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Really don't know what the Internet can do for ya on this......unless your quest is to over complicate the simple. You said you have basics....what more is there? Burn dry hardwood, dry as in seasoned at least a year. Green wood mucks up a chimney fast. Oak, maple, locust, beech, cherry, etc...

I'm willing to bet there are almost as many "recipes" for canning venison as there are "recipes" for annealing brass..... Heat, pressure, time, and seasoning......not much voodoo involved at all.

Don't fret it Dan, some of these guys would bitch if they got hung with a new rope. We need to do lunch again soon......

They have succeeded....the context of the Second Amendment is now soley about personal defense....even here. My head hangs in shame........

I watched a manufacturer's site for a few weeks and the AR item I wanted was listed as "out of stock" the whole time. There were other brands and styles close to what I needed but I wanted that particular item. It was during the beginning weeks of the panic, or whatever you want to call it, so I...

Bought the tools....vise blocks, armorer's wrench, and a set of barrel vise blocks. Modified the right hand vise blocks, which didn't take that much to do, and went for it. Easy...........

Stag flat top left hand upper, factory barrel nut, barrel, etc. Wanting to install a diamondhead free float handguard. Problem is this upper is a LEFT hand upper, mirror image of a right hand. Nobody close around here to do the swap for me, looking at tools to do the job myself. The...

I've heard that Stag thread locks the barrel nut. True or False?

School yourself on barrel harmonics, OCW, and what happens at the instant a bullet exits the bore.....therein is the answer you seek. Expecting two completely different projectiles to even remotely perform the same is mostly an exercise in futility.

Is there ANY case lube residue at all on your brass, is there any gun oil at all in the chamber? If you are asking for a definition of sticky bolt then you haven't been around reloading very long. Your pressure could be fine but a case with any amount of lube on it will give pressure like...

I made some damn impressive ammo in my younger years for a 7x57M with a Lee Loader, a plastic hammer, and a home made powder scoop........

About 3 decades ago, when I didn't know much about reloading, specifically barrel twist, I tried 69 grain bullets in a 1:14 twisted 22-250. It would have made a fair 100 yard deer rifle but that was about it. You can measure your twist with a simple cleaning rod and a patched jag. Pushe the jag...

I've only ever used the micrometer on a die to closely return to a previously recorded setting, pretty handy for that. Real measurements are done with a dial caliper, a properly used dial caliper of course. And of course you know you can adjust the micrometer head on that Redding to read a more...

Re: Guess I'm gonna have to call Mr. Potterfield Had to wait 17 minutes to talk to customer service.....Hmmmm. I'd imagine, with the absolute ease and simplicity of ordering off the web, the majority of those ahead me weren't killin' time placing orders over the phone. Infact, the girl had...

Re: Guess I'm gonna have to call Mr. Potterfield <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ultraman550</div><div class="ubbcode-body">http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/02...ian-bans-apply/ </div></div> And this applies to my situation exactly how??