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- Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Kodiak Photos
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1770
Re: Kodiak Photos
Nice pics of the sunrise/sunset?, having a climate cab rock drill is just to easy. :mrgreen: danny It's actually harder. Any driller who likes to be in a cab is no driller. Makes me think of that old saying --- Colder than a Well drillers --- in Alaska ! :) I grew up on a Cable tool rig. Nice pictu...
- Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Poke Sallat Anyone?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2492
Re: Poke Sallat Anyone?
I have cooked a lot of it out in the fields with ROUND-UP
Never tried it on the stove.
----------J
Never tried it on the stove.
----------J
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Philippines 2015
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1658
Re: Philippines 2015
Maybe you should take in a few cockfights while visiting there and let your relatives place a few bets for you, pretty good chance 50/50, kinda like roulette betting red or black only a lot more exciting.
Have a safe trip
---------J
Have a safe trip
---------J
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .357 maximum
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3302
Re: .357 maximum
Timely thread I rented a chamber reamer and opened up my ten inch 357 mag Contender to the 357 Max back in 2005. The only powder I have used to date is WC 820, and the bullets used have been the 180 and 200 gr RCBS, the Lyman 358315 and LBT 180 gr . My second trip to the range I hit on the magic cha...
- Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting bench?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1908
Re: Shooting bench?
I'm cobbling together a shooting bench and just curious if any of you have your own portable shooting bench, home made? So far I have a top made from two pieces of 3/4" plywood glued together and since I can't decide on legs, I'm going to use my Workmate to hold the top. Any hints/suggestions ...
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Copper banded bullet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1150
Re: Copper banded bullet
Saw these at a local gunshow last week end. Labeled 30 cal, Lyman #2 alloy, 149 gr., 0.311 dia. Mold HB150. Guy said his Grandfather cast a bunch of them. Didn't have any further information. Anyone used these??? The bands are copper. He said they were not sized. Any info appreciated. http://i126.p...
- Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Well...no more eggs for the dogs...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3015
Re: Well...no more eggs for the dogs...
Sorry Doc, stuff happens Right after I was first married my wife had some chickens, at that time I had a 9 month old Short hair pup, anyways to make a long story short the pup buried five of the chickens alive , he didn't kill any of them I trailed the feathers and found five chicken's buried in a r...
- Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Flat metplat 45acp?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1068
Re: Flat metplat 45acp?
I thyink Hornady used to make 230 gr TC fmj bullets. They can be had from cast bullet makers also. I dont know who loads or did load ammo with those bullets, Hornady may have in the past and still might. Depends on what you want them for. I've shot 250-260 gr Keith/Lyman swc bullets in 45 auto. The...
- Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bad day today, hope it warms up soon-Grumpy RIP
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1835
Re: Bad day today, hope it warms up soon-Grumpy RIP
A good remedy for bugs on chickens is to mix Sevin dust in melted Vaseline. If you can find the 10% Sevin dust it works longer than the 5%. Mix as much dust in as the Vaseline will take and still be spreadable when cool. Put a small dab under each wing where the wing connects to the body and another...
- Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bad day today, hope it warms up soon-Grumpy RIP
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1835
Re: Bad day today, hope it warms up soon
One of my chickens is in bad shape, went to check on them this am and she was on the ground outside the coop. She was barely moving, I have her inside by the pellet stove now. She is breathing, but her not awake. Praying she will make it. I don't remember this cold since the 1970's when I young and...
- Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dippn' water
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1590
Re: Dippn' water
Spent 4 hrs today pushing snow with the tractor, then hauled hay to fill the pasture feeders,stopped by the wood shed and filled the bucket and hauled to garage, then filled the bucket with water and added some to the pasture drinker's, topped the tractor fuel tank off and put tractor back in shed, ...
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: last day for scalies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1220
Re: last day for scalies
Good on you it's nice to know there are other people that have there priorities in order. :) Several places I hunted in S AZ I could get Scalies, Gambels and Mearns all in the same area. I always carried some stove top stuffing, and cans of diced green chiles in my grub box. Dice up the hearts and g...
- Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Still can't kill the A-10
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3499
Re: Still can't kill the A-10
From the perspective on the guy on the ground, nothing touches it. Also, it is a very demoralizing foe for the enemy. When I was a kid, I used to mow and bale hay in a low field. Day after day the A-10s would roll over the ridge and practice firing runs on me. Later, we used to talk them in on targ...
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .22 LR HV and .22 on varmits/pests ammo failures in general
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4525
Re: .22 LR HV and .22 on varmits/pests ammo failures in gene
Like you fellows I have shot all manner of pests. I live out in the country. Have shot possums, coons, rats while plowing the field, feral cats and dogs, snakes, fox, coyote, squirrels, skunks, one bobcat, several full grown cows and probably some pests that I have forgotten. Having said that, unti...
- Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .22 LR HV and .22 on varmits/pests ammo failures in general
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4525
Re: .22 LR HV and .22 on varmits/pests ammo failures in gene
This past winter I had to dispatch a couple pests on my property, one was a feral cat, the other was a pack rat the size of a cat. On the feral cat I used a scoped bolt .22 and Velociters which use a 40gr HP at 1435 fps. As far as I've been able to find anywhere in decades of shooting .22, that is ...
- Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Quickest, safest way to clean brass (perhaps)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5620
Re: Quickest, safest way to clean brass (perhaps)
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?83572-Citric-acid-brass-cleaner I have been cleaning my brass this way since 2010, followed by tumbling in ground Walnut . I bought a pound of citric acid powder back then and I doubt if I have used 4 oz., i shoot a lot year round. The solution is reusa...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An interesting trend--
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7851
Re: An interesting trend--
saw a video of the 556 steel penetrator putting a hole through a 1/4" steel plate. a quarter inch plate isn't that great a barrier, but I suspect it would stop a 30-30 round. For comparison, the 99F puts a 150gr sp .308 clean thru a free hanging 1/2" thick stainless plate. I don't think t...
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: listening to . . .
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1052
- Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Antelope
- Replies: 5
- Views: 583
Re: Antelope
Lucky you, hope you get a nice one. When I used to hunt in AZ the season was short 3-4 days. I would have more fun doing my scouting than the actual hunt. By the time opening morning rolled around I would have 10-12 days of scouting under my belt. Scout till around 10 am then shoot Prairie dogs till...
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Beaver wars again...........
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2107
Re: Beaver wars again...........
Hard to shoot those buggers. Most of the first half of the summer they have had my road to the back forty flooded. I brought my tractor down and can dig out the dam in short order, but they rebuild fast. Since Sept. I've left the tractor there and have got the road leveled off again an, d kept the ...
- Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WooHoo! I can Hear Again!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3888
Re: WooHoo! I can Hear Again!
Happy for you MR Griff I had tinnitus bad for a lot of years, then in 2003 my father came to live with me and I took care of him until he passed in 2010, during this time the loudest noise I was exposed to was the phone ringing. One morning after the funeral I was sitting out on the deck, it was sup...
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Free PDF Zane Grey - Man of the Forest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 788
Re: Free PDF Zane Grey - Man of the Forest
Thanks John
My latest thing has been to put my favorite audio books on a USB flash drive.
Flash drives have been around for many years and I am just now discovering them, oh well better late than never.
--------------J
My latest thing has been to put my favorite audio books on a USB flash drive.
Flash drives have been around for many years and I am just now discovering them, oh well better late than never.
--------------J
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sight In Your Lever For The First Cold Shot
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1580
Re: Sight In Your Lever For The First Cold Shot
I never would hunt with a clean barrel. One year I was real busy with work and found myself with a clean barrel the evening before opening morning of deer season. I had a friend from Alaska visiting so we ran up to the hills where I had some gongs set up and I laid down in prone and fired a shot and...
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old point and shoot training from the Vietnam era?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 907
Re: Old point and shoot training from the Vietnam era?
My brother did his AIT at FT Lewis in 1967 and told me about the point shooting training he did prior to his tour in Vietnam. He spoke highly of it.
----------J
----------J
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .32, or 38 Special?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2455
Re: .32, or 38 Special?
I've been searching off and on for a budget priced 32 S&W in need of a good home. I don't want a collectible.......just a solid S&W or Colt small frame. I like the nostalgia and I believe I can assemble an inexpensive plinking and small game loads, particularly if I can perfect a system of ...
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 32S&W long reloads
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1265
Re: 32S&W long reloads
I would go with the RNFP. Load bullets that are the same size as your cylinder throats. Use a soft lube. With WC's you will most likely need a custom expander, and a powder measure that will throw sub two grain charges accurately. If your gun has fixed sights I would stick with 98 to 100 gr bullets ...
- Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When did THIS start?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2591
Re: When did THIS start?
To me it just shows lack of respect for the animal.
Yote for Coyote has always bothered me as well.
------------J
Yote for Coyote has always bothered me as well.
------------J
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Metering the "dots"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1124
Re: Metering the "dots"
The "dots" -- Red Dot, Green Dot, Blue Dot, Unique -- have a lot of fans here, with me among them. But these powders have never metered real close for me (nothing like those ball powders) and I am not going to weigh these things for making bunches of plinking loads. So while +/- 2 or 3 te...
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Metering the "dots"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1124
Re: Metering the "dots"
I have an RCBS and two Saeco/Redding measures. They all will stay within .1-.2 gr with any of the Dot powders and that is close enough for me. Now if I were loading for rifle precision, I would want to get a little closer and probably drop into a scale pan and dribble up to the line. For handgun lo...
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Metering the "dots"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1124
Re: Metering the "dots"
Another option for those who are thinking of getting another measure - I finally splurged and got a Harrell's measure , and it is AWESOME. Hi Doc Sometime when your bored and nothing better to do :) try to set your little Harrel to throw 1.8 gr of Red Dot. I can get no consistency out of mine below...
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 120 grain bullets in 30/30 and 32/20 -- Range Report
- Replies: 38
- Views: 8070
Re: 120 grain bullets in 30/30 and 32/20 -- Range Report
Go get em Earl
When I was working with GD in the 30-30 with 115 to 120 gr cast bullets my best accuracy was with 8 gr.
----------J
When I was working with GD in the 30-30 with 115 to 120 gr cast bullets my best accuracy was with 8 gr.
----------J
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mangey Coyote vs 32 WCF
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1925
Re: Mangey Coyote vs 32 WCF
Good shot I have a mangy coyote tale I put a greyfox set on a gas line right of way that cut across the foothills of the Santa Ritas. I had used a drag because the ground was to rocky to drive a stake. Next morning trap was gone, trail went straight down gas line, tracking very difficult because of ...
- Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Starting new job Monday Wish me luck!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1551
Re: Starting new job Monday Wish me luck!
Good deal and best of luck, though I don't think you need it.
- Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For those who remember him...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3501
Re: For those who remember him...
RIP JR
I remember carrying on with him in the old days about Corn bread on Cast Boolits forum and PM's.
-------J
I remember carrying on with him in the old days about Corn bread on Cast Boolits forum and PM's.
-------J
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Life has overtaken Internets...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2626
Re: Life has overtaken Internets...
Destiny , the best all around to you.
----J
----J
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How would you trim hundreds of .243 and .308 to 1.2" Length?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1873
Re: How would you trim hundreds of .243 and .308 to 1.2" Len
Sell them and use the money to buy something that is closer to the spec you require. ... Unless you just want to do the cut and trim work for the experience of doing it. :) About the only thing out there closer to spec that I am aware of is the 44 auto mag or the 45 Win mag. In my case all the bras...
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How would you trim hundreds of .243 and .308 to 1.2" Length?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1873
Re: How would you trim hundreds of .243 and .308 to 1.2" Len
Hi - Being a muzzle loading and single action type I haven't trimmed cases to length before. I need to trim a few hundred .243 and .308 to 1.2" Length. Making up some M15 .45ACP shotshells. I have no case trimming gear but do have Lathe, drill press and asociated implements of destruction. Wha...
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Asked CCI for a .380 snake load
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3348
Re: Asked CCI for a .380 snake load
Well, CCI wrote back saying they have no plans for a .380 snake load. I still think it would sell. No interest in making your own? Just for grins I cut a .223 to .984 Deburred and expanded with a .357 expander Installed a 32-20 FL die and necked the case so it left a shoulder at .680 and the necked...
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Haboob
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1507
Re: Haboob
I was born in Ray and agree 110% !!!Dave B wrote:I was born in Phoenix and refuse to use this term for these events. They were dust storms 50 yrs ago and are still dust storms today.
Dave B
-------J
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's your BBQ tool of choice?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2318
Re: What's your BBQ tool of choice?
You guy's are all light weight's
I like lots of hardwood coals and smoke
http://media9.dropshots.com/photos/1408 ... 002211.jpg
--------J
I like lots of hardwood coals and smoke
http://media9.dropshots.com/photos/1408 ... 002211.jpg
--------J
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LaserCast 250gr RNFT Loads For .45 Auto Rim.....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 548
Re: LaserCast 250gr RNFT Loads For .45 Auto Rim.....
No expert---but
Speer #11 and 12 shows 8 gr Blue dot with 260 gr Jacketed for a starting load.
And 8.6 Blue dot with a swaged 250gr SWC lead bullet.
---------J
Speer #11 and 12 shows 8 gr Blue dot with 260 gr Jacketed for a starting load.
And 8.6 Blue dot with a swaged 250gr SWC lead bullet.
---------J
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Asked CCI for a .380 snake load
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3348
Re: Asked CCI for a .380 snake load
howdy. O. I. it is not the rim diameter I was refering to ! It is the space for the extractor. If you notice they are the same on the acp and the 308. The 30-06 has less space for the extractor. Use what you want. I was just passing on info I got from an NRA article and have read else where :wink: ...
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Asked CCI for a .380 snake load
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3348
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Asked CCI for a .380 snake load
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3348
Re: Asked CCI for a .380 snake load
Occasionally you can buy the .38 capsules for reloading... Maybe the 9mm capsules are available occasionally too? On another front, somewhere I have specs for cutting down .308/.30-06 brass for use to build .45acp shot loads... (feed ramp impinges on long brass...) Maybe there is a similar .380/9mm...
- Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cleaning up a Lubrisizer
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1154
Re: Cleaning up a Lubrisizer
I use the propane torch method.
I loosen the two mounting bolts and put shim at the rear so the sizer tilts forward.
Remove the guts from both ends and apply gentle heat, I place a container at the bottom in the front to catch the lube.
Maybe 30 minutes from start to back in business.
---------J
I loosen the two mounting bolts and put shim at the rear so the sizer tilts forward.
Remove the guts from both ends and apply gentle heat, I place a container at the bottom in the front to catch the lube.
Maybe 30 minutes from start to back in business.
---------J
- Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Todays Modern Derringer.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 801
Re: Todays Modern Derringer.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l308/mountaincreekphotos/Guns%20And%20Hunting/IMG_20140623_191427-1-1.jpg Nice little shooter A bit of trivia Named by the Turn of a card Established in 1870, incorporated in 1953, and located at an elevation of 6,412 feet, Show Low sits in the largest stand of Pon...
- Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bearcat "Shopkeeper"
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2892
Re: Bearcat "Shopkeeper"
I had a good friend of about 18years that accidentally killed himself with a bearcat, so naturally the first thing i think of when I read or hear bearcat is my old friend. Dogs and motorcycles brings back a few memories as well . Just about everyday for two years the same two dogs would rush out and...
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Firing off primers - NOT
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1431
Re: Firing off primers - NOT
I just had an unhappy experience that has now become part of what I call "acquired wisdom." Handgun: A prized early model Colt Python .357 in excellent shape; to me, irreplaceable Situation: Imperfect primed brass - actually, nickel Remedy (from commonly used technique): Size the brass if...
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Can You Even Imagine A Time Period -
- Replies: 10
- Views: 660
Re: Can You Even Imagine A Time Period -
I seen a sign like that once when I was scouting for Pronghorn In AZ. The Unit I drew was a checkerboard with BLM and private land every other section. To make a long story short the Game and Fish had been aerial shooting coyotes and the pronghorns and elk were eating up all the ranchers feed, the r...
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For Big Bore Pump Action Rifle Fans...
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8228
Re: For Big Bore Pump Action Rifle Fans...
Something along the lines of a .44 auto mag on steroids might work in the 760. I had a 760 in .308 for about five years, never any problems feeding or ejecting. I shot that rifle like normal people shoot 22 rim fire and she finally started getting loose so I traded it off. Fun platform ,carried it m...