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My motorcycle riding buddy by word of mouth found a Ruger Redhawk for sale for $475. The seller didn't know what the heck she was talking about, said it had an 8" barrel (7 1/2"), called it a Super Redhawk, said it was nickel plated but she was right about one thing; it was dirty. He broug...

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You never know when you'll need to rip your Bic.

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You guys are gonna think I'm a total moron and for good reason. I don't think most men keep the dates that holidays fall on in their minds like women do and I totally missed Valentine's Day. So this morning Amy gave me a big kiss and wished me Happy Valentine's Day and gave me a nice card along with...

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What?! Superbowl? When was that?

I'm with you, Jim. Since I don't own a TV, I couldn't have watched it. I don't feel like I missed a thing.

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Toward the later part of WWII, my father operated a small field hospital not far from the western front lines. He had a number of sick and wounded soldiers in his care. As the American front lines moved forward, he moved his patients farther to the east until one day when he had people too critical ...

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My parents were both born and raised in Germany; they both spent WWII there. My dad was a doctor and he brought the family to the US in 1953 when I was 3 years old. I became naturalized in 1981 because I was determined to vote for Ronald Reagan.

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John Linebaugh once said that his sons, Dustin and Cole frequently carried 4 5/8" Rugers in .45 Colt when they were out in the hills and they found their loads with 250 gr cast bullets over 8.5 gr of 231 would pass through deer lengthwise even out past 75 yards.

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Six, in some parts of the country the meadow muffins left by cows are called cow chips. So what are potato chips?

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Thanks again, Ray. I enjoyed it!

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Old Savage, I had an '87 model that I bought new that ended up looking just like yours. Red, rather severe driver's side damage, up to that point it had been a pretty nice truck. I didn't get hurt in the crash but it sounds like you did.

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I had a conversation with Gary Reeder several years ago in which he stated he had never seen a Ruger revolver with oversized chambers. One of my oldest revolvers is a .45 Colt Blackhawk which even Ruger admitted had oversized chambers because they ended up replacing the cylinder. I bought one of the...

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About all I've had since 1980 has been Toyotas. Come on now, don't sneer. A study done about 10 years ago regarding vehicles with the most US-made components listed the Toyota Camry as having more than any of the American big three manufacturers. Since I drove about 800 miles per week during the 43 ...

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Okay, okay. Let's talk about that '62 Nova of yours with the straight six, Six. What a hot rod, eh? Probably a very good car, though. I had a '70 Firebird with a straight six. Mine was a 250" but yours was probably a 235". Same basic engine and they were pretty bulletproof. I put a lot of ...

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This primer test was shown on a cast bullet forum. The tester obviously put a lot of effort into coming up with these data. Interesting article.

https://www.castingstuff.com/primer_tes ... erence.htm

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Nice gun and great shooting, Scott! Thanks for the picture.

I probably haven't shot that many rounds in a session to run into that problem with mine.

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I have a similar number of primers. I think Federal makes some excellent primers...some people complain that their boxes take up too much space but I've got plenty of room. Most of my primers are CCI and Remington with Winchester and Federal being a smaller proportion. I'm sure happy that Cabelas ha...

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Six, I am less concerned with displaying nice guns than showing pictures of a bunch of them. I have no doubt that big brother monitors forums such as this one and I have worries about raising red flags. There are lots of stories of federal agents visiting gun owners' houses to track down guns and/or...

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Hey, Six, do you remember an incident years ago on a Chicago freeway where an angry road grader driver got tired of waiting on traffic and just ran over or pushed dozens of cars out of his way. I don't think it resulted in any dead bodies but his explanation to his boss must have been interesting (a...

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I always assumed (without proof) that CCI primers from 30+ years ago were hard to seat because they were a bit out of round. I had trouble with CCI primers, both small and large pistol due to primer punctures. An example with small pistol primers was a .357 load made up of 13.8 gr of 2400 behind a 1...

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Ray, I doubted myself when I wrote that "Ransom of Red Chief" was by Steven Crane so I looked it up before turning on the computer to join the forum.

You're absolutely correct, of course. Thanks!

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I sure liked that incident a week or two ago where a 13 year old was caught by some twenty-some year olds, trying to steal one of their cars. They held him for ransom, they demanded of his parents that they fork over the roughly $3000 the little thief did in damage trying to steal it. Well, they wer...

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Bronco, I've always cringed a little reading the Winchester primer application for both standard and magnum loads. Doesn't make sense to me. I only use Winchester primers that say they're for standard loads. Jim, I agree with you that especially in handguns, shooter inaccuracy will always represent ...

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Jay, do the forks have air valves at the top so you can put a little air pressure in there to stiffen them up?

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It is an interesting video but it is also fascinating to note the variation of velocities within the groups of each primer type. These numbers are from his chronograph. Standard deviation of small pistol primers is 3.98 Standard deviation of small pistol magnum primers is 12.86 Standard deviation of...

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Regarding my new to me SAA, since shooting it for the first time last week I have cycled it just under 1000 times and it has smoothed out nicely. I did put in a Wolff mainspring that I had on hand which lightened the trigger down to a 2 1/2 lb pull. I hear that they have a reputation for breaking so...

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You're right about that. As an example, Elmer Keith wrote that his .44 mag loads of 22 gr of 2400 should only be used with standard primers because magnum primers would create excessive pressure. Besides, it is said that pressures tend to be more uniform with standard or even match primers than magn...

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After I left the ambulance company I worked for in the early 70s, I worked in a hospital emergency room for a couple of years. Except for the doctor, I was the only male around a bunch of females. Dang women tried to seduce me so they could tell all their coworkers and be "the first". Than...

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I don't know if people around here just drive drunk all the time of if someone did like the guys in the Chevelle and made a project of it but there's hardly a guardrail in these parts that isn't crushed. I doubt the highway department has enough "Damaged Guardrail Ahead" signs to cover the...

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Poor Mr Potato Head! That was cruel and unusual....

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I remember visiting a classmate in the 7th or 8th grade who had a Mr Potato Head game. He dug it out of his closet for the first time in what must have been months. It was rank enough to gag a maggot.

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Very nice, Bill! Thanks for the picture.

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I have a tremendous amount of respect for him because he entertained our overseas troops many, many times. RIP

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I'll bet there are, Grizz. Check the atlatl forums. (just kidding but ya never know!)

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Thank you for that, Six! About a year ago I was driving in town on a major street and a completely nude white woman walked out across the road in front of me and sat down in the median. It hurt my eyes so I called 911 and listened while the dispatcher talked to a responding cop who said they were fa...

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Thanks, GK. I work at it.

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Hey Six, once I was gonna have a rooster tattooed on my upper calf. That way I could tell the girls I had a c++k down below my knees.

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Scott, you did a great job....it looks beautiful!

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Good shooting, Ted....and a beautiful rifle! Thanks for the pictures.

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Yeah, I looked into getting one from Brownells but as you say, they're sold out. I did put my name on the list though for notification when they're available again.

That cutaway looks incredibly rough. Thanks again.

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A month or two ago there had been some posts regarding the Battle of Adobe Walls.

I just received my copy of American Handgunner which contains a Massad Ayoob article examining the lessons learned from that battle.

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Pat, I sometimes use a piece of a sharp automotive point file for that although I admit a stone would probably be better. Thanks!

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I bought a used .44 spl Colt NF maybe 7 or 8 years ago and it shot way to the left so the rear sight was cranked all the way over to the right. That irked me and I took it to a gunsmith who refused to turn the barrel for me, afraid he would scratch it. I ended up trading that gun and a Thunder Ranch...

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I'm diabetic so I can't eat potatoes any more. I miss em.

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I have several of the Kuhnhausen books. I'll check and see if I have the one for Colt SAAs. I have about 15 Blackhawks and SBHs and I've put either Bisley or SBH hammers in all of them. I lower the cocking notches of the new hammers down to .012, measured with a feeler gauge and it eliminates all of...

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What the former police chief is doing holds more value to me than shooting them.

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Yep, funny how missing something like that just gnaws away at you, getting worse by the year.

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Nice picture, Jack!

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Thanks, Buddy! And I appreciate your potato.....

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Yeah! Great idea, Dr Six!

I could get an aftermarket sight and weld it onto the right side along with one of those TruGlo front sights and then I could turn the gun on its side and throw the bullets just like the gangstas do. Thanks, man!

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That was an old George Strait song, wasn't it? "Armadillo by Morning"

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