return service". The clerk said that UPS requires an FFL to ship. She speculated that it would be a matter of time before ammo shipments were prohibited--pure speculation on her part but who here would be surprised? As Brent mentioned in another thread, length of chamber in testing gun is critical in establishing short shell pressures. Boyle's Law regarding gas pressure and volume is at play rendering inaccurate shell pressures for shorter than 3" ammo in a 3" pressure testing gun chamber. For shortshell (2") 12 gauge, Tom Armbrust refers such testing to Bruce Ducksworth, Bruce's Big Bore Ballistics, 130 Ben Anderson St, Mount Vernon, Ga 30445 Email 338lapuaba@gmail.com 912-423-0334
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Re: A short video on barrel sleeving.
gunman
03/19/24 09:01 AM
Interesting .Having been heavily involved in sleeving myself its interesting to see other peoples methods . I see you cut off in front of the bars where others including myself cut off in front of the chamber cones .We didn't see you method of machining the backends and I would have liked to see how or if your way differed from ours , bearing in mind with welded joints the marrying up of faces would not be so critical as with soldered joints .Did surprise me that you bored chokes in the lathe before fitting the tubes though
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Re: Gauges and payloads
SKB
03/19/24 07:19 AM
Distance is not an issue for me when I hunt Blue Grouse, less than an ounce of shot is plenty for those fragile birds. I can never recall needing or wanting more payload when after grouse, the limiting factor is usually the foliage and terran, not distance I shoot clays very informally and for fun not scores, how far out I can break one is more a factor of choke, not that much in my Holland, light mod in the left barrel.
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Re: Lubing Fiber Wads
Rick W
03/18/24 08:33 PM
How difficult is it to clean your barrels after using Crisco lubed wads? I cannot tell the difference - I mostly shoot ML and would certainly notice while cleaning.
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225 Winchester Cases and dies
Silvers
03/18/24 04:52 PM
For sale - set of brand new Hornady 225 Winchester Full Length loading dies in factory shrink wrapped box along with (40) brand new Quality Cartridge 225 Win cases in (two) factory sealed bags. Shipped to the US for $70.00 by check or Paypal F&F. Send PM to commit and/or to get pics to your email address.
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Re: Birmingham Gun Makers
lagopus
03/18/24 04:49 PM
Parabola, apologies for the oversight; I must get these glasses changed! I have a copy of Douglas Tate's book and can recommend it. Lagopus.....
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Re: 1000 old UK auction catalogs
lagopus
03/18/24 04:46 PM
Tim, I would agree with that. The Royal Armouries have a fine library and I have contributed to it in the past. Better to go for all to be able to use. I would say to anyone wanting assistance from the library there is that they are very, very helpful. Lagopus.....
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Re: krieghoff TRUMPF Drilling parts
Der Ami
03/18/24 03:08 PM
Terry, I gave you a suggestion on your other posting above. The locating pin in the insert barrel might be repaired by refining the damaged area, if not, it can be replaced. The firing pin can likely be annealed, straightened, and rehardened. If not the old one can be used as a sample to turn a new one. The top lever springs in German guns are often pretty much standard and springs from other guns are often close enough to be modified to fit. I have a German single shot "tip up" rifle that came to me with one side of the spring broken off. As a "stop gap measure" I "jammed" a broken leaf of another spring from my junk box into the "v" of the broken spring. I haven't had a need to make a correct replacement after 30+ years of use(this depends on where the break is). Mike
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Re: NEW MEMBER WITH KRIEGHOFF
Der Ami
03/18/24 02:27 PM
xkkat, The repairs you need are neither particular to Krieghoff or especially difficult to accomplish. I suggest you turn the drilling over to one of your excellent Australian gunsmiths for repair. I am certain you will be pleased with the results. Mike
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Re: Rook Rifle Reloading Tool
Argo44
03/17/24 05:44 PM
I believe paradoxically that Berdan primers became predominant in Europe; Boxer primers in America which might explain the Remington Cartridges. Berdan patented his primer in America in March 1866; Boxer in UK 13 October 1866. How this juxtaposition came about, which persists to this day, is history to be explored.
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Re: I have posted this to warn others about this fraud
1916XE
03/17/24 04:43 PM
There are a few things to learn from this:
1. The good point on red flag-NO RETURN 2. Communicate with your wife 3. If it looks too good to be true...or too $$$.
I no longer buy guns on auctions, but I will contact the seller privately- especially if he is like Leroy Merz in MN. Or of excellent similar character.
KheSanh-1971 5th Special Forces Group (ABN)
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