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C.T.---the alloy I mainly use for pistol and rifle to about 1800fps is Wheelweights and Isotope alloy (96-3-1) in a 50/50 ratio. Any faster and its more of a cross of WW's and #2 with a little copper added (0.2%)

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I have one in a Ruger American. Loading the 165 FTX to 2100fps. Groups under 1"@100yds. Haven't bloodied it yet, but hope to do that within about 3 weeks if an unlucky whitetail walks by and the weather cooperates.

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Got mine in.

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I bake my powder coated boolits at 400 degrees. If I water quench them when casting, powder coating will negate the heat treating, but you can take the coated boolits right from the oven and quench in cold water to re heat treat them. You get your powder coating and hardness too. I have taken powder...

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Looks like a "D" weight barrel on that thumper. My 375 H&H has the lighter "C" weight barrel. Think they had a run of 45-70's with the "C" weight barrel. Almost bought one, wish I would have. Would like a "D" weight barrel, or at least a "C" weig...

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I usually turn the timer on my oven for 30 min. Gives the boolits time to heat up to baking temp. matter of fact, I did some 245gr rnfp for my 44, this evening.

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IIRC, he also took a polar bear with the 357. Also, the loads back then were hotter than today. IIRC, the pressures were around 40K psi

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With gas checks, he should be fine. He can always water quench from the mould to get a harder bullet. The QL velicities predicted might be spot on or maybe a tad bit low. The big bore I was working with hit 1600fps. Pleasant load compared to the full throttle stuff.

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Take this with a grain of salt, but I read somewhere, in the past, that the best load will be found around 90-95% fill to the base of the bullet. In a big bore rifle I was working with, I started around 45% and worked my way up. Best group was around 92%. The stuff is kind of unobtanium around here,...

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Maybe 1/2 teaspoon of lemi-shine(I have read a 9mm case is plenty--don't want too much as it might start pulling zinc out of the alloy), 1/2 tablespoon of Dawn, and same of the car wash/wax in a gallon jug of water. I really just eyeball it, probably closer to a tablespoon of the car wash/wax. I tum...

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When I wet tumble, I use lemi-shine, dawn, and auto liquid car wash/wax. The car stuff leaves a faint wax coating on the brass and the shine doesn't degrade much.

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Saw the cover and was looking forward to a good article on the 38-40. I was also disappointed as it seemed like a hastily thrown together article as they needed a few more pages for the issue. Barely scratched the surface it seemed. More of a "filler' piece.

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Our local Murdochs farm and ranch supply has them for $69.99 on sale.

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Couple of packs and some more have moved in. Now they are going to bring more in, but those that voted for them, don't want them in their backyard. They voted to put them in prime deer/ elk country.

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At one time , you could order a 375 win revolver from Magnum Research (BFR). Thought about sending in my 30-30 to have it converted. Also, Dan Wesson made their 375 Super mag, using a cut down 375 win case, to fit the cylinder.

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Was by the LGS today and there were a number of 99 Savages with one forelorn 1899 in 30-30. Looked like it had be dropped on the Buttstock and snapped at the wrist and a piece broke off right behind the receiver. Put back together with a few screws, some copper nails and wrapped with some fine wire....

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From what I remember of the crash, he just barely cleared the buildings at the waterfront, so was under 200' and probably less than 100' when he was over water (feet wet).

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When I moved to CO, I had a load of stuff I was taking to the new house. On the side of a hill, there must have been 100+ Jacks. Never seen so many in one place. Few years later, I hardly ever saw a Jackrabbit and still haven't 30 years later.

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Sounds like your "smith" ran the reamer in a bit too far. Bought an O3A3 barreled action from a guy once and turned out he had lapped the lugs so much, the headspace was off and it wouldn't fire any '06 ammo. I had to fireform brass for that gun only. Was a royal pain, so just stuck it in ...

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Jeepnik has the gist of things. We think too much of Aircraft like the p-63 King Cobra and the B-17 Fortress to do such a deliberate act. The faster AC should have been on the outside of the '17's turn with his faster speed. Definitely not at the same altitude. Wonder if he was doing a high speed pa...

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You might be able to find a 22 mag cylinder that will fit. Also, IIRC, the front sight is held on by a screw, so you might be able to replace the front sight with a taller one to bring POI down

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A bit of tin , maybe 1% should help and I believe you need the mould hotter. Just like with boolits, a too cool mould will give incomplete fillout and wrinkles.

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Also fired up the pot this weekend. Some light and heavy 44's and some 38's. I have a small "Boom box" in the shop and burned a CD that lasts about 75 min. By the time its over, I am done casting. About the same when I am reloading. Then, its time for a break.

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My dog used to get most of the pecans at Grandads house. He would hear one hit the ground and off he was, before Grandad could pick it up. He would run into the bushes and you could hear him crack it and eat the insides. He put on weight during pecan season. The extention agent had no idea what vari...

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Was in a nearby pawn/gun shop and they had an 1886 on consignment. Nice looking wood, silver forearm cap, half octagonal-half round barrel that looked to be about 30". Believe it was chambered in 45-70. Pretty hefty price tag. Think it was $7400. Don't think I have ever seen one quite like that...

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Think I would have told the warden that he was going to have to climb the tree to give me the ticket and he could see my license then. And it wasn't litter, it was mulch. Or blame it on a squirrel!!

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Might still have my dies from when I had a 35 Win. Let me look tomorrow

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Theres the OKC gun club just East of Edmond, by Arcadia. Waiting list though. Think there is a range South of Ninnekah, North of Rush Springs (South of the Chickasha area). Used to be Tri-city down South of Norman, but I think it might be closed nowadays.

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Forget the snow shovel, small front end loader might work.

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We have a show here in town, twice a year. Not real big, but getting a bit bigger. Last one was a few weeks ago. Some decent prices on stuff and some hanging on to prices from a year ago. Bought a bag of 100 158gr soft point .357 slugs for $8. Oh, did I forget to mention the 14 yr old NIB Colt SAA n...

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Drove the Tail of the Dragon once. Drove the wife's Highlander. Would have been better in my old Turbo Coupe. Once I got out from behind the people doing 20 mph it was much more fun!!! Hope I get to take my Harley down it some day, while I can still ride.

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They used to come with barrels with adjustable chokes. Like a polychoke

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Tycer pretty well says it all. I mourn her passing and think that Britain was lucky to have a leader such as she (and as opposed to what we have here over the pond).

Heck, I wasn't born when she ascended the throne. Not too many years off though

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My 1974 Marlin 39A. Probably put at least 10K thru it, maybe more. Took it apart and cleaned it once , otherwise just take a q-tip to clean out the action lightly if needed and lube it. Still works perfectly

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Too nice looking to just sit on the wall. I would get it re-lined and enjoy shooting it. Leave everything else alone.

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I vote for 4895

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I have one in 223. It will shoot under an inch with Hornady 62gr sp ammo

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Also used to go over to Ft. Cobb after the crows. Used only shotguns. We would get 70-80 crows each when we went out. Some days they flew pretty high and we used #2 shot as #4 would just rattle off of them. Our shoulders had a limit of about 6 boxes of the #2 duck loads each time we went out. It was...

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Yes, I have had a few boxes of ammo that way

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For crimped bullets you might try and seat just a fraction deeper to break the crimp. I often use a pair of plier type wire strippers to grab the bullet. Just put the round in the press, lower the handle, grab pullet and raise handle to pull bullet.

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Check the firing pin to make sure it is not binding and moves freely. Too light a trigger pull can cause a slam fire too, IIRC, so the fire control parts are a good start

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There was a fellow in Cody, WY I met last year that seemed quite competent. Will see if I can find his contact info.

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I was sooooo tempted to re-chamber mine to 445 Super Mag, but figured the pressure of those loads would have been way more than the 336 would handle and didn't want to have brass with two different pressure level loads. Course, with that said, I have to do that with my 357mag because of my FA 353 Ca...

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Actually, Marlin DID make a 336 in 44 mag. I had one with the sticker still on the forearm, Never did shoot it before someone wanted it more than me.

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I used to load a 71gr. ish cast bullet with a few grains of Bullseye, in my '06. Should work well in a 308 too. If you could find some bullets for the 32 acp or 32 mag in jacketed flavor, they should work, but you might have to increase the powder charge a half grain or so. Be prepared for a stuck b...

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Just shoot it with your left hand. It will recoil to the right and be on center then!!!

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Thinking of re-chambering a High Wall in 375 Win, to 38-56. Whoever cut the chamber must not have cleaned the reamer very well and there are a couple gouges in the chamber. Figure a 38-56 would clean things up. Are dies even fairly available and trying to find someone with a reamer might even toughe...

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Bill, you will like the range in Sweetwater. I have shot there before and really enjoyed it and the people there were top notch

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I wish I had a range around here to shoot IHMSA. Used to shoot it decades ago. Had a blast at it. Course, getting close to 70 now and the "dead frog" shooting position might be a bit more difficult now, not to mention iron sights are a bit harder to focus on.

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