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Oh I totally understand the desirability of having the correct headstamp. If no zipper brass turns up maybe you could use 25/35 brass for the conversion. That would at least get some differential. And Hornady made a run of 25/35 a while back and some of that may still be available...

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About 1970 I bought a Highwall in improved zipper in Colorado Springs. It came with dies and 2 boxes of Winchester 219 zipper brass. I don't believe I have seen a factory box of 219 zipper since. Any subsequent cartridges I've built since that initial acquisition have the 30/30 headstamp.

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Well dang, the Zionists pulled it off. For a mere $20M or so for attack adds they took Thomas Massie out in the district primary race. So the last Republican we had who wouldn't bow to Israel is out to pasture. Well I guess that is better than the normal Israeli alternative which is to go ahead and ...

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I started out thinking the WC860 could be considered "combustible filler" but rapidly discovered the slow powder contributes much more to the equation than "filler". So these are treated as duplex loads and I start waaay low on the fast powder and just watch to see where we start...

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Twodot wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 10:22 am I'm curious, tell us about the buffalo target; size, etc.

Hardened steel buffalo silhouettes, the 300 yard one is about 30" wide, any hit counts including a "skip" should that happen.

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At our monthly "buffalo shoot" our "Sunday Fun" shooting includes what we refer to as "Quarter-bore". Which originally meant 25/20's of both WCF and Single-shot persuasions, but we have allowed close cousins such as 32/20 and 218 bee to sneak in. This had been a 50 to 2...

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After the recent whistleblower testimony, this good old See Eye A looks like a prime candidate for "epicenter of the Deep State".

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I just watched the recent Thomas Massie interview on Tucker. I well remember his interview a couple of years ago when he told the world that all the Republican congressmen had AIPAC "minders" who took our congress people to dinner and reminded them to stand with Israel at every turn. Which...

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For hunting -- no question: 7.5" bbl on the Ruger Redhawk is so perfect I bought a second one in case I wore out the first one. I pack it in a shoulder holster and it comes right out when game is suspected. For concealed carry of course I'd have a whole different set-up. But for hunting there's...

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Well yeah, those humorous (in hindsight) events are reasons why I enthusiastically voted for the Donald. But now I am looking at the fellow who decided he didn't want my support if I still wanted to see the Epstein files, or if I thought the Iran attack was maximum stooopid, or if I don't want the P...

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Tycer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2026 12:08 pm No. No hope. Probably hasn’t been since Kennedy.

Yep

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Now that is a fine looking group of leverguns!

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What blows my mind is how does the "Patsey" plan work. I mean if there was a second shooter, and maybe there was, just like probably in Kennidy's assignation, someone has to recruit these Patsey's to attempt this in the first place. It seems that we never know the whole truth on these hit...

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All us old elk hunters knew from day one that Kirk was not shot from the front by an '06. Tyler Robinson is the typical stooge they feed us when CIA/MOSSAD pulls a hit. Seems to work for them every time, so no wonder they keep using the same playbook. Heck, Sirhan Sirhan is still in prison 58 years ...

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Aaah -- nothing like a nice pile of fresh-cast bullets to make a feller feel fine about the world!

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Doc must have used the same algebra book I did 'cause we get the same "not correct" answer. ICU? No Griff, I don't CU I guess.

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No worries mate. Just a couple of your buddies a mild bit concerned that if you are really having to go to 800 degrees to cast there could be some health issues of lead in the atmosphere...

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I had thought I knew quite a bit about the Philippine campaign but I didn't know of the 200th. Thanks for the history lesson Bill, and for your contributions to the memorial. And how the heck did you manage to make a post on the 22nd? I haven't been able to even get on the site for some days now unt...

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When I was a 5th grader my good friend Les who lived on the neighboring ranch got diagnosed with Leukemia. As consolation hIs folks got him a little Savage over/under 22/410 and all the ammo he wanted. We took great advantage of this wonderful bounty and I was most envious of Les's good fortune. Won...

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The only guns I'm using with black powder are the 40/65 buffalo gun and 45/70 trapdoor for which I add in about 5% tin to get approximately a 20:1 alloy which casts real nice at my usual 700 degree setting. If those pure lead bullets don't get you the accuracy you are hoping for you can add in a bit...

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I'm more of a double-action fan so I picked up a GP-100 last year. And it does OK but when I want to go through a pile of 22's I find that I really prefer the old Browning Challenger I have used most of my life. And I got a little Ruger auto threaded for suppressor a while back that I also prefer to...

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I'm sure my old Marlins would bring more dollars now than I paid for them. But those dollars are worth so much less now than they were back then that I know I didn't come close to keeping up with inflation. Put whatever sight you want on the good old babe and don't worry about it. That thing is an e...

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Good memories there, Jim. Thanks for sharing! l grew up (until I graduated High School) on a ranch east of Kingman. Didn't have the variety of animals you had in the lower desert country but lots of mule deer and jack rabbits. And quite a high population of mountain lion but I never did see one in t...

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About 15 years ago a cousin had a little business making cutting boards out of Masonite. I got three of them, one small and 2 mid-sized and won't need to worry about cutting boards ever again: these'll do me for the rest of my days. The three together don't take up an inch of space sitting on edge u...

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That looks like the same Accurate bullet I've been using except I have the gascheck version. Makes a dang fine bullet.

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This is a most timely thread in light of the Epstein document dump showing the depravity and total lack of any moral compass amongst the "rulers of the world" within which Epstein performed.

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Patel and Bongino stood in front of us and told us they had seen the Epstein files and they were just "thin soup" which showed Epstein just abused a few girls that Ghislaine brought him, all by his lonesome and nobody else was involved and that was all there was to it. When you put that st...

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Seems like some of those commemerative Winchesters are the most economical way to get a nice 38/55 these days. Good plan!

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He lost so much credibility with me that I don't think I'll bother listening to him ever again. I could change my mind but that's my current reaction.

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The first deer I killed I was 11 years old, out hunting rabbits with my Remington single-shot 22. Shot him right behind the shoulder and I think at that time of my life I only got to use 22 shorts. He didn't know I was there, just kinda' looked around and laid down and died. Anyway, you mess up the ...

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What bullets are you gents using in your 38-40s? I'm using a 200 grain gaschecked bullet from Accurate. But I am needing some extra velocity for the little game my shooting group does where we are shooting these pistol-cartridge levers out to 600 yards. A case full of RL-7 pushing the Accurate 200 ...

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I shoot with a group of fellows who shoot steel buffalo out to 1200 yards with the buffalo guns. That MVA and the Kelley are all I see anybody using. Good choice! And it is common to take the upright off the base for transport or to use on a different rifle (some of the fellows use a 45/90 for the l...

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I'm in the process of "thinning the herd" by passing along to kids/grandkids anything out of my gun safes that they want. At which point I have come to realize that the Winchester m92 25/20 and Marlin 336A 30/30 -- those two they will have to wait for me to go over the divide before they g...

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I've been so fond of the little 2X7 Leupold that I have several. They spend their life set on "2" unless I test some loads when they get to spend a few minutes turned up to "7".

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Quite a job to do a comprehensive review like that Bill; I much appreciate your good work. The only one of those available around here locally is the Hampton Farm and I concur in your rating of those. We used to get Hoody's here and they were a decent peanut though you occasionally got a sub-par bag...

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Looks like you've given up making sense of the serial numbers?

I can contribute MAD266XX to the confusion. Blued, 20", screwed-in magazine, top safety I replaced with NKJ peep. Bought used, 10 years ago.

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Thanks for the fine views Safestuffer and for the history Marlinman. Very interesting for us shooters of old rifles.

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For us folks in the rural areas and small towns this is hard to fathom because it is different out in our world. But not surprising in the cities, where unfortunately most of the people live these days. My observation is that there must be a virus found in cities that infects the folks. Turns their ...

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My 250 savage is an older model with the 1 in 14 twist rate so to save time and frustration, I just stuck with the 87 grain bullet when I was working up a load for it. The first load I tried with 3031 hit 3000 fps and is accurate. Also, the Speer Hot Cor bullet is not a varmint bullet like the 87 g...

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200yearstoolate wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 9:10 pm
samsi wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:37 pm
I just went on the Hodgdon site and boy am I out of touch

Do they own all the brands listed on there now?

Hodgdon, Accurate, IMR, Winchester, etc?
Yes they do. Removed a lot of competition from the powder mfg. industry the last few years...

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Glad you're OK Brian. Dang, if your 09 Camry is only worth 200 dollars I wonder what my 06 Corolla is worth. Probably have to pay somebody to haul it to the junkyard. But goes 7k between oil changes without needing any added and seems to run flawlessly plus it was so loved by my late wife that she g...

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I have not loaded 9mm but have loaded plenty of 40 s&w and 45 auto. All using range pick-up brass of many different makes and ages. Never bothered sorting and have never even thought of trimming such brass. I load my casties for general practice and tin can shooting with satisfactory results (mi...

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Dang fine uncle to have Bill.

I had an uncle who flew B17's and he was a fine fellow but not a fly fisherman so I never got the tutoring. Serious alcoholic and smoker and died way too young of the lung cancer.

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I must have missed your post about shingles. I not heard of chlorine dioxide as a treatment. What exactly does the C.D. do? It certainly doesn't seem all that palatable! :lol: No, chlorine dioxide is not real palatable but it has antibiotic properties that no other medicine has. It can apparently c...

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Some time back I posted about using chlorine dioxide to (almost) cure my nasty case of shingles. In use you get the two-part bottles ($32 at Amazon) and put 4 drops of A in glass, add 4 drops of B, let react for 30 or 40 seconds, add a dabule of DMSO and 4 oz of water. Drink it down (doesn't taste r...

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What a fine find!

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Welcome to the campfire Michael. I'm just down the road from you in Oregon. Also have a 25/35 amongst my levers but it is a newer Winchester. And 44/40 in the Rossi version, which mostly gets fed the Lee 200 grain bullet tumble-lubed and just gets used (so far) for plinking of tin cans. And another ...

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And the worst news on the doorstep in my lifetime? From the Tacoma News Tribune, November 22, 1963, in 200-point bold caps: "SNIPER'S BULLET KILLS KENNEDY!" I think you nailed her there Bill. That was a major inflection point when the "Deep State" or the "Matrix" or wh...

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'Well I like the looks of that!

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Yes, interesting video: as an old 38/55 reloader I was interested that Buffalo Bore just threw up their hands and went to a small diameter jacketed bullet to accommodate the differing bore diameters. Us old bullet casters have to come at it from another direction and produce bullets pretty much size...

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