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Paco: Best wishes from a pup 15 years behind you. Y'all keep an extinguisher handy when you light off that birthday cake.

Bill in Oregon

I think she's done wonderful things for this election, and she's my kind of Westerner. But I still have doubts about her fitness for the vice presidency, frankly. If it were a matter of how much I like and admire someone, there would be no issue for me. Unfortunately, there's more to it than that. I...

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Doesn't it make you feel proud in our capitalist, free enterprise nation that Uncle feels so comfortable sticking his big paws into our pockets to help out huge corporations that make awful decisions? I know I am overpaid and undertaxed, so figure it a real privilege to see part of my wages being pu...

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Dimrod: Really appreciate you sharing your hunt with us. That's a wonderful bull you took --- and doing it with the .30 WCF has to make the venison all the sweeter. You're living my dream!

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Guys, for in-depth reading on the Finns and the Winter War, go here: http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/default.asp I first got interested in the subject years ago when Finnish M39 Mosin-Nagants were all over the place for less than $100. One of these rifles rebuilt on a Russian action by Sako gave ...

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Hobie: I am amazed at how few Americans are aware of the tremendous, humiliating blow tiny Finland administered to Stalin's army in the Winter War. I think it is not well known because of the tangled alliances you allude to. The Finns had help from the Germans, and some of their officers trained wit...

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Danny: That's nice country all right. Looks like there has been some selective cutting in there and a lot of second growth. Is that mostly fir and hemlock, maybe some larch? What kind of rifle do you like for that country? Seems like the shots could come very close as well as 300 yards off, but that...

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I was relieved to keep tabs on Waco, where my daughter is, and it appears they got off with gusty winds and showers.

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Those rigs with tents on top are popular in southwestern Africa. They keep you up off the ground away from some of the smaller critters and it forces the cobras and mambas to work a little harder to bite you in the face ...

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From the size, I am guessing those campers were in Namibia near or in Etosha National Park, which has the biggest elephants in the world. They are humbling creatures.

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Steve: Wish you the best luck on this. My daughter is a freshman at Baylor in Waco, and I'm worried.
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Cable: Lovely photos. The sky and light remind me of the Puget Sound. Here in the Rogue Valley, the sun is harsh and the highs are still in the 90s. We have an Aussie (and a Brittany, and two little mutts). Your pup looks like a keeper. Our guys pick our raspberries, too. They're almost surgical abo...

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Junkbug: His will be done, and His peace be upon your father and mother, and especially upon your heart.
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Thanks for the demo, 1886. I had less than memorable results my first time out with a new Ruger BH .41 Magnum. I look forward to the next load tests with different primers -- CCI 350s as a matter of fact.

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Stew: If style points count in the deer woods, you'll get a fine buck for sure. A might warm and dry just now,unfortunately.

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Thanks guys. Jdad: I just had John Taylor rebarrel a Marlin to .25-35. He does good work.

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OK, so I decide I'm going to drill and tap the tang of my Savage 30G Favorite my own self and save some clams. I get the hole started with the receiver in a vise in the drill press and take it slow and easy. Things are going well. Nothing to this, I tell myself. Then there's a little crunch. Gee, th...

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You MADE money on the sale? People MAKE money on gun sales? Learn somethin' new every day ...

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Oh, hell. Very sorry for your loss. A friend had to put his horse down. He led up him into some aspens and gave him some oats first. He still tears up when he thinks about it.

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Chuck: I'm with you on the steel. I'd pay for it too.

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Red: The turnoff is just a few miles north of Stinnett, and you wind back down south to the Canadian, emerging through cottonwoods and sunflowers to the small plain where the stores were built. Gives me chills just thinking about the clash of cultures and the brave men on both sides.

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I like my little Husqvarna, but then I also have a fondness for Husqvarna rolling blocks ...

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If any of you are ever in the Panhandle, you really should make the drive to the Adobe Walls site on the Turkey Track Ranch. Billy Dixon lies there, and he was an honorable man. I felt a real sense of "big medicine" there. My great-grandfather's ranch just a few miles up the Canadian.

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I'm LOVING IT!

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Mikenv: .379.
Duff: I hollered back, but you had the music up so loud ...

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Guys: The original Marlin -Ballard .38-55 specified a .379 barrel. Marlin's fine Cowboy is true to the original specs and because the big bullet makers chose not to fool with a proper .379 slug, the Cowboy has fallen by the wayside. Believe me, with the right diameter bullet the Cowboy is a tack dri...

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I wore out dozens of pairs of Redwing "Toughies" as a kid. (Anyone remember those, along with double-kneed Farah jeans?) But as an adult I have had trouble getting a Redwing to be comfortable. Something about the lasts they use. My current favorites are a pair of Double H Bullhide ropers. ...

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Bob: I'm not that Bill, although I have visited Raton a few times as a tourist. My understanding is that this gun is designed for pressure not exceeding about 30,000, and I will stick to the Speer and other data that limit pressures to about 28,000. Believe me, a 405-grain bullet going 1700 really g...

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hfcable: There is a barrel-regulating jackscrew that adjusts the right barrel. It's located forward of the front swivel under the rib. Remington does not even mention this in the manual that comes with the gun, but I plan to start working with it at the next range session. Some fellows are reporting...

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Not the best, but a photo nonetheless ...

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Guys, in response to a request for more on this new gun, here is a post I made at Accuratereloading.com on my first impressions of the SPR22: Picked up the Remington Spartan double .45-70 from my local FFL, where I had Luke at Pueblo Sports send it. It will be some time next week before I can get to...

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Took two Ruger sixguns along with some long guns to the range today, a BH in .45 Colt with 4 5/8 barrel and the new .41 BH with 6 1/2. I was mainly just plinking up odds and ends with the .45 Colt, but settled down to try for accuracy with the .41. I first shot some 250-grain WFNs from CPBC over 5.0...

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Thanks guys. OSOK, I have tried Speer, Hornady and Sierra 87-grain bullets, but not necessarily with those powders. I will give those powders a try.

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I have a nice old 99 with the 1:14 twist barrel, and am having a hard time getting under 2 inches at 100 yards with handloads and bullets of 100 grains or less. Anyone else shooting this rifle with this twist getting better accuracy? Bore and crown are perfect.

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Mike: Good for you for getting out and gathering some birds with a hammer double. I have a Husqvarna hammer double with 2 1/2-inch chambers that I need to break in. I have some Magtech all-brass shells loaded with black powder that I would like to try, but can't use lead shot on the local refuge hun...

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Shooter is the best kind! Do you know what the bore measures?

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It's the best time of year -- and the worst, because there are so many options. Archery deer and elk open here in Oregon on Saturday, and grouse, mountain quail and dove on Monday. At the same time, the Rogue River mouth is packed with bright 20- to 40-pound fall chinooks, not to mention thousands u...

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About 10 or 12 years ago, John McCain appeared in television ads here in Oregon to recommend passage of a ballot measure that had its origins among Democrats in our Legislature to "close the gun show loophole" and require background checks even between private citizens swapping deer rifles...

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WOW! You only get one bighorn tag per lifetime here in Oregon, and I would say he'll be happy with that ram for the rest of his days, even if he lives to be 100!

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1886: Please do post photos and especially range results. I had Chick Donnelly of Siskiyou Barrel Works build me a No.1 in this caliber about 12 years ago, and it is now somewhere in Alaska. At the time, I had trouble with dies, reamers and brass all matching, and I was much less experienced with bi...

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I will be right up front here. I make a 220-grain .379 jacketed softpoint bullet specifically for use in proper .38-55s, whose original bore diameter was .379. I spent the money several years ago for the swaging equipment after reading an article by Ken Waters decrying the lack of a proper bullet fo...

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Aren't Kerri and Misty something? I don't know why I am not as interested in men's volleyball ...

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Here's my prayer that he realizes somehow he has been saved for something special by Someone Special.

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6PT: I have a new 6 1/2-inch Blackhawk in .41 just like yours. Hope to shoot it this week. All I have loaded right now is some Trail Boss plinkers and some H4227 full powers using the CPBC 250-grain WFN.

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Russell, Remington, Catlin ... wonderful artists.
I also very much like many of the works from the Taos Society of Artists.
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Mike: It was just a smidge under two weeks from mailing check to opening package. Will report when I get a chance to give Paco's tool a workout.

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Mike: Any chance of sharing photos of your double rifle? I have a Remington Spartan 12-gauge double, and am happy with it for the money. It is strong and reasonably light and balanced. I hunted pheasants, ducks and sharptails with it in the Sand Hills of central Nebraska and was very pleased with th...

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I live in the country in a neighborhood of one-acre lots developed about 35 years ago, so I guess I am a guilty party. And yet, at least I will admit it. What really gripes me is these folks that blame the hunters for the loss of wildlife. Responsible hunting has NEVER permanently reduced wildlife p...

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I'll go $30 on No. 2.

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Little bundle of joy arrived by pony express yesterday, and although I haven't had a chance to use it yet I must say I am impressed by the design and execution. If it makes ammo even more accurate and lethal in my CZ bolt gun, I will be even happier. Thanks for a fine product at a very fair price, P...

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