gregintenn

Camoflauge......the official color of Tennessee!!!!!!!!! :up:

This sort of stuff bothers everybody, right? :stare:

I believe the term of choice today is "Progressive".

I personally have never found any rhyme or reason for flattened primers. I've had them with light loads, and then not see them in max or near max loads. I usually pretty much ignore them as pressure signs, but I've always prefered to buy a gun in a bigger caliber instead of pushing the envelope with the one I have if I felt like I needed more power.

As a teenager, I took guitar lessons from a man in Hendersonville by the name of Lynn Peterson. I'm not sure if he's still in the business, but I cannot imagine anyone better to learn from. He taught my some different scales to run through, focusing first on clarity and accuracy, and then, while keeping that, increasing speed. They were really tought at first, but soon improved your playing abilities greatly. Wish I could remember more about them so I could be of some help to you.

  :mad:   I've been known to straighten the sanitary sewer covers when they were turned to where the roadway striping didn't line up. :shrug: Sometimes a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do.

I'm not saying I could do a lot better with irons, but can usually get a bit tighter group. Yours isn't bad at all, and I did not mean to imply that. I was stating that I have no idea what to expect from a red dot sight. Would they help improve accuracy over factory sights, or are they just quicker to aquire?   Personally, I would mount a scope, and use sandbags on a solid bench to check for maximum accuracy.   For instance, my Bushmaster will shoot just under an inch with a max load of IMR 4320 and a 55 grain Hornady FMJ, and a 4x Leupold mounted. With me shooting, open sights about double that group with the same ammo. These are at 100 yards.   I would like to try a dot sight at some point.

Are you happy with it? I've never used a red dot sight, but would like better accuracy than that a 50 yards with standard sights. I wouldn't think you load to be dangerous.

For those of you who don't think he's bluffing, why doesn't he just shut up and push the button isntead of threatening? HE'S BLUFFING. That said, I'm still behind anyone who wants to make South Korea an island. :up:

I want to think that maybe there was already a thread, or 2,345,343,787,634,119 about the ammunition shortage? :wall:

It's good to know I'm not the only one. :hiding:

I really like them both!

Is the length of the case in spec? I've had a few rounds of 9x21 and 9x23 somehow make their way into my 9mm brass. :shrug: The 380s aren't so hard to weed out, but you have to keep an eye out for these buggers if you are buying range brass.

100-11 would be 89, no? I'm not sure when thay started putting safties on them. Was it that long ago?   Reloading is a big plus, as you can do all sorts of things with a 44 mag in these rifles; from plinking loads to true shoulder bruisers.

I believe Smith and Wesson had a hand in them as well.   Looks very nice. What a neat project. Thanks for sharing. Do you have access to shop drawings of the original rocket ball rounds?

It could happen, but I have both, and I've yet to have a problem, and I'm not very anal about cleaning.

After a certain date, I'm not sure what it was but the are marked accordingly, the 94's were angle eject, and allow for a top mounted scope. That being said, a scope on a 94 is akin to a screen door on a submarine to me. A good receiver sight might be in order, but not a scope.

I would refrain from firing high velocity ammo in it, if I just had to shoot it, and would shoot only standard velocity target loads.

He told you wrong about it being the only one this side of the Mississippi. My ole pappy pulls his out for target practice every now and then. They're not at all uncommon, but as most Colts as of late, command a good price. It is a top shelf target pistol.

You might add a few bills to that figure if it's really mint/unfired. No doubt somone threw the box away. It is worth a considerable sun as well.

No collector value in it whatsoever. It might be a good shooter, and therein lies what value it has. I'd probably trade, as I like tinkering with stuff like that, and I'm not that big a Mosin fan.   If you can trade a $100 Mosin for it and decide you don't like it, I'd give you your $100 back for the 06....+ another $50 for the reciever sight, assuming there's nothing wrong I'm not seeing in the pictures.

Unless it was a gun problem, I'd bet on primers that weren't fully seated. First hit from the firing pin fully seated the primer; second hit detonated it.

I will bet that even people who use a progressive press also have uses for a single stage press. It is good for load development, one offs, and etc. It would also be a great place to start learning the basics. I only use a single stage, as I reload in bad weather and at night, and I can more than keep up with our shooting demands.   Reloading is quite easy, but the learning curve is steep in the beginning. Once you get a load figured out and everything set up properly, it's little more than pulling a handle. I would suggest you find someone in your area willing to have you over and walk you through loading a few. It will likely save you some headaches, and buying a bunch of stuff you later find you don't want or need.   Right now, finding components is as difficult if not more so than finding ammunition. That will all change with time.

I don't think so. The only new production 94 Winchester is a high grade gun made by Miruku in Japan, and is around the thousand dollar mark.                http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/category.asp?family=003C

I'm good at finding "deals" like that myself. :D   I don't expect it would be too hard to find more ammo for it than you'll want to shoot in it.