leroy

A few more questions: 1... Have ya measured the bullets with a caliper to see what size they are..? What is the diameter..? 2... Have ya looked at the barrel to see if it is leaded to the point that ya can see lead in the grooves...? 3... What kind of pistol; barrel length...?   Reasons for the questions... 45ACP's historically have shallow grooves and sometimes dont like cast bullets... Cast bullets tend to like deep grooves... Sometimes the lead bullets (...especially soft ones...) will skid on the lands and not spin as they should during firing.... If ya see a lot of lead, that is an indication of skidding....   Secondly; the bullets have to be oversized to the grooves for the lands to grab the bullet and start it spinning (...engaging the grooves of the rifling...)...  If the bullet is a bit undersized, it will skid over the top of the lands and not take to the grooves... This is the cause for the tumbling and key-holing; as the bullet is not spinning enough to stabilize itself...   leroy

I'm like several other posters here.... I like the spyderco's for extra light... I always keep an endura around; and they wont break the bank, they'll just bend it a bit if ya shop around...   Good luck... leroy

Try 5.0 grains of Unique and your DEWCS.... The problem with 'em is that they wont shoot very far before tumbling... At close range they are very powerful... I would guess about 1000 fps out of a 4 inch barrel....   Some good reading here:  http://www.handloads.com/articles/default.asp?id=24   And here:  http://www.sixguns.com/tests/tt38spcl.htm   I like the 158 SWC myself... More stable at long range... Same hole cutting as a full wadcutter....   PS-- Our load for j frame smiths for plus p is 5.3 grains of unique and anybody's 158 hard cast swc... About 900 fps out of a 2 inch model 36 barrel... My guess is 1000 fps out of a four incher...   Hope this helps...   leroy

Those who advocated "let a professional do it" are right... Ya dont want to accidently break a vial and get a snoot full of tritium... Alpha and beta particles are very bad for ya if inhaled or ingested...   leroy

It's one (...or several of...) three things.... Primers not seated fully... I always check 'em and seat with a hand seater to fix this problem; but ive got plenty of time to do this sort of thing... Crimp (...like dolomite says...) too tight... I like his advice about just flaring the case enough to get the bullet started seating; and no crimp... We always checked 'em the "poor boy" way by takin the barrel out and using it for a case gage... If the loaded round dropped down in the barrel passed the hood it wuz crimped too much (...i like the "no crimp" thing if ya can do it; or with the hard kickers; use just about a .001 to .002 crimp with a taper crimp die--- measure with a dial caliper...)... Three; the firing pin channel and pin is dirty and dragging... Fix by cleanin it up.... My bet is primers or crimp....   hope this helps a bit... leroy

More interesting opinion on this from a University of Tennessee Law Professor....   Link here:  Connecticut comments about 3/4 of the way thru the post:  http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/02/23/license-plates-guns-news-federal-government-column/5759933/   leroy

Yeah... I think that is exactly what it means... Politicians cant rule without the "consent of the governed" even in Connecticut...   I think (...that means i dont know; i think...) they are; but they are evidently pretty high handed and overbearing up there...  This kind of door kickin and house-to-house searchin has never happened in a wholesale manner since post-civil war reconstruction... They didnt even do that in the Prohibition days of the Eighteenth amendment banning liquor; and that wuz at the federal level...   Check post #30 here: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/76043-officials-in-connecticut-stunned-by-what-could-be-a-massive-state-wide-act-of-%E2%80%98civil-disobedience%E2%80%99-by-gun-owners/page-2   leroy

Let's wait and see what happens... I simply dont see this happening... Does the political class want to; of course... Will they; i seriously doubt it....   leroy

Winger:   We use these: http://www.lighthound.com/AW-RCR123a-Protected-750-mAh-Battery_p_114.html   Here's a sort to all the li protected batteries: http://www.lighthound.com/Li-Ion-Protected-Batteries_c_24.html   I always buy from Lighthound... They aint american (...we buy the AW protected batteries...)... They are the oldest and best built of the rechargable lot... I wont use anything but protected batteries; and will not use more than one protected battery in series... The protection circuits get "confused" when they are in series.... We've used a bunch of 'em over the years with good results... If ya have need for a real "high powered" light; i would recommend the AA types with Sanyo Enloops... We've used a bunch of them too...   Hope this helps... leroy

It's a helluva thing.... I love to see the videos of the mountain sheep and goats climbing up the rock cliffs...   Thanks for posting this neat video.... leroy

I've got a couple of 'em.... Both "old" citoris (...pre-removable choke...)... One is a 30 inch 12 ga; the other is a 24 inch 28 gage... Ya simply cant beat them for build quality, handling (...if they fit ya...) and longivity.... Buy one (...even a humble one...) and ya will hand it down to your grand children....Look at Runco's post above.... 10K rounds of shotgun loads is 703 lb of lead down the tube (...based on 1 1/8 oz 12 gage loading...).... That's a helluva lot of shootin...That's why they are so great.... Find the one that fits ya and go from there....   leroy

Im ready, and how.... The good news is that i saw a gaggle of robins in the front yard the other mornin... It was a glorious sight to see... Somehow i think that robins are an old timers sign of spring... Anyway, im an old timer and i think spring should be here too; so im gonna say it is a genuine sign...   Heres hopin, leroy

Bingo!!!   Hersh hit the nail square on the head from the VW perspective right here... It's window dressing (...to some extent, i think...) and giving lip service to a "genuine try" to help the union cause --- the german model, that is....     Excellent observation!!! Keep up the good work....   leroy

There's lots of bandwidth and pontification in the last couple of pages of posts in this thread about the role of government (...both federal and state...) in chilling the effect of "workers right to organize"... The fact is that there was some; and it wuz mandated by none other than Uncle Sam himself...The fact is that Uncle Sam always comes down on the side of the union in organizing... The great god FDR enshrined that because he was, in fact, a socialist; as were lots of other Ivy League educated "intellectuals" in his day...That's why there is an NLRB and a genuine federal backing of the concept of "collective bargaining"....In any union organizing activity; the union always has the backing of the federal government....There aint a bigger bully than Uncle Sam when he takes the notion to be one.... More that that; he's armed... both with laws, courts, and the bayonet; and he is spendin your and my tax money to make it stick...   The "right to work" laws which are being vilified by some here were codified in the 50's as an attempt to control the rampant use of unions and thug tactics to coerce people to join the union... It allowed for the individual state governments to adopt a "right to work" provision in their individual state... Simply stated, the "right to work" thing allowed for union membership to be optional; not compulsory; just as it should be in a truly free society... The "closed shop" mandated compulsory union membership as a pre-requisite to work.... I dont know about you; but that dont sound too "American" and "free" ta me; but that's just me....   Some here on this forum and some of those on the outside who are apparatchiks of the UAW would have us believe that "Snozz Haslam" and Bob Corker are so powerful and so scary that they "coerced" the workers of VW not to join the union and likened their public pronouncements concerning the chilling effect of unionization at VW to "improper", even semi-criminal, abuse of public trust by an elected officials; both state and federal...   The fact is that both "Snozz" and Corker have their right to an opinion; and the public expression of those opinions regarding issues of public concern just like us fellow posters here do... More than that; in an unusually lucid moment for the both of them; i think they told the Gospel Truth...   The union never causes any business to get any bigger; it causes it to get smaller... Look at the american auto industry for proof....   The fact of the matter is that this country is built upon the proposition that everyone gets a say in the public forum regarding issues of public interest; and this certainly is one... Folks; ya cant have this First Amendment thing muzzled or slanted one way... You have to hear all sides of all arguments whether you agree with them or not; and that is exactly what happened here; its called "free speech" and the "arena of ideas".... a very important part of any free society....  If ya dont like public officials, ya can mount a campaign to vote them out; but it aint right (...nor is it legal...) to try to muzzle their opinions; just as it aint right to try to muzzle my or your opinions....   Remember this; the UAW had the blessing of the VW corporate management, the German IG Metall union, and the Federal Government on their side on this thing and they lost.... I think it is hilarious on the face of it; and on a more sober and intellectual note; it is a great testament to the insight and wisdom of those who are currently working at this facility...   The manufacturing unions are dead... They just aint been buried yet... Again; i say:"...good riddance...". Loosing the dammed manufacturing unions will make this country a better place...   leroy

Didnt vote.... My favorite aint there.... That bein said; im a big Olight fan... They make a great product at a fair price.... I also like Fenix... I dont like Surefire as they are over-priced (...in my opinion...)... They are good lights; but idiotically priced... They have been livin off the gubmt military dole too long....   The fact is that the Taiwanese and the Chinese guys own the led light business...Ya simply cant beat them for quality or price...   For home built p60 drop ins i like a guy whose forum id is "Nailbender" on CandlePower Forums...He did a couple of red ones for me that are great...I put 'em in a "host" (...empty flashlite shell...) from these guys:  They handle a brand called "Deerelight" that is well-made and reasonably in-expensive.... They will sell "hosts" at a reasonable price; but ya may have to e-mail them for a quote... They are nice guys (...and gals....).   I've just ordered a AA Olight S15 and a bunch of AA Enloop rechargables from my buddies at Battery Junction ....   I got a flashlite habit as well as a gun and knife habit too....   leroy

  Windbaggery i say... They lost; but they cant afford to say they lost or that they will quit...They will quietly slink away or find a new way to intimidate the VW work force... My guess is that they will just slither away in the nite.... If the UAW cant win with VW's help; why would they think they could win without it...   I fully remember (...and some older folks here too, im sure....) when Chattanooga was an industry based city with union jobs.... Think Combustion Engineering, Continental Fabricators, Chattanooga Boiler and Tank, and others here... They are all gone now; and the jobs they provided are gone... Some of that is due to changes in the market, environmental regulations, ect, ect; but lots of it is due to the "global market"...   The 1950's idea of the union shop is dead now; along with the industries they helped to make non-competitive... It simply aint 1933 and most folks down here are smart enough not to buy into the "one big union" malarkey thing... Most folks are educated enough to understand that the manufacturing unions finish off the very hosts they seek to organize...   Read the comments from the folks who work at VW about the union vote and why they voted that way.... They fully understand what the UAW is and what it does... That's why the union wasn't voted in...    The UAW is dead... I say good riddance to the sons of satan....The hell with them....Let 'em go back home to Detroit and finish what they've started there....   Non UAW leroy

I predict this will go away like it never happened and the law will quietly be repealed while no one is watchin.... I lifted this from the Blaze article:   Remember this, no government can govern without the consent of the governed... I see this as a hopeful sign that i didn't think was out there... Even in a ratty, deep blue worker's paradise like Connecticut (...whose wealth was largely built on the firearms industry...) there are folks who have a backbone and are sendin a message... A similar thing is goin on in New York state with sheriffs and chief's of police openly sayin that they will not enforce the SAFE act...   I say; good for them... Its about time... leroy the refuseniks supporter

I think it's very interesting that the only branch of the 3 branches of gubmt that is acting like the adults in the room is the judicial branch... My guess is that things are so polarized that the federal judiciary knows everyone on both sides of every issue is watchin... They seem to be commin down on a strict interpretation when it comes to the Bill of Rights issues...   By the way, hooray for the Second Amendment win.... We are livin in interestin times...   leroy

Let 'em believe whatever fantasy they want... The solution to this is to vote out the idiots who advocate this.... There is an election in 2014... Vote early and often... The sons of b*****s who like this stuff will....   Keep your powder dry....   leroy

HEHEHE....    leroy

This one is gonna be interestin to watch.... If im reading the posts on the "Legal Insurrection" blog right; the only "real" witnesses to this is the defendant (...Dunn?...)...   I think what we are seeing is the outworking of the "on edge" black vs white thing; especially in Florida...Evidently the greater Jacksonville area is a zoo anyway... Everybody is nervous when young black (...or white...) kids start loud talkin them (...if they actually did; which i think, they probably did...) and makin threatening moves...    The real tragedy of this whole debacle is that there is a kid dead... A kid who most likely said and did exactly the wrong thing at the right time....   There is a big lesson in this for parents is to know where your kids are, who they hang with, and that they know to keep their mouth shut; especially; it would appear, in florida.... They may just mouth off or make a threatening move to someone who well may be a genuine steely eyed killa... The lesson for kids is obvious; keep your mouth shut and don't make any stupid moves...   The fact is that life in these times aint a gangsta rap music video; nor a video game where ya can "rewind"... Someone got killed in this confrontation that didn't have to happen; and they aint commin back...It has become very dangerous for kids and loud mouthed adults to loud talk edgy white guys in Florida.... There seems to be a rash of self-defense shootings goin on...   The sad truth is that one life has been taken and a bunch of others have been altered in the saddest of ways because of this senseless encounter... I'm truly sorry for the parents left behind....   leroy  

Good shooin... There ought to be more of it..... The sheriff is right ya know... We need to start an ammo fund for this brave lady.... Leroy Sent from my iPad using [URL=http://tapatalk.com/m?id=1]Tapatalk[/URL]

The older "German Eye" knives were great... As i remember, they were carbon steel and built by Carl Schiepler in Solengen, Germany... They were around 40 years ago.... The first sod buster i ever saw was a "German Eye"; it was yellow.... Ive got several of the older pocket knives... They are well made and sharp....   I belong to this forum... Sometimes it helps; sometimes its a bunch of bunk...   http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/859574-German-Eye-Brand-Knives   leroy

Are ya crimping the loads?... I've shot the SWC's with no problem; but i always roll crimp the rounds.... Check and see if the round is dropping down in the chamber a bit... If they are, that is the problem...   Hope this helps. leroy

Yep....   leroy