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My shooting is almost always at steel gongs. I always load 5 rounds at a time, old model, new model, Colt or other single actions.

It's not so much a safety issue.

It's because I'm a bit obsessive and my 50 round ammo boxes have 5 rounds in each column.

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Jay, how's the weather up your way? Is that intense cold still around? You have said before that it's nothing unusual in your area, "just winter". And John, how about you? I don't think your weather is as severe as Jay's but how are you and your family doing? I hope all is well with you gu...

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My shooting partner has a ten shot 617 with 6" barrel and has no problem ejecting for instance five fired rounds occupying only half the cylinder. There's no binding at all.

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Of my Ruger single actions only one is an old model, a 7 1/2" SBH. It's a fine gun and it's the only one of 15 that I haven't "doctored" to achieve a 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 lb trigger pull because it didn't need it when I aquired it. I have had a 4 5/8" .45 Colt for close to 45 years and...

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Volquartsen sells a trigger kit for MK series Rugers (I don't know whether that includes the earlier ones) which greatly improves the trigger but most importantly eliminates the need to have the magazine inserted to shoot the gun. I have a MKIII 22/45 as well as a MKIV with which I'm really pleased ...

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Elmer Keith wrote that John Lachuk had sent loads to the Hornady ballistics lab made up of 21 gr of 2400 behind a Ray Thompson 215 gr gas checked bullet, #429215 for a velocity of about 1400 fps. Keith's own heavy loads were 18.5 gr of 2400 behind his 250 gr Ideal/Lyman bullet #429421 in balloon hea...

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Unnamed woman, "Oh Mr Churchill, you are drunk again".

Churchill, "Indeed I am, madam. But in the morning I shall be sober and you shall still be ugly".

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Oh I care so much about those shenanigans that I don't even own a TV.

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On transfer bar Rugers, if the base pin isn't in the proper position, the transfer bar rises as the hammer is pulled back and jams against the firing pin. The base pin in its proper position holds the transfer bar away from the firing pin. It is possible but certainly not recommended to point the gu...

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No doubt whatsoever, John. I have a deep and profound respect for Churchill and for the resilience of the English people.

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Smith and Wesson changed the ejector rod threads from right hand to left hand in 1961 with the standard weight barrel model 10-2 and with the heavy barrel model 10-3 the same year so the isssue of the cylinder locking up was eliminated.

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My parents were German citizens, were both in Germany for the duration of WWII. It was an exceedingly tough time for civilians.

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It seems to me that if Keith had a failure with a particular cartridge, maybe because of a difficult shot or the ammo available at the time, he wrote it off as being a worthless cartridge and shunned it for the remainder of his life. He didn't have much faith in expanding bullets; he considered them...

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I don't remember who sent the recommendation to read "Frank Glazer, Alaska's Wolfman" but thank you. A very fine book. Another excellent book I ordered and read a couple of years ago is called "Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies", a wonderful book first published in 1906. It's ye...

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That sounds miserable, Mickbr! Hopefully you'll get over your back pain soon.

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Very nice, Bonanza! You are definitely onto something.

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I concur with the estimates shown above. Lyman's old 1973 Cast Bullet Handbook lists a velocity out of a Ruger 18 1/2" carbine, using a 429421 and 18 gr of 2400 in .44 mag brass at 1375 fps. Given your load of 17 gr and the smaller case capacity of the .44 Special the velocity should be just un...

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Hornady says their stock #45230 XTP, 300 gr bullet has a recommended velocity range of 800 to 1700 fps. The low end of that is much lower than their #45235 XTP Mag bullet. I don't know whether that 800 fps represents the lowest velocity at which it will expand reliably on a deer sized animal and fur...

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Heck, if you think Oklahoma highways are bad, it's obvious you've never been to New Mexico.

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gc8lbGuxfak

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I know, that aggravates me too and more and more channels are using AI.

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Most people know the story behind Patton's two guns. This interesting video goes into some depth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70fuE19-ItA

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I finally saw more info on the plane crash and there's apparently uncertainty about the identity of the one survivor.

Nice pictures of your dogs in the snow. Thanks!

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Not good at all. No news (about fatalities) is good news. I hope it stays that way.

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Overall I would judge the "big storm" a dud here, much more serious in other parts of the country. At our kids' homes in OKC and Ft Worth it's currently at 6 and 8° respectively. We had maybe 3 or 4" of snow total. I have a 100 yard paved driveway and the snow was cold and light enoug...

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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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