Nice on the HS, they are some nice pistols you got there..
Yeah that shop took all my money, worked 2 jobs back then, not cause I had to, I liked $$$ and my toys. Friday / Saturday was "road trip" days (if not working) it got so bad, Like one day, Go in and ask "You got any magnums (rifles)"...
Yes sir, both are "vintage" High Standards
Got them decades ago "cheap", actually from Bakers Gun House in Hagerstown, they also pawned guns, when you went in, left side was insurance company, right side was gun shop, in the back was the pawned guns, when the CAT plant closed up that way, the...
^^^^ this.
More than I care to count.
Enuff, not enuff, too many, plenty, etc.
Quantities are subjective and does it really matter? 50+ years of "gathering"
Could be one h*lluva..garage sale one day.
-Rock
Glock this, Glock that, each their own. The target whether paper or 2 legged / 4 legged don't care, its the shooter / operator.
Glocks....meh...
HK's, Sigs, 1911's ole NM, 70 Series Gold Cups, Clark Customs, Home built, Para Warthog, BBR 3.10 45acp, Vegas, AMT hardballers, Crown City Arms...
Some one mention "flying ashtrays?" Good ole Speer Lawman ammo, they even sold the bullets, have a few boxes ammo / bullets still, loaded some of them "trays" in 45 Colt & 45 Win Mag....excellent results
Its a shame the legal department had to get involved, claims of the jacket separating from...
Interesting, was thinking about adapter long ago, but ....
Colt mags, ASC mags 32 rd run perfectly in my Colt 9mm mag lowers, even the 80% AR-9
"Colt" lowers work great, SMF Tact upper, ToolCraft gen-2 bolt, Macron Armory Guaranteed
to feed barrels, Macron Armory Dead blow buffer, all is good...
Nope no new ones. Haven't shot any but the actions are like, "parts bin parts, thrown together for the lack of better words, mostly all the rifles / actions laying around here are older ones short actions, 223 / 308 bolt face. a few long action rifles, they are "smooth", I'll just say this the...
Simple....dont put all "your eggs in one basket"
comes to mind, same can be said with guns, ammo, anything, what if you just can't get to that central spot? Or some one else has beat you to that central spot.? Then you have disasters fire, water, mother nature, etc
So here multiple safes...
Here's a link to the newer one "2023"
https://hodgdonpowderco.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/updatedburnrateschart-1.pdf
I've got so many burn rate charts old ones for old powders, Military surplus, etc.(844,846,etc.) Different brands other than those in the chart posted
-Rock
You can buy different bullet stems, round nose, SWC, WC, etc. Think Lee even can make custom ones you supply the bullet. Whidden sells em and others
Pretty much use MightyArmory seat dies for the 9mm / 45acp...
I forgot to add that...thank you sir.
Yep, treat plated as cast, that's where the
Lyman "M" die comes in handy also and a slight ream of the case mouth...
Those are just givens here, when cast bullets / plated. A slight ream of the
case mouth with "flat base" bullets
-Rock
Plated bullets, may be thinner than normal. Bad batch etc.
Seating stem ..check to make sure its clean, make sure no plating from bullets in it. Take the stem out, place it over the loaded round, to see if the marks kinda line up, try a different jacketed bullet,, not plated to see if it still...