Recent content by Rich/WIS

Bought a higher grade RIA several years ago but can't comment on its accuracy or reliability as a 45. Stripped off the slide and replaced it with a Kimber conversion kit for a dedicated 22lr. Upper is still in the box unfired, My nephew bought a Tisas and has put a lot of factory and cast...

American Rifleman has a write up on the 336 and 1894 this month.

Use the stick on file labels and write the load data on the label and also number of times reloaded on rifle ammo. The rifle ammo is mostly in 50 round boxes with a few old style 20 round plastic boxes. Most of my pistol shooting is 45 ACP and just re-use the factory box with the plastic try...

Bought a used one , IIRC was a 63/64, for a second vehicle when I was at Ft Jackson 72-74. Had the little shift lever. Always started and ran although it was cute it wasn't fast, which was fine. Had dent all over including the top so think someone must have rolled it at some point. Leaked...

Hunting in Europe is somewhat different. When I was in Germany you had to attend classes, learn to identify animals by age, demonstrate shooting ability and have a guide or be invited by a hunting club. Also the animal you shot was the property of the landowner, you got the horns and sometimes...

Local Walmart has the fishing lures locked up. If you need something have to find the employee with the key, usually take anywhere from 15 minutes to nearly an hour to buy something. Walmart next town over doesn't lock them up. Ace has a lot of smaller hardware item locked up as well but if...

IIRC there are several gunsmiths who work on the No 1/3, track them down. They may have a stash of spares for their custom work. Don't remember the names but bet someone on the forum does.

Went with a No 1 buttstock on one but retained the original forend and band for the "old timey" look. The other one had been restocked when I got it with a thinned forend, barrel mounted swivel, and a No 1 style buttstock with a English/European style cheek piece. Looks sorta like a...

Put my feeder out earlier this week, saw the first hummingbird today, SE KY.

Have a 195 series stock off a new rifle, will that work. Only metal is rear swivel and buttplate.

When priming my mixed 45 ACP brass with CCI primers there is a noticeable difference between brands of brass and even sometimes within the same brand. Worst were the S&B, tight and little or no bevel on the case to let the primer start into the pocket, Herter's were as bad but think they are...

I taper crimp in a separate step for both 45 and 9mm. Trick is to mike case mouth after crimping and compare to cartridge drawings which specify the diameter of the case mouth. If sizing your bullets larger than nominal bullets in 45 and 9mm allow for this in your case mouth measurement. A...

My older boy was a combat medic and along with the usual stuff he had his medic bag as well. Load must have approached close to 100 pounds. When on active duty (30 years ago) a flack vest, kevlar helmet and all the normal gear easily exceeded 50 pounds. Recall seeing somewhere that the most...

The first M1A's from Springfield Armory used GI parts. IIRC TRW is Thompson-Ramo-Woolridge, a contractor who made the M14.

Has some last year but none so far in SE KY. Good post, needed a reminder to get some nectar for the feeder.