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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 10-14-2016, 04:27 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 8,433
Posted By honest hop
the 5 words of fear

the 5 scariest words one can promise -'for better or for worse'
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 10-02-2016, 06:24 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,734
Posted By honest hop
My 1st rugers were #1's. then the PD addiction...

My 1st rugers were #1's. then the PD addiction hit. ruger 77's, 2 swifts [ACTUALLY 5 SWIFT], many#1's and a red label, and 1 R 77- 17 hmr. all. 77's are very accurate. #1's either shoot or need a...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 09-16-2016, 08:28 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 15,505
Posted By honest hop
wow-that is a tough answer to come up with. for...

wow-that is a tough answer to come up with. for years there was only the 220 'mighty swift', 17 rem, the 204 ruger really opened the 20 cal variants. I think the 204 ruger is the best 'small cal'...
Forum: Small Caliber Load Data 08-28-2016, 03:37 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 15,107
Posted By honest hop
for my 17 bee, I bought a resize reamer to make...

for my 17 bee, I bought a resize reamer to make my own dies. I made a hydraulic forming die. make chambered 'die' that screws into a base, like a Wilson die but threaded base and die I made mine from...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 08-27-2016, 11:07 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 20,477
Posted By honest hop
microgun- polished brass, still primed @ .08....

microgun- polished brass, still primed @ .08. lotta work tho. can suck to deprime, then deburr primer pocket, bout $30 rcbs deburr tool for case-prep center. sore fingers. bullets bout a dime,...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 08-27-2016, 10:34 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 14,632
Posted By honest hop
WFT holds the case by the shoulder, not oal, so...

WFT holds the case by the shoulder, not oal, so it spins the case, not the cutter. the cutter depth is a little bit of pita. a caliper and feeler gage make it simple. still need to de-burr neck tho....
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 08-27-2016, 10:12 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 14,632
Posted By honest hop
microgun- the WFT is fast. it's cheap. it's...

microgun- the WFT is fast. it's cheap. it's accurate. shouldn't admit this, but if I do a chamber job, it's for me, not for money. i'll buy a new reamer, might only use it once. I get a resize also....
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 08-27-2016, 09:52 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,775
Posted By honest hop
m595 nut- i'm a 40 or so year 17 rem addict. the...

m595 nut- i'm a 40 or so year 17 rem addict. the powders I've always used are 'old school' powders now. in model 700's, model 7, xp100 customs, Thompson contender 14'' and I was a fur guy, red fox....
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 08-27-2016, 09:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,179
Posted By honest hop
stevo- I have a neck question also. I've alice in...

stevo- I have a neck question also. I've alice in wonderlanded on this neck thing concerning straightness. would there be any merit to having your brass in 'your die', pull the expander, fl in die,...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 08-27-2016, 08:34 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,323
Posted By honest hop
kevin gullette-?- nice work there. real nice. I...

kevin gullette-?- nice work there. real nice. I just bought a 21st century shooting neck turning set-up for use in my lathe that i REALLY like. I used a an old sinclair handheld for years and never...
Forum: Project Guns 07-29-2016, 07:05 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 10,819
Posted By honest hop
17 bee

I like the 17 A I Bee. got a TC contender handgun in 17 bee, ruger #3 and working on a TC carbine stub-in shilen tube. the #3 really likes it's shilen. the bee's are very accurate, great on ground...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 07-29-2016, 06:20 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,498
Posted By honest hop
when I could still do work well. If I did a...

when I could still do work well. If I did a wildcat or not [in my shop, or another back when in the day, I ALWAYS bought a resize reamer for the body die or FLS die. PTG would supply a resize reamer...
Forum: Small Caliber Load Data 07-14-2016, 02:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,093
Posted By honest hop
I had a stroke. would take me forever. I have ptg...

I had a stroke. would take me forever. I have ptg piloted 17 a.i. . bee reamer's, resize reamer, gauges, etc. used twice. I won't sell yet but would send them to an accredited gunsmith person. since...
Forum: Small Caliber Load Data 07-14-2016, 01:35 PM
Replies: 22
Sticky: Cooper Arms
Views: 110,421
Posted By honest hop
ramos-- a friend of mine that is a rabid, and I...

ramos-- a friend of mine that is a rabid, and I mean rabid fur guy. traps hunts, calls, interned for two winters on reed lake Manitoba with noted trapper Corky Peterson. friend tho had a cooper 223...
Forum: Small Caliber Load Data 07-13-2016, 03:05 PM
Replies: 22
Sticky: Cooper Arms
Views: 110,421
Posted By honest hop
larry and all- my wife bought me a cooper...

larry and all- my wife bought me a cooper $1,442.00 for a 17 mach 4 for Christmas. it had no rings [picked up at Sioux city scheels, but came out of a Lincoln ne. sheels. they come with rings! the...
Forum: Small Caliber Load Data 05-24-2016, 02:06 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 8,152
Posted By honest hop
Smile save on templaq

I just ordered 750 and 450 f. templag and thinner for my diy case annealer. that long range brass and basically all reloading brass care instances is getting costly and mainly for accuracy. $10 each...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 05-15-2016, 04:41 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,838
Posted By honest hop
Question vibrator/tumbler vs ultrasonic cleaning

question to all brass preparers. it is my thinking that brass hardens upon firing, particularly the neck area. and is annealed back to a much softer stage for various reasons. so, am I thinking right...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 04-24-2016, 02:58 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 10,500
Posted By honest hop
# 1's and #3's are not as much fun to...

# 1's and #3's are not as much fun to rechamber/rebarrel as a bolt. if it is a 218 bee, rebarrel to 17 Ackley bee or such for varmint quests. extractors [ejectors] &` many parts, like 'ejectors' are...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 04-24-2016, 02:43 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,239
Posted By honest hop
years ago before stroke-itis hit me, I shot...

years ago before stroke-itis hit me, I shot ga-zillions of ground squirrels with a ruger mk 11 9''-10'' bbl from 50-100 yds . I bought a neil jones ''taper slide'', incrementally marked headspace...
Forum: Project Guns 04-15-2016, 02:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,449
Posted By honest hop
want a TC barrel for the lug sacrifice

the eagle view TC barrel stub kit in no longer available at all. that means I need a TC barrel for a sacrificial 'stub kit' with a good hinge pin hole. I am wanting to build a 17AI Bee on a...
Forum: Small Caliber Load Data 01-30-2016, 04:46 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,911
Posted By honest hop
17 rem

i'm a 17 rem guy for over 40 years. my welding partner had a FFL then. I got a new 17 Rem BDL then for $213. I shot it out. sent it to Remington for a rebarrel. it had been on recall for screw hole...
Forum: Project Guns 01-11-2016, 04:59 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 18,127
Posted By honest hop
I will buy a shilen next again. ya get'em quick,...

I will buy a shilen next again. ya get'em quick, low price, in the white. I lap them 1st, taper'em, chamber, fit it, maybe flute, assemble, shoot. they shoot very good if smithed right. I have even...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 01-03-2016, 03:53 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,752
Posted By honest hop
sorry 260, but if I lived east of the Mississippi...

sorry 260, but if I lived east of the Mississippi river, I wouldn't admit it. my eastern country sister thinks AR's should be banned. I told her I had an AR. I bought it to shoot helicopter hogs in...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 01-01-2016, 03:22 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 8,018
Posted By honest hop
thanks Lowell. I am a complete ignoramous with...

thanks Lowell. I am a complete ignoramous with P.C.'s don't know about P.M.'s. you do what you gotta do. you gotta charge for what we do. and make a profit [which is harder and harder to do, thanks...
Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board 12-30-2015, 07:51 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 8,018
Posted By honest hop
eagle view arms stub kit

is Eagle View Arms from Washington state still in business? no phone, no e-mail but the website says different. I ordered a TC barrel stub kit with c.c. # late last winter. the site says they had a...
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