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JimT

I shot this target with my fixed sight Freedom Arms 454 Casull.

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The poll on Blackhawk and Vaquero got me to thinking. Looking at the comments, most choose adjustable sights because they test ammo, shoot different loads etc. And that's great. I have never made it a secret that I like fixed sight sixguns. I prefer them for my carry guns and for general use. I am n...

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I have the account of a gun store owner who was attacked by a sword-wielding individual. He got carved up pretty well before he got the .25 ACP out of his pocket, stuck it in the attackers eye and fired 4 times. It worked. He lived. The attacker did not.

JimT

EXACTLY SCOTT!!
I've known a few old gentlemen (a couple who are still with us) who lived the real thing and who have the scars to prove it.

JimT

I would not use HP's. If you have to shoot through an arm to hit the vitals a 32 HP ain't gonna do it. I would not trust shooting Jello unless they have several layers of cloth and a large bone to shoot through. Angles change really fast and shots in those kinds of situations are not stationary. The...

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What’s the secret to having a smoking hot body in old age? Cremation. What’s the best part of old age? That it doesn’t last very long. Where can single men over 65 find younger women who are interested in them? In the bookstore, under “Fiction.” Why should you marry someone older than you? As your ...

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BOTH!

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If I wanted to see the sunrise when we lived in Arizona, I used to ride my horse to the top of the nearest peak and watch it come up over the Galiuro Mountains about 35 miles to the east.

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GREAT JOB!! As you demonstrated, caliber alone is not "THE" answer. The right bullet in the right place will do the job.

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Carry all the time, please. You may never need it but if you do, you REALLY need it.

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Thanks Bill. I have hunted Mount Graham at various times .... many years ago. There's a good bear population there. I miss the desert country.

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Use what works for you. I sight my guns for a 6 o'clock hold. I want to see the target ... whether it's animal, vegetable or mineral. Standard sight picture a-sightpicture.png Long Range sight picture a-sightpicture_long_range.png I have a mark on the front sight that is my 200 yard hold IMG_0828.JPG

JimT

I use them but mostly I would rather punch a hole in one side or one end and out the other.

JimT

That old boy in the wheelchair has experience, which definitely outweighs opinion.

JimT

Glad to have you aboard! I have spent a little time in your amazing State .. but mostly up around Fort Yukon. Three of us from down here and one from your town did a wonderful hunt on the Yukon River, starting in Circle and going North until we found a spot we liked. Man I enjoyed that week we spent...

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I've been using the 210 gr. XTP's in my .41 Magnum for a long time ... probably more than 20 years. I have shot deer and Javelina and hogs and 1 elk with them. Never had an issue. Never lost one. The cow elk was hit at about 90 yards. I recovered this bullet in the hide on the off side. It only lost...

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You sound like me and the small primer .45 ACP's.

JimT

That standard .45 Colt load is a lot lighter than the standard .44 Magnum load for sure!

JimT

When I had all those .45 Colt loads tested by Hodgdon's in their pressure gun, none were over 31,000 CUP which is safe in the Ruger Blackhawk. Most of the loads were under 25,000 CUP. I shot 25,000 CUP loads in the Colt SAA (2nd generation) and in Uberti's. A lot! The loads beat up the cross-pin lat...

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I never thought of it that way, but you certainly can make an application of it.

JimT

Yes. And the loading of 2400 and Unique get lower and lower.

If you can find them, the early loads for the .357 Magnum were much hotter then. And the early cases used Large primers.

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I copied this out of loading manuals I have. I went over it a couple times and I THINK I have it right, but I could have made some errors. Just warning ... I copied .357 .... .44 Special and .45 Colt data .. and I only copied the maximum loads listed. The Ideal and Lyman Manuals start in 1940 and pr...

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"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Ofte...

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JBowen wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 7:27 pm Jim, did you buy the Republic 99.99 membership to get the free Hazmat and other perks? If so have you been satisfied?

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No I haven't bought a membership. I have been satisfied with their shipping times and with the primers, though.

JimT

I've loaded several thousand in 9mm .. 38 Special ... .357 Magnum ... never had a problem with seating or firing. They have been good for me and with today's prices, they are a great buy. I tested them against Federal Small Pistol Magnum primers and they had more power than the Federal.

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While there are ways the home owner could make the bear decide to move, these days most people are re-educated to believe that "someone else" is supposed to take care of it. Being self-reliant is no longer an American trait. At least not for a lot of people.

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And the other question is: The media rarely if ever these days gets things right. Why trust them about this story?

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Good one Scott! Been thinking the same thing myself, though I have not put it in the form of a resolution. Browsing the used guns in Cabela's Gun Library is a dangerous thing so I have been cutting that out. I made a list of loads that I need to test and the guns to test them in and it seems I have ...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:32 am Will, good gracious! Glad you are going to be all right.
I slept in 'til about 5:15. Gunfire woke me up at midnight.

Me too! I put in ear plugs and went back to sleep.

JimT

Glad your OK! I started the New Year with a hot shower. That should last me til at least March!

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The thing about old friends is they listen to each other's stories, even if they have heard them before. And they know that each other has had many adventures to talk about and some of them are even true!

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There ain't much better than sitting in the San Antonio sunshine enjoying the company of an o!d friend!

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I remember Jotul from the 1970's and 80's. One of the best wood stove's made at the time. May still be, though I have not followed them in years. They were super efficient with very little heat loss up the chimney.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 10:23 pm Jim, my Ruger shopkeeper is currently at Bobby Tyler’s shop. You can probably guess what he’s doing with it.

Yeah. He told me to send mine. Not yet decided if I want to.

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I've always had some kind of pocket pistol for the last 55 or 60 years. Astra_Cub_22_Short.JPG I carried two of these back in the 1970's .... Astra Cub .22 Short Excam_Derringer_38.jpg .38 Special Derringer ... shot a coyote with it once ... shot a rooster that kept attacking my daughter when she wa...

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the first of the winter season.

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There's a lot more chance that you will run into an evil human than you running into a dogman or sasquatch or yeti.

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This one is good also ..

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Working on .41 Magnums right now. Loaded 100 round with the 210 gr. XTP over 20 gr. of WC820. That is my hunting round that I have used for a long time now. And am loading a bunch with the 230 gr. NEI flat point cast bullet over 6.6 gr. of Green Dot for just plain fun. I have plenty of loading to do...

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Fri Dec 26, 2025 10:53 pm Wow, that brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for sharing it with me. Was that your grandpa Jim?

No sir. That was an inspiration that came to me one evening.

JimT

That's very kind of you Scott! I don't experiment much with different loads anymore. I have several favorites that I like. But the shortage of Alliant powders has moved me to try some that I haven't messed with in years.

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Yes, pleasant to spend the afternoon shooting. I am gonna load more .. I had just loaded 50 to see how they did. I am gonna load a couple hundred in anticipation of nice weather and spending an afternoon plinking. Weather is nice now ... 87 today .. but colder weather coming the first of the week. I...

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I hit the range about 10 this morning. Ran the 50 rounds of .41 Magnum loaded with the 230 gr. NEI flat point over 6.6 gr. of Green Dot. My chronograph died last year and I have not replaced it ... probably won't. But velocity seemed about like a standard .44 Special. My sixgun is sighted for the 21...

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I have only had 2 .308's in my life. 1966 I was issued an M14. I really liked that thing. 1995 (or close to then) I bought a Savage .308 ... shot it for a couple years and sold it to a friend. An accurate rifle but the .30-30 Trapper Model 94 was much handier and did everything I wanted to do with a...

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I am close friends with a person who slept with a pistol. They sat up in the middle of the night one time and fired it. They were asleep when they did it. Woke 'em up of course. Had a traumatized dog and sleeping partner. And a hole in the house to repair.

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Sixth Great-Grandchild ... the 3rd boy ... Luca Léon.

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Supposed to hit 80 tomorrow. Nice weather. Not as warm as Mozambique was on Christmas but it'll do!

The San Gabriel River today.

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