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You did well! I suspect he will be fine eating.

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i updated the 1st post

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Around 1977 I was working with a older Gentleman and mention how I was going to buy a 99 Savage in 308 before the next deer season. I then offered me a BLR he had bought years before and never shot for exactly what he paid for it. He said when he bought it he had bought two one in 243 and the .308 a...

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I was just thinking about this yesterday! I was shooting a 44 Bisley Vaquero and thinking I can't see the sights at all, and wishing I had never sold my 4 5/8 45 Blackhawk.
I can't replace it for the 135.00 I paid for the Blackhawk new either.

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I have a nice 38WCF1892 from my grandfather that has a Marbles tang on it and I have to say it is a GREAT shooter! I looked for a Colt clone for years and just recently given up. I have handguns I don't get to shoot now so I'm showing restraint. I have posted in the past that when I was young I wish...

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I have used XTP's in the muzzleloader and had Many DRT kills, then one day a friend shot a doe and hit her in the shoulder and the XTP went in and came out the same side which only caught one lung and she gave us a long trail. I switched to Speer deep curl 240 soft points and never looked back. I ha...

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Praying for Harper!

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I was visiting a friends fathers cabin in upstate New York and when I opened the pantry door I noticed it had a dead bolt and was metal sheathed on the pantry side. The window sill had claw marks inside and out on the porch side. When I asked my friend she said with a straight face it was going fine...

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I gave my 32 Special to one of my sons, It was a fantastic cast bullet shooter and I really missed it, I ordered a Lee 170 FP mold and if this new rifle shows promise I will find a Lyman 311041.
I also bought a Williams 5d in case the opens aren't workable for me.

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I think you fell into a beauty! I saw a Lyman 200 gr 44-40 mold on ebay yesterday if you need one. Give us a range report when you shoot it please.

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Well, I had a moment of weakness today and saw this 30-30 used but not abused on the rack. I looked at the price and it was 700.00 I thought I sold my first 30-30 for 80 bucks around 1975 and it wasn't a pre 64 so I guess the price was fair in my mind so I bought it. My wife said to buy yourself som...

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Mr. Hanson is has good of a man as they come. Prays for him and the Lords will be done.

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She did very well for sure! I noticed how different her rifle is from the one I shot my first deer with.

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I am like Gunny and have never fire a single 16ga shell in my life. I was in a shop and looked at a worn gray Model 12 with a poly choke, when I picked it up I just thought I could really kill birds with this! But resisted the urge.

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Congrats! What's not to like about that and a sixty yard drag makes it better.

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I'll be the odd man out and recommend the Hornady 170 gr flat points. They open up really well and hold together really well. I used Speers 170gr also and found dead deer but the bullets didn't mushroom has well.

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Praying for Child and family.

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That's all I shot in the 1970's. I always thought they would perform like a Nosler Partition where the front would expand and blow off. Then the back end would punch through.
Never found one to prove my theory. They fed great in my 1894 Marlin too!

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I have an top eject 94 Big Bore from my Father. The trigger seems pretty bad meaning long and creepy. I have ordered the 13 and 15 LB springs from Wolff and was wondering if anyone has used them and what were the results? I have had two other 94's in my life a 30-30 which I stupidly sold and a 32 Sp...

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Buffalo Bore loads it I believe but its pretty dear last time I looked. The 32 spec was loaded with kleanbore primers so there is a good chance more rifles survived the mercuric primer era. I recommend loading 150 rounds and when you shoot up a few boxes reload them. https://www.buffalobore.com/inde...

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I have suffered my whole life with cramps and one thing that helped was Amish leg cramp tonic. If I did get a cramp it eased in a few min.after drinking this. https://www.iherb.com/pr/caleb-treeze-organic-farm-old-amish-muscle-tonic-8-fl-oz-237-ml/38082?gad_campaignid=22821030360&gad_source=1&am...

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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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