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JohndeFresno

I can certainly relate to outrage at government interference into our daily lives - my state on the Left Coast is a great example of that. But I'm reminded of Jim Jones and a few other leaders who in fact were the brainwashers of a mass of people and the tragic results. The prosecutors are still loo...

JohndeFresno

Shooting from prone or uphill - As an afterthought: If you are prone or shooting uphill, bifocals will present a problem; I don't know about trifocals since I never tried them. This is especially where scopes or peep sights (or a longer sight radius on a handgun) might help! After a certain age when...

JohndeFresno

Thanks, y'all. I realize that each firearm is different, but I wanted a consensus of a more or less universal powder for a somewhat universal, inexpensive lead .30-30 bullet - for a variety of reasons - a medium range load that works safely and reasonably well with most 30-30's in a pinch. Your valu...

JohndeFresno

This reply may sound a little off-topic, but for the fact that the posting did not specify leverguns only, or rifles only. I am also one of the over-40 bunch who had to switch to glasses. For my handguns, hunting or defense: Since I don't want to be putting gizmos on my glasses or other stuff when I...

JohndeFresno

Every rifle is different, etc., etc... But what do you think is the ONE best powder for moderately fast, accurate all around 30-30 loads with the 173 Gr. Lyman 311041 FN, lubed, gas checked bullet? I'll probably use the most popular "vote" to start up some experimental loads for my levergu...

JohndeFresno

Tycer wrote: [Under image of guns in a refrigerator]
That's cool.

HAHAHAHA! Brevity is the soul of wit. Good one, Tycer!

JohndeFresno

No problems with these lead bullets in my SKS. I finished cleaning my firearms and went over the SKS with a fine tooth comb. No sign of any problems in or around the gas piston, or leading in the barrel. I should emphasize that I used a hard cast, nicely lubed bullet with a gas check (Wayne Doudna's...

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Trust me. The DFG people are bunny huggers with badges... Not so. I actually had one DFG Warden guide me on a hunt for a black bear that was "acting out" in an area along the John Muir trail. He'd checked my deer tag and kill the day before and asked, "do you have something appropria...

JohndeFresno

If you have an SKS, then you know how robust, easy to remove and clean the gas tube and piston are. Periodic inspection and cleaning of the port should be fairly easy IMO. Good point. Still pondering... don't like the idea of anything that might clog the gas port at the wrong time, since this is al...

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Are you seeing any leading in the gas port on that SKS? My only concern is that on some semi-autos (the Ruger 44 carbine for example) we had trouble with using cast bullets because the gas port would get clogged by bullet metal and lube that tore off when the bullet passed the port... Dang! Now you...

JohndeFresno

I thought once you started changing things on the SKS's, you had to be careful you had no more than so many 'foreign' parts... AJMD, At http://www.murraysguns.com - the company listed in the cited article that will sell replacement springs - you can click on a link. It shows a letter from an ATF of...

JohndeFresno

MtnFolk 75, As far as hints for reloading the 7.62x39, I just followed Junior's formula and employed my RCBS Rockchucker to produce the little rascals. As I said, the LTD Custom rounds allowed me to create a ragged hole on the "X" of my target at 25 yards, and I am sure that they will be a...

JohndeFresno

Leading at gas port - I don't know. I just used the "Junior Specials" yesterday. Some things happened and I got behind the clock; so I'll be cleaning the firearms this evening. I'm glad that I didn't do black powder or use any corrosive ammo in the toys that I played with. Somewhere, I rea...

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...What kind of sights are you using...? I've been considering a bubba ghost ring for my Yugo... Right now, I'm pretty happy with the original military sights - at least for now. I have a scoped Marlin 336 thutty-twice for when it's too far to throw a rock at the beast in question. I'm interested i...

JohndeFresno

Bruce Scott wrote: Yup, still appearing over on castboolits. I'd like to see him come back.

So...who ticked him off?

JohndeFresno

O.S.O.K - I was thinkin' of posting again(!) to say the same thing. With the ridiculous prices of copper bullets - many being $1 or more each - we might as well load using our own supplies! I'm so enamored of this new round that I may, in fact, buy some copper (and rework this load) just to have a l...

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"I guess criminals aren't under the purview of CA's game and fish people... Laughing I'm sorry, I couldn't resist." (Hobie) Grrrrr... ain't too happy with that agency right now...

Dirty Dan, as far as I know, Junior is well and still kickin'!

JohndeFresno

MtnFolk75 - There was no problem with the primers. There was some slight indentation of the base from the extractor, which is the norm, even with my "control" rounds. I used Wolf steel non-reloadable military rounds as a comparison. If I recall correctly, some 7.62 x 39 carbines - either R...

JohndeFresno

Wow! I duplicated Junior Doughty's load, precisely, for my Chinese SKS Type 56 Viet Nam era pre-ban carbine. By the way, it's California legal, until and unless one of the two Dem candidates get into office. Junior, that's his Leverguns posting name, - talked about a full 30-30 load, with the gas ch...

JohndeFresno

I've lived in the middle of the "Condor restricted" zone - the dead center of the state - for 45 years. That's with military service years not counted. And I might add, I volunteered for Viet Nam out of love for my country, even if California and the inner cities have all been hijacked by ...

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I say that John McDougall, MD, is just trying to excuse Clinton's actions and engender sympathy. If he feels so guilty about his exalted profession not coming clean about the downside of bypass surgery, why did it take so long for him to proclaim the dangers of this procedure? OK - so our self-procl...

JohndeFresno

...I think it would be a grave, spiritual mistake, to abandon Isreal. Isreal shall not and will not be defeated by muslims. Yup. It's plainly written in the Good Book. Woe to those - and in fact the nations - who turn on Israel! I have a friend whose Liberty Ship was intentionally strafed and sunk ...

JohndeFresno

I voted for him, believing that he sincerely believed in serving his country in the best way he knew how. I lived to regret the decision to support him; but I still believe that his intentions are good; he's just horribly misinformed. Pray for the poor fellow, and our country - we're the ones who co...

JohndeFresno

Even with that "Blessed Assurance," I can empathize with how truly devastating the loss of your beloved parents is, and how the loss never truly goes away. Like you, brother, both of my parents have departed, and are awaiting my arrival on the other shore. What a great hope! Prayers being ...

JohndeFresno

Good to have you! A great bunch, here.

JohndeFresno

Thanks, Tom - I'll look it up. Thank for the update, Duff.

JohndeFresno

The few customers I have hosted that used the Barnes in 45-70 had good results. What they found was that the bullet has fairly narrow parameters that it performs within as it was intended. I don't remember exactly what they were but I think an IMPACT velocity of 1200 -1450 fps. Slower did not expan...

JohndeFresno

I especially like the Westerns that try to be more authentic, where they use black powder percussion cap revolvers, like the Colt Walker (and not the conversion era ones). When our hero has to reload, he opens the back of the cylinder gate - or even swings the cylinder out on its crane! I suspect th...

JohndeFresno

The Chinese language, written and spoken, is a very fascinating thing. It is also one of the hardest to translate, along with English. For example,the Chinese words for 'mother' and 'horse', when written with the English Alphabet are spelled the same; Ma. The Chinese Characters, on the other hand ,...

JohndeFresno

Adding my most sincere thanks to the fold, AmBraCol (and whomever had a part in this "refuge"). These days, with what is going on around my neck of the woods, I really appreciate the daily "fix!"

JohndeFresno

Thanks, all, for the photos of the next generation carrying on the tradition. I especially liked the surprise photo of Ted H's little sweetie learning how to reload! All is not lost, yet.

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JohndeFresno

Mike D. - As I stated in my last post, serial numbers for long gun (rifles, shotguns) purchases are not forwarded to DOJ -- only handguns. As I think about it, Ed is right. I stand corrected - the handguns are the items that would come up on each individual. But even before we had the instant compu...

JohndeFresno

When I buy a weapon here, it is NOT registered with the state. The records kept here by FFL's are the same ones kept there by your FFL's, at least the ones their supposed to keep. Call it what you may, Handirifle; I may be using the wrong terminology, speaking in the most technical sense. But as a ...

JohndeFresno

MikeS., you named most of the places I head to, to escape. Chiquita Creek Campground, which has a ranger for convenience but is also fed by a beautiful little stream, and is on the edge of some true wilderness area near Yosemite, is one of my choices for overnight stays. But now that the road is wel...

JohndeFresno

Thanx, Modoc and Mike. I'm getting a little rusty on gun laws, since I don't work the streets anymore; I consult on technical stuff. And I was never thrilled to enforce some of the gun laws, even though it was required of me at times. I shoulda remembered that ATF has very little to do with our more...

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Bagtic- ...Any Father or Mother can give guns to their children, any guns, even ones not on the list. The kid can than fill out a form called a Firearm Ownership Record form and send it to the state with $19.00 and the state sends a form saying you are now the owner of said gun. I recently did this...

JohndeFresno

JohndeFresno - I do not have those codes in front of me; however, your being a police officer you probably have a copy of the CA Civil Code and you can look up the law on transfer of firearms or if you do not have the current CA Civil Code, you can get it here. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html ...

JohndeFresno

Thank you, Ed - for the great post and all of the useful info. In fact, I have considered purchasing all of my firearms elsewhere. I don't want to be a lawbreaker, yet mandatory registration is a very bad law for many reasons. I remember that even California Highway Patrol officers, and possibly oth...

JohndeFresno

Modoc Ed, You, too, live in a county that has some beautiful places; I am just not as familiar with Modoc County as with others where I have resided, hunted, and so on. Thank you for the information - we all need it. As I said in my post, "Correct me if I'm wrong, fellow Levergunners!!" No...

JohndeFresno

There are a lot of beautiful places in Northern California that could fill the bill, depending upon what you are looking for. I was born in Portland, Oregon, and used to fish the Klamath and Rogue Rivers, so I would probably end back up in that area, were it not for job, children, church and friends...

JohndeFresno

Hmmmm...nice.

I guess the appropriate response is, since I couldn't get to my wife on time from where I was... any simpleton who is not willing to stick his neck out to keep his wife and children from getting hurt, has no business carrying a loaded firearm.

JohndeFresno

I agree with Mike D on the carry thing, I'd like to know how many of you (besides LEOs of course) have ever actually pulled one on another person? How many have blown someone away? If so, how did you avoid becoming a felon to where you can't have any guns? Lot of venom here about California, hard t...

JohndeFresno

I guess that was my "mistake," Mike. I've always been an honest cop, and although I was in a prestigious investigative position and well known myself, I never mentioned that my brother-in-law was applying for a permit. I was naive in thinking that he would be able to obtain one because he ...

JohndeFresno

In California, Gun Control is most certainly political, unfair, and prone to corruption. You are at the mercy of the local City Council (e.g. that crazy San Francisco) and the local County Sheriff, where our chances of ever obtaining a Concealed Weapons Permit vary drastically from one county to ano...

JohndeFresno

Man, did you press my button. I'll post something that I could have never gotten away with, before. We live in a free country, yadda yadda yadda - but for a fact I would have been brought up on administrative charges and my career would have suffered severely if I had told the complete truth as a de...

JohndeFresno

Hi, Dad!!

Remember me? I live in California now! Love those 'chesters!

JohndeFresno

For the mere pittance of $251.99(!) I purchased the Crimson Trace laser sights for my Colt Series 70 Mk IV .45 ACP - an everyday carry and home defense handgun. It took seconds to install the device, since my configuration is a light to the right side top of the grip panel which replaces the Pachmay...

JohndeFresno

My church has been involved in the following ministries. Lessons learned: 1) Prayer plays the most important role - turning the program over to His glory 2) Know your audience! If you have 40 members over 70, one teenager, two 30 year olds and seven babies in your congregation, then a Whitewater raf...

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OT - Revisiting Junior's 30-30 in an SKS Carbine