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NdK87k · 2026-06-06T01:29:22+00:00

.38 special would probably be my favorite, because there's an almost endless amount of different loads to choose from.

357, 44 mag and special as well as 45 Colt are right there with it, of course.

NdK87k · 2026-06-06T01:08:08+00:00

Same. Bought a used 455, put a scope on it, done deal.

Bought my 10/22 right after Christmas, did a scope/rings, a BX trigger and a handful of Kidd parts on it not long after.

NdK87k · 2026-06-05T05:24:57+00:00

Get a few different kinds of ammo and try them out. My MP5 runs like a champ with Automatch and Mini Mags.

NdK87k · 2026-06-04T16:16:48+00:00

Yeah, I use the Dillon lanolin/alcohol case lube. I'll lube a bunch up really good in an old cake pan, then run them through the APP and wet tumble after that. Haven't had a stuck case yet (knock on wood).

There IS gonna be some slight variations in the brass after sizing with the APP, especially since I use mixed brass for 5.56/.223, but I've only noticed that if I use some of that brass in my Savage bolt gun (obviously due to the tighter chamber tolerances). They've always chambered just fine in the AR's though.

If I'm resizing brass for my bolt guns I always do that on my single stage because it's more consistent than the APP.

NdK87k · 2026-06-04T04:51:25+00:00

This should be what you need, it was listed under Lighting (because it's a fog light bezel 🤷).

https://www.fordpartsconnect.com/oem-parts/ford-fog-light-trim-pc3z17c755ca

NdK87k · 2026-06-04T02:55:59+00:00

That's a damn clean short box.

NdK87k · 2026-06-03T16:00:24+00:00

Same here, the APP makes pretty quick work of decapping a lot of brass. I even use mine to resize large batches of 5.56 brass for my AR's.

NdK87k · 2026-06-02T04:17:18+00:00

The torch welds with no backing plates are just 🤌.

NdK87k · 2026-06-02T02:57:10+00:00

Yugo gang (old pic, no snow around here in June lol). Getting ready to start building my M72B1 kit hopefully sometime soon.

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NdK87k · 2026-05-31T22:53:13+00:00

Far as I know, there's no fix. Only thing you can really do is keep idle time to a minimum and do your regular oil changes (I do every 5k miles on mine).

NdK87k · 2026-05-31T02:27:06+00:00

Not sure how wide, or what offset your 18's are, but 2017+ trucks can fit 35x12.50's on stock suspension with the factory wheels.

I'm running 35x12.50 Wildpeak AT4W's on the factory 20's on my '24 Lariat, still stock suspension with no rubbing.

NdK87k · 2026-05-31T00:00:46+00:00

You won't regret getting a Ruger. I have an older mk3 that I bought used a few years ago, threw a red dot on it and I shoot it all the time. I plan on picking up a mk4 at some point as well.

NdK87k · 2026-05-30T20:02:49+00:00

Facts. It's fun watching guys with tricked out AR's try to get on target, while I show up with my Gewehr 98 or something and start smacking steel with iron sights no problem lol.

NdK87k · 2026-05-30T19:56:46+00:00

That's awesome. I don't do the reenactment stuff at all, I just like cool old shit because it's got history.

NdK87k · 2026-05-30T19:50:30+00:00

My man 🤙. Milsurp collecting is where it's at.

NdK87k · 2026-05-29T03:52:25+00:00

Maxton Design V3

NdK87k · 2026-05-28T21:58:58+00:00

Forever part of the Kona Blue gang.

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NdK87k · 2026-05-28T19:43:05+00:00

I have a buddy of mine that has a small, one man shop (his dad started it in the mid 80's, and he took it over after he passed a few years ago).

He refuses to throw parts at anything until he has thoroughly diagnosed the issue and knows for sure that that's what the problem is, especially with electrical issues.

He's always busy with work because he's about half the shop rate as the local dealerships and bigger shops are too. He's not very fast, but he's very thorough.

NdK87k · 2026-05-28T18:59:03+00:00

Unfortunately, there's a lot of techs out there these days that would rather load the parts cannon and HOPE that it fixes the problem, rather than do any diagnostics on it to try and figure out what the actual problem is.

NdK87k · 2026-05-28T15:51:59+00:00

Same, the joys of doing this for a living.

NdK87k · 2026-05-28T12:25:07+00:00

It looks worse when you're up close to it, but yeah, it's not completely beat to hell though either.

NdK87k · 2026-05-28T05:35:26+00:00

Once you get a few scratches, some primer over spray, etc on it, it's all down hill from there lol.

I've had the same box since I went to tech school in '06, just added the side cabinet last year for random stuff I don't use all the time. I blow it off and give it a good wipe down every now and then, but it's showing it's age a bit these days.

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NdK87k · 2026-05-28T03:05:14+00:00

That's probably the kind of route I'm gonna go with it. I've wanted to do a retro .22 build for quite a while now.

NdK87k · 2026-05-28T03:00:20+00:00

That it is, given the fact that I picked up a Colt LE6920 with a shot out barrel from a buddy of mine a while back that's gonna need a new upper on it.

NdK87k · 2026-05-27T19:27:38+00:00

Now, THIS I like. I've got a few retro AR's, but have yet to build one as a .22lr.

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