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Ya' know, that would be an excellent test question for your doctor. What he should say is "no, having the Covid conveys far better immunity than the shot ever could and also avoids the dangers from the MRNA technology that have lead to increased death rates throughout the vaccinated world."...

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Yes, this should be an ideal levergun cartridge -- a 32/20 with a more durable case that can utilize carbide size dies. I just want mine with 24" octagon barrel please.

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I owned an 81 in 300 Savage for a while, definitely factory original. Probably there was some metalurgical improvement made between the early model 8's and the later 8's and 81's and I have no idea about springs. The 81 I had handled the cartridge fine but I didn't own in long enough to tell you if ...

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Trump 1 was smart enough to avoid getting sucked into attacking Iran (though he came close as I recall). Trump 2 didn't even try to resist. Musta' lost some IQ points these last few years. As we all do I'm afraid.

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. One thing to keep in mind is that if you get shingles it means your immune system 'dropped its guard' momentarily - sometimes due to another (hopefully mild) illness, or a week of overtime, marital stress, or minor surgery. However sometimes the other issue distracting the immune system is more s...

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A few weeks ago I spent a day cutting firewood and that evening thought I'd been bit by insects -- bunch of itchy bumps all over the right side of my head. And they kept getting worse and more of them over the next days and pretty soon I looked like somebody had worked me over with a 2X4. And no lon...

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The tapes are rather minor in the big scheme of things. The real question we need answered is "what foreign intelligence service was running Epstein?". Pretty sure the answer is "Israel's Mossad" and since Trump is totally backing Israel even when it harms America and conflicts w...

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GOD speed Tycer. I feel for your loss of the special girl.

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Hey Ray -- I'll take 'em. PM on the way.

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Oh that is nifty!

For a simple loading improvement I have long wondered why no levergun maker uses the little "step" like is found on the loading gate of Remington m14 pumps. Those gotta' be long out of patent.

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Well I wish I had what you are asking about. My plain-Jane 336A's are a couple of my favorites.

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As you fellers can tell, it was a fine day at the range with just the three compatible guys having several different guns and those nice clangy targets from 50 out to 1200 yards. That danged 1200 yard buff sure does seem to duck my bullets... Was good to finally get to meet the Grizz in person. As y...

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I don't know Doc -- I think pharmaceutical prices have been controlled in favor of the pharma companies and against the American consumer for decades. Seems like anything that interrupted that would be beneficial... I suspect the pharma lobbyists and the Israel lobbyists must have this fun little co...

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I've got a suspicion that a few good folks found themselves in a swamp that had waay more crocodiles than bullfrogs. I'm gonna' give them more time before I get too disappointed. That's a seriously rough environment-- hard to get traction when such a high percentage of your workers want to smile in ...

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Earl, I'm with you and I would try to fix the issue the same way you mentioned. Up to a point, headspace is not relevant if you brass is sized to the chamber. I would also agree the 30-30 has enough shoulder to make a difference, plus there is also grip between the cartridge and the chamber wall if...

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Got my latest "Handloader" magazine yesterday. A fellow with an old Winny 30/30 he'd inherited had a question about "funny-looking empties and poor accuracy despite a nice bore" for Brian Pearce (who I respect as a gun guy and author). Brian correctly diagnosed the brass as showi...

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Paladin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 12:02 pm The PSA number have gone down the DRs say it is not related.

Of course they would. The Doctors we have around these parts haven't even "discovered" Vitamin D, let alone the dreaded "I" stuff!

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Yes, interesting. And I know they are technically "bison" but also call them "buffalo". When the huge herds roamed the plains they were harassed by wolves and Indians and never spent much time in the same spot, so any given plot of land would be grazed and stomped-to-bejeezus onl...

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As a consumer of the veterinarian Ivermectins I found both the horse paste and the injectable both easily dosed, though the injectable (which I "injected" into my morning coffee was easiest). The horse variety as we get it here has an adjustable collar on a threaded shaft that is easily pl...

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Thanks for that "look back" Paul. Very interesting.

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wvfarrier wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 6:12 pm Just be careful. Folks can get ivermectin toxicity which is fairly nasty

Didn't that turn out to be one of those "urban myths" spread by Fauci and the lying Lamestream media?

Stuff is something like 100 times safer than tylenol is my recollection of the statistics...

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I have a regular Hornet and a K-hornet on single-shot actions. Both fine shooters but I consider the regular Hornet with its beautiful long neck to be the premier 22-cal cast bullet cartridge. My old babe has blasted many a sage-rat to smithereens with the Lyman 55 grain cast/gc bullet at about 2200...

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Last month the eagle shat upon a bunch of us retired federal workers of a certain era. I was vaguely aware of some Biden boondoggle which would allow retired feds who had also qualified for social security to get more of that social security (which had previously been reduced by something called a &...

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I don't know about Indiana but here in Orygone that big a rent raise wouldn't be legal. I think we're capped at 10%/year.

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High Desert Hunter wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 12:23 pm the Marlin is a peach. I'm looking forward to hearing about the new Marlin 45 Colt.

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Yeah, I shoot against a guy who has a 45 colt rifle with 20" twist. He generally waxes my patootie at the 5 and 600 yard targets. (I'm using an old 38/40 with short fat bullets for this game)

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Old, feeble, fully vaxed/boosted. She'd have been negligent not to be ready for him to drop dead at any moment.

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Senile olde phart here -- I've forgot -- where are you located now Joe? --

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I have a Rossi with the slow twist. It will shoot the 300 grain bullet I like fairly nicely to 100 yards but it falls apart by 200 yards. So if you don't need to shoot past 100 yards I'd bet you would be OK with the older Marlin and your 285 grain bullet. If you want to shoot farther out -- maybe no...

earlmck · Re: SUNSET ON THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER 3-17-2025 Fine pics Jim. Thanks!

Fine pics Jim. Thanks!

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Well Grizz, us buffalo shooters here in Central Oregon shoot monthly (4th weekend of the month) April - October. Come on down and give 'er a try. (Heck, it's even on the way to Glass Butte). We shoot the steel buffalo on out to 1200 yards so you'll need a lot taller sight (like a 4" staff for a...

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Seems fine up here in the Orygone. Maybe it's a regional bias issue?

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Back when I had a few Marlin 1894’s in 41 MAG I was eager to find gas check molds . At the time Lyman had one and at the times RCBS was making their 41 mold n a GC version , later they made it plain base . Anyway the gas checks were a bit difficult to get as well . Finally Gator checks became avail...

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Nath is back. Good deal pard!

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Ya know mickbr, those fellows loading for revolvers have to have a powerful crimp to keep the bullet from jumping the crimp in the revolver and locking up the cylinder. Your Rossi lever has no such issues. You have got a bunch of poor advice from the revolver guys. Use just enough "crimp" ...

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I wonder if that might be helpful for my knees? Oh I'd put money on the DMSO helping knees. Mine are titanium/plastic so kinda' beyond help but it has improved a rasty hip considerably. the dmso I have resembles vaseline, which i would have a hard time consuming. do you get a powder form? I'm getti...

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I wrote about DMSO a couple times on here 'cause I know most of us are hitting that age where little arthritic aches and pains are a constant. My old neck had finally got bad enough it was scaring me and I spent 7 months and $3000 on chiropractic last year trying to get a little relief. "A Midw...

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Grew up on a ranch Arizona. C'boy hat pretty constant. Tennys unless going horseback. Never thought of the culture clash. Dad wore "clodhoppers" if he wasn't riding. Boots that work well in a saddle are not great for walking.

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My Grandfather used to tell us if we needed more than 8 grains of Unique in the 1892 38-40 we should move up to a 30-30. He had 1 can of Unique from the Depression era and I shot the last of it about 5 years ago in that 1892. That powder shot like it was made yesterday. Give my old 38?40 '92 a case...

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Really? Most of mine would be black as coal after 3 or 4 loadings... Wow! You really need to up the pressure level of your loads Redneck. You sound like my friend John who was loading his 38 specials with 4227. I sent him home with a can of Unique and he is much happier with his loads. 19 grains of...

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Our "digital darkrooms" are pretty dang neat and provide many a fine image. I had a darkroom in my house all the years I was raising kids which provided a good escape when the "dad thing" got to be too much. I do kinda' miss the old black 'n white process but I do not have the le...

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1972RedNeck wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2025 9:34 pm Really? Most of mine would be black as coal after 3 or 4 loadings...

Wow! You really need to up the pressure level of your loads Redneck. You sound like my friend John who was loading his 38 specials with 4227. I sent him home with a can of Unique and he is much happier with his loads.

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Sheesh! What am I doing up here in the land of ice and snow?

Well, I am getting some bullets cast and shells loaded while waiting for something approaching "shootin' weather".

Nice pics Paul.

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It would save a lot of labor, time, and energy, if a person could get 2 or 3 reloads from nice clean shiny brass before another cleaning is required Sometime in the early 1990's, after I had been reloading my trusty 357s for 30 years, was the first time I heard of people cleaning their brass. And i...

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Nope -- haven't got such. And I've been life member for over 50 years (probably got my money's worth by now).

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Coming up on 10 years since I had both knees replaced (fortunately not at the same time!). First days brutal, first couple weeks nasty, then got better as PT got the flexibility back. About 3 years before they got fully functional (they didn't warn me about that). Wonderful now!

Hang in there.

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You fellers are tougher than me. I thought the 350 gr. jfp at 2100 fps might jar the fillings out of my teeth. My little 300 gr. castie at 1700 though is much more tolerable.

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I would think that would get the job done for you allright. There was a while there when 45/70 brass was not so "readily available" either, but Starline made a run recently and I laid in 300 new cases so am feeling much better about 45/70 world.

Go for it!

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That looks like a worthy project Joe. Let us know how it turns out.

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Meanwhile my letter-carrier lady saw that I my car had been gone for a few days (I made a visit to Boise) and she moved a couple packages from my front porch to my back step so they wouldn't be so vulnerable!

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Lord, don't mess with Texas!

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