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Just as an FYI....many mark II guns also have factory taps and scope base. After 1996 if I remember correctly. If yours doesn't have the factory holes...it is VERY easy for even a novice gunsmith to put them there. MKII is better than the III simply because of all the extra crap.

And as stated above....RL7 is THE powder for 45/70! Man alive can it launch one of those 300 grainers hard....I have hit 2300fps out of a #1

Nickel

Believe it or not...I use 2400 as my plinking loads. They hit about like a 12 gauge slug....nice and light. Never would consider a 12 ga slug nice and light, but this is perfect for a range load. These are mouse fart loads for your gun and lead works great.

So do you have them? If so I and some others will throw some money your way. I figure the plastic fantastic idiots who embrace the AR would love these things. Just goes to show how fickle gun folks can be.

It has a steampunk look to it.

So basically it is a pimped out Ruger Frontier rifle. Seeing the crowd that they are targeting....they should sell a boatload of them.

Why would you do this!?!? Depending on the powder type you could cause some major problems. Ball and similar powder may cause no problems, but flake or extruded powder could break it up, increase surface area, and thus increase burn rate.

Actually when loading .40 there are a couple of things that you want to watch. First is that it is a relatively high pressure cartridge. You want to make sure your OAL is good and that the crimp is relatively tight. If the bullet sets back it very drastically reduces case capacity and shoots pressure though the roof. Not something that you really want to deal with. I suggest a taper crimp 4th die as it confirms that those bullets are held tight. Second. I would suggest using the plated bullets mentioned above. They fit into the expanded brass without shaving or the possibility of lead/lube causing falure to feed....since these rest in the chamber on the case mouth Third. Be leery of range pick ups in less than perfect shape or if you didn't see the person shoot them. They may be on their 5th reload from a partially supported chamber. You would rather have them split from the top....not the bottom. Last...use a mid-range powder like HS-6. I believe that this is THE powder for .40s&w as it meters well and offers the best range min to max for the caliber. Bullseye and the like are too fast and amplify the pressure spike found in my first point. Other than that it is business as usual.

The gas vents in that gun likely saved that guy's vision at the expense of the floorplate......Holy cow that was a stupid, stupid mistake!!!!!

If you had a bushmaster explode.....what did the lower have to do with it? David - The aluminum gets cold to the touch and on cool days I lose muscle memory in my fingers when swapping between my hot mocha latte and my cold AR aluminium receiver whilst training for the impending zombie invasion on the 1000 yard range. And they make beer cans out of aluminum...why would anyone want a gun made out of a beer can? Space age polymer is the wave of the future.

Thanks for the info. TN Gun sellers.....you folks are dropping the ball if you have a chance to get these and don't

Backon4 - Did you buy it locally or did you have to order?

Don't bother with ceramic....for the price you can buy a good steel blade and the tools to keep it sharp.

Oiled and put in a cheap fishing lure box I picked up at Wal mart for $2....holds 8 per side

I am looking to shoot it with .22lr at the range....not imitate a Soldier of Fortune centerfold. Anyone in TN selling these?

Anyone in TN selling these yet?

Get something that after you are long gone and they are giving it to their grand (or great) grandchildren they will have the ability to shoot it. Sure the bob rifles are great, but .243 and 30-30 will still be here readily available 100 years from now....even if all they want to do is buy some to show what grand daddy used to do. For some reason people are determined to think that .243 is a kids caliber that one graduates from once they get to age. It is about the perfect caliber for the E. Mississippi sportsman. It absolutely dusts many other calibers in accuracy and versatility.

I like how they whisper after they shot whatever it was they were hunting for.

I used to soak them overnight in saltwater before I breaded them and fried them in lard. Man they are good. I suppose to that it matters also what the squirrels eat. I remember in years past before the bore weevils killed all the pine trees that I got ahold of some that I suppose ate nothing but pine nuts. They weren't very good. Up on Prentice Cooper WMA there are plenty of hardwood nuts and they are very good. Suprisingly few folks up there shooting small game too. Not like deer season when you only go there if you have a death wish.

Here is the funny thing about the 10/22. Wanna know why it is so popular today? The reason is that the factory 10 round magazine was a revolution in the industry. Nothing else allows so many rounds in such a package that does not make the gun bigger, more difficult to load, or less reliable. It was a boon for Ruger and that carried the gun to where it is today. It is easy to forget that the magazine is a part of the gun. There may be some aftermarket ones that work, but the factory 10 rounder is a good as you will ever find....no exceptions.

Punisher....I was in the Grocery store a while back and decided to look at an issue of guns and ammo since my expiration 10 years prior. The second page had that exact picture on it. I put it back on the shelf knowing I didn't miss much by letting the subscription expire.

I am pretty positive, please take no offence, that there is something wrong in you loading process that is causing you to leave out powder from some of your loads. The though that the primer is somehow not igniting because it is blowing buy the powder is wrong. The .38 is probably the most reloaded case in the history of reloading and this is never been a problem. Are you using a progressive press? If so STOP!!! Put it in single stage mode, and develop a loading system/process that works for you. Once you get the steps down pat and it fits your personality then introduce....then progressive press into the mix. If you get the steps down right there is no, as in 0.000000000000% - zip - zero - no, chance that a load will make it into your gun without any powder. Again...please don't take offense, but you really need to buddy up with a seasoned reloader for a session or two to see what you are doing wrong. In your gun with a 20,000 psi grenade at the range is not the best place to find out that something isn't right.

I don't know if it has mentioned yet, but just from looking at it I would say that it is EXTREME SHOCK!!!! ammo I think they call it that because the hollow point is EXTREME

Huh!?!....It is one of the best cartridges made for large game hunting around here. There isn't a better hog or bear caliber made. Great for deer because it packs a whollop and doesn't destroy meat. There are guys at my range shooting sharps rifles with iron sights at 500 yards with them.