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Larsen E. Whipsnade

I saw this when I was visiting with a friend who lives about 250 miles away. He is not as much a "shooter" as an "accumulator". If he sees something that strikes his fancy, he buys it. He has everything from flintlocks to the latest semi-autos. As such, he doesn't really know muc...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I recently saw an older 1886 Winchester that struck me as unusual. I'll admit all the Winchester leverguns I've seen have been newer, so maybe this is normal for rifles of a certain age. It had no markings whatsoever except for patent dates on the tang under the lever. No serial number, no caliber m...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I'd like to put up a shed eventually, but it's not in the cards right now. Based on the replies so far, I'm leaning towards the picnic table, at least short term. There's a place not far from me that sells them. I've never really looked closely at them, but if they seem sturdy enough, I might go wit...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Thanks for the response. I realize I could build my own, and if worst comes to worst, I may give that a try. The trouble is, when it comes to things like that, I'm handy-man impaired. I have a talent for turning simple 15 minute jobs into all-day disasters.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I like that! I'm not real handy with tools, but I might be able to manage that. It certainly would fill the bill as far as being steady & impervious to the elements. Would you pour that all at once, or in layers? I ask because I wonder how that would cure if poured all at once.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I hadn't thought of that, but it may be an option, depending on what else is out there - and might be cheaper than purpose-built, to boot.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I'm hoping to set up a range at home so I don't have to drag all my gear, chronograph, etc., to the range when I'm trying to work up new loads. I know there are various benches on the market, but don't know much about them. First requirement is that it needs to be steady, of course, and if it levels...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Greetings all. I have a few thousand .223 cases I need to trim. I'm trying to set up a Gracey trimmer with a Bob Jones carbide cutter installed. I cannot seem to get a consistent trim length. I hold the case against the cutter till I can hear it's stopped cutting. I'll get one case that's right wher...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Several years ago I set out to try to find a cast bullet load with a 400-405 gr. bullet for 3 .45-70's, 2 1886's and an older Marlin with the micro-groove rifling. I wanted one load that would give acceptable accuracy in all. Since I figured the Marlin would be the most problematic (and since it had...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I bought a used Norinco 1897 from a fellow who said he had used it in Cowboy Action shooting. I wanted to install a handguard on it to replicate the trench gun. I didn't look it over as closely as I should have, I guess. Once I got it home & started playing with it, I found, among other things, ...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Thanks for the info. I always had doubts about that "won't attack humans" story. That said, much like a grizzly, I do think I'd like to see one in the wild - from a safe distance - and definitely not from the inside!

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Buck, being from the East I have no experience with wolves, outside of a zoo. I have no doubt that they can decimate wildlife and domestic stock, but you make it sound like they are very dangerous to people, as well. I can certainly see how they could be, if they wanted to, but I keep reading that &...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

That was supposed to be "assumed" but the automatic sensor put in "butt"!

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I had an incident just a few weeks ago. Shooting a Kimber 1911 with handloads. Got a click when I should've had a bang. I worked the slide and expected to see a round with a bullet in it and just a dead primer. The round bounced off the bench before I could get a look at it and landed in the bushes ...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I figured I'd try Turnbull tomorrow if no one here had an answer. I just got the Flitz and was anxious to try it out, thought checking here might be quicker.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I have a USFA SAA that was finished by Doug Turnbull. For some reason, it seems to be more prone to rust than anything else in my safe, even though I wipe it down with an oily rag periodically. I want to try waxing it instead, and picked up some Flitz gun & knife wax. I'm not sure what to use to...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Thanks to all who replied. Based on what some of you have said, and some more reading on the subject, I'm thinking the best way to go for my purposes is with "junk" silver - pre-'64 US coins. I realize I would've been better off buying it 12 or even 6 months ago, but according to the readi...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I recall awhile back there was a thread about buying gold. Gold in any significant quantity is out of my price range, but I've been thinking about buying some silver, mainly as an investment/inflation hedge, but also in the back of my mind is the small possibility of TEOFTWAWKI. Trouble is, I know n...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Wow! I've been watching this thread thinking I surely couldn't be the only one... but I guess I am. Don't have a cell phone, don't want a cell phone, and have no intention of buying a cell phone. I don't want to talk to 90% of the people that call me on my land line - I sure as heck don't want to gi...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Thanks to everyone that took the time to respond. I took Ben Rumson's advice & googled it. I found a lot of discussion and opinions seemed to be split more or less evenly. BUT, I found that Springfield Armory does not endorse the use of steel case ammo in their M1A's, so that made up my mind for...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Although I've shot laquered steel case milsurp ammo in bolt guns (8mm Mauser, 7.62R Moison) and in an AK, I've been leery of using it in my more expensive semi's (AR15, M1A), as I read somewhere that the laquer can build up in the chamber & be hard to remove. However, my understanding is that th...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I have a "Coyote Cap Special Edition" 1887 shotgun that has an annoying habit of having the forend slide forward after just a few shots, even with low brass shells. I'm afraid to tighten the screws up much more for fear of cracking the wood. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, how...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I did quite a bit of this over the years. Never had AC, but my cap had sliding windows with screens, so I could get a breeze most nights. The battery-powered fan sounds like a good idea if you're going to be in hot humid areas. One thing that I found helpful, especially when my future ex-wife was al...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Like you, I caught a lot of snakes as a kid. Later on I had a few pythons (couple Burmese & a Reticulated) as well as several smaller types. I never messed with the poisonous ones though. No coral snakes in my area, so I have no experience with them, but from what I've read, they're not particul...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

First, I want to apologize for the double post. I don't know how that happened. And thanks to all that replied (to both posts!) Thunder50, on my original post, w30wcf suggested essentially the same thing, using a 6mm TCU die. I'm going to try that as soon as I can order one. Great idea that I would ...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

w30wcf, I like that idea. If it saves me having to pull & reload all those bullets, it would certainly be worth the cost of the die. I'll have to give that a try. Thanks, I would've never thought of that.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Larry, just drive east a bit to Easton. There is a fine shooting club there - Easton Fish & Game Association. They will allow you to load a mag and shoot your mini-14 normally. Unless things have changed radically since I was a member some years ago... Just checked - yep, still there - Annual d...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Oh man, I would just go to the range and have fun shooting the 500 rounds. Besides, that's not near enough for TEOTWAWKI. Everybody knows that you need more like 5000 rounds :P I thought of that. But the bullets are the easiest part to replace if it comes to that. The powder & primers are harde...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I have the RCBS collet. I did have some instances where the collet slipped off the bullet. Maybe I over compensated by clamping down too hard, and I need to try to find a happy medium. But if too much tension on the collet is causing the problem, I wouldn't think it would cause a reduction in diamet...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Yes, I still have the Mini. I just don't want to have an ammo supply that's rifle-specific. Plus, if worst comes to worst, I may want to use some of the ammo for trade goods, and I wouldn't want someone ticked off because the ammo I traded jammed up his gun (he may have others that still work!)

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I think I'd rather just write off the bullets than pull 500 rounds with an inertia puller!

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Back around 1977 or so I loaded a large quantity of .223 ammo as part of my "end of the world as we know it" stash. Being a less experienced reloader at the time, I didn't have any way to measure the shoulder set back, so I just resized them to where they worked through my Mini-14 & ev...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Back around 1977 or so I loaded a large quantity of .223 ammo as part of my "end of the world as we know it" stash. Being a less experienced reloader at the time, I didn't have any way to measure the shoulder set back, so I just resized them to where they worked through my Mini-14 & ev...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

"I also felt old when a teenager asked me how it was when there weren't any cars and we had to ride around in "those". "Those" was a Conestoga wagon!" I can top that one. Shortly after I retired from the police dept., I was out in my garage doing some work. It was a war...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Thanks for the info. I know some of you feel dings add character, but I was planning on taking my Win. 95 in .405. It's pristine, & I'd like to keep it that way. Like a new truck, once it gets beat up, another ding is no big deal, but that first scratch & dent hurts. Maybe I'll try camo bow ...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

A few years ago I ordered some stuff out of a catalog & noticed they were selling gun covers that were made to wrap around a rifle while you were hunting with it to protect the wood from nicks, dings, & scuffs. If I remember correctly (more & more dubious with each passing year!) they we...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Thanks for the replies. The brake cleaner sounds like the way to go. I'll give it a try.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

A few questions that I hope some of you who are competition or high volume rifle shooters can help me out with. I just started using a Gracey case trimmer. I've got it set up for .223 but, short of miking every case, I can't tell when it's finished trimming. I thought I might develop a "feel&qu...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

A few questions that I hope some of you who are competition or high volume rifle shooters can help me out with. I just started using a Gracey case trimmer. I've got it set up for .223 but, short of miking every case, I can't tell when it's finished trimming. I thought I might develop a "feel&qu...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I guess I have to be the odd man out, because my experience with the Python was negative. I had one in the early 80's that was tuned by the Colt custom shop. Shooting DA it would misfire 1-2 times a cylinder. The timing was also off & it spit lead so badly I had to shoot on the end of the line b...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Yes, that's the one! Thanks a lot. I didn't expect to be needing this for a few years, but a combination of needed bodywork & a failing transmission is getting to the point where the expense of fixing my current truck may be more than its worth. Again, thank you.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

...that was on here a few months ago. I believe it was on the old forum, so maybe that's why I can't find it with the search function, or (more likely) my rudimentary skills are not up to the task. One of the members who used to be a car dealer was discussing strategies for getting the best deal on ...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Mr. Morgan, I agree, to a point. In your mind (and mine) the mere act of carrying a firearm, in and of itself, is reasonable and doesn't show any negative intent. But not everyone would see it that way. I was merely pointing out that if the officer felt otherwise he could conceivably make the charge...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

RE the "disorderly conduct" statute: Most people would be required to stay at home by the simpel fact that they are arseholes that have no business bothering me with their whatever annoys me today.[quote]

Well I definitely have to agree with you there!

Larsen E. Whipsnade

OK, I'm sure this will get me flamed, but I'm going to play devil's advocate here. (A disclaimer. I wasn't there. It's possible the cops were total jerks. However, the story is obviously written from the point of view of the people carrying the firearms. I'm sure if the cops told their version it wo...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Thanks for the replies. I did indeed load these on a Dillon - maybe that's why I didn't notice sooner. I do think I'll not be buying any more components like this, but the other boxes I looked at (after I noticed this) still had the factory seal on them. I can't remember if I broke the seal on this ...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

I don't post often, but I read pretty much everything that goes up, so I know there are some very knowledgeable people here. I hope one of you can give me a definitive answer to my problem. I bought some components at a yard sale including several thousand primers, specifically Remington No. 2 1/2 l...

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Homefront,
Sorry about that! I don't know how I managed to screw that up, but if you e-mail me at rhendricks@enter.net, I'll give you his daughter's e-mail address. She's the one who is going to be handling things so it's probably simpler if you deal with her directly. Thanks again.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

Homefront, I sent you a PM.

Larsen E. Whipsnade

A friend's grandfather has been struck with dementia. Apparently it came on rather suddenly. He's in a nursing home and often doesn't even recognize family members. Evidently he was quite the hunter, shooter, and fisherman. Various family members are keeping his firearms, archery, and fishing gear. ...

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