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As of this morning, 90,000 acres burned, 6,450 structures lost, and nine confirmed dead. Late yesterday, my friend was told his home was still standing. Hope it survived the night.
For those with connections to Paradise, local news is reporting small pockets of the town appeared to have been spared.

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My buddy just got a message from Cal Fire that they are staged in HIS YARD trying to stop the advance, and that only about 20 of the 400 homes in his canyon are still standing. Wow, that's tough. God bless emergency responders wherever they are.

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Now 70,000 acres, five percent contained, with thousands of homes destroyed and probable fatalities.

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Thank you friends. The "rules" keep changing along with our climate, it seems.

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Now at 18,000 acres and growing fast. My friend said that as he left his place he could see flames and hear propane tanks exploding around the neighborhood.

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We know our friend Shasta lost his home in the Redding fire. Now a lifelong friend, a fine father, a man of faith and the owner of his grandpa's 1886 in .33 Winchester could use prayers as the Camp Fire burns hot and erratically toward Chico, California, this afternoon. Started at 100 acres this mor...

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Jerry, prayers sent for you and your bride.

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Wish I had a wife ... to give me a puppy!

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We'll be needing photos, 6-pt.

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Earl, was this at the COSSA range out there near Millican? Some fine folks shoot out there. I'd be pretty pleased with your score!

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Here in New Mexico, the buzzers come with the territory. I tend to think of them as the hantavirus control program that the state and taxpayers can't afford. Mostly they just want a mouse dinner and a chance to curl up under a creosote bush for a nap.

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Ya know, there is wealth, and then there is a nice mess of all-steel Redding or Lyman peep sights ...

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I'm not a BSA fan, having sold them at Sportsman's Warehouse once upon a time. Blaine, google Gateway to Airguns and sign in. The RWS 48 you chose is very powerful and know as a scope eater, but I can't say what it would do to a reflex sight. If you do get one, get the smallest dot you can -- like a...

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Mick, there's more. I had some left over .56-50 handloads after I sold the Spencer and thought, "hmmm, these seem to chamber OK in my 12mm Swedish rolling block." I'll be darned if they weren't incredibly accurate out of the Swede. Talking these Swedes: https://www.allans-armory.com/aaresu...

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Todd, figgered I musta missed somethin' in there somewheres ...

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Lenn, I have had a couple of those 10.5- inch Ruger .44s and found them easy to carry if I attached a sling to the barrel and to a stud in the butt. Still the most comfortable .44 Magnum handgun I have ever shot, thanks to that long barrel.

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Hard to believe Dave passed 7 years ago. Mike Venturino had one of his rolling blocks and admired it greatly in print.

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Mick, I think I was in the low 900s with BP as the propellant, but never chronographed the carbine. Lots of great information here:
http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index. ... 075.0.html

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Thanks, Trailboss. That's a good-looking bullet all right.

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Mick, don't overlook the Armi Sport Spencer replica in .56-50. I had one and it was a lot of fun to shoot. I used a modified Lee 515-450 mould to drop a bullet closer to 350 grains, and Starline makes excellent 56-50 brass. Use off-the-shelf .50-70 dies to load. A friend in Montana has taken a coupl...

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Thanks for the link, Earl. Not surprised at the PB accuracy issues.

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Trailboss, have a favorite jacketed slug?

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Wolf dog, is the 22 TCM accurate enough to take advantage of its unusual ballistics?

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Steve, belated thanks for your reply. Grizz, you're shooting 405s in .45 ACP???

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Really lovely piece, Vall. Congratulations. A .25-20 of any description has been on my list for decades, but no soap.

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Nice choice, Darryl. I also have a soft spot for hammer doubles, and have had some inexpensive Belgian guild guns as well as two or three of the Husqvarna Lefaucheaux hammer doubles. The barrels on those babies sure heat up when shooting clays!

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Good man, David.

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Lenn, you'll have a long wait for warm weather won't you? Got down to a chilly 45 here this morning.

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Sow griz with cub, no bueno!

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JN, I can't think of a better reason to shoot the .38 Auto than owning an heirloom 1903. Getting hard to find that ammo.

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Just thinking about this interesting and often overlooked 1911 chambering -- one that I have never shot or otherwise messed with. Closest I have come is shooting the older .38 ACP out of one of those surplus Spanish Destroyer carbines that were around 15-20 years ago., and out of a Spanish Astra Mod...

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I was somehow surprised at the damage to Tyndall as well.

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Never stops hurting. They leave a hole that a new pup or pups only partially fill. I truly believe they are the living expression of God's love for us.

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Jeep, you can read yourself to sleep here. I found out the hard way it was pretty easy to buy "too much" machine, with so many modes it would take months to learn them.

http://www.treasurenet.com/

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New Kubota = happiness.
That said, I had the small Mahindra a few years ago -- the three-cylinder diesel -- and it was built from bucket to PTO by Mitsubishi. Did all I asked of it and more. Miss it.

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What a nice piece of "folk art" Lenn. Like the paint job, too. Be time to break out the fish decoys up your way before too long, won't it?

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These are fine rifles. My understanding is that Remington had a steep learning curve when they absorbed Marlin, but now they are making a good "Marlin" as well.

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Octagon, it is the first movie I went to as well.

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Charles, your points are well taken.
Shall we keep this idea on the back burner for when some young guy or gal with a tremendous work ethic in the hunting field comes along in the future?

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I've had a detector off and on for years after renting a White's Coinmaster back in the dark ages. (I've been to the White's factory in Sweet Home, Oregon. Nice little out of the way place.) I have had a Compass (no longer made), Garretts and a Minelab, but my current machine is a Tesoro DeLeon, whi...

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The Ellis from Colorado just has to be the gunsmith Ellis Brown. I have his book on building double rifles on shotgun actions, and he is a very nice fellow. A thought occurred to me about Mo, the skinner girl. It seems she has cropped up in threads on other forums -- Charles, maybe Accurate Reloadin...

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Frankly I don't object to background numbers of them in the ecosystem, as long as those numbers are carefully managed and livestock owners have the right to shoot offenders and are promptly and fairly compensated for any losses. No, I'm not interested in seeing griz restored. Humans historically sta...

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One could wish for the karmic justice of Predator Defense Fund members being the ones stalked and assaulted, but they all live in Eugene, eat only leaves and soy products and no longer smell like meat to our Canid friends. At some point ODFW is going to have to put on its big-boy pants and declare m...

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Well done, Oregon friend!

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Any news yet?
Kidding aside, I hope the prayed-for miracle has begun.

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Got it on my Motorola Android. The phone is smart; I'm the one who is stupid.

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Pete, I am normally not a fan of Cold Steel stuff, but the roach belly is very tempting.

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Glad to see you gradually rebuilding your life, Shasta. I hope to gosh the city of Redding comes up with a way to expedite building approvals in the wake of this disaster; if it does not, shame on City Hall. If the Record Searchlight has not addressed this issue, I suggest a call or e-mail to the ne...

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