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I have a 16" M92 Rossi that gets used with WW296 and Hornady 250 XTP's handloads. My son and I use it on feral hogs and it's deadly to 50-75 yds. We don't make a habit of shooting any further than that so bullet drop is not an issue. I would rather carry a short carbine than a pistol in the bru...

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A fellow I work with bought an auctioned storage facility's contents and found a replica 1886 takedown. It looks a bit like a Miroku but is totally unmarked other than a set of patent dates under the lever and serial number 7438X. In addition, the top of the barrel is stamped 45-70 in big block lett...

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I will readily concede the Keith style is better but the old lead RNFP is not a bad bullet simply because no matter how you slice the tomato, it's still .452 diameter and will only get bigger with impact on something solid like bone. As stated above, the Keith style and SWC sometimes will not feed i...

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I shot a buck last year using my Marlin .45-70 with a 300 gr Hornady at about 1800 fps. The hit was broadside and high but went between the ribs on both sides without hitting bone. The slug went in one side and zipped out the other with no expansion. The year before that, I shot a doe thru the neck ...

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I'll find out what they are and try to post some pics. 86er, I'll PM you once I obtain an inventory and discuss it with her. Thx, H

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/14/postvi ... index.html

There is a great deal of worrisome govt. behavior to be observed in this article. Welcome to the good old United Socialists of America...

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Thanks, I'll pass on the leads to her.

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My wife has been friends with an older couple since her childhood; the husband went to Africa many times on safari. He passed away recently after a long illness and his widow is currently disposing of his possessions (unfortunately, the guns are already gone). She has 18-20 trophies of all types and...

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My dad's folks lived in and around Albany for several generations. He was 12 in 1940 so the family may have gone to this event - unfortunately, all those folks are gone now so I can't ask them...

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COTW also lists a 140gr bullet with 30 gr 2400 for 2230 fps.

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There is a problem with the story. There are only sheep, wolves and sheepdogs. It's missing people like us. Like most here, I am a bear. I eat berries and vegitation and occasionally carrion and can kill to sustain myself but don't have to. The wolves don't like me very much either and don't mess w...

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I'd jump all over it at $600 or so. I used to have one like the one you describe and it was one bad mutha. I had a thing for the .338 for a while and owned three of them - a BAR, a BBR and a Ruger 77. It's one of my favorite cartridges; Elmer Keith got me started with some of his articles on the var...

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Paris Hatters in San Antonio - http://www.parishatters.com/indexie.html - and High Brehm in New Braunfels - (830) 629-2531. Both make hats from scratch and most of their customers wear them out. Pricey but worth it if you wear one daily. I have two from Paris and my son has two from High Brehm.

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I'm sure I'll hear some giggles at this - but I have a cheap Llama ($239) that came with decent sights, a good trigger and stays inside 3" at 25 yds. Not a tack driver but it's the one I grab in the middle of the night. Like AJMD, mine goes bang every time and does not jam. I have owned several...

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Shiner's aren't such a bargain any more.... unfortunately. They go for premium beer prices now - $13.40/12 pack for the Shiner Blonde. And the Blonde is my new favorite - it doesn't give me headache if I uh drink a few too many... ;) Yes, Shiner used to be the cheap beer in the '70's - along with B...

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All good questions. Yes, I'm in Texas and the rifle got a little warm as I shot. Fed it singly. The flyers were not predictable. And groups were tight at 50 and opened up more at 100. Reloads - test loads - only 5 of each which is part of the challenge here... I'm trying to eliminate some variables...

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Nice rifle - ought to shoot like a champ. I have a few thoughts - might be some help in diagnosis: Was the sequence of the fliers consistent; i.e. was it shot #4, 5 and 6 or something else that was in any way predictable? Was it hot - did the rifle lie out in the sun or were you in the shade while s...

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I agree with Pete. I think your flyers are more a function of inconsistent grip than bedding, sights, stock, etc. A lever carbine is not a tack driver but it's handy and plenty accurate for the intent - killing game at relatively close range, with the assumption there will be little time to react. T...

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Shiner makes a Hefeweizen, too...but Shiner Bock is my favorite

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Down here, the black ones are usually "rock squirrels". They normally nest on the ground or in the root balls of trees rather than up high. They will kill fox squirrel babies but I have also heard that any boar squirrel will kill another male's progeny - similar to male lions. Several year...

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After my wife gets the surgery, she'll need new glasses, so we'll have to work on that too. My last visual prescription was done back in, oh geeze, 99 or 00. Ouch, no wonder I can't see. Joe Something sounds weird here - they should be able to make her close to 20/20. I had cataract surgery when I ...

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I'm not trying to be a smarta$$ but wouldn't it be easier to scan it into a .PDF file and post a link? That would make it available to anyone on the board and save a bunch of SASE costs.

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Joe, Take some time to shop the surgery. Of course, you don't want a back street outfit but some good surgeons will help you out on the fees - especially if done in their office as they don't have to pay a clinic so it's just their labor. My mother worked in that business for many years and it was c...

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I corresponded with him by mail from about 1975 until 1980. As others have said, he was never pretentious and always patient with my questions. I always had a fondness for side hammer Sharps rifles and he was the right man to converse with on that subject. Unfortunately, I never met him in person bu...

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A lot of the schuetzen rifles have short barrels with a longer section that is simply there to act as a sight extension. This is likely a gallery rifle, designed with a very short working bore and the rest of the barrel being nothing more than cosmetic. Several generations of my family competed in t...

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The colors and the scum means the melt is too hot and oxidizing. All that stuff you are skimming is tin and antimony. Run the pot just hot enough to keep the melt at a sufficient temp to prevent wrinkled bullets. Anything more is a waste of energy and overly oxidizes the metal. Flux often... Keith h...

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Are the .38's lead and the .357's jacketed? That combo can cause accuracy issues. Another potential problem is the bullet jump into the rifling with the shorter case. A tenth of an inch is a long way to launch a bullet and any tilt can adversely affect accuracy. Most manuals recommend handloading fo...

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I laughed me butt off at that one.

Deer feeder...$100
Corn for same...$20
Year round deer lease...$1500
Kicking a pig in the butt...Priceless

(I have hit them with rocks but never kicked one - funniest thing I've seen in years).

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Had a 311 in 12 ga but it had factory 30" bbls and shot more like a rifle than a shotgun. It killed at looooong distance but I needed hydraulic target tracking assistance to swing it on teal when shooting in the duck marshes of Louisiana - so I sold it to a fellow who wanted a turkey gun. At an...

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Sheltie or Aussie? I used to raise Australian Shepherds and think they are one of the best dogs around (Shelties are cool - just never had one).

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I deepened the rear notch and cut away a portion of the hammer to get my 1860 Uberti to shoot on target at 25 yds. It's not that tough to do if you spend a little time with a couple of files. Almost all of the Colts shoot high - they were designed that way. For some reason, the Italians made adjustm...

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It's more likely flashing at the nipples. Quite often, people use caps that are a tiny bit too large. Two things happen: either the cap simply falls off from recoil or the cap still fits so loosely after being pinched that flame just goes under it. As stated here, many people have put oversized ball...

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My great-uncle Jack Pate killed a whole bunch of black bear with buckshot but he had dogs that almost always treed the bear before he rode up on horseback and finished the job. His weapon of choice was a Winchester single shot, model 37, 12 ga. with #1 buckshot. I wasn't with him on every hunt but t...

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Personally, the tough part for me is shooting in twilight or very early morning. It's easy to pop stuff at 9:00 am with the sun well up but it's wicked tough to see iron sights at dusk. Near as I can recall, most if not all the deer I've missed over the years were in low light conditions. I missed a...

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Billy Dixon also admitted it was luck that he hit the Comanche on the horse. Drawings of the old Sharps targets from Creedmore have all the shots on target but the paper was pretty big - IIRC, 10'x10' or thereabouts. Modern Sharps shooters at Raton also do pretty well but wind always plays a factor ...

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Sharps...(look at what Quigley did with his)

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What makes the difference is the "fight"...I've been in a few street fights (fortunately, no gunfights so far) and every fight has a cycle; some take time to develop while others happen in a few seconds. There is a great deal of body language and psychology in play - the winner sometimes g...

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If McCain's camp is boneheaded as they might be, he'll pick Lieberman - and Obama will be a shoo-in.

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Rosetta Stone is good but it's better to combine it with conversation and of course, the best is immersion. I used to work with a guy who spoke no Spanish growing up and decided on a wild hair to go to college in Madrid, Spain. After 3 years, he was - and still is, as fluent as any native speaker. I...

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That's why I've been married 30 years - 'cause I don't pull those kind of stunts; besides, my wife would have turned around and shot me.

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I had a 12 ga my dad bought in Karnes City in the 50's for $5 and I sold it about 15 years ago for $75. It was death on your shoulder but killed equally well on the other end. My uncle shot a few bear and mountain lion with it in the 60's before he moved away from their ranch in New Mexico.

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Amen. I live just south of New Braunfels so I know what you mean about no rain...prior to this storm, we had less than two inches over 10 months.

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She'll like bullets better than patched balls but sounds like you are halfway down that path already. Good luck and have fun!

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The young soldier arrived back from the trenches of WW1 and made his way back to the old home place in West Texas. He had many German souvenirs, including a couple of potato masher grenades. While showing his young nephews his treasures, one of the kids pulled the pin on a grenade. Horrified at the ...

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Le Francais should not have run their mouths about "smashing" our boys - the Americanos whipped 'em just to prove they could...

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In most situations, it's likely that people will do what people have done recently - in China after the earthquake, Myanmar's cyclone, Katrina, etc. - they bury the dead, dress the wounded and help each other overcome the catastrophe. Total breakdown of society would result in massive loss of life -...

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Then there's the one where the farmer put his mule up for sale and a fellow showed up the next day, who offered him the full asking price of $400 on the spot. The farmer wanted the buyer to bring the money when he came back to load the mule but the buyer insisted and gave him the cash, promising to ...

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I have used Blue Dot for close to 30 years in the .41 Mag, 44 Mag and 45 LC and 45 ACP for what I'd call +P loads. The .44 loads are 15.0 gr with a 250 Keith and yield just under 1200 fps out of a 6-1/2" bbl. Not a factory load but substantially hotter than Specials. I prefer it over 296 in the...

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A similar weapon is/was used in S.America to hunt jaguar. Dogs cornered the cat then the hunter pushed until it pounced. I've read the hunter has to put the butt of the spear in his hip to keep the cat out of striking range. Takes some big ones to tangle with a cat (or boar) that can kill you... :mr...

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That's a nice deer - he'll be a monster by season opening. We had one here for several years we called "The Ghost". Several people who are normally good shots missed him. One evening, I was at the blind and he came out but was too far for a safe shot with open sights. I put the gun down an...

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