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by COSteve
Fri Sep 15, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Loading Bench
Replies: 13
Views: 598

Re: My Loading Bench

But, Steve, my chaos is organized! And what do they say? A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind! Mine's HEALTHY! While "They" may say that it simply isn't true. :o "They" only say that to try to justify their sloppy lifestyle. :lol: An organized mind is supported by an organized ...
by COSteve
Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Loading Bench
Replies: 13
Views: 598

Re: My Loading Bench

One word . . . . Organization!! Without it you have randomness and chaos. If you know where to find what you need, life is very relaxing and enjoyable. If you can't find things it makes for a frustrating and irritating exercise in futility. Anal you say? Not hardly. Organized!! for an enjoyable expe...
by COSteve
Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading for auto loaders
Replies: 9
Views: 399

Re: Reloading for auto loaders

At almost 76 hunting is in the past, however, when I go on my 'woods walking' hikes in the Rockies, I load it up as a 10mm with either 180grn or 200grn hardcast hot loads. So, with the 2rd extension, I have 17+1 rds of hurt on my hip to protect from anything whether it be 2 or 4 legged. In the Rocki...
by COSteve
Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading for auto loaders
Replies: 9
Views: 399

Re: Reloading for auto loaders

Something to consider. If you want to regularly shoot reduced loads consider a reduced power recoil spring. That way you'll keep the reliable feeding with reduce loads. I know that Strike Industries and Wolff Gunsprings sell them for many pistols. I have a custom longslide Glock I developed in 2004 ...
by COSteve
Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Two new to me Lever Guns
Replies: 5
Views: 374

Re: Two new to me Lever Guns

Sweet finds.
by COSteve
Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9-11
Replies: 5
Views: 218

Re: 9-11

. The 9/11 problem was made even WORSE by being used as an excuse to destroy civil liberties under the guise of 'an emergency' - the way governments always do. Remember the Republicans are mostly RINOs, and pushed the Patriot Act right along with the Marxist Democrat bunch. "Never Forget' mean...
by COSteve
Tue Sep 12, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lookout Sixgun...
Replies: 9
Views: 844

Re: Lookout Sixgun...

Yep Sixgun, my 2ea .357mag Rossis are cheap junk. I've only run about 8K rds through each since 2009 when I got them, they can't hit a bowling pin at 400yds but they can at 300 and 200, they both feed .38spl and .357mag smooth as glass and they're so unreliable that I've not had a single problem wit...
by COSteve
Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lest we forget—thinking about September 11
Replies: 19
Views: 687

Re: Lest we forget—thinking about September 11

And after 22 years, Saudi Arabia has still not be held accountable!!!!!!!
by COSteve
Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I think I like this Ammo Company...
Replies: 4
Views: 337

Re: I think I like this Ammo Company...

The pricing for even 8 bags (2,000 rds) of reloaded training ammo is comparable to what I can buy new commercial training ammo for on the web. For instance, 2,000 rds of .40 cal 180grn FMJ at $115 equals $345 per K or 34.5¢ per rd for reloads with dubious history. On Ammoseek I can buy new Wincheste...
by COSteve
Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lest we forget—thinking about September 11
Replies: 19
Views: 687

Re: Lest we forget—thinking about September 11

Ysabel Kid wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:39 pm I will never forget, or forgive.
This.

The attack on Pear Harbor . . . The attack on the World Trade Center . . .

Two cowardly acts I will never, ever forget nor forgive those who instigated them.

Those we all lost will live on forever in my heart.
by COSteve
Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lest we forget—thinking about September 11
Replies: 19
Views: 687

Re: Lest we forget—thinking about September 11

I was at work in a closed area talking to our customer. He started yelling and there was a huge commotion in the office in Washington behind him. He said he had to go but "WWIII might be starting" and hung up. I sat there stunned and then called my director and told him what he had said. H...
by COSteve
Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are your thoughts on these velocities
Replies: 33
Views: 1308

Re: What are your thoughts on these velocities

Standard pistol powders are formulated to burn very quickly as the assumption is that they are being used in barrels under 6"-7". So, the performance out of a barrel 3 times the length won't be that different as the powder isn't made for a long barreled use. However, magnum pistol powders ...
by COSteve
Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What was the reason for leverguns being down today?
Replies: 13
Views: 514

Re: What was the reason for leverguns being down today?

Good to know it was just an upgrade rather than a problem.
by COSteve
Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What was the reason for leverguns being down today?
Replies: 13
Views: 514

Re: What was the reason for leverguns being down today?

No clue but I tried to get in half a dozen times over about 4 hrs and couldn't get anything but a blank screen. Not a computer nerd so a guess is that the server was down and didn't respond to anything.
by COSteve
Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ATF Now Proposing Rule to Require Registering Powder Storage!
Replies: 10
Views: 684

Re: ATF Now Proposing Rule to Require Registering Powder Storage!

Gene15644 (on another forum) posted the following concerning this issue. He stated that he checked BATF&E regs on smokeless powder. As of Sept 4, 2023 this is what was quoted . . . "Is smokeless powder designed for use in small arms ammunition subject to the explosives storage requirements?...
by COSteve
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ammunition supplies.
Replies: 10
Views: 526

Re: Ammunition supplies.

That's been my mantra since forever. I'm gtg on all my reloading supplies for a long, long time thanks to an epiphany in early 2018 where I realized that things were not going to go well for the foreseeable future.
by COSteve
Mon Sep 04, 2023 4:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting Result at The Range
Replies: 3
Views: 259

Re: Interesting Result at The Range

It's always nice when a plan works out good. Are you going to do any tweaking on your load or stick with what you've got? JBowen I'm considering upping the powder charge a bit to 95% or so after I chrono the current load to see if I can make a meaningful change in the trajectory with the idea that ...
by COSteve
Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting Result at The Range
Replies: 3
Views: 259

Interesting Result at The Range

Yesterday I took my 40 cal carbine and both my 155grn and 180grn handloads out to compare them. The loads I settled on were both 90% of max with Power Pistol and they produce almost the same POI at 100yds which is where I've got my Ruger Police Carbine sighted in at. For review, my carbine has a rea...
by COSteve
Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ATF Now Proposing Rule to Require Registering Powder Storage!
Replies: 10
Views: 684

ATF Now Proposing Rule to Require Registering Powder Storage!

ATF now proposed that we register with local fire dept our reloading powder storage. Next it will be primers, then ammo, then bullets, then brass so they'll know just what to bring when they try to confiscate it on some trumped up charge. The commies are circling in and tightening the noose. I'd hat...
by COSteve
Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Morning Meal
Replies: 7
Views: 305

Re: Morning Meal

You don't know how many times we've and our neighbors have tried to grow vegetable gardens and the deer, elk, rabbits, birds and whatever eat them before they get a chance to even flower. We've put chicken wire around and on top of them and still they get in and eat them.
by COSteve
Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Morning Meal
Replies: 7
Views: 305

Re: Morning Meal

When we first moved to our valley in 1996 (from about 1 1/2 miles east of it outside the valley), we had a cat and the kids were small. One morning after the first snow, I was in the yard and saw a feline paw print about 4" across and realized we had mountain lions in our valley. After that, I ...
by COSteve
Sat Sep 02, 2023 12:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Older Gentlemen
Replies: 15
Views: 611

Re: Older Gentlemen

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by COSteve
Sat Sep 02, 2023 12:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Morning Meal
Replies: 7
Views: 305

Morning Meal

I was out for a walk in our valley this morning with the pups and we saw this good sized bobcat catching his breakfast. Luckily for us, he was concentrating on the rabbit and not on my 2 small dogs.

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by COSteve
Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More Old Guys
Replies: 6
Views: 357

Re: More Old Guys

Astute answer there. :D
by COSteve
Thu Aug 31, 2023 2:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading for 38 special and 44 special Rossi Carbine
Replies: 17
Views: 852

Re: Reloading for 38 special and 44 special Rossi Carbine

horsesoldier03 wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2023 1:21 am Unique is always an option.
Yep
by COSteve
Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt SAA Price in 1971
Replies: 6
Views: 275

Re: Colt SAA Price in 1971

Per CPI Inflation Calculator: $190 in 1971 = 1,434.11 today.
by COSteve
Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: EV Truck
Replies: 11
Views: 443

Re: EV Truck

GunnyMack wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:11 pm How is it we have enough oil to be self sufficient but we can't do it? Oh yes the GREEN agenda is running the country.
Slight edit to your comment. "Oh yes the GREEN agenda is ruining the country."
by COSteve
Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: EV Truck
Replies: 11
Views: 443

EV Truck

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by COSteve
Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting Find On Dillon's Website For 550 and 650 Press Owners
Replies: 6
Views: 345

Re: Interesting Find On Dillon's Website For 550 and 650 Press Owners

I’ve been thinking about sending my 550b back to be refurbished. But I use the dang thing every week and I would miss it. It would be easy to do yourself. I did see that they also include a Platform Alignment Tool, p/n 13713, (and valued at $14.00) with the kit so I'm sure the instructions are clea...
by COSteve
Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is your most useful levergun?
Replies: 77
Views: 3962

Re: What is your most useful levergun?

I must agree. Each one of mine is the most useful one for what I use it for too.
by COSteve
Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting Find On Dillon's Website For 550 and 650 Press Owners
Replies: 6
Views: 345

Interesting Find On Dillon's Website For 550 and 650 Press Owners

One of the upgrades of the 750 over both the 550 and 650 is the crank grease fittings. I've added grease to mine and I really like the ability to keep the crank bearings well lubed. I stumbled on a page on Dillon's website that's called 'Reloader Upgrades and Updates' and in it, Dillon has 2 updates...
by COSteve
Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is your most useful levergun?
Replies: 77
Views: 3962

Re: What is your most useful levergun?

I think your answers are all over the map because the question is too vague. By too vague I mean 'Most Useful' for What? Everyone has a slightly different 'useful' purpose in mind for their leverguns so comparing the answers are largely meaningless. Some may take theirs out for self protection, some...
by COSteve
Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yesterday's Visitors
Replies: 4
Views: 247

Re: Yesterday's Visitors

Our valley is residential so obviously, no hunting. The mule deer and elk all know it and wander around ignoring everyone. It's common to see deer all around our place every day. Sounds nice but in the spring cleaning up the deer and elk poop takes hours! Elk from a few falls ago across the street c...
by COSteve
Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Breaking Down and Making Up . . .
Replies: 1
Views: 155

Breaking Down and Making Up . . .

I pulled down 50 ea excess 255 grn Lead .45 Colt light loads for my SA, saved the components and then used that brass, powder and primers as part of the components to load up 350 rds of 200 grn .45 Colt TMJ HP to use in my Uberti 1866 carbine. I plan to go to the range tomorrow to see how they work.
by COSteve
Fri Aug 18, 2023 1:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Something to Ponder?
Replies: 3
Views: 171

Something to Ponder?

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BTW, I have some strange friends. :shock: :o :lol:
by COSteve
Thu Aug 17, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading Components: Give American Reloading a Look
Replies: 4
Views: 218

Re: Reloading Components: Give American Reloading a Look

Well, this morning I loaded up 800 of these in my Speer Nickel plated cases with Power Pistol and Remington SP primers. Great thing is loaded you can't tell they well pulled as they look new. :D They all went in slick as snot and the faint case edge line some had from removing the bell was hidden as...
by COSteve
Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading Components: Give American Reloading a Look
Replies: 4
Views: 218

Re: Reloading Components: Give American Reloading a Look

I hadn't either until I heard about them on another forum. They were all raving about them there so I looked them up and sure enough, they've got some great deals. Don't forget to click the top of the homepage as that is where the voucher codes are for the discounts. They ship everything shipping an...
by COSteve
Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading Components: Give American Reloading a Look
Replies: 4
Views: 218

Reloading Components: Give American Reloading a Look

I just received my order I placed 2 days ago from American Reloading. It was for 1,500 pieces of pulled 180grn 40 Cal TMJ FP bullets and I couldn't be happier. Great bullets with only a slight mark from the light crimp to remove the belling and other wise they look new. Great packaging as at 38lbs c...
by COSteve
Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .40s&w Combo
Replies: 1
Views: 150

.40s&w Combo

OK, ok it's not a levergun or a SA but they're both .40 cal. :D

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Hey, I've got both a double .357mag combo and a double .45 Colt combo (2 leverguns and a SA) but they are both already listed. :roll:
by COSteve
Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Safelite Glass Co warning.
Replies: 2
Views: 227

Re: Safelite Glass Co warning.

Here in the Denver area cracked windshields are a normal thing as they 'sand' the road with gravel at times and the trucks throw that up at you constantly. Safelite Glass advertises heavily here but they charge those with insurance much more than what you can get a quote for from other reputable com...
by COSteve
Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Boy, Does 55 Years Play Tricks on the Memory
Replies: 10
Views: 544

Re: Boy, Does 55 Years Play Tricks on the Memory

Yep, the newer tank models had totally different combat loads. My M60A1 in Germany in late '67 - '68 before I went to VN, had a 105mm main gun and the ammo for it was HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank), APDS (Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot), SMOKE (White Phosphorous but we called it Willy Peter) and H...
by COSteve
Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Barbie's Plinker
Replies: 3
Views: 310

Barbie's Plinker

Barbie's plinker shouldn't frighten anyone. :D

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by COSteve
Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Nod to My Wife
Replies: 15
Views: 528

Re: A Nod to My Wife

We have 3 pots, 2 of which we got for wedding presents and they still work! We use 1 for the cheese at the kitchen island before dinner where we stand around and have some bubbly (my wife loves champagne) and chat. Each person gets a fondue fork and we have french bread and green apples to dip into ...
by COSteve
Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Boy, Does 55 Years Play Tricks on the Memory
Replies: 10
Views: 544

Re: Boy, Does 55 Years Play Tricks on the Memory

As I remember they were steel.
by COSteve
Sun Aug 13, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moving away from the AR-15
Replies: 84
Views: 2730

Re: Moving away from the AR-15

Not saying the 300 BO isn't a good rd, just saying that in a choice between it in an AR and 7.62x39 in a Mini 30, the Mini wins hands down for me 'cause I'm a bit of a walnut and steel guy and not fond of the plastic.
by COSteve
Sun Aug 13, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moving away from the AR-15
Replies: 84
Views: 2730

Re: Moving away from the AR-15

If I had a hog problem and luckily I don't, I'd not bother with the platform at all. No, I'd much rather use the issue as an excuse to get another Ruger Mini Ranch Rifle but in this iteration, it would be the 7.62x39 Mini 30. I've shot the Mini 30 and it packs a significantly harder punch with the 1...
by COSteve
Sun Aug 13, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: illinois new gun law
Replies: 4
Views: 327

Re: illinois new gun law

Won't last long as it's already been ruled on by SCOTUS as violating the 2nd.
by COSteve
Sun Aug 13, 2023 9:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Some Years Back I Realized I Needed More Light
Replies: 2
Views: 200

Some Years Back I Realized I Needed More Light

I've done dozens of custom things to my press to make it work just right for me and every one of them was a joy. It must be part of why we like to handload. It's about taking pieces and parts and making something of them that is so satisfying to us. Everyone I know who enjoys the hobby is also a tin...
by COSteve
Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unusual Brass You Say?
Replies: 8
Views: 370

Re: Unusual Brass You Say?

Pisgah wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:44 am Just some supplemental info -- they've moved the Petrified Forest from New Mexico to Arizona... :wink:
You're right. We came into it from NM and it's close to the border.
by COSteve
Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Boy, Does 55 Years Play Tricks on the Memory
Replies: 10
Views: 544

Boy, Does 55 Years Play Tricks on the Memory

I saw AJMD's response this morning to my post in "Moving away from the AR-15" thread and my answer about my "shotgun" looked off. I guess my memory from 55 years ago isn't as good as I remember. Anyway, I Googled the rounds and realized that I'd mixed up the performance of both o...