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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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My old friend Dale, aka "Bones", went home to our Lord recently. He was not a member here, but he was a Levergunner if there ever was one. He loved the old Winchesters, single action revolvers, and Mauser rifles. He taught me a lot about gunsmithing, reloading, and just general gun tinkeri...

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I still need to get some proper leather ordered for this Raptor.

Thinking about something like this Cobra skin from Simply Rugged.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:21 am My BBQ gun is rather plain.

A classic doesn't need to be fancy. Very nice.

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I just got into wet tumbling last week. I too am thoroughly impressed! I wish I had started this years ago.

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I treated myself this week and bought my first Kimber 1911. A Commander size Pro Raptor II, 45 ACP, of course. It came with very serviceable Zebrawood grips, but I thought I'd dress it up with a set of SK Grips made from 10,000 year old Mastodon Ivory with a blue/gray/black tone. It's not as perdy a...

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Lifting you all in prayers.

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Garmin has come up with quite an impressive unit for us handloaders. If it turns out to be half as good as what I'm reading, it will be the death of the LabRadar units. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/771164 I've been wanting to buy a Labrador for a while, but I've been too busy to handload much lat...

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I have my Pre-order in at Midway. The Garmin appears to have overcome the issues that the Lab Radar units have, in a far smaller and user friendly package. They will sell every one that they can make at $599.

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Garmin has come up with quite an impressive unit for us handloaders. If it turns out to be half as good as what I'm reading, it will be the death of the LabRadar units.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/771164

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Powder coating would be the easiest solution.

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I like the 380. I've had several over the years, but the only one I currently have is a Rock Island Baby Rock. Sort of a mini 1911. This particular one is from the collection of our departed friend Jeff Quinn of Gunblast fame. It's 100% reliable, carries nice and flat, and I like the option of carry...

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Nath wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:26 am
TedH wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:52 pm I only cast 00 buck shot, but it has the same annoying spru. As mentioned, a rotory tumbler will get them pretty round. I've even put them in a round plastic can and let them roll around in the back of m truck for a few days.
We don't drive like you

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I only cast 00 buck shot, but it has the same annoying spru. As mentioned, a rotory tumbler will get them pretty round. I've even put them in a round plastic can and let them roll around in the back of m truck for a few days.

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Dang, hate to hear that. Always enjoyed his work.

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Nice Shootin'! I'd started reading about that cartridge and had to stop myself. I already have too many cartridges to reload for. My grandfather was a huge fan to the .250-3000 and .257 Roberts. jb 8) There's always room for 1 more. 🙂 I'm a big fan of the Roberts too. A buddy had one of mine that I...

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Happy Birthday gentlemen!

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JBowen wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:45 am Very nice Ted. What reloading dies did you use and do you have to special order them?

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Lee dies. In stock at Midway

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3leggedturtle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:22 pm I wish I could find a reasonably oriced 25/45 upper.

They have barrels available by themselves. That's what I did. Just replaced the barrel on a seldom used 223 I had.

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Well, ballisticly anyway. I've been playing with a new AR that I put together in 25-45 Sharps, and I've been thoroughly impressed with it so far. It's nothing more than a 223 necked up to hold .257" bullets. Magazine length restrictions limit bullets to the 70 gr. to 100 gr for best performance...

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Happy Birthday Blaine! Be glad you're not down here in this 95/95.
95 degrees and 95% humidity!

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Planning to see it this weekend

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As a patriot, I proudly fly my American flag on the 4th. Unfortunately ours is the only house of 20 on our street displaying the flag. I took a quick tour around our subdivision of over 300 houses, and there were only about a dozen that had a flag out front. What happened to patriotism? :shock: Sha...

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As we celebrate the birth of our nation, it's a good time to reflect on how far we've come, and where we're headed as a country and pray we can get back to the principles of our founding fathers.

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I think you're in the ballpark at $600. That's a very useful, classic rifle. Unfortunately too many people overlook the grand old 30-06 these days for one of the newer fashionable cartridges.

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ollogger wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:55 pm Well thats a nice one! you do have a nice collection of them & yes they are rare
only ever seen one 99 in 375 & had to buy it, its a good shooter, its the saddle gun, think thats what they call it?

Brad

Brush Gun is what they called this model.

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:16 pm Is your #3 original wood or aftermarket?

It's an extra set that I bought off ebay to customize. Saved the original set so my heirs can sell it all together.

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150 gr fmj and 47.0 gr. of IMR4895 is what I have shot in my Garand forever. Duplicates surplus ammo velocity in my tests.

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I recently stumbled onto a Savage 99, 375 Winchester and couldn't resist adding it to my collection of 375's. It's in phenomenal condition. Doubt you'd ever find a nicer one. The only rifle factory chambered in 375 Winchester that I'm needing to round out the pile is the Valmet 412 O/U double rifle....

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That's actually pretty cheap for a new key and programming. Some others I've seen can be $400-$500.

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Excellent! I always wanted one of those.

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I'll PM you the details. Thanks!

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I've been playing with a new AR15 barrel in 25-45 Sharps. Load data is scarce, so I was hoping someone with Quickload could run some numbers for me to see if I'm out of line with where I came up with a good load.
So far, I'm impressed with this little cartridge. Basically, it's a modern 250 Savage.

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I would have picked up my parts a long, long time ago and went elsewhere, anywhere else. I can't stand getting *** stories and basic BS run around.

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That's great news!

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I haven't been interested in the Wrangler, but I may need to pick one of these up.

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We had another round tonight. It missed us this time but these fell just a couple miles west of us.

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That's a keeper!

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Prayers for everyone, Jay.

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On Friday, we were hammered with large hail again. 3rd time since 2006. From the size of the holes in the siding and window screens looks like it must have been golf ball to tennis ball size this time. We were out of town when it hit. Fortunately, there is no broken glass, but there are areas where ...

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You got it.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:20 pm .
I’m suspecting Sixgun is behind this somehow….

That was my first thought as well!

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Done.

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I had one of those little 5 shot titanium Taurus Trackers in 41 Mag. It was one of those you carry a lot and shoot very little. Brutal recoil with full power loads.

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Happy Birthday gentlemen!

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Here's why I believe in karma. I sent Jim the box of 38 S&W brass a few days ago. Today out of the blue a buddy dropped by to give me a gallon zip lock bag of brass he picked up at a range. All various cartridges. As I started sorting it all out I noticed a dang 38 S&W case. By the time I ha...

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I stop in the Sierra factory store often to see what they have literally barrels of in seconds. Sometimes they are seconds not because they are lesser quality. They will make a run of bullets for a new design, or for another ammo maker, Sig for example, then decide to go with some other design. I bo...

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You're very welcome, Jim. I've been gifted my share of goodies over the years by more than one of the fine gentlemen here. I never mind paying it forward when I can.

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Original 45 Super data is hard to come by. There are a few places you can find copys of data from Triton left from before they went under. I have a copy I can send you if you want it.

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I ordered Accurate 45-230H for a .45 "Superish" project this morning Bill what are you doing with the 45 Super? I put together a 80% Glock style gun and set it up for 45 Super exclusively. It's an impressive round from a full size polymer handgun! I'm getting 1150 fps with 230 gr XTP's an...

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