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The rifled choke I bought for my Sons 870 was a Colonial brand I think and it worked ok with slower slugs for 5-6 shots. Then I had to brush it out good. I could get fosters to group around 3-4 inches at 75 yards which is a long shot in the woods. I have to admit since Federal came out with the true...

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I had bought the Lyman 20 ga mold years ago for use in a 870 with a rifled choke I bought my youngest Son. I never have used it but keep thinking one of these days. You have relit the thought process. Looks really good compared to the groups of my youth!

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Lately I have been getting a email that my package has been delivered and it shows up in a day or so. Is that the post office trying to look good ? I do miss the days when it was dependable.

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I bought a 39A around 2007 and It wouldn't extract shells and the rebounding hammer would misfire often. That drove me nuts because it is a tack driver and what good is a rifle that only works part time. If I had known of the changes Marlin had done I would of shopped for a used older one. Marlin se...

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Congrats! I am going to join you in a few months!

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Years ago a friend cleaned out a widows basement and had a bucket of gun parts. In it was a Remington Model 11 receiver and magazine tube and I told him what it was anyhow several of the men I hunted with had the when I was a boy. He said take it, a barrel 240.00. A spring kit from ART's 120.00 and ...

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I found the 32 to be easy to get to shoot cast at 2000 fps with great accuracy. I think Winchester did speed up the twist on the latter years 32 special runs. I also have had faster kills with the 32 and jacketed flat points than 30-30, to the point it did seem special.

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Great minds think alike! I saw my die yesterday looking through a bin on the bench.When I saw it I thought I'd better make up some more 22's. I shot two red foxes in my chickens with a SGB. They dropped right quick too!

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I used Alcan 7 For 1 1/4 oz 12 ga when I was in high school. I would buy it if the can wasn't rusty.

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Scott, I shot those out of my first 44 Marlin 1894 I bought around 1973. They shot great, about 2 inch groups at 100 yards with irons. I thought they would be like a Nosler partition blowing the front half off and driving through. never recovered one. I am shooting the NOE 250 Ranchdog style now tha...

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My prayers are with you and Penny. Its not always easy to do the right thing, but the Lord will be Glorified through it.

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I load 4 gr of Unique in the 32-20 for plinking in my rifle with good case life and 10 gr of Alliant 2400 (not for older revolvers) with good case life. Starline brass is better than others. Elmer shot an elk with his 32-20 and while performance was not stellar he got it done. He loaded it hot becau...

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I shot one at JR.Rifle club. It was a beauty that cut one hole if I did everything right. My buddy Tom would shoot the clip on my target with his 37 and disqualify mine if it tore off. He thought that was funny. I bought a 541S for my hunting 22 because of the impression the 37 left on me.

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I stopped once on the way back from a New Mexico elk hunt and spent 2-3 hours. It was interesting and he owned every type of gun one could imagine. When we were leaving asked about a barbecue place and the women told us about a little hole in the wall place just down the road.The owner fed us a vari...

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I once had a women tell me don't be bringing any presents unless they taste like chocolate, smell like roses or sparkle like diamonds. I knew then we had nothing in common!

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This would be funny if not so true!!

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I went out back this am and at 9:15 had a large 10 point come toting through. I sent a NOE 240 gr. Dimple point and he just kept trotting. So I sent a second shot which turned out to be not needed. He was hit through the lungs both times about 4 inches apart. Also the buck I shot last year had the b...

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I remember a handsome women stopping by the neighbors with one and she would keep the cans jumping at 35 or so yards. My Dad was a Colt man and he was dumbfounded by that women's being able to wield what he would of felt was a inferior revolver. I think they are pretty neat.

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My Grand Fathers big rifle was a 38 WCF and because his generation didn't read gun rags he felt well armed. I was not has sure but had mention to my Dad my doubts. He laughed at me and said if you put a 40 cal 180 gr bullet through a deers lungs you will be dragging it! Hit them were they live he sa...

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I have what is termed a profound loss which frustrates my wife to no end. high pitch ringing in both ears. I have had Aides in both ears since my forties and had Phonics Oticon and Widex products and they all aren't ears. But help in one on one no background areas. I have won a settlement against th...

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I bought some 145 gr HP's in New Hampshire that clocked over 2000 fps. They flew apart pretty quick too. I most likely still have some around because I certainly wouldn't shoot them at deer but coyotes might be in trouble.

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Years ago I pulled some soft points from 1930's ammo and loaded it in new brass over 22 grs of IMR 4227. It shot into 1" at 75 yards and dropped two deer Quick! never checked velocity but assumed it was around 1650 fps. A handful of older friends never had issue with the factory load at 1300 an...

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My dad had a Police Positive Special that he oiled up and left for 20 years or so, it wouldn't rotate well. It took me about a hour to loosen it up. I think some oils just gum up. Which tells me they should be shot more !

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The only time I could get the 60 gr not to tumble was in my Marlin 39a. It was only in a 1 1/2 inch group at 50 yards which is three times what CCI standards shoot.
I use what's left for hog butchering and the box may last the rest of my life.

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Nasturiums Planted around your Squash will help keep the bugs at a minimum. I feel really poor if I don't have some seeds in the ground. Used to need some pigs in the pen too!

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I've shot a few boxes with poor results over the years. they tumbled out of everything I shot them out of except a 39A Marlin. That rifle kept them in 1 1/2 inch group at 50 but a few holes looked oblong. I do know they are good for killing farm hogs with a point blank head shot.

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I bought a 28 when in my early 20's and sold it to a Friend in my 40's. I paid 240. for it and sold it to him for about the same. It was a GOOD shooter but 357's always bothered my ears more than a 45 or 44 special so it was a safe queen.

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My Dads boyhood rifle was a Remington Model 4 that he shot 2 boxes of shells a week through for about ten years. The breech has the same brass discoloration, it's not worn. What is warn is the chamber from shooting many shorts and the ejector would drop down slightly from the pin hole where it fit i...

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I have shot a bunch of deer with the BRI and always got straight through penatration, go figure. Just goes to show you are never sure what will happen. One thing I now do that I didn't in the past is shoot again if game doesn't drop!

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My Dad taught me to shoot with a Model 4 22. It is a great rifle and I remember I would shoot empty 20 ga shot shells at 40 yards and hit they more than not. I wish you well in you quest!

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I also have a bunch of dimple points loaded for my 375 Win my Dad left me. I was hoping to try it on deer but I think it will be used with flat points also. I once had a doe go 100 yards in the rain after taking a 300 gr RD flat point (45/70) through the top of her heart and had a heck of a time tra...

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When shooting straight on at the water jugs the bullet went through 3-4 gallon jugs and drifts out the side. I shot a 38 WCF 172 Lyman at the same set up and retrieved the slug mushroomed and even the 240 gr NOE with the Hollow point pin, I found a nice fat mushroomed slug.(Not a fan of hollow point...

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Jim, Those swaged bullets were soft and I image the were flat real soon after hitting flesh. I used to buy them real cheap (Remington)and they did shoot real good. I remember reading a article by Brian Pierce years ago where he mentioned shooting a Black bear with a 454190 Lyman over Red dot and the...

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I have been pondering something that happened to me this year deer hunting. I shot a buck of about 140 lbs at maybe 65 yards with a NOE 44 cal 250 gr dimple point out of my 44 mag CB II rifle. It was a very slight quartering shot almost broad side. I hit the buck right in the pocket 4 inches above t...

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I have wondered about shooting a 38 wcf out of my 410. Then I think about a tumbling projectile can't be very effective very far. A well placed thug slug is a much better option. I have heard of the 45 colt stories and swaging a .452 down to .390 approx for most full choke guns just seems foolish.

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I had posted before that I found a Marlin 94CL for the right price during Obamas reign. I cast Lyman 115 gr flat points over 4 gr of unique which yielded 1180 in my 22 inch barrel.I now haven't shot it in a while but keep a box of 110 gr cast hp over 10 gr 2400. Both loads kill woodchucks and coyote...

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We have to remember they grew up in a culture where it is exepted to kill a child in the womb for convenience. That opens the door for
almost any deprivation.

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Iv'e used 24 gr Win 296 under a Speer 240 gr soft point for years. Good accuracy,Expansion and dead deer quick.
I may switch to NOE's 240 gr Ranchdog clone I am getting good results with a dimple point (powder coated) over 23.5 gr 296.

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In the archives at BPI load of the week. https://www.ballisticproducts.com/load03012021.htm
I have loaded 5 00 buck over 15 gr of 296 and covered them with buffer. Its not pressure tested so no guarantees.
It does shoot very well at 25 yards. I certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end.

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Thank you! Went Turkey hunting and called a coyote in it came around a big oak I was leaning against and we looked each other in the eye LOL

My hearts still good I imagine after that surge.

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We must of shot a 100,000,00 dollars worth of old bottles in the farm dumps around home. Every place had one too, When we got more skillful my Dad suggested Neeco wafers. They would explode and the ants cleaned up the mess!

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My Grandfather found about 3 dozen and some really nice ones too! I have found two broken ones and one day talking with my Dad at Gramps place he bent over and picked one up! He said look at that a perfect war point!!! You have to look where they are. One of mine I found in a sand bar while trout fi...

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I found a 32-20 at Cabelas for a good price during the Obama ammo shortage. I found I could cast a Lyman 115 flat point and put it over 4 gr of Unique and get 1170 FPS. It became my plinking rifle instead of 22's. Shooting it into a bullet trap and remelting the lead made it cheap to shoot and it ki...

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Nath looks like you are a owner of a O&U. I also prefer a SXS but I shoot the O&U's better now and I don't know why? Your dealer is crafty you had better watch them very close. Give that shotgun a nice long vetting period!

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I loaded 5 up this AM over 23 gr of 296 and cut a one inch hole at 75 yards dead center. That will do, this is with the NOE cup point, I cast a bunch of hp's last time and they shoot the same but I loaded 23.5 gr under them last fall. I prefer a pass through and the hp's with my 50 percent # 2 and 5...

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Thank you for your reply. I Remembered you reporting on them when Ranchdog first cut them. I was once told that jacketed data would be fine for cast ,but have also heard that added friction can increase pressures. I saw the max charge of 21.6 for the 265gr and thought I really don't want to stress t...

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Would anyone happen to have Ranchdog's Data sheet for this bullet. I Have the print out for the 265 but don't know why I don't have this one in my downloads. I bought a NOE clone last year and loaded it with 23.5 gas of 296 and it shot great but looking at the 265 data I am worried it might be a lit...

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I have loaded 38 WCF's for 50 years and can count the cases I've ruined on my digits I bet. I have used the lee factory crimp to put crimps on XTP's and gold dots. When I have deer hunted with it I used pulled soft points with perfect results, but I have to wonder why I wouldn't do has well with a 2...

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Pitchy, I agree a little tin will help. I also clean my molds and put them in a toaster oven at 400 degrees while my pot is melting.

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