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Quite a few years ago I experimented with destroying primers. Nothing short of detonating them worked. It was then that I stopped worrying about the skin oil on my fingers hampering a primer that I had handled... GsT

I've had primers and powder exposed to multiple winters and below freezing temps in Oregon. Not as severe as PA, but it did no harm at all. GsT

You really couldn't tell that was tongue in cheek? GsT

I finally got around to watching it... I finally got around to watching it. What surprised me most was seeing a Shars indicator! (He probably rebuilt it and replaced the sapphire bearings with PCD coated titanium or something, and I just missed that video... :p ) This one actually seemed...

Maybe this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhreM8WK4zE . He's usually pretty over-the-top. GsT

Do **you** know who Pete is? GsT

A banana case is caused by the differential stretch when one side of the case has a thinner wall than the other. You can see it has runout on a concentricity gauge - notably the runout will be more pronounced at the case head and shoulder than in the middle. There's no 100% solution, but you...

I don't chamber in the steady, but something I've seen (I think in a Steve Acker video) was cementing (he used Bondo) an aluminum ring on the barrel. He then turned the ring with the barrel on centers and thus had an external surface for the steady to ride on that was ostensibly concentric with...

Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator says "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure...

Just my SWAG... But unless you anneal each time it may be a variation in the amount of spring-back you get from softer brass versus brass work-hardened through multiple firings. GsT

Bondhus isn't what they used to be... They're still correctly sized, but their hardness now varies quite a bit, particularly in the small sizes. I have one that I twisted into a barber pole on a screw that came right out with a properly hardened wrench. I have some older sets that are great...

Very true! ...and probably more common these days. Most hardware store fasteners are crap. Most allen wrenches are also crap. You can blame "imports" but there's a lot of domestically produced garbage as well. I order fasteners from McMaster, because they still list a spec. It turns out...

With current demand I would expect much better than 50%, depending on the age it may even have appreciated (which is to say it's worth more of today's less valuable dollars). Firearms are selling at a premium right now. GsT

Hmmm, seems I can add old photos, but not upload any new ones. I'm pretty tech savvy, I think this is at the board end. GsT

So the real question is: did he make the shot?! GsT

It's a tough time for shooters in all disciplines. With the out-sized "inflation" (let's call it that...) and availability that we've seen it's difficult to maintain, much less start a new endeavor (like new folks coming to BR). Even those who had the foresight to stock a year, or two, or...

In that case, might I commend to you "Mrs. Mike" if you haven't already read it. Not Alaska remote living, but pretty close (N. Canada in the early 1900's). GsT

McMinnville, OR has a hotdog, errr, rebar plant. It's output is made, I believe, entirely from recycled steel and unsuited to machining. I'm not sure proximity to Mexico is a good heuristic. If you were referring to my comment and my shown location I should note that my experience trying to...

It's the best I've found between price and delivery time (delivery may suffer if you're on the East Coast, I don't think they have anything out that way). If you have a good steel supplier locally (good meaning "carries what you want") they're probably a better bet. My 'local' steel yard is...

It's the hotdog of steel... ...you never know what you'll get with rebar. It's made mostly from recycled material with little concern for alloy / etc. You might find a piece that turns well and another that defies a good finish. There might be some special purpose rebar that is more...