Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site greipa.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!greipa!jordan From: jordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns Subject: For mod.guns Message-ID: <346@greipa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 14:39:49 EDT Article-I.D.: greipa.346 Posted: Mon Aug 19 14:39:49 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 22:45:37 EDT Reply-To: guns@greipa.UUCP Organization: Genstar Rental Electronics, Palo Alto, Ca. Lines: 43 Approved: jordan@greipa.UUCP Author: ihnp4!allegra!fluke!inc (Gary Benson) Article: 8:6 Greetings. I have been reading this group since its inception, and wanted to tell you all how useful I have found the articles here. Also, I wanted to ask a few questions, but will you please use mail rather than a followup article? If there is any kind of volume, I will post a synopsis here. As the recent purchaser of a S&W .357, I'd like to find out the truth on these topics: 1) The guy at the sporting goods store told me that I should not keep the gun stored inside a leather holster because the leather could "leach" moisture and cause rusting of the gun. Is that true? I have mink-oiled the begeesus out of the holster, and can't see how the leather could do that. I live in the Everett, Washington area, but our average humidity is not all that high - maybe 20% for 75% of the year, but the 25% that it rains, well... 2) I seem to consistently shoot patterns that are low and left. What am I doing wrong? 3) If I spend about $150.00 on a basic startup reloading set, how long (shooting about 100 rounds/month) will it take to pay for itself? Right now I pay around $8.00 for 50 158 grain rounds. Never mind- I just figured it out. I guess the real question now is whether $150.00 is about the right amount for the setup, and what pieced I should get. I know already I'll need: powder measure die crimper (? - I mean the deal that seals in the bullet) Thanks very much for your answer -- Gary Benson (fluke!inc) Gary Benson * John Fluke Mfg. Co. * PO Box C9090 * Everett WA * 98206 MS/232-E = = {allegra} {uw-beaver} !fluke!inc = = (206)356-5367 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-ascii is our god and unix is his profit-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ -- Jordan K. Hubbard {pesnta, decwrl, dual, pyramid}!greipa!jordan "Here we have two bull limpits, locked in a life-or-death "struggle."