RedlegEd

Hi Swang! I can't help with a shooting location, but wanted to welcome you to TGO from west Tennessee! Ed

Hi all! I guess I take a different tack than most of you. When I go to the range, it's to shoot, not to clean. So I take the bare essentials in an easy to carry/move package. My softside Husky has lots of pockets to keep things organized as well as a larger center portion for ammo, pasties, muffs, glasses, etc. I have enough tools to fix/tighten most things, a bore-snake for each caliber, a good old GI cleaning kit for a rod if needed, and a bottle each of Ed's Red, CLP, and Moose-milk (water and Balistol for black powder.) I clean up at home in the garage on a table using a Tipton's gun vice where I can take my time and not worry about taking up a firing bench and keeping up with stuff blowing around. My cleaning supplies are kept in a tote, with caliber specific items (jags, brushes, mops, etc.) kept in small tackle boxes. Cleaning rods are hung at the end of my SS shelf, and I keep patches, spray cans, and bottles (e.g. Balistol, Eezox, Patch-out, Kroil, etc.) in a cabinet.

Welcome to TGO from West Tennessee! Ed

Hi Shane, and welcome from just down the road from you! Ed

Hi Justin, and welcome from West Tennessee!

Hi Shaunn and welcome! Ed

Welcome from West Tennessee! I'm just a ways down the road from you. Ed

Hi all. I just got back from watching the movie. In one word...fantastic! It was beyond incredible how they restored and enhanced original footage filmed in 1943 by William Wyler (who flew five combat missions to Germany himself,) then integrated that with personal interviews and recollections of the men who actually flew the missions. One of the center-lines of the documentary was the Memphis Belle and her crew. I highly recommend this movie and hope you all have the opportunity to see it. Ed

Hi all. I just read about this on another forum, and it might be of interest to those of you who want to know more about the B17 crews in the air war over Germany in WW2. The documentary "The Cold Blue" is scheduled to play in theaters one night only on Thursday, 5/23. I just reserved my tickets. As an Artillery guy, it always amazed me how accurate the Germans could be with their flack, and the fortitude with which these guys fought their part of the war. Ed Here's the trailer:

I've been reading about some of them there. It looks like the second from the bottom is a take down model, is it? Ed

Greg, I am humbled! Those are some beautiful rifles. Next time they have some kits, can I get one? Ed

Hi A.J. I'd love to see pics of your Model 99. Just to start it off, here's mine in 300 Savage (1951 mfg.) She's wearing a Weaver K4W steel tube scope, and is a dream to shoot. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine. Ed

Hi, and welcome to TGO from West Tennessee! Ed

Hi, and welcome to TGO from West Tennessee! Ed

Hi Kevin! Welcome to TGO and TN. Ed

Hi, and welcome to the forum! Are you looking to move to TN, or just here to visit? Ed

Welcome! If that's you in the profile picture, thank for your service. Ed

Hi. Maybe something really simple like: "Hey Chris, I didn't mean to put you on the spot when I mentioned you printing, but I thought you'd rather hear it from someone you know than from a stranger." Then go on from there. Just my $0.02. Ed

Right now, I'm reading "Loading Cartridges for the Original .45-70 Springfield Rifle and Carbine," by Spence and Pat Wolf. On deck is "Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West," by Mike Venturino. I'm looking to get the best out of my .45-70s (Trapdoors, 1885 Highwalls, and Pedersoli Rolling Block.) Ed

Miss Tiffany, Another welcome from Collierville! Ed

Hi. Another really fun load with your 300gr bullet (I believe MBC calls it the Buffalo #2) is 8 grains of Bullseye. It's not position sensitive, and can be fairly accurate to about 200 yds. Best of all, you can take a box of 50 to the range, shoot them all, and come home with your shoulder intact. Ed

Hi all. I know this is a little necro posting, but I thought I have something to contribute. While researching the annealing process, I came across this video from Ballistic Recreations (http://ballisticrecreations.ca/) on salt bath annealing. I did some research, and the cost of the materials (minus the small Lee melting pot,) was $90 (US) + shipping. I went ahead and ordered the kit and some extra salt. The little Lee melting pot was another $36 on Amazon, so my total buy in was about $150. Yesterday, I did about 100 prepped (clean, sized/deprimed, and trimmed) .22-250 cases using this method in about 10 minutes (not including warm up time.) When I first started, it was a little tricky getting the timing right, but once I got a rhythm going, it went smoothly and quickly, doing two cases every 10-12 seconds. The trick, I found, was to use the "My Metronome" skill with Alexa (there are similar apps for iOS.) I set the beats per minute at 10 (every six seconds,) and process the brass this way: on the first beat put two shells in the holder, on the second beat pull them and drop in the bucket of water at my feet, grab two more, and on the 3rd beat, put the next two in. Repeat until done. I've tried the torch+socket on drill method, as well as stand the cases in a pan of water, but I liked this method the best. You can precisely control the amount of heat and amount of time for each case, and it's good for a whole range of cases (I use on .22-250, .30-06, and .45-70.) When I was finished, I simply rinsed and drained the brass, put them on a foil line baking sheet, and dried in the oven at 250°F for 1 to 1.5 hours. The salt is reusable, and once it cools, you put the cake back into it's jar. Hope this gives you all some ideas. Ed .

That gold barrel is just gaudy!

Unfortunately, I couldn't make it. But I did buy some bullets from The Legion and a new rifle...does that count? Ed