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- Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Doing some casting
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4080
Re: Doing some casting
I was talking about lubing the powder coated bullets before running through the Lee .358 sizing die. Before I started powder-coating, I would tumble the cast boolits with Alox before sizing. Right or wrong, I sprayed a little shot of WD-40 on the powder-coated boolits and shook them around in a tin...
- Sun Mar 29, 2026 11:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Doing some casting
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4080
Re: Doing some casting
I'm not sure if you have enough powder there to shot all those bullets
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- Sat Mar 21, 2026 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Forum Issues / Speed / Loading / Down / Up / Sideways
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7595
Re: Forum Issues / Speed / Loading / Down / Up / Sideways
site is working like a champ for me now 
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- Sat Mar 21, 2026 3:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: casting molds "out of stock, no back order"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1661
Re: casting molds "out of stock, no back order"
nwcatman,
you might want to see what the auction sites have listed for Lyman/RCBS/Saeco moulds and price yours accordingly, ( with a good guy discount for forum members
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you might want to see what the auction sites have listed for Lyman/RCBS/Saeco moulds and price yours accordingly, ( with a good guy discount for forum members
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- Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On this day in 1908
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6285
Re: On this day in 1908
Frederick Russell Burnham, had to look him up.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 8:30 am Seton, Baden-Powell and Beard. If there could be one more in the picture, it would have to be Frederick Russell Burnham.
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Sounds like he was quite the guy!
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- Mon Jan 26, 2026 11:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: help with scope dilemma
- Replies: 39
- Views: 22372
Re: help with scope dilemma
a cheap plug for the sight owner:
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- Sat Jan 24, 2026 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On this day in 1908
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6285
Re: On this day in 1908
Bill,
THANK YOU for not giving up.
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THANK YOU for not giving up.
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- Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: help with scope dilemma
- Replies: 39
- Views: 22372
Re: help with scope dilemma
you can always watch fleabay for an old one but quality is always a stuff shoot (:
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- Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: help with scope dilemma
- Replies: 39
- Views: 22372
Re: help with scope dilemma
depending on your budget, the Vintage Gun Scopes web site may be worth looking at
https://www.vintagegunscopes.com/
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https://www.vintagegunscopes.com/
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- Thu Jan 15, 2026 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SIXGUN SIGHTS
- Replies: 31
- Views: 19059
Re: SIXGUN SIGHTS
IMG_7894.jpeg Many thanks! I'll whip up a batch of XTPs for testing and pull out a tape measure. By the way if you encounter one shooting high, the same concept applies, but you then pretty much have to make the front sight taller, unless you can actually deepen the rear one safely and effectively....
- Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SIXGUN SIGHTS
- Replies: 31
- Views: 19059
Re: SIXGUN SIGHTS
That being said, when I was doing police work I preferred fixed sights particularly on a SAA (yes I did carry one) or a Smith revolver. A 3 inch Smith 13 or 65 is pretty much the perfect gun fighting gun in my opinion. Nothing to knock out of line or break. I can’t tell you how many times I have se...
- Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Poll…Vaquero or Blackhawk
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20735
Re: Poll…Vaquero or Blackhawk
Currently shooting Blackhawk & Super Blackhawk, but
I want to try out a Bisley Vaquero before I vote.
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I want to try out a Bisley Vaquero before I vote.
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- Thu Dec 11, 2025 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a little breezy in Wyoming.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1881
- Wed Dec 10, 2025 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Here me out
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2962
- Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Visualizing the attack on Pearl
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1986
- Thu Dec 04, 2025 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: FOR HUNTERS
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1812
- Sun Nov 30, 2025 12:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My 12 Year Old Grandson Took His First Deer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2865
Re: My 12 Year Old Grandson Took His First Deer
Most excellent!
Give him an "Atta Boy" from the rest of us here
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Give him an "Atta Boy" from the rest of us here
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- Sat Nov 22, 2025 11:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was wondering how many of you have explored the Leverguns Site?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10222
Re: I was wondering how many of you have explored the Leverguns Site?
I joined this forum to be able to view pictures posted here by the members after finding leverguns dot com and reading the articles of interest to me. Still go back on occasion and re-read some.
[ legal disclaimer? what legal disclaimer?
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[ legal disclaimer? what legal disclaimer?
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- Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The last penny was minted in Philadelphia today
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4580
Re: The last penny was minted in Philadelphia today
I get a kick out of all these people saying they can't use pennies because they are no longer being minted - they are still legal tender. Until the very last penny is remelted they are currency. How about that 'Half Dime" I have in my sock drawer. Think I can buy anything with it at my local Q...
- Sat Oct 25, 2025 10:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Photos from the last day of ELK Muzzle Loader Season Section 8 AZ.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2840
Re: Photos from the last day of ELK Muzzle Loader Season Section 8 AZ.
nice country and pictures.
you do know there was a BIG bull elk hanging out at he bottom of that 'hole in the ground', don't you?
and he was sayin' "I dare you to come and get me".
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you do know there was a BIG bull elk hanging out at he bottom of that 'hole in the ground', don't you?
and he was sayin' "I dare you to come and get me".
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- Tue Oct 07, 2025 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: No Elk...Yet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6241
Re: No Elk...Yet
I don't know your location but I see the Bighorns picked up some snow over the week-end.
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- Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: anyone heard from 6pt-sika?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2437
anyone heard from 6pt-sika?
It appears he went missing from here & other forums sometime last May.
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- Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: No Elk...Yet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6241
Re: No Elk...Yet
find any yet?
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- Mon Sep 15, 2025 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Far Side
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4882
Re: The Far Side
first rate humor every time
(well, maybe a few groaners)
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(well, maybe a few groaners)
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- Sat Sep 13, 2025 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 44 Lyman HPs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10264
Re: 44 Lyman HPs
Yup, that's what they call it, the Lyman Devastator Hollow Point Pistol Bullet, mould #429640.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Sep 08, 2025 6:58 am ................ They ought to be devastating on whatever they hit. ...........
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- Thu Sep 04, 2025 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Way, way off topic ! Stream restoration.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4348
Re: Way, way off topic ! Stream restoration.
nice looking crick!
I'll bet the funding was easier to get than the permitting
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I'll bet the funding was easier to get than the permitting
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- Thu Sep 04, 2025 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Powder Coating Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2493
Re: Powder Coating Question
there's a fellow on the CastBoolits forum that uses the name Smoke4320 that sells pc powder that I and many others use.
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- Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Day is today?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10540
Re: What Day is today?
every day is SATURDAY!
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- Tue Aug 05, 2025 11:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Way OT... Skechers "Slip-in" Sneakers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5831
Re: Way OT... Skechers "Slip-in" Sneakers
slip-in shoes won't last
they're a fad
just like smokeless powder

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they're a fad
just like smokeless powder
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- Sun Jul 20, 2025 11:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fishing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2734
Re: Fishing
nice looking stretch of river jk! is that National Forest?
learning to "read" the water and knowing when to really pull on the oars takes time to master.
keep it up
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learning to "read" the water and knowing when to really pull on the oars takes time to master.
keep it up
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- Tue Jun 03, 2025 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cast Boolits
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4500
Re: Cast Boolits
Rockrat, with 500 plus posts you must do more than hang out here
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- Thu May 01, 2025 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little Spring Woods Loafin'
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9836
Re: Little Spring Woods Loafin'
Nice story.
Nice rifle & revolver, nice Jeep and great red crusher.
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Nice rifle & revolver, nice Jeep and great red crusher.
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- Fri Mar 21, 2025 3:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LASC Website Down
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5146
- Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: speaking of the environments
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2256
Re: speaking of the environments
NICE!
( up and down is a lot easier at sea level than at 8 or 9,000 feet
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( up and down is a lot easier at sea level than at 8 or 9,000 feet
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- Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LASC Website Down
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5146
Re: LASC Website Down
I believe I read on another site that it's gone for good
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- Sat Feb 08, 2025 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loaded for Bear
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11860
Re: Loaded for Bear
Red,
Best of luck on your hunt.
With a guide and what sounds like an experienced partner I'm sure you will do well.
WARNING, thread drift:
I have been hoping to find a nice blond for years!
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Best of luck on your hunt.
With a guide and what sounds like an experienced partner I'm sure you will do well.
WARNING, thread drift:
I have been hoping to find a nice blond for years!
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- Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: how about a new topic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6438
Re: how about a new topic
and no big words eitherCrazy Horse wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:59 am I like books with lots of pictures, so I don't have to read much. Ha
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- Fri Jan 17, 2025 1:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ot in md
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1337
Re: ot in md
^^^^^ +1
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- Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I love modern electronics in my truck, but when they don’t work..
- Replies: 62
- Views: 41599
Re: I love modern electronics in my truck, but when they don’t work..
nice 'burban marlinman93, is that the year with 1 door on the drivers side?
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- Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HDNet - John Wayne Movies
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2638
- Sun Dec 15, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How many .357's is enough?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6748
Re: How many .357's is enough?
"Just one more" was the correct answer indeed. 
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- Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Oldie from the Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3806
Re: Another Oldie from the Sixgunner.Com Archives
speaking of The Wayback Machine, this link (if it works) to the old Handloads Online website has some interesting info
https://web.archive.org/web/20160323215 ... loads.com/
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https://web.archive.org/web/20160323215 ... loads.com/
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- Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: December Seventh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1173
- Fri Nov 29, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Early Navigation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2274
Re: Early Navigation
ouch
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- Fri Nov 22, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Billings Gun Show
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9617
Re: Billings Gun Show
if ya go on Saturday or Sunday ya can also take in the Pow-Wow 
https://www.billingspowwow.com/
just sayin'
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https://www.billingspowwow.com/
just sayin'
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- Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Billings Gun Show
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9617
- Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mule Deer With An Original Buffalo Sharps
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5897
- Thu Nov 14, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Billings Gun Show
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9617
Re: Billings Gun Show
Always was a pretty god show but I haven't been for 10 or 12 years.
The gal who had the pallets of primers set up by the overhead door was usually my first stop.
After than I didn't have much left to spend on other things.
If I make it this year I'll be the one wearing the camo ball cap
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The gal who had the pallets of primers set up by the overhead door was usually my first stop.
After than I didn't have much left to spend on other things.
If I make it this year I'll be the one wearing the camo ball cap
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- Sat Oct 26, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Today in history -
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1003
Today in history -
October 26, 1881: Shots ring out near a corral in Tombstone It's three hours past high noon on the streets of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, when lawmen 'Doc' Holliday and the Earp Brothers meet the Clanton-McLaury gang and their feud erupts. Thirty seconds later three are dead, three are wounded, an...
- Thu Oct 24, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Like a kid in a candy store.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8280
Re: Like a kid in a candy store.
maybe one of those brassy ones from Ronnie WellsScott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 3:21 pm Now I just need an XR3 grip frame and to put these beautiful mesquite stocks on it.
https://rwgripframes-com.3dcartstores.com/
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