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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:20 am Either way, it is out of my hands.

Yessir! It is in The Best hands of all.

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if you haven't read Dr. Chris Ryan's "OVERKILL AND UNDERKILL" ... it contains some interesting things about bullets and what they do ...

https://leverguns.com/articles/overkill.htm

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I have a dear friend who seems wrapped up in the end times stuff. I suppose if you lived like that, it could take a lot of stress off of you. But it seems to have the opposite effect. I prefer to go with the theory that I don't know when its coming, but I'm ready to go when it happens. Historically...

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It seems to me that we can see what we want to see in almost anything. Whether it is truly there or not. Even the Apostle Paul seemed to think the end of times was near. Of course, our sense of time is not GOD's meaning for time. True! I don't put much stock in predictions about "the end"...

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I like the Keith SWC over 16 gr. 2400.

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piller wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:14 am Do you think John would recognize some of the things happening now that correspond with what GOD showed him?

I really don't know. I try not to interpret the Bible through today's headlines. Nor the headlines by the Bible. I trust there is grace for today and try to live in today's grace.

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I have never even thought of expansion with 44's and 45's. They start out as big as folks are trying to get the smaller calibers to expand to. I want accuracy, reliability, and penetration. It's best if it shoots all the way through. Thats true to a degree however if the projectiles is not expandin...

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Nice video Jim. Then is some familiar dies! :) Have you seen the prices that the old Rockchucker are bringing on eBay? Close to $300 these days. Cat YESSIR!! They should look familiar! I try not check prices on much of anything if I can help it. Seems like the world has gone freakin' crazy! :o :roll:

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:19 pm I thought they also made a .38 but you're right Jim .44-40

No worries. An El Tigre was my first leveraction when I was a kid.

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Do you handload?
Load some lighter bullets at moderate velocity.
Shoot 500 or so and get your fingers used to the gun and grip.
Then start working up to heavier loads.

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:30 pm Welcome to the fire what caliber are you looking for?

If it's an El Tigre it's a .44-40.

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I have never even thought of expansion with 44's and 45's. They start out as big as folks are trying to get the smaller calibers to expand to. I want accuracy, reliability, and penetration. It's best if it shoots all the way through.

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You cannot change a generation ... BUT ...YOU CAN HELP CHANGE ONE PERSON! Find a younger person that you can make friends with. Make friends with them even if they don't buy your view of life. Listen and learn what interests them. They will eventually become interested in what interests you. Without...

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That thing would be expensive to feed even if .22 LR!

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John Taffin has a sixgun that a range rod won't drop into the cylinder. The gunsmith said it would never shoot. John took it and tried it anyway and the durn thing shoots tight groups. Why I don't know and neither does he, but he ain't messing with it. Lineup doesn't always tell the whole story.

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That is a very useful trick Jim. Thanks for posting it. Kind of reminds me of reading how Elmer Kieth inspected his fired bullets after recovering them from melted snow drifts in the spring. Is there any chance of getting a bullet stuck with that load? Also, instead of Bullseye, I might try it with...

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I don't know anyone selling them any more. They were handy to fix that issue.

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on my S&W Model 10 that I installed the heavy barrel on. I fired a 160 gr. RNFP cast bullet backed by a little over 1 gr. of Bullseye into a pile of rags. The bullet stopped in the first t-shirt. It appears to enter the barrel pretty durn straight. bullets.JPG I know it shoots pretty accurately ...

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We were visiting an NGO in the city of Nampula, Mozambique. They showed us to our quarters and then asked if we noticed the fence around where we were staying. That fence was inside a larger fence that went around the perimeter of the property. We said yes, we noticed. They said, Do not go outside y...

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#1 are the dogs.
They are the alert ... the warning signal.
They are the first line of defense ... especially when we are otherwise occupied.
I always felt badly when my dogs did not get to chew on some part of an intruders anatomy.

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The .348 was a love of mine. Enjoyed it and loved shooting it. Took some nice game with it over the years. Even took it to Africa for Zebra. They are worth saving.

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Ray wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:24 pm https://leverguns.com/articles/ballisticians.htm

THANKS RAY!!

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:43 am Very good observations my friend.

I actually did a loading bench video recently:

https://youtu.be/MII416UlqZQ

THANKS SCOTT! A great reminder.

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From The Loading Bench 02/04/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nibCPnqXH8

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He sure does nice work.

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There ain't none of those guns as ugly as that 2 barrel double shot abortion that was posted about earlier. I would take either of those guns in a heartbeat!

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My login is from Romania via a couple other places .. It changes every time I go to another site.
A VPN is essential.

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They would work. Their job was to get you a combat weapon and whatever else the enemy was carrying.

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Jim I read "The Bullets Flight" years ago, with Pope's annotated margins, and found it fascinating. Loaned it to a brother, also into ballistics at the "nerd" level. Wouldn't it be great to gather Pope barrels at your convenience. I have a Stevens single shot .22 rimfire that my...

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Jim, does that work with jacketed bullets? I am sure it does to at least some degree. Probably more than I realize. I know the muzzle can really affect jacketed bullets in rifles. And jacketed bullets exhibit some of the same problems that lead bullets have .. such as "skidding" in the ri...

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If you read Dr. E. B. Mann's book "THE BULLET'S FLIGHT" you will note that a lot of inaccuracy problems come from between the time the bullet exits the cartridge until it is fully engaged in the rifling. Given a good leade and good rifling in the barrel, the next large issue is the muzzle....

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Most accuracy problems can be traced to the nut holding the stock.

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John told me that she is doing well and is scheduled to come home from hospital tomorrow.
Thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers.

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John contacted me a bit ago. She is out of surgery and it went well. Her bowel had gone into a hernia she had and was causing all kind of problems. Hopefully all is well now. She is in emergency surgery right now. She started feeling bad earlier today ... then a growth started in her stomach .. soo...

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octagon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:21 pm Remember GK, we're talking livestock injuries here, not romance

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We were banding calves and I was holding this calf, keeping his mouth shut and holding his back legs. His momma was worried and nosing around but not real upset. Then my hand slipped off the calf's mouth and he squalled. Momma hit me with the side of her head and I went across the barnyard like a bo...

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The Raising of a Gun Nut by Paul Moreland As I think back to my experiences as an MK (missionary kid) who has suffered from the gun bug since his child hood, but has been raised in an area which was not conducive to acquiring accurate knowledge of modern firearms, it came to me that perhaps someone ...

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I shoot heavy-loaded 125 gr. bullets in my S&W.

1 3/4" S&W Model 340 - 1339 fps

I shoot 2 of these maybe once every 2 years. They hurt! The rest of the time I shoot 158 gr. cast with 3 gr. Bullseye.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:50 am As for the condoms, I worry they may not be reliable re-used, so use the old ones as pillow cases.

So ... you only buy the small size?

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Me and a friend wrote a small booklet about this in 1979 .....published it in 1980 and again on Amazon last year.

SURVIVAL RELOADING FOR HANDGUNS
Kindle - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086H1MQ1H
Paperback - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086PRKVNG

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Grizz wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:45 pm right minded list. glad you posted it. have we met?

I don't know if Lewis comes by here or not.
He helped develop the 480 Achilles.
He wrote this for the old Sixgunner.Com website.

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The Brush Hunter by Lewis Ballard The brush hunter: 1. does all his hunting before he shoots 2. won’t buy a $2,400 Steyr Scout rifle 3. will buy a $240 .30-30 that does the same job 4. knows that size really does matter 5. knows that velocity really doesn’t 6. thinks a softball trajectory is just fi...

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Have not used the 240 gr. but do load the Nosler 300 gr. JSP with a heavy load of H110 for hogs.
It hammers on both ends.

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3leggedturtle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:23 pm A bed of coals for that hog and cold root beer sounds real good right now.

That hog was one of the best tasting that I have ever taken. There was an apple orchard on the place where I shot it and I believe that helped!

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My old Trapper in .30-30 is "accurate enough." I know I cannot shoot it to its full potential.

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It has at least "Minute of Whitetail" accuracy.

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Many years ago I was young and had been hunting with a handgun for quite a few years and I figured I was on top of the game. This particular deer season I was hunting in the Peppersauce Canyon area on the back side of Mt. Lemmon in Arizona. The hills and canyons were steep but I was young and felt s...

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I have a couple small drawers full of Colt and Ruger single action parts and a couple with Winchester and Rossi parts. They come in handy when working on an old gun I pick up but have rarely ever had to go to them in around 65 years of shooting for my working guns.

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J Miller wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:55 pm Jim,
Somehow I missed knowing about your channel. I subscribed today and will go back and watch the others.
Thanks for the good work.
Joe

Joe .. I have never really publicized it .. so don't feel bad about missing it.
I am glad it can be useful.

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