My First Handi 243 (new range pics and questions on page 2)

[geezerbiker]

Automatic Transmission Fluid.  If you had asked at an auto parts store, they would have pointed you to the correct isle... 

I've been using Ed's Red on all my guns for about 25 years with great results.  The first time I used it was on one of my revolvers that I thought was pretty clean and it washed out spiral shaped lead strips. 

As for loads, I've had good results with IMR4064  on the other hand, back when I loaded these .243 rounds, I didn't use many other powders. 

Tony

[Zach]

Well i finally got to my tools and took off the stock and now i can rest, it is def a SB2 frame. Picture below looks bad because i didnt notice the receiver had sawdust on the back from setting on the top of my work bench where i dropped a can of sawdust (yes, i can some of it for use later).
 
Now my next project is to fit the barrel. I will be ordering the Feeler gauge within the next week or two. The money I had to play went fast when i got a message for a killer deal on some brass, bullets, and dies. So thanks to Tom, ill be waiting until next pay day, unless i can get this Xbox off my hands.
 
The addiction starts, again. haha 

[Zach]

Oh and I just noticed while making a snapcap like the ones from the FAQ's, that the Federal brass from my last weeks range trip does not fit in the bore. Any way i turn it it goes in all the way until about 1/8 before the ejection groove, is this normal? I have never had once fired brass from the same gun ever not slide right in.