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I remember as a kid living in beautiful Lincoln County in central NM we had some really cold nights including one at -29°, no wind chill considered. I've never been around anything that cold since then.

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Our daughter in Oklahoma City said a while ago that it's still snowing and that the wind chill factor was minus ten degrees.

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Speaking of the "big storm", it's been spitting snow all morning with very little to show for it, like a half inch. I have a friend in Arkansas whose weather is waay worse than ours and our daughter in Oklahoma City is getting slammed with snow as well as wind chill factors at ten below. A...

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I have an old AR SP-1 (triangular fore end) which shoots well but the truth is that when picking a long gun in my locker to shoot, it would probably be the last I'd choose.

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My shooting partner had a Henry Long Ranger in .243. We tried all sorts of stuff to get it to shoot better, various loads and bullet weights, checking the barrel channel clearance but nothing really improved it so he sold it. He also didn't like the rack and pinion action, preferring Marlins or othe...

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I have Ruger's latest .41 mag which I bought a year ago. It's a mid-frame, flat top Bisley with 5 1/2" barrel in stainless. I have had an issue with it that seems to be wearing in as I use it. The cylinder was hanging up at a point in its rotation where I had to rotate it by hand to shoot it. O...

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We've had roofers here since Monday putting on a TPO (membrane) roof. They got done at about midday today and it appears they did a good complete job. They had worked in 20° weather on Tuesday but warmer yesterday. Today was 55°, a beautiful day. Supposedly we are on the fringes of the big storm the...

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Jack, thank you. Nice to hear from you.

I really like those model 90s.....thanks for all the pictures.

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Beautiful, Barbarossa! Thanks for the picture.

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I have motorcycles, ATVs and a 2018 Toyota 4 door, 4WD Tacoma TRD with 110K miles, probably the nicest vehicle I've ever owned. My wife drives a 2017 Toyota Rav4 hybrid and a 2025 Lexus SUV twin turbo hybrid with 11K miles, but not both at the same time.

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I like it already!

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VERY nice looking Land Cruiser, Paladin!! Thanks for the pictures.

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Our Texas granddaughter's 2nd birthday is in late February so Amy and I will fly down there for a couple of days to join in the festivities. We'll soon have 4 granddaughters; that'll keep us flying around the country. I hate flying but the trip isn't long enough to justify driving.

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Thank you, John.

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Man, your son sure has a tough job, GK!

How old are your granddaughters, Jay? I know the feeling.....I was worn out by the time they all went home after Christmas.

Happily, my wife's surgery to repair her shoulder is this coming Friday. We're both looking forward to having it over with.

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Malamute is exactly right. Take a good file with you to the range, make your file strokes as you shoot and when you're very close, take it home, put it in a vise and use a fine file to square the top of the sight. Make sure the rear of the sight is taller than the remainder, clean it up and cold blu...

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I have a Henry lever action in .22 mag that I really love. It has a 20" octagonal barrel and is almost as smooth as the 9422s. Although it has no easy way to attach a peep sight I get along well with the buckhorn. It is light and slender, a pleasure to carry as opposed to many of the other Henr...

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Thank you, gents!

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At last count I have 15 Blackhawks and Super Blackhawks and one very fine New Vaquero in .45 Colt with a 4 5/8" barrel. I love 'em all but the unevenness of numbers tells a story.

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True, but it gives you a sense of satisfaction to clear up some of the stuff you've been meaning to do. My wife fell while ice skating with our granddaughter a few days after Christmas and dislocated her shoulder....again. Her first dislocation happened in 2014 and her rotator cuff was repaired. Sev...

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Nope, had subscriptions to GUNS and AMERICAN HANDGUNNER. I sincerely doubt any refunds will be forthcoming.

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In shooting 9mm CCW practice rounds, I think the priority is in developing or maintaining form and muscle memory. Accuracy is secondary. 9mm is about the only caliber with which I don't shoot cast bullets. I have bought factory ammo only once and that was to load in carry guns for reasons of legalit...

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Echo, the front sight height is .475" from bottom of dovetail. A couple of years ago I ordered 2 front sights from Midway. I must have used one on another lever action. This one fits fine but I had to trim the front of it to clear the barrel band. The front sight height is still high enough to ...

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Echo, on my gun I found that in using a peep sight from Stevesgunz I could go a full .1" lower on the front sight, maybe even .125". Yep, that original front sight is very "unsightly".

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Very nice! What great guns....I have a model 61 made in 1948 and a model 62A made in 1953 and really enjoy them both.

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On my R92 my front sight was so tall that I had to raise my rear sight to its highest position for POI to match POA at 35 yards so I replaced both sights......much better.

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Rihmfire, I was unaware that the 9422 came in a trapper version....very cool!

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John, PLEASE have your son check on you for the next day or two because a brain bleed from that bop to your noggin could be dangerous.

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I have two model 9422s, one in .22lr and the other in .22 mag. They both have beautiful, perfectly executed checkering. The .22lr has a nicely figured walnut stock, the mag has a laminated stock in green and gray. I bought both in the late 80s and the serial number of the mag indicates it was made i...

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That ain't gonna happen!

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I would certainly recommend a new Lyman loading manual which has both cast bullet and jacketed bullet data for rifles and pistols.

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Brian, I've had Toyotas for decades. Before I retired I used to drive 2 wheel drive, standard cab pickups for around 800 miles per week. They worked incredibly well for my needs; the 4 cylinder trucks got 28 to 32 miles per gallon depending where in the state I was working. I ended up with 441,000 m...

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Pretty good $200 car that can make it to almost 400,000 miles. Insurance companies are abominations, almost as bad as drunk drivers.

What kind of car did you have?

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It used to be that major gun shows were held at the NM state fairgrounds but our illustrious governor declared that no gun transactions would be held in state-owned buildings and shut down the large buildings at the fairgrounds. I'm sure she's just so proud that she saved the world.

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I used Titegroup in .45 Colt loads for several years with good success, filed down front sights on several fixed-sight revolvers to bring point of aim to point of impact. It's clean, very economical and gets astoundingly low standard deviations. But, I wanted to use slower powders so took the advice...

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GK, that's an excellent resolution and one I really should make....and keep. I can't wait to do some woodswalking with a .30-30 over my shoulder.

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Good one, Samsi....that's funny.

Attached is a letter from Elmer Keith to an acquaintance in 1968. I suspect this one isn't as bad as some of the things he submitted.

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I think editors do more than just hit the spell check button. As much as I enjoy Tank Hoover's writing for instance, I have seen several of his articles in which his word usage and spelling were horrible. Since reading those, his editors most certainly have intervened and paid closer attention to po...

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The inexpensive Lee case trimmer would work well (you can use just a hand held drill for that). When I began loading for my .30 Herrett I used a Dremel tool cutoff wheel with which I cut the necks long, then used either a Lee case trimmer or my Forster case trimmer to do the final trim.

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I no lomger use the Lee Factory Crimp Die on oversized bullets. I frequently size cast bullets for my SAAs to .453" diameter and the FCD pushes them down into the case.

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I have found that I can usually shoot my old K22 better than I can shoot my various Ruger .22 auto target guns

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Yeah, RIGHT!!

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Haha, yep! I don't even pretend that my resolutions are written in stone. Every day is a new day.

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I resolve to spend the amount of money I would have spent on new guns on loading components instead. I'll try to find some of the Alliant powders that have been absent for so long and also buy a few more aluminum 4 cavity bullet molds of my favorite old designs.

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I had 250 Hornady 158 gr XTPs I wanted to get rid of and happened to have an equal number of empty brass in .357. I don't shoot much with jacketed bullets but my 6" Smith 586 shoots 158 gr bullets way too high but shoots 125 gr XTPs quite well. So, I won't keep any more 158 gr jacketed bullets ...

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Hey Scott, send a picture or two of your new, now in-use loading room.

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At this time last year we were discussing routines and how important it is to be able to get back into them. We love our kids, their spouses and our grandkids but especially since Amy and I are both retired, we relish our "down time".

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Just made it through about ten days of company. Our son and his little family came from Ft Worth for about 4 days, we had a break for a day and a half, then our daughter and her family came to visit and spend Christmas with us. Amy and I are exhausted. Our in laws drive out from Okie City at this ti...

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Very nice, Ben! Congratulations!

Great gun, very nice buck.

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I bought a Rossi m92 trapper in .45 Colt about 6 months ago. It looks good externally but was pretty rough inside. I did order the mag spring follower and the aperture sight from Stevesgunz. I really didn't like either the height or the appearance of the front sight so I put on a lower one. I smooth...

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