Caliber Comparison
Just for fun I took a kinda crappy photo of the various caliber ammunition I happen to have around. I don’t have guns for all of these, just most. I numbered them and will describe their details below. Mainly I … Continue reading
Category Archives: Shooting
I Contacted my Senators and Congressman
I just sent a very short note about my thoughts on gun control to my two senators and my congressman. As a firearm owning Democrat I would like to let you know that I am opposed to any sort of … Continue reading
The .270 is finished (mostly) and a Range Trip
When we last heard about my Grandmother’s Remington 721 in .270 Winchester (Adventures in Rifle Bedding) I had gotten as far as trying to mount the scope and discovered that the new scope would not fit in the old mount. … Continue reading
Gun Regulation Suggestions
I shamelessly stole this from William over at The Liberal Gun Club forums and made a few modifications. He originally posted it as a letter he sent to Vice President Biden. I will probably send my cleaned up version along also. … Continue reading
Adventures in rifle bedding
I brought my Grandmothers old deer hunting rifle home this summer. It’s a Remington 721 in .270 Winchester from about 1949. The action and barrel are in pretty good shape, but the stock is kind of rough and the scope … Continue reading
Range Trip – 20120914
Dave and I went to the range after work today. I brought my four wheel guns (how do they keep multiplying like that?) Two black powder, one rim fire and one center fire. … Continue reading
Making a temperature controller
Lead melts around 600 degrees. My melting pot has a basic thermostat marked 1-10. It’s nice to know how hot your lead is when casting, as it aids in consistency in bullet size. The easy answer would be to buy … Continue reading
IM with Stef
I just had the following IM conversation with my 19 year old daughter: Stef: Why did you order a box of lead? Me: for making bullets! Me: is it heavy? Stef: very Me: 65 lbs Stef: lol Me: did the … Continue reading
Adventures in Pan Lubing Boolits
So the next step after casting boolits is to apply lube to them. There are several ways to do this. I decided to try pan lubing them. Supposedly that’s as simple as it sounds. You put the boolits in a … Continue reading
Cast my first boolits tonight!
I got 69 usable .45 cal 200 grain SWC and 23 usable .45 cal 255 grain SWC done before the on-call phone went off and I had to stop. It was 9:00 anyway. They look awfully shiny to me. I … Continue reading