Kingsoverqueens

It's been in my family for probably 100 years. Marked Tower on the side, but no other discernable markings. 58" inches long, 3 bands. From what I've been able to research this may be Revolutionary War era.

We have a family affair later in the day and will miss this one. I'd rather shoot in the cold than hot/humid any day of week.

how long did the exemptions take? I mailed mine in 2 weeks ago.

I'm told the Pat McNamara class is outstanding.

forgive the noob question, but what's a roll mark?

You ain't kidding. lol I started poking around and like anything the amount of information is almost overwhelming.

I've noticed that prices are AR's have come down, and there is seemingly a fairly good supply of stock around. I'll get one at some point but am wondering, for a first rifle, are you better off with something off the shelf, like a MP 15 Sport or a Sig 556, or building one. It seems to me that a NIB rifle is the way to start, and then perhaps build the second, or modify the first as a prelude to an actual build. What does the brain trust say?

I just saw some of the targets, and you are right. I've only got a crappy old scope from my bb gun when I was a kid, and nothing for my Sig 522. We'll probably pass this one, but it does look like and sound like a fun match if you are properly equipped. Good job trying something a little different and more challenging Iggy.

Lets keep some perspective and focus on the fact that's its just a posting on an internet forum. Parents have been looking out for their kids for as long as parents have had kids. I think people helping people is what society is all about.

Looks neat, and the best part, from what I gather, my son can shoot his Henry Lever gun, something that he really doesn't get to do to often. We're in.

Thanks Vlad.

*walks away kicking rocks*

Nope, this I am sure did not happen. I primed 30 pieces of brass, and then weighed the brass, tared the result on the scale to zero and the charged the case with powder and then weighed it. I hate dumping the powder into that little tray and then back into the brass, so I eliminated that step.

I appreciate it. Thankfully he's safe to fault, but he needs a lot of work on the other stuff.

He decided that he wants to learn how to shoot the Beretta 92FS because "its got a hammer and looks cool and all the movie superheros shoot them." lol I mean, it's true and all but that aside, he's not used to shooting it, and screwed the pooch on the first 2 stages. The first shot in double action takes some getting used to and he did get better as the day went on. That aside, have you ever coached your own kid? I've done it with baseball and now shooting. It's a million time easier (and usually more effective) to have someone else teach your kid. Nick was chiding me as I shook my head at my kid. lol

That is a very good question. I'm using a small digital scale who's name escapes me, but safe to say it's nothing super special. Lighting is a double florescent fixture. Lighting is strong. No issue there.

I use a dillon 650. Since I was trying a control group I loaded 30 primers into the machine and then attempted what would be essentially single stage loading so I could make measurements and record my results. The remaining 170 that I pressed out in the regular fashion during that session all performed flawlessly, as have the other 4 or 5 thousand that I've run through the press so far. 1 squib out of 5 or 6 thousand, and due to a variation of the process...that's not too bad, I suppose. No squibs would be better, but 1 given the circumstances is understandable. And look at it this way, this has been a great sharing of information. :thumbsup:

The one that came with the dillon 650.

Andrew was shooting while I recorded the results. I noted that the chrono didn't respond and then when I looked down to him he was reacting to the lack of a discharge. I recall him saying "something went wrong...that didn't feel right," or something to that effect.

Nothing is impossible, but this would be so very unlikely. The brass was deprimed and tumbled weeks, if not months ago.

Yes, each time. Put case on the scale, hit tare, charge with powder, weigh, mark down result, repeat with a new case. I'm sure this is where I screwed up.

Yes, my handwritten notes. I note the measurments on an lined index card.

Not possible, as HeavyOp noted.

Primer went off, bullet lodged in the barrell.

I'm going to chalk it up to operator error. Somehow I must have not charged the case with powder. The only thing that confuses me is that round # 24 shows 3.9 gr and round #25 (squib round) shows 4.1 gr. Now, rounds numbered 26 to 29 also show 4.1 gr. As Jer mentioned these were 30 test rounds. The other 170 I pressed off performed fine.