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Still extremely great for me today!

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Hope I don't jinx it, but the last couple days it's been lightning fast!

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Virgil Earp is buried right here at Riverview Cemetery. Been up to see his grave site a couple times, but he's not talking much. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1567/Virgil-Earp Wow. Really cool. I see that he was born here in KY though. Yes. His daughter lived here in Portland, Or. so when he ...

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Virgil Earp is buried right here at Riverview Cemetery. Been up to see his grave site a couple times, but he's not talking much.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1567/Virgil-Earp

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Everything slow again this morning from opening posts to making posts!

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Sometimes (like this morning) I wait for an eternity for the forum to respond and open. Then when I returned just now it was fast and opened right up! Very spotty, and when it's slow I just give up and try later or the next day.

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Not a carbine, but actually a Short Rifle, and pretty neat variation.

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I've found that 10 gr. and heavier pellets give me the most consistent groups, so that's all I use. A little slower fps, but better accuracy.

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Two famous pistoleros were Sammy Davis Jr. and Kareem Abdull Jabbar. Both competed in fast draw contests and won. I read that Sammy was the fastest draw in Hollywood.

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Well, on the good side, although the building and inventory are a total loss, the building is a steel building and those go up pretty fast. If their manufacturing area wasn't impacted they can get back to producing powders. Temporary storage options are available. Powder Valley didn't produce any g...

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Well, on the good side, although the building and inventory are a total loss, the building is a steel building and those go up pretty fast. If their manufacturing area wasn't impacted they can get back to producing powders. Temporary storage options are available. Powder Valley didn't produce any g...

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Bill, you got my interest when you said no polymer parts. I sold off the only polymer 9mm I had just because it just irritated me to have plastic parts beyond grips. I now only own all metal semiautos, and they also happen to only have wood grips too. And of course mine are all S&W also. I feel ...

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It's the first Monday that I didn't have to get up and go back to work. EVAH!!! I'm officially retired, and looking forward to spending a lot more time at the shooting club and on my motorbikes. :D -Stretch Now you'll never know what day of the week it is!

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Yes, I get the "your item is shipped" notice. Then the next day "your item is at the shipper". Then maybe a day or two later a notice from USPS or UPS "we have your item". And the day after "Tracking is available". Really? Do I really need more than "trac...

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If you don't have a place to shoot every day, you can still buy snap caps and practice aiming and firing every day. It keeps the shooter practiced during times they can't shoot. I did this every day when I shot bullseye matches during off season, or between matches. Helps with muscle memory.

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I have a no drill sling I use for all my old guns when hunting with them. It's a simple slip type that goes around the barrel and the buttstock and slide through itself to cinch down at each end. It's thick, but not so thick as to block the front sight when slid over the barrel. I cinch it down in f...

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Thompson Contender has used Green Mountain barrels for their firearms, and just announced they bought GM and will keep it as an independent entity, and GM will continue with no changes. A good move for TC as they'll get barrels cheaper. https://www.theoutdoorwire.com/releases/48606983-f2f7-43a7-94c0...

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My 84yr old neighbor buddy has both new hips and knees. He has taken to wearing these sketchers slip ins. He admits they are easy to get into but he also says he steps out of them often. He has had a few falls , I'm not so sure if it's the shoes or not. I still prefer lacing my shoes. Sounds to me ...

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I've been wearing the Skechers for many years, and got the Slip In sneakers as soon as they hit the market. As mentioned they are super comfortable, and surprising how well they fit once you slip into them. I've owned slip on shoes before and two things happened. First the heel area began to fall ap...

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I talked this over with our two cats, and they promised to be better in the future if I dropped the subject.

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Site is still spotty and yesterday I couldn't get it to open at all. Today was a little slow, but working.
The Marlin Firearms Collectors Forum also started a protection thing where you have to wait to be verified before the forum opens, but then it works fast.

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I have a Chapman screwdriver set that fits in my coat pocket when I go to the range. Never have any trouble finding the right tip.

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Off and on for me today. Tried once and worked great. Then tried a bit later and wouldn't open. Then just now popped right up quickly.

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I've never cared for multi tools, and find them marginal for almost anything other than extreme emergencies when you've got no other choice. Even then odds are you're gonna booger up a scre head, or round off a bolt head, or nut using the pliers. And those Leathermans with the open edges digging int...

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I always go with a gloss finish formula as it's easy to knock down the gloss. But if you go with a satin finish and it turns out to not be the sheen you want there's not much you can do to bring it up. Some wet sanding with 600 grit, or rubbing with rottenstone powder will always knock down a finis...

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Val, that is a real beauty. That would be just the ticket for our 1200 yard buffalo target that has been kickin' everybody's butt at our shoot. The fellow who won the match last Saturday got 4 hits out of 13 shots and he got way more than anyone else (I didn't get a single hit). And Bill, I've been...

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With a bag of oxalic acid leftover, I thought I'll never use it all in my lifetime. Then another old Navy guy told me it's great for dissolving rust too! So might use some the next time I'm working on old rusty car parts!

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As I mentioned I'd never heard of this stuff, but since mentioning it I've had to guys tell me stories about it's use in ship decks! One said the Coast Guard ship he was on was an ex Navy ship that had wood decking over the steel to make it less slippery. He said about every 6 months they mopped the...

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Valley, nice job. I was taught by my stock making instructor to use a 35mm film can with warm water and just sprinkle about a 1/4 top of OA in and stir. Not overly caustic but enough to bleach a whole stock most of the time, no gloves needed. I learned this the hard way, I spilled some kind of solv...

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Rimfire McNutjob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 28, 2025 9:23 pm That's a really good match. I can't imagine how you can get that close. It's just so hard to tell until the finish goes on.

The picture is with the final finish on it. But you're right about not knowing before! I had to guess about how much lighter to go to hopefully have it match with finish.

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 29, 2025 6:45 am That's a nice old mold, Vall. Now you can make up "Express" loads for the Hepburn!

Yes, express loads and plinker loads both.

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Something new to me suggested by a friend after I was frustrated trying to get my newly made forearm to match the buttstock on my Ballard offhand rifle. It's sold at Ace Hardware and is oxalic acid powder. I stripped my forearm I'd just finished after it was too dark, even with no stain on it! The w...

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Vall, it is a wonderful find all right. But I shudder at the thought of shooting more than a handful of .45 2 7/8 with a 550-grain bullet over a case full of compressed black! Heck, I realized a while back that I don't even enjoy shooting the service load from a Trapdoor Springfield anymore. Gettin...

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JBowen wrote: ↑Sun Jul 27, 2025 8:55 pm Very nice! Thanks for the eye candy! Is that considered a falling block or tilting block action?

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A falling block as Hepburns drop straight down.

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I have off and on troubles opening the forum still. I click on my link and if it opens in 5 seconds I know it's working again. Next time it might take a whole lot longer, so I just move along and don't wait for it to time out and not open.

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Something changed as it's working great now, but I had to sign back in as I was logged out after it got fixed.

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Vall, it is a wonderful find all right. But I shudder at the thought of shooting more than a handful of .45 2 7/8 with a 550-grain bullet over a case full of compressed black! Heck, I realized a while back that I don't even enjoy shooting the service load from a Trapdoor Springfield anymore. Gettin...

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Going to try next week to do some early morning casting before the temps get too warm. Have another mold coming to me Sunday at our OAC gun show to also cast some lightweight bullets for my .45-70 offhand Ballard rifle. Maybe try some of those in this Hepburn too.

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Forum opens up quickly today, but beyond opening it hasn't allowed me to open threads or reply until just now. Still seems intermittently broken.

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During the site crash I picked up another old Hepburn rifle. It was posted in the FS section at ASSRA forum and I was lucky to see it soon after and snatched it at a very good price. The thing that caught my interest beyond price was the cartridge; .45 2 7/8" Sharps. A very rare chambering for ...

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The site quit working for me again yesterday. It took forever to open, then wouldn't allow any posting as it just seemed to freeze up if I clicked on any posts to open. But working fine again today.

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It wouldn't open for me early this morning, but fine now. I saw the same thing at the Cast Boolit forum this morning too. Maybe the same provider?

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The older Marlin Model 1894, and pumps used a 1:12" twist rate, and handled heavier bullets fine. My Hepburn is a rebarreled rifle with a 1:12" twist and shoots heavier than 85 gr. bullets fine also. I have a 97 gr. bullet I've tried in it and gotten good groups, but 85 gr. are good at alm...

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I don't usually have those problems as I do all I can to not allow myself to be seen with firearms cases, firearms, or anything gun related around my neighborhood. If I'm going to the gun show, or the range, or hunting, I back my car up to the garage and make sure I check to see nobody is walking by...

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Seems to be fine for me.

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Bill,
Download a free ballistic program from Gordon's Reloading Tool website. I've been using it for years, and once you get used to the program it will give you more info than you probably ever knew you needed!
https://www.grtools.de/doku.php?id=download

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ANDYLARSSON wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 1:09 am
marlinman93 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:30 am Thanks to everyone who got things sorted out! Maybe next time a heads up ahead of a prolonged shutdown might be a good idea?
We had no warning…. It was just a poof. Then an email letting me know it poofed. No way to put out a notice. Sorry about that !

Thank you!

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I don't see any warnings on my laptop?

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Thanks to everyone who got things sorted out! Maybe next time a heads up ahead of a prolonged shutdown might be a good idea?

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