Your favorite free online resources

dakota.potts · July 26, 2018, 05:50 PM

Hey everybody,
I'm working on a section of my website where I list free online resources for people looking for information. Right now thinking about three sections: one for gunsmiths, competition shooters, and new shooters.

These would include references such as headspace interchangeability, Brownells barrel fitting worksheet, sight height calculators, serial number lookups, etc.

If anybody has any resources they like, please feel free to share them. I'm looking for highly factual or authoritative sources - I.e. most forum links wouldn't make the cut but exceptional blog articles or YouTube videos might.

Thanks in advance everybody!

Dufus · July 26, 2018, 06:27 PM

How about a ballistics calculator and a bullet stabilization calculator.

For instance: https://www.hornady.com/team-hornady...alculators/#!/

And: http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmstab-5.1.cgi

jmhyer · July 26, 2018, 10:47 PM

Plug here for Pax's www.corneredcat.com. Excellent resource, especially for new shooters.

T. O'Heir · July 29, 2018, 12:38 PM

There's no such thing as 'headspace interchangeability'.
Blog articles or YouTube videos are not authoritative.
Your best bet is a search engine and paying attention to the source. Wikipedia, for example, is not authoritative either.
Don't trust ballistics and bullet stabilization calculators.
SAAMI is. http://www.saami.org/specifications_...tion/index.cfm
So is http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/

dakota.potts · July 29, 2018, 09:42 PM

T. O'Heir, this is what I refer to when I say "headspace gage" interchangeability

http://pacifictoolandgauge.com/mater...auge-chart.pdf

**Aguila Blanca** · July 29, 2018, 09:55 PM

But you didn't write "headspace gage interchangeability." You wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by dakota.potts

These would include references such as headspace interchangeability, Brownells barrel fitting worksheet, sight height calculators, serial number lookups, etc.

**4V50 Gary** · July 30, 2018, 09:41 AM

Used Stevespages a lot for manuals back when I was in school.

noelf2 · July 30, 2018, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Used Stevespages a lot for manuals back when I was in school.

I still get info there frequently.

FITASC · July 30, 2018, 01:48 PM

http://www.hallowellco.com/choke_chart.htm

http://proofhouse.com/

http://www.shotguns.se/html/spanish_trademarks.html

http://ultimatereloader.com/2013/05/...#acceptLicense

http://www.omahamarian.org/trap/shotshellenergy.html

http://www.glocktriggers.com/wp-cont...Reassembly.pdf

https://www.instructables.com/id/Rug...-and-Assembly/

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...r-Lube-Diagram

HTH

FITASC · July 30, 2018, 01:49 PM

http://hkp7.com/manuals.htm

dakota.potts · August 1, 2018, 02:40 AM

Quote:

But you didn't write "headspace gage interchangeability." You wrote:

Ah, yes, now I see the confusion. I typed it on my phone on my lunch break and I believe I went too fast for the keyboard - the Swype function on Android will skip a word occasionally. Thanks for the catch.

And thanks for all of the recommendations so far! Many will be included.

dakota.potts · August 1, 2018, 02:41 AM

Also, a friend of mine pointed me to Stevespages recently. When I visited, it required a user name and password which require a payment (not much money, I think $12 for a year). I may include it is a reference note in my post but I am really searching for a compilation of free resources - there is more out there than one might think.

July 26, 2018, 05:50 PM	#1
dakota.potts Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 3,084	Your favorite free online resources Hey everybody, I'm working on a section of my website where I list free online resources for people looking for information. Right now thinking about three sections: one for gunsmiths, competition shooters, and new shooters. These would include references such as headspace interchangeability, Brownells barrel fitting worksheet, sight height calculators, serial number lookups, etc. If anybody has any resources they like, please feel free to share them. I'm looking for highly factual or authoritative sources - I.e. most forum links wouldn't make the cut but exceptional blog articles or YouTube videos might. Thanks in advance everybody! __________________ Certified Gunsmith (On Hiatus) Certified Armorer - H&K and Glock Among Others You can find my writings at my website, pottsprecision.com.

July 29, 2018, 12:38 PM	#4
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	There's no such thing as 'headspace interchangeability'. Blog articles or YouTube videos are not authoritative. Your best bet is a search engine and paying attention to the source. Wikipedia, for example, is not authoritative either. Don't trust ballistics and bullet stabilization calculators. SAAMI is. http://www.saami.org/specifications_...tion/index.cfm So is http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/ __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

July 29, 2018, 09:42 PM	#5
dakota.potts Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 3,084	T. O'Heir, this is what I refer to when I say "headspace gage" interchangeability http://pacifictoolandgauge.com/mater...auge-chart.pdf __________________ Certified Gunsmith (On Hiatus) Certified Armorer - H&K and Glock Among Others You can find my writings at my website, pottsprecision.com.

July 30, 2018, 09:41 AM	#7
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,833	Used Stevespages a lot for manuals back when I was in school. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

July 30, 2018, 01:48 PM	#9
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	http://www.hallowellco.com/choke_chart.htm http://proofhouse.com/ http://www.shotguns.se/html/spanish_trademarks.html http://ultimatereloader.com/2013/05/...#acceptLicense http://www.omahamarian.org/trap/shotshellenergy.html http://www.glocktriggers.com/wp-cont...Reassembly.pdf https://www.instructables.com/id/Rug...-and-Assembly/ http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...r-Lube-Diagram HTH __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

July 26, 2018, 06:27 PM	#2
Dufus Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2014 Posts: 1,965	How about a ballistics calculator and a bullet stabilization calculator. For instance: https://www.hornady.com/team-hornady...alculators/#!/ And: http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmstab-5.1.cgi

July 26, 2018, 10:47 PM	#3
jmhyer Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2012 Location: MS - USA Posts: 899	Plug here for Pax's www.corneredcat.com. Excellent resource, especially for new shooters.

July 30, 2018, 01:49 PM	#10
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	http://hkp7.com/manuals.htm __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

August 1, 2018, 02:41 AM	#12
dakota.potts Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 3,084	Also, a friend of mine pointed me to Stevespages recently. When I visited, it required a user name and password which require a payment (not much money, I think $12 for a year). I may include it is a reference note in my post but I am really searching for a compilation of free resources - there is more out there than one might think. __________________ Certified Gunsmith (On Hiatus) Certified Armorer - H&K and Glock Among Others You can find my writings at my website, pottsprecision.com.