I figured I'd say howdy. I've been reading off and on here for years. Last couple of years I've tried to join but the new members area was turned off it seems. I'm glad to be here, so I reckoned I'd introduce myself.
My name's John. I'm active over on castboolits as Bazoo, and on several other forums, either as Bazoo or LeverGunner.
The most important thing to me is my relationship with Jesus Christ. I have a wife and 4 year old, with a baby girl on the way. My boy is my fishing buddy and loves to watch me shoot clays, leverguns, and pellet rifle. He enjoy asking me which guns are big enough for which critters.
I am a sixgun and levergun nut. Right now my favorite rifle is a Winchester 1892 takedown Deluxe in 44 Magnum, Turnbull finished. It was a gift from a friend and is a testament to God's blessing on my life. My favorite handgun is a Ruger Blackhawk in 44 Special. I love working up new loads and messing with them in general.
I pretty much love reloading and casting as much as, if not more than guns. I would restrict myself to 357 Magnum probably if I didn't reload. It sure would be boring.
I have a website that I'm building: https://bulletmatch.com/. Cast bullets and reloading have been my passions for a long time and I found myself needing to extrapolate data for bullets that didn't have any published data, so I began collecting sample bullets from which to take measurements for my own needs. When I started learning programming I decided to make a website that would show all the useful info that I had been collecting and share it for free with the whole reloading community. Of course I'm still working on it, and I have hundreds of bullet samples to enter. I hope that when I get it rounded out it'll be a huge blessing to the gun community.
It sort of stemmed from my passion for cartridges. I've always been a cartridge collector and love Frank Barnes. I always thought it'd be cool if there was a reference of cartridges that showed which bullets worked for them, so I've been working on cross-referencing cartridges and bullets. Been working on some 50-110 stuff lately since my friend is getting one.
I have a serious bass fishing addiction, and just recently caught a 4 pounder that is probably my PB. Got him on a Zoom Fat Albert grub, texas rigged. I enjoy learning and reading, especially gun stuff. I like playing chess (I play on Chess.com if anyone wants to play). I do a bit of photography too.
Here's a few pics.
My Winchester 1892 in 44 Magnum.
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My Blackhawk in 44 Special.
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Me and old iron jaws.
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