Recent content by Jack R Tishue Jr

Any info on the measurement on the rack? Looks good, but just wondering.

It is NOT the amount of powder, it's the shape of the case. a 260 will last longer than a 243, due to case shape, and a 6mm Rem will too. The 6.5x284 has a useful "target" shooting life of around 600 rounds. A 30/06 has a useful live of around 3,000 rds. Same with the 308.

barrel burning has more to do with case shape that amount of powder. The 6.5x284 a famous barrel burner as is the 243, due to the case shape funneling hot gas so that it rapidly eats the barrel. Esshup, why would anyone get rid of a 1/2 minute barrel. Back when I first got into shooting (late...

When I took a Marlin 95 to Africa in 1972, was first person to do so, I "heated up" some loads, but unfortunately ONLY had the Winchester 405gr silver tips to use, and speed was to great for them to work right, But do believe the load with the better bullets we have now would be fine. Indeed...

A friend just ask if I'd post the question. He was going to reload this past weekend, but here (MD), the heat in the 90s and the humidity at 70+%. I told him in my opinion (I ve been reloading 60 years now), the amount of time your powder would be exposed to the moisture in the air, while...

When I was young, people ate groundhogs. We did, and tasted kind of like roast beef. Nothing wrong with them, as just another squirrel. when I was dating my wife, had cooked one up, and told her it was a stray cat. But she ate it and said it was good. If folks not eating them either persnickety...

Turnbull does restoreations, but not necessarily accepted by collectors, and so costly, it is only reasonable for firearms where many $1000 are considered. Point is, WHY f/u a perfectly good collector piece, by ditzing around shooting it, when you can sell it to a collector, make some bucks on...

but what is anyone learning owning a vet? as I noted, gun collectors are also historians and use the guns as part of the art. And a car can be restored and regain it's value, but a gun can't.

The thing is, collectors want non-fired ones. Period, and willing to pay for it. Haven't looked but would be willing to bet an unfired 77, from the 80s would be well worth 3-4 times as much as a "shooter". So why throw away money, when you can have a shooter to shoot, and the money from the...

I think to them it is, but also a Education. Education what it's all about.

That's not what was meant, because a collector WON"T shoot it, period. Misspoken.

But the car already used. This mint so should be offered to someone who will appreciate it. If they want to keep it mint, so be it. Many people don't realize collectors also historians and collect the guns mint, so as to be able to show them. How many different styles, etc., of 77s are there...

Obviously, something being misunderstood about a collector rifle and one that's now just another junker/shooter. Hey, just go to the Ruger Collectors Society and see what they paying for them. If not more than you paid, then hold it. You're obviously not "honoring" your friend , if they were...

I think hold it and sell it. How often you going to find a new one? They only become more valuable. Get dumb and shoot it and it becomes a "shooter" , worth about a 1/4 , if that of what it's worth as a NIB, Especially as a collector item. I bought a Colt Diamondback, to replace one I'd been...