I love those gaffes! The first one I ever remember seeing was from the movie The Last Starfighter. The Pilot and his RIO just finished using their ultimate defensive weapon, and the ship had a failure. The RIO was trying to fix the problem, and had a circuit board in his hand. There was a 9...
WD40 is not great for guns. When left sitting for a long period of time, it becomes sticky/tacky and will gum things up. Best just use a proper gun cleaner. I usually get CLP. It's not expensive, and works well.
What were you thinking of re-barreling it too? I have a 77/44, but I have not considered re-barreling it. Although, the 357/44 Bain and Davis is an interesting option.
When they had everything in stock back in the day, they probably sold 20000 pieces of 44mag for every 480 Ruger case. I'd wager that even the 500 S&W Mag is more popular than our pet 480.
Yeah, trying to keep up on all the different military loads is darn near impossible. I only remember it because I read about it by chance the other day. :D
There is a 52 grain 5.56x45 NATO load, it's called M995. It's a black tip AP round. It was probably from the days when the M16's had a 1-12" twist barrel (just a guess, I could be wrong).
At my dr's office they always have the "are you sad" questionnaire thingie in the packet of busywork they give while waiting on the dr (who's late, again). I have never filled it out. They haven't said anything about it yet.
Some of my favorites are Win 231/HP38 (same powder, different brands) for the pretty light loads, It's economical, and makes accurate loads. HS6 is good for between full power mag loads from H110 / Win 296 and light loads with Win 231/HP38 loads.
I have a P90DC. Some may find it clunky/chonky but it fits my had so well, especially with the Hogue fingergrip grip. I shoot a lot of SRH's and GP100's, so from my point of view, the P90DC is svelte in comparison. Eventually, I'd like to get the 9mm equivalent to the P90DC.