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The joisting looks fun, it would be cool to see in person. They had some excellent music in the film. Ive seen Jenny O Conner in an older clip, she started playing violin at the end of high school and hard a hard go learning it, but seems to have it figured out now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V...

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Some of the discussion ive seen brought up that the worldwide supply chain of raw materials has been affected by slowdowns and lockdowns in various countries, its all the way back in the chain, not just someone trying to choke down ammo. All sorts of production have been affected. Its even hard to f...

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Arizona hasnt done daylight savings for ages. I think its likely the rest of the country will follow suit before long.

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I have a tens, it does help tremendously when I get bad pain and spasms, which is fairly often. I go through cycles of using it A LOT, then the pads irritate my skin and I take a break for a while. I go through a 9v battery in about a day and a half on average when I use it, (I buy the packs of 10 o...

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The ones I recall seeing in The Winchester Book by Madis looked pretty much identical to the H-K g3 leather slings (without the snap/clip thing on the end). They used to be cheap and plentiful, but recently seem to be out of stock or much more expensive than previous.

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Not too many miles, but its an '08, so its 13 years old. I used to ride more long ago, I was doing 20-25k miles/year on my 47 Knuckle for a while, not so much now. I talked to an old riding partner, about a year ago he said he had around 127K miles on his 2012 bike and decided to do some preemtive ...

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I started thinking about geezer guns about 15 or so years ago. I thought a Smith K-32 might be good fun and cheap and easy to shoot. They used to be difficult to sell, nobody wanted a 32. Until they did. The collectors discovered the K-32s a bit before I decided I wanted one for future use. Saw a bi...

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I used to be opposed to going to Cal, but after seeing enough trip reports and seeing humans living there, I got over it. Dont take guns they dont approve of (not too difficult for me as I dont regularly have stuff like that with me when on the road), play by their rules for the time youre there, an...

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Ive noticed the charges get slightly heavier and slightly more consistent when the hopper is 1/2 to 1/3 full. Not sure why. Ive never used a baffle but they make sense. Some things seem to help, like when adding powder or starting I throw 6-8 charges into the scale pan and dump it back into the meas...

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Theres a few things I want to do to the bike before the season gets on very far, Im replacing the handlebar control boxes and master cylinder with 70s style, updating some of the wiring to accommodate that (may use pre-box switches and button on the left side and a 40s style clutch lever), have old ...

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In the past I never had much interest in DV and the vastness of desert around it. I had seen the pavement pictures, the common stuff most people take pictures of on paved roads and the usual tourist stuff, it just didnt appeal to me, but then, most touristy places never have appealed to me for the m...

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Id start off on all of them, but in particular the older one, with a good cleaning of the action with solvent and toothbrush to get rid of old gummy oil and sludge, then lubricate well. Ive never seen a 94 that was so hard to cycle it couldnt be done from the shoulder. The rebound guns can be improv...

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On S&W and other revolvers with hammer mounted firing pins you can cock the hammer and look through the firing pin hole from both sides with the bore pointed towards a light source and see if its in decent alignment. On S&Ws keep in mind that its 5 groove, so on one side youre looking at gro...

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Ive used the post-64 side mount on pre-64s several times. I had a gunsmith make the required screw a couple times, they work fine, however, keep in mind that its often helpful to rotate the scope 1/4 turn counter-clockwise to get the scope turrets out of the way of ejecting brass. Also keep in mind ...

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If you decide to go with a different receiver sight, id suggest a Lyman No 56, they look much nicer than other modern made receiver sights and look more period correct on older type guns. If you do look for a No 56 sight, I wouldnt get to wound up about finding the exact perfect match for a 95. Othe...

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An old gunsmithing book I have mentioned this problem, and that it was sometimes caused by someone replacing a lost magazine follower with one from a Marlin, which protrudes farther and wears the cartridge stop nub down, so it may be worth checking to see that the magazine follower doesnt stick too ...

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One thing Id mention, you asked about a specific Lyman mould number, then said "Keith", to many people, any SWC is a "Keith" bullet, even if its not from one of his moulds. We should try not to use the term "Keith" in regards to generic SWC bullets as it confuses people...

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One of those replicas is American made. The company has legal ownership of the Henry name. That makes it more authentic than a "Genuine" Winchester made in Japan. ....Except that the original guns made in the 1860s werent made by a company named Henry, its a modern company name trying to ...

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Checking various guns may, or may not reveal some tendencies, but it wouldnt necessarily indicate what any other gun of the same make will actually measure. The differences in fresh or used and sharpened rifling and bore cutters can change things by several thousandths, hence why we are told to chec...

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Does your tang sight have a stop pin to set zero with? Some people used a pin ground to length so that when bottomed out it was zeroed. Grind to fit and zero it.

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A guy that sold tons of such stocks at the Winchester show told me about the dollar coins. Most guys werent interested in the commemorative medallions anyway, just the upgraded wood for their guns. The old silver dollars worked perfectly in that use. I think I have an 1894 Morgan that will fit one o...

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The reason it spread so badly and was so hard to put out is the onboard fire suppression system was down for repairs. It has halon gas suppression system, it was shut down for work, like the rest of the ship. its also possible that due to the major overhaul work being done, that the doors that were ...

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Many, I believe most, of the commemoratives that had medallions in the stock, the medallion is the same size as the old silver dollars. Many guys set old dollar coins in them.

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I saw it in the Bing news clip lineup, I read either the BBC or Reuters story on it. Sadly, a knife attack would likely have drastic effects in many places in the states, even with the ability to carry in so many places. I often look at either of those, and once in a while I think the Guardian. Its ...

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Looking good. Hope you get to keep riding it as long as the desire is there. Are you going to do any camping with it? I saw a cool old 45 Servi-car trike that had a shortened Ford model A (I think?) bed on it. Looked cool and gave pretty good hauling space. Ive been out of the riding game for a long...

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Like the information and pictures on your site, thanks for sharing!

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One thing I recall seeing years ago, a gunsmith of known repute was discussing various modifications people do to their guns, he said hed seen a number of alloy frame guns that well meaning people had polished the ramp in the frame, and therby removing the hard finish and leaving the bare aluminum e...

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I havent looked at mine in a while, but I believe all the rounds fed from the magazine have the extractor snap over the rim, just like Winchesters. The bolt has a small lip on the bottom, so the shell cant slide up under the extractor very well, or not in the sense that Mausers do. If you cycle the ...

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Ive long been interested in the S&W spur trigger top break 38s from the 1870s and 80s I believe. They can still be found in decent shooter grade guns for not too crazy prices if your patient. They arent in my budget, but Im hoping one day I can spring for one, I think it would be a ton of fun to...

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Nice! I need to make a few more, the couple I built have been used pretty much since I made them. I have plenty of rough cut 1x scraps around. I really like having birds around, I feed them regularly. The bunnies hang around a lot too. They get to where they follow me around as Im putting feed out s...

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I was adding guy wires to an outhouse to stabilize it in the wind, back in the pre-good cordless drill days. I didnt have enough cord for the drill to reach,...so the 45 drilled a couple holes for eye bolts.

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It may be cheaper to get the Winchester and have the tang safety hole welded and refinished and the Browning or whatever make is the choice theses days to replace the rebound hammer setup. Browning parts arent as available as in the past. Ive seen one (or more) of the Winchesters semi-recently for u...

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What a bunch of old fuddie duddies(sp?)! I know my parents did, and I'd bet your parents also complained about the way you talked growing up. Especially during our teen years... embrace the change! Feel young again! Besides, it's all TV's fault... Do like I do... when it gets really tough to unders...

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One that I see a lot is "alot". Its not a word.

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I used to keep a membership for times I made it through there and had a little time to look around. They also sent their quarterly magazine and you get a discount in the store there. My dad and his girlfriend had a system. If he didnt feel like walking around somewhere much, she'd push him in the st...

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In that video, Ian mentioned that some of Elmer Keith's guns were being auctioned off. Wonder what was up for sale an what they brought? It happened several years ago. The post above has some info, google searching it will give more. There were some high quality pics of many of his guns online, I s...

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I like both 44 mag and 45 Colt. Ive had several smith 29s over time, the favorite is a 4" I bought in about 1982. I carried it daily for years, camping, riding motorcycles daily, cutting firewood and everything else. It went everywhere I did, and slept in my sleeping bag with me. I figured out ...

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Kirk, do you have the images of the pressure curve comparisons on your computer that you could post as attachments rather then the photobucket links which arent usable now? I tried getting into the album, but its restricted, and the pictures dont link back directly to see the originals hosted there....

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Joe, you may find one on ebay or on the castboolits forum. New moulds are pricey, used are often pretty reasonable. Theres also plenty fo good commercial cast available. as few of the heavies as I shoot, I never bothered with a mould for them.

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I thought I recalled reading he had sized the bullets correctly for the Colt? Regardless, there can/could be a number of contributing factors at play when the gun came apart with that load. I think Keith also said he was happy when 2400 powder came out, it was much better than No 80 powder for heavy...

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Its been mentioned a time or two already, but I dont believe the Winchester 94 action will function with rimless cases, so no 35 Rem chambering. The marlin action mostly enclosed the feeding cartridge, its basically loose in the action as its raised, the Winchester holds the rim of the shell as the ...

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You could try some paint or fingernail polish. Ive gone to a super bright orange nail polish with white base coat on all my front sights, pistol or rifle. If they get chipped over time or you dont like it, a paper towel or rag with some acetone takes it right off. Go peruse the fingernail polish dep...

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I dont believe its a trapdoor sight. You can look up parts for them, they varied over time, but none looked quite like that. The side ramps dont look the same for starters, and the other parts arent exact either.

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I missed whatever was happening. Hope you can come visit the forum now and then. The avatar looks like its a photobucket picture. They are blurring pics of people with a certain amount of content thats linked off their site. You can break that link and download the image directly to the forum here. ...

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I havent tried pruning blades in a sawsall, but the long coarse toothed blades work fairly well on moderate sized stuff. I think I have some 12" blades besides some smaller stuff. Some,... I probably have 50 sawsall blades.....

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Yes, 110v electric tools arent too particular about how long they sit around between uses. I will likely get a decent 110v saw at some point for camping/vehicle use. My Dewalt tools are 18v, I dont have enough need to start over with 20v. Still, I keep a Dewalt screw gun (drill) and a couple batteri...

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This came up elsewhere, there were a couple people that either used them professionally or knew people that did, they were liking the battery saw for climbing around in the top of trees and could get a half day or more out of them before changing the battery. Any battery tool should have spares on h...

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There are scads of cheap, poor quality flashlights on the market. You mentioned 50 years ago, which seems like a long time, then I started thinking that mag lites are 40 or more year old designs, and seemed like hot stuff back then. They arent much of a light in todays world, most of mine died and g...

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I think youre on to something there.

Ive grown more interested in the medium calibers in recent years, the 40-65 is a good general purpose load. Not everything needs to be able to thump grizzlies or moose, though with good loads it may do whats required even there.

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Very nice old Pans and generator Shovel Bill. All the generator motors are a bit pricey now compared to alternator shovels. The frame on my 47 was like two of yours, it was a 58-64 period frame. Its somewhat humbling to think that when I built my 47 knucklehead around 1979 or so, it seemed really ol...

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