All I can offer is my experience on it- Started out using .40/10mm Dillon dies. If I used brass from my Gen 2 Glock 22, my SVI and STI would intermittently (1every 20-40 shots) fail to go into battery and rarely would be so tight I needed to beat on the slide to get it open. Tried the factory crimp ...

The old Winchester silver tip is no more in rifle calibers. Winchester has been selling Nosler ballistic tips with their lubaloy coating as "Ballistic Silvertips" for a while. The bullet is identical to the Nosler ballistic tip. The slivertip was an aluminum skin on the exposed lead of a s...

I'm really a pretty conservative individual, but it seems to me that if you are worried about gun rights, you really should not be attacking the Democrats who support gun rights. Perhaps the governor could be asked to stop politicking on this divisive issue, but that is going to be something that he...

My current interests are much more towards the classics, but that may be because I think everything new lately is like the glocks- calling it a 4th generation because they made some really minor changes in the grip. I don't need some "new" caliber that really does what I already have somet...

Depends by what you mean in "functional." The gun will fire and be reliable for function with a folding stock. The issue is will the minute changes in hold position that a folding stock causes give issue with shooting at 1000 yards as in trying to get MOA or less performance. The short ans...

If all you are worried about is making some cheap plinking loads, doing something that is safe and effective is possible for the cartridges listed, although it will not optimize performance in them. Look in a reputable loading manual and I think you will find options using a faster powder like bulls...

For me, I could get 1700 rounds of long loaded .40 S&W into a standard 50 BMG can, 2100 for 9mm JHP ammo. the numbers were probably capable of adding some odd number of rounds, but as I made them in multiples of 100 on dillon equipment, that's what I came up with. They get too heavy like that, s...

Naah. They will change their minds here. The flight attendant's union is on the case. While admitting it will not risk safety for the flight crew/aircraft, they think they will be in danger from this. Actually, I think the reason that they are changing their minds is that most foreign countries allo...

If you already load .30-06, it is easy to do, but there are some tricks. First, commercial brass is a better choice than military brass for this. Second, use GOOD resizing lubricant. Imperial Die wax by default, otherwise don't be surprised if you stick a few cases. One shot is not your friend for t...

I have been gotten up at 3 AM to do an "Emergency" pap smear, I kid you not. I was not happy, but I did it. And no, it was not someone paying their own bill. Her excuse was that it was the only time that her boyfriend could get her to the hospital. That would be a pretty rare accomplishme...

Again, if you think the Heathcare act will do anything but move the problem around, you don't know what's in it. I agree that there are some problems in healthcare. Since I work in the field, I suspect I know a heck of a lot more by experience then you do. We now need to do another health care refor...

Umm.. There is a difference between not having insurance and not getting care. By law, you present to an emergency room, and they have to evaluate you. By law, if you are at a hospital, and you are not stable, they cannot discharge you. If you need hospitalization, they cannot transfer you to a diff...

.38 Super and .38 Super auto are the same cartridge, just different manufacturer's headstamp. There is also a .38 auto that is dimensionally identical but much less powerful. If you shoot a .38 super in a .38 auto gun, you can have trouble. These are semi rimmed cases, they have a detectable rim, ju...

If you shoot that with a bow, how do you control where the projectile goes? Sure, ideally in a deer (or whatever) but hit a stick, have it go off and the bullet went somewhere in left field. How about through the deer and into the guy in the ground blind across the pond from you? Really a dumb idea....

Gotta say to you .500 S&W and .50 AE guys, full half inch bullets are not .501-.503 They are .510 As in .50 BMG or .500 NE. Real men (not me...) go with .585 or bigger bullets. As to the .460 S&W I have shot a buddy's a bit. With full house loads, the .460 is more felt recoil than the .500 t...