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Thanks for posting that Grizz -- very interesting. And lots of other good stuff in the "journal". I had almost forgot that my all-time favorite revolver (7.5" bbl Redhawk) did indeed require quite a bit of honing to get it to allow my .430" bullets to slide through. That was 30 years ago and I have ...

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"If they had a reasonable sized Board of Directors (5 or certainly no more than 7) the board would be able to control his excesses and send him packing. But with such a huge number of board members, the board is it's own bureaucracy and therefore ineffective." --earlmc Not always true. I belonged t...

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My first guess that Lil' Gun or H110 would be among the the top powder was wrong -- they are down there with the "also rans". Howdy Earl, that surprises me too. Will you run 7.5 grains of LG under the 3118 and the 311316 for me? I’m curious as to what QL says about velocity. 6” and 22” QL doesn't h...

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I've been a Life Member for 50 years (yeah, I guess I got my money out of that one). And I still send 'em a Benjamin every January whether they look like they need it or not. But it is real hard to feel good about it so long as WLP is there. If they had a reasonable sized Board of Directors (5 or ce...

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The .32 WCF holds more powder, the .327 is a higher pressure round, but the difference in powder weight is just too much to overcome. My remaining 32/20 doesn't get high velocity loads -- it is used by grandkids shooting tin cans to about 50 yards. I no longer have a 327 Federal but intend to have ...

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Dang it Six! If you were within a days drive of me I'd be on the way. Pennsylvania is just a couple bridges too far for the old kid.

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Wow! You'd think that just a hint of this would somehow make the "news" here in the US of A...

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I don't have any good advice on a source for you Scott as I'm a "roll your own" sort of guy. My Rossi is a full .430 bore diameter and I'll bet yours is about the same. I'd guess any cowboy action bullet in the 200 to 240 grain range, of .430 diameter or greater will do the job for you. And if they ...

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Now that is quite the find! And right here in my neck of the woods. Er... "high desert" in the local terminology; "sagebrush steppe" as the ecologist would say. If it would have been me stumbling over it I'd have just said "ouch" and left her right there and never known what I'd seen. Glad somebody ...

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I've been buying lead whenever I see a decent deal: 50 to 65 lbs in a medium flat rate box. Those USPS flat rate box deals have been the only thing making shipping lead a reasonable proposition. So far all my boxes have wandered in -- sometimes a few days past the "projected delivery date", but not ...

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What's the "executive summary" of that video doc? YouTube took it down before I could see it.

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I did say I was shooting quite a lot following shoulder surgery but forgot to mention that I cheat quite a bit. I don't shoot the BPCR rifle, the trapdoor Springfield or the Rossi 454 (and several others if shooting off a rest) without one of these -- called a "PQ Shooter's Friend" that I get from B...

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Boy that fire looks cozy, Earl. Burning juniper? I heard juniper dries cases faster than most other fuel woods. 8) Yeah, nice to sit here and keep the fire fed while the weather happens outside. I don't know if other wood would work to dry brass but the juniper had 'em nicely dry in a couple hours....

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Made the mistake of watching this late last night. Sure had trouble getting to sleep!

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One of the ggdaughters is coming over today to make these as a Christmas treat for her family. Hopefully there will be a few left over for me. Now regular ole' chocolate chip is probably my favorite but these are not too bad!

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Processing empties -- one of my wintertime projects. 30/30 is one of my main cartridges, I have this little "system" whereby I shoot all the R-P brass up and then switch to the WW brass while the R-P gets readied for re-use . Yesterday seemed a good time to size/deprime and then go ahead and wash th...

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And isn't it pretty dang fine that several outfits are making fine leverguns for our enjoyment?

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I think you'll be happy you did this JNG. And be sure to keep the new shoulder immobile as best you can for the 6 weeks. My Aunt Frankie had hers done not long after mine. Her doc didn't tell her to keep the shoulder immobile, and she was using it fairly soon. It took some years for her shoulder to ...

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gcs, you got some bad info -- you need to talk to a surgeon who is beyond the "practice" phase and has done enough of these shoulder replacements to know what he is doing. I waited way too long to get mine done -- I was to the point where I couldn't lift my right arm enough to get the car key into t...

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Oh boy -- sorry for the multiple posts there. For some reason the site decided to make a new post each time I did an "edit". Never had that happen before. Maybe I'd better be more careful to get everything said right the first time (not my usual skill set unfortunately).

earlmck

Thanks for posting McPherson's write up Vance. That was highly informative. When Hodgdon came out with LVR powder they tilted the power factor in favor of the 30/30 over the 32 Special. LVR gives the 170 grain bullet an extra couple hundred fps over other powders we normally use in the 30/30 but do...

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Thanks for posting McPherson's write up Vance. That was highly informative. When Hodgdon came out with LVR powder they tilted the power factor in favor of the 30/30 over the 32 Special. LVR gives the 170 grain bullet an extra couple hundred fps over other powders we normally use in the 30/30 but do...

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When Hodgdon came out with LVR powder they tilted the power factor in favor of the 30/30 over the 32 Special. LVR gives the 170 grain bullet an extra couple hundred fps over other powders we normally use in the 30/30 but doesn't do anything much for the 32 Spcl. But as I look at the Hodgdon reloadin...

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Friend Butch has a back pasture which used to be solid with pine trees -- both ponderosa and lodgepole. The pine beetle works these hard and over the years has killed many of his trees. I went over yesterday to help cut a few of the dead ones out of his pasture -- three lodgepole pines made barely a...

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Sounds like that was a real Hunt, and not just a Shoot. And a real fine rifle to use, too. That fellow did quite well.

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Yikes! that is back there where the mount is on the sloped part of the receiver. Seems like such a dumb location it definitely reduces the value of the rifle. I have several scoped 99's and whether factory or 'smith drilled, the rear mount is located in front of that indicator on the level part of t...

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Steve has inspired me. Gotta' get me some of that Varathane for my loading area.

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Any of us olde pharts caught by surprise by the present shortage have been asleep for the past decade.

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Nice old gun. Fine old cartridge. Good find.

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Streetstar, if you are already riding a bike after just 10 days you are coming along fast: I don't think I would have had the flex and strength until at least week 3 or more. I got my replacements about 5 1/2 years ago, managed a backpack trip 3 months later (very light pack, fairly gentle terrain),...

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Back around 1989, I shot a buck in East Texas with a .308 165gr Nosler Balistic Tip over a heavy charge of 4064. Placement was right behind the shoulder and the shot was less than 20 yards with the deer perfectly broadside. That deer ran off and left a great blood trail. I waited a while and then t...

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I don't think so. I want my beer to taste like beer and my food to taste like food. I often drink beer and eat peanuts together, but I don't mix 'em before hand. Though I have known people who do... I don't hang around with them any more.

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Wow! Now that would be fun!

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Friend of mine put one together a few years ago, standard (not improved) version. Lilja barrel installed by a local gunsmith, he did his own stock work. Most accurate rifle I have ever shot; even us fellers who don't do much bench-rest shooting seem to be able to keep that baby under minute-of-angle...

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Griff wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:58 pm

Ray Newman wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:24 pm
"I plan to live long enuff to stand and urinate on Jane Fondas grave.
bob"
Not me. When I retired out, I made myself a promise to never stand in line again -- the line to here grave will be way too long....

I'll second that Griff. Good 'un Ray!

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Hah! That looks amazingly close to my old '94 Honda XL 200, right down to the engine cc's and the top speed (slightly downhill with a tailwind maybe). That Honda is still in the family -- I gave it to a son-in-law and he likes to carry it along with his camper so he can bip around without having to ...

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I thought that wound was healed, but it was just scabbed over.

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Ouch! Looks like most of us old vets are not a forgiving bunch. I don't wear a "Nam-Vet" or "USN" hat unless I'm going to a vet meeting so I don't get "thanked" very often. 'Bout the only time I might is when I ask for my vet discount at Lowe's and then I can just respond that "it looks like you jus...

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Met up with my old pard Butch yesterday to have lunch, a few beers, and generally do Veteran's Day in proper fashion. We picked up our burgers at Bogies, a quite decent Burger place on the east side of Bend. Headed back to his place where our beverages were waiting for our appreciation and as we dro...

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My favorite is my Marlin 336A and a big reason (ollogger nailed it) is how much easier it is to find 30/30 brass in the grass vs. those little 32/20's. So I frequently shoot a 32/20 load out of my 30/30 and have the best of all worlds. 6-cavity mould makes a big pile of those 117 grain Ranch Dog bul...

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COSteve wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:45 am
6 Guys and 7 leverguns.

Does that mean one of them is the dog's??

Steve, back In them days the camera had to have somebody behind it to click the shutter. And he wanted his rifle included in the picture.

earlmck

My accumulation seems to include one of each plus 45 Colt/454 Casull. Will ad a 327 Federal when somebody makes one in rifle configuration.

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Back at ya' fellers. I'll go see old pard Butch this afternoon (USMC 64-68) and we'll no doubt do a toast to all of you and an extra to them that didn't get back.

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USN 65-69
Tonkin Gulf and RVN 66-69

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Drove that stretch of I-80 in a Volkswagen about 50 years ago headed back to Oregon. Wind dang near blew me head-on into a Semi. And isn't Rock Springs the place where the Chamber of Commerce has a log chain hung on a post for use as a wind gauge? Then got into Idaho and the wind had dropped way off...

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Good to have a nice outside spot for melting the dirty stuff into ingots. And a pecan tree at that! My old Aunt Marj (died last year at 103) had several pecans in her back yard and used to fix me up with a full box of the nuts when I visited. My favorite nut for sure. I don't have the contacts to ge...

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Good job! Nice lookin' rifle!

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Yeah, old JB -- he never used one big part when three little ones would do the same job.

And much thanks for the virus-fighting tips doc. The wife and I are taking our C, D, and zinc religiously.

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What are the thought on reload the 110gr FNSP bullet to 2.35" with IMR 4064 at 34 grains? Would that be a compressed load to worry much about pressure? Would there be a concern loading shorter rounds racking the lever? This is not a powder/bullet combination I have ever loaded so I have no first-ha...

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It is kinda' old news since R.W. Ballou did the same thing 15 years ago and wrote it up for "Gun Digest" and then a couple years later did a more comprehensive write up in "Rifle" magazine. But he used regular steel rifle tubular magazines and so didn't blister the paint on his board, so it wasn't n...

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There you are just hitting your prime, Jerry. Congrats, and keep on shootin'!

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