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My 23 year old son is showing some interest in long range shooting. Mostly for hunting deer. He has been asking me a lot of questions, caliber, action, stock, etc..... and wants me to build him a rifle. We went to a local gun show last weekend to look for components and see what's out there to...

I have pillar bedded several Remington 37's. The 37 is built like a brick and the large flat surface on the bottom makes for a super bedding job. I like to use Devcon Steel putty, gives a super strong bedding surface and takes a long time to set-up. That means there is no hurry in getting the...

I have a 30 Br with unknown rounds through it. I am guessing maybe 3,000 rounds. I have been shooting H4198 ans Euber bullets through it since day 1. It has been mine since new, chambered it myself. The accuracy seems to be O.K., maybe very slightly less that it used to be, maybe not. Some days...

I'l third that on the Krag. I have 2 1898 Krags and they are the smoothest bolt action I haver used.

Thanks for your input papapaul. I don't mean to argue with you, but.........it seems like the deer are working these salt licks. There are fresh tracks and other sign in the area.

I have heard two different times over the last couple of months that using bleach on a stump along with salt attracts the deer better. I have never heard of this before. Then my son asked me if I saw the bleach bottles in the woods where we deer hunt. I checked it out and sure enough there are...

I have been in a Machine Shop all my adult life and now teach Precision Machining. On the shop floor all day long walking in chips. The best shoes I have found are Wolverine Durashocks. Comfortable, good looking and the chips don't stick. About $100 per pair.

Over the last 15 months or so I have started, and participated in, a few threads regarding primer availability. Namely the CCI BR4. CCI "owed" me 3 bricks of primers and I had to wait on them due to "sensitivity" issues. The phone rang today and Mr. Coy Getman of CCI told me that the primers are...

I have a barrel chambered in PPC + .050" with a .263" neck. I would like to re-chamber it in standard PPC (not + .050") My problem is that my reamer is .262" neck. If I cut the extra .050" off of the chamber end and run my .262" reamer in it, the majority of the neck will be .263" and the last...

I spoke to a Mr. Coy Getman last week regarding some primers that CCI owes me due to a problem in the past. It was on 5-5-09, and the last time I spoke to him regarding this matter was 5-5-08. To the best of my knowledge, Coy is pretty far up the food chain at CCI, and I might add that Coy has...

Can anyone measure a .22 Mag case and tell the the diameter please? Thanks!!!!

Bob There is a place right here in Altoona that makes lead products. I used to build their extrusion dies. AmerWay 814-944-0200 Joe Cowan

I still sell the bolt shims, and headspace gages too.

Pete Donations are being accepted athte school and are all being used to start up a scholarship in Scotts' name. You could send them t o me at the school address, payable to G.A.C.T.C. General Fund. Greater Altoona C.T.C. C/O Joe Cowan 1500 4th Ave Altoona, Pa. 16602 Thank You

The info about the screw tension is very interesting, Bob. Does this mean you are gearing to try and give me a whoopin' at Hormtown? Joe Cowan

.............for those of you that have a lathe. I loaded up 40 rounds of 30BR with Varget instead of H4198. Chuck your shell head holder in a drill chuck mounted in the tailstock. Select the proper sized collet, in this case 5/16". Drop the loaded round into the shell head holder Slide the...

It is with great sadness that I post this message. Last night, a senior student here at our school and enrolled in the Electronics program was shot and killed. Scott Garlick was working at a local subway when a gunman entered through the back door in an apparant attempted robbery. He shot and...

It is with great sadness that I post this message. Last night, a senior student here at our school and enrolled in the Electronics program was shot and killed. Scott Garlick was working at a local subway when a gunman entered through the back door in an apparant attempted robbery. He shot and...

Can anyone tell me what the correct amount of firing pin protrusion on a Panda firing pin? I am referring to the distance from the bolt face to the tip of the firing pin when the boly is "un-cocked". Thanks!!

Can anyone tell me the diameter of a Panda firing pin where it goes throught the bolt nose? Thanks!!