Recent content by BwBrown

Tight is relative. They are small screws. Acceptable torque would be measured in inch pounds, not foot pounds. That thread sealant is there to keep'em from backing out. You're holding on gun grips, not the bumper on a semi. Snug them up, check them often, use proper fitting tools. If the...

When I've been swaging bullets, my hands get pretty well covered with a light coating of the lanolin-based swage lube. A few seconds "fondling" each toy leaves them all nice and shiny.

While I strive for a "complete assortment", I am not a "safe-queen collector." All mine are shooters. Two or three live in holsters, are used, checked, oiled very regularly. The rest, nearly a dozen, rest in foam hyscore "racks" in the safe. They too are oiled,wiped down regularly. I keep a...

One added feature of the super-glues, they will penetrate everything, even glue oily surfaces together! Used to use it on oil slick surfaces on RC model airplanes, esp around the engine area. Good luck, and remember - gluing oily surfaces includes any fingers or other body parts that come into...