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RKrodle wrote:Vance, I received to deposit today, Thanks. I look forward to meeting and hunting with you.

Same to ya. PM sent.

It's gotta warm up about 40 degrees so I can make sure my 1892 Japanese .45 colt shoots where I think it does.

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WCF3030 wrote:Now this fella has some stories I bet.

Yeah, I bet they all start with, "It was cold that day...."

Glad I didn't have to scrape out a living that way.

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When you reminded me of the $10 off I was going to buy a couple boxes of Hornady's new GMX bullets to try, but the .308s were all back-ordered. I don't need 100 .243 bullets in all copper. I have an hour before the deadline. I may have to dust off the credit card and go look some more... I keep my ...

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When you reminded me of the $10 off I was going to buy a couple boxes of Hornady's new GMX bullets to try, but the .308s were all back-ordered. I don't need 100 .243 bullets in all copper.

I have an hour before the deadline. I may have to dust off the credit card and go look some more...

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Order placed!!! :D :D :D Thanks!!! What did we get? Can I see it now or do I have to wait till Christmas Day? I looked on Midwayusa but soon figured out that saving $10.00 would cost me much, much more. I think I've spent almost a grand on reloading supplies over the past couple of months. I know I...

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Ysabel Kid wrote:...MidwayUSA's sale this weekend? $10 off a $50 order. Ends tonight/this morning at 11:59pm CST (Sunday 12/6). I was all set to make an order and realized I accidently deleted the e-mail with the code!

Help Me! Help Me!!!

50129 is what my email said is good till the end of today.

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Hey guys! Here in Northern Vt today it's been in the high 30's/low 40's. Cloudy but bare ground and no snow (so far). I love this global warming!! I was talking to a guy in the post office this morning who told me that he saw that Texas was getting snowstorms. We agreed that if you folks down there...

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It was a cool -1* last night here in the Denver area. You flatlanders down there in Texas just don't know what cold is. We know what it is, that's why we live here :!: I'm often tempted to move back north, but then I remember walking 10 miles to school through knee-deep snow, uphill both ways.... I...

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Nice deer and hunt.

I, too would like to see the results/photos of the FTX remains. I've yet to recover a .458 FTX. They keep going through everything. I've been curious as to how they unfold.

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Check your individual homeowner's policy. Read it, don't take the agent's word. My policy limits my guns to $2500...I had to pay extra to get $5000 in coverage. But those limits are for theft, not fire. (in my policy, maybe not yours-check it.) If you do have a fire, yes, heat does go up-to a point....

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I don't know if it's just the economy or Christmas. I saw a Browning BPCR in almost new condition go for $1300 the other day. They usually bring almost $1600 on gunbroker.

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Great post and great hunt, congratulations! Really makes me want to do some hunting with my 45-70! These dang things are addicting. Now I want a 1886 carbine. Better buy the wife some new carpet first, though. If I had enough skill and money, I'd buy a saddle ring carbine and rebarrel it to a .40-6...

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(Subject title is tongue in check - don't bash me :D ) Well, I bought my 1886 Browning in .45-70 this summer and worked up a hunting load. I ended up using a Hornady 325 gr FTX bullet over 45.8 gr of IMR 4198. That gave me about 2050 fps. I sighted in the rifle by aiming at a 8-inch black bullseye a...

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Did you hear on the news where they arrested a hunter for reporting his kill (as required) two days after the season abruptly ended? He said he was out in the field for 4 days and did not know FWP had ended season after the quota was near. The quota was 75 and they ended it at 72, anticipating that ...

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Maybe I'm the only redneck who don't like liver, but liver is only fit for catfish bait, and I can't for the life of me understand why a catfish would eat that nasty trash.......Now, hearts, or gizzards almost anything else is ok. Catfish eat it because they can't get in the corral to eat the Rocky...

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I think if I had a carbine, that is exactly the sight I would put on it. I have a similar one on my 24" barreled .45 Colt and love it. Has anyone ever mounted one of these sights (or similar) to an 1886 Browning or Winchester? Did you have problems with the bolt hitting the sight? I *think* I'd...

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Glad to see it working out the way you want, congrats. I like a receiver sight, it sure helps me to see better. Oh, don't paying any attention to that CRS guy that posted above. If he gives you any trouble let me know, I'll tell his wife on him :lol: . I have been thinking about a MVA sporting vern...

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Finally, a sunny day where i could use my chronograph. I forgot what "bright" was. We've had rain for two or three weeks straight. Animals were showing up on my back porch in twos. For my 325 gr FTX bullet, I used (and got results on 5 shot groups): 5744 39.0 gr 1785 fps 4198 43.7 gr 1903 ...

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I use my favorite at work a lot...

"Jesus can turn the water into wine, But he can't turn your whining into anything."

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North East Texas is a fair piece from south west Arizona, guy. I'd have to pack a lunch, just to go out for dinner! :lol: I'd have to meet you there...too far to swing by and pick you up. The Irma is in Cody, WY. Someone above mentioned it. I went through those parts in June to look at the Buffalo ...

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You guys are making me hungry !!!! :) Come with me and we'll go to the Irma Hotel and get a steak and some Moose Drool. I'll pass on the dog food...... :shock: I have to admit, I have eyeballed many a deer liver in the field and thought, "Mmmmmmm." I was pretty sure that culinary experime...

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That's the way I still run my brandings. With good cowboys (read no team ropers that don't own cattle) it's easy on the cattle. Lot's more fun too. Those 'spare parts' that you count by two don't go to the dogs either. They go in the frying pan for lunch around here. Sometimes we just throw them on...

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FWiedner wrote:Dogs love it in the corral during a round-up or when the farrier shows.

Lots of "spare parts."

I always heard every ranch dog can count...to two.

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Why is this stuff apparently so popular? Developed for the Army and issued right up to today, it supposedly pushes the 130 gr. RN FMJ bullet at about 750 fps. I've always thought it was miserable stuff. I've seen reports of velocities as low as 630 fps. Now that 130 gr. FP FMJ, where do you get it?...

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OK, I asked this on another forum, would like to know what you guys think. Is storing 2k rounds of pistol ammo in the bottom a Heritage Gun safe OK? or would it be a huge explosion hazard if you happened to have a fire? (since it would be enclosed) Ammo is pretty safe in a fire, unless it's in the ...

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Hey Dave what does a bob white squirrel look like? Never mind i know it's one of those flying squirrels. I like my old Steven 311's both in 12ga and 20ga, you can find them used at a very reasonable price and very often in great shape Yep, the price on old 311s has risen over the past few years, bu...

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[ I'm not sure which route you take to Montana, but Powder Valley near Winfield, KS is one of the best places to buy power and primers. http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/ They are a few miles east of I-35 just across the Kansas state line.[/quote] Thanks! I usually go through KC to Sioux Falls before ...

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Just say when. I don't get to shoot or fish often enough...stoopid work gets in the way. Does the ammo dump (or whatever its called) in Caddo Mills sell powder? I missed Market Hall last go round, and Big Town is all Black guns (I like 'em, just have plenty already.) I may spend a day at Wanamacher'...

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From what data I can find, having never used 5744 myself, it looks like your at about top end for that powder. I would look at getting something like H4198 and it shouldn't be any problem reaching that speed and then some. Where about in Texas are you? I'm near Paris, the one with the red cowboy ha...

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OK. I seated an FTX in an empty case. Starting with 2.087" brass, I ended up with a COL of 2.624. It took several tries to be sure, because the end of the brass ended up right at the bottom of the crimping cannelure, which allowed the bullet to slip. The cannelure is about 0.070 in width. So, i...

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Now that I think about it (and put aside my stubbornness,) it won't hurt a thing for me to trim the brass like Hornady says. I don't plan on mixing my "hunting" brass and my cast load brass anyway. I bought the FTX bullets and loaded them before I found out that you were supposed to trim t...

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That's the thing...I DID crimp it in the groove. I didn't measure overall cartridge length, but I tried the very first one in my rifle, and it chambered fine. No resistance at all. It cycled through the action just fine as well. I guess I could make a cast of the chamber to see exactly what I have. ...

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I'm new to this forum and fairly new to reloading (<2 years) Most of what I have loaded is .223 varmint and .40-65 cast (for my humbling attempts at the Quigley Shoot.) I recently acquired a Browning 1886 in .45-70 that was made in 1986. I loaded 10 rounds of ammo with the 325 gr. FTX bullet and 38 ...

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I've looked online and can't find that PMC +P+ ammo for sale anywhere. The demand may not have been high enough. The box has plenty of warnings not to use it on older or weaker guns. I will say that it is most unpleasant to shoot in my Vaquero. The bottom of the grip bites into your palm pretty good...

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PMC makes +P+ .45 Colt rounds (45HA) that are loaded with 300 gr JSP Hornady bullets. Advertised velocity is 1250 fps at the muzzle for a revolver. I got 1150 fps out of my 5 1/2" Vaquero. I don't remember using the chrono on my 1892 Jap rifle, but 1450 sticks in my brain for some reason. I use...

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