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  1. vinconco

    Anyone turn necks for a gas gun?

    Re: Anyone turn necks for a gas gun? maybe a clean up turn if you were using a bushing type FL die.
  2. vinconco

    Always FL size for a gas gun?

    Re: Always FL size for a gas gun? Probably should but you could go light and not set the shoulder back more that a couple .xxx
  3. vinconco

    Photos Taurus 1911

    Re: Taurus 1911 I had a guy bring me a Taraus 1911 that had the saftey plunger and spring missing. I said no problem as I have tons of misc. 1911 parts to service my collection. Well, turns out that Taraus made the plunger tube and associated parts a smaller diameter than the standard 1911...
  4. vinconco

    How do you store your components?

    Re: How do you store your components? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tullius</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> However, this may not be the case: some of the magnetic perimeter seals are quite strong, and NFPA/SAAMI does not recommend this...
  5. vinconco

    How do you store your components?

    Re: How do you store your components? I had a fire in my reloading room many years ago. I stored about 50# of powder under the bench and had some primer and powder in metal cabinets over the bench. Lucky for me the metal cabinets were closed at the time of the fire. My plastic die boxes...
  6. vinconco

    How do you store your components?

    Re: How do you store your components? Powder and primers in an old refrigerator, off of course. Keeps temp fluctuation to a minimum. Will not grenade
  7. vinconco

    Gunsmithing Rock barrel?

    Re: Rock barrel? Great performance with my 30 5R 11.25
  8. vinconco

    Maggie’s Most impressive shot?

    Re: Most impressive shot? Here is the actual story told by Elmer Keith. Quote: Paul Kriley and I hunted up Clear Creek on the right side where it is partly open bunch grass meadows and partly patches of timber. We hunted all day, and although we saw several does at 80-90 yards, one at...
  9. vinconco

    Maggie’s Most impressive shot?

    Re: Most impressive shot? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Topstrap</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had been experimenting with a VGM mount on my Freedom Arms 10" 44 mag for long distance shooting and have spent a LOT of time with it. I was at...
  10. vinconco

    Cast Lead Loading

    Re: Cast Lead Loading Accuracy w/ cast bullets can be greatly increased by using a bullet that has the <span style="text-decoration: underline">bore riding forward section </span>as close to bore diameter as possible. The bore diameter is the distance between the lands, not the grooves. My...
  11. vinconco

    Any Interest shooting out to 3,000 yards in SW VA?

    Re: Any Interest shooting out to 3,000 yards in SW <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Col Kurtz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">We do have plenty of steel, from 6" round plates at 500, to bells at 600-800, and plates at 1,000 on out. Generally we keep...
  12. vinconco

    Any Interest shooting out to 3,000 yards in SW VA?

    Re: Any Interest shooting out to 3,000 yards in SW VA? Do you have steel set up?
  13. vinconco

    New Savage .308 barrel break-in?

    Re: New Savage .308 barrel break-in? Here is a post Gale McMillan wrote back in 99 FWIW Gale McMillan Senior Member posted September 25, 1999 10:10 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The break in fad was started by a fellow I helped get...
  14. vinconco

    New Savage .308 barrel break-in?

    Re: New Savage .308 barrel break-in? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: oneshot onekill</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Second, don't EVER run bullets that are specifically made to sand the rifling away from bore! You will be reducing the life of...
  15. vinconco

    New Savage .308 barrel break-in?

    Re: New Savage .308 barrel break-in? A friend of mine put a borescope down his savage barrel and was surprised at the roughness of the bore after about 500 shots. He called savage and they told him that all their barrels are rough. If break in has any positive effects it will not be on a...
  16. vinconco

    Range Report Why so many Hornady fans?

    Re: Why so many Hornady fans? Hornady is advertising an advanced process for making their jackets (AMP) claiming virtually zero runout. This has been a major problem in making accurate bullets and is the reason some shooters run their bullets through a Verne Juenke machine to sort out the...
  17. vinconco

    Hunting & Fishing leading a running whitetail...

    Re: leading a running whitetail... I too had a miss on a running buck this year. Clean miss and a humbling experience. I will be setting up a tire run soon to practice these type of shots.
  18. vinconco

    How crucial is trimming brass to exact OAL?

    Re: How crucial is trimming brass to exact OAL? I've been reloading since 1964 and I just found out about the Sinclair gauge a few years ago. I can't count the hours of wasted time trimming cases that didn't need it. Most chambers are much longer than SAAMI specs. I square up new brass and...
  19. vinconco

    Good ar-15 barrel for the money

    Re: Good ar-15 barrel for the money I bought a 18" DPMS bull barrel from Midway costing about $175. for a build I was doing. The first 5 shot group using 77 smk's was under 1" at 200 yards
  20. vinconco

    Faster way to Remove Lube?

    Re: Faster way to Remove Lube? I put a about 3 tablespoons of denatured alcohol in the tumbler w/ walnut hulls or corn cob to cut the lube and eliminate dust
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