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If you haven't read this I certainly suggest you ought to ....

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My Dad built a folding reloading bench that you could fold up and put in the trunk of your car easily. It was strong enough that you could full-length size .30-06 ... mounted a Rockchucker on it. He sometimes took it out where we shot and worked up loads right on the range.

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It always brings back memories of the first time I heard that song ... you were there!

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The family had a private family funeral and are planning a public Memorial Service for John. The Memorial Service will be held on John's birthday, May 2nd, 3:00PM at Faith Community Bible Church 9950 W. Ustick Road Boise, Idaho (it is one block east of 5 Mile Road) The family is planning a raffle of...

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Romans 8:31 - 39 from the Scottish Psalter Let Christian faith and hope dispel the fears of guilt and woe; The Lord Almighty is our friend, and who can prove a foe? He who his Son, most dear and loved, gave up for us to die. Shall he not all things freely give that goodness can supply? Behold the be...

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I did it with my .30-30 some years ago. Quite a bit of luck involved. One hit out of 70 rounds ...

https://www.leverguns.com/articles/tayl ... grange.htm

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They are Gunny! And I have to hustle to stay ahead.

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so I put out some traps. Three spring traps and one live trap. So far I have caught 2 in the spring traps and 4 in the live trap. This morning I checked and found a large squirrel in the live trap! IMG_7536.JPG It appears my grandsons have set me up! :lol: I told them I shot it in the head before I ...

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Pat C wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:08 pm Jim , With your permission I would like to post John's picture I'm the thread Allen Garbers started on the Colt Forum in memory of John Taffin.

Go ahead please. You don't need my permission. I know John was and is well respected by a multitude of people across a few generations.

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Jim , What thread was the picture of John when he was presented the Lipsey Ruger? Really enjoyed his writings , he will be missed . https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?p=1001143&hilit=John+Taffin+Commemorative#p1001143 and videos here https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.ph...

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I don't remember how I first got in touch with John. I believe it was by written letter but again I am not sure. My Dad had some articles written about him in some early gun magazines and it may have been through one of those. Some time in the early 1970's Twyla and I were traveling and stopped in B...

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Left this world about 8:50 PM March 10, 2025 in Boise, ID. He is now with our Lord Jesus and those who have gone before. I imagine a great home-coming celebration is happening. I will miss him, but I do not feel sorry for him. I feel sorry for us who have to get along without him here, and for his w...

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Grizz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 3:53 pm
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time is vastly over rated in my experience . . ,

It was invented by the nicest, most kind person who has ever existed or will exist; One who knows absolutely everything that was, that is and that will be, so it must be valuable.

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I heard from Mrs. Dot that the doctors have given John a day or two left to live. I sure will miss him but do find comfort in knowing he will be with the Lord soon.

Please keep his family in your prayers.

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I have a pocket holster and a belt holster for mine. So far I have killed 8 raccoons, 1 possum and 1 dog with it. I have not approached Al Anderson's level and doubt I will.

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After shooting my 30-30 Trapper yesterday I came home and dumped the fired brass into the vibrating cleaner and let it run all night. I wanted to get any carbon and dirt off the brass before I resized them. This morning I pulled them out of cleaner and looking at them noticed a bunch of them still h...

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That's a productive day, Jim! My grandson is all of 14 months old, and I am having a hard time not buying him a .22 and a fly rod. :lol: I gave my youngest daughter a .38 Special when she was 2. I have a photo of her holding it. I won't post it because there are sure to be "those people" ...

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The first thing after the chores were done this morning ... I grabbed my Model 94 Trapper 30-30 and headed to the range. I have not been treating this gun very well, not having fired it in the last 2 years! I apologized several times. I took 3 different loads. One load was the 130 gr. Speer Hot-Cor ...

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We have had for quite a long time. My grandsons have a nice little egg-selling business going. The egg production feeds us, pays for the feed and gives the boys some spending money. Plus they sell their eggs cheaper than the stores so the customers get a good deal too.

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I with you!

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By the 1600's they were being used in the military.

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/kaltho ... -war-1659/

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 9:55 am My hat is off to Andy Larsson, Paul Moreland and Jim T. for working to bring the site back up after it was shut down for what may be suspicious reasons.

Thank you but I did not do anything other than forward some messages. Andy and Paul and David Fagan did all the work!

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Bobby Tyler is a friendly guy. Give him a call. I am sure he will tell you all that he has done.

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Makes me happy to know I am in good company ....

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I have had the same issue. Got a "No Service" notice a couple times.

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Groucho Marx said he shot an elephant in his pajamas.
He also said he could never figure out how the elephant got into them!

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I used to use the Freechec ... home-made gaschecks for plain base bullets .. on cast bullets that didn't have a good grease groove and would lead easily. It stopped the leading. You may have read to piece I have on the Leverguns site ...

https://leverguns.com/articles/taylor/freechec.htm

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I read that Frankford Arsenal produced the inside primed cartridge in 1873 and 1874. I don't know how long they may have been produced by others.

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A couple years back someone sent me some 208 gr. cast hollowpoint gascheck bullets for the .41 Magnum. I have lost track of whoever did that but I finally took them to the Range and tried them this morning. They proved to be a nice accurate bullet. I had them loaded over 15 gr. of 2400. The flyers i...

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I remember his name, though I don't remember meeting him. But that does not mean that I didn't meet him! I have a good memory. I just cannot recall where I put it.

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 8:34 pm I'm just happy you are safe, Jim. Latches can be replaced, even on beautiful older guns like your flat top.

THANK YOU! And yessir they can ... and it is being replaced.

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. I've used metal detectors at the range for more than finding lost brass.... Four or five times I recall using one to look for a firearm part, and once a scope turret cap. I thought about running home and getting my big magnet that we've used to clean up old burn piles of nails and screws. But I o...

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coyote nose wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 4:02 pm Happened to me also, with a 3rd gen Colt SAA. Now I always assemble the cross pin with blue loctite. PS I never found mine either, had to order a new assembly from Colt.

I usually loctite single action screws ...BUT had not done it on this gun. I will change that!

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I took the .357 Flattop to the Range again this morning, wanting to test some loads. I had 3 loads ... one with 5 gr. of 231 .. one with a heavy load of Lil' Gun and one with a heavy load of H110. Of the heavy loads, the Lil' Gun loads had the fastest recoil. I ran 15 rounds of Lil' Gun and 15 round...

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 1:38 am Mighty fine shooting. Was it offhand or rested?

The group in the photo was shot with a two-hand hold, resting both hands.

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Good to see you posting again! It's always nice to see what you are doing. Thank you Jim. Any news? Bout anything. I don't know much about what's happening anywhere ... other than this year The Shootists will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary! It's hard to believe that we've been going that lon...

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The old .30-30 is a special round. Not too many cartridges and rifles have songs written about them. I choose the .30-30 and my Trapper over the AR any day. One reason is, I never learned how to use an AR! I can pick up my Trapper after not shooting it for months and still run it with my eyes closed...

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Good to see you posting again! It's always nice to see what you are doing.

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Weather has finally turned off nice so I took the old flat-top .357 to the Range. Spent time shooting paper as well as some clay pigeons.

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It was a good couple hours.

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I am always blessed to find folks that remember people that meant something to me.

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Yessir Scott!

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