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Molasses

Haven't been to one since they moved to NM, so hesitate to comment too much. Spectated some at one at Coto de Casa back when it was held there (would've been '91), was to two of 'em at Norco workin' on vendors' row and was there once as a competitor (my back went out repacking the gear after a motel...

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COSteve wrote:So Molasses, it sounds like the real reason you load is to earn a paycheck!! The stuff at home is just for fun.

Wasn't thinking of it that way when I posted! But that is an apt way of expressing it.

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In my case: It started out as being for economics. Then for accuracy and to use premium bullets that weren't loaded by the factories. Then specialty loads (low velocity plinker/small game getters, shot loads, that kind of thing). Went through quite awhile where it was a matter of cranking out a mess...

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Thunder50: glad to hear I'm not the only one here with a Valk. Can't speak for Metzlers from firsthand experience. Seem to recall that back when I hung out at the VOA site, there was one guy in particular that bragged about them constantly. IIRC, the main thing that's kept me from trying them was th...

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<deleted earlier text repeating what everyone else said>
Never mind...

Day late and a dollar short. Again.

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The lightest thing I could find in the current Lyman listings is 457191, which comes in barely under 300gr. http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/bullet-casting/mould-details-rifles.php?entryID=71 In discontinued designs, mould 457127 would fit the OP's requirements pretty nicely. Supposed to come in a...

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I believe their out of production Figures. Seems like whenever somebody makes a great product, they end up dropping production and leaving people going "Hey!, I want one of those!" Well, at least this time , I've got mine! Thanks for the link about the 310 stuff. Here's a shot just for pu...

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BEST SHOTGUN FOR THE MONEY.... IM GONNA GO SHOOT MY NOW.....SKEET That took me back. Used to have a pair of 870 Express that I set up for skeet, a 28 and a .410. Got the chokes honed and added the magazine endcap weights Remington made for the skeet Model 870s (Numrich had 'em). A LOT cheaper setup...

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The Hand Press.....Killer exercise for your upper body, as well 8) :lol: That's what I used forming .33 Winchester from .45-70 brass back in the last apartment we lived in before buying our house. My other press was a Bonanza Co-Ax mounted on a 2X6 and C-clamped to the kitchen table; every time I w...

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jeepnik wrote:
MrMurphy wrote:I call Avatar "Dances With Aliens".

Visually spectacular. The message was about what I expected.

Apt discription. Thanks, can I use it?

Seen it referred to on one or two blogs I follow as "Dances With Smurfs"

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Years back, when I was using my M61 at turkey shoots, I mounted a Bushnell scope on it and was able to dramatically reduce the group size and win lots of shoots. They are great little rifles. My Dad had a Model 61 that he took considerable pride in. Back in the mid/late '70s he decided his eyes wer...

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I think both the 6.5X54 M/S and the .30-30 earned much of their reputations because they're cartridges of sufficiently good performance without too much blast and recoil for the average person to shoot well that were paired with light, fast-handling carbines which shared in said reputations. As a re...

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I bought the Duke rig made by El Paso Saddlery over 20 years ago. Added a crossdraw holster from them not too much later. Still use the holsters on occasion, although the belt seems to have shrunk (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). It's been good gunleather.

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Don't know why, but a Ruger .357/9mm convertable Blackhawk has been on my mind lately.

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Not the best image, and I suppose there're people that'd say it's not a true 1911. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q201/Molasses_photos/Toys/MVC-008F-2.jpg On the other hand, it's in .357 mag at the moment, there's most of a case of 10mm here waiting to run through it when I swap parts to that ag...

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There is always the 64A, but it's a post-(19)64 creation. Last couple I've seen at gun shows were more like $650, though...

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I've put one of those Lyman Gould-designed 330 gr cast HPs from a 10" BFR through a deer at about 75 yds. Not even close to a hot load, but the bullet impacted high, removed a section of spine more than 3" long and left a correspondingly large exit wound. I like that BFR; being stainless a...

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Place I work has been buying/adding equipment and hiring more workers; last three new hires I've helped train were all working construction before that bottomed out. The part of the plant I'm in is currently working 4 shifts of 12-hours, 3 days on and 4 off, followed by 4 on and 3 off, so it's runni...

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So...if you had say a Ruger 10/22, a .44 Mag levergun, a M1A, and an AR-15 carbine, they'd all have a place, and aside from parts/inventory issues, you'd be glad to have them all available. IOW, a survival battery. Gets back to Hobie's comment pretty early in the thread... http://i137.photobucket.c...

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Oops! Forgot to mention that the '95 is a Browning/Miroku repro in .30-06. Just finished messing with getting the sight set up and haven't shot it yet.

Range report in the (hopefully) not-too-distant future.

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I had a thread on here awhile back where I was asking for opinions on the Providence Tool receiver sight: http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23998 Thanks to everyone who gave opinions, both pro and con. The end result is that I did go ahead with it. What can I say, I like the ...

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I don't think ANYONE makes a 9mm in anything over 130 grains 147gr. loads were the fad amongst law enforcement just a few years ago, IIRC. Pretty sure most of the big makers still catalog 'em. For example: http://www.federalpremium.com/products/details/handgun.aspx?id=394 Back to the .38 Special. T...

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Wow! It's been a long time since I heard that name: I was at the Marine barracks on the Navy submarine base near Bremerton for all of 18 months back in the mid-'80s. My girlfriend moved out there to be close (finally married her after several years of pursuit and we celebrated our 20th anniversary l...

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Can't speak for you and only semi-teasing about it: I find if it's one I really wanted, that smug feeling of having overcome the temptation to buy a gun goes away a lot faster than the regret over having let something desirable slip through my fingers... Can always resell or trade it later if it's s...

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Someone asked on another forum about where to find the old Lyman receiver sight this reproduces and a member there linked to: http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,7197.html Ever since I got my Browning repro '95, I've felt that the factory barrel-mounted sights were the weakest point about the ri...

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Like so many others have said, I just don't have the words. I'll be thinking of you and remembering you in my prayers.

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Place I like to go straight to after getting 'em registered charged $75 apiece last year for loin cuts, boneless steaks and everything remaining turned into deerburger.

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Just plain wrong to post this gun on this site, but here's what I took out last weekend for the end of Wisconsin's early herd control/antlerless season. The weather was actually good enough to ride to my sister/brother-in-law's place and I could borrow their truck to transport anything I got to regi...

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there is a Rattlesnake Race down the main street of town. Just so they don't go trying to make like at that running of the bulls thing... :lol: Had timber rattlesnakes around in SW Wisconsin where I grew up. Only time I ever ate any was when one of my Dad's cronies at the local sportsman's club bro...

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I've got a .50 BMG single shot rifle, but am embarassed to admit the mfg because they're widely decried as makers of junk and there's a lot of unsubstantiated talk about their guns being unsafe. I dunno, the bolt has three largish locking lugs and it's worked okay so far. :? If we stick to rifles, I...

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Probably the most UNUSUAL was the spotting rifle on a SMAW: semiauto critter on the side of this overshoulder rocket launcher that popped off a screwball round consisting of a .22 Hornet blank (!) crimped into the bottom of a .308 case that had the base bored out for that purpose and was necked up t...

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I tried a couple of tired, abused original 1887s in 12ga for CAS that didn't work out so well. Not any fault of the design, workmanship or materials, but just the abuse they'd taken before I got 'em. Finally got into a model 1901 that was in much better condition and started having good results. Onl...

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Says one or less have my name. I'm almost wondering if I shouldn't be taking offense at that "or less" bit.

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Hello the fire! Signed up here awhile back but haven't felt up to introducing myself before. Unless a book just plain stinks, I'll usually keep it and the Missus is kinda the same way. We even have stacks on the coffee table that have to be moved if we want to sit and watch tv. I went through a big ...

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