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fordwannabe · Post by **fordwannabe** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:14 pm

I just pulled my sight up and it is marked WR on the receiver side. Is that the “good one?l”
I want to know before Jay shows up with the extra long buffalo coat.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:26 pm

Tom,
It's only good if it's mine...all others are contraband and subject to confiscation as per rule #6. The Board Police will be there to pick it up.

Yes, WR is the correct marking for model 21 Lyman sights for the 1895 Winchester.

You won page 45. I'm going to award you your own sight. Technically, it's mine, as per rule #6 but instead of relinquishing it to the Board Police, you can keep it. Just pay me $200 for the paper work. (Ain't it great in a socialist country?)

You interested in a 4 cavity LBT mould for the 40 S&W/38-40 180 gr. FP? I bought it new and may have cast 300 bullets with it and it's still like new.

Less than half of what it cost me.....excellent and a very accurate bullet in the 38-40. You do need a Lee factory crimp die to hold the bullet. I've use the Lyman 40 S&W bullet exclusively for the last 25 years...it's about the same design.

LBT is the s.... $60 + $10

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:44 pm

Hey FW!
Yup, the WR is correct.
Man! Lots of action here today. I take a few minutes to fit an Ed Brown barrel into my old Springfield 1911 and look what's going on.
"Drop in" my shiney hiney!

I was supposed to send some pics to the guy with 95 today but I didn't. Maybe tomorrow. Have to get some more of the 95 too. I'm still kinda on the fence on the whole thing.
He may not want to do it either.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:31 am

Jay...you cast don't ya?

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:32 am

Well, the word came down from Alaska. "Don't get rid of any 38-55's!"
So Gunny, you're gonna have to fight it out with my kid.
Gooood Luck with that buddy.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:33 am

Sixgun Sr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:31 am Jay...you cast don't ya?

Yes I do, buddy.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:37 am

There's a whole lot more 38-55's than there is 30-40's, excluding the Krag....better cartridge too. I'd take a 30-40 anyday over the clunky 38-55. Those 220's will penetrate six wet paper bags and a bottle of Deer Park water.---6

Well, you want that mould?...screw Tom, he had his chance.

(talk about two face)

I maybe getting a lot of moulds ready for sale...I'll post em to you guys first.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:39 am

You at work?

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:43 am

Yeah.... work haha.
Yeah I know buddy. Plus, I ain't got a 95, but I have a good 38-55 rifle for each kid now. And, it's what Cody wants, so........
I will never sell them as I will give em to the kids so it really doesn't matter for the money.
Yeah! Keep me posted on molds. I need a 44 that will work in my 73. You sent me some before I still need to try.
What is the mold you are talking about now?

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:50 am

Just to prove it.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:05 am

All this talk about casting and I just remembered that I cut a cherry when I was in school, .452 for a 230+/- acp bullet. Only problem was we didn't know how to go about milling the mold... Oh well I learned how to file cutting edges!

The kitchen sharks are NOT happy this morning! No breakfast since Claro is going for X-rays and she needs to be under sedation no food.

I'm with ya on the helo crash, I don't care about pro ball players, over paid pre madonnas! They do nothing for society... Yes the others on the helo should be getting the same air time.

Just to prove what Jay?

Ok coffee time!

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:20 am

Why, to prove I'm at work.
I do actually have a job......really.......they hired me.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:40 am

Ah ok, I wasn't sure if you meant a job or that you poured your own, I didn't recognize that equipment as casting stuff.

fordwannabe · Post by **fordwannabe** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:18 am

Holy stuff! I went to bed and the whole thread exploded.
Jack Indonwant that mold uhuh uhuh.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:25 am

Happens to me all the time buddy. When I am up, everyone else ain't.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:14 am

I'm up!!!! By now Jay is home, Tom is on the road, and Gunny is most likely depleting his bank account at the vet. .....Griff and Old Savage are most likely in "Soft Stuff land", with Griff driving there and Old Savage doing the squeezing.......

Jay works????? They have jobs that far north? I thought everyone up there just sold cars on their lawns and used flintlocks to eat with. Geeze, I'm behind.....

Gunny cutting cherries?....yea, I've cut a few in my time too, mostly when I was younger....today, I'd be lucky to cut my way out of a wet paper bag.

We ain't had no visitors lately.....ya think it's the smell?---6

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:08 pm

fordwannabe wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:18 am Jack Indonwant that mold uhuh uhuh.

What the hell is that supposed to mean? You either want it or you don't!!!!! I tell ya something boy, you better get a hold of yourself or that tough hombre from the north country is gonna slide right on in there and clean you OUT!!!! He just patented a new buffalo coat called the "M Spl" which means it specifically designed to hide MARLINS....and Lordy, he knows YOU have them, and probably some of mine too....

His "C Spl" is obsolete....he done wore out the pockets.

OK, enough of this mindless entertainment...got 40-82's to cast up.......this bullet was actually designed for the .405 but with my extreme innovation I was able to adapt it to the 40-82 for long range shooting with the 1-28 Express rifling......---

Code 1....this week...stay tuned...

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:10 pm

Cutting cherries? What the h3ll is that?
I've cut the cheeze......
I've heard of cherries getting popped.......

But cutting cherries is a new one. That some southern term?

harry · Post by **harry** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:07 pm

Cherry is the cutter used to cut the bullet profile in a mold

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:10 pm

harry wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:07 pm Cherry is the cutter used to cut the bullet profile in a mold

See Jay.....there are some smart ones around here...
Maybe you need to get away from the dooryard and stop popping cherries.

Geeze....hey Harry.....this guy is a machinist!!!!!

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:20 pm

Haha yeah I actually knew that. Thirty years of working nights.....
I'd just got up and hadn't had coffee. If nothing else, you see how my mind works.

harry · Post by **harry** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:20 pm

In case someone might want to know a little more.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthr ... g-a-cherry

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:22 pm

Hey......we make buckets, but they don't hold anything.

harry · Post by **harry** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:27 pm

OldWin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:22 pm Hey......we make buckets, but they don't hold anything.

Wouldn’t that be called a sieve

fordwannabe · Post by **fordwannabe** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:29 pm

Jack. Yes yes yes please.
Oh by the way CAN I HAVE IT?
I did win page 45 you know

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:02 pm

harry wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:27 pm
OldWin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:22 pm Hey......we make buckets, but they don't hold anything.
Wouldn’t that be called a sieve

If it was, your lights would go out.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:11 pm

Bank account? What bank account!? $500 today, another 2 grand for the soon to come surgery!! She has torn her ACL! Good news is it's not her spine or hips!! She is done hunting this season- that SUCKS!!
Looks like I wont be buying any molds or Marlins anytime soon...

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:49 pm

She is lucky to have you, Gunny. Well cared for pup.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:03 pm

My dogs mean the world to me ! Of all the Labs I've had, she is tied for BEST hunter. She is my best buddy too. Never far from me either.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:06 pm

We have one like that too. Well.......except for the hunting.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:13 pm

Ya know.......for real...they now have "pet medical insurance". Gunny...here's your chance to clean em out.....you would have more claims in a month than Maine has dooryards.

Dang....this is almost as good as sitting around the campfire gettin' drunk.

Cast up another four hundred 44 caliber Hensley & Gibbs 200 grainers.....and.....and.....four hundred 300 gr. 40-82's....it's actually a .405 Winchester bullet. These 40-82's will take me through the several buffalo matches we have this year...another 4 lbs. of 50-50 tin bars......---

TRUMPS IN JERSEY??????????'nnnnn,,,,,,,,,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those socialists are DONE....DONE....DONE....did ya see the crowds forming a day early in the communist state of New Jersey????? (Nothing personal Gunny)....oooooooooooooo gonna turn on the tube......----6

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:05 pm

If you get bored, you can dig in old posts right from this board to the latter part of 2015....most of 2016......and you will see some negativity concerning PRESIDENT Trump....not from me mind you. I've supported this guy waaaayyyy early before most.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:37 pm

The insurance wont help me now, maybe for the next puppy.

I cant wait for the RED tsunami in November!!

Just down the street and enjoyed a glass of Makers Mark with my neighbor.

Ok I'm going to bed!

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:42 pm

Me too. After casting 800 bullets, sizing 225 and watching my mentor or TV, petting my dogs and cats, I'm tired. Give my body 10 hours to turn moms chicken salad into chuck schummer and I should be good-to-go for testing out the 629 tomorrow.---6

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:33 am

I missed the rally last night- went visiting to my neighbor buddy. Put a dent into his Makers Mark!

629? I got one of those, 6"?

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:56 am

Don't blame you Gunny.
I like Trump and all........but free Makers Mark? Yup.

I got a 626 too. Mines a 6". Dad bought it for me for high school graduation.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:02 am

Makers isn't one of my favorites but it serves its purpose!

I bought my 629 LNIB. Wasnt shot much, probably too much gun for the original owner! Of course the first thing I did was to remove the side plate and do an action job! Haven't shot it in years but I remember it was quite accurate with cast 240s.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:57 am

Sixgun Sr wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 1:00 am
OldWin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:23 am
Griff wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:14 am
Sixgun Sr wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:11 pmOh...I see...five 38-55's and no 30-40's.....GO FOR IT!
Myself, I'd have to ask for some additional jack to part with a mdl 94 in exchange for a mdl 95...
Well I wouldn't say no to that!
...near a million 1894's made before ww1... only 165k of 1895's out there...

And with a production of over 4-½ million before the greatest aberration known to firearms, I'd say the people have voted... The 94 wins by a landslide! But, we're all entitled to our fantasies...

Code 99

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:11 pm

Well, not start anything

but ... I have had 94s on both sides of 64 and while I like them both .... the post 84s win.

Let the games begin

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:13 pm

Old Savage wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:11 pm Well, not start anything but ... I have had 94s on both sides of 64 and while I like them both .... the post 84s win.

Let the games begin

I never owned or fired a post 64 until a couple years ago.
For a shooter, I don't mind them. I have 3 total spread from the late 60's till the mid 80s. All are pre crossbolt, one Angle Eject.
The one built in 77 is probably the best. The Angle Eject has pluses and minuses, but I had to get rid of the rebounding hammer. Hated that. I converted it.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:36 pm

Ha...ha....ha....ha...ha.........you guys are FULL of Schiff......one guys says, "as a shooter" ha! Coming from a guy who stores his rifles in the dooryard.......

ya figure, everyone shoots an "X" amount of ammo in their lifetime.......it's like driving a corvette vs. a Volkswagen ...which one ya gonna drive?....PRE WW ONE rifles are available to almost anyone with a ten cent education...so, that means go for the gusto. No need to shoot modern junk.......how many times have I said here I have tens of thousands of rounds out of pre eighteen ninety eight Winchester and Marlins and Colts, and Smith and Wessons and they RUN....

Excuse the bravado and exuberance....watching Donald last night pumped me up to where I didn't get to bed until three and I got up a twelve eighteen.

Don't know why but this iPad locks up and won't let me do numbers or symbols....got to shut down to get it back...

The Gunny called and we are setting things up for the National Championships...got to send in two hundred sixty dollars. Two hundred for the match and four t shirts. If you guys want a t shirt, let me know..State size, the rest is on me.---6

Code One ....excitement by the end of the week

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:59 pm

Vet called me this morning, he does the surgery and wasnt there yesterday when she went for xrays. Anyhow I questioned him some and he gave me an honest answer- Go to Dr Collins, a different vet clinic because that doctor does a plate implant which is better for larger dogs and the fact that Claro is a field dog this will be a better outcome. Yeah if I had any Colts I'd be selling them to finance this!! So Feb 17th the Brown Wonder goes to see this Dr, maybe surgery same day. Now she will be the Bionic Brown Wonder!

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:36 pm

That's what I call an honest vet.....rarer than an honest politician....or an honest gun seller......or an honest used car dealer....you have to wonder, how many of people selling their cars on the front lawn are honest.

Claro, the bionic dog....you need the get t shirts for dat.

My guess is your vet sees you as bread and butter and don't want to pizz you off......

I'd sure like to see human doctors like dat.....they don't care if you die as long as they are making a buck.

Code 1......until about 2-6-20

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:41 pm

I hear you buddy.
BUT......
It's one thing to go to the range on a nice day, take your rifle out of a case, shoot a bunch of rounds, then go home and clean it.
It's another to put said $1500 rifle on a four wheeler and plow through alders, leave it in a scabbard in a Jeep for weeks at a time, or lug it around the woods in snow and rain.
I hunt with my old guns on nice days and shoot them at the range. But for harder field use, I use less valuable stuff.
I guess calling them "shooters" is a bit if a misnomer. "Users" would be a more apt name.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:54 pm

Ok..I'll agree..."users" is a better term to use if your justifying using a junker......

Let me ask you this...your going to the National Silhouette Championship of which the best in the nation will be there.....also....you know in your mind that you will be lucky to even finish the match let along placing at the bottom where you will be happy accomplishing..........

Each day there will be 80 shots that require extreme focus...it wears you out...for real.....I'm only good for first 2 hours or so. At the big matches confidence is lowered and your worrying about not making an azz out of yourself.

There's people from all over so you HAVE to watch your stuff or it will grow legs.

Everything costs you money, even a bag of chips.

There's not a lot to be happy about...that's why the champions always look miserable and are non talkable.

I like to be

happy and will not go home miserable.

Which guns do you bring.......Users....or....dressed to impress?

---6

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:59 pm

Well....by the sound of it, I wouldn't go. It doesn't sound like fun. That being said, I've never shot in competition so who am I to judge.
I guess if I didn't think I had a chance, I'd bring the coolest gun I had, regardless of whether it was the best shooter.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:02 pm

I agree with Six, Gunny. Sounds like you have a good vet. He agrees with you that your pup deserves the best.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:10 pm

Being a competitive shooter since age 13 I've learned that the only score that matters is mine & mine alone.
It's TRUE competition wears you out. After a 200 bird match my eyes are sore- if that makes sense. I shoot with a great bunch, we bust on each other, eat like kings, swap stories.
My cell phone just rang, good old Tom returning my text - he's a good man that Tom! Best part is he doesn't have a buffalo coat

( sorry Jay I couldn't help myself)
Jack I sure hope you can keep your head together, shoot a great score and I'll take a Large tshirt!

Thanks Jay- she does deserve the best !

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:34 pm

Now here is an eye opener from 25 years ago, sorry it's from oprah but just watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/MOKi5YeNtRI

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:59 pm

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:34 pm Now here is an eye opener from 25 years ago, sorry it's from oprah but just watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/MOKi5YeNtRI

My wife saw it but I didn't until now......GREAT......look at the people AND Oprah agreeing with him.....now, all of a sudden Donald's bad. I've always believed this guy is the greatest POTUS since TR..and maybe better.....he certainly smarter....

In serious competition, one that you want to do good at, along with large expenditures of cash, it makes zero sense to have yourself only as a competitor....sorry Gunny......

I play to WIN. I USED to be good, not great at levergun Silhouette and am not bad at metallic sight handgun Silhouette ......very good at the local level, decent at the state level, and well, I'm still trying to figure out where I fit in the national level, probably low rung but I'm striving to win.

Watching some of the greats in Pennsylvania, I have zero chance..I know that...these guys can hold like a rock in all disciplines....Al Faust, Brian Wakefield, Al Bean, the Zeke brothers....and many others.....these guys are super duper good..world class and I ain't a pimple on their azz....

Most guys who want to do good usually will at the local level.....90% of guys go for the fun of it or like a Gunny says, to compete against themselves which is a good thing and keeps your mental attitude high. In handgun Silhouette I go to win and the rest of the matches I go to tell off color jokes and to make fun of people.

Guys who are master class shooters usually don't look like happy people...they seldom smile, crack jokes and stay to themselves. I'm a total f.o.except....when I want to win.

People don't remember who came in second.

Copy dat on da shirt......