AJ Dual

I went to West Allis Central! Does WI have CCW? I have mine and I'll be up there for X-mas and was wondering....last I heard it was. Yeah, I worded that badly. I meant to say I'd have seriously considered moving if WI wasn't on course to get CCW back in 2010 after the elections. It passed, and went into effect last Nov. Been carrying since. I live about 7 blocks from Central.

West Allis here. Although WI wasn't on course to get CCW, I'd have seriously considered moving by now.

I got some 1/2"x1/8" aluminum flat-stock at the hardware store yesterday, and a Magpul 870 fore end on order. I got some Devcon epoxy, formulated for extra plastic adhesion. I think what I'll do is put notches or teeth in the aluminum bar that slides into the Magpul's groove with a file, and seat in there with the epoxy, and that should provide a good solid hold, and one less fastener I'll have to deal with. I'm also thinking about trying to get a washer red-hot with a propane torch, and pressing it into the Magpul's slot for the screw that connects to the underside of the FSB and gas por

Also, if you live in a northern state with a "real winter", when it's dark out, and the days are short, and there's not as much to do, that's obviously the best time to catch up on all your casting and reloading.

I did the math last year, and on a complete reload from a used hull, assuming you found scrap lead for $1/lb, some primers I picked out of a hat, cheap wads since the Lee slugs don't care, and some random suitable powder like Clays, I think it came out to about $.14 per slug. With free found/scavenged lead if you've got a source, I think it was as cheap as $.11.

Tagged and followed. I didn't really need a rail system as I'm using the Saiga rail for optics, but I really wanted to replace the OEM Saiga fore end for a better look. Thanks, I've found it.

"Birdslugs"... I love it! And man, you really hated that guy's shorts. I don't blame you. They're ugly.

You are missing this: http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-no-0-x-2-1-2-in-screwdriver/p-00941293000P?&prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=L1 The clear plastic handle of a 2-1/2" long Craftsman #0 Phillips is PERFECT for jamming into a crimp. You stuff the handle end straight into the crimp petals, just below the crimped ring where the petals start, and you remove it while bending it out, just like you would making a "pop" sound with your finger in your mouth or the opening of a bottle, and it fully unfolds the crimp petals the rest of the way and flattens open the ring part crimp.

I understand perfectly. If that weren't the case for most everyone here, this thread wouldn't even exist. And I'd say if you can get your Saiga running 100% from 7/8th oz slugs over a low-brass game load 100% without any aftermarket parts, you've achieved the gold standard in Saiga reliability.

Yep, safe as Mike states. However, it's possible you may not generate sufficient pressure to operate the Saiga's gas system. Even on setting #2 (more gas) or with one of the after market plugs. So before you go casting hundreds of 7/8th oz slugs, I'd do fewer than 100, and test them out to be sure your gun likes them. I might consider 7/8th slugs myself, just to stretch out the lead even further, but I only have experience with the 1oz now. I'd say someone who's using 7/8th oz slugs stuffed back into bulk game/target loads if they speak up is a good indicator it'll work, but as w

I really need to make a video on YouTube for people as to how I pick/dump the shot from the Federal bulk pack shells. It's not really hard. And I admit sometimes I get a somewhat gnarly re-crimping from my Lee Load-All II, but I've never had one so bad it wouldn't feed in my Saiga. Yet another benefit of having Count Chocula for breakfast, it's safer. Deadeye, actually that's exactly what I'm thinking of doing although the hole saw I have on the way is 5/8" which is 1/16" smaller and, a size that is readily available. The one I'm getting is a fine tooth, 10TPI so hopefully it wo

When I buy lead in ingots from Natchez or Midway etc. for stuff that needs a precise alloy, like when I cast .45-70 for my old 1873 Springfield, it comes in bars too big for my LEE pot. I just use a hammer and chisel to cut it up. It's quick, and it doesn't make any shavings or dust. And that's the real issue with lead contamination when you melt or cast, or otherwise work with lead. Dust or shavings from spatter, or from tools. Lead melts at only 621 degrees F, but it BOILS (gives off vapor) at over 3000 degrees. Your workshop and bench being on fire would be a bigger problem than t

Yes, I've come to learn that tire shops etc. don't even have lead wheel weights in many cases. Almost all the new weights are now zinc, or polymer/tungsten etc. The boat yard info is great. My other idea was just to see if any of the recycling centers has a "lead pile" and just see if I can get mixed "dirty" lead for less than spot. And I too am interested in trading scrap for shot!

Yes, Magtech sells them. http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/25-rds-magtech-loadable-brass-shotshells-12-ga.aspx?a=518023 If I could find FMJ or JHP 12ga full diameter slugs for them, I'd like to whip up some "Vera rounds" for my Saiga.

Yep. This is EXACTLY what I do. And while the Fed bulk-pack hulls are kind of on the cheapie side, they'll hold up to two more reloadings before you should toss them. Buy cheap Rio primers, an 8# can of suitable primer, cheap trap wads, and scrounged up scrap lead, and your slugs cost $.16 or less. Actually makes my Saiga one of the cheapest guns in my collection to shoot other than my .22LR's. Even a bit cheaper than my 9mm carbines. If I don't count my time in the equation. And I tend to feel casting and reloading is more fun than being at work or dealing with the wife or kids when they'

Meh, RJF has been able to switch FFL's before, and I'm sure they'll do it again. I doubt this will be the end of them. If that's even what's going on. Rumors, half-truths, and every story has at least two sides to it. Best thing to do is just stay calm, and focus on not saying or doing anything that shows your own ass. And let the folks who are actually involved sort things out for themselves.

Get a few turns of dental floss under the spring, and you can lift it with that so it snaps into place.

Yeah, I don't really put a price on my time. I've got two sets of twin girls, ages six and seven, and they overlap for 3 weeks in age each summer too. So a bad tedious hour or two of casting slugs is still better than five minutes of my daughters screaming, fighting, misbehaving, or listening to Mrs. Dual yell at them if I'm not. I've never really timed it per shell. My workbench/reloading area is right in the basement with the laundry, so sometimes I'll sit down for a marathon session of an hour or two, sometimes, I'll just pick open four or five and dump them into the Lee pot (off and col

I LOL'ed at your text. It really does have a sort of steampunk alternative history sort of look to it. Very cool.

One thing you always have to give the Germans, they sure know how to over complicate things. Most of the gee-gaws and ridges you see on the StG44's receiver are just stamping marks to increase the strength and rigidity of the parts. They have nothing to do with the level of complexity, or lack there-of on the internal workings or fire-control group. The MP40 had lots of similar ridges on it for the same reason when it was designed as a lightened and simplified sheet metal replacement for the MP38.

This is precisely what I do. Federal 100 round bulk pack 1 1/2oz #8 from Wallyworld $22. Pick the crimp open with a pointy awl, dump the shot into my Lee 10lb production pot that cost about $60. Pour it into the Lee 1 oz Foster style slug mold. $18. Push the slug back into the cup/wad and crimp it shut with my Lee Load All II. $42. I now have $.22 low-recoil range slugs. (my club's range requires slugs, shot tears up the target hangers too quickly) And I have roughly an extra doxen slugs left over for every 100 shells I reload because of the extra 1/8oz of lead per sh

Mrs. Dual has been pretending to not watch the show all season, once she realized there was a "personal issues" sub-plot being developed. She's the nominally politically pro-gun type, who hates them personally, because my collection represent time, money, and attention that's not spent on her. Anyway, when that particular sub-plot came to a head on the latest show to air, she was all full of opinions and things she wanted to say. I brought up this thread on my laptop, pointed, and said, "Well, dear... the man's right here if you want to say something." She got embarrassed and decli

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Oooh. Good info. Although those look like some sort of copper jacketed slug. But that Magtech brass is a good start for sure. I wonder if those loads are just for show? Any load that a Saiga would survive would have lots of empty case capacity, being crimped and protruding from the end like a traditional centerfire cartridge, rather than seated inside, with a wad etc. taking up case/shell volume. So I'm still not sure what's going on with that ammo in the picture. Edit: Ah ha... I see what was done. That's some sort of .729 full-bore 12ga slug, something like these: http://

What is the ammo that's pictured with it? All brass hulled 12ga slugs of some sort, obviously, but any info would be welcome.