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I have a ferocious guilty conscience....can't do that.

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That looks like fun....ya did great!

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The new gun will make you happier, longer.

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Because then the brass would be different lengths and we would complain about it.

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Here in NM we used to have gun shows at the state fairgrounds but our ultra-left governor declared that no further gun transactions will be done in state-owned buildings. She seems to think that notoriety will get her somewhere. Maybe someday she'll advance to being a WallyWorld greeter.

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My solution to that is to avoid TVs and to never go to movies. I have no reason to watch people pretending to be someone they're not.

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About a year ago I saw a new Winchester 1885 in .218 Bee in a gun shop in the Ft Worth area. The price was reasonable....still kicking myself for not buying it. It was a slick little gun.

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I agree with Scott. Putting the entire blame-game aside, this is a sad story, tragic in that it impacted so many lives. The family of Halyna Hutchins, fellow crew members including director Joel Souza, certainly young Hannah Gutierrez Reed and her family and even Alec Baldwin have all had their live...

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Be sure that if you take your shotgun, you keep it tied to yourself with a short lanyard. That way if you're distracted by all the pain meds and the constant bzzzzzing of the drill, the dentist doesn't try to wrestle it from you.

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From what I've read, Baldwin paid off the cinematographer's husband and then offered him an assistant director's job when the filming continued. What a slap in the face!

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I have a friend who moved from Colorado to Arkansas four years ago. She says it's easy to identify non-native people cuz they're the only ones who have teeth.

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Best dog I ever had was a female Dobermann. She understood me well. My old coyote hunting buddy, long gone, used to tell me he had a hard time communicating with his German Shorthair bird dog using one word commands. He said my dog clearly understood complete sentences. I do miss her. My wife wants ...

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I'd love to see them! Congratulations, snkbittin, that's quite an endorsement coming from old Six.

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The sights were the original adjustable rear and ramp front sights shooting at a white 12" steel gong at 100 yards. BTW, a 19th century American sportsman named E.E. Patridge invented the squared-off Patridge front sight and flat-bottom square rear sight.

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In the late 70s and early 80s I shot a lot. My most accurate Ruger was a stainless 7 1/2" SBH which surprised me on a number of occasions with 5 shot sub 4" groups off hand at 100 yards. I owned a lot fewer guns at that time which was likely a contributing factor.

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Hello Snkbittin, I'm a type 1 diabetic which means I don't produce any insulin naturally at all. My biggest help in this has been getting a continuous glucose monitor which eliminates all the finger sticks except when calibrating the monitor. My wife is a health nut so she keeps me pretty well in li...

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I have an old screen-type Competition Electronics chronograph which is such an aggravation to use that it only comes along on special occasions. I also have a MagnetoSpeed but its practical use is only for rifles so those both have very limited applications. The Garmin's best features in my opinion ...

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My motorcycle riding buddy recently bought an RIA 1911 in 10mm. The first time out it became obvious that the ambidextrous safety contacted the knuckle of the trigger finger after a couple of shots, putting the gun out of action. I removed the right hand safety and the problem was resolved. It seems...

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My son bought one of these chronographs a month or so ago and he was so impressed with it that I looked into them as well. These units were not generally available but he had managed to find one; I got an email from Dillon Precision saying they had a few of them on hand so I ordered one. I'm impress...

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I have an early Kimber; it's probably the most reliable of my four 1911s.

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Man, that's a beautiful gun! The pinnacle of the gunmaker's art...

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Scott, those 3 1/2" model 27s were some of the wickedest-looking revolvers ever made. I wish I had one. Congratulations on finding one....and good shooting!

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Doc AJ, that's a mighty fine prescription endorsement, coming from you!

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I load for way fewer calibers than you, maybe 25 or so and they're all standard calibers, no antiques. I have about 60 molds and I've grown more and more fond of aluminum molds like from Accurate Molds. Years ago I bought a couple of used Lee molds but I don't like them. I probably have half a dozen...

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I don't have any grass to cut. I do have a section about 10' wide and 150' long next to the street where alfalfa grows. I use my wheeled string trimmer to cut that down 3 or 4 times per summer but that's the extent of my mowing. Most people in this community don't even do that. We had some high wind...

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Six, the average annual precipitation in Albuquerque is about 9.5" but there's quite a bit more up in the mountains. I admit that lack of water in the form of streams and lakes is one of the negatives for the state. Colorado has way more water than NM. You've seen the pictures from our border w...

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Hey Six! the front of those shoes looks like a great place to keep your potatoes! Toe jam just adds to the flavor.

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GK, I've been in NM since 1960. A young gal enticed me to leave for about 18 months during which time I lived in the San Diego area in the mid 70s. I was So glad to get back to NM. I admit that it's at the bottom of the list in terms of median income, health care, schools, etc. but I still love it b...

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Six, our part of New Mexico doesn't get any very extreme temps. In the winter it rarely gets below 10° F (and this is at my place at 6900' elevation) and in the summer we may get a couple of days over 100°. The humidity in the winter runs around 15-25% and is around 50-60% during the summer. When ou...

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I went on my normal 2 mile walk at 4:30 this morning; the thermometer said it was 50°. Surprisingly warm for this time of year. We have rain forecast throughout the day and considerably colder temps later in the week with high winds. I'm ready for warm, calm weather so I can get in some decent shoot...

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Oldncrusty, Dave Scovill is the former editor of Rifle magazine as well as Handloader. He has some good, practical advice in his book, "Loading and Shooting the Peacemaker". Besides, there are some beautiful pictures of Single Action Armies in the book.

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The other thing to take into consideration is that your loads may not need to be crimped if your brass has a firm grip on your bullets. If you load your cylinder full, fire five and then inspect the sixth round for bullet movement, you may find that there's no need to crimp any of your rounds and in...

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Congratulations, Oldncrusty! I'm sure you will have a wonderful time with it. Put some honest wear on it!

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I once saw something at Costco that I thought was remarkable. There was a punk skinhead going out the door in front of me, his pants down low so he was showing half his underwear. He had earrings and tattoos and a wife-beater t-shirt, had the swagger of a gang member but the cart he was pushing was ...

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I went to Costco for groceries and some other stuff yesterday. Those screaming, struggling, fighting bluehairs. Ya gotta get a good run at 'em with a shopping cart to get them to move outta the way. They stand around those food sampling booths and take up the entire aisles. I'm going to take a can o...

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Congratulations, Vall....what a pleasant surprise!

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Speaking of spam calls, I have eliminated them from coming to my phone. My greeting, if I don't recognize the caller, is "Please leave a message or I will block your number". Seems a little blunt but if there's no return call within a couple of minutes I do block that number. It works well...

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Scott, when I want to sort cases by length, I lock my caliper down at either the longest or shortest cases to be separated and use that as a case length gauge. Saves the headache from squinting at head stamps.

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Jason, I believe the problem lies in the low velocities at which you're shooting. Your 1:38" twist is simply not stabilizing your bullets. Even from a rifle your cast bullets are probably doing less than 1200 fps and the jacketed bullets are going even slower. The idea behind the long twist was...

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Jason, are you casting your own bullets? If shooting something like Lyman's 429215 (215 gr GC) at higher velocity doesn't solve the problem, I would try sizing your bullets larger to maybe .431 to start. Shooting undersized bullets will sure cause keyholing. Good luck!

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Like you Six, I'm a homebody. A perfect day is when I can hang around the house, maybe cast some bullets, load ammo and fondle my favorite single actions. I do love New Mexico and get up into the mountains with an ATV whenever I can and the weather is warm. I also love riding my bike within an hour ...

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Gunny, in the fourth edition of the Accurate Arms loading manual it gives the following data:

bullet weight...60 gr type...Hornady flat point
powder...AA1680 primer...CCI400 brass...WW
charge....12.0 grains velocity...1875 fps
maximum charge...13.5 grains velocity...2142 fps

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Yep, Askins had a pretty aggressive style; passivity and humility were not in his DNA. He once gave a talk in a crowded auditorium in Albuquerque and possibly drawing from his Border Patrol service said, "Well, Mexicans aren't real men", whereupon you coulda heard a pin drop for the next f...

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Well, Askins also said something like, "People who complain about the recoil of a .44 mag must wear lace-lined panties.". It may not be an ideal gun or caliber for law enforcement but within a handgun's limitations it has few peers. It may be the upper limits of power that most people can ...

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I love my kids and their spouses (spice?) but I'll admit that while I love to see them come, I also love to see them go.

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AJ, I would be proud to have you as my physician.

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I agree, Six. The muslims are a primitive people, a primitive society. Marco Polo back in the 1300s said, "It may be the radical muslim who beheads the Christian, but the moderate muslim will hold his feet." The worst thing is that they multiply like rats. They move into countries like Eng...

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Thanks, Jim! Yep, it's a great story.

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Regarding the cap; my shooting buddy was a top shelf Case Construction Equipment tech. He retired about a year ago and gave me that Case cap.

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