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Alerts – National, State, and Local – Action Required!
It’s Your Second Amendment – Read and Weep, or ACT! The Choice is Yours! NYSRPA-alert – NYSRPA calls for Attorney General Schneiderman to investigate advertising agency for gun law violations.Video produced for gun control group appears to show multiple felony … Continue reading
SAD and the Second Amendment – How to Get Through Winter Without Losing Hope!
The Mayo Clinic defines Seasonal Affective Disorder as “Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year.” For me it typically strikes … Continue reading
10-236-4.5 : It’s What’s Up Front That Counts
OK we’ve finished our first casting session and 5.5 of the 10 lbs. of lead we melted is sitting on our bench in the form of about 236 or so 165 Grain 30 Cal heads, and 4.5 lbs. or so is sitting … Continue reading
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Tagged AMMUNITION, cartridge preparation, Cast bullets, gas checked bullets, gas checks, hand load, handload, lubing, RELOADING, riflery, Shooting, SIzing
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Are You Ready? – Ammo Background Checks Ready and Waiting!
It’s upon us!. Tom King, president of the New york State Rifle and Pistol Assoc. stated on Friday’s Cam and Company on the Sportsman’s Channel, that the NYSAFE Act’s long awaited background check for ammunition sales is ready to go. … Continue reading
Is Time Running Out for Our Second Amendment Rights in NY?
I have been wrestling with several immutable facts, none of which are pleasant. 1st. We live in one of the most abysmal states in the Union in terms of 2nd Amendment Rights 2nd. Unless we seriously get active it will … Continue reading
To Crimp or Not to Crimp, That Is the Question – A Tale of the Tape
In the article, “Where the Road Leads – Two Gadgets That Called Out to Me.” I went on a bit about my theories regarding crimp on lead rifle loads. My thinking was that the vertical stringing I had experienced with … Continue reading
Melt It, Pour It, and Wait for It to Get Hard! – Shoot for Less with Lead
Ok so you’ve gone out and bought or otherwise secured the stuff to make cast bullets. You’ve read through the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook and you’re ready to start down the rabbit hole. You’re all dressed up in the appropriate … Continue reading
Posted in Bullet Casting, The Arts of the Fusilier
Tagged AMMUNITION, Cast bullets, handload, RELOADING, Shooting
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Where the Road Leads – Two Gadgets That Called Out to Me
So, a while back, during the earliest stages of the component shortage, I had ordered 1500 heads (bullets) from Sierra, a long story short they took about 9 months to actually show up. During that time, and because I am … Continue reading
A New York State of Mind – or How to Work Out Your Depression…
So, here I am a Long Island New Yorker, and as if that wasn’t bad enough, I also happen to be a shooter, High Power/Service Rifle, as well as pistol and the occasional shotgun and muzzleloader. As such, I can … Continue reading
The Empire State – It’s gunna be fun!
I used to live in Chicago, where my Grandfather was often quoted as saying, “Trow da bum out!” He was referring to the illustrious long term Mayor Richard Joseph Daley, whom he considered the embodiment of Chicago’s political machine. I … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and the Second Amendment
Tagged Astorino, elections, mid term, politics, second amendment, Shooting
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Times Gone By… A Boy’s Life and the Second Amendment
Being hard pressed, I’d have to admit that my interest in shooting originated from the pages of “Boy’s Life.” My Dad, a WWII vet was the Scout Master and I was a fervent Cub Scout. Along with that came a … Continue reading
So, You Start Feeling Cocky and Then…
Seems that it always happens after stretch of things more or less working out, that the stars and planets align to pull you back into earth’s orbit. As a result of this immutable fact of life and fate, we have … Continue reading
Posted in Reloading for the Rifle!, The Arts of the Fusilier
Tagged AMMUNITION, handload, RELOADING, riflery, Shooting
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NRA-ILA Election Volunteer Coordinator – Nassau County, New York
Well as I had promised elsewhere in our musings, this is going to be my Activism Post. Unlike the rest of the site, this will pretty much be chronologically organized most recent to most antiquated, kind of like me.It’s no … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd amendment, elections, gun rights, midterm elections, NRA, political action
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OK, So, You’re Ready to Make Ammo? or Fill ‘Em and Stuff in the Cork
OK, as I am completing this post, I am realizing that it gonna be a really really long one. So, sit back pour yourself your desired libation and relax. I promise you that it takes a much shorter time to … Continue reading
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Tagged AMMUNITION, handload, RELOADING, riflery, Shooting
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Complete Case Prep – The Easy Way and The Hard Way!
Cases, What Made Repeating Arms Possible! When you fire a cartridge, a great many functions are performed by the cartridge case. But let’s begin with chambering the round. The completed cartridge transports, the primer, the powder charge and the projectile … Continue reading
Priming Cases: The First Step in Making Great Ammo
So, you’ve spend all that time obsessing over your primer pockets, Decapping, Reaming, Cleaning (maybe), Uniforming (maybe), and now you need to fill all those empty spaces in your life. Welcome to priming! But first, a word or two of caution… … Continue reading
Musings on Primer Pockets – How Obsessive Can We Get Really?
Primer Pockets There are two types of primers and pockets, one of which is considered to be reloadable and the other not so much, Boxer and Berdan. Boxer Primers are the ones used on US commercial and military centerfire ammunition. Boxer … Continue reading
Stuck Case Removal – It’s gonna Happen, Get Used to It!
Remember that part where we talked about making sure your cases were clean and well lubricated, free of grit, and other debris? Well if you forgot about it, or if you just plain old screwed up, or if the gods … Continue reading
Relative Cost of Reloading – So Why Bother?
Well the first reason you reload is for an extension of the hobby. If you’re a rifleman, you simply can’t seem to get to the range as often as you’d like so you spend your off hours cleaning your stuff … Continue reading
Posted in Reloading for the Rifle!, The Arts of the Fusilier
Tagged AMMUNITION, cartridge, cartridge preparation, hand load, RELOADING, riflery, Shooting
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That Bright Ring – Incipient Head Separation
We examined some old reloads in 7.62×51 NATO fired through an M-14 and found many with split necks as well as other general signs of the end of case life. One of the biggest clues was the appearance of a … Continue reading
