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Happy birthday guys

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Haha, I just hit the notebook button.
Sweet!!!!
Thanks Bill

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Great post! Congrats on the .32 Special. As to the fusil de chasse, "Now search for tow, and some old saddle pierce. No wadding lies so close and drives so fierce." http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/ptery.html Thank you very much for that link Bill! That was great! I really enjoyed that. T...

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Enjoyed this read ! Torn about not having a LGS like that nears me. Wished I had one near me but there isn't, glad because my pocket would be a lot lighter ! I am already on hot dogs and beans for the rest of the year . Lol, Scary convenient! Just enough though for me to find what I like, and the t...

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Congrats on the 32!
Sounds like your happy with it. Good deal!
The ammo is about as rare as the guns -but it's out there.
It's a real treat when you're having a look around and get a chance to be rewarded with something "Special"

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Pics soon. I had an inkling this wasn't over yet. Do you ever read about your family history? Not long after the new year, with my small light on and a drink and snack at my reading chair, I took myself back a couple hundred years... just hanging out with the long gone fam. It's weird to think that ...

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Thanks piller! That was great read. I wish I had more experiences like that as a kid! I got my brother a ruger trigger for some crazy unit he's got for Christmas a few years ago. It sounds like two shots and then he shows me an empty magazine. Wow! Ive been really happy with my Glenfield. I should l...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:25 pm You are lucky only missing the odd month, I'm still in 2019.....

Oh ya, that was a good chuckle.
Purposely, I think I've been trying to stay stuck in the 70's my whole life.

I'm with you Grizz, July felt like about a week.long

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Decent speeds! Must be close to 10 years now I picked up a benjamin titan nitro piston in .22. Man, did I get a lemon! After getting into it, i found the seal was no good so I ordered a couple aftermarket ones. The thing was about to drive me mad when I ran across some ancient pellets from the UK. P...

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Just to update y'all.... So happy!! Haha I figured that Burris scope would work nice on my chuckster so I ended up slapping a vortex viper 4-16 HS-T on it... Skookum. The trigger had to be 7 or 8 pounds. After adjustment, my pa said it was one of the cleanest, crisp triggers he's ever pulled at 3 or...

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Super fun!
Early this year I was reading family history stuff and what do you know... I now have a lowly Rajasthan made .62 cal Fusil de Chasse smoothy.
I like it. It shoots great.

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Prayers sent

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Prayers sent!

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Nice!
That's really neat.

I always liked the idea of a tang sight, but have never been behind one.
It's always nice to up the enjoyment factor on existing pieces.

Nice work!

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Santa and I were just having a cookie over milk, tossing around the idea of 30-06 to .30 Newton...

Smoke poured from my brain as I kicked back my head in laughter.

By the time the smoke cleared, he was on his merry way.
Thanks a lot Santa.

Merry Christmas Y'all

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Hmmm, I guess my ear hair is coming in nicely after all.

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Yes gamekeeper, I let a couple slip through my fingers as well. I suppose it's all part of getting out there and finding the good ones that we look at as wanted.

I don't really believe it's entirely over yet lol
That's this chapter anyhow.

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Almost but not quite o'connor esque ..... But then again he was an english professor..... https://www.outdoorlife.com/8-times-jack-oconnor-wrote-about-winchester-model-70/ That's funny. Secretly I was keeping my eye out for a .375, but for the sake of usability, in the end, the numbers didn't quite...

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Great stories and underappreciated guns you got real use from. Thanks for sharing; you have a writer's gift as well.... 8) Thanks Doc. I'm no writer.. just a thoughtful grunt I guess. I've always appreciated this site though, so just trying to give back how I can at the moment.. I wish I had more l...

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Hearing the old farmers (from out in the middle of nowhere) talk about the old 06 at that kitchen table made an impression on me. I must've been around 8 years old. I remember walking away thinking about their faces. Their big voices. Their clothes. I only remember because when it came up in the con...

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Hey all.
Sorry for the wait!!
Since all the down time most of us have been experiencing, I've had a chance to finish what I started.
Lots has been going on this last while for me...

I'm done the writing part, just gotta get some pics goin.
Stay safe.
Go wash somethin.

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I read the guns and ammunition part and thought - I better pace myself on this

I really like that stuff too.
I liked the old hunters opinion of the .30 on page 373.
Haha, too crazy.

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Ran across this and thought you guys would appreciate it. :) https://books.google.ca/books?id=d4oXAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA374&lpg=RA2-PA374&dq=no+30+calibre+handgun+load?&source=bl&ots=qTou2PPZb2&sig=ACfU3U0pOIXJ8tZYUV9wGA_cUmgswDAoQA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-p6GkqtXoAhW...

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That's it...
That was the last one, er, second last I suppose.

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Memories of my younger days..... Walking about the woods with rifle in hand. And, in this case, I had company - I couldn't get enough of grandpooba's rabbit stocked cooey 600. Lol, that crazy rabbit. I'd sit there in the forest and just look at it. I'd think of the stories I was told when he was you...

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That's funny. Yup, definitely more .22's. :D The ones I found were not all that expensive - or free for that matter. Basically, I can own an armfull of sweet .22's for the same price as another rifle (and not an expensive one! :wink: ) Your sweetnesses will differ from mine for sure..... Personal ta...

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Thanks guys

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These 4 were 15 years in the making. My core group - that could do most anything I would ever ask within reason. My memories of how they came to me in the different times of my life are special, and I try to remember them. The Marlin was given to me because it was a major problem child, by my young ...

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Pretty near 20 years ago my first rifle was a Winchester 94 30-30. Not just any Winchester. A '76 bicentennial. Engraved.... beautiful,. An actual levergun I could call my own. https://i.imgur.com/PWZ5wJx.jpg As a child I'd flip through the gun mags at the grandarents while they were having their af...

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Wow cool buckle gamekeeper! My Winchester '76 commemorative is waving hello. My pa gave me a belt buckle with 4 30-30 heads (with spent primers) in it. He put it on a rustic belt and gave it too me for my birthday some time ago now... I've wore it almost every day since. I tried posting pics but Img...

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About a 2 weeks ago I asked an uncle about a .22 that had been sitting for a while without use. He had given me the old 3-7 Savage scope that was on it a year before that. I put it on another .22. I was going to give it to my nephew but his dad wants to give him his first rifle.... Found out it's a ...

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I really need to get productive. Summer is coming! Still need to get some 45-45-10 going, that's been the biggest thing stopping me. So stinky. Gotta return my undersize 170 gr Lee mold, order a new m60 buffer, mount my bro's shotgun light, size 00 buck for my 30-30, ladder 70's and 87's for my .243...

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I probably like prairie dogs as much as as I like skunks, coyotes, or deer for that matter. I like enjoy seeing them, whether it's for pure amusement as in the gophers. Gophers are freakin hilarious. Or in awe about sweet bucks. Coyotes are fun to watch mousing. I had an old farmer many moons ago th...

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Wow! Very cool.

Very good shooting!
356... didn't expect that one.
I haven't been able to get out to the range for quite some time now. This just reminded me of how much I NEED to get back out there.

Thanks, that was a treat!

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Still struggling with my benji titan .22......... It'll stack em at 20 yards, then go off on a tangent, in waves.... crazy thing. Trigger fix, three different scopes, same thing. That's after having to replace the rubber seal doodad...... I should have just returned it, but I continue to have hi hop...

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I'm very sorry for your loss Griff. Prayers for you sir.

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Does JB weld have an expiry date?
I had some for some years and when I actually used it, it didn't work

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I believe the .357 would be a great walking cartridge. Yes, versatile in many packages. But since I began rollin my own, the ol dirty-30 has kept me very happy. From 45 on up to 200ish grains of lead, slow and quiet or loud and just powerful enough. The only time I tried to blow up a squirrel with i...

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That's exactly why they have exercises as such, to weed out the weak and build the strong. I figure he just plain forgot his stuff. Lol, poor guy. As a young kid my uncle took me on his paper route in mid winter... I asked about the cold... he said I'd be ok... I was never the same after that day. I...

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Lol Setting down toilet paper in the snow doesn't make for a happy camper, (as I'm scanning for cougars and bears) :? so I've found that a toilet paper roll fits nicely over the barrel and mag tube of my 94. If there's not too much paper on the roll you can even still kinda see where you're aimin! ...

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Lol
Setting down toilet paper in the snow doesn't make for a happy camper, (as I'm scanning for cougars and bears)

so I've found that a toilet paper roll fits nicely over the barrel and mag tube of my 94.
If there's not too much paper on the roll you can even still kinda see where you're aimin!

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Well you know what they say, variety is the spice of life. Whoever "they" are....

I've always been a vanilla guy myself.

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I've only ever owned a Lee hand press and I'm not sure why they aren't more popular. I think one of the last things on my list for a "range specific handloading set up" is that Lee powder scoop kit instead of trying to weigh charges. I made a few scoops for the one powder I was having fun ...

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Like others, the only time I've had it work properly is to glue my fingers to themselves, or something else. I probably used too much. I did get it to work, once. Saved my brother's (and my) hide by putting the head back on a little statue that was in the living room. It's become a funny family stor...

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I just realized I've been hauling my 94 with me out in the sticks for 20 years as of last year - and I still love it. The 94 is sleek, reliable, unobtrusive. And in 30-30... Literally made with one another in mind. Decent power you can shoot often that won't kill the shoulder. Moderate range perfect...

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Oh ya, sleeping. Lol

I began doing the wake up thing just a couple years ago. Like the wind, just try making good use of what I can't control. Generally, I don't mind it.. I got stuff to do anyhow.

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Wow! I really appreciate all of the posts. I gotta say, as one of the younger bucks, I do glean as much wisdom as I can, and have been for years off you all. This place is one of my favorite barstools, with all you old fanny burbs and all your little nuggets of floaty wisdoms all over the place... K...

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Well, it's much worse than I let on, so sympathy isn't needed, just pointers and comradery. If I know you guys are gettin through it then I know I can too. I'm a physical guy who's always loved his work, but things are beginning to stack up. Just reading all of your stories helps even. My hat's off ...

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Ooh, that was a good chuckle!
You guys crack me up, thanks, I needed that

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