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    Gun room and dehumidifiers

    in Gear & Accessories

    Posted · Edited by D.Hayden

    Thanks all.

     

    Mine will be in the basement as well, no need for AC, so I'm looking at demumid only. Right now it's at 48%.  Looking at Sarge's post, I started searching the target levels, looking around, maybe I'll be ok without anything. It's a lot drier here in winter.  

     

     

    Blue edge,.. where did you get yours? I can find a lot of theory about them, but not real units

    550 Primers too high for shell plate?

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

    Posted

    Thanks, I don't have a powder measure on it, I was doing individual measures with a dispenser and a 500 powder die to work up some loads, but I threw on on there, and no change.

     

    Taking off the shell plate and trying a different tension did the trick, I had just tightened down the bolt too far. It seemed fine after so long, but the new tension, now that i tried it, seems very familiar.

    550 Primers too high for shell plate?

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

    Posted

    I'm sure this is a real easy thing, but I just can't see it.

     

    I haven't loaded on the 550 for a few years.  I switched it from 45ACP to 10MM, and now the primers are sitting high enough in the primer seating cup, the shell plate can't rotate.  

     

    The shell plate rotates fine without a primer in the cup, and if I raise it, it turns fine.

     

    Before I switched it out, I loaded 500 45s and had no issues, there isn't anything stuck in the primer cup.. 

     

    what am I missing?

     

    thanks, Dave

     

     

    Taran Tactical basepads: size?

    in Glock

    Posted

    I just received a Taran Tactical Glock basepad from Brownells. It's supposed to be a +3/4 basepad, but it seems so short.  I'm wondering if they sent me a +0 pad.

    Before I take it out of the package and try it, can someone post the height of their +3 basepad?

     

    Thanks, Dave

    6moa tube reddot?

    in Pistol Caliber Carbine

    Posted

    Thanks all.

    Eric, I've never seen that hood.. that looks like a good combo.

    I have what they say is a 4 moa dot now, but it's a very cheap reddot, so maybe it's smaller than it's supposed to be.

    At 25 yards a 4moa dot should look to be about 1" right?  a 6 would be 1.5 and a 8 about 2"?  

    Bigger just seems like it would be faster 

    SVI Caliber Conversion

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted · Edited by D.Hayden

    I did it, a friend fitted the barrel for me, actually fits nicer than the original barrel.

    I don't think it's hard for an experienced gunsmith to fit the barrel

    Didn't need the ejector or firing pin, I do use a different recoil spring too between the 2

    eta - added the recoil sping

    Are you 50 years old?

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    If you're squeamish about it.. suck it up and don't put it off.

    Colorectal cancer screening saves lives. If you're 50 years old or older,
    talk to your doctor about getting screened. Among cancers that affect both men and women,
    colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
    I've been fairly healthy my whole life, nothing at all remarkable, doctor visits were few and far between. I had no symptoms of any kind.
    • After the 2012 SMM3G, I went in to get a physical, the company I worked for was having a health checkup push and paid for it 100%. Doctor said it was time for a colonoscopy, I was 53.
    • Got that scheduled, yes, the prep was a bitch
    • During the procedure, doctor stopped giving me the happy drugs. He wanted me to be able to comprehend what he had to tell me. Without a biopsy, Doctor told me he was 99% sure I had cancer, and to make an immediate appointment. Like others on the board unfortunately know, it takes some time to process that news. On the ride home my wife and I were talking.. did he REALLY just say that?
    • Couple days later, met with the Oncologist, biopsy results were back.. no question.
    • Scheduled surgery. Biopsy from surgery showed 10 of 12 lymph nodes affected. I had Stage 3 N2 cancer
    • After a couple weeks of healing, started a 12 round course of chemo every other week. It's not as glamouris as it is on TV.
    • After 5 hours in the chair, I wore a pump to infuse more F5U for 2 more days.
    • 1st thing the chemo did before the usual nausea, etc.. made me hypersensitive to cold. It started immediately, washing my hands leaving the room the first day hurt. And it's funny to me now, but hypersensitivity to cold is a bad thing in Montana.
    • By the end of the chemo infusions, I'd lost major sensitivity in my legs (hip down) and hands. 3+ years later it's gotten a little better, but it's still numb from the knees down, and my hands are about the same.
    In the last 4 years I've had to prep 3 times, and I get to do it again this summer. There are a few different preps available, some that are not as bad as others. Talk it over with your doctor for options.
    I'm posting this as a precautionary tale.. maybe if I'd gone in at 50, I could have avoided a whole lot of this.
    Dave

    BLACK FRIDAY DEALS for Outdoor or Shooting

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    Field and Stream has 2 3/4 tru ball slugs on sale now. The price at the display said $3.99 a box on sale and they rang up for $2.48 with a $2 mail in rebate. $10 max on the rebate. So if it works out that is 25 slugs for $2.40 without tax and rebate hassles. Sale is good for a few more days. Rebate is until the end of the year.

    Gotta link?

    Looks like in Store only...

    http://www.fieldandstreamshop.com/p/federal-vital-shok-truball-rifled-slug-shotshell-ammunition/15fedutrbll12g234amo

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