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by Machado
Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday To Neil Casper & Machado
Replies: 3
Views: 373

Re: Happy Birthday To Neil Casper & Machado

Caipirinhas are in order! Thank you, Rossim92!
by Machado
Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday To Neil Casper & Machado
Replies: 3
Views: 373

Re: Happy Birthday To Neil Casper & Machado

Thank you for remembering!
by Machado
Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .40-72 winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 2066

Re: .40-72 winchester

Perusing the internet just now I found this:
https://lsbauctions.com/842/rare-winche ... dy-letter/
by Machado
Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .40-72 winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 2066

Re: .40-72 winchester

Thanks, Stretch;
by Machado
Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .40-72 winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 2066

Re: .40-72 winchester

Thank you all, folks.
by Machado
Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .40-72 winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 2066

Re: .40-72 winchester

Thank you, Gamekeeper.
by Machado
Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .40-72 winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 2066

.40-72 winchester

Gentlemen: While reading then-lieutenant Townsend Whelen's entertaining text, "Red Letter Days in British Columbia", I came across his mention of a favorite rifle, a .40-72 1895 Winchester. I have never heard of this cartridge, and haven't found any information on Google. Can anybody shed ...
by Machado
Tue May 18, 2021 9:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shell Separation
Replies: 15
Views: 2916

Re: Shell Separation

I use two methods: a Neanderthal method and a semi-civilized one. The Neanderthal method involves a hardcast, unsized .44 bullet, a dowel or brass rod, and a mallet. Drive the hardcast bullest without lube down the barrel using dowel or rod, and mallet. Bullet will come out of the breech pushing cas...
by Machado
Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lyman 358429 in a levergun
Replies: 14
Views: 2963

Re: Lyman 358429 in a levergun

I have had good results with the 358429 + the equivalent of 5 grains of Unique in my K38s. The same bullet plus 10 grains of Blue Dot gives me more than acceptable results in my .357 magnum T/Contender. However, the same load in my Rossi is not so exciting.
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by Machado
Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Let's See Your Canine Buddy
Replies: 47
Views: 5687

Re: Let's See Your Canine Buddy

Meet Burton and Colleen
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Burton.jpg
Long gone, but forever alive in my memories.
by Machado
Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cool backwater pool
Replies: 7
Views: 1133

Re: Cool backwater pool

piller wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:04 pm Are they good to eat?
I guess there's people who'll eat anything, but our version of the python stinks powerfully
by Machado
Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cool backwater pool
Replies: 7
Views: 1133

Re: Cool backwater pool

That appears to be either an African rock Python or a Burmese python so that must be in Florida . I had a Burmese, got it as a hatchling, within 3 years it was pushing 9 feet long. Set it to a zoo after it struck at me, broke 1/4" plexiglass in the process! I think that is a Burmese python, Gu...
by Machado
Sat Jun 27, 2020 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cool backwater pool
Replies: 7
Views: 1133

Cool backwater pool

Cool backwater pool for a swim in warm Amazonian days...
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by Machado
Sun Dec 29, 2019 7:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The muddled 38
Replies: 25
Views: 4014

Re: The muddled 38

My carry gun is an old 2", 5-shot Rossi. I've had acceptable results delivrred by the old Lyman's 35893 bullet + 5.0 gr of Bullseye. I had the gas check indent milled off the mold. Accuracy is very good from 6" barreled revolvers. This bullet punched through 8 inches of wet phone books. I ...
by Machado
Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Full Power .357mag Loads, Battered Brass, and Broken Cases
Replies: 19
Views: 2634

Re: Full Power .357mag Loads, Battered Brass, and Broken Cases

Hefty loads in 38 SPL cases tend to expand primer pockets. Until recently, anything shooting-related in this country involved an uphill battle to obtain. I secured a number of Berdan-primed cases, punched the anvil out of them, loaded and fired them with 357 magnum loads (mostly Lyman's #358429 @ 14...
by Machado
Mon Aug 26, 2019 11:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Full Power .357mag Loads, Battered Brass, and Broken Cases
Replies: 19
Views: 2634

Re: Full Power .357mag Loads, Battered Brass, and Broken Cases

Steve, the tool was made from mild, unhardened steel and the claw is polished. The chamber is much harder than the tool. I also made a tool for the Rossi 44 magnum, which I never used.
by Machado
Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Full Power .357mag Loads, Battered Brass, and Broken Cases
Replies: 19
Views: 2634

Re: Full Power .357mag Loads, Battered Brass, and Broken Cases

I had this problem a number of times with .38 SPL cases loaded to magnum pressures. The problem persisted until a new, slower powder was launched in the market. I switched powders and never found the problem again. I did, however, make a tool to remove the case ring that remained in the chamber with...
by Machado
Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: home remedy questions
Replies: 14
Views: 1416

Re: home remedy questions

The Devil's Claw is a powerful anti-inflammatory plant medication.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/devils-claw
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by Machado
Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: shooting hogs with 38 special bullets
Replies: 11
Views: 1587

Re: shooting hogs with 38 special bullets

This:
Molde Lyman 358429.jpg
Plus 10.0 grains of Blue Dot placed here:
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works very well in my experience. Rifle is a Rossi 92 in .38SPL loaded warm at 1400 fps, give or take.
by Machado
Sun Jul 14, 2019 1:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

3leggedturtle wrote: Machado, if you got a 10 kilogram candle, would customs x-ray it to see if any thing is inside it? I've noticed too that the official types dont have any humor... todd/3leg
Todd, everything inbound and outbound is x-rayed.
by Machado
Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

Sorry about the availability in your neck of the woods. Is this the only brass you have? Seems like we should crowd fund a shipment of Starline to you---- Thank you for you offer. However, the problem is not buying the cases, but bringing them through customs. Tie a string through each unprimed cas...
by Machado
Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

ywaltzucanrknrl wrote:
Sorry about the availability in your neck of the woods. Is this the only brass you have? Seems like we should crowd fund a shipment of Starline to you----
Thank you for you offer. However, the problem is not buying the cases, but bringing them through customs.
by Machado
Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

elmo123, I hope my case was a fluke also. I'll know tomorrow.
by Machado
Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

Griff, I found the same thing happened when I kept my ammo in MTM boxes. I now keep it in jars with silica gel sachets inside. The jars have plastic lids. Ditto for prepared cases ready for loading. I will shoot this gun tomorrow. With trepidation, half expecting the whole caboodle to be flushed dow...
by Machado
Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

Six, Joe, the headstamps on the cracked cases read "Winchester 30-30 Win". 20190712_103119.jpg Both cases in the picture read "W-W Super 30-30 Win". Both have been reloaded 4 times each. I shoot this gun at metallic silhouette. Recoil is more tolerable than that from full-house 4...
by Machado
Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

What is your annealing method? And can you take a picture that shows the break more clearly. From your picture, it almost looks like it separated in a saw tooth pattern. My annealing method is highly scientific. I fire up a butane stove, grab the case by the head with a pair of pliers, call my wife...
by Machado
Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

OK. Machado.....beginning to understand your dilemma.......availability.........are you allowed to buy brass from the US? If ya need some help, let me know....I'll get it for ya if you can't order from a business.-----6 Six, we can after a long and bureaucratic process of approval by the powers tha...
by Machado
Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

If that is a standard 30-30 chamber there should not be rifling on the case neck. That neck was in the rifling when the round was fired. You can clearly see the imprinted rifling on it. Are you sure it's not some other chambering? As for the point of separation, it looks like brass fatigue to me. A...
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 6:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

These cases you talk about...the 100 a buddy gave you and you pulled apart......do you know the history of this brass? What's the headstamp? No matter what kind of a sizing die you use, there will be fatigue. I will get those separations ...just below the neck....after many repeat firings by neck s...
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 6:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

What is your annealing method? And can you take a picture that shows the break more clearly. From your picture, it almost looks like it separated in a saw tooth pattern. My annealing method is highly scientific. I fire up a butane stove, grab the case by the head with a pair of pliers, call my wife...
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 6:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

I have seen that exact same thing with old cases that I suspected were loaded years ago with corrosive primers some were old 30wcf, 35-55 & 32-40 & some broke in the die, since then I no longer use old cases any idea how old your cases are? ollogger My cases are approximately 40 years old. ...
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

It's quite possible the corrosive primer theory is correct. I've often wondered about humidity and electrolysis. However the least nobel metal should corrode first, a cast bullet could corrode to the case but the lube should prevent that? Could it be the case let go at the base of the bullet- corro...
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

I once had a case all cracked all over but that was probably me pushing it! SAM_1081_zps56a625d8.jpg The above poor photo is of near case head separation. 2012bike003.jpg This on was new factory ammo! The brass is quite thin for a 30/30 at the end of the day. N. My feelings also. Quite thin. I've h...
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

Next time just push a bronze brush through from the breech and pull out the seperated piece. As for where it seperated, that's a head scratcher. Not a head space issue. Did you get this brass from someone or have you had it since new? A friend who inherited a beautiful 94 half-magazine, pistol grip...
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

Grizz wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:10 pm just don't know ... do you full length resize every time?
I do. Mine is the X-Die that doesn't allow cases to grow. But I tumble my cases with refined kerosene added to the media.
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

Re: 30-30 case failure

not exactly. but when I skiff-hunted in alaska my empty 44m cases sometimes fell into the bottom of the boat and sat in saltwater until I got them out and dried off. I quit reloading those cases when I got partial head separations. not the same as your situation, but perhaps there is some kind of c...
by Machado
Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 case failure
Replies: 46
Views: 5671

30-30 case failure

Lost many cases that cracked at the neck and shoulder. Decided to anneal them and see if they'd resist some some. Gun is a 10" TC Contender pistol, load was 28 grains of IMR3031, bullet was RCBS 150 gr FN sized to .309". This particular charge and bullet had given me very satisfactory resu...
by Machado
Sun Jul 07, 2019 4:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WW2 coding machine - the Enigma Machine
Replies: 8
Views: 823

Re: WW2 coding machine - the Enigma Machine

The movie "The imitation Game" may be of interest.
by Machado
Fri Jul 05, 2019 3:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big boar
Replies: 17
Views: 2065

Re: Big boar

Great trophy and thanks for posting it. Photos can be very misleading, like one with the hunter 5 feet behind the GIANT Cape Buffalo, elephant, or bison. Such photos also make hunting rifles look to be anti-tank guns. Without scales, we (land owner, dog handler, skinner, etc) all guesstimated this ...
by Machado
Fri Jul 05, 2019 7:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big boar
Replies: 17
Views: 2065

Re: Big boar

It's hard to tell from photographs, because all photos are from the side, but I'll make a wild guess... 700lbs? In the message I got, the hunter stated 682 kg, which translates into 1,502 pounds. There's no way to convince me this is true. If I saw the scale reading I wouldn't believe it. If I weig...
by Machado
Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big boar
Replies: 17
Views: 2065

Re: Big boar

Anybody has a guess of how much it weighed?
by Machado
Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big boar
Replies: 17
Views: 2065

Re: Big boar

Bill in Oregon wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:15 am Holy cats, what a monster! Guessing much too large to be remotely edible?
I suppose. But would do well in pemmican.
by Machado
Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big boar
Replies: 17
Views: 2065

Big boar

Big boar taken near the town of São Jorge - Coxilha Rica - Municipality of Lages/SC, on June 20 last. Rifle used was a Rossi Puma in .44 magnum. Bullet was an RCBS 240 gr SWC at 1630 fps. javali 680 kg 2.jpeg Javali 620 kg cabeça.jpeg Javali 620 kg.jpeg Kilroy with the handgun is there just to show ...
by Machado
Sat Jun 29, 2019 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The .380
Replies: 20
Views: 2109

Re: The .380

I was under the misapprehension that the Duke was killed by a 7,65mm bullet fired from an FN Browning model of 1910.
by Machado
Sun May 26, 2019 11:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cast some 44s
Replies: 3
Views: 492

Re: Cast some 44s

Machado, sorry to hear about the sub-par performance of the RCBS 300. Wonder what the issue is. Bill, I sized and lubed the RCBS 300 without a gas check. Big mess at the tail. Cleaned it off with turpentine and loaded the bullets using the styrofoam gas check. Results improved dramatically, but the...
by Machado
Sun May 26, 2019 9:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cast some 44s
Replies: 3
Views: 492

Cast some 44s

Weather relented, and I decided to cast a few .44 bullets. Alloy is #2. RCBS 250 gr.jpeg This is a 240 gr RCBS SWC GC mold that I had the gas check indent removed. Weight now is 250 gr in this alloy. I size them to .429" and use a styrofoam gas check and find accuracy improved enough to have ch...
by Machado
Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Machado & Martini450.
Replies: 4
Views: 705

Re: Happy Birthday Machado & Martini450.

Thank you. Inaugurating a new decade...
by Machado
Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: how would you like walking up on this
Replies: 32
Views: 3793

Re: how would you like walking up on this

I kill every snake I see. When out in the ranch I always pack my Smith & Wesson M-36 stoked with shotshells I make myself. There's no such thing as a "good" or "pretty" or "pet" snake.
This is from 2 weeks ago.
by Machado
Tue Dec 11, 2018 6:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anaconda crossing the road
Replies: 23
Views: 3027

Re: Anaconda crossing the road

Machado, pretty cool posts. Was wondering if you were still posting here. At least anacondas belong there, tho i cant help think how boots and hat bands could be made out that one. Todd/3leg Yes, still on the manifest. Retired for the second time and waking up before the rooster just to have more t...
by Machado
Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anaconda crossing the road
Replies: 23
Views: 3027

Re: Anaconda crossing the road

Merle wrote: Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:11 pm personally I would have run it over - then backed up to see if it was dead!!! :evil:
Here's another, crossing the road.