Recent content by Alibiiv

As I age, lighter and shorter and handy has become of interest to me. I have had Jessie at JES Reboring rebore many, many rifles. I am curious about how your rebore came out and how it shoots? At 2800-2900 this round has to be a devastating round. We have been using 35 Whelens for black bear...

If you are interested in the .375 Raptor I have one with dies and some brass that I am about to list. Ruger 77, tang safety rifle with an X Caliber 1:10 barrel and an X Caliber muzzle brake, lapped lugs, pillar/glass bedded, Cerakote. All the metal is 100%, the stock I would rate 85-90%. All the...

Thanks Ed.

Okay I got it.👍

Curious about what you mean "Not wasting a bullet each time"? I use the COW method and I do get cases that are well formed and ready to shoot. Yes I do use a primer, and I do use around 15 grains of pistol powder, and... some paper towel and some time. I have a hydro form die that I used for the...

I know I get what you are saying. I have been around torches my entire life, I will take my chances with the torch over the molting salt that is all that I am saying. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Well... after the 106 replies, I ran across this thread from the same source. Again another perspective on handguns for protection against bears: https://www.ammoland.com/2024/05/handgun-defense-against-bears-caliber-not-critical-as-thought/ I am not certain that I back this one up. I think...

Yes he did do that. But... there's less likely a catastrophic episode with the torch as there is with spilled, hot salts. I dropped some of the heated salts on a piece of card board and it burned straight through it. If one were to have a spill of that hot salt anywhere on their skin it would...

Thank you for this reply, I will be making this modification for sure. I cannot believe that AnnealEez did not find a better system to mount the torch. This modification looks to be simple and effective as well.

Thank you for your reply. I will look into the new wheels. It would be great to get the casings to rotate.

Thank you for the reply. The unit that I have "is" attached to the cabinet of the machine. I was a toolmaker in a previous life, I wish that I had to tools to make my own design up.

I have an AnnealEez annealing system that my son bought me a couple of years ago to replace the salt-bath system. He did not like me messing with extremely hot salts, thus the AnnealEez. I have been struggling with this piece of equipment since I have owned it, perhaps someone can give me some...

This is an article that I took out of an Ammoland Shooting Sports emailing. It is interesting and provides a different perspective about bear deterrents from attacks. Good read, I thought that the bear hunters would appreciate the information or the misinformation that is out there...

We black bear hunt over bait in the northern parts of Maine. So... for the most part the bear meat that we get has been fed an extremely fat diet of sweets of any kind, like donuts and cakes for at least a month before we shoot them. Of the past seven or eight bear that we have taken there only...

I understand this post, however I have been using "Lil Gun" in my 450 Bushmaster. When I saw the load data it made me very skeptical, but went with the load data. The load data was correct, but it still gives me the willies to load with this powder.