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+1. Thanks Al. Looks like an ultrasonic is in my future... GsT

After writing that, I tried an experiment I found three bits of blued barrel in my scrap pile and stood them up in a tub of EvapoRust. I meant to leave them for 30 minutes, but was completely distracted and they soaked for 16-ish hours. To my surprise, only one (a Remington take-off bbl) was...

Interesting. I've had it take bluing / black-oxide off almost-completely. I use (well, used to use) a *lot* of EvapoRust - I lived in Oregon... I still have some on hand for removing the Oregon from things that have escaped my attention. I have heard about good results with an ultrasonic -...

It does indeed, but it will also remove any existing bluing necessitating a complete re-blue. GsT

Hi Rick, Try boiling the parts for several hours (not in your cookware, and you'll have to top up the water here and there. This converts the "red" rust to "gray" rust, which brushes off easily with a carding wheel or some 0000 steel wool. This method will preserve the finish that remains in...

They certainly haven't! But, like the ACLU, they occasionally stand up for the good guy just so they can pretend to be impartial (and so long as the damage is already done...). GsT

Wish I'd thought of that! Definitely the first thing to check, and the first thing we all over look. GsT

Well, I'm not Tony... ...but I'll interject anyway. I've seen some pretty nice crowns done with brass screws and Clover compound - that's definitely a step above may crowns, and an abrasive compound is not going to leave a noticeable burr - so as long as the cut is straight, I think it's a...

Crowns are magic! I'm with ya Pete! I have never seen a good crown create negative consequences. I *have* seen a bad crown open groups up tremendously. I've never tried the hacksaw test myself, but I've seen it reported often enough that I think it's believable. I do, however, think that...

Thank you! On behalf of everyone who has ever shot any match, in any discipline, thank you for your hard work, dedication, and all too often thankless efforts! I think everyone who participates in a discipline should be a match director at some time. Most shooting sports are run...

well, foo! Well, I've never tried to do what you're doing, and you may have already tried them, but Sandvik makes some super-rigid solid-carbide boring tools. I have part number CXS-06T098-20-6220R 1025. These have a wedge-shaped back end that is made to mate with a special holder, to...

How are solid carbide bars failing you? (I don't know of any CBN inserts that small, but am trying to understand the problem.) GsT

The most important part of competition is figuring out what you want from competition That's a great deal of prescience. Actually, it's easier to recognize than to deal with. But I'm mostly in the same boat. I want to have fun. I *don't* want to sacrifice my happiness to winning. BUT...

So much true! I think this list idea is great! And could be of tremendous utility to new / aspiring shooters. Alinwa and liljoe definitely have it right - as in any sport *drive* is *the* deciding factor. If someone had started Tony Boyer out with a J.C. Higgins .30-06, he'd have still...

+1. I'm amazed they stay in business. GsT

I can assure the skeptical that they are not losing any "accuracy" in math conversions. Load cells, etc read out in volts, not any measure of mass/weight, which are digitized using an Analog to Digital converter. From there the conversion from bits to any unit of your choice is identical. It...

Mine does that if I power it externally while there are batteries in it. Did you put in any batteries recently? GsT

Yep! This bit me pretty hard this time around. I've had "banic" fatigue after eight years of Obama, primers were back to about twice what they used to be, and I was buying, but not really replenishing my stock, then Covid, then Biden.... I see some loaded ammo hitting the shelves again, but...

Amen! I took a scraping class perhaps a dozen years ago, and that was my take-away. I still have a hand-scraper, but probably wouldn't scrape anything except for decoration. GsT

Sounds like a do-over to me... When I've had that happen I assume I got the mix wrong. Epoxy curing is a chemical reaction, not a "drying out" so putting it in your hot garage probably won't help (probably won't hurt either, I just wouldn't expect any improvement). Good luck! GsT