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Piller, years ago another fellow on Marlinowners , I split a Midway order of 1,000 ; 405 gr Rem bullets (45/70). I still have quite a bunch of them. Anyway, my present load is a bit warm (50 gr H322), so I need to work up a bit milder hunting load. My Marlin 45/70 shoots the tightest groups with RL...

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I worked in Del Rio back in '96-97 and have heard about the changes. Only recall eating at Crosby's once, the crowd I hung with preferred Johnny's. I do remember a shooting in the alley while we were leaving one night, so it wasn't all happiness and light even then. Used to make a quick run into Acu...

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My first one was an original large frame Vaquero .44 that I bobbed to 4", round butted and scalloped the recoil shield & loading gate. Made it smaller and handier, but it still wasn't light. Lipsey's made me retire that one when they brought us the .44 Special Flattop. Mine got a SBH hammer...

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Enjoyable story, thanks. Over the past few years we had a pair of roadrunners prowling the area around the shop at work. They came to be known as The Brothers and it was fun watching them hunt, they really seem to be small velociraptors. After a while they got pretty comfortable around the place - I...

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Interesting stuff, I'm especially looking forward to the results with Unique. As a kid growing up in Northern Minnesota, most of my .22 ammo came from the Holiday Station. They had their own brand of ammo (manufactured by Dominion in Canada) and I remember it being loaded with Unique - didn't know a...

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Yep, about the same time they discontinued the 220 grain .375. Can't help with the .348, but Vollmer makes a 220/375 that's the spittin' image of the Hornady. My own episode with this type of situation was some years back after I loaded the last of my Speer half-jacket 44 bullets. I stopped at a sho...

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Back in the the 20th Century I knew an FAA guy who built a Fokker replica. His bosses at the FAA made it clear that they considered it extremely inappropriate that a Federal Airworthiness Inspector was flying around in an experimental triplane, so he grudgingly sold it. He did have an enormous poste...

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Shucks, Jim. I had a Jennings at Holiday I'd have given you if I'd known. Needs a bit of tuning up (had a hiccup or two each magazine full) but I was scaring the 100 meter rams with it when it went bang - more accurate than it has a right to be. This reminded me that I have a Jennings in the bottom...

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That load is quite a bit in a light gun like that. But that bullet carries really well at long range. That's the thing that still makes me scratch my head, how well the Keith bullet flies at extended range - especially when you compare it's BC to the average rifle bullet. As much as I like a 45 Col...

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That's a pretty neat one alright, but I'm a High Wall fan to begin with, so there's that...

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In spit of "needing" one, I've never managed to grab a Rossi .357. I do have a .44 mag, picked up 20 years back that has required a good amount of cursing and massaging to get it to a state of "pretty okay". A buddy of mine had a 357 about 30 years ago, and shooting that was my f...

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I too was surprised to see a Hobie post, also shocked that I remembered my password after 4 years! I'll try not wait another 4 until next post...

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JdeF, I think you're on the right track regarding ideas on pressure for the 45. I've only been playing with the Colt cartridge for about 14 years, with around 30 years of pulling the trigger on various 44 mags. The majority of my Colt loads these days are in the 22-25k range. There's plenty of perfo...

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Is it fact or fiction that the 95 action eventually stretches ? I think the '95 receiver is actually a bit too elastic, hence the change from the early flatside configuration on them, but bolt setback is the bigger problem. I had a 1912 vintage 1895 in 30'06 for a number of years. I thought the '95...

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I came to the same solution as Griff. Two Dillion 550's, one set for small primers and one set for large primers. Swap out the shell plates and change tool head. About five minutes to get every thing changed and then load. I don't think I will ever wear one out and you can make a pile of ammo prett...

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It's been years since I slugged mine but I recall it was around .430-.431" - older production though, think they tightened them up sometime after mine was made. Even with the big bore mine will shoot commercial 240gr. hardcast SWC's (most are .429") well if you hit 'em in the rear with H110.

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I don't know why, but that's always cracked me up. Easily amused I guess.

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Dunno that I'd go so far as brilliant, but the ergonomics are excellent, and I like a drop point with a bit of belly. I did have to rework the edge bevels, but that's probably more personal preference than anything else.

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mescalero1 wrote:Ah,
another Native user, thought I was the only one.

I'm a bit of a knife junkie, but the Native is a favorite. For a relatively inexpensive knife, it's held up to a lot of abuse over the last 10 years.

I think I'd really like a fixed blade made with the same profile.

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Noah, I've heard of similar happenings myself, but thankfully haven't experienced one personally. In addition to PA, I've heard of strange things in Oklahoma, northern Arizona and New Mexico as well. I believe there's a Navajo word for them, though I don't recall it at the moment.

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Hatchett - what is the second blade for - never got it. I think it's called a spey blade, might've spelled that wrong, but around these parts they're known to be used to make li'l bulls into steers. I usually carry 2 knives, a yellow handled Case Trapper or an old Ulster along with a Syderco Native...

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I've always found it to be quite interesting myself. Years ago I picked up a book, Uniforms and Equipment of the Last Campaign. 1916. It details virtually every item used by U.S. forces involved in the Villa expedition period - good stuff. I live only an hour or so from Naco, AZ. the town mistakenly...

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I stopped by there back in '97, thought "maybe they'll have some neat guns..."

As I was walking around, I overheard a soccer mom type say disappointedly, "it's nothing but guns" - and I was thinking "it's more wonderful than I ever would've imagined".

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With ammo & component prices/availability the way they are, I've been shooting a lot (well, not a lot - I'm hardly shooting these days) of .22 & .38 Special (3.5 Bullseye = 2000 rds per lb.) - but I don't recall the last time I pulled the trigger on a "real" rifle. I'm considering ...

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I've heard a lot of similar stories this year. I hunted 5 days myself, only saw 2 does the whole time. Maybe next year......

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DRT = Del Rio Texas

At least it did when I worked down there, though I found out some folks in El Paso say it means Down River Trash.

I'm sure they meant it in a good way.

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I'm pretty fond of Kramer's Horsehide Belt Scabbard. His horsehide is incredibly tough, and the design protects the hammer & sights. It's also quite secure, despite the lack of any thumbstrap or thong. As a matter of fact it took considerable break-in just to get the gun to come out consistently...

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So, going by your figures, can we assume that .357 users - on average, have the worst manual dexterity of all handgun shooters?

We can discount the .22's - everybody drops those.

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Not 180's, but 200's with H110 shoot nice in my Rossi. According to Lyman, they're stepping out somewhere around 2000 fps. I'll buy a chrono one of these days & find out.

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Winchester 670 30-06 . They can be had for less than $300 if you have patience. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=105973411 http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=106327094 I'll second that. Any of the old push-feed M70's will usually be great shooters, and not too hard...

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Got it on right now - recording it, although there's a thunderstorm spooling up & I'll probably lose the satellite signal...

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I got my early reloading education from manuals & Ken Waters articles. He retired, but Seyfried & Barsness were up to the task of filling his shoes. Don't know that I'll continue to buy Handloader at this point.

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Can't comment on factory ammo, I've never bought any. For N-frames, my "everyday" load is 7.5 Unique with a commercial 240 swc or home cast 250 Keiths, both shoot very well. I've done up some light loads with Bullseye & 200 RNFP's for bunnies 'n such but haven't used them outside the r...

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Very nice Ji, I didn't know that you were a craftsman.

Looking forward to the boar spear.

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Another vote for the Rock Chucker here. Since you asked about Hornady, I haven't used one, but I checked out the Lock 'n load single stage and it seemed to compare favorably to a Rock Chucker. Maybe a little less beefy, but surely adequate. Most of my experience with progressives is with the Dillon ...

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I actually won't be 46 'til next month, but I punched he 46-55 button anyway. Close enough.

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My best '06 load is the 165 Interlock & 57.0 IMR4350. Groups real nice out to 300 yards in my M70.

My '95 dates about 1912, and the only bullet it cares for is the 220.

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The AR won't make that annoying BOING! if you roll the recoil spring in Lubriplate.

That still doesn't make it trump the trienta-trienta though.

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It depends what you want to do with 'em.

I've loaded the H&G 200 SWC in the Colt and the ACP for range work, and a buddy of mine used to use the 230 FMJ in both - I've even used some 255 SWC's in the ACP. Like I said, it all depends......

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Proenekke's journals from the first couple years were published in book form under the title One Man's Wilderness as well. They're well worth the read, as you get the impression that Dick may have been a bit of a "bunny hugger" from the videos, which was not the case. The journals have tal...

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I like to dress like a deer - usually works, I only get shot about every 3rd time out.

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Seriously, it's usually green Carharts, though I do wash 'em in unscented Arm & Hammer laundry detergent. Seems to work for me.

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Instant shoulder mount!

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rock-steady wrote:Just look at ther eyes......flat and dull like a shark...or an extraterrerestial....

Glad to know that I'm not the only one who noticed.

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Just yesterday ordered a Bowie in stag from Sheffield - I'll be able to have it for father's day. http://www.sheffield-cutlery.com/bowieknives.html You can see it here by scrolling down. Excellent. Which blade length are you going with? I'm just sitting here trying to exercise some control after se...

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Okay fellas. what do you think of this one? It has a coffin handle and slim long blade like the ones I saw at the ALAMO if I recall correctly. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/Ahnkochee/TEPPOJUTSU/largebowie.jpg THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE INPUT! :wink: Looks good to me, who's the maker? ('cause...

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Ji, I have read a lot on the Bowie over the last almost 50 years. I ordered two when I was a kid. Since they are not sure what the real one looked like as you have read I take the liberty to choose the one that I want. But, I haven't been able to decide in the 20 years or so since I began to look a...

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I spent some time in the northern Gila NF (New Mexico) in the late '90's. One of the guys up there claimed that a black jaguar had run across the road in front of him one day. I know they're out there - never seen one myself.

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Ysabel, the crew at Bark River Knife & Tool turn out some really nice blades, and have made a variety of Bowies in the past. I'm waiting on this years run of Boundary Riders, an 8" sabre handled Bowie. Though I didn't pick one up myself, last years Rogue Bowie looked awful attractive. DLT t...

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Drew an Elk (cow) tag this year, taking 2 bolt guns - an '06 and a Whelen. 165's and 4350 in the '06, 250's and RL-15 for the 35 Colonel.

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You never see it again once the bullet's seated anyhow.

I'm gonna go buy a box of Crayolas.

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