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As long as you don't start wearing orange, welcome to TGO!

Muzzle blast?

Bourbon! If it doesn't make you feel better, at least it'll make you feel better about it.

Good gracious! This will be a holiday season to remember. Surely they'll get you back on your feet soon.

https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Electronics-ProChrono-Digital-Chronograph/dp/B0028MTBJ4 Less than $100. It seems to work fine. I'd also pick up a tripod, unless you already have one for a camera, spotting scope, etc.

Great tutorial! I use a deer antler as a burnishing tool. I've also found a shoe brush to be a great polishing/finishing tool. After applying Resolene, I like to apply neutral shoe polish and buff with this brush. I don't have the chisels for the stitching holes. I may have to try them sometime. With an overstitch wheel and an awl, something like a double layer belt is quite tedious. These look like they might make it go a bit faster. I'd add a rawhide maul, or hard rubber hammer to your list of tools. I also find a freehand groover very useful in addition to the groover pictured above. Tandy Leather is your one stop shop for leather and accessories. Their staff is also helpful and knowledgeable. Make sure to use vegetable tanned leather for sheaths and holsters, as chrome tanned leather can be corrosive to steel. I like to use shoulders, but other parts, such as sides would work also. 4/5 oz for small sheaths and mag pouches, 6/7 oz for larger sheaths, and 7/8 oz for holsters.

Right, but he said he'd like to do this to save money, and those aren't the most economical bullet on the market. In fact, I've found these make for a great, light plinking load for the 303 Savage. It's pretty much the same as the 30-30. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/222789/hornady-bullets-30-carbine-308-diameter-100-grain-short-jacket-box-of-100

Yeah. Picture firing your rifle, it recoiling, and a sharp bullet tip resting against a live primer in the round ahead of it. See the potential problem? I'm not sure it's ever happened, but it would be exciting if it did.

Tandy Leather in Nashville has everything you could need or want. The employees there are also usually very helpful and knowledgeable, although a few of them are a bit odd.

It works pretty much the same. You occasionally need to trim and chamfer/deburr the case mouths, and you'll want to lube the cases before running them through the sizing die. Also, you'll use flat nose bullets, and not spitzers since they'll be loaded end to end in a tube magazine. I find IMR 3031, and Win 748 to be fine powders in the 30-30. In fact, it seems most suitable powders for 223 work great in the 30-30.

If one's good, two's gotta be better!

The flu is rough! Hang in there. It'll get better in a few days.

Just wait 'til you learn how much the average law enforcement agent knows along the side of the road. Were I on private land as you stated, I'd do as I damn well pleased. Your mileage may vary.

That's actually about the most simple sheath I've ever seen.

I think he's going to make up a cleaning tool. I believe he's shooting Winchester magnum primers, and maybe IMR 4895. Just snapping a primer makes an awful mess without a powder charge or bullet. I'm betting there's a better choice for a primer. He isn't using primed cases. He did make a breechplug for his Thompson Contender muzzleloader barrel that takes a primed 25 auto case. That was pretty cool.

He made his own breechplug, and so far, he's having trouble with primers producing enough crud to stop it up after a few rounds. His is built on a 700 Remington action.

I fired a cylinder of rounds across my Christmas present yesterday. It detected all six shots, and speeds were in line with reloading manual data, but there was quite a discrepancy between the fastest and slowest round. This was a 125 grain Hornady xtp loaded atop 20 grains of WW296, 357 mag, fired from a Herter's Powermag single action revolver with a 6.5" barrel. The slowest was 1426 fps, and the fastest was 1509. I expected them to be closer together, but this was my very first experience with a chronograph. My father has built a smokeless muzzleloader. That should be interesting to fire over the chrono for sure. This is going to be interesting I think, if I don't shoot through it.

You ever been to one of these classes? If so, what did you think of it? Was it crowded? I like their new store.

Santa brought me a chronograph. I look forward to using it.

Gunbroker pretty much stands alone to my knowledge.

You have my respect.

That's what makes me feel like an idiot....I CAN step out back and test fire a load. I was just too lazy.

I loaded 100 45 Colt rounds with lead semi wadcutters of unknown heritage. I didn't load them to max or anything, but after shooting about a dozen, they leaded like the devil. I loaded some more really light, and they shot well with no leading. I suppose they are quite soft. Anyway, today I decided to pull the remaining 88 bullets and reload them with the mild load. I learned that while the hammer type kinetic puller works well enough for one or two rounds, it ain't much fun doing a bunch. Load any new loads you want to try in small quantities.

...and a different bolt face.

On a more serious note, I'm not a fan of Christmas music, but this is among the best in my opinion.