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  1. freedom

    Introductory of a new shooter

    I'd stick with 22 to start with and would avoid any bullseye type target. I like stapling paper plates to silhouettes. Start close, let them earn the right to shoot further out at the beginning. The paper plate is small enough to require some concentration, fundamentals, but not so small it's...
  2. freedom

    Shooting Ourselves in the Genitals

    Lighten up, Francis.
  3. freedom

    Make your own camo?

    Find a program called GIMP. Free and will do anything photoshop can.
  4. freedom

    Help with a mosin nagant

    It's not a Tula, it's made by Ishveck. I don't think that affects the value much, if at all.
  5. freedom

    Considering reloading

    All I've used so far is varget and a very little benchmark. I've got a batch of plinking loads worked up with benchmark for my "match" rifle, but haven't tested them yet. I did load some up with 25grs that shot just under 1moa with my Colt carbine. I got lucky on the recipe, it's the first...
  6. freedom

    Considering reloading

    RCBS universal. I have the APS bench loader and I loved it, but after about 3 passes the APS strips became unusable and I would spend more time taking it apart and fixing it than seating primers. Maybe if I start finding the preloaded primers I'll buy them and use it again.
  7. freedom

    Considering reloading

    I just ordered my first hand primer, hopefully it'll speed the process up some.
  8. freedom

    Trade evaluation help

    I hate to say it, but I just don't like it very much. I love my garands, my carbines, but not the M1a. I hate it because I wanted one for so long and when I finally got it I couldn't get attached to it. Going by gunbroker, it looks like I could easily get what I'm wanting for the M1a if I...
  9. freedom

    Trade evaluation help

    The guy is pretty informative. He has the correct gas tool and has it adjusted for 148gr ammo. He says he thinks it has 6 different positions/ports for different weight bullets.
  10. freedom

    Trade evaluation help

    I've got other guns for home defense, would you do it?
  11. freedom

    Trade evaluation help

    @Hoss @cmshoot @ArtVandelay @EugenFJR Been offered a Tokerev svt40 from 1943, I'm seriously tempted, much more than the psl.
  12. freedom

    Trade evaluation help

    I declined last night, thanks guys.
  13. freedom

    Trade evaluation help

    I think I have 4 unopened tins of 54r, and a few hundred loose rounds. That's really the main reason I'm considering it. It's TGI. I don't know if it's an imported rifle or a parts kit build. It is build on a made in Romana receiver.
  14. freedom

    Keyholing 55gr

    Can you see any damage to the crown? Can you see any build up down there? A little bit of obstruction can cause the gases to exit the barrel unevenly. If the gas isn't coming out equally all the way around the exiting bullet it can/will keyhole. It's got to be something at the end of the barrel.
  15. freedom

    Keyholing 55gr

    Take the flash hider off and see if it still does it. I've see a bunch of crud built up inside those things before. Have you tried another brand of ammo?
  16. freedom

    Trade evaluation help

    Romanian psl dragonov with 2 mags, sling and scope for my M1a. It's tempting but I don't know anything about them. I do have a crap ton of Russian 7.62 that I never shoot.
  17. freedom

    Let's Talk Levers

    I think it's a genetic fallacy
  18. freedom

    Build ideas

    My LGS has gotten 2 that I've seen, but they didn't last long. Don't remember the price, think $999.
  19. freedom

    Build ideas

    @Wallace got his there, I don't remember the wait
  20. freedom

    Build ideas

    How much is that and do they make a left handed version?