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15 in western VA today. snow yesterday which froze to the roads last night. Supposed to be zero or below the next two mornings.

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From memory it seems that some of the jacketed soft nose bullets for 30-30 are roundish. Core-lokts are pretty round, and the reduced recoil 30-30 core-lokts are quite round.

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That's insane. Maybe we do need to move there!!

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Reading this helps me realize I sure am thankful for what I have. I have 18 acres, and while it's not a lot or perfect for hunting or shooting, it sure beats not having anything at all. I sometimes have an attitude of "I wish the neighbors weren't so close" But it could be so much worse. ...

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I'm not sure now is the best time to stock up, at least not on ammo. Earlier this year, because I wasn't sure which way the election was going to go, I started stocking up on ammo. For the first time in my life, I actually timed something well. However, I can tell you that ammo prices are way higher...

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I am sorry that you've been uprooted. You didn't mention how much you know about this other guy other than he texts you when he's going to be there. Just that sorta indications that he might be courteous. Perhaps he has no idea he's stepping on your toes? Maybe he's got some other spots he'd share ...

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Yes, I was thinking about that the other day actually. It's a straight-wall cartridge based on the 30-30. Wait a minute. The 38-55 is a straightwalled cartridge that the 30-30 was based on, but it is .375-.38x diameter, so the 360 buckhammer must be slightly tapered. Wait a minute, the 32-40 is a ta...

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The 360 BH is certainly the most appealing 'new' cartridge to me. What's not to like. Sure, the 35 rem is awesome, but buying ammo for it sucks if you don't reload (which most people don't). And being a new round, ammo will likely be more available than 35 rem has been.

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Hi all, thanks for the thoughtful comments and advice. Yes, I was for sure very blessed to have access to this property for so long. It's just hard to lose something that has been so important in your life. I've hunted my whole life and it's so important to me. I don't want to get into all the detai...

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Molasses wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2024 8:45 pm I can relate (it'd just sound like whining if I get going on it, so no details).

Flint, you have my sympathy and wishes for a good resolution.

Thanks! and sorry for your situation as well.

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I feel your pain. Been there and done that. Most frustrating ! Lots of sweat equity in a property only to find every stand filled with the landowner's visiting for the holidays extended family on opening day. It did not get any better. Was sitting in a hidden and secluded tent-style ground blind on...

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Darn, it sounds like it is time to buy your own place. I would love nothing more to be able to buy my own land, but it has become too expensive around here. Impossible to buy acreage in this area. It has more than doubled in price in the last four years. I could aford pre-plandemic prices, but not ...

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For the last 22 years I've hunted on a 40 acre property that a now retired coworker owns (and lives on). In the early days, me and a friend (that the landowner also knew) hunted together there which was cool, but from the late 2000s until 2020 I had exclusive access to the property and got real used...

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Yes, that's an old weaver K3. Have an old weaver K2.5 on the 300

plenty of magnification out to 100 yards which is as far as I've ever shot at a deer.

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yeah, the 250 would be perfect for a lady. Recoil is way less than any of my 30-30s. At least it feels that way. Not sure if there is something about the shape of stock on the 99s, because I also have a 99 in 300 sav and that doesn't feel like it kicks any more or even as much as a 30-30. could be t...

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Rifle season now and in my county, you have to kill a doe before you can kill a second buck. This morning this 1.5 year old doe gave me a good shot so I took it. This was the first deer taken with the 250 savage I got a couple years ago. I worked up a load with Speer 87 grain hot cor over 3031 shoot...

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That's cool,

I've driven by the flying rabbit a million times, but have never gone. Maybe one day.

We are allowed two bucks over here but now we have to kill a doe before we can kill a second buck, so when I go out now I have to really hope I don't see a big buck before I can kill a doe.

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yeah, I'm west of the blue ridge. Rockingham. our seasons are weird. month of archery, 2 weeks of muzzleloader, 2 weeks of rifle, then 2 weeks of archery and 2 weeks of muzzleloader.

so, most of my deer end up getting shot with the muzzleloader.

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Got this buck the other morning. Last day of muzzleloader season. About 75 yards. In my area peak rut coincides with muzzleloader season so most of my bucks have been shot with my CVA optima. My load is 300 grain .452 XTP MAG in a black harvester crushrib sabot over 90 grains of blackhorn powder. Sh...

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VERY NICE BUCK! I hope to get a nice 10pt like that one day. I've killed bunches of 8s but never a 10. I just killed a similar looking 8 last week.

The 25-45 seems like a cool cartridge. I have a 250 savage that I plan to hunt with this year.

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Homemade Evaporust ! Very interesting, I saved the formula. Very easy to make! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYZmeReKKY Thought some would like this. John Thanks for posting this! I use Evaporust a good bit. It works REALLY good, but it's gotten pretty expensive. I think I might also try it to r...

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Thanks so much for all of the information. Yes, I was aware from the beginning that the non-tapered barrel would create difficulties. That's why I tried to read as much from reports of people who have used these barrels before and also asked questions to those who've done it, to get the right parts ...

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Pat C wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2024 7:35 pm Why not buy the correct forend from Gunville or Precision Gunstocks?

because I didn't know about them

looks like precision gunstocks has the right forend. octagon rifle post 64. little pricey but oh well.

Thanks

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Thanks, yes, the follower fits in the tube. the inside diameter of the forend cap is .650 when tightened onto the tenon. The diameter of my mag tube is .637, so it's loose. Maybe I'll go ahead and get a forend and put it all together and see how it seems. maybe I could run a thin layer of silicone o...

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As far as I know there's only one diameter magazine tube. I have spare tubes in button, half, ¾ and full lengths. Even a spare Marlin, they're all the same diameter with normal manufacturing tolerances. I have carbines, Trappers, and rifles from 1898 to the mid '30s and a few post '64s, some have t...

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I just measured the magazine tubes on my winchester rifles and the tube I got from numrich. The numrich tube is 0.637" and most of my winchesters are .643-.644, though one is .38 so it doesn't seem that far off. also, I had a spare .644 tube and tightened that all the way down in my forend cap ...

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It's been many years (1988), since I bought one of those Numrich barrels, but the cap I purchased from Numrich had to have the inside filed to fit over the barrel. My barrel is for a .30-30, but measures .850" across the flats from the breech to the muzzle, no taper whatsoever. Like the Commem...

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Due a search engine search for 'Half magazine Winchester 1894' and look at all the images. See this image. https://s3.amazonaws.com/mgm-content/sites/armslist/uploads/posts/2021/06/01/13318330_02_winchester_1873_deluxe_long_ri_640.jpg Hmmm, That does not appear to be a winchester 1894......... The ...

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So, I bought a bunch of parts from Numrich and here's what I found. I got a cap, tenon, cap screws, a magazine tube, tube cap, tube cap screw. came to over $100 :( and then totally failed at making any of it work. The tenon didn't fit into the cap. so I filed the ends of the tenon down until it fit ...

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ok, I'll probably go ahead and get the video. sounds like a good winter project after hunting season ends. My wife bought a 92, 16" in 45 about a year ago. I could barely get one round in the magazine. The gate spring was very strong, but the real issue was the rough casting in the receiver jus...

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I'm not sure what this guy would have to gain by making this video if this didn't really work. He posts tons of videos testing various bullets for velocity and gel performance. I've watched all his videos testing 30-30 ammo. He loves lever guns and seems like a straight up guy. Pretty sure I've read...

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in case you aren't aware:

https://store.stevesgunz.com/index.php?main_page=index

lots of good stuff here

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Hello and welcome! congrats on the Rossi. Hope you enjoy it. I just got a 357 R92 myself and am working out some feeding unpleasantness but otherwise really like it. you get points for creativity. I'm thinking that the barrel shouldn't get hot enough to melt paracord, but sounds like something easy ...

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I cut some mag spring off and adjusted the loading gate by thinning the spring to ease the loading on my Rossi 16 inch .357 That's probably what I'll have to do. I fiddled with it a little more today and also figured out that it works much better to leave each bullet half sticking out of the loadin...

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when I was a kid me and my cousin used to roam the country side hunting squirrels, rabbits, quail, etc. with our pellet guns. we usually carried our pellets in our cheeks. not one or two, but a dozen or so, for hours or however long we were out. probably not the best thing ever. but I'm still alive ...

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I cut a few inches off the magazine spring and that helped a little, but it's still really hard to load. I think maybe part of it is that the loading gate is super stiff and hard to push down and also it seems that it's hard to get the bullet angled into the tube correctly or something. the bullet f...

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yeah, it's not the sharp edges, though those don't help. It's just very difficult to push the rounds into the tube. I'll try shortening the spring. That's easy enough. I don't think there is anything else in the mag tube. I just removed the spring and don't see or hear anything else in there. Just t...

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so....a little while back I picked up a stainless 16" rossi R92 in 357. Took it to the range for the first time tuesday to shoot it. here are my first impressions. overall, I really like it. It cycles very smooth and seems to be quite accurate. It's a very handly length and I love the short LOP...

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Went to the range on Tuesday. Beautiful day and had a nice time shooting. The range wasn't busy, usually just one other guy, and I think I overlapped with three fellas total while I was there. I mostly just checked the sights/scope on several rifles that haven't been checked in a couple few years. I...

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voted today. no line. just a constant trickle of people in and out.

fingers crossed

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the barnes original .375 and .377 bullets are available right now, so you have some options

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kind of neat

features a levergun

the most interesting thing to me is the apparently rarely fired savage 99.

https://www.goerie.com/story/sports/out ... 450083007/

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I asked this same question a year or so ago, when reloading components were unobtainable. They still kind of are or are stupid expensive. I finally just paid probably way too much to get some WLR primers. l I plan to only reload cartridges that are obsolete or effectively obsolete. Unfortunately, I ...

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ouch. no thanks! I had a steven 10 ga break action that the original owner had removed the stock weight from. The stock had a crack in it from it's recoil. I killed a deer and a few turkeys with it. one time I shot every available 10ga turkey load in it to see which one patterend the best. OUCH! I h...

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Thanks for the report. I am interested I'm putting together a load that would replicate that velocity for a short range deer load. I have yet to find any 40 cal JSP bullets though. Ted, Hawk offers a 180gr hp that's designed for the 38-40 but I have never tried any myself. Ken Waters includes some ...

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the other annoying thing is that the signature required deliver was scheduled for today - between 10 and 2:30. So I sat at home that whole time. Nothing. Still hasn't come. Hopefully someone will be around tomorrow if/when they ever show up as it will be annoying to have to go down to the fedex hub ...

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how come loaded ammo - which contains live primers, and powder, and a bullet - can be left sitting on your porch, but just primers by themselves, with no powder or bullet, require someone to sign for delivery. major pain, and not immediately logical to me.

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Just because it's inexpensive, doesn't mean that it's junk necessarily. I have a Klein folding knife (model 44001) that is a very good knife and is (or was) made in Japan. the stainless steel blade (Aus 8 ) is the equivalent of 440C which is a good steel - which is what used to be used on the older ...

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Ok. Nevermind, that's pretty bad

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that's not so bad. I was expecting much worse. I've seen worse for sure

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