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BobM

I learned to load on a 357 Magnum Lee Loader in the late eighties. I bought the Lee dipper set too but I think they were marked in cc by then. I “moved up “ to a Lee Hand Press and then to their Turret press in the early nineties. Now I have a Dillon 550, a Redding turret, and my grandpa’s C-H Tool ...

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About a week or so ago. I shot a 30 rd mag in a pistol bay, then went to the 200 yard bay and shot the steel gongs. I’m trying to do more regular rifle and combat shotgun practice this year.

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Watch for slippage where the harness straps thread into the holster body. I’m probably going to get mine back where I want it and put a couple stitches in it I got mine adjusted where I wanted it and then doubled the straps back through the loop. They have not come loose in more than 30 years. Than...

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Watch for slippage where the harness straps thread into the holster body. I’m probably going to get mine back where I want it and put a couple stitches in it

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My dad had a 57 Studebaker Silver Hawk. I drove it to school once or twice in the early eighties, before he totally restored it

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The gun club is less than 15 minutes from home. Weather permitting I try to go weekly even just for a short session. I did make it out late this afternoon and shot my carry guns

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I am starting to think of the Kel Tec P32 as the High Standard Derringer of a new generation. Bigger BB's and more of them, a lot less muzzle blast, lighter...what's not to like? I had looked at one of those before but it reminds me an awful lot of a gun that came out maybe 25 years ago called the ...

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I shot a J frame 940 when they came out in the early nineties. I thought the recoil was excessive but I enjoyed shooting magnums from my 357 Ruger SP101. A few years ago I shot a Ruger LCR in 9mm and again didn’t care for the recoil. As I frequently carry a 9mm, I liked the idea of having a small 9m...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Jan 02, 2026 1:53 pm Took my second Shingles vaccine this morning and I feel like stuff. They told me at the pharmacy that sometimes the second shot can be rough.

That was my experience too

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Not usually but I’ve been on a couple camping trips where we’ve had “visitors “ that made it seem prudent to sleep with my pants and a belt gun on. In the nineties I had a couple on duty incidents that made me think there was a risk of retaliation. I spent a couple nights with a J frame in an ankle ...

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I have a 16 gauge H&R Topper I bought new in 1984. I’ve carried it hunting but don’t recall shooting anything with it. Lately I’ve been kicking around getting a repeater. I pondered a Marlin over/under in a used rack at a shop but it sold before I made up my mind

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I vaguely recall having a Ruger 77V I bought as my agency had one as a sniper rifle. After being issued a 700P I sold that Ruger and bought a MkII All Weather 77. I bought a 700 LTR that shoots very well. I sold the All Weather 77. Around ten years ago I bought a S&W MP10 that I’ve shot steel wi...

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A couple months ago I replaced a carrier in a neat Marlin 1895 for a friend of a friend. I’d read on the mods to do with the existing carrier but like Jim said, above my pay grade

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I took a pistol class from him and BrYan a couple years ago, great instruction. Some years ago I bought my daughter a 2” K frame but she didn’t care for it. She was working at a sporting goods store and bought herself a S&W 9mm Shield. A couple years ago I bought her a S&W 43C 22 LR hammer l...

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I just bought a 32 caliber hone from Brownells myself. I bought one of the Lipseys 3” SP101s in 327, and extraction is sticky with some 327 factory ammo.

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It can tell you which way to go.

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. I'd like a really accurate 300 Blackout - I've shot a couple AR's, a Mini-14, and an Encore 16" carbine in the cartridge, with bullets from 125 to 220 grains, and none have been under 2" at 50 yards. I really thought the Encore breakopen, with a good scope, would be 'sniper-quality', bu...

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I handled one a couple weeks ago, felt handy.

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The PD I retired from has Mini 30s in the cars for a couple years around the late nineties or early oughts. I bought USA magazines in ten and twenty round capacities and about half of the magazines would work. The guns ran better with American made ammo. The senior instructor at the time was a Vietn...

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Glad you got it. They can be pretty tight. I do some deburring to the inside of the trigger guard and polish the plunger and hole. Helps a bunch. I made a disassembly tool from an old cleaning rod. I just bent the end so that it would push in the plunger. That reminds me, Brownells used to sell a t...

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I got some slip on Merrill’s a year or so ago, very comfortable also. Great for long drives

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My daughter and I met him at an event at Lehmans Hardware in Ohio last year. Great show and tasty food

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I bought a barrel for mine with sights, easier for me to get better hits. Which reminds me, I’ve not had it to the range for a while, need to correct that

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Pretty sure I have that magazine around here somewhere. Mr Emerson wrote a number of great articles for SWAT magazine back then

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Small world, I had a pistol class from the two guys on the end a couple years ago

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My grandpa used to cast bullets for his, I think I still have his molds. He had a No.3 Ruger he’d restocked and altered or replaced the lever so it looked like a smaller No.1. Unfortunately he sold it before I knew he was doing so, I’d like to have bought it. He also has a 221 Fireball on a small Sa...

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Steve in MO wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 7:58 pm I've got a partial box of those left. Wish Speer would bring them back.

I thought I read something last year that there was going to be either a new run, or that someone else was going to make some

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Probably my second favorite scene in the movie

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I’ve been doing some part time bailiff work since retiring a few years ago. Last year I was in the judge’s chambers with two young assistant prosecutors. The judge, in his seventies, told them about an Andy Griffith show episode that related to a situation at hand at the time. The youngsters had nev...

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I always thought those 96/22s were pretty nifty looking but unfortunately haven’t had a chance to shoot one

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I’m hoping it comes out in 44 Special.

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My grandpa had a 37 that he had restocked with a laminate stock. I believe he had one of those long Lyman 20x target scopes. I wish I’d known he was selling it back in the mid nineties

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In the late nineties I bought a 9422M and took it to Montana a few times and shot prairie dogs and maybe a few jackrabbits. I like the cartridge quite a bit.

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I dropped my RCBS Uniflow powder measure and cracked the hopper. I called them (probably pre-email days) to order a new hopper. They would not let me pay for it even after I explained it was my fault.

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Sometime in the mid seventies, around the age of ten we visited friends of my parents. I was in another room where I saw Rio Lobo on a small black and white TV, and I was hooked. One of the local channels had the Lone Ranger and other series on after school so I watched them too. Now I get a couple ...

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Nifty. I went to a S&W pistol armorer school hosted at the West Virginia State Police Academy back in the late 90s. I still have my then issued 5906 that my daughter will eventually get. I bought it when we traded them for M&P40s when those came out.

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I used a Bianchi version with 2” snubs or a 3913 9mm back in the 90s sometimes. I then got an Uncle Mikes version that used holsters that slid on.
Lately I’ve been using the Phlster Enigmas which in my opinion, have made the belly bands obsolete.

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In 1989 the Ohio Peace Officer Academy taught skipping buckshot. I went through their shotgun instructor program in 1997, I don’t think they were teaching that by then.

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Favorite handgun cartridge to load is the 357, as it was the one I learned reloading on, with a Lee Loader back in the mid 80s. Least favorite, probably 9mm due to handling the small cases. My favorite rifle round to load was the 221 Fireball. My grandpa had a small Sako action barreled to look like...

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I bought an all steel 640 in 38 Special when they first came out, wish I’d kept it. I traded it for a Ruger SP101 because I thought I needed the magnum.

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Either an M&P9 2.0 Compact (the Glock 19 sized one) or a Shield Plus. One or the other is my daily carry so it’s readily accessible. I retired from a department that issued M&P40s and I was the armorer. First available out of my main safe is an 18” 870 with an Aimpoint and Surefire light, Fe...

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Could be plantar fasciitis, I’ve been dealing with it for a couple months now. Doctor offered an anti inflammatory and a steroid shot but I wanted to try the also recommended stretching. He gave me a boot to wear for thirty minutes a few times a day. So far seems to be helping.

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Last year I picked up a police trade in that had ghost ring sights on a pic rail, an 18” barrel, and REM chokes. I put an Aimpoint on it and took it to a shotgun class. I figure I can use it for deer season (Ohio), screw in a full choke tube for turkey season, and keep the IC tube in it day to day w...

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My favorite is one of the “Me and Joe” stories about Skeeters grandpa’s friend Tap Ramsey.

I showed my daughter what the books were selling for so she would know not to just toss them out down the road.

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piller wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:41 pm I am only 58. Not yet thinking about old age.

I’ll be 59 next month myself.

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I’ve been holding on to a 2” 64 for my eventual “old man gun”. I bought it years ago for my daughter but she didn’t like it and bought herself a S&W Shield 9mm.

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Mine was holding the ten ring from the bench at 25 yards with Minimags. Velocitors also seem promising but I’ve not shot enough to tell for sure. I also need to work with the magnum cylinder some more.

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I handled one today. I liked the stock fit and the sights, although I’m not sure how rugged the front sight is. I might wait and see if 357 becomes an option.

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I have a Dillon 550 currently set up for 45 ACP and a Redding Turret for rifle rounds. For revolver ammo, I use my grandpa’s CH Tool and Die Pistol Champ H press. It has four die stations and a primer feed. It’s not as fast as the Dillon but I like using it. Grandma gave it to me after grandpa passed.

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I have a 300 BO pistol and a Ruger Ranch. I use Lancer mags for those, and PMAGs and GI mags for my 223s

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