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Thanks, Jim. It's great to be able to put faces with familiar names.

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Good one, ollogger! I love it....

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Take your time, but I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures and hearing your recollections of your trip. Thanks in advance!

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On my 0430 walk this morning there was a mountain lion shrieking by a neighbor's house about 75 yards away. My game cameras didn't catch it coming down the driveway but it was nearby.

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Like you, 50% of my rimfire rifles are lever actions, however, only 64% of my centerfires are lever actions.

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Zoner, on my Trapper the distance to the first screw is 3.880" plus maybe a thousandth because I didn't perfectly center the screw head.

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I hear that! I reached a point a couple of years ago when I couldn't swing my leg over the DR-Z any more so I've had to step onto the foot peg for my leg to clear the tailbag. BTW your new tailbag looks great. The one on my bike is smaller but is expandable to about twice its collapsed height..

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Jay, 110 miles is a heck of a long way on that little bike. Did you stop a few times to get the kinks out of your joints? Was that ride largely dirt? Glad you had a good time!

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Scott, it looks like the head of your steel silhouette target is preparing to depart.

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I agree 100%.

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Jay, did you make it out for a ride yesterday? I went for a 100+ mile ride yesterday and it was wonderful. It was a perfect day and although I had initially planned on a shorter ride, it was so nice that I just kept going. I haven't ridden the BMW for such a long time that I need to practice coming ...

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Paid rioters; George Soros made no attempt to hide his involvement in transporting and paying agitators during the BLM and George Floyd riots.

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I've gotten so upset with myself for selling guns that I miss now that I don't sell guns any more, I just buy them.

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A friend of mine, long gone, had a Sheridan pump .20 caliber pellet gun. We used to load small pistol primers in it and they made a pretty good pop when they hit something hard. I only have a few pellet guns nowadays and my primary shooting is at paper targets in a bullet trap in my garage. I have s...

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Man, what a wonderful hunt! Just the suspense prior to finding him made it a more memorable hunt. Congratulations!!

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Scott, I was under the impression that the St James had closed permanently but I could be mistaken. It apparently closed in September of 2024 for want of new management but several sources indicate that it reopened in late December of 2024. The new managers are from Red River and own one or more oth...

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You are probably aware that one of your watering holes, the St James Hotel in Cimarron has closed down.

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First snow of his lfe....moments of insanity.

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Yep, you're right, Doc. About as close to family as you can get.....I am appreciative. Thanks to all of you!

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Gunny, my motorcycle riding buddy and I go out every week to find the best green chile cheeseburger in the state. We have covered a lot of ground, found some wonderful burgers but we're nowhere close to quitting.

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Nice to see you here, 348Win! What do you ride?

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That's hilarious! That little feller ain't putting up with any horsepucky.

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That sounds like a good ride, Jay. Do you have plans to change anything on the bike? Was the ride muddy or reasonably dry?

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Years ago in my "load em as hot as I dare" days I had a #3 in .375 Win which at least at the time, struck me as an uncomfortable gun to shoot. I took it to a gun show and swapped it for a model 94 Big Bore in the same caliber. I much prefer the Winchester.

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Scott, how do you like your RCBS Summit press?

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Doc AJ, on May 21st Six posted a picture of his newly acquired SAA .32-20 on Chairmen of the Politically Incorrect.

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4t5, it could be that the flat nose of the bullet is too large in diameter; that the ogive is not right for the chamber and the bullet is being pushed back by contact with the front of the chamber. Unless you're dead set on this particular bullet, try one with a more rounded ogive that better matche...

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Jay, I haven't really had a chance to take the TW into the mountains yet. Last week when I was alone at home I was really eager to ride my favorite trails in the mountains so I invited a couple of friends to go along on ATVs. Honestly I would rather ride the TW alone rather than dissimilar vehicle t...

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Congratulations, OS! 50th anniversary?! That's great. Enjoy your dinner.

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Just got back from my second trip to Oklahoma City in two weeks. My wife stayed and helped our daughter out with her new baby over that period of time so I brought her back home yesterday. She would fly but there are no direct flights between Albuquerque and OKC so the time to travel is about the sa...

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I ordered a shift lever that's an inch longer than stock and has a pivoting tip, also a set of 30mm bar risers and speaking of noisy, a foam pad that goes between the engine and skid plate to reduce the sound of the engine reflecting back off the aluminum skid plate.

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I sure like my 24" .45 Colt Cowboy limited. It's a sweet gun. I had to modify the cartridge lifter to solve some feeding issues when I first got it but since then it's worked perfectly.

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Back when I had just bought my Kawasaki KLR I did stuff that I'd never do these days. I was so enthused that I rode in really cold weather (0°) just for the experience. I remember riding up to Taos, about 125 miles to the north, stopping at a gas station/convenience store for a cup of coffee of whic...

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Great to hear from you, Dr Six! Beautiful .32-20 you found. What a beauty! Thanks for the picture.

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I worked in El Paso 2 days per week back in the middle 80s. One time, my boss met me in El Paso and we took a bus into downtown Juarez. When it was beginning to get dark we searched for a bus ride back to El Paso but were told the buses stopped running at 6 PM. I don't know how far we walked in our ...

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Thanks, Jay. Yeah, that little town is all original. It's an old mining town and nothing is restored. Apparently there wasn't a really significant amount of gold or silver taken out of the local mines. Supposedly there was a lot of underhanded stuff, like sinking a test shaft, sneaking in and planti...

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Congratulations, Scott....what a great feeling!!

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Jay, I just don't believe you offended Six any more than any of the rest of us. Heck, maybe it was me... We don't have any quaint old pubs here. Or I don't know about them because I don't drink away from home. I'm just an occasional tequila drinker which I have to be careful with anyway because I'm ...

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I am a fan of Wusthof kitchen knives as well. I have used them for years and won't even look at anything else.

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Or maybe the oil industry knows it has the trucking industry by the short hairs because the truckers have no choice.

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I remember trying to write out p r i c k punch last year and was amused at the result. When a screw threatens to round out on me I put a dab of grinding compound on the screwdriver tip and it frequently allows me to remove it.

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Yeah, pulling that carb is a major job. I replaced the screws holding the bowl onto the carb with stainless steel allen head screws so I could loosen the clamps, rotate the carb and have access to the bottom of the carb and not mess up the stock screw heads. It looks like the road to camp isn't even...

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Bill, there are several powders in the same burning rate range as 2400 and #9. I have used 4227 quite successfully in the past. With 19.0 grains of 4227 behind a 210 gr cast bullet, the velocity while a bit lower than heavy loads of 2400 or AA-9 makes a good load and is quite accurate at a bit above...

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I have a 6 1/2" .41 BH as well and it's a very fine gun. I think you're going to enjoy yours immensely.

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Bill, is there a Cabelas or Bass Pro shops store in your area or in El Paso? The store up here also had only AA-2, AA-5 and AA-7 for a long time but within the past few months have had AA-9 available as well.

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Why is diesel more expensive than gasoline when it is supposedly processed to a lesser degree than gas?

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I know the feeling, Doc. There's a Costco store in town, about 30 miles away. I have shopped there for years. After I get used to items that I use nearly every day, suddenly they're gone from the shelves. A brand of pickles, a certain type of turkey breakfast sausage, store brand decaf coffee and th...

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Hey Walt, what do you think of your .41 Bisley three months later? Bill, I took the Ruger Bisley .41 mag shooting yesterday and it shot very well, especially with the 210 gr RCBS cast bullets over 14.5 gr of #9 for a little over 1,000 fps. My 225 gr Accurate Mold bullets also shot well over 17.3 gr...

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God bless them all.

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That's a remarkable gun. The screwhead slots look untouched and it appears that the chambers are recessed. I have an old model SBH manufactered in 1973 and it does not have recessed chambers. I believe Ruger stopped making them that way some time in '73 but I don't know the specifics.

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