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Wilson, Ed Brown and Les Baer are the best, but limited production and very expensive. Of the mainstream manufacturers, I think Kimber, Springfield and Para Ordnance are the best. S&W is also making 1911's and they are supposed to be good too. You probably can't go wrong with any of these brands...

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I'd be up for a day of shooting! I'm in the DFW area.

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I have a spiral binder that I write down records, but typically I load the same thing over and over. I use the plastic boxes from Midway. I but a roll of blue "painters tape", tear off a strip, and stick it on top of the box. I use a Sharpie pen to write on the tape what is in the load. Wh...

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I like the Shiner Hefeweizen, also Blue Moon, Sunshine Wheat, Sam Adams Summer Ale.

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I slugged one and it went 0.379". With plain base Hunters Supply bullets sized to 0.379 and IMR4198 at around 1500 fps it was reasonably accurate.

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I wear the Wrangler 13MWZ. I switched from Levi's because of their bad politics. There are a couple of western wear stores convenient to where I work so I can shop there easily.

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then a five shot group of about 7" in the center. No chance of doing that with iron sights. What is the smallest iron sight group anyone knows of at 1000 yds. I think the highpower shooters can do that. I dare say that a good military team shooter can do that or almost do that with their M16, ...

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The size of the iron sights vs. the intended target is also important. I've shot the highpower rifle course with various rifles. The aiming bull is right about 6 m.o.a. Using the sights on a stock AR15 carbine, the front post is way too wide for me to use with a 6 m.o.a. aiming bull, and a whitetail...

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I'm in the DFW area also in case you need any help. BassPro, Cabela's, and REI have it covered pretty well, but there are a few smaller backpacking type shops around also.

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I used to be a regular donor, up to about 3 gallons. A lady that worked for one of the local blood centers would call me regularly because my block was CMV negative, in demand for tranfusions to newborns. She retired, the blood center changed their procedures that made it a lot more time consuming f...

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It's no problem to go down to 4 5/8", and you can buy them from the factory that way now. If you put in a short basepin, and shorten the ERH, you can go down to about 3 3/4".

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The network that is broadcasting the olympics says that they have more coverage available on their website than they are able to broadcast, so if we are lucky there is some coverage there. Personally I've always been interested in the archery competition.

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Another option is to handload some bullets under 240 grains, maybe 200 grains.

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Our country is based on religious freedom, so technically swapping holidays is purely American. If we are to believe in American freedoms then we should not have any complaints about it, in theory at least, and not start to pick and choose in the way that the liberals want to do.

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My point is that building something rustic and running it on 12V is not going to happen. This might still be possible in other states. I've talked to people that claim to live this way in the far west part of Texas around Big Bend. I wonder if it isn't possible in areas of New Mexico also, and nort...

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I think it is pretty despicable to lowball a seller by that much. I understand that a shop has to make money, but he didn't buy the new stock in his store for 1/4 or 1/5 of what they would sell for. OTOH, it would not be appropriate to try to make a deal with a private person on the store owner's pr...

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Here are a few of a real girl with guns...

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Here are some basic definitions- There is an "aperture" in the lens, that gets bigger or smaller to let in more or less light, just like the iris of your eye. The relative size of the aperture is the "f-stop". So an f-stop of "8" lets in a certain amount of light, f11 l...

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My wife had 4 cats and one litter box- no problems in 11 years.

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The first part looks like a drive in the park, got a little rougher at the end. I've been on lots of high Colorado roads that were that rough or rougher and I think it's great fun. We took our Jeep to Utah this past May and did a few rough roads.

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The 92 is a strong design, and the .25-20 has a pretty small casehead so it won't put a lot of stress on the bolt. If you don't see any problems with the loads then you could keep shooting them. If you can wait until colder weather to shoot them, then that would also help to reduce pressure a bit.

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I know a little about cameras- what part are you having trouble with?

Modern digital SLR's have somewhat similar exposure controls to more recent film SLR's, but digitals have added more stuff to deal with the way the sensor stores images.

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The government is pretty good at making rules for the citizens, and assigning penalties if the citizens break the rules. But even when the government makes rules for itself, there are no consequences for breaking those rules. Theoretically legislators are sworn to uphold the constitution, but many o...

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You missed one- Bridgestone. I think Bridgestones are the best tires, and certainly the best tires for the money. I have had good luck with all of the major brands you have listed, except that I don't consider Sumitomo to be a major brand so I have never bought any of them. Michelin are good, and ha...

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I would just as soon have a blued or blued/polished hammer on a single action with CCH frame.

On a blued S&W revolver, the hammer is supposed to be CCH.

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I don't worry about the politics. I read what I want to read. If I see a discussion thread that I don't want to read, I just skip it.

The advantage of discussing politics here is that it's a lot more likely for the people here to agree with me, than elsewhere.

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So I have to try another way to post the photo

http://www.confederatesixgunners.com/20 ... C_4931.JPG

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I would go for a 4" Redhawk in .45Colt or a Ruger Alaskan in .454C. I think double action is important and I think bullets in the 350 grain neighborhood are good. To answer the other question- shooting a .454 is a matter of opinion. I think they are a lot of fun but some people would think they...

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Consider the properties of a hunting bullet- velocity, weight, shape, diameter, expansion, penetration. The absolutely most important property is penetration. It must penetrate the target. Once you have sufficient penetration then you can consider the other parameters. Why do we use 300+ grain bulle...

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We started reloading mostly to save money. Probably in the mid-60's, my father and some of his friends were getting interested in clay target shooting. Eventually they had their own club with 5 traps and held ATA registered shoots there. Since we were starting to shoot more, we got interested in rel...

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I wonder if this might be more feasible cost-wise with a Marlin 95? Sure sounds like a neat idea, but maybe you could buy 2 complete Marlins for less total cost.

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I think there are plenty of places where NIMBY would not be a problem. I've been around lots of refineries and they are not really that objectionable to the residents, in fact around small towns they would welcome the additional jobs. My guess would be about 3-4 years for design and construction, un...

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I'm going to come up with my answer in terms of top 10 rifles of all time. Also, I don't understand putting the Winchester 70 and Remington 700 as separate items on the list. For most intents and purposes they are identical so they should be lumped together. Likewise the Winchester 94/Marlin 336. 1....

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I've seen the show once in Dallas and once in Las Vegas. It is very interesting, the bodies are lifelike enough to be a bit creepy at first, but it is a good anatomy lesson. Different bodies are prepared to show different things- muscles, circulatory system, digestive system, reproductive system, et...

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As a kid I shot a pellet gun straight up, just to see how long until the pellets hit the ground, then back-calcuulate the muzzle velocity and height achieved (didn't have a chronograph), and even as a kid, was nervous (I actually wore SAFETY GOGGLES - as a KID!) about being hit. Imagine doing that ...

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I think there are valid points on both sides of this topic, and in my limited experience there is some benefit to high velocity expanding bullets. I think a high velocity expanding bullet will stop a deer or elk faster than a slower, larger, non-expanding bullet. Anybody with experience using both w...

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You know the old joke about cops and lawyers-

3% of the cops give the rest a bad name,
97% of the lawyers give the rest a bad name.

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The .30 carbine models are all on the large frame. This is the same frame as the SBH, which doesn't use a special frame.

Also the grip frames will interchange between the old model small frames and the old model large frames.

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1. Get some glasses that allow you to focus on the front sight, whether you can use off the shelf reading glasses or you have to have a special prescription made. If you are using reading glasses or something similar then go just strong enough that you can see the front sight. Remember- if you can't...

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For real fun you need to do 2 things:

1) Buy some Hornady 250 grain XTP's and load some top "Ruger Only" loads with H110 or WW296.

2) Buy some hard cast bullets at 325 to 340 grains, and load some top "Ruger Only" loads with H110 or WW296.

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You have to match the projectile to the game, in terms of how tough the construction of the game is AND how far the bullet must penetrate at a minimum to be effective. Actually, penetration is the most important, and you must select a projectile type to insure that minimum amount of penetration. Wit...

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I'm a little new to the concept of "jury nullification", but it came up after a trial I was involved in several years ago. It makes sense that an individual jury and an individual defendant is facing almost impossible odds in changing a law. But I was thinking about this and in the trial I...

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Scott, I don't think you have to defend yourself here. If someone posts something negative about you, we would all know better.

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I guess that's why I'm 50/50 mainstream.

Civils have a 50/50 chance of turning out fairly mainstream.

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I've been waiting on this trip for several years, so I'm still planning to go. A little over 2000 miles round trip.

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The one that I saw would do well with almost any bullet, if it had enough 296 behind it. You can definitely get into stout recoil territory too.

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You could elongate that pin hole and give yourself a little more room for the rivet.

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Here is what I think- 1) Some of the black leaders are the most racist people around. 2) Most white people are NOT racist at all. 3) Some white people don't like black people, but then I'm white and some white people don't like me either, so that's not racism. 4) The black people that focus on posit...

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Here is a photo of one w/ a small frame Ruger. This holster is made by El Paso.

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I'll try the photo again