Sedalia Dave

My sacreist was discovering a cricket inside a case. I was loading 38 specials with APP when a case overflowed. Removed the case and cleaned up the press. Investigating the issue revealed a black cricket had crawled into the case and died. Got to thinking about what would have happened if I had been loading smokeless. Not so much about unsafe pressure but about a possible hangfire where the cricket's body blocked the flash hole and smouldered for a bit before the powder actually ignited. Given how fast we shoot a hangfire would delay ignition long enough to create an OOB or go off while still in the air. Now for how the cricket got there to begin with. In Central and North TX large black crickets are something you learn to live with. In late summer when conditions are right they come out by the millions. They are so nasty that birds and fish will not eat them. Keeping them out of your garage is impossible as they can always find a crack around the doors. If you have ANY gaps around the doors of your house they'll find them and get into your house as well. I keep them out of the house by regularly applying Ortho Home Defense at least a foot either side of the garage door and all other entrances to the house. I used to keep brass awaiting reloading in cardboard boxes on shelves inside the garage. I figure the cricket made it's way into the box and came to rest in the empty case. I have since sourced a large collection of cat litter buckets to store brass and shotshell hulls in. They work great as they have a reclosable lid, are stackable, and the square shape takes up less room.

Virtually none.

Yep. In Jan 2025 Jack Daniels laid off over 600 employees and closed a Kentucky cooperage. This was well before the tariffs were rolled out. Not saying the Canadian boycott isn't hurting US spirit manufacturers, but this issue predates Trump's return to the White House.

Maybe in 2 1/2 Decades.

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I have the Wyoming sight drifter tool and love it. However not the best for pistol sights. Doesn't work with tritium sights and has been known to damage FO sights.

Looking to buy a sight pusher tool for my pistols. Would prefer a universal tool over buying one that only works on one model as own more than one make of pistol. Need a good tool that will hold up without breaking the bank.

@Chief Rick you can test the accuracy impact of shooting specials out of a magnum chamber with your cowboy rifle. Buy a box of factory 38 special. and fire 10 of them out of your rifle at 25 yards. Now buy a box of 357 magnum ammo and fire them at another target. The POI will be different because of the difference in velocity but that doesn't matter. What matters is group size. I'm betting that the groups will be slightly larger with the shorter specials but not by much. You can expect similar results from a contender.

That doofus pulled that answer out of his derriere. You cannot possibly ring the chamber of a firearm by shooting specials out of a magnum chamber or a Mag out of a MAX chamber. If that were true all my rifles and pistols chambered in .357 magnum would be worthless by now. What will happen is that a carbon deposit can build up in the the chamber. If not removed this carbon ring will make it difficult to chamber a mag cartridge because the deposit effectively shortens the chamber. There are several ways to remove the carbon deposit. The easiest is to fire a dozen or so special cartridges loaded with BP or a BP sub. There are several gun cleaning products specifically tailored for removing carbon. They work well but do require lots of elbow grease. There is a tool made to do this Slix-Scraper I believe is the name. A chamber reamer would also work but care needs to be taken to make sure you don't enlarge the chamber. You can also apply a slight flare to the mouth of a mag case and force it into the chamber. The flare will scrape the carbon off but this can be tedious and takes a lot of time. I've not tried it on a chamber, but Dawn Power Wash and hot water is exceptionally effective and removing the carbon deposits from the top strap, hammer face and nipples of my C&B pistols. I wet the area with hot water. Spray on the Power Wash and let soak for a couple minutes. Then scrub with a brass brush. Carbon comes right off.

This is the Saloon not the wire. Off topic is the norm. Far far off topic is expected.

Forgot to point out that the “G” in sporting grades means that the powder has been graphited and most likely polished. The polishing and graphite coating make for better metering.

As others have said, unless you have a very inexpensive source of lead that you can get by the ton. Making shot is not worth the effort.

This should help.

When you get paid by the hour you learn to go with the flow.

This track is between Woodburn, Indiana and Liberty Center, Ohio.

The same way they know that the urine of diabetics is sweet.

Gas at several places in TX is below $2

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Cleaning up the Naughty list.