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If you have RL23, and want to use it, I think it would do well. If you're curious and want to get some, forget it!! For now Alliant...

You can also use a candle or a lighter to smoke the metal like smoking a bullet mold. The black soot should be seen on the wood or metal...

Being a old timer who learned to inlet stocks long before there was an internet, I have always used Prussian Blue to find out where...

I have a dremel& I have hollowed out a lot of wood! When I tighten stock bolts, safety will not move to safe position. Tough situation...

@BrBa. brings up a good point. It totally slipped my mind that Glocks have polygonal rifling. That, and unless you get the right...

Yeah that's what I was thinking. 147 gr 9mm and 180 gr .40 have nearly the same sectional densities (0.167 vs 0.161), so I would give...

I don't struggle with the recoil of a 40 vs 9. To me, it's not heavier on recoil, it's just a bit more "snappy". I control the gun well...

I know that if I were tot’n my 40 for a defense (outdoor) handgun, those would have my interest. But, like all of my other handgun...

While blackies may not be as “stought” as a grizz there’s a reason hardcast’s a loaded. They’re designed to penetrate and brake down a...

Is there any particularly reason you/he want to shoot a .243? It would probably help for him to shoot a .22 RF, or possibly even a...

The all to often words uttered after a tragedy from people not following engineers recommendations etc. Collapsed bridges, collapsed...

I'm all of those things too (have crewed drag, road, and currently desert racing, and worked under a Master Tool & Die maker), as well...

Lots of information out there that this is the long term plan. Self reliance for food is almost unheard of nowadays and they need to be...

No offense meant towards @ntsqd, but there is a reason that test units are built after the engineers model something using computer...

I always find these threads interesting. Opinions are formed and justified by personal experience and preferences. Some have no...