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Nice to see you Blaine! Getting ready for the Banquet at the Shootists Holiday. Hard to believe it is over. The week went by way too fast!

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SOLD?

What does that mean?

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Dave...
It was a pleasure meeting you! Thank you for taking the time to stop in share with us.
Lets hope we can do it again one of these days.

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Gone to New Mexico.

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On the way myself! I am in Clovis, NM tonight. Short drive to Raton tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you and everyone else!

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I have shot them in my Single Six as well as in the Ruger American rifle with no issues. They are hard enough to get that you could probably trade them for Magnums to someone who has a WRF. Unless you just want some lower power loads.

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In Arizona and New Mexico the herds are thriving and increasing their range. I know in Arizona they are now seen near Flagstaff, a place where they were never seen before. The same said for New Mexico. They are frequently seen now in areas where they had not been seen. Some who study them say that t...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 6:58 am So I’m back in San Antonio and getting ready to hit the road to Raton.

I am getting ready also! Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Looks like rain in Raton. That's good for the upcoming week. The Good Lord willing I will be pulling into Raton Sunday afternoon/evening.

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I am taking my Shootists guns. .22 Tom Ruger Memorial Gun 22-2.JPG The 20th Anniversary USFA .44 Special 44-2.JPG The 30th Anniversary Ruger SR1911 45-2.JPG Plus I am taking Twyla's S&W .45 Colt twyla's pistol.JPG And Lane and I will have the 40th Anniversary Marlin .45 Levergun there also IMG_7...

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I knew a rancher whose wife raised a baby javelina. It was bonded to her and would attack anyone who seemed to be threatening her. It slept by the wood stove in the winter and used a cat box for a toilet. Cute when they are young.

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That Winchester made a good decision to go with the Model 94 is seen in the production records. Model 92 Produced from 1892 to 1945 1,007,608 produced Model 94 Produced from 1894 to 2006 ... then from 2011 to the present 7,500,000 + produced The two models were produced together for more than 50 yea...

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I liked it because I could pull it out while sitting In the saddle if need be. I liked keeping it back and low enough that the horse could swing its head without hitting the stock with its neck.

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I always carried mine like this

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In the movies you usually see the rifle in a scabbard riding level on the right side of the horse. And not tied in. I have seen the rifle carried like this fall out when the horse has to make a small jump over a wash or just move quickly. And the gun is on the wrong side if you need to get it out fa...

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Same here. Been using them for quite some time now.

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Winchester 94 Trapper Post-64, Pre-Safety, AE from the 80's. Case hardened receiver. Fun to shoot. I found it at a consignment shop in GA. I remember in the late 1950's or early 1960's seeing a 92 that was converted to .357 Magnum by a Phoenix gunsmith. That sure sounds like Ward Koozer. It probabl...

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Me too. My old shoulders just don't like the quick sharp recoil anymore. And this is a fun gun. The whole family can enjoy it. The 250 gr. FP at 800 fps is pleasant to shoot and it's accurate. I have a bunch of them loaded up from the old CAS days. I never shot powder puff loads. The smokeless loads...

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I used 3 different bullets at close to the same velocity ..

the Keith SWC - 260 gr. - with Unique
the SSK270 - 270 gr. - with Green Dot
the #452664 - 250 gr. - with 700X

They all hit pretty much the same place ...

Here is the SSK target

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Had a few moments at the Range this morning. Got it sighted pretty close with some 800 to 900 fps loads. I fired a couple of my heavy 300 gr. loads but they hurt when you are shooting sitting down! And I don't enjoy the recoil anymore. Sticking with the standard velocity loads. IMG_7669.JPG IMG_7670...

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I remember in the late 1950's or early 1960's seeing a 92 that was converted to .357 Magnum by a Phoenix gunsmith. And in the late 60's I shot with a guy who had his Flattop Ruger .357 converted to .45 Colt. So while I never saw one, I am sure there were most likely at least a couple old '92's that ...

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Awesome Jim. Do the bullets speed up any with weight loss? I have never checked. And I have been using them since I was a teenager ... more than 60 years ago! They worked and I was pleased with performance and accuracy. And no one had chronographs in those days. Well ... hardly anyone. :roll:

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That'll work! I have the old original my Dad made years ago and later that Paco and Ed Wosika produced. This is what it looks like and what it looked like after killing a Javelina with it.

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Me too, Bill. I was kinda hoping .........

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Whew! I am glad you survived that charge while armed with such a little bitty popper! It proves that anything can be made to work if you don't just give up and die!

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This one is OK but I am doing the same thing. Running it dry. By the end of 500 rounds or more it will be slicked up where it should be and what I want to do to it will be evident.

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I fired most of what I shot standing up, offhand. I shot from the bench to see where it was hitting for sure, and will do so to sight it in. But I like to shoot leaning against a tree (not possible on the range) or like you, in some "field" position because that's what it will be used in w...

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I usually start women who haven't grown up shooting with a good .22 ... revolver or semi-auto .. their choice. Let'em try a couple different ones and see what they like. I know of some places that armed their ladies with .22's and taught them to aim for the sinus cavities. the north or the south ca...

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I usually start women who haven't grown up shooting with a good .22 ... revolver or semi-auto .. their choice. Let'em try a couple different ones and see what they like. I know of some places that armed their ladies with .22's and taught them to aim for the sinus cavities.

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 5:09 pm I would very surely hate to be a feral hog in either of your neighborhoods, Jim and Scott.

I used my Portable Machine Rest to see what the accuracy of the gun was like.

I carry it around in my truck.

Here's a photo of it today.

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I am not aware of anything done to them other than what was specified when the order was placed. (caliber ... barrel length ... serial numbers .. special markings ... sights ... forend ...etc.) I was not part of that process so I cannot say for sure if anything special was ordered or not.

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Same here. I ran #454190 ... #454424 ... SSK 270 and the barrel is beautiful!

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It sure is a handy little gun. Lots of potential. I love the looks of the rifling!

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shootists 40th-3.png Trigger pull is heavy but that will be taken care of. Hits quite low. I had a spotter about 8" above the point of impact. That's a good thing. Got plenty of sight to deal with. Feeds SWC's as smoothly and easily as round nose. I didn't try to adjust the sights today. Limit...

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Lipsey's said that this is most likely the first kill with the Ruger-made Marlin .45 Colt. Pretty cool.

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I can't say anything about Glocks from personal experience since I have never fired more than 50 rounds from several different ones. Personally I did not care for the way the trigger felt on any of them. The only other "plastic" striker fired gun I ever shot was a Kahr and those had the be...

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(I am sure I posted this in year's past ... but I ran across it again and decided there may be some who haven't read it) The kid had been on an extended trip to the Orient courtesy of Uncle Sam when his Dad (whom he affectionately called "the Old Man") had the little dust-up. The Old Man ...

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4t5 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 3:34 pm Jim, What is that soil in the photo ? It looks like ash , nothing like that here in the east I know of . Good shoot’n.!

It's the High Adventure Ranch in Missouri

https://www.highadventureranch.com/

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It's amazing what a non-magnum load with a decent bullet will do.

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Melodie25.jpg I just got this ... happened this weekend. My friend Hoot and his wife took the Marlin .45 Colt Shootists 40th Anniversary levergun hunting and his wife nailed it! No information on anything about the hunt yet or what load was used. I will post it if/when I get it. FROM HOOT: Melodie ...

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I had an old Hallicrafter Receiver that opened on the top like an old sewing machine cabinet ... was missing a tube or two and one of the old HAM guys gave me what I needed. I strung up a long wire and used to listen all over the globe .. literally. Our house was on a mountain pass in Arizona close ...

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The Shootists who were able to attend ... with Dot Taffin

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Things have come a long way in the last 50 years. The video is dealing with stuff I don't know a thing about. But it brought to mind our trips into Mexico starting back in 1972. We had a neighbor who was a HAM and he helped us with communications. He would fire up his radio and log onto what he call...

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When my wife and I moved to Oracle, Arizona in the late 1970's, we were new to the area. After a week there we had been dealing with dogs coming by and spreading our trash around, looking for snacks. I sat my shotgun by the door and told my wife I was gonna shoot the next dog that tore up our trash....

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I usually listen also. I disliked the idea of going door to door and never did it. I was uncomfortable doing such a thing. Made me feel like I was trying to sell something. I figure that of the ones who come to the door, at least a few of them are uncomfortable doing it so I try not to make it worse...

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Years ago I tried a lot of cast bullets of various weights in the .41 and settled on the 230 gr. NEI FN plain base bullet.

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To misquote Mark Twain ... If you don't listen to the media you are uninformed. If you do listen to the media you are misinformed.

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From 1972 until 1981 we went to Baja California Norte, Mexico every summer for anywhere from a week to nearly a month. We spent a lot of time in San Quintin on the Pacific Coast. I helped build a wing on a hospital there that Mexican Medical was sponsoring. They were a group of doctors from Californ...

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I hear that Jim! You don't know how hard it was for me to break away from 3031. I use a lot if old powders also, and usually stick with IMRs. I still do use 3031 in the 32WS. It's better in it than the 30-30 I think. Here ya go OldWin ... for your tag line... "Oh bother", said Pooh, as he...

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