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I'm glad this lady had her gun ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/law ... s-shooting

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Dang Scott! That ole boy in the first photo must be 7 foot! He make you look short!

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You can make a bore protector by cutting the end off a 30-30 empty case.

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Nice.

BUT .. "Mr. Taylor" is my Dad. I am just "Jim" .. or on here "JimT" ...

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Grizz wrote: ↑
Wed May 25, 2022 8:20 am
lots of skullduggery been going on since the first murder

Yep. The first city was founded by a murderer ... and they have not gotten better in all the years since.

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wvfarrier wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 7:35 am
Could be worse......could be the French

It IS worse. It's Americans!

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In 1961 I was 15 years old. I got on a Greyhound bus in Phoenix, Arizona and traveled to Seattle, Washington. I had a small suitcase with clothes that I checked and a briefcase that I kept with me. In the briefcase was a Colt 1911 .45 ACP and 200 rounds of ammo ... plus a Ruger Blackhawk .357 Magnum...

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Gonna have a hard time making it work on high pressure revolvers ...

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Only issue I saw was a friend's High Wall. He brought out his new WSD tool and pulled the plunger back to drift the sight to the right, and first hit sent the sight flying. Luckily we saw where it went, so found the sight. But it was pretty funny. HA! I nearly did the same thing on the Rossi I was ...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑
Sat May 21, 2022 7:39 am
Vall, I had not seen the two-tone grips before. Very handsome! But then I have always liked saddle shoes as well.

Yes... They are quite unique. I bet they feel good in the hand.

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This thing is on my list. Bill .. I was surprised the first time I used it. I was installing the front sight on the Rossi 92 that I cut down. Using the tool it did not feel like much .. not like whacking a brass rod with a hammer. I pulled it and let it fly a couple times fairly fast and it moved t...

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I have one. It works very well. Much easier than using a drift punch and a hammer.

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The closeup of the grip showing the detail is nice. I suppose those feel much better than poly-ivory! I am not sure. Never had the poly variety. Normally I like wood grips but I have ivory on a few of my special guns. This is the only use-it-every-day gun of mine with ivory .. and that was because ...

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I have to hand it to you, if you're shooting that great with the factory sights... my hat's off! The only thing I changed on the 1911 is to install a flat mainspring housing. The sights that are on the gun are wider than the old military "blade" sights and work ok for me. IMG_3425.JPG The grips wer...

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marlinman93 wrote: ↑
Wed May 18, 2022 10:59 am
That 1911 you have appears to be extremely accurate!

Thanks. With some loads it is. With some loads it is just average. That's the fun of handloading.

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Sarge .. I've heard nothing but good things about Rock Island.
My 1911 was made by S.A.M. Inc. and imported by ATI. It was a gift to me from a good friend when I moved back from Africa after my wife passed. It has held up well and works just fine for what I need it to do.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑
Tue May 17, 2022 1:45 pm
Then the next project would be time-travelling so I could go after a T-rex...

Maybe you should answer this ad:

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I headed to the Range this AM to run a couple hundred rounds through my carry 1911. It's one of those Filipino guns ... been carrying it for 6 years or so. It has proven reliable and fairly accurate. newgrips1.jpg My goal at the range was to practice pulling the gun and putting shots on multiple tar...

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Mach 1.5 is 1674 fps .... that's moving along!

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In 1986 Ed Sanow performed a test using various .38 Super ammo on two different .357 Magnum revolvers, SW and Colt (different twist rates). Since the .38 Super has about twice the pressure of the .38 Special he did not recommend using it in .38 Special firearms. The longer freebore due to the supers...

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wvfarrier wrote: ↑
Mon May 16, 2022 4:18 pm
Its literally never occurred to me to do it . Is there a performance advantage over 38 +p?

I have never chronographed them. I started shooting them as a kid because I could find them really cheap.

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Contact Dave Manson
Dave Manson Precision Reamers
https://mansonreamers.com/
david@mansonreamers.com

If he doesn't have the Taylor Throat reamers I bet he has Reeder's Maxi-Throat which is the same thing except it's longer than the Taylor Throat and works very well with longer heavier bullets.

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I have been shooting .38 Super in my .357 single actions since back in the 1960's. You will have some guns with tight chambers that they won't work in, but mostly they are fine.

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I was wishing I had a decent camera! Thanks Paul. One thing I enjoy about these events are all the apocalyptic predictions that some preachers come up with. When the predictions don't happen they continue on without apologizing for missing it. Sorta like weather forecasters. In fact, I think some of...

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I enjoyed watching the lunar eclipse last night. Don't always get a chance to see one of these when it happens and last night here was calm and clear. I do not have a good camera and my pictures are poor but they show the progression of the shadow of the earth on to the moon. 1.JPG IMG_3372.JPG IMG_...

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Thanks Paul. I did not know that feature was available.

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America is catching up to the "Developing World!" We are becoming pretty much like Uganda, the Congo, and other places that enjoy Socialism.

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The squib means it has gone off. Just push the bullet that is stuck in the bore back into the cylinder and then you will be able to roll the cylinder around and push out the entire cartridge. It should not take much. I have used a section of cleaning rod and a small hammer to tap the bullet back.

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I cut the top off 2 chambers on one once ... took me a few hours and 3 or 4 really good fine-tooth blades.

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Some years ago ... not long after Randy Weaver's trial .. I spent time talking with his daughter Sara. I could tell her wounds were not healed .. spiritual, emotional wounds. She was very gracious then, just a young lady. I was happy to read this article about her and see she has found some peace in...

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If you have pdf software, just open the file, right-click on the page and choose Select All .. then copy and paste it here in the Forum.

WARNING ... Preview it before you save it. Sometimes the formatting does not transfer and there will be no paragraphs .. etc.

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I enjoyed the show and sometimes watch old episodes. I REALLY enjoy the books. I have 14 or 15 of them ... all but the latest 2 or 3. Some great writing and stories. The short stories are good also. I would rather sit down with one of the books than watch the videos .. but that's me. I enjoy reading.

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I bet that sight shows up well against dark targets! Nice work Sarge.

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I've done it on purpose ... just to show people it will work. They would stay on a combat silhouette target at 20 - 25 yards. Back in the 1980's we were up at Freedom, WY shooting long distance and one of the then-old Shootists was having problems hitting stuff out past 500 yards. Turned out he had ...

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When I worked for the Dept. of Corrections we were issued 2 3/4" 12 ga. Number 4 buckshot as our carry load in the Remington 870's. It worked quite well and the prison population were quite respectful of it.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM_898RoByw

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I am sure most of the folks on this site know this but I will post it anyway ..... If your loading dies and the chamber you fire the cartridge have close tolerances most any brass cartridge will give you excellent service with loads that do not develop excessive pressure. Years ago the "common wisdo...

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Old Savage wrote: ↑
Sun May 01, 2022 7:25 pm
Where can I buy it?

It will be announced in HANDLOADER and RIFLE magazines when ready.

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CLASSIC DOUBLE ACTION SIXGUNS: AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION by John Taffin For those interested it is going through final proofing and will be available soon. It will be announced in HANDLOADER and RIFLE magazines when ready. Dedication Foreword Introduction Table of Contents 1: The First Double Action S...

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I know what it is like. My Mom's been gone 13 years. There's still a hole in my life. Dad has been gone 11 years. Twyla 6 years. Lots of friends. I sometimes lean on Anne Lamott who said, "You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you ...

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I was 15 years old that summer .... the time sticks in my mind even though it was nearly 40 years ago.... Dad had gotten me my first 'big bore' revolver, a Ruger .357 Magnum 6 1/2" Blackhawk. He had also picked up a couple bullet molds for me, one of which was Elmer Keith's 173 gr. Semi-Wad Cutter ...

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Isn’t Gary Reeder the guy who makes those tacky looking custom jobs with fuzzy dice and junk like that engraved on them? Lol There’s some interesting reviews of him on the internet… Gary's been a personal friend for more than 25 years. He will engrave pretty much whatever a person wants on their gu...

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It began life as a 6 1/2" barreled .357 Magnum, brought out of the Ruger plant in the last century. Somewhere along the way it had suffered abuse. Not by neglect, but by someone trying to "customize" it apparently. When I picked it up the hammer had been butchered, it had a home-made trigger and cyl...

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For years I ran a Single Sideband on 11 meters ... in and out of the CB band. During the 80's it was easy to talk to Alaska, South America, Europe on 5 watts. I had a home built 3 element beam antenna 55 feet in the air. Our house was close to 5000 feet elevation. On a clear night I could talk to Ph...

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457191b.jpg Lyman #457191 The Lyman #457191 bullet was introduced by the old Ideal Corporation for use in the .45-90 Winchester. I used this bullet in an 1886 Winchester .45-70 for quite some time. It is an old-timer and a good one. It also makes an interesting sixgun bullet for heavy loads in the ...

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I use Green Dot in the 9mm .. the 38 Special ... .357 Magnum ... .44 Special ... .45 ACP and .45 Colt. It works well in all those calibers.

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I was with my friend Mike when he shot a nice size Whitetail buck with his .357 Marlin. He used 140 gr. factory .. I think Winchester but it's been long enough I am not sure. Whatever it was, it worked just fine, giving more than enough penetration. The deer was down rapidly. Deer are not hard to sh...

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