Bill T

Another reason for the price jump is the fact that the price of non ferrous metals, (Copper, Brass, Lead), has gone thru the roof in the last several months. Part of the reason for this is because China is buying up a tremendous amount of metal to support it's ever increasing industrial base. Don't look for ammo to come down much in the near future. If you do find a deal, buy as much as you can because you will no doubt be paying more in the future. Bill T.

I have a question. Why on the cardboard "Tombstone" Bianchi Cup targets are the "10" and "X" ring not highlited? I've never seen one up close but when they show the match on TV it looks as if they have small needle punch marks to distinguish the "10" and "X" ring. Why don't they have it highlited in black like on most all other targets??? Bill T.

Exactly. Jeff Cooper was a knowledgeable person in the area of firearms. As was Elmer Keith. That said it doesn't mean everything they preached was, or is gospel. In life or in death for that matter. Not liking, or wanting a scout type rifle is no disrespect to Cooper anymore than not wanting a .475 Westley Richards Double, or to shoot deer at 600 yards with a 4" revolver, is a slam against Keith. Bill T.

To me the whole scout concept is a solution to a non existant problem. It looks stupid and limits your scope choices from most all, to just a few. If the whole thing had any merit it would have caught on faster than the rear engined dragster. It didn't. It's only kept alive by a few Cooper devotees who believe as he did that all you need is a 1911 and a scout rifle in .308 to take on the world and it's adversaries. Most know better and rifle sales prove it. Bill T.

The main reason ammo and components are going up is 2 fold. First China is buying up huge amounts of non ferrous metals, (Copper, Brass, Lead), as their industrial base continues to grow rapidly. Second fuel prices have skyrocketed in the last year. Ammo is dead weight and it costs to move it place to place. Shipping costs for the raw materials for the ammo makers is up as well. All in all expect to see ammo go way up in the future. Bill T.

To be very honest I have not. But you've now given me a good reason to do so. I'll let you know the next time I do a batch of .308. I have a Forrester, (Bonanza) Competition seater Die in .300 Weatherby and have never detected any objectionable runout with it. Bill T.

The Remington brass I've purchased lately has come both boxed as well as bagged. As was mentioned the Remington brass that is bagged is in very heavy plastic bags. Bill T.

When buying from Cabela's, I look at it this way. If you go mail order from the catalog your not going to pay sales tax, but you will pay for shipping. If you buy directly from the store you eliminate the shipping, but have to eat the tax. Depending what and how much you buy it comes out tit for tat. But being as a lot of the in store prices are jacked up over what the catalog charges, you must be careful and compare prices on the shelf to the catalog price. For example the Remington .45-70 bullets I bought were priced at $17.49 per hundred on the shelf. In the 2006 Cabela's Shooting Catalog the exact same bullet were priced at $70.99 for 500, or $14.20 per 100. I bought 5 bags, (500), and pointed out the catalog price to the checkout girl who then got the manager who then rang them up at the $70.99 price. I ended up saving $16.46 on 500 bullets, or over 100 free compared to someone who just walked in and grabbed them off the shelf and paid without question. A lot of stuff they have is priced this way so always be sure to check. I'm quite certain this is the reason why they don't have catalogs at the front door for their customers. Bring your own, check before you buy and you'll save quite a bit. Bill T.

Just a note to let people know. I was at the new Phoenix Cabela's yesterday and bought some Mag Tech .45 ACP ammo and some Remington .45 cal. 405 Gr. JSP bullets, and when I got home I looked both items up in the 2006 Cabela's Shooting Catalog and found them to be cheaper then what they charged me in the store! I paid $11.00 for the .45 Auto and $17.50 for 100 Remington .45 bullets. The catalog had the Mag Tech .45 ACP for $9.99 and the bullets for $15.29. I went back and got a refund and bought more of the same. This isn't bait and switch, it's bait and screw. I found other ammo jacked up the same way. The guy who was stocking the shelves who I pointed this out to went and got the manager, (at least thats who I assumed he was), and both had concerned looks on their faces as I was checking prices and looking up stuff. If you go just be sure to take a copy of your Shooting Catalog with you. They can't advertise one price, then turn around and sell for another. Only if you don't catch them. Bill T.

Denting and damaged cases are becoming the norm for a lot of Winchester brass. The last and I do mean LAST batch of Winchester brass I purchased was a poly bag of 100 in .25-06. I had to toss 6 cases because they were so badly dented I couldn't get the expander ball to pass thru them. To me a 6% scrap rate is unacceptable for any new brass. I believe a lot of this is because of poor material handling, and the fact Winchester chooses to package their brass in plastic bags instead of boxes like Remington does. I have completely switched to Remington brass from now on. I reciently purchased 500 Remington cases in 8 MM Mauser and every one was in pristine condition without a single dent. Today I purchased 100 Remington .45-70 cases that were bagged from Remington, and all 100 were fine. I'm hearing complaints constantly about Winchester brass so I know this isn't an isolated problem. Until I'm sure it's been addressed I won't be buying any more brass from WW. Bill T.

I have the Pro Chrono Digital from Competition Electronics. It was right around $100.00 and is nice and light and runs off a single standard 9 Volt battery. It has a large memory that retains information when the unit is switched off. I chose it over a Shooting Chrony because it has a much larger shooting area over the sky screens. It's readouts are quite large and can be seen from several feet away. I can set it up real fast on a tripod when I shoot at the public range, (Ben Avery), during a range break and there are no wires running anywhere. The only problem I had was when shooting my Weatherby Accumark in .338-378 Weatherby Magnum I had to move it a good 20 feet downrange before I wouldn't get an "ERROR" reading from the muzzle brake. Overall performance is good and it's very consistant, or at least it's telling me my handloads are! Bill T.

I bought that very spring pack for my Series 70 Gold Cup. My question is does anyone know if the heaviest recoil spring in the pack, (18.5 pound "Extra Power"), will cycle with standard hardball reliably? If not, what is the lightest load that will cycle it with a 230 Gr. FMJ bullet? Bill T.

I have Competition Dies from Redding, and Forrester, (Bonanza). To me I like the RCBS Competition Dies the best because they have the nice handy little "window" in the side for bullet seating. If your a person that has large hands and fingers, (and I do), it really makes bullet seating much easier. I bought a set from Sportsmans Warehouse last year because it was the only set they had in .308. I'm really glad I did. The only thing I don't like about them is the graduations on the micrometer barrel aren't highlited and the micrometer seating stem is blued steel and very hard to read. I fixed the "problem" with some Bonanza Silver engraving filler I had left over. The numbers stand out like a sore thumb now. You could probably get the same result with a white Crayola Crayon. Bill T.

Federal XM-193 really puts out a nice vollyball sized flash out of my wifes Bushmaster Carbon 15 21S Pistol! Very loud and very BRIGHT is an understatement! Bill T.

When I was 14, I hoped that one day I would have a girlfriend. When I was 16, I got a girlfriend, but there was no passion. So I decided I needed a passionate girl with a zest for life. In college, I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional. Everything was an emergency; she was a drama queen, cried all the time and threatened suicide. So I decided I needed a girl with stability. When I was 25, I found a very stable girl but she was boring. She was totally predictable and never got excited about anything. Life became so dull that I decided that I needed a girl with some excitement. When I was 28, I found an exciting girl, but I couldn't keep up with her. She rushed from one thing to another, never settling on anything. She did mad impetuous things and made me miserable as often as happy. She was great fun initially and very energetic, but directionless. So I decided to find a girl with some real ambition. When I turned 31, I found a smart ambitious girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground and married her. She was so ambitious that she divorced me and took everything I owned. I am now 40 and am looking for a girl with very big breasts. Bill T.

I'm having a hell of a time finding a leather, (or for that matter ANY holster), for my wifes new Glock 21. We just got back from Cabela's and they had just about every make imaginable from Bianchi, DeSantis, etc. for every Glock model avaliable except the 21. Same deal with Sportsmans Warehouse. I've seen a few I could order on line but I'd like to look at it before I buy. Any suggestions?? Bill T.

All I use is Dillon Rapid Polish and ground corn cob media in my 20 year old Dillon Magnum FL-2000. I run for 6 to 8 hours per load. (I like clean brass), and it comes out better than new inside and out. Bill T.