gregintenn

Great job! Your stitching looks perfect.

Looks like the guy behind it can shoot as well.

I have one similar to that. My great uncle gave it to me. He was in the Navy in Charleston SC. I assume that's where it came from. Mine has a sheath with it as well. Seems to be a good quality knife.

I love those 58s!!!!

Show us yours. I'll go first. Mine is a Nickel 4" model 57 no dash Smith and Wesson. I really like the gun. It's a bit more than the 357 Mag, and a bit less than the 44 Mag. It is a shame they aren't more popular, as I believe this is just about the perfect revolver round. As it is today, it is almost a handloading proposition. Maybe one day they'll get the popularity they deserve. The 41 does have, albeit a small, but a very loyal following.

I just bought a Redfield scope on there for beans! You just place a low bid on a lot of stuff, and every now and then you'll get one. The problem is, however, that theey usually come in waves....nothing for a month or three, and then you win a dozen auctions all in one night.

I think I'll hold out till Taurus chambers it in a revolver.

Not exactly, but close is a bowl of shrimp ettoufee at Steamboat Bill's in Hendersonville. It's heaven in a bowl!!!

Just your current bid. Your max bid is hidden. There isn't any scam or trickery that I'm aware of. I've bought a lot of stuff from ebay. Having patience is the sevret to a good deal there. You might bid on 10-15 items, and then one day one of them will sell for half the others. I've found no rhyme or reason for it.

I insert my max bid and don't usually even look again until the auction is over. The only time I've overpaid for something on Ebay is when I've sat and kept bidding right at the end of the auction.

This isn't exactly the case.....I've bought and sold several cars, never having them titled or licensed in my name. You only have to do this if you wish to operate the car on a public roadway. As long as I operate it on my own property, keep it in the garage, or sell it, these aren't required. Operating the car on a public road isn't a right guaranteed by a constutional amendment.

My wife works from home. She says it gets awfully lonely after a while. I think I could handle that. Some people need to be around others. She's one of those. It sure saves on gas, however.

All good points.

I've often wondered where the commercial manufacturers get their materials. Shipping must ba a big consideration. By the way, everybody who doesn't know it, this guy puts out some pretty good bullets.

That's a pretty bold statement if it is misspelled. I know that one can exceed published load data without injury, or other mishaps. That being said, what are you gaining? Punching holes in paper a microsecond faster? I've always preferred to load on the light side. It's easier on the gun, the brass, me, etc. I can tell you that you won't exceed factory ammo ballastics by much before you will have a problem. These loads were designed in laboratories with educated people and intricate equipment. Competition between ammo companies dictate that their products produce all the performance and velocity possible. If you need more, get a bigger gun.

Why not put them in some sort of a basket and run them through the dishwasher?

You could have just seated the bullets deeper instead of pulling them. As for the bullet dia., the bullet being larger than the bore causes it to make a seal as it's going down the bore, thereby letting the pressure from the gasses made by the burning powder push the bullet faster. As the bullets are made frem lead, copper, or other relatively soft substances, they will obturate, or reshape under pressure to fit whatever they are going through. This is why it's hard to seat a muzzleloader bullet; you are forming the bullet as you are pushing it down the bore.

Same thing...they just cost more. I've been told that the priming compound put in the match primers is done by people who have worked there longer than the people who put the priming compound in the standard primers.

I keep em out of sight in a safe. I don't have a very good memory, so every so often I go digging through the safe, and I often find something I forgot I had. It's like Christmas!!!

That makes me feel a bit better about the price. The Mosin certainly doesn't hold a candle to the quality and strength of a Mauser actioned rifle. Few others do.

If I were looking for all the accuracy I can get, I'd segregate cases by brand; even by weight. As I'm not that great of a handgun shot anyway, I throw it all in a box and use it as it comes. If I wanted to pusg the pressure limits, I'd also segregate cases, starting with a reduced load and working my way gradually up each time I changed brands. I have 38 Special cases from 15-20 different manufacturers, and I can't tell one from the next when shooting.

As long as it isn't stored underwater, I don't know why you'd need to seal your ammunition.

This was my first thought. Was it an $800 difference per chance?

Thanks for the information. Now that you've said this, I believe I'd read this before. I'll keep that in mind.

I've been shooting 41s, 44s, and 45s lately, and this 9mm feels like a gnat fart.