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mickbr

Too many folks getting cancer. When I was growing up I knew of maybe 1-2 people with cancer, it was rare like hearing someone got kidney disease. When did it become more common than male pattern baldness?They say it was always there but we didn't know because we didnt have the tests in the old days ...

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Do-gooders and people who see animals as human kids drive me crazy. One guy I knew his dog was terminally ill with some rare disorder. They said they could keep it alive for an extra couple weeks for a few hundred dollars a day if he so chose. And he did, $8k later it died, miserably in a worst stat...

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For what it's worth mickbr-- QuickLoad thinks your 2.5 grains of Clays would give you 880 fps at 12.5k psi. So doesn't appear to be at risk of sticking in the barrel. And QL thinks your 3 grains would give 970 fps at 16.5k psi, if you want to compare your actual velocity against QL's predictions. T...

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FYI, you'd better check your data -- as Hodgdon lists the starting load for "Clays" with a .357 158gr LSWC as 3.2 grains -- even with a coated bullet (versus lead) that load of "2.5 grains" might be starting too low............ I was going off an old Hornday manual. 2.8grains cl...

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Ok thanks folks I might stay around 3 grains. Its subsonic and not getting stuck so that's good enough.

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Sooooooo, when I'm in Maine, I like a lightweight lever action and/or a .22LR revolver (aka: Trail Gun); but @ home, I like a lightweight .22/.410 combination gun. (notice - heavy guns are contraindicated for woods-loafing ;) ) I used to elect for Savage Model 24's locally, but have since taken to ...

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AJMD I settled on the one centrefire I own based on the same requirments you gave and also came up with the same calibre. aka a lever aka 357. When I hunted big game I saw bolt actions as the ultimate rifle, they got the power, accuracy, aftermarket options, ease of handloading and reliable feed usu...

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Any guesses what 2.5 grains hodgon clays will run in a 357 and 158grain hi-tek coated lead bullet? Is clays very position senstive? Id like to load some up but wanted to make sure it will make it out of a 24" barrel.

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AJMD429 I hear you. I remember big game writers like craig boddington and George hoffman posting over at accuratereloading.com about 20 years ago. As a young 20 something year old I took George to task about something he had said. All the older site member including a few notable safari hunters tell...

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grab one and hold onto it this time, even if you go to live in the wild, keep the press. Only say this as my situation was similar. I owned a rockchucker and sold it as leaving the shooting scene. Then years later I decide to get back into it again.

mickbr

"scout rifles have slowly been relegated to near-worthless, thanks to various nerfs"

Down with nerfs! What are nerfs?

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Just as a bit of fun I like seeing when guys do these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcUoGQIST1U

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That is true gundownunder. I feel I got lucky with my rifle liking stinger, it can fly about a bit in some guns. The Federal isn't too bad, nice and clean as well.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:54 pm

He used one of them weird side-lever Ruger 77/44's his Old Man kindly loaned him.

Weird side lever, Ive been laughing for several minutes

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Anyone have any favorites for hunting, plinking or stockpiling. I am a big fan of CCI stingers, have used them for animals probably a little larger than I should but they really do the job. No.2 favorite is bulk federal HP which I think are best value for stockpiling.

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The world has gone upsidedown. How about being greatful for training in a 1st world country, probably the first time he worked under decent conditions of service and general safety.

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Interesting Doc. And is it just me or is stuff like this on the rise? Did we get all this irratable bowel complaints etc way back in the day or were we more often dying before the age it became prevalent?

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The folks here got me onto the Lee handpress and everything I need fits into a small day pack. I take it to remote worksites or on the road with me for something to do during downtime. I should actually be using it at the range too as I am still at developmental stage with my current calibre. Howeve...

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I agree with you Ray I dont see it as a get rich scheme. Main advantages to me would be the fact its enjoyable, more effective to stockpile than cash since its harder to spend when bills come in. A cash pile is very attractive and portable to looters, the worst of which is often oneself. Also as eve...

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im a little confused about these time frames but hopeful. I'll call the LGS or Henry and ask if the youth is all metal sights, would be great news if so.

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Thanks for the tips everyone! Maybe I should have left it at, if you could only have one...what would it be and why. Funny you should ask. A while back I decided to get back in the shooting sports and asked the same thing. I only wanted one gun, so I picked a lever action Rossi 1892 in 357 magnum. ...

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also OP worth considering USA, UK, Canada are some of the fattest cutlures on earth. :D A lot of the 1st world are skinnier and more active peoples. You cant beat age in the end but you might find a danish, swedish, french group gives you different viewpoints. I spent time talking with euro hunters ...

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Men are alloted a certain amount of hair that they always have. When it stops growing on your head, it has to come out someplace else or your head explodes and you become a Liberal.

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nice pics and work with the 410, one of my favprite calibre and those russian single shots aren't bad

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Are the torture testw chewing through rounds on the range? Just saying being picked up and dropped in a boat or truck most its life is a different test of durability.

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They are nice guns, my only centrefire is a stainless in 357 with 24" octagonal barrel.

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The OP is really on to something I found out some years ago. The fact is that the Henry Youth Model doesn't have a shorter buttstock for the carbine, it has the correct buttstock for the carbine. Henry's standard length buttstock is actually too long for either the rifle or the carbine. Shouldering...

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speaking of toys and interesting stuff pitchy is that a old cavalry bandolier next to the canteen?

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Your experience sounds similar to mine camel73, Im 44. I was always a big guy I wrestled at 220 and walked around at about 250-260 after 30yrs of age. I found I hit a wall just the last couple years. Knees hurt, back taking longer to straighten up after sitting, snoring more, even my eyes were dryin...

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I am just griping sorry, for what it is it would be fine youth or farm gun. In this case I need something that can handle some decent knocks , it will be pulled out behind a seat in a hurry and also spend time in the bottom of a boat. Probably too nice a firearm to do that to anyway

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darn I think they are still plastic according to what I can find. I wonder why put plastic sights on a classic gun when even the chinese can put iron sights on their $250 norinco...

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thanks fellas., one question I forgot to ask is do the latest ones have metal sights and barrel bands? The one I handled was older and did not from memory. I did search on google and some comments suggested they went to all metal at some stage?

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On another thread I was checking out 22Lr options for a friend re-entering the gun sports and in the process I got to handle a few of these youth models. Don't laugh at me :D but I was considering getting one for myself as another compact farm gun and for teaching some youngsters to shoot with open ...

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Hatchet Man wrote: ↑Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:03 am Hey..put it here on the classified with a link to this post...it'll sell.---6

Thanks for the suggestinn 6. Btw is your handle changed?

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Pete44ru wrote: ↑Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:51 am .

FWIW, I bought a new Chiappa Double Badger .22WMR/.410 a few years ago, and it's been just about perfect.

for the record Pete, how does your rifle group?

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Im with AJMD, I think there is tech the government is not revealing. Once upon a time in the 20th century every country was in a arms, technology and culture race. You discovered or invented something, it was more likely showed off to prove your country got their first. Now being globalised I think ...

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Thanks fellas its getting returned in the new year, thanks for all the advice!

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my mother was a single parent. I was a quiet kid but like most adolescents occasionally pushed my luck. She had this electric tea kettle with a heavy removable cord. The cord was impossible to block as it wrapped around and hit harder. My grandfather assisted my upbringing and favored a 'peach stick...

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I bought a chiappa double badger which is like a sporterised version of the old springfield survival rifle. Break action 410 under 22LR. Well it doesn't shoot too well with several brands and the pin is also soft striking certain brands in the 22LR. I've gone off the idea of combination rifles now, ...

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thanks folks they went for the browning , it got enough reasonable votes and they liked the way the lever throws.

mickbr

btw anyone know what these will do on game? 16bhn is reasonably hard but 1700 is pretty fast- will they maintain calibre, expand or break up?

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But if you wanted a heckuva load real economical, Power Pistol gets almost to 1700 fps with a max loading of less than 9 grains. Those "usual suspects" do make their velocity at less than SAAMI max pressure; the others need the full SAAMI max of 34k psi. But this is a pressure the Rossi h...

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nice photos JImT, I worked west Africa after I got out the services. What I noticed most about the women there is they walk everywhere and carry stuff on their head as a result they have great upright poise, they stride around like models. I'd get back home after 6 months and women here looked flabb...

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I was wondering if anyone with software might be to model the following? The smallest powder loads to get 1700-1800fps from 24" barrel rossi 92 with a 158gn hitek type coated hardcast( 16BHn or so). I am trying to find the most economical powder I can load bulk for close range shooting. Might b...

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Great article BB

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http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/rushmoreman/357%20elk_zpsu6illw9l.jpg This elk was downed with two quick shots at a distance of about 50 feet. First shot slammed through both lungs. My second bullet tore across the diaphragm and blasted a hole in the liver. I estimate this animals weight at ...

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I'm not impressed with the Henry rifles, but the 9422's and 39's are great fun guns. I always loved the looks and short lever throw on the BL22's though. I never owned one of the Rugers. I'm sure they're good guns, but they just don't have the classic lever gun look to me. Yes thats why I sort of l...

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Talking a carbine or rifle , what have you shot or like to shoot with your 357 folks? Most of my hunting is just hogs and I find it works well on them. Longer ranges they can run aways before piling up, but being I'm not using a scope I don't take many long shots anyway.

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So I'm just researching 22LR lever actions for someone rejoining the hobby after a long time. Wondering if I missed any as 22LR levers not really my area? Current Browning- good reports Current Henry- has aluminium and plastic parts? Winchester 9422, out of production but good if you can find one fo...

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Thanks all for the replies! The person has had delirirum tests and for UIT's it all came up nil, this has been occurring for several months now. I think its maybe the drugs, I am not sure what their hydration levels are like though. I might raise the point with them.

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