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What would Vernon Speer (and his neighbor Jack O'Connor) think of his company today, merely a label for a Czech-owned conglomerate, and whose products seem to be produced at a whim now and then, when someone in the hierarchy feels like it? (Not bashing our Czech friends here, as the whimsical produc...

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SPF fellas. Will follow up.

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Looking forward to your results, Elmo. The nod seems to be toward the XTPs.

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What is it about snow that adds zip to our dogs' "zoomies"?

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Depends on what state you live in. Of course, the state knows everything about pharmacology. Just ask the bullet-headed knuckle-draggers in your legislative assembly.

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And thank you Earl. Your service is appreciated, as is that of so many others on this forum. One of the things that troubles me about the national cemeteries is all those veterans who are NOT buried in one of them, and who go largely or completely forgotten on our commemoration days. Back on Nov. 11...

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Anyone down at $400 shipped with the dies and brass?

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Would love to see the menu from that restaurant, Jim.
Looking at the damage photos, the roof trusses seem plenty stout -- but not built to sustain the mass of a baobab tree.
Hopedt o see some in Namibia but the furthest north we got was around Kamanjab, still too far south.

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Good luck Will! What muzzleloader are you hunting with?
Some day when I grow up I am going to get a flintlock kit from Jim Kibler.

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Raymundo, I was unaware of them. They would seem to be gems.

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Earl, I am glad you are getting relief with your DMSO regimen. The opioids usually prescribed for pain after surgery work very well, but they also gum up the works, so to speak. I used them as prescribed following my first double fusion, and got off them ASAP after the other three back surgeries.

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That's a mighty useful looking bullet Jim. Is it the RCBS .45-270 SAA mold?

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Although it is Saturday today, it feels like a Sunday. That's probably because I just returned home from hallowed ground --Fort Bayard National Cemetery, where volunteers laid a Christmas wreath on every grave. It was surprising how quickly just a few dozen of us could lay a wreath on each of more t...

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Walt, thanks. I am blaming it on the electrician, who billed me for 200 percent of his estimate.

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Brilliant British silliness is simply unbeatable in my world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MWpHQQ-wQg

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Dick Van Dyke will be 100 on Saturday, the 13th. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I was listening to an NPR interview with Mel Brooks today and he talked about Dick and their beloved friend and co-writer Carl Reiner. Mel and Dick still call each other and watch old Dick Van Dyke shows together and...

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Dang! Meanwhile, the "atmospheric river" nearly drowned my brother in Astoria.
Looking for sunny and near 70 here in southern NM today.

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Excellent point, Scott. I need to have Fermin Garza work his magic on my Blackhawk and then put in some serious trigger time.

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Masterson led a fascinating life. Some of us forget -- or at least I do -- that as a 20-year-old he was at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls. Another surprise is that he was born in Quebec.

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I have been tempted to play with some of the Deep Curls from Speer in a hunting sixgun on the rare occasions when they make them available. Has anyone here shot them side-by-side? Is one a better choice than the other? We seem to have more field reports of the XTP -- including Jim's use of one in a ...

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Those are interesting bullets that look like they want to cut nice holes. Powder coating will of course help you with the leading issues associated with pure lead, but I still would not push them too fast, lest expansion comes at the cost of penetration. Look forward to hearing your results in the f...

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Looking at the proportion of new bricks, that baobab did substantial damage.

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Ted, hope all goes exceptionally well. My granddaughter came out last Saturday at 8 pounds, 2 ounces, continuing a family tradition.
Darryl, you mean to say that Dale was stealing your nutrients?

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I have a copy of that one, too.

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What a wonderful project! Nice that those parts fell into the hands of one dedicated to the history of that rifle.

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I'm curious, too, Scott. The accuracy potential of this ungainly-looking cartridge surprises.
Then there is the Beowulf, which I have yet to fool with.
Jason, good to see that affordable Patriot performing so nicely.

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I am exhausted mistrusting everyone. Just saying. I'm really tired of it.

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There are gifted rifle shots that come along from time to time. One thinks of Miss Oakley.

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Mr. milboltnut with your 11 posts in four years, what have you done for this forum? I suggest an anger management class before a judge forces you to take one.

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Thanks fellers, as Pitchy used to say.

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Thanks Jeep. Robert Duvall's first role. He's still with us, at 94, bless his heart.

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Elmer Bernstein's unforgettably innocent theme for "To Kill a Mockingbird." This is probably my favorite film, and the book by Harper Lee was as enchanting. And last night, my only child gave me a granddaughter named Harper, on a snowy night in Iowa. Boy am I blessed! https://www.youtube.c...

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Wow! A deer at age 8! Congratulations.

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Heh, Earl, this is probably the third one over the past 25 years.

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I found this animation interesting. I knew the man who took that famous photo of the Shaw exploding. Frank Cordeiro was a high school kid whose teacher had loaned him a camera for the weekend and he thought he'd wander down toward the base that Sunday morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6cz9gt...

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I haven't seen it either. I'll make sure to fix that however, as I am an admirer of the late Alan Rickman.

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Sold to the very fine gentleman from Martindale Texas!

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NIB Viridian RFX15 3moa green dot sight. $150 and $15 shipping. Lyman 310 tong tool, short, (alloy) and full set of .44-40 310 dies, $100 plus $15 shipping. Lightly used Simply Rugged Silver Dollar Pancake holster for Charter Arms Bulldog, $50 plus $15 shipping. The quality of Rob Leahy's holsters s...

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I can just hear that sickening crunch ...

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This is a virtually new Ruger American Predator, Gen 1, 22-inch threaded barrel, with fewer than 50 shots through her. It's in as-new shape, very accurate and loves 29 grains of Re17 under the 120-grain Nosler Ballistic Tip, as the target suggests. Asking $400 plus $25 shipped from a non-licensee to...

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Need to find a new home for this Marlin Model 336A in .35 Remington. Metal is in very good shape -- 80 percent or better blue. a couple of freckles here and there and some minor bluing wear at the muzzle. Ballard-rifled bore is just excellent -- mirror crisp. The butt stock was cracked at some point...

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Wow. Lawrence shoulder holsters, made in Portland before Oregon went way blue. Wow. Memory lane.

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Some of the Italian sixguns have pretty good bones.

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My dream hunt ... 8) Not to spoil the festive mood, but the American buffalo is divided into two subspecies: Bison bison bison, the American plains buffalo, and Bison bison athabascae, the Canadian wood bison. And if you have ever been to the Plains/Panhandle Museum up in Canyon, they have skulls of...

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Chatted with a customer at Tractor Supply yesterday who had a young pointer pup with him. He got to talking about his training method — just letting the birds train the dog. He said the biggest mistake many dog owners make is talking to the dog while it is on a bird. That dog is using his eyes, his ...

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Holy cats, Shasta! That's a mold library you have there!
Walt, I've got to try the water-drop method. Never have. I usually just squirt isopropyl on a new aluminum mold, scrub with an old toothbrush and let it evaporate.

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Bryan, you continue to inspire.

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Hard for me to fathom. Out West we have more mulies and blacktails, and the fish and wildlife departments do all they can to maximize hunter-days afield with the bare minimum of harvest success to sustain enough interest to sell tags. It is an entirely foreign scenario.

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Walt, nothing but good things to say about Accurate Molds -- and the two or three Arsenals have been very nice as well.

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