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Closing the windows and locking the doors - before the suspicious fellow got near - would go along with starting the engine in my opinion.

Different powders can have extremely different burn rates. Thus, the weight of the charge alone (without knowing precisely what powder it is) really means nothing when analyzing the charge. In addition, commercial and military loads are often made with powders that are not available to us...

Having situational awareness of everything around you and making the most appropriate decisions quickly is far superior to using lethal force. We should all be constantly teaching ourselves to analyze what's going on around us and thinking of the best ways to deal with the situations should...

It has been a bit slow for sure. Maybe it's the weather?

Choosing the proper twist rate for a rifle barrel can be very important if accuracy is important. I found this article from another forum that explains the choices for .223 (and 5.56) rifles quite well.

Fortunately, my little lathe (a Unimat that I bought over 40 years ago) also has the ability to have the headstock mounted on a post, giving me three tiny tools in one - lathe, drill press, and mill. I have almost all the major accessories made for it. For small jobs, it's quite handy. I'm...

Thanks for the feedback, Rich. Unfortunately, I don't have a lathe with a 4-jaw chuck. My little lathe only has a 3-jaw chuck or a face plate to fasten work to.

Rich - what did you do with the mold to "cut off the base"? I'm guessing that you used a milling machine to shorten the top of the mold.

Rich - can you estimate how warm the sizing press is when you've got it working well with the heater? I'm not sure, but I would guess that anything over about 125°F is probably going to make the lube almost turn into a liquid. Also - what bullet lube do you use? I would imagine that different...

I wonder if panhandlers would keep up what they do if nobody gave them anything.

I decided to leave all weapons at home while on a trip down South over the past week and a half and, fortunately, never had a situation where I may have regretted that decision.

I'm sure I would have been out of there in a heartbeat after recognizing the fellow as being suspicious.

Rich - approximately what temperature are you trying to achieve? I've always done my sizing/lubing at room temperature.

Pure magic of course. ;)

Fred, regardless of your choice for the base hardware you should make your AR lightweight like mine: ::)

My wife and I were down in the deep South for a few days (San Antonio to east of Baton Rouge and then north through Mississippi) and just got home. We have several good friends through the area and surely hope for the best for all.

When I'm reloading for my self-defense weapons, I attempt to match my commercial self-defense ammo as much as possible for practice ammo. This includes using identical bullets as the commercial self-defense ammo when (and it usually is) possible and also getting the measured velocity as close...

I'm gonna have to order a few kits as soon as another project is finished.

Carbide grit epoxied into the LCP slide grooves on the right side for a better grip on the slide. This mod is a LOT better than the stair step tape I had used.

Since I have not added one of those to a rifle stock in almost 40 years, I'll have to ask my son what his opinion is (he builds rifles for fun). I probably won't see him for a couple of weeks, though. I'd suspect there are others here with more recent information.