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EG73 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:06 pm They make nice looking rifles - I’d like one of the 17hmr’s just to have

That they do, but I just wish they weren't so heavy and patterned after the Marlins. They average about 1½ lbs heavier than the 92's and that's a lot when you're talking about a 6 lbs carbine.

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I always thought that a pistol in .30 Carbine was just a skinny .357 mag. Just sayin.

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My wife loves NO and every time we go there we have to stop by Cafe du Monde. We've been going there since 1980 and beignets and coffee are a tradition for us. Another good place for beignets is Loretta's Authentic Pralines.

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I've been using them for 15 years and I've found their accuracy and repeatability to be very good in both my Rossi .357 mag rifle and carbine.

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I've been buying Wranglers on-line for years and had no such problems as Doc relays.

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I'm just glad that I got my equipment and components when I did. I've got everything I need to load 7 pistol and 9 rifle calibers with a relaxing cadence which I like about handloading. In fact, the last new caliber I added was back in 2014; a .300 Savage. As I've said before, I did upgrade to a 750...

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Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating stopping the hobby of handloading my own, I'm just wondering if the prices of equipment and components have gotten so high that less people will give it a try. I for one, would still handload my loads even if the price per rd was higher than commercial stock. T...

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I made up these loads last winter and had planned to test them out in the spring, however, stuff happened and I didn't make it out until now. So, while I usually don't do more than 2 or 3 at a time, I wasn't taking any chances that something else would interfere so I did them all at once. I'll tell ...

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My son is a condensed matter physicist who works for NIST, a National Lab in Boulder, CO. For a physicist he's pretty down to earth and level headed and he's talked to me at length about the universe and the theories of it's origins and expansion. All physicists acknowledge that the theories and obs...

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6pt-sika wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:49 am You’ve got wild free ranging BIG Sika deer on North Island that’s much better than having a M1 Carbine or two !!!

Who says you can't have both?

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What with the fire danger and red flag warnings closing the range, Sunday was the first time I'd been out there is a long time. I'd planned to do some chrono work on 11 firearms and 21 different loads / bullet weight / bullet types for them in early summer but couldn't because the the heat and/or hi...

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Besides the components being in short supply, we all are painfully aware that the prices have gone through the roof! What you may not be aware of is that the prices of the equipment is also rising rapidly. My Dillon set, while extensive after 25 yrs of acquisitions, is also getting so expensive that...

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I've got 2. My first is a 1944 National Postal Meter version that's been through the RRA update after the war I got as a 2 pack with a friend back in 1977 which is so pristine that I've saved it for my son and not shot it more than 50 rds in the 47 years I've owned it. The second is an Auto Ordnance...

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Stock design and weight are definitely big factors in felt recoil. My Springfield M1A with a steel buttstock is a joy to shoot while my Win Model 70 in 30-06 with the same level loads (150grn bullet @ 2,850 fps) is more harsh with it's steel buttstock. My wife says that her M1 Carbine is harsh while...

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Both my .357 mag Rossi carbine and rifle do really well with Zero 158grn JSP with Lil'Gun as that's my go to bullet for bowling pin shooting even at 300 yds.

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Are they going to rename the show to ' The PU ' now?

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I have been shooting my Browning 71 a lot lately looking for the best load with the 250 gr Barnes Original. For some reason, that rifle is just brutal. The muzzle blast and recoil knocks the bejeezus out of me. The 255 Barnes out of my 375 Winchester at 2,000 fps feels like a pussycat next to the 3...

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Me either. The forecast for the end of the week is back in the low 80's here. Fall in the Rockies is 'interesting'.

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What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, it was mid 80's and sunny but the clouds came in the afternoon and it rained most of the night in our valley while it snowed at the higher peaks. Some high peaks got as much as 8" of snow. Not bad for the first day of fall. Today it's 48 and cloudy here...

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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.

More will follow.

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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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