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Title says it all. Secret Service agent did his job and engaged the guy hiding in the bushes at Trump's golf course the hole ahead of where Trump was playing. He ran but was captured a short way away by the cops.

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Not to imply I don't still work around the house because the wife has many 'honey dos' to keep me busy. We have a routine when we work the chores that we only work from 8 am to 1 pm and then enjoy the rest of the day. I'm in charge of the finances, vacuuming the house, cleaning the dishes, doing the...

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Oh, I forgot to add that we've also been to 49 of the 50 states just since I took on my 'gentleman at leisure' career. Montana, the only state we've not been to in the last 17 years we'd been to with the kids a few times so we've not got around to it during this 'career'. I guess you could say I've ...

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I lost 2 friends in the towers. It forever changed my view of the 'middle east' part of the world.

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I just realized that today is the 17th anniversary of my retirement; Sept. 14, 2007. It's been a great ride and I've treated like a new career as 'a gentleman at leisure'. We'd always dreamed of traveling the world so the wife and I have visited some 82 countries since I retired. In fact, my son and...

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Just a dot? A bit small don't you think?

Now I see. Yes, the pictures took a long time to load.

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My Winchester Model 88 in .308 is perfect for our large mule deer and a pleasure to hunt with. Loaded with my 165 grn handloads it's the best of both worlds.

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Every summer we have airshows with a mix of B-17s, B-24s, B-25s, and sometimes B-29s that give rides for a price. They typically fly over our valley as it's on the west side of the metro area in the mountains. I always look up to see the lumbering bombers cruising at about 1,500 ft above us. Beautif...

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The honor guard mans their post 24 - 7 - 365. Even a hurricane couldn't drive them indoors. It's a moving experience for sure and one we all can be proud of.

I've been there a few times and each is time it's the same feeling; the tomb is held in reverence.

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I like LilGun in a rifle, particularly a .357. Lower pressures with great velocity. But, as has been noted, it will heat up your barrel. Probably doesn’t matter because when I burn larger quantities of ammo, I load .38 Special cases with 3 gr Bullseye. I agree that it does heat up the barrel faster...

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While I found that Lil'Gun is a tiny bit slower in my SA pistols (about 20 fps), they showed significant velocity gains over H-110 in my leverguns; both my 20" carbine and 24" rifle as shown below. All loads were in Winchester brass with Winchester SR primers and Zero 158 grn JSP bullets a...

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Likely they'll treat her like the turnip she is.

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Bill, I've become friends with the people at the recycling place and I make sure to separate the nickel plated brass as a matter of course. For the first 10 years or so I'd pick up the .40s&w from our plant protection guys practicing because it was always Speer and always true once fired. Now wi...

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Paying for gas is the good part. My range is only 10 miles south from my house and the recycler is only 14 miles north as well so it doesn't cost much to get to either place.

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With our range still closed due to the county wide Stage 2 Fire Ban, I thought I'd drive out to it yesterday and walked the different firing lines to see what was in the 55 gal brass bins. In all, I picked up a couple of 5 gal buckets of scrap brass. I looked for good reloadable brass but found only...

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Bronco wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:52 pm Air gun !!
I know I know it does not make smoke ! But it is shooting nonetheless.

The problem with an air gun for me is that you don't need to handload to shoot it. For me, handloading my ammo is a big part of why I enjoy shooting now.

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Jefferson County issued the Stage 2 Ban and it is located at the eastern base of the Rockies and west well into them. East of the Denver area is mostly farm land. So, there aren't many places left to shoot within an hour's drive from here except indoor ranges where they're mostly short pistol length...

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Due to the extreme hot and dry weather for the last 6+ weeks triggering a Stage 2 fire ban (read no outdoor shooting in the whole county) our range has been closed. Add to that a wild fire close to our range last week keeping it still closed even today and it's been forever since I've been able to g...

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I guess I must. I've currently got the following pairs. ▪ .22 lr: Henry H001 carbine and a Ruger Single Six ▪ .357 Mag: Rossi R92s; 20" carbine, 24" Rifle and a Uberti SA 1873 Cavalry model pistol ▪ .40 S&W: Original 1998 Ruger Police Carbine and a Glock 22 pistol ▪ .45 Colt: Uberti 18...

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It's working fine now for me.

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BTW, I asked about the Heritage R92 over on Rossi Rifleman in a thread "Anyone Know Anything About Heritage Manufacturing's Model 92 Leverguns?" If you want to see what responses I got.

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I looked at a Heritage 22 levergun and was not impressed as the receiver cover's 'antiquing' looked painted on. Haven't seen a centerfire version yet.

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With my 750 and casefeeder, I can load 700-800 rds of pistol ammo per hour and 500-550 rds of necked rifle (already case prepped) per hour at a 'sprinting' pace. However, it's a hobby I like to enjoy so why would I just blast out that volume? It's a relaxing pastime so even though I could go fast an...

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For 2,000 fps 150 grn X-Treme plated plinking loads I like W760 mainly because I have an 8lb keg I got as a Christmas present from my son some years back.

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I really like Lil Gun in 357 rifle loads and 300AAC. +1. And, I've found that Lil'Gun loves longer barrels. My 158 grn full power loads are still accelerating out of my 24" barreled rifle. At my range which is at 6,100ft asl, I clock 158grn Zero JSP bullets at a blistering 2,005 fps with 18.0g...

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We've got them too. I took this last fall out my living room window and the bear is a little one about 4 feet from my porch.

It's foraging from my neighbor's garbage he inadvertently left by the side of his house.

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The radical left pushing their agenda down everyone's throat once again.

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The director of the Secret Service is a woman and she wants to make her organization "more inclusive" so her vision is to have females represent 30% of the SS workforce. That is utter hogwash. The protection of the president is not a game, it should NEVER be subject to normal hiring proto...

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That's a little harsh there Steve. If you read what I wrote, you'd see that my wife calculated that as a cost... I don't.... however, maybe I should, as I'm self employed, and if reloading or anything else takes away time that I could be earning a living... I should include that as a cost. Feel fre...

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The current retail value of my entire Dillon setup; press, caliber conversions, etc. that I've bought in the last 25 years is currently $7,054.36, while I only paid $3,048.66 for it. If I sold it, I could get 90% of the current list price or $6,348.92 as I keep my equipment in 'like new' condition. ...

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If you have the Waze navigation app for your phone you can go into setting, navigation and turn on "no freeways" so that you get an idea of routes without them. If you have the old app, Mapquest, go into route settings and check the "avoid highways" to give you a map with only se...

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Way too 'Tacticool' for me.

Walnut and blued steel for me.

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"My bench is messier than your bench ..." Undoubtedly. My bench is clean and organized so that I can always find everything with ease. At only 5' long and 2.5' wide, it has to be. With organization, I've happily handloaded over 300K rds of 16 different calibers (7 pistol and 9 rifle) in th...

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Weather is strange. Last week was 80° in western Wyoming. Yesterday it snowed! 25° last night and we'll be in 75-80°s again tomorrow..... That's pretty normal for mid spring and mid fall here in Colorado in our valley on the front range. I've even come up with a name for the condition. You see, 'In...

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Best use of that here in Canada would be to throw Trudeau into an enemy country as he would surely screw that country up in short order as bad as he has screwed up Canada lol One thing to remember, most of your country voted for Trudeau. The same cannot be said here. Some would say not even a major...

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I stopped my a Murdochs Ranch and Home Supply yesterday doing errands and they had a .22lr Mare's Leg by Heritage. To be honest, it looked a bit cheap to me but it had a smooth action. They didn't have a center fire Heritage but said the finish on the one they had before was similar to the Mare's Le...

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So, I guess that means that Heritage is just another importer of Rossis as Taurus didn't make them either, they just imported them.

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The Homesteader in 40 s&w would be a big improvement. I have an original Ruger Police Carbine from 1998. It's the 1st one that looks like a 10/22 with a black stock. It's a decent HD weapon because I got it in 40 s&w and my 165 grn handloads produce 1,380 fps and 698 ft/lbs ME using Power Pi...

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With the bolt top safety and their address at 100 Taurus Way in GA, it seems as if they might be the old Taurus company. Further, despite their claim that they manufacture the firearms, they might just import them from Rossi. What do we know about them? Anyone? https://heritagemfg.com/lever-action/l...

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I won a Springfield Scout M1A in a pro-gun raffle years ago, and I really don't see the need for a different 308. Others are nice, but the M1A does feel more like a 'real gun' than some of the others do to me. I couldn't agree more. My basic training rifle was an M14 and I also used it in Germany f...

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If it’s not going to be compact, then, why not get an AR or similar style firearm at fires on the actual rifle cartridge? The only other reason would be to have cartridge compatibility with a long gun and handgun, but if you have a long gun AND a handgun, then what’s the point in a pistol caliber c...

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Hopefully, come November, the pendulum will swing and sanity will once again be the norm in the US . . . at least for 4 more years.

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Quite true, but my point is the 9 is good enough for many uses. I agree that for many of you who own 9mm handguns, the attractiveness of a carbine in that caliber would be compelling. My comments weren't disparaging the caliber but rather a statement of preference. For me, as I don't own a 9mm anyt...

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Why on earth would you want to even consider only a single caliber? That's like deciding that you'll only eat one single type of food. Life is about enjoying the diversity of everything. So, no thank you, I'll stick to my 7 pistol and 9 rifle calibers I handload to use in my dozens of arms and enjoy...

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Per BBTI, a 125grn Cor Bon 9mm in a 16" levergun gives up about 700 fps to a 125grn Cor Bon .357mag. I compare it to a 6" revolver, the latter having been used on deer. For 125 gn Cor Bons, they show about 125 fps difference. There is a hunting load for the 9 that gets about 1300 fps with...

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Per BBTI, a 125grn Cor Bon 9mm in a 16" levergun gives up about 700 fps to a 125grn Cor Bon .357mag.

That's way, way too much velocity loss to make the 9mm worth considering in my book.

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We were fortunate to have taken some 82 trips in the 17 years since I started my new career, "A Gentleman at Leisure". Most of those were out of the country and included 6 continents as we’ve not been to Antarctica . . . yet. Our first trip after the start of my new “career” was to Canada ...

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My wife and I love to travel and since retiring 17 yrs ago, we've been to 81 countries. We saved and worked our whole lives to travel as much as we could. So when AJMD posted, it reminded me of a discussion the wife and I had earlier this year when trying to decide where to go this year. We finally ...

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