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1851 Navy .36 and Green River knife by Sam Bass

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piller wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 10:42 pm Shakespeare wrote that The evil men do lives after them. The good is often interred with their bones. it is heartening to know that Shakespeare was incorrect.

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Yesterday ... around our baby chicks pen ..

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I use a lot of Green Dot in the .45 Colt as well as 700X. The 'shotgun' powders work quite nicely.

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I wish they had published the results. More than likely one or more of our Generals may have embarrassed themselves.

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and the grass is growing madly ..

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EG73 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 10:58 pm My wife and I (if we have a girl) decided on the name Twyla. If, that is. Our names are Troy and Skyelar. Twyla Is sort of in between.

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I picked up a Winchester Model 67 single shot .22 for my Grandsons. This one was made between 1935 and 1944 ... because it has no finger grooves in the stock, there is no "W" logo on the trigger guard and bolt and cocking piece are chromed. The finger grooves in the stock were eliminated i...

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+1 to all the comments above -- that must have been a special moment when her name popped up like that! Back in the early 70's, we'd say that was "Radar Love"... "When I get lonely and I'm sure I've had enough She sends her comfort comin' in from above We don't need no letter at all ...

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That is an excellent book.

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I heard the story years ago that when someone was visiting Finland, they asked why Finns poured oil on their flower beds. The answer? To keep their rifles from rusting.

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Thanks everyone. I appreciate the comments and support.

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although I have always felt that Raquel Welch was pretty close to perfect… :D 😍) I heard someone say once that no matter how beautiful and attractive someone is, there is always someone else in the world who sees them and says, "Here comes ______ and I am so tired of their shiq!" :lol:

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Yes she will. Thank you Gunny.

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A friend who knew I had lived in Mozambique posted a message to me about the fighting going on north of where I lived. One of the radical Islamic groups attacked the town of Macomia, killing people and destroying property. I looked at the area on Google Earth, then tracked on down to Pemba where I l...

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Thanks Scott. That pretty well settles it.

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I don't know for sure how many companies in the US produce nitrocellulose but I found at least 10 that do without looking too hard. Apparently Filo Chemical is a leading supplier of nitrocellulose.

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 6:39 pm
JimT wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 3:05 pm the "top vendors" of nitrocellulose are DowDuPont, Nitro Quimica, Synthesia, and Tembec.
Just DuPont. Dow merged with them briefly to swap some businesses. They've been separated from one another for 5 years now.

Thanks. I saw just Dupont's name but didn't think about it.

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Where does the nitro cellulose come from, what country? Quite a few countries ... Brazil, Canada, India, China, Vietnam, United States, Germany to name a few. I am not sure the Facebook post is fact. The larger companies are forecasting increased production and sales. I have not found any announcin...

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the "top vendors" of nitrocellulose are DowDuPont, Nitro Quimica, Synthesia, and Tembec.

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Nothing posted on Powder Valley's Website

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piller wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 7:26 pm You joke about the fishes, too?

The ain't nuthin' sacred anymore!

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Rossi .357 ... using Speer 125 gr. JHP over 20 gr. WC820. Hunting steel targets from 4" up to 12" at ranges from 35 to 100 yards.

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Nope. Saw a segment of "Dad Jokes" ....

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The other night I made some fish tacos.
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What you practice becomes what you are good at. When I shot Cowboy Action I always shot the left gun with the left hand and the right gun with the right hand. Part of that was conditioning myself to shoot well with the left hand so that in a situation that went bad and my right hand was injured/nono...

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Excellent. Looking forward to your report!

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Just a thought. Would the increase in velocity be accompanied with a decrease in pressures, or is max pressure occuring before the bullet even leaves the cylinder? I am no expert on such things but I believe the increase in velocity is due to increased pressure. As far as I know, the only way to sp...

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Jim, What, if any, bullet "jump" did you experience with lubed bullets? Wonder how powder coating would work? Paul None in the limited quantity I fired. I did not fire more than 25 of the heavy 454's .. don't remember how many .45's I fired but it was around the same number I believe. Of ...

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All bullets need lubrication, some more than others. I know it is commonly taken that jacketed bullets do not need lube. If that were the case however we would not use oil in the bearings on our cars. Fire a few thousand jacketed bullets through your barrel and watch it turn copper-colored in the ri...

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I like the X15 .. bought one back in the 1980's and still use it.

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WARNING! THESE ARE MY OPINIONS ONLY AND SHOULD BE READ AS SUCH. NO ONE NEED AGREE WITH ME! Small of the back is one of the worst places to carry. Telegraphs intentions easily. Prints easily. More than likely you will be pointing it at yourself when making a panic draw in a bad situation. I don't lik...

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Ian's accident involved a original style spring loaded follower. New Henrys are no problem as long as you don't free-fall cartridges down a vertical tube. I have written Henry suggesting a update kit for those of us who are tired of pinching fingers on Marlin loading gates. I received no reply. Per...

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The only issue I see is if the follower is dropped it can set off the cartridges in the magazine tube. Ian on Forgotten Weapons had one such experience and was injured .. though not seriously ... by it.

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The only reliable way to tell pressures is have the loads tested in a pressure barrel. I have seen more than one gun blown and the primers look normal, even on what was left of the cartridge that blew. This has been written about and documented in photos since the 1940's, yet it is still ignored qui...

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 12:07 pm Thank you for sharing that story Jim. Do you think you'll fire it?

No. I won't. I have the one I bought when we had these made. We shoot it regularly. I had a set of hand-carved ivories put on it. Paul Persinger made them.

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I will .. like Scott ... stick to the old tried and true leverguns. IMG_0184.JPG IMG_3179.JPG I took the Rossi .357 to the CSA Shoot in Arkansas last week. Using the 125 gr. Speer jacketed bullet over 20 gr. of WC820 at ranges to 100 yards offhand it proved accurate. I was able to ring the 4" t...

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While it is certainly not something I am interested in, these days I hate to "pooh pooh" anyone who is venturing into the firearms field with something new. And if marketed, it will attract some. Whether that's enough to make it viable or not will remain to be seen.

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That's awesome. I didn't know such a critter existed, thank you for sharing. I'm not familiar with Tom Ruger or the Shootist group. What would it's approximate value be vs the standard stainless Single Six Bisley? Tom Ruger was the son of the Founder of Ruger Firearms, Bill Ruger. Tom was working w...

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Last week I attended the CSA shoot in Arkansas. I left a day early so I coud stop and visited with an old friend. I have known her and her husband for close to 30 years. He passed about 10 years or so ago and she is now 91 and doing well! Before I left she handed me a pistol and said she wanted me t...

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I always shot every sixgun I got a lot. I put hundreds of rounds through them, sometimes many more than that, before I decided to do anything with them. Most of the time by shooting them enough I figured out they were just fine as is. Sure, there were the odd ones that needed work. But most of the t...

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Paco took a nice Gemsbok with the 480 pistol.

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1894cfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:31 pm What ever happened to War on THEFT??????? Oh wait, we got that already! The Govt. is in charge of that!

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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(This is from over 2500 years ago. It seems mankind cannot learn from history!)

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Bill, I'm surprised he could hear even a single word you said. Surprisingly enough it usually is loud to any bystanders but to the person who did it the noise is not that loud. I don't know if it's shock or what. When I shot through my Mom's antique vanity it was with a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbi...

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If the result of shooting super high velocity, lightweight bullets like from a .220 Swift or a .264 at game animals frequently results in massive surface wounds but little penetration, then my guess is that similar results would occur shooting a large diameter, lightweight bullet. It wouldn't be su...

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Yep .. RWS ... I've shot tons of these ... well .. not literally.

But a whole lot of them.

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The One-More-Shot Syndrome The essence of being a good shot is practice. This is fundamental. Since not everyone who desires to be a good shot lives where they can shoot every day, dry-firing is an obvious part of practice. It is not my intention to go into the all various aspects of dry-firing a g...

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