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Jay, mine's a 95 and it's been a workhorse. I did increase the displacement a bit so it'll haul the mail for a little quad like that. But it'll just putt along all day without a complaint too. Talk about a basic ATV! It doesn't owe me a thing.

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Amy and I went on an ATV ride this morning. Although she has ridden with me (as a passenger) many times she has never piloted one herself. We left the house at 0400 and got to our unloading spot at 0615. I knew we were going to start off pretty slow because she didn't know how to negotiate the rocks...

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I have been looking around locally for AA9 but had been unable to find any at Sportsman's and Cabela's. My shooting partner said he went into Cabela's last week and bought a pound of AA9 but when I went in they said they didn't have any and couldn't remember ever having any. Big box store; one hand ...

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GK, I go on a pre-dawn 2 mile hike at 4:30 every morning but I'll have to say that I'm less worried about bears than I am about the mountain lions that my own and other neighborhood cameras have captured. I'll admit that this one was a hefty fellow, the camera is mounted 28" above ground level.

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Bear coming down my driveway on Friday

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It looks great, Six....you do good work!

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I worked for the same company for 43 years. Ownership of the company changed, the name changed several times. The company was bought by different holding companies that bled the outfit dry and then sold it but I always stayed. The work suited me just fine; my boss would come work with me once a year...

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I have found that the Hornady tool allows too much movement of the bullet; the neck doesn't have quite enough tension and so the bullet stops as it enters the leade instead of moving on to the rifling. If you insert the dummy Hornady round enough times you will find that the bullet will sometimes go...

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Interesting NRA article regarding rifling types.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/conten ... dvantages/

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Thanks, Pat.

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Thanks, Pat.

Although the barrel may not have exactly the same specifications as a trademarked Micro-Groove barrel, it certainly has way more grooves than a conventional barrel. But you're right in that the grooves look deeper than my recollection of a Micro-Groove barrel.

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Thanks, Doc AJ! I'm familiar with the LASC web page and with Glen Fryxell's writings. John Taffin has said that Glen Fryxell knows more about casting than anyone he's ever met. In fact, I've been using Glen's bullet lube formula with complete satisfaction for years. Experimentation with bullet desig...

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I have a Remlin Cowboy Limited in .44 mag as well as a JM in .45 Colt (one of my favorite rifles) and both have Ballard rifling. I have frequently read recommendations for shooting cast bullets but never had to apply them, never having owned a Micro-Groove gun.

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The director of the Secret Service is a woman and she wants to make her organization "more inclusive" so her vision is to have females represent 30% of the SS workforce. That is utter hogwash. The protection of the president is not a game, it should NEVER be subject to normal hiring protoc...

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Several weeks ago I ordered a new Ruger/Marlin 1894 in .357 magnum. Of course I would have preferred a JM model in a Cowboy Limited but they're expensive and hard to find. After I placed the order I watched a you tube video on the excellent Military Arms Channel and found that this carbine has Micro...

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I been thinking a pump in 22 Mag might be a good walking around gun as long as i have the 45 or redhawk to back it up... is there such a thing? Grizz, Henry makes a beautiful .22 mag lever action with an octagonal barrel. My shooting partner has one and it shoots like a dream. They run around $500 ...

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I agree. It's obvious that Trump wants to benefit the entire country while Biden is merely a political hack who is willing to bring the country to ruin in order to promote his party.

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I normally shoot handguns offhand at steel gongs but the rare times I want to shoot from a rest for testing accuracy I use a Ransom Universal pistol rest. It's built like a bank vault, the front rest is adjustable for elevation and for distance from the rear pad. The pads are replaceable and are mad...

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I suspect that one of the sources of confusion lies in lack of communication between local police and the Secret Service. Since the local police were supposedly in and around the building, how was the Secret Service team to know that the assassin wasn't a local officer scanning the crowd?

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It has been mentioned that the shooter was somehow affiliated with the Blackrock group which if I remember correctly from the Benghazi days was a shadowy mercenary/contractor organization that worked in critical locations around the world so that the US government could be left blameless for the res...

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Up to 91° here today but with 24% humidity. Not too bad. It'll be a couple of degrees cooler tomorrow and by this weekend the highs will be in the mid 70s for a few days. I love it!

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It appears that the shooter brought along a ladder with which to reach the roof. Several spectators said they saw the guy and reported him to law enforcement but nothing was done. That apparently is not quite true. A local law enforcement guy climbed up the ladder at which point the shooter aimed hi...

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The latest says the shooter and at least one audience member are dead.

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I think Baldwin is an idiot and despise him as well. It is obvious that the tragedy has weighed heavily on him from the start by the way he reacted to the dismissal of the case. I'd hate to have been in his shoes but I never would have because I treat guns with a profound respect. If you're around g...

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I believe the supposedly hidden evidence that got the case tossed was irrelevant. It was a number of rounds of .45 Colt ammo that was brought into the sheriff's office by the man who supplied the ammo to the armorer to begin with. I'm sure it was brought in to demonstrate that the supplier's ammo di...

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Interesting video, thanks. I will say that I question the consistency of Berry's bullets. They are probably okay but I don't use them. I am a fan of S & S cast bullets in relatively low velocity loads like .44 special and .45 Colt. I cast for any higher velocity loads in .357, .41 mag, .44 mag, ...

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What does it say on the belt buckle, Jay?

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Scott, I'm with you 100% on the bullet lube. I read Glenn Fryxell's lube formula years ago and I have been very pleased with it over the years since then. It's a little messy but its performance more than makes up for the messiness.

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My brother had an old flat fender Jeep; it was an early 50s CJ-2A, a civilian model if I remember correctly. It was around for decades and if I'd known he wanted to get rid of it, I would have taken it off his hands. But without telling me, he sold it for beans just to get rid of it. What a pity.

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Jay, I finally threw off the procrastination, pried the BMW out of its warm corner of the garage and went for a ride. It was only about 125 miles but the morning was perfect, cool and clear with very little traffic on the road. I headed south through the mountains and past the ancient little Mexican...

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I admit that small standard deviations are no guarantee of accuracy but my 6.2 gr loads using Titegroup under 250 gr bullets in .45 Colt usually run between 2 and 6 fps SD and that's a big step in the right direction.

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Six, for whatever reason, 60 hit me harder than any other birthday. 70? Ho hum... just another birthday. They keep coming faster and faster though.....starting to worry me.

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And a belated happy birthday to you, Dr Six.

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A year or so ago I ordered a Blackhawk .41 mag from Guns Int'l which looked new but when I took it out the first time it wouldn't shoot. I took it back home and upon inspection found that the firing pin was not protruding beyond the recoil plate sufficiently to dent the primers. I replaced the trans...

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Years ago I owned a Ruger .458 Win Mag Tropical Rifle. It was a gorgeous rifle with a Circassian Walnut stock and I loved it except for one issue. A previous owner had it MagnaPorted and since I shoot only cast bullets, lead coming through the ports coated the front sight and base with lead each tim...

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This is what my bench currently looks like.

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Almost all of my shooting is with revolvers but in centerfire rifle calibers I am all about tried and true. Among them are .222 mag, .223, .22-250, .243, 6.5 CM, 7mm mag, .30-30, .308, .30-06, .375 Win and H & H and .45-70.

Yep, I'm a tried and true fuddy duddy.

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You're absolutely right....your bench is messier than mine.

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I like your fine lever actions in the last picture!

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A couple of years ago I ordered a Rem/Marlin that looked worse than that. I boxed it back up without firing it and sent it back and they returned it after replacing the barrel. Good luck with yours!

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Looks like a great ride, Jay and thanks for the pictures.

I finally got the oil changed on my BMW but I haven't taken it for a ride yet. I'm among the worst of procrastinators.

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Yeah, both!

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Nice pictures, Jay! And I like your bike. It must be about ideal for just poking around.

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What a great picture, Jim! I don't think I had seen that group all together before.

Thanks!

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My son shows no interest in guns. I’m kind of sad about this but I never wanted to push them on him. He’s a lot more liberal than I think he should be and I pray that he doesn’t stay that way. [/quote] Scott, I know the feeling about having a liberal offspring. Our daughter is a psychologist special...

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Heck yeah, beers are easy targets.

It's 006 PM here and the temp is 77°, getting light rain. Very pleasant....it never gets muggy here.

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I'm sure you're aware that Clays and Universal are different powders.

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Why the racism, GK? Why do you like the red squirrels and not the greys?

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Thanks, GK. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and it always improves my outlook.

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Jay, you're working too hard! No, the way your place looks makes it all worthwhile. Good job! Riding a motorcycle is incredibly therapeutic. I'm a fool for putting off the oil change that I know my BMW needs before I take it out. I even have the oil, the air filter and oil filter sitting right besid...

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