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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 6:53 pmOh, THAT Mach 1- I had to think about that Doc!
I think we are headed more towards the Stanley Steamer

Not if it's coal or wood fired... "too dangerous for the children."

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Not all have taken a deer, but all have accompanied me on hunts.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:31 pmLol I feel the same way.

Make me 3 of us!

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I have one rifle that chews up brass... It's my custom mdl 94 in .30-30 with a Numrich barrel. The chamber is quite simply, rough! I get about 3 loadings on brass used in it and the necks start showing cracks. Not the mouth, case body or shoulder, just the neck. I've not done a chamber cast, so I do...

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CHANGE THE OIL!! The only thing that might be an issue is the generator portion, lots of dissimilar metals( copper, aluminum, bearings) that sometimes corrosion can seize the genset. Another thing to think about are mouse nests inside the covers. I would contact the manufacturer and get info for in...

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Most of my loading these days is accomplished by pulling the crank on an old Dillon machine. It’s satisfying, but not anything like precision hand loading. Don't feel like The Lone Ranger, most of mine is also. There is also a certain satisfaction to fill up a GI can full of 45ACP or 45 Colt or eve...

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Growing up in the city it was quite a bit different. But, I attended a private elementary school... out in the farm land of then a largely agrarian Orange County in CA. School was surrounded on 3 sides by acres of strawberry and vegetable crops. Farms chores were part of the curriculum, a small part...

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I didn't drag myself out to the range today, even tho' the weather seems fine for it. I sized and trimmed another 50 cases and prepared to load them. A nearby toy store said they had 3 lbs of RE7 on the shelf, so knowing I only had what was in the powder measure left, I headed there. Alas... what he...

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OK .. thanks. I will dig out the chronograph and see. The 160 gr. Speer jacketed SWC with 7.5 gr. of Unique was about 1150 fps and the jacketed bullet produced a lot more friction than the cast bullet. Seating depth also affects things. That Speer JSWC is in the database, and at 7.5 grains is a muc...

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A light sanding and fresh Tru-Oil would do that furniture wonders. If'n I was a Marlin guy, I'd have bitten on that one also. For some reason, I thought the 36 introduced the round bolt to Marlin.

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8 grains of Unique is pretty sporty, any idea how fast that's running? No, I've never checked. I would guess around 1200 fps. But that's just a guess. Jim, you might wanna check... Quick Load doesn't list that specific bullet, but another 160 grainer SWC in the .357, is showing about 42K psi @ 1580...

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Thanks for the kind words. As I said, I started reloading the .30-30 in 1973, while still on active duty. Then in 1974, I became a student living on my VA benefits, luckily my wife worked and was supportive of my shooting hobby and hunting. My first deer was her and her family's first taste of venis...

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Vall, if you're like me, you'll love that 10-10 scale. I had their mid-range scale, I believe it was a 5-10-5(?), anyway it started giving erratic results and contacted RCBS about it. They said to send it back & they'd try rebuilding it. A couple weeks after sending it in, I received a new 10-10...

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I don't pay attention to the news, so this is the first I'm hearing (reading) of the shooting. I'm constantly dismayed at the waste of lives. Prayers up.

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Since I had my trimmer mounted to the bench, (have to take my powder stand down to do that), I decided that since I had less than 50 rounds of .30-30 in cast, I'd make up some. At least a box of 50... so I trimmed 50 cases (Winchester) down to 2.028" after sizing and deburred inside & outsi...

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east of Dallas we got a few sprinkles while I was at the range, not even enough to dampen the targets. Roads were wet on the way back, but our dirt road showed nary a drop and the little farm is dry as a bone. Need a little if I'm to mow at least once more before the grass goes dormant.

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My mailman is such a friendly chap, I don't often greet him heeled... well, not visibly anyway!

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D'OH! I don't know why I switched the two cartridges in my feeble mind. Maybe because they were such go-to stalwarts of the Schuetzen era. :oops: Probably my fault for mentioning the .38-55 in my post... I measure case length before reloading and trim, every time if necessary. You could run into se...

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Griff, I for one am enjoying your .38-55 adventure. I wish to heck I had kept the Marlin Cowboy in that caliber that I bought a whole swaging outfit from Dave Corbin to feed it custom .379 jacketed softpoints. Have mercy they were accurate! Actually, it's a .32-40. Back in the mid '80s I bought a b...

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Did ya notice that with old eyes, even a scope don’t help much anymore? 😝——006/ Surprisingly, this does seem to help. With iron sights, I find myself trying to line up a fuzzy rear sight with the bead of a fuzzy front sight and line both up on a fuzzy target! This scope has a long eye relief and my...

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Prayers for you and your wife Tycer. I haven't viewing all the posts as I used to and missed yours.

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Six, it's the "new-to-me" Miroku made Winchester 1885 Limited. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/d197/sass93/DSCN1551_1_.JPG I know that I "could" use any of that family of cartridges to form brass from... but, if I have a quirk, it's liking to have my brass head-stamped in ...

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My once fired .32-40 brass stretched. Probably less than 50% of the 60 rounds I reloaded today. Lyman's 50th sez "trim-to" length is 2.120". Some of mine were as long as 2.23". Most were in the 2.15" range. I dropped my previous load of 15 grains of 5744 to 14 grains, as the...

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Cool score!

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I enjoyed both parts 1 & 2, along with the short companion film. Learned a lot about the folks and wide variety of them who worked and are working to bring them back. But, I worry about the fervor of environmentalists(?) that would displace humans at the benefit of animals. Or other humans based...

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Scattered among other informative articles, there are a few here: https://www.leverguns.com/articles/Default.htm

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In 1969 Geologists and physics both predicted CA would fall off into the Pacific. I hitchhiked my way to NO... co-incidently, just in time for Madri-Gras... I'm still waiting for the predicted fall of CA, (into the ocean, we know it's really fallen far)!

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After a couple of decades of using nothing but lubed, cast bullets, my 45 Colt seating die needed the accumulated hardened, sticky lube cleaned out of it...

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:39 pm

+1!

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I always wondered what it took to get assigned to her.

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"Weapons of war have no place on California's streets," Bonta said in a statement Thursday. I hate to break it to AG Bonta, but 'weapons of war" have been on America's streets since revolutionary times! (Yes, ang before). Plus, the AR-15 is not a "weapon of war."

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Yes. Maybe.

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I like it! Between it and the Longshot target camera system, your chronograph and spotting scope just became redundant!

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marlinman93 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:32 pmAnytime the wives can go along is a great time of shooting! Looks like fun Walt!

+1!

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I'm not particularly fond of bear meat... so I hope y'all forgive for taking a pass. I believe my 45-70 in the 1886 will get the job done... and with better sights, the Sharps 1874 in .40-90SBN will also, with the added advantage I can remain farther away!

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Just out of interest...I've just acquired some Unique but use Herco in a small game load for the 30-30. How does Unique differ from Herco please? Unique is #45 on the LoadData.com burn rate chart and Herco is #51. Whereas on the Hodgdon chart published by LA Silhouette Club webpage, Unique is #31 &...

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:52 pmThat's kind of a family inside joke Griff. My God parents neighbor had a tiny lot and an even tinier concrete patio they painted green, was always funny to us.

I've seen the same thing... funny to me also!

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:02 pmPour concrete , paint it green !

I wouldn't waste the paint!

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I think that was a hold over from the last powder shortage so folks would buy all there was on the shelf!

I've never had a problem using Unique on my either my RCBS Uniflow or either Dillon. But, I've never tried loading it in very small (under 6 grain) charges.

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Earlier this year I bought a Frankford Arsenal wet tumbling kit that was on sale at Midway. Since I shoot a lot of BP rounds, I tend to decap before tumbling, either dry or wet. With the wet and using the pins I find my brass comes out shiny, inside and out, including the primer pockets. I've reload...

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You guys are making me feel better... now I just gotta remember that my gunsmith has 2 of my 1851s and my favorite shotgun for repair!

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:11 pmVery cool!

+1!

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:37 pm.
How about primers...?

At least 75% of today's price.

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horsesoldier03 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:21 pmI can buy powder locally in KS for about $39 a lbs. If I were buying USED, I would expect closer to $25 would be my top dollar.

I must be a cheap skate, my top price would be in the neighborhood of $20. (I don't know SURE CERTAIN what powder is contained in any bottle).

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Excellent post Jim. Glad you got it back and enjoy it so much. I once owned a Single Six and traded it for a Marlin 336 in .30-30. When my Dad moved from AZ to TN he mentioned that he wanted to hunt bears... so I gifted him the 336. After he passed, my Mom gave me his guns, and my son his 10-22. I a...

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All that danged trouble to locate the rifle and during today's trip to the range, instead of 200 yards, I decided to start at the 100 yard line. Took the target, camera and tablet out to the target line (I was the sole occupant), and set up the target stand, put the camera off to one side about 10 f...

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That seems to make more sense that making the one shot during deer season and relying on that same round the following. You never know when you'll find the better load if you don't experiment a little.

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I just checked on Ammoseek.com and they didn't list anyone that had it. They're usually a good start for a search.

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