56FordGuy

When you have the time, use your auto disk and charge a case. Pour the powder out and weigh it to see what it really weighs. I'd like to know how far off it was. I've loaded .38s down to about 3 grains (I don't recall exact numbers, I'd have to look in my notes) and they fired.

Did you weigh the charge to verify the AutoDisk? The chart that came with my Auto Disk was way wrong. It would state a certain powder on a certain size setting would weigh 3.2 (I'm making up numbers to be an example), but when I weighed the charge it could be way different, 2.5 or even 4.2. The Auto Disk can be very consistent, you just have to double check your charges. 4.8 grains is below the minimum in my Hornady book, but not by much. It should've fired. I've loaded them lighter than that in the past and didn't have any squib rounds.

Hey, neighbor!

What type of land areas? Just open, unoccupied land?

Willis, what area of the state are y'all moving to? My range is essentially backed by a gigantic ridge/ bluff, but Boatman's setup looks great. Railroad timbers can be found relatively cheap, as can dirt. If you're moving to the Sumner/ Wilson county area, I might be able to help you with dirt.

No. It looks like our next cleanup will be sometime around February. I plan to start a thread and nail down the details sometime after Christmas. Hope you can join us!

If you don't mind the 'bad' spots in the finish, a refinish isn't necessary. A light coat of oil should keep the rust from returning.

I've seen the 300.00 deal before. I think it's only sent to current life members to then pass on to someone else, and not offered on the open market. I could be wrong, but I think that's how they did it before. I'm just a yearly member, though.

That's where the one I went to was, I think it was the first one they've had there in a while. It was pretty good.

I was wondering myself. I saw a flyer for it today, looks like it may be done by the same folks that did the one at the Shriner's Temple in Nashville a few months ago.

That was going out of state, though. In or out of state, sounds like the postal employee you dealt with was not clear on the law. I don't see how removing the firing pin changes the fact that the ATF considers the receiver with the serial number on it the firearm.

Predators game.

The USPS will deliver a long gun to a non- licensee in state. Simply package it up, and inform the people at the PO you are shipping a firearm. You may have to get the postmaster of that office involved if the clerks aren't familiar with the laws.

I believe to legally transfer him the handgun as his own, it should go through an FFL in his home state. Y'all might just meet at his favorite gun store, and have them handle the process. With both of you standing right there, ought not be much to it, save for a small fee.

Glad to hear you were able to get it out!

I'd tend to agree with you and Greg, squib load stuck partially in the barrel. As for fixing it, I think Greg is on the right track. I'd use the largest diameter wooden dowel that will fit down the barrel, and as short as possible, probably no more than an inch longer than the barrel. My theory is the bullet shouldn't have to move too far to clear and let things open up, and a longer dowel rod will flex more and deliver less energy to the bullet, or break. A soft brass punch the right diameter would probably work best, but I'm not sure where you would find one. Edited to add, the difficult part may well be holding the frame of the revolver solidly enough. A vise with a good set of rubber soft jaws would be ideal. Steel jaws will undoubtedly scratch/ gouge the barrel, and a towel or cardboard wrapped around it may not provide enough grip against the metal to hold tightly enough. If you had a short piece of automotive heater hose you could cut and wrap around the barrel before clamping it in the vise, that might work. My fear is that the bullet is going to be very, very solidly wedged in there. Hopefully I'm wrong and it will move without too much trouble.

Did the cylinder rotate fully before the revolver attempted to fire? Is the cylinder properly lined up with the barrel now, or is it between cylinders? Had you been shooting the 125 gr FMJs? My first thought is that the OAL on one cartridge was too long, and is wedged in there.

Ordered. I had an old sticker on my other truck, would be nice to put one on my new(er) truck.

I'd be in for 4.

I've seen them before after hockey games. No clue what they're doing, though. They just stand on the sidewalk.

I don't know about the Square Deal B, but the Dillon 550 is like a turret press with interchangeable heads. Set your dies for one caliber in one toolhead, when you want to change and load a different caliber you just pull two pins and slide the entire toolhead out, then slide another one in set up for your other caliber. If you only have one powder measure, you'll need to move it between toolheads. It doesn't take long once you get the toolheads set up. I'd recommend the Lee Single Stage kit. There's just no need to spend several hundred dollars just to get started, and a single stage press will probably be something you'll want, even if you upgrade to a progressive later.

Biggest issue is that it takes special dies, and if Dillon dies aren't available for the caliber you want to load, you can't load it on that press. I believe that it's also limited to pistol calibers.

Have you tried Middle Tennessee Gunsmithing? GunTroll (the gunsmith) is a member and a vendor here. He might be able to do it. D&T Arms in Rivergate, Guns and Leather in Greenbriar, and Hero Gear in Winchester also offer gunsmith services, you might check with them also.

With my Lee turret press, I could do 100- 150 rounds an hour with a powder thrower. That said, I wouldn't recommend one. I would start with a single stage. If you're just starting out and are going to be using it as a single stage, there's no need to spend the extra money for the turret capability. In my experience, once you get used to reloading and get into the swing of things, the turret is just too slow. While that may not be the case for everyone, it is worth considering. I can easily load 400-500 per hour with my Dillon. If you do go with a turret style press, look into brands other than Lee. I may've just had a lemon, but I had to make three calls to their customer service line, order spare parts, and was generally unimpressed with mine. They use a plastic collar to turn a steel shaft, the little collars don't seem to last very long. A brand new press comes with a spare, if that's any indication of their longevity.

Hopefully next time there will be less bending down, I'm looking for a reasonably inexpensive source for those grabber stick things. Another big thanks for Joe and Hero Gear for the vests from me as well. I saw the vests that TDOT has for most of their volunteer groups, and they were near the quality (or cleanliness) of the ones he provided us with. I took the signs and extra trash bags back to the DOT office today, and told the lady that our cleanup was complete. I drove by the stretch of road a few hours later, and they had already picked up the pile of garbage we collected. We're required to do 4 cleanups per year, basically one every three months. Unless our stretch of road just gets really awful, it looks like the next one will fall sometime around February or March.