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- Wed Nov 01, 2023 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My dad is always up to something.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 787
Re: My dad is always up to something.
Keep a watch on your health, you don't get many "do-overs" with it! Nice gift. I agree, you got a special Dad, keep him. I went to the VA to get a CT scan of my abdomen a week ago last Monday & was told they didn't have any unfilled orders from my Doctor. Called the VA Clinic and they ...
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Global warming is real !!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 815
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home generator …?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 959
Re: Home generator …?
We don't have natural gas down our street, ½ mile from the highway where they do... but, the expense to be the first to have it piped here is more costly than my property is worth! I rely on two Honda 5K generators. Or... I just sit and wait, light the propane or kerosene lanterns and read a book. S...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the Mach One to the Pinto…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 422
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 11:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let's See Your... Deer Rifles
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7666
Re: Let's See Your... Deer Rifles
Not all have taken a deer, but all have accompanied me on hunts.
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Running from a fight
- Replies: 4
- Views: 346
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loading issues, .30-30
- Replies: 8
- Views: 409
Re: Loading issues, .30-30
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...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home generator …?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 959
Re: Home generator …?
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...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hand Crafting Ammo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 430
Re: Hand Crafting Ammo
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...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Days ... Old Stuff
- Replies: 12
- Views: 565
Re: Old Days ... Old Stuff
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...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hand Crafting Ammo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 430
Re: Hand Crafting Ammo
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...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making Bullets ...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Making Bullets ...
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...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Acorn finds a blind hog
- Replies: 8
- Views: 375
Re: Acorn finds a blind hog
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.
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making Bullets ...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Making Bullets ...
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...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hand Crafting Ammo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 430
Re: Hand Crafting Ammo
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...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bought an entire reloading room!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 837
Re: Bought an entire reloading room!
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...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers For Maine -- and this world
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1028
Re: Prayers For Maine -- and this world
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.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hand Crafting Ammo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 430
Hand Crafting Ammo
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...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Damp night on the Rolling Plains of Texas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 271
Re: Damp night on the Rolling Plains of Texas
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.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I had just enough shekels.....
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2011
Re: I had just enough shekels.....
My mailman is such a friendly chap, I don't often greet him heeled... well, not visibly anyway!
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who Knew?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 471
Re: Who Knew?
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...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who Knew?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 471
Re: Who Knew?
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...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who Knew?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 471
Re: Who Knew?
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...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers up please.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 851
Re: Prayers up please.
Prayers for you and your wife Tycer. I haven't viewing all the posts as I used to and missed yours.
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who Knew?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 471
Re: Who Knew?
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 ...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who Knew?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 471
Who Knew?
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...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bought an entire reloading room!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 837
Re: Bought an entire reloading room!
Cool score!
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The American Buffalo
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1177
Re: The American Buffalo
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...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's 10/22! Happy Ruger Day!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 165
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting accounts using lever guns?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 471
Re: Hunting accounts using lever guns?
Scattered among other informative articles, there are a few here: https://www.leverguns.com/articles/Default.htm
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tsunami warnings
- Replies: 14
- Views: 488
Re: Tsunami warnings
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)!
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reloading Dies question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 358
Re: Reloading Dies question
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...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just in Time for Fall -- for BP shooters!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 290
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 225 Years Ago Today, October 21st...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 512
Re: 225 Years Ago Today, October 21st...
I always wondered what it took to get assigned to her.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's About Time!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 412
Re: It's About Time!!
"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."
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good or Bad ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 350
Re: Good or Bad ?
Yes. Maybe.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your Chronograph just became obsolete
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1077
Re: Your Chronograph just became obsolete
I like it! Between it and the Longshot target camera system, your chronograph and spotting scope just became redundant!
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I took my wife shooting today
- Replies: 17
- Views: 787
Re: I took my wife shooting today
+1!marlinman93 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:32 pmAnytime the wives can go along is a great time of shooting! Looks like fun Walt!
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1876 for Brown Bear
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1617
Re: 1876 for Brown Bear
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!
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Unique doesn’t meter well?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1299
Re: Unique doesn’t meter well?
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 &...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fake Grass..... Just gotta have that 'lawn' look...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 425
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fake Grass..... Just gotta have that 'lawn' look...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 425
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Unique doesn’t meter well?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1299
Re: Unique doesn’t meter well?
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.
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wet vs dry
- Replies: 8
- Views: 453
Re: Wet vs dry
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...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Misplaced Firearm
- Replies: 20
- Views: 862
Re: Misplaced Firearm
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!
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Long lost siblings reunited after 130+ years
- Replies: 8
- Views: 522
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you pay for reloading powder...?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 499
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you pay for reloading powder...?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 499
Re: What would you pay for reloading powder...?
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).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.
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting Hard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 419
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The talk about forgetting guns has been useful ....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 255
Re: The talk about forgetting guns has been useful ....
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...