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Trailboss

I had 5 brothers and Indian (feather) neighbors so started hunting with a bolt action 22 at age 6. Squirrels, cotton tails, coyote, wild dogs and deer were all fair game. In those days I purchased 22 shells individually from an open box at the local gas station. Bought my first pistol at age 11, a S...

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JimT wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:33 pm
Trailboss wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:17 pm Jim, would you be able to squeeze em all into a flat rate USPS box?
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Yea, I didn't think so, I'll have to pass.

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Jim, would you be able to squeeze em all into a flat rate USPS box?

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I see a couple of 480 owners on this thread. :) I was wondering if anyone had any good loads. Also wondered if anyone had any fullhouse loads chronied? Just curious as to what they case can do. Mick, I haven't chronographed my loads and I don't really have any hot loads but here is my favorite. It ...

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I chuckle when a liberal posts online about a wild animal eating their kitty or puppy. They are horrified that such things can happen. It's interesting how they suddenly advocate killing something.

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I have an original 32 Winchester single cavity mold in 160 grain. It was manufactured 1895-1900. All this talk got me excited to pull the mold and cast up a few hundred leads. Then it's time to work up a good load. My current 32 win reloads are with Speer 170gn flatnose jacketed.

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Congrats Mick, the 480 Ruger is my favorite cartridge. It's like lobbing hammers down range. Ranch Dog made some awesome 480 R molds, even a six cavity one. A large flat nose, weight around 390 grain.

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In 45 plus years of hunting Whitetail deer my 32 Winchesters have dropped more than 40 animals. Almost all were one shot kills, never lost an animal. Never had a failure.

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I've got 3 Winchester 94 in 32 Special caliber. Been hunting with them for 45+ years. Have shot both ammo you mention, had good results on white tail from both. The pointed Hornady is supposed to be accurate to a longer distance but I max out around 100 yards due to declining eye sight. At 100yds bo...

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I would drop em into a cup of strong tea overnight. Gives em that older look to match the gun.

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I've always been curious about the Rossi 92 in .454 Casull, it seems hard to believe the 92 action is substantial enough for such a high pressure cartridge. When I asked my 'smith about possibly rechambering my. 45 Colt model 95 he told me definitely no. The 92 Winchester design with modern metallu...

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piller wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:11 pm My Rossi in .480 Ruger has never once given me any trouble.

My 480 Ruger Rossi has been the same. Not a single problem through more than a thousand shots. The recoil is mild compared to my 44 mag Rossi and the 480 action is very smooth.

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jeepnik wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:03 am Sort of what I thought. Can I have some of what you’re smoking?

Witty

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I am doubtful of the magnetism but the r.f.I.d. tracking technology was actually used for a time. E.U. civil servants and union dock workers were, for a time, required to wear g.p.s. tracking badges to ensure they were maintaining the 2.5 metre, person to person social distancing. It does not take ...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:12 pm I guess they won't require a compass they're always pointed North...

That's true, suddenly the number of lost hikers sky rockets. Hmm I wonder why?

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Pisgah wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 3:49 pm So THAT'S why my wife and two firemen had to pry me off my garage door the other night...

Ya, I couldn't let go of my truck last night. Bummer.

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It appears that some folks become slightly magnetic after receiving their Covid-19 Vaccines. https://www.revolver.news/2021/06/covid-vaccine-jab-site-magnets/ Have any members noticed this, if so, a couple of questions. 1. Can you still use a compass to navigate? 2. Do you still need a holster to ca...

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44shooter wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:41 pm I really like Montana Slings. They make nice belts too

+1

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I prefer a larger bore with a heavier bullet. My 480 Ruger is great for timber. A 1894 Winchester rifle in 38/55 gets me out to 150 yards plus/minus. A Winchester model 70 claw extractor in 375 H&H covers all other large game.

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No, and I don't take it as sarcasm.....I was sheltered....inadvertently......all white school, all white rural neighborhood...everyone I knew had a mom and dad and the dad worked....I never knew any poor people or for that matter, people who "wanted" but could not afford it, so they stole...

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Sixgun wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:27 pm So many years I've wasted believing people are truthful.

Not trying to be critical or sarcastic but who taught you that people are truthful? A quick look at Scripture reveals the fallacy of thinking that man is basically good. Someone led you astray early on.

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Can I get one with triple triggers?

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My Rossi 44 was my favorite lever until I picked up a 480 Ruger, then the 44 moved down the road. My 480R is a delight to carry and shoot and I love the 390 grain hammers that it throws. I fully understand the attraction of the 44, bigger is definitely better.

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I didn't purchase black guns with a plan to horde until the price rose and then to dump them. It was never a profit deal for me. Mine mostly just sit along with their ammo waiting for the time the insurance policy is collected on. I hope I never have to collect. I won't sell my food either, even if ...

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I would expect a cleaning rod to leave round or circular marks. These look more like someone took a piece of 1/4" hot rolled round and snipped it with a bolt cutter. Then proceeded to pound it on the bolt causing the marks in the cold rolled bolt (softer steel than hot rolled). I doubt it would...

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I was still buying it off the shelf at local gun shops mid 1970's but it was starting to get hard to find.

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Pat C wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:16 pm Barrels shipped from Winchester to be installed by gunsmith s had mail order proof above the W/P proof.

An interesting detail that I never knew about. Thanks Pat

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I once bought a very nice guitar at a rummage sale. The woman asked if I played and if I wanted a nice Gibson for $50, she was really mad at her ex. I still have the guitar, it sounds wonderful.

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If it wasn't totally against the law to use cut shells where I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, then my brothers and I and practically everybody we knew would have used them. Dropping deer, bear when out rabbit and bird hunting. Easy to cut in a moments notice and if not used, then discar...

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I personally believe that our Constitution has no power in and of itself. The power is the people who are willing to protect and enforce the Constitution. If no one stands against those who violate the Constitution then the violators have rendered the C meaningless. It is relegated to a historical d...

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Okay, Trailboss - ya have a point. :wink: They can't enforce anything remotely like that unless they change the Constitution -OR- Sheeple conform to a gun registration scheme. ... Be vigilant and give them nothing! Make 'em work for it. No comments, no consent to search, you can confirm or deny NOT...

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What guns?! They can't enforce anything remotely like that without changing the Constitution. -Tom Tom, I wish what you are saying was true but I just don't see that. Liberals believe that the Constitution is a living document that is to be reinterpreted daily depending on current liberal group thi...

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I have 15 boxes of factory 32 Special in my stash and a box and a half of reloads using 30-30 cases. The box is well marked and when hunting I don't pickup my casings. I have an extra 500 30-30 cases on hand for hunting throwaways. I doubt I'll ever shoot the factory rounds but I feel good having th...

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As a kid growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I seldom had as many as 100 rounds of 22 ammo. Usually it was less than 50. Those were the best hunting days of my life. Now folks have thousands and are worried about running out. Weird...

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Have used a metal detector but seems im always digging up junk, I have found some very old 50-70 & 45-70 some of the 50-70 were inside primed & the 45-70s had like a shot gun size primer, the Calvary was very active here & traveled back & forth from Ft.Laramie to the mts. for logs &...

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Grizz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:05 pm can drag a magnet on a string, or put one on the bottom of a hiking staff...

This is true, although magnetite is magnetic and abundant so learn to reject the non-meteorites.

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I'm insterered. How would you found them. Mark Mark, I'm not sure about other folks, but I just walk around open areas looking at rocks. I tend to examine any black, dark colored, metallic looking rocks. Meteorite finds are not common but remember that the space rocks have been falling for a long t...

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Years ago while coyote hunting my buddy and I were calling on a large ranch in SE Colorado when I found a fairly large hunk of burnt iron. I knew what it was, we were miles in on foot and I picked it up , decided it was too heavy to carry so I dropped it hoping to get back there but never did... Mi...

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Very nice sir

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Thats cool for sure!! have found a few small space rocks while looking for Indian rocks biggest was 1/4 lb. but black & magnetic, found a polished rock one time & i thought who would have dropped this rock here in the boondocks? later a old guy was showing me his collection of artifacts he ...

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Was at lake Powell and saw a crater about 10ft across and wondered if it might have been a real small meteor strike. Was tempted to take a shovel and check things out, but it wasn't too far off a road and figured once I started digging, a ranger would drive by and I would be in deep stuff, so left ...

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Now that is quite the find! And right here in my neck of the woods. Er... "high desert" in the local terminology; "sagebrush steppe" as the ecologist would say. If it would have been me stumbling over it I'd have just said "ouch" and left her right there and never know...

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That's Really Cool. I'm sure it's not news to You but I saw a show on T.V. last year about King Tut and the dagger He was buried with . the Experts analyzed it and found it was made from a Meteorite at a time in history that iron or steel was hardly known. Happy New Year. :D . 45, I read about that...

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I have a lump of iron that my grandfather dug up circa 1974. He was a d.o.d. civil servant and both witnessed the strike and helped extinguish the subsequent brush fire. The next day someone borrowed an army landmine detector and they were able to dig it up, still warm to the touch. About twenty ye...

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Years ago while coyote hunting my buddy and I were calling on a large ranch in SE Colorado when I found a fairly large hunk of burnt iron. I knew what it was, we were miles in on foot and I picked it up , decided it was too heavy to carry so I dropped it hoping to get back there but never did... Mi...

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I know zero about meteorites but found this fascinating. There is so much we yet have to find out about what lies beyond our world. I agree 100%, I consider myself a complete amateur but have been able to determine through research that this titanium meteorite likely originated from a supernova exp...

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Around six years ago I became interested in space rocks. Now I've found what I believe is a rare one.

Titanium Meteorite, you can check it out on my YouTube page.

If you enjoy the videos, give me a thumbs up.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1RvN0 ... Ybq-dcQRCw

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shasta_steve wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:53 am panic buying (hoarding)

I'm not sure these are same. I've seen folks panic when they hear about the shortage and they run out and pick up a couple of boxes to tide them over. Even though I wish they would plan ahead, I can't see them as hoarders.

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Antone have a Win mod 64 in 32 spcl? I received mine from dad-inlaw 20 yrs ago. Just came from a gunshop and saw there were .32 spcl in Rem,Fed and Win. $22 a box but limited to any 2 boxes mix or match cal. Ammo is out ther just spend time crusing the gunshops and you will h patdirt. I've been car...

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Years ago I bought a couple of black rifles as an insurance policy, nothing more. I set aside a couple k of rounds for each and aside from the occasional range trip to re-familiarize my wife and I with them, they sit unused and unloved. I didn't buy my fire insurance because I loved it, rather I bou...

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