Recent content by 43north

I had an older scope quit when one of the internal springs stopped springing. My first guess was anything but that. Mounts, rings, gun, stock, ammo, bedding, copper fouling... I mean the scope wasn't hammered by recoil, wasn't dropped, and wasn't a truck gun bouncing down washboard dirt roads...

A LH T/C Renegade, double set triggers, in .54 cal. a few hundred were made over T/C's entire existence. One batch with the original tapered blade front sight, one batch with the more modern bead front sight. A T/C Contender in .25/35, and .218 Bee. I asked why he didn't own the .256 Rem...

I would call the FBI. This is interstate wire fraud/mail fraud under 18 USC Chapter 63: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter63&edition=prelim

Finally, a use for grits I can endorse!

First-time shooter in a basic pistol class last fall. 30 rounds out of a MkI Target, @ 15 feet, with great consistency. Followed by 10 rounds out of his Ruger LCP... only to be disappointed - not all shots hit color. I handed him a stock SR9C, and this was the result at 15 feet: (he is a...

Mike Bellm did a lot to keep the .357 Max alive. (mostly T/C work - and a fair amount of writing). His efforts resulted in a lot of subscribers lobbying Remington for a run of brass, which worked!

My original 6" Ruger Security Six developed a forcing cone issue, was sent to Ruger and it came back in this configuration, re-barreled with the "windowpane" Big Grip. Once lapped and shot-in, my younger hands, and sharper eyes could shoot (S/A) 3-inch groups all day @ 70 yards - the maximum...

You may find as I have, the 175 gr load makes all the difference. Compared to a newer 7x57 Black Pad, which shoot the 140 grain weight exceptionally well, the older chamber throats were cut with a excess of freebore for those older RN bullets. 100 yard 3 inch groups with 140 Gr. Federal Premium...

WTS: 1990s-era Red Pad 1A in .243 Winchester. Factory Rings, Swarovski "American" 3-9x36 scope. $1200 FTF in NH, or shipped to your FFL, at your expense. This was a gift to my father, and it's seen less than 100 rounds through it. When sighted in, a 3 shot group with Federal Premium 100gr SP...

**SPF**: Black Pad Ruger 1A, 257 Roberts. Roughly 5 years old, and there's a box around here someplace... Purchased 2nd hand, it wears Warne Vertical Split rings, for a more first generation S1L appearance. Bushnell Elite 3000 scope, plex reticle. $995 for Rifle and Rings only. $1200 with...

1A or RSI in: 7x64 Brenneke, 35 Rem is good, 358 Win might be better. 300 Savage. 25-35 Winchester. Evidently I missed-out on the run of 6.5x55, and never heard of a 1A in 256 Win Mag. Though to be honest, I'd like that in the 77/ bolt carbine instead.

It's a beauty!

Chance, if you're hand loading - give Hodgdon Lil' Gun a try. AA1680 was my old favorite, and when that well went dry (300 Blackout) I tried AA5744 and didn't like the result.

Somewhere around here I have one of these Nixon-era $100 bills. It too should have appreciated. :wink: I'd be willing to call it even... particularly for such a fine example of an unconverted Single-Six.

Check out Mac's Reloading. I just ordered 200 and he had them in-stock. $40.50 per 100 Remington brand. www.macsreloading.com His shipping charges are what US Postal Service charges, not some $20 surcharge to hide the true cost of the brass.