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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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I agree that standing is the way to go. I had my sizing/lubing press set up at a height for using a barstool but I raised it up 10" higher and it works out much better. My other presses are set up for standing.

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Thanks, GK!

We're in the midst of an unusually warm trend for this time of year.

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Thank you, John!

Have a wonderful Christmas. I hope you'll be able to spend time with your loved ones.

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Bill, I know you're working on your house but I feel your pain in having to sell your babies.

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Although no solid statistics for this seem to be available, probably between a third and half of the houses in New Mexico have flat roofs. The upside of this is that in this dry climate, flat roofs are low maintenance, cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The downside is that when it does rain...

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That 12° below sounds like it's fairly routine in your area. Yep, I guess summer is over. Temps like that are very unusual here. I remember in the early 70s we had a period of a week when it never got up to 0° and it was a catastrophe. People were moving into hotels, leaving their homes because they...

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Wonderful!!

Glad everyone is doing all right.....the wonders of modern medicine.

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Congratulations, Bill! Nuttin like grandkids.

I have three granddaughters with another on the way. They will all be here over the holidays.

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That's a shame, Jay. I wish your mother in law a speedy recovery. Best wishes.

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On new aluminum molds I spray down the cavities, the pour holes and the underside of the sprue plate with brake cleaner. Then I use 90% isopropyl alcohol on q-tips to wipe out each cavity and the result is that I get perfectly filled out bullets in 6 or 7 cycles and the weight is correct. I made a s...

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Good luck, Vall! I hope you receive it without further delay.

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We saw a lot of deer tracks, saw tasselear squirrels in the trees, saw a few bear tracks. On the way up we passed three very dark deer and one bobcat. The bobcats are generally nocturnal so that was pretty rare.

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Amy and I went on a hike on our backyard mountain this morning. First we dropped off a car at our exit point, then drove back down to the trailhead where we began our hike. There was some snow on the ground and it got deeper during our 1500' elevation gain. We crossed various trails of the Sandia Mo...

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I have read that the military had at one time planned to use the .222 mag for its NATO cartridge but it was found that the shorter neck of the .223/5.56 worked better in full-auto fire. Performance was nearly identical.

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Although Veral made some fine molds, I found him to be a cantankerous old poot. I had ordered a 325 gr mold for my .454 Casull with the understanding that it would include the top punch. It didn't and I had to pester him for a couple of months before I finally received it. In the meantime I had to u...

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I still have a Remington model 722 in .222 mag which is a splendid combination. It works for me.

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I don't know what the SAAMI spec for .223 barrel twist is these days but my 1980 Hornady loading manual shows their test rifle's twist was 1 in 12". Same with their test rifle in the 2021 manual. However, Lyman's 51st edition from 2022 shows their rifle used a 1 in 7" twist. As shooters ar...

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A 60 or so grain bullet is likely the heaviest that can be shot in a rifle with standard twist. Shooting 70 or more grain projectiles requires a shorter twist to properly stabilize them.

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I ordered a 4 cavity mold from Accurate Molds about a month ago and it came in over the weekend. It's an aluminum mold which weighs about the same as a traditional iron 2 cavity mold. I have half a dozen other Accurate molds and I can't say enough good about them. They heat up quickly and when they'...

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Years ago I experimented with cast bullets and greatly reduced loads in .375 H&H using 3031 powder 3031 was one of the medium burning rate powders that apparently had a history of detonations in large capacity cases. I used one quarter of a single sheet of toilet paper to hold the powder against...

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Two questions:

How far is it from your house to camp.....and

what kind of snow shoes have you settled on, all-natural ones or synthetics?

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Very nice, Jim!

Congratulations to all.

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Thank you, Buddy!

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Very, very nice, Jay!

Hard to imagine the dedication, expense and energy that would be required to assemble a collection like yours these days. Congratulations!

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Great pictures, Jay....thanks!

What is an Eastern carbine m92? Where in your pictures is it?

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I had a Browning B92 in .357 years ago but one of my acquaintances, I can't remember who, relentlessly bugged me for it and unfortunately I eventually gave in and sold it. That's one I've always regretted selling. It was a smooth gun. Several months ago I decided to finally buy a Rossi m92 in .45 Co...

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Very nice, Jay!! That's a Very nice collection of Winchesters. What's your next favorite levergun after the m94s? Of course it depends upon what you're doing with them. I know I sometimes have a sudden interest in one type of gun or another and I mess with those for a while before moving on to anoth...

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I don't have any collectibles but in Winchesters I do have those m94s mentioned and a m94 Big Bore in .375, a couple of 9422s, one in 22 lr and the other in .22 mag, m61 and m62A pumps and two m70s, one in .30-06 and the other in .375 H&H. They are all genuine Winchesters, no clones.

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I went out and bought a standard m94 carbine in .30-30 yesterday. I've always wanted one, I have had a m94 Trapper for decades and a Buffalo Bill commemorative for a couple of years. This new one was made in 1971 but it looks practically unfired. The action is pretty darned stiff and will take a bit...

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My shooting buddy and I went out to a range yesterday rather than just to our usual BLM shooting spot. The longest distance there is just under 200 yards as well. It's a pretty nice place with covered benches and I set a 12" gong out at 100 yards and an 18" gong at 195. Years ago I used to...

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Re that Precision Rifle Shooting (PRS) competition, it's timed fire at steel targets at from 350 to 1200 yards. Competitors shoot fast, flat shooting calibers like 6mm Dasher or 6mm GT so they can see their hits....low recoil... in rifles weighing 25 to 35 lbs. They use a heavy 8 - 10 lb bag at the ...

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I never knew any of my grandparents but my father was born in Germany on November 13, 1913 so would have been 112 years old just under 2 weeks ago.

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