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The Brits (and their enfield) are most famous for the widespread teaching of rapid bolt manipulation. I still think the enfield is overrated as fast. I'd like to spend some serious range time with one to really see but his is me shooting with an off the shelf Ruger. I honestly think the heavier weig...

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Sorry all I havent forgotten about this. A family emergency has me running ragged trying to get some things in order before I have to get on the road.

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There is a lot of misinformation regarding the "mad minute". Fired at 300 yards it was not at a 12" target as is usually reported but a nearly full size silhouette. The scandinavian countries still compete in the fast bolt action shooting. Granted they have slicked up guns but they st...

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The big Cabelas by Spokane (actually it's in Idaho) had trigger locks on the used guns when I was there last several years ago. The smaller outlet store in Yakima has had them for at least a year now also. I dont know if either place did or did not have them on the handguns.

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Shooting sage rats is an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon!

Up until 1940 there were bounties on eagles around the lower 48. I think the bounties continued up in Alaska up into the 1950's or so. I know several ranchers that are not at all fond of eagles when calving season comes around.

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Old Savage wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:38 am CowboyTutt gave me some 360s loaded to about 1100 fps in a 45 Colt Ruger.

You sure that's big enough for an angry bull? I've always heard anything larger than a south eastern whitetail needs a minimum of 400 grains and 3500fps otherwise it will just bounce off the skin!

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I'll dig them back out this weekend and measure them. Maybe take a brush and knock the corrosion off and make a little display with them.

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Glad you're ok ollogger! I wouldn't go with a magnum (YMMV) a .44 Special with hard cast bullets will do fine. Understand being from the gunshine state Hernando de Soto landed here in 1521. The cattle industry in north America started here in Florida. We don't have cowboys. We have cow men and cowhu...

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I was out in the shed doing some spring cleaning and found these while going through my late step-dads things. Neato! I never knew that he had a 32-20 but clearly he came across some ammo at some point. He was a Winchester collector though, had quite a few pre-war 94's. I wish I had his dads 94 rifl...

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I've got an old 99 in .300 Savage (family heirloom). I've had it a few years now but I never have gotten around to firing it. I'd like to find a vintage tang peep for it and take it out hunting sometime. The accuracy you guys are getting is inspiring me to get mine out and put to use! http://i252.ph...

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Best of luck to anyone who tries to take mine.

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Holy cow, Wind! I havent seen that one in your videos, that's a .22 with some RANGE!

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Central WA is past the snowy season. Too bad we had a great year for snow this winter. They closed the highway on me before I left work a couple times but good tires and 4wd (and a little knowledge) meant I could get home (or at least close). Last big storm I had to walk the last 100 or so yards. Dr...

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Reading the description I thought of a project I've had rolling around in my head for a few years now. Those old toboggan sleds are sure neat but not what I thought of! I'd like to take my old near worn out SkiDoo 600 and turn it into something like this (not mine): http://uploads.neatorama.com/imag...

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Can someone send me the link to the article, I can't seem to find it. Lots of articles about the fires and all the loss but nothing about shooting cattle?

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Tag for later reading.

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It's been a Glock 20 the last few years, before that it was a Sig P220. I'be been thinking I need to get a high end 1911 though, just because I can. Then again I've been known to conceal a Ruger Vaquero just because I can (not often I do though).

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When I was younger I went on a couple long vacations to foreign lands and more than once lived off of MRE's for extended periods of time. I can say without hesitation relying on MRE's as food would not be something I'd be willing to do again. I do have a few cases just in case but they are my last r...

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Looks great! I need a 5.5" SAA to go with my Winchesters.

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I still think it would make a heck of a hard hitting saddle gun! Of course I don't even own a horse or a saddle but those are minor details.

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My first big game hunting was with a 94 in .25-35. I may have to get one just for old time sake (as if I didn't have enough gun projects already).

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I shoot my '95 Miroku fairly regular (but not as much as I'd like), you definitely know you just touched off a .30-06 but I don't find the recoil to bad. My cheek bone starts to hurt more and sooner shooting a 94 in .30-30 than my shoulder does firing 220 grain .30-06 out of my '95. My '95 is also a...

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Sixgun posted them same sort of thing I was going to. That T box is a small target, hard for a lot of guys to hit on the range against a paper target. It gets a whole lot harder when the target is moving and not politely holding still for you to take your shot. Thankfully 4 legged critters dont shoo...

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I've never had it, always wanted to try it though. Washington doesnt have anymore antelope. Fish and game keeps trying to introduce them to bring them back but they keep dumping them on the res and they get poached off before long.

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I've been thinking about saving my pennies for the new "The Fix" rifle from Q LLC but this Ruger is giving me second thoughts. It's not as short and handy as the rifles I usually like for around the ranch but it'd be vewy qwiet for those waskly wabbits!

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Without knowing what rod as well as gas he was using I wouldnt know. There are still regs on the books for the aircraft industry where they have to oxy fuel weld chromoly airplane parts. Tig can be a tricky process at times, everything has to be perfect. I've often set down tig torch in hand only to...

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Just a tang sight wont help, the front sight would still be offset and the front sight is the only one that really needs to be fixed as it will be getting a reciever sight of some sort. I'm curious about the welding comment though. I've TIG welded quite a bit of chrome moly at work and never noticed...

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News says the water level behind the dam is down to 887'. So they allowed residents to return home, not sure if that means the whole evacuation is lifted or just some areas. As I recall they wanted the level down to 850' before they start getting the rain tomorrow. Hope things work out!

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Well I am hoping that simply filling the dovetail and recutting will work but I'm planning on a new barrel that way if it's the easier option I can be pleasantly surprised (and my checkbook will be happier also). It's the original barrel or a factory replacement if it's not original. All the factory...

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Well Chuck I'm not to worried about the Marlin firing pin, just gave a surprise when it went click and not bang. Unfortunately the sights are are canted left. I know in theory the barrel can be faced but I'm not sure that will work on mine. It's a trapper so with that 16" barrel I've got no lee...

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Funny to think. When the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine, our only reliable sources of power are water wheels and steam. After 2 million years, if you want light and heat you still have to burn something, even if it is enriched uranium. I know a lot of folks that live off Grid with sola...

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You ever have one of those days? Mondays are my day off and after a few appointments in town I went out to shoot a bit. Had my new 94 Trapper and the 336Y that I've had about a year but havent shot yet. I figured the 94 would be off with it's canted sights but it looks like it's hitting about 12-14 ...

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Reports are the water level is now below the emergency spillway so they've started beginning to pour riprap into the danger areas. Hopefully they can get ahead of the storms they are supposed to get Wednesday and everything is ok. The thing that sticks out is the news is still reporting the roads a...

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Reports are the water level is now below the emergency spillway so they've started beginning to pour riprap into the danger areas. Hopefully they can get ahead of the storms they are supposed to get Wednesday and everything is ok. The thing that sticks out is the news is still reporting the roads ar...

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I dont have much use for California in general but I sure hope nobody gets hurt or worse in all that mess. Somebody really screwed the pooch when it came to preventative maintenance on that dam. Not sure that the spillway going 100% from the get go would have been enough but keeping it slowed down d...

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HawkCreek, My trapper had a 6 pound trigger pull. I could not shoot it at all well. Took it to a gunsmith and him set it with a 2.5 pound pull. That was back in 1980 and the pull is still 2.5# after 1000s 0f rounds. As for the sights that would drive me crazy. To fix that the barrel will have to be...

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I've never tried hot rodding a .45 Colt but only because I own a Freedom Arms .454 so I dont have loading experience but I'd look for some Brian Pearce articles. He's very knowledgeable about what pressures can be loaded safely in what guns. Brian Pearce article on three different load levels using ...

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Well I'm not posting the link in public if you already found them (still have some parts I need to order myself). Check on gunbroker if you have an account, they list a lot of their parts there. Only other place that MIGHT have what your looking for that I know of is Numrich.

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There's a place up in Canada that has a lot of Browning/Winchester parts. I'm at work now but ion look up the link when I get home.

Did you just clip the mainspring? And what's you fill the safety hole with?

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Some great looking work by several makers in the above links! I'm certainly not a good enough leather bender to sell what I produce but if I ever get back to a Tandy store I'm going to make my own. Scabbards aren't hard at all to pattern out. Sure will take a long time to stick up by and though. The...

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Looks like Fred Zeglin has done it in the past. Sure doesnt look cheap though.

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http://www.rathcoombe.net/sci-tech/hunt ... -2004.html

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I had the same rifle back in the 80's, had issues with it (mis-fired), sent it back to Winchester two times, but that didn't help, so it went down the road in the 90's. I have to ADMIT that I loved the size and weight and the caliber of that trapper--so now I own two REMarlin's 336Y with a 16"...

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My 16" LMT loves ripping the neck and shoulder off of Black Hills remanufactured match. Accurate combo but I don't go to the range without a cleaning rod and a brush.

Guess I know to avoid Fiocchi when I get around to a .300 BO.

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Congrats! I just lucked into one....They are SO very cool.... Thanks! I didn't expect to win the auction, just threw a bid out there thinking I'd be passed up in the last few hours. Looks like a great little deer gun, real handy. My grandson got one a few months ago, it's an early angle eject in .4...

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Some of you may have seen this if you frequent gunbroker like I do. Paid more than I meant to for it but I just couldn't pass it up! A late '79 or early 1980 Wincehster 94 Trapper in .30-30, guess this means I'll have to get busy reloading for .30-30. It will be used and it'll probably end up with a...

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I have been curious about the hay bale constructed homes. Saw them on tv but never in person. I know of at least two in the rural area around Lander, Wy. Watched them going up and kinda shook my head, but they are still going strong years later. I've seen those, and with no facts to go on, I wonder...

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I wanted a longslide 10mm for years and finally decided to build my own. Less than 3 months after I bought my Glock 20 (gen 3) they announced the 40 longslide model. :x oh well The 10mm is indeed a hotter (or rather can be loaded) than the .357 Mag at least according to todays manuals. I've heard th...

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Welcome to the club..................the 348 is a slam dunk Elk and Moose rifle and have dropped 2 elk with mine as magnum like as you would ever want........these shoot cast bullets extremely well so it does not have to be a safe queen but you can shoot the hell out of it with no wear and tear.......

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Hope this is ok: If anyone is a member of the Castboolits forum I see he is having another sale of these presses. $180 for a press if you're a member over there. The quality on these is top notch! Another person with a wide selection of old reloading equipment presses compared it to a Decker press a...

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