frankmako

lyman 17a globe front sight and three marble tang sight aperture.

your best scale is a beam scale. but they are slow when loading a large lot of ammo. i got two dillon digital scales and a rcbs chargemaster combo. any brand and all digital scales can give you problems.

i was a sears tool person for years. but now there are other brands that are just as good or better. last time i was in a sears store it look bad. not much going on and not a lot of tools or man stuff.

i use both.

back in the 60's it was hoppie #9 for cleaning with 3-in-one oil and wd-40. in the 70's it was hoppie #9 for cleaning with lsa weapons oil, wd-40, and 3-in-one oil. in the 80's i used hoppie #9 with clp and/or lsa weapon oil. then in the later 90's to now, i use hoppie #9 with mobile 1 and/or clp. also i use some wheel bearing grease when needed. this has worked well for me in my high volume match rifles over the years.

if you do any type of reloading a chronograph is a must. today they don't cost much and with one you can make some good safe loads. got my chronograph in 83 and it has been one of the best reloading item i got.

been there, done that, and got the t-shirt. i pulled many reloads in my life time with the hammer and/or a press mount puller. then i got smart. now i load 20 rounds for testing. i run five rounds across the chronograph and the rest on paper to check grouping. then i load about 20 of the best lot to recheck grouping. that way i have a small number of rejects rounds to mess with. most of the time i use these rejects to heat the barrel and check my shooting stance before the match starts.

s&w model 19 that i pickup from ace hardware in 73 when i came home from overseas and my marlin 1894 lever gun.

call parkers safes. he is a good person to work with. go with the biggest safe that you have money for.

after survey is done drive metal pins in the ground for markers every 50 feet along with some metal poles that stands about one foot high. that way you got pins in the ground that is hard to move and high metal poles that can be seen. that way there is no question on where the line is. back fence off line 12 inches. clear cut the 12 inches and fence area and build a good fence.

hard to beat a old jm marked marlin without the cross bolt safety. when they started with the cross bolt safety and rebounding hammer the marlin went down. then when remington took over the quality went way down.

go as big as the money you have. if you go to small it will not run the items you need. refrigerator and well pump has a big pull on startup then goes to a lower pull when running.

to me gun shows are a waste of time.

i buy from them when they do the free shipping. good plated bullets. i use them in matches.

sportmans warehouse get their truck in on mondays. best time to get powder and other reloading items are monday after lunch and tuesday morning.

been a while since i have order from powder valley. what is their shipping fees now. at one time they were not to high.

got my first dillon 550 in 84. got my second dillon 550b in 2002. both are running today as good as day one. yes small things have broken, but dillon sends the part to fix what is broken. i have looked at the square deal,,,,but the working area is smaller and it harder to change calibers. it would have to be a great price before i would buy a square deal. the price different between the square deal and the 550b is not that big for the base models. but,, if i found a square deal on the cheap i would get it to load a single caliber only.

sportmans warehouse is the place to go. lately they have had lots of powder.

just call dillon and order from them. the price will be the same. or go to dillon's web site to order.

i like how some stations jumped the price up when this started and some stations did not. i got gas at $1.99 during the weekend. several stations around me did not jump up the price and they had gas too. other stations went to the $2.29 price. one speedway station went to $2.29 and the other speedway station five miles away went to $2.11 a gallon. to the stations that jumped up the price i am putting them in the same boat as the guns stores (i.e. bentons) that jumped 22 lr ammo to a $100.00 dollars for a bulk box. never again am i going to spend my money there.

we have got some big problems. these people don't need to breed. thank you government control schools for giving people like this to us.

i pickup one of the first gen 2 p3at when they came out many mango seasons ago. dropped it in a pocket holster and never looked back. gave it a good cleaning and used grease on the rails. never had any problems with it. it just shoots. it is not a range gun. my p3at will fire two mags as fast as i can pull the trigger/reload with out any problems. i can not ask a small pocket pistol to do more. it rides in my pocket everyday.

galco miami classic. i wore one about every day for 25 plus years on the job. if you go cheap you will not wear it long. pay the money for a good one.

hiviz makes a 3/8 dove tail front sight. http://www.hivizsights.com/product/dovm-series/ or you could put on a lyman 17 globe front sight with a al foust fiber optic insert. or williams gun sights. they make a fire sight model.

Non-chlorinated brake cleaner from Wal Mart is what I use when I can not break down all the parts. I blow it out with a air compressor, then I give it some Hoppie #9, then a second blowing with air. Oil and grease appropriately. Make sure it is the non-chlorinated type. The other stuff will mess up a gun.