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Griff wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 10:47 pm Ever since I traded off my Walther P-38 in the early '80s, I've made my peace with 9mm... I leave 'em on the shelf at the fun store, and they leave me alone!

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If you have not read it, Dave Andrews (who was the head ballistician at Speer) wrote a good article years ago about the reasons for differences in velocity between guns.

https://www.leverguns.com/articles/ballisticians.htm

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A bullet sizes up or down to fit the bore. It's done in a thousandth part of a second. Read P.O. Ackley's experiments firing .35 caliber bullets out of a .30-06. A bullet stopped in the bore causes an issue when another bullet is fired up behind it. The bullet coming forward is compressing the air a...

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junkbug wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 1:13 pm What type of choke are people shooting the .45 colt and .44WCF out of in their .410 shotguns?

Thanks!

Mine was full choke. Lead slugs size down easily.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 8:08 am Jim,

I’m not sure it’s a contest. I can see the utility in that little shooter. And that’s sort of what I’m getting at. I’m carrying what is useful for me.

Absolutely. It was just a my way of saying it. I am not in competition with anyone ... other than myself.

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HA! Got ya beat Scott! For the last month I have been carrying a Bearcat Shopkeeper .22 nearly every day. I was glad I had it when my grandsons caught this Texas Rat Snake in the chicken coop. Had 3 of our eggs in it! The Shopkeeper kept shop! I have killed 11 raccoons and a feral cat so far. IMG_79...

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Just kidding with ya Bill ... if you looked around at my place you would probably find a 9mm or two .....

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SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE!

Are you OK or do we need to stage an intervention?

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Just goes to illustrate that guns are where you find them. I was visiting a gentleman who was about my Dad's age. In the course of the conversation firearms came up. This guy was not a shooter or hunter but he said "wait a minute. I have something to show you." In a little bit he brought o...

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Yessir. You shoot enough once in awhile you make that "lucky" shot.

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Drawdown wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 5:26 am Now that's for sure, Drawing down! What cartridge?

45 Colt ... 300 gr. cast #457191 ... 18.5 gr. 2400 ... 1100 fps

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Oh .. I missed my share. My Dad and I were hunting Javelina. We split up and went around this hill, me on the left and he on the right. I got around to where we were gonna meet before he did and while I was sitting there waiting suddenly a small herd of Javelina ran right at me. I stood up and pulle...

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I have an indoor .22 range in the shop for bad weather, using a bullet trap. I can get 25 yards indoors in our shop but I normally shoot between 30 and 40 feet. If I am testing a load shoot other stuff ... up to .45-70 ... I have done it but it's a bit of work making sure I can contain the bullet. :...

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Pat C wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 7:51 pm One of the key features to smoothness in original 1892 is flat mainspring. The coil springs in the Rossi make it feel clunky.
Some time I'm going to convert mine to use original mainspring.

I have thought about doing that to my Winchester 94 Trapper.

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I learned on a Rossi 92. I worked on that gun slicking it up for months. I had no videos to help in those days. I had to figure out what did what and how to make it work better. Eventually I got that rifle as slick as any. But I bet I had it apart 300 times or more. Scott T ended up with it and as f...

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I shot .44-40's in my 410 single shot and they did fine. That was back in the 1960's. I was reloading .44-40 and .410 and put a lot of .430 bullet down the barrel of the .410. I also shot .30-30 factory loads in them. Point it straight up, pull the trigger .. BOOM ... bullet goes up about 10 or 15 f...

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If you don't have a place to shoot every day, you can still buy snap caps and practice aiming and firing every day. It keeps the shooter practiced during times they can't shoot. I did this every day when I shot bullseye matches during off season, or between matches. Helps with muscle memory. thumbs...

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Went to the Range this morning with my old model Ruger Single Six ... working.JPG I wanted to see how the Federal .22 Long Rifles compared to the Remington Golden Bullets ... so I shot targets at 25 yards using the Outers Pistol Perch... resting the barrel but not the grip ... using a two-hand hold....

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When we lived on the J Bar T I shot every day. My range was around a hundred yards from the front door. Some days I fired 10 or 15 rounds. Other days 50. But I shot the Single Six nearly every day. I was much more consistent in those days. .......... and I was30-some years younger .....

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I loved the smell of the Sonoran Desert after a rain. The sage .. the mesquite .. even the Palo Verde smell so good. I miss that, not having lived in it for years now.

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I am reading through the New Testament in the J. B. Phillips translation, "THE NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH" (Revised Edition). I have read the New Testament through 'way beyond counting. I quit counting the times through 25 years ago. I began with the King James Version 60 years ago. I...

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Thank you John.
I am so sorry to see this happening.
You all are in my prayers.

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Like almost all religions, their religion believes it should be ruling the world. They have tried for centuries. Just like other religions have tried.

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." Blaise Pascal

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One last bump to the top.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed. You help make a difference in the lives of young people. I appreciate it.

For those who don't care to contribute or cannot afford to, there are no problems from me! I understand and it is OK.

Blessings to All!

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Not the .44 but the .41 210 gr. XTP. I shot a cow elk at about 90 yards. The bullet made a bulge in the hide on the off-side. I split the bulge and popped the bullet out. It loss only about 6 gr. weight going through. Fired from custom .41 Magnum sixgun built by Bowen. Velocity 1400 fps. 210 gr. XTP...

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I tried to log on and post the one below but my laptop said it wouldn't go through ... so I tried again a bit later and it still gave me problems. Then I find out I double-tapped the Forum! -sigh- And someone once told me computers would make life easier! I am beginning to thing they may have lied t...

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Thanks Bill! Good stuff there ... and it made me hungry!!

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Im Australian by birth and moved back for an elderly relative. The above is correct, thats for just one of Australias states , Victoria, not the rest of the country. I'm not suprised by anything that goes on any more after watching the world lock down over a virus that is 3x less likely to kill som...

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Jacinta Allan From @JacintaAllanMP Machetes destroy lives – so we're taking them off the streets. From 1 September, owning, carrying, using, buying, or selling a machete without a valid exemption or approval will be a criminal offence. To allow people to safely dispose of them, there will be an amne...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Aug 01, 2025 7:32 am I hate that we have to be so careful about what is true and what is not. There’s so much on the internet that I wonder about.

I am pretty much skeptical of everything I read on the internet that is not posted by someone I know. I am pretty sure it will only get worse.

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Rosewood ... by Paul Persinger ... he said they were "plain jane" stocks ... they go well with my old gun

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I like my Star PD much better than the Colt.

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I carried one in the 1980's and 90's. I never had any issues with it but I usually shot hardball. One thing I require from an autoloader is reliability and hardball never gave any feeding issues.

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Please forgive the delay in getting word back to you about repairs on Mama Twyla's Computer Center. Several things came up that interrupted everything. The initial estimate of for the repairs by the contractor that first looked at it was too high as assessed by those overseeing this on the ground in...

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Alec Baldwin! That was funny ... in twisted sort of way.

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You can find the website and information here https://22lrreloader.com/

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How are you re-priming the rimfire cases? I am not for these. I have a bunch of primed Russian made Long Rifle cases. Easier than priming the old ones. I have a reloading kit and dies to reload rimfires. It comes with a priming compound that you mix. The compound can be used to make percussion caps...

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I went to the Range with the re-reloaded .22 Ammo plus the last 2 boxes of Armscor .22's from the 500 round carton and my old model Single Six. On the Range the first round went PIFFLE. I thought "C.rap ... I didn't bring a rod to punch out a stopped bullet." I pulled the cylinder and look...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:06 am Hmmm. Maybe best left to the cats, eh?

I am not a good one to ask about taste. I do not have an educated pallet. I always thought School Cafeteria food was good!

The mouse meat was about like any other white meat I've eaten.

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I've read that up until 1968 Astra made the Colt Junior for Colt. It's the same gun as the Astra Cub. I never shot the Colt's version but I know the Astra versions were accurate.

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When my Dad moved onto the Spear S Ranch near New River, AZ it had not had anyone living there for quite some time. The needles on the ground from the Tamarack trees were thick under them and turned out to be full of scorpions. I was stung 3 times the first night! Dad got all the cat he could find a...

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I mean, they have so many rifles, shotguns and handguns you can spend hours! But the worst problem is coming across something that you don't need but really really really would like to have! Like an Astra Cub .22 Short pistol cub.jpg I had 2 of these when I was in my 20's and shot them a lot. I used...

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I like that phrase .. "misusing it as a hammer" ... sorta like, "It wasn't really my fault. I needed a hammer quickly and it was just laying there."

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JimT · Sunset on the San Gabriel River, Texas 7-25-25 Closeup of the sunset clouds

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 25, 2025 6:42 pm Jim, were those meeces cleaned and skinned first? Did you eat them bones and all? What did they taste like?

They were cleaned and cooked with the skin on. I peeled back the skin and pulled the meat off the bones. White meat. No particular taste. Needed salt.

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With the .357 or .44 you can shove 2 at a time into the loading gate .. I used to do that with the .44-40. Takes a little practice to get used to it but it can be done.

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NOT SO URBAN RIFLE = Thunder Ranch With A Twist - By Ashley C. Emerson
Ashley Emerson took a Marlin 30-30 to Thunder Ranch and shot the Urban Rifle course with it.

https://www.leverguns.com/articles/thunder_ranch.htm

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