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That was great. Got a 78 twice.
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JReed. It's been a while since we heard anything on your blacksmithing. Any progress? I've just about got my Christmas presents done, how about you?
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Just a tip. On my 1892 Winchester, if I slightly push in on the loading gate as I open the lever, I can extract the chambered round without releasing the next round from the magazine.
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This has proved very interesting. It would seem a lot of us stick with what we started with and some prefer bigger, better and some smaller, lighter. This is my take on some of this. When shooting shot, the load reaches X fps. Now we all know that 12 and 20 can and do shoot the same fps on a given l...

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Well Old Savage got me thinking about shotguns and shooting and loads with his "Best Gun" thread. Thanks, O.S. I have been a shotgun shooter for 40 of my 49 years. Yep, I'm from Ohio. The state that only allows shotguns for deer hunting and not center fire rifles. Oh, don't even get me goi...

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Dollar for dollar, in my mind, the most useful and broad ranged firearm would be a Remington 870 Express in 20ga. Can be shot by young and old with a minimum of training. It can be loaded with light loads for critters as small as squirrel and rabbit to higher power for goose and turkey to slugs for ...

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MMMmmm. Beavers good eating. [easy boys] Vegitarians you know. 22 in the head is fine provided you can get to 'em before they sink. Can't speak for the tail.

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I would like to get a patent on an idea I have so I started looking at the patent offices web site. Oh....my..........gosh. Now I'm not an educated man and I don't do well with computers but I was overwhelmed in about 10 minutes. Is this really this complicated? Anyone here that has done this, any s...

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Acctually we did call him tri-pod sometimes. Buddy is gone now but he was a favorite of mine. Enough so that I still have this picture on my screen saver. He lost the leg in an accident but fully recovered after the vet removed it.
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Here's a friends "Buddy", the three legged dog. Same dew.
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Wooo Hooo. That's fun. Man your anvils, boys!
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:) :) :) Shall I answer you and tell you, really tell you what I think you are? :) :) :)[/quote] Naw. It isn't important. But if you really feel you gotta, just show some respect and be honest. That's all I ask of any man who wishes for me to hear his words. I don't have any room or enough time in m...

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The best thing I ever ate was a t-bone steak down in Texas at a place called Cattleman's Steak House. Outstanding.
The worst thing I ever ate.
HHHHMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. My first wedding cake.

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Wow. My son, you sound like an angry man. That's sad. Now I know for certain that what I had to say shouldn't have brought that on. I'm thinking maybe there's something else a little deeper that you may need to address. I would like to respond to some of what you called me but for the life of me I a...

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"You take this a little too seriously, always a mistake. Yeah, we make fun of liberals around here. I wasn't really mad, just griping about my luck. I know it's possible they might kick up some deer, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to shoot anywhere near that many people. I only wish I'd ...

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So the entire world, even the ones that don't dress like you, should stay out of the woods and public lands because you might be hunting there? Then there is consideration of retaliation because some Americans went for a hike in the outdoors? I can't believe the unsportsmanlike things I read here so...

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[GO TRIBE - Cleveland Indians, (the Yankees farm club)

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Cleveland still has a team?

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Model of 1873[44WCF], 38WCF, 303 Savage.
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"Used to be back in the good old days we always had a storm on labor day, the equinox (all 4 of em)and Halloween."
All 4 of them?

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game keeper wrote:There's bound to be someone who says: why use light bulbs when oil lamps are more traditional?

+1

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Well there you go, Goat. You will make the right choice. Once into the sport, you may find some other variation to be attractive and expand. Me personally? I always thought that shooting muzzle loader to the extreem with modern tech to be a very interesting but like so many things I've tried over th...

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Being a traditionalist, I would say to go with a Hawkin or Kentucky style rifle. Black powder only and percussion cap lock. I just happen to prefer 45 or 50 cal. Learn the proper loading and cleaning procedures. It is not difficult and can be very rewarding to become proficient with a black powder f...

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Got one and two.
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When you need the shot to stay together longer, but still pattern, try vasoline in with the shot. Get ya another 20 yards.

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"That plow won't scow" = It won't work or I don't believe it.
"Looked like two 50# sacks of potatos fighting." = Following the biiiiiiiig woman in the tight sweats.
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That was great. But on the serious side, I've been to Nuenen, in the Netherlands, where Vincent was from. My father in law was born and raised there. Wonderful countryside. There are still Van Goghs around but alas, I never met any. Sorry, no pics.

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Oh. Is that what I heard?
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All the guy in the hole had to do was to start digging some of the dirt out of the side of the walls of the hole and as the dirt pile got higher, just keep standing on it until he could reach the edge of the hole and pull himself out but he didn't even attempt to save himself. It's better to make a...

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Good skills you have there. That's something I've yet to do. I made two years ago before I knew better and made them with wedged eyes instead if tapered hawk eyes. Heck, I don't even have an eye drift yet. I need to get off my adz. What is your iron of choice, if I may ask?
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Wow.

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I hate hunting in the rain. But if I have to, over the years I've gotten away with one of those cheap 1 or 2 dollar rain suits over my pants but under my outer camo pants. With just a little care, they can last for many hunts. You just have to have them outside your boots.
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Finally got it on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA_Pw5mlf2U
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Slick. That looks like one of the stamps I've seen but it had an upside down C inside it. It was the stamp of the Springfield Armory. I'm pretty sure I've seen one like that with an S inside. I was told that might indicate Savage manufacture. Then there is the bomb with 4 distinct flames as opposed ...

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RSY wrote:ORDNANCE

Sorry, the spelling of that word is (but) one of my pet peeves.

Scott

Glad it makes you feel better.

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I shoot 50 grains fff in my 45 Kentucky doing probably sub sonic and nary a deer has gotten up to complain about the inadequate load. Having enough power is rarely the problem.
Some folks think that more power is more important than accuracy. I disagree.
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Now that is blacksmith ingenuity. I had never seen that site before. Thanks. The fire brick idea has been used an many forge designs and I like it. Some forges I've seen were made entirely out of brick so the whole thing can be reshaped for a specific project. Think about it. What happens when the p...

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Over the years I have seen several ordinance marks but never knew what they meant. How many different flaming bombs are there out there and does anyone have a listing of each one? Did each armory have their own stamp? How do we tell an original from a fake? What have you got about flaming bombs. Tha...

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Hello JReed. Yes I do remember something about that but darned if I can find any pics. To tell you the truth, I don't use my gas forge that much just because coal is so much cheaper. Not to say that gas is that expensive, but dollar to dollar, I like coal. But back to gas, there is too much to expla...

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No WY, I can't say that I ever heard of them. But that just means I don't get out much. :D I read the web site and they sound of good construction but even the small one at 250 lbs. is too big for my taste. Hobie. The boys at sofa said that a forging team could turn out 30 anvils a day. How many on ...

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Nice anvil there AB and it's still in serviceable condition. If you get tired of it, I run a half way house for wayward anvils. :wink: You are correct that that line shows exactly where the steel faceplate was forge welded to the iron or soft steel body. Thanks for posting the pic. My recommendation...

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I haven't got a clue what you guys are talking about. :) I keg shoe my horses, so forging anything is not in my vocabulary. A pic would be worth a thousands words!! :wink: Well a pic would have been nice but I would have had to have my camera. Ooops. On the plus side, I'm sure the pictures will be ...

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Well now it's been done, and I'm darned proud to know the folks that did it. I just got back from the Southern Ohio Forge and Anvil [SOFA] annual Quad State Roundup. This an annual Blacksmiths conference that posted nearly a thousand registrants. You can read all about it at http://www.sofablacksmit...

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If your loading cast, IMR4227 will work in all those calibers and the .410.
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Then there is the "Crown verses Muzzle" thing. That one usually gets me going.
Jack. I really doubt they would have built barrels one way or another based solely on how they would stack to ship. I figure they stopped when the crate was full.

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As to why barrels are octagon and not hexagon has always intrigued me. Being a blacksmith, I have always felt that it had to do with the fact that when it all started, the blacksmith made the barrels and wrought iron was the material. When hand hammering, t is much easier to hammer something octagon...

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Evans repeater. A marvel of design. Then there is the Hotchkis bolt action and a Spencer that was cool but very heavy.
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Thanks for the encouragment, Folks. FWiedner. In our particular case, we live in a pretty rural area with almost no industry other that agriculture, timber and coal. The township is 5 miles square and has a total of 32 miles of township roads. The township is run by a board of three trustees and a f...

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This isn't really about politics. It's more about how life turns and twists. And if you watch closely and don't take things personally, life is a hoot. But let's back up. You see I'm the guy up the block that has two small kids and is in to everything. From kids soccer games to local game clubs to d...

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Jeremy. You rule, Man.

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This is just me but I like older better, so I would vote for a Model 1899, instead of a 99. I'm the same with Winchesters. I would prefer a model 1892 over a model 92, 1894 over a 94, and so on. However, this could rule out some folks calibers that came out after 1920ish. For me, buy Savage, stay Sa...

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