Recent content by Tim Oltersdorf

I have chambered over 100 barrels and have had multiple others chambered by good gunsmiths. I can remember a grand total of three hummer barrels. I am nowhere as good a shooter as Tony or any of the other really great shooters but for a glorious, brief time with those three barrels I was. I...

I use an Annealing Made Easy machine. I bought it when I was shooting prairie dogs and had to load a lot of cases. It costs about $1,500. That is expensive as hell but it works great and takes about 5 seconds/case. A word of warning: do not touch the annealed case until it cools off. Every one I...

On new brass I do everything. I ream the flash hole with a tool made for the smaller PPC flash hole. I unify the primer pocket. I firearm the brass and trim the cases to 1.495". During a match I use a crazy cloth to clean the neck and, if I feel like it, the whole case. This includes the...

Now remember. Do not under any circumstance follow any of Jackie's advice on the meaning of life, religion, politics or philosophy. Doing so will get you on the terrorist watch list, the no fly list and you will become a "person of interest" to every local and federal law enforcement agency...

Gary Bristow won the recent two gun match in Midland under what could be charitably called trying conditions. The only explanation for this is the occult. Instead of selling his soul to satan it looks like Gary sold his hair. Also, why is Rusty wearing a dress over his jeans and Keven is seen...

Ask Jackie Schmidt. He has disassembled many a scope. He may have some sage advice for you.

Some lathes have half nuts that are adjustable for tightness on the lead screw. You might have to disassemble or remove the apron to get to them. If your lathe has this option you might try tightening them. This may fix your problem. If the nuts are badly damaged you may need to replace them...

Smoke crack? Not me. I only smoke loco weed. That is why I shoot group benchrest.

Dynamite. It works every time.

Three religious leaders a baptist minister, a catholic priest and a rabbi were discussing what they wanted people to say after death as they viewed their bodies . The baptist minister says he wanted them to say "He talked in tongues. He never drank alcohol, danced or played cards. He was a good...

Be sure your rail gun top is level. I suspect that even if the scope is level in the record condition dropping to the sighter position would move the scope towards whatever direction the top was canted towards. Despite many bad words directed towards it, magic incantations in Latin and banged up...

Excellent shooting Steve! Now, about that five bucks you owe me.

Recently I scanned my profile page looking for the usual death threats and noted that I had a reaction score of 67 and had 28 points. What do these numbers represent? Usually a score of 67 on a test means you flunked. 70-84 meant a grade of C. 85-92 was a B and 93-100 was an A. Later a more...

There you go again. You are incorrigible. Wait a minute. My head is exploding.

I never met Gary but judging from the above remarks he was a cut above the average type of person. Such people enrich us all. You all were blessed by knowing him. He probably left you a little smarter and happier by being your friend.