FIRST EGG SHOOT UPDATE OF THE 2000 SEASON April 30, 2000 Well we lucked out again! Every time we book a shoot, no matter what the weather forecast is, it turns out beautiful. This shoot was no different. The forecast was for downpours and 20-30 mph winds! It rained like heck right up until 7:30am
FINAL EGG SHOOT UPDATE OF THE 1999 SEASON OCTOBER 24, 1999Sorry this report is so late. In the last thirty days I opened three new stores (Douglasville Ga, Snellville Ga, and Hoover Ala.) and had to get ready for deer hunting. But now I’ve found a few minutes so here goes!Once again the weather cooperated
There is quite a bit of latitude in the trigger over travel screw adjustment on the Encores. You can capitalize on this to have a variable weight of pull. Try this. There is quite a bit of latitude in the trigger over travel screw adjustment on the Encores. You can capitalize on this to have
WHY P.O. ACKLEY WENT WITH STRAIGHT CASE WALLSP.O. Ackley demonstrated graphically that up to a certain pressure, the staight walled cases adhere to the chamber wall and literally absorb all of the pressure inside the case during firing. You see evidence of this phenomenon yourself from time to time, but don’t realize what you are
Scope rings that are machined will vary in height from the bottom of the ring to the bottom of the opening for the scope tube. Not naming names, but with one company’s rings, there can be over .010″ difference in actual ring height in the package!When you clamp your $3-400 scope down in such mounts,
THIS IS SOMETHING EVERY T/C SHOOTER SHOULD TRY AT LEAST ONCE. IT IS AN EYE OPENER, ONE THAT WILL HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR CONTENDERS AND ENCORES. Neck Size or Full Length Resize Cases?An Experiment Every Contender Shooter Should PerformThe purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate what happens to bottleneck cases fired at full
The following is taken from the sheet I send out with hammer extensions.It is a general warning about leaving the hammer resting on the firing pin with either the Contender or the Encore. It is for old timers and newbies alike. Failure to observe the following is what has caused at least one manufacturer to
There are 4: .300 BS, .308 Bellm, .308 Bellm #2, and .30 Bellm. (Only the .30 Bellm requires custom dies.). 300 BS (Bellm/Stewart) using .307 Win brass or .444 worked back to 2.025″ and .300 Savage dies. Basically same as parallel development by Don Bower, his .300 Super Bower, which is different from the .30
Well the third Copicut Rifle Association “Egg Shoot” of 1999 has come and gone. Yet again the weather cooperated and we had a great turnout and a wonderfull time! This time a few of us got together on the Saturday preceding the shoot and had a practice session. A couple of fellows had new guns
So, You want to add REAL Cruise Control to your motorcycle? Two years ago I bought a BMW K1200RS motorcycle. For model year 2002 this bike came from the factory with cruise control. We all know that the BMW K1200LT (light truck) and the Honda Gold Wing (couch) have factory cruise control, and it is
