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Post by jsh on Nov 27, 2018 20:09:49 GMT -5
No guns. Got some tooling for the lathe and saved a good amount.
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Post by jsh on Nov 27, 2018 20:08:10 GMT -5
Lots of good angles on do's and don'ts.
I ran a rock chucker for years. (Still do) I loaded piles and piles of ammo on it in the winter for summer matches. Sure I wanted a progressive, but at that point $$$ was in short supply. I learned a lot on the single stage, which in turn helped a bunch with getting progressives to run well later on.
I don't know how a body can be without a single stage. To me it is just a lot easier to do load work on when getting a new rig setup. I had wanted a Forster COAX for years, finally snagged one this past summer. It won't replace my RC, but has a place on my bench. I have three Hornady progressive presses and two Dillon square deals, the RC and the Coax all monted on my bench.
I have a couple of younger buddies that started reloading a few years ago, progressives from the start. They have more issues than I ever imagined. As mentioned it's easy to load a bunch of bad ammo in a hurry. One of them loaded close to 2k of 223, all of it is crap, buldged the shoulder. What a mess in an AR. I was always told you had to walk before you could run, and another, "look before you leap". I take heed of that and it has served me well.
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Post by jsh on Nov 27, 2018 19:51:35 GMT -5
Congrats Zane. That is a beauty. Makes me happy all you guys taking game with wheelguns and "first" to boot! Jeff
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Post by jsh on Nov 27, 2018 19:48:53 GMT -5
Congrats, well done. Anything taken with a wheelgun is a trophy. My first deer with a wheelgun was far from my biggest, but it is the best and one I covet the most. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Nov 25, 2018 19:50:56 GMT -5
When I was married the MIL always made Lasagna. She always made enough so ya could take a pan home too. I myself always looked forward to it more than turkey.
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Post by jsh on Oct 22, 2018 7:36:11 GMT -5
Is it me or is GA kind of a shadey place? I see some guns with seemingly low prices.
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Post by jsh on Oct 13, 2018 7:16:34 GMT -5
I wanted a damn T shirt , ;-). I may see what I can do. Buddy of mine I have not seen for a while did print work like that for a long time. A pic of a front sight with that classic quote. "Just a fool with a file...."
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Post by jsh on Oct 12, 2018 18:02:17 GMT -5
Sent ya a text, if your phone is still working.
You do a heck of a job man!
If I did serrations by hand they would be a good seller for those clocked SW barrels. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Oct 7, 2018 22:29:23 GMT -5
I got into IHMSA about 1983-84 and joined in about 86-87. I was a one gun shooter at the time, hardly to pennys to rub together. 10" 7TCU I could shoot P and S in big bore, then got recruited as a spotter for the rest of the day. I learned almost as much from spotting as I did from shooting. Most match days at that time found the line completely full all day long. Once you got to the forth relay that would put 32 shooters on the line at once, with that many and more waiting to get on line. To shoot 3 or 4 guns in a day was a work out. I recall more than once a person would get off of Rams and have to hustle between relays in order to get right back on Chickens and start again. Saturday's were and still are practice day. After 12:00 you could sign up and pay in advance for Sunday. If you got there after 930-1000 on a Sunday you were lucky to find a slot open.
I don't recall but a few Rugers on the line at that point in time in this area, Region 4 Kansas/Missouri shooters. There were Dan Wessons, FA's and some Sevilles, a Colt once in a while and 2-3 Smith&Wessons. I spotted for all of them at one time or another. It always seemed to come down to the Dan Wesson and the FA's, with the FA's taking either ram count or shoot off chickens to win.
I picked up one of my mentors FA in 357 mag a few years back. Had been shooting my buddies FA 44 with some success but just lacked trigger time with the wheel gun. When I went to pick it up, it pained me somthing fierce to see him with all of his gear out with a price tag on it. I noticed he had a Ruger in the box laying next to the FA. "I figured you would want it too" was his response. It was an S410N. He had bought it because his FA was not going to show up till after the Internationals that year in Oak Ridge (the FA arrived the afternoon of the day he left). The Ruger had load sheet and round count card in the box, he had run 360 rounds through it after the 80 round match at Oak Ridge. I had never seen it or heard him mention it until that day. I asked why did you keep it all those years and never used it? He went on and said his first FA was a 44, it never would group consistent. Sent it back and had another barrel put on it and checked out. Got it back, still a problem child. Sold it and ordered a 357. It had issues and he borrowed Jack Bruners 357 and it shot like a laser so he sold his 357 and talked Jack out of his. Jack was a character and always reminded me of what I thought Elmer Keith would have been like to visit with, minus the cigar and hat.
The rear sight is either to wide, or the front to narrow on my S410N. I don't like a lot of daylight on mine as I tend to wander on windage. I did put a Bowen rear on my 10" 357 Maximum, that alone made a huge difference for me.
Dick has me wound up for wheel gun deer this year, so it's about put a number in the hat and draw one. Get my act together I would like to do a grand slam with a wheel gun and CB's, five deer with five different wheel guns. Did that several years back with rifles and cast bullets. A lot of work even if the weather is cool to drag out five by myself, fatter and older. Will see if I am any wiser. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Oct 7, 2018 11:57:52 GMT -5
Another 32-20 fan.
I sure can't top JT's list, but have one he didn't mention. It's a BF falling block, one of the early ones. One of my favorite IHMSA calibers and guns. I know little of the history of this particular gun, but it has an 8 3/4" barrel, suspect it may have been set up for NRA hunter pistol. It is rough exterior finish by most people's standards, but the innards are smooth as glass as is the bore.
I had always been interested in the 32-20 even as a kid. My first rig was a 30-20 TC barrel, .308 bore. I played with it alongside of a 30x221 aka 300 whisper. After a year of playing I liked the rim cartridge better and 221 brass was not easily found. In a MODERN platform there is not enough difference in performance to argue over with bullet weights from 100-220 grains. Treat the brass nice as you would Hornet brass and size to what the chamber tells you to and brass life is as good as any other.
IMO, if the 32-20 had been pushed more such as the 45-70 and 45 Colt with Ruger only type loads of various pressures, the 32 mag and 327 would never have been looked at.
I have not picked up a 32-20 lever gun as of yet. I still have thoughts of a 30-357 or variation of a 30-357 max in a lever gun.
The Buckeye is built like a tank, though I myself steer clear of slow powders. I prefer AA9 in a majority of my loads. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Sept 16, 2018 17:34:50 GMT -5
I will also have to herd you towards the Colt/ACP convertible, I also have one. I got into 44 magnum pretty heavy for years. I had shot some 454 in an FA years ago and just wasn't a fan. I would have down loaded one a fair bit, so why have it. Blackhawk only loads are enough of a handful for me.
The 480 Ruger. A fantastic cartridge IMHO that I wish I would have payed more attention to when it first came out. I don't find it abusive myself.
The "enablers" around here show very little mercy to the weak ones,lol. I won't say I am sixgun poor as I still don't have all I want. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Sept 13, 2018 19:30:28 GMT -5
That drive through zoo deal outside Springfield had a BUNCH of axis deer. I was told later on they were more intended for the big cats than as a critter to look at. Kids thought the place was neat, I thought it was a sorry mess. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Sept 13, 2018 19:16:18 GMT -5
After having played around with trap off and on for a lot of years and a lot of rounds I decided it was time. I had been preached to for years about fit, and thought it was a bunch of hocus. To the point, went with a model 12 because I had never had one. I went with some guys that have shot a bunch and are very good. I was measured up and we looked at a few. The one I liked and felt the best with was bought. The gent at the shop that measured me up said it was a perfect fit for me and would save me a lot of $ in that area.
I have yet to shoot a 25 straight with it. A few 23's and a pile of 24's, must be why it was for sale,must not had all the misses out of it yet. So I don't laugh at the fitting anymore.
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Post by jsh on Sept 9, 2018 18:38:00 GMT -5
No dog pictures,lol. I have been around a few of those Great Pyrenees and never saw them be aggressive towards people. Was going to holler at ya, got my big iron skillet out, rendered off some bacon trimmings and added some more bacon grease. Sliced up an onion, then added a head of cabbage. Fried cabbage for supper tonight.
Got an old time style grocery I go to. They get fifty pound boxes of bacon trimmings. Then repackage to 10 pound boxes, usually about $12-15 for 10 pounds. I sort through it and keep all the good bacon out and use the rest for seasoning. Have no idea who's bacon it is but I have never found any in the stores that will match its smoke and cure.
Ya know ya have had a good meal when you can feel your arteries slam shut :-). Jeff
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Post by jsh on Sept 9, 2018 18:25:34 GMT -5
Stan, if it throws a fit just send it back. First press I bought was a Dillon Square Deal. I was still in high school, bought it with my hay baling money. I think I gave about $80 for it in 44 magnum. Had not a clue what was what when it showed up. There was more than one call a week for a few months. I was on a first name basis with them,lol. Forward about 15 years. Issue after issue, called them, boxed it up, it was back to me in less than a week totally rebuilt. I ordered a kit for 45ACP and 357. Forward about five years and the threads pulled out for the head up on top. Sent back and it was totally fixed and back in short order. I ran across another one for cheap and grabbed it up.
I can't believe what these cost today. Man is better off to buy the 550 if starting from scratch. I have a couple of Hornady lock and loads, but I still use my old rock chucker a lot. Bought a Forster Coax press a while back. Had wanted to try one for years. It is a slick rig.
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