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JohndeFresno

Thanks for the tip! Marked the movie to be saved on Netflix, and am making plans to see it on the big screen. It'll "Make My Day."

JohndeFresno

Joe, Thanks twice. The distance between the screens is 12 inches, with this device. I found a good writeup on several brands of chronographs, with photos and details that might interest you: http://www.realguns.com/Commentary/comar44.htm Oh-Sock, I agree with you! The basic unit is really inexpensiv...

JohndeFresno

I had purchased the Chrony Beta F1 Chronograph approximately a year ago(!) and finally had the chance to mess with it. It was SIMPLE to use, despite the geeky documentation; and turned out to be one of the most entertaining gadgets that I have purchased in recent years. I purchased it for something ...

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I'm going to give Barnes a bit more time before I call them. I am going to wait a bit to see if they might put out a bullet in .429/.430 with their new lead substitute "Silvex". Yes - that's the stuff I was talking about. "Silvex" - not the toxic chemical, but in this case Barne...

JohndeFresno

Thanks for the info; I'm following this with great interest. I have some 250 gr. .45 Barnes bullets for my Marlin 1895 .45-70, but have not hunted with them, yet. The extra weight and charge for the larger rifle might fill the bill. But for your situation - perhaps Barnes will manufacture a flat-nos...

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I'M SORRY I MISSED YOUR BIRTHDAY. I WAS TOO BUSY WATCHING RE-RUNS OF SARAH PALIN'S SPEECHES.

GOSH DARN IT, THOUGH, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! YOU BETCHA!

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Hobie, if I may, and if this is not viewed as a hijack of this fine thread, here is the "Rockefeller Creed." It was given in a speech by the great Capitalist John D. Rockefeller, on July 8, 1941, at a time when he turned the enormous Rockefeller fortune into a movement for good, creating v...

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IF by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; [snip] If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; [snip] If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance ru...

JohndeFresno

Get a Marlin 1895 or 1895G (Guide Gun) in .45-70 (like mine). You can reload it to your heart's content in all sorts of configurations; brass is more plentiful than other large bore brass; and it's the ultimate of cool - a living dinosaur from the days that our nation was wild, wooly and truly free....

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Obama let his true intentions slip with "Joe the Plumber" - it is about socialism and income redistribution - and their hatred of America and our economic system. It is sickening that they have fooled so many people... :evil: Right on. I'm afraid that I started sliding off track on this t...

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my son-in-law is ordered to serve one of the search and seizure warrants like they did in Los Angeles for the .50 caliber gun owners? Of course, I won't get into a shooting situation with anybody, especially family or friends John, With all do respect and in the interest of sane conversation on the...

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'Joe the Plumber' says he has no plumbing license By JOHN SEEWER (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press October 16, 2008 12:53 PM EDT HOLLAND, Ohio - Joe the Plumber said Thursday he doesn't have a license and doesn't need one. Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe the Plumber,"...

JohndeFresno

PawPaw wrote: The bigger question becomes: If the tazer was effective, what are you going to do with it once it's tazed?

Slit its throat, clean it, put it on a spit, and call a Neighborhood Block Party - good for police public relations!

JohndeFresno

...Without the Denny Crane and Alan Shore characters, I would not bother watching the show at all... it is the only TV series with William Shatner that I've watched since the demise of the original Star Trek . I will miss the show when it ends. Right on. When it runs out, there is always Netflix to...

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Correct if I am wrong but I believe I read some where that winnie was coming out with a round to compete with the LE ammo. Cheers Vulcan I've been watching for a competitor to find a way to market the unique soft "memory" tip technology that Hornady holds a patent for; but I haven't heard...

JohndeFresno

Hahahahaha! Great!

JohndeFresno

Tks, '86!

JohndeFresno

Wow - I guess my "final" reply bumped this to the top and gathered some more great info. Thanx, 20vacas, Hobie, and 1886 for the additional loads. This should be enough info to get ANYBODY started on a great load for the classic 30-30 round, since we have a lot of different powders represe...

JohndeFresno

Thanks, all.

I have a lot to work with, now!

JohndeFresno

Thanks, Marc. Good info.

JohndeFresno

I'm waiting for Hornady to start selling the bullets as components for us reloaders! I don't think that they will, since they have the goose with the golden egg - until some competitor like Sierra, or Barnes with their all copper bullet, comes up with a similar soft-tipped bullet and puts it on the...

JohndeFresno

A contributor JMCKENNEY has provided some IMR load info - 2400, Hi-Vel, 4320, Unique, and 3031 - at:
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/sho ... hp?t=24910

Scroll down to JMCKENNEY's post - you can copy and paste the posting as an image file.

JohndeFresno

[quote="TedH"] [snip] Maybe some of you more 'experienced' gentlemen would be able to guess the vintage of these? [snip] /quote]

Ted, I don't know the precise year, but I think the top box was from CCI's "Green Period."

JohndeFresno

Thanx, Kansas Ed!

I'll add this to my ballistics archives. Do you have the exact year and author or other authority cite for this data?

JohndeFresno

Prayers sent for your young sister-in-law, her family, your wife and family, with my sincerest concerns. God is greater than any problem that we have!

JohndeFresno

Yep - same thing happened with health care. It wasn't "fair" that a person had to pay for a $4.00 urinalysis out of their own money, they wanted insurance to cover it (and everything else). Guess what, they and their union bosses pushed for it, and got it. Only problem is - now their prem...

JohndeFresno

The problem is not the politicians. It's the idiots who vote for them! America had the opportunity to vote for a better candidate in the primaries, but chose not to. Now we're stuck with McCain; a man who is so unconvincing that he probably couldn't even convince O.J. Simpson to break the law. I wi...

JohndeFresno

Speaking as a conscientious, honest, restrained and Christian peace officer of over 30 years, I am indeed deeply ashamed of the thugs who wore a badge and deprived the Louisiana residents of their rights and abused their authority, including the California cops (was it Highway Patrol?) who agreed to...

JohndeFresno

Thanks, hfcable! It hurt to type it in... Model55, I tried that cane thing already with one of those canes that is shaped like an exaggerated "J" - the ones that are usually aluminum with a soft rubber handle, bent so that the middle of your palm is at the center of gravity, and the cane b...

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Per Bruce B: O' is Irish as is "Mc". "Mac" is Scottish. Both "Mc" and "Mac" mean "son of". It's confusing, Bruce. I looked up the name "McCain" with reference to the Presidential candidate, and the info source said that his name is Scottish...

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John, D'ya think? Well, in some cases no doubt, but as I stated, in my case I did follow the instructions and cleaned the barrel well. Still got terrible leading. Just like you'd expect from an unlubed bullet. Joe Well, Joe - I guess I'll have to get a little unlazy and clean out my barrels super-c...

JohndeFresno

Maybe some of the complaints I hear speak to the fact that the barrels had fired other rounds before switching to moly. My Taurus saw only fifty jacketed bullets, or less, before I started firing moly ones; and my Marlin 336 fired only 100 or less before I started loading moly bullets. AND they were...

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I'm with the Brit Bobbies! I say it's cane mutiny!!

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The one that starts O' is Irish? Mc is Scottish I think. Either way, I don't think we're at that level yet, but you're certainly setting the stage for a tragedy. Perzactly - brother O'Bama - it must be Irish, right? McCain is indeed a Scottish name. Forget Hannity or O'Reilly, who don't touch on th...

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I have no basis to compare my molybdenum coated bullets with non-coated, but I have had excellent results with the brands that I use: Accuracy and a clean barrel. Many suppliers use this or similar stuff to coat the projectile. As an example, I fire Terry Labbe's Magnus .430 caliber #701M SWC-BB Mol...

JohndeFresno

Wait until that Irish fellow gets elected - the troops will have a lot to do on the domestic front.

JohndeFresno

45Jack wrote:The Constitution may not be perfect, but it's better than what we're using now.

That is just TOO GOOD not to use, with your permission, as part of my byline!

JohndeFresno

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OK, so a large segment of California Levergunners must now walk in lockstep with the lead ban, if they want to hunt in their surroundings. For the .44 Mag Levergun, which of the two Barnes Triple-X offerings appears to be the best general round for deer, hog, general hunting - the 200 or the 220 gra...

JohndeFresno

Griff wrote:Folks seem to enjoy disparagin' "Cowboy" loads like they ain't capable of much... nowhere has anyone volunteered to stand in front of me and be a test subject to determine if those little 185gr bullets @ 700 fps were lethal.

Cowards!

JohndeFresno

Actually, I'll go for the fight stopper being a big bullet!

I personally know a few folks who were sliced and stabbed in a fight who didn't know that they were cut up, and kept fighting; but I have never met nor heard of a person who did not at least slow down when hit with a .45!

JohndeFresno

My setup looks closest to that of Ysabel Kid. I have only about 7 feet of space in one side of my garage for the actual reloading. I have cabinets on all three sides, but the cabinets on one side have a recessed workbench area with cabinets above and below. I use lift-off hinges to take off the top ...

JohndeFresno

Modoc Ed, Thank you for the information. I note that the company also now makes a bullet called MRX - Maximum Range X Bullet - which is tipped with something called "Delrin" (it looks like a blue plastic tip, judging by the pictures) and which is filled with a "patented, tungsten-base...

JohndeFresno

How DARE you call the Lone Ranger "eccentric"! Has anybody here arrested as many bad men as he has? I think not. He was my childhood hero, and was indeed the real Lone Ranger. He arrested many bad guys without blowing holes in them, was a master of disguise, and never insulted a lady. He a...

JohndeFresno

OK, I have studied the Barnes material that I recently purchased. After poring through the Barnes Reloading Manual Nr 4 and comparing it with other sources, I am disappointed, since I really spent the $26.95 plus 7% Sales Tax so that I would have a healthy dose of load recipes to work from. The manu...

JohndeFresno

Thank you for the update, jd45. That would indeed be a healthy wallop with a big, soft slug.

JohndeFresno

There is a special place in hell for politicians like that... Hope that the poor soul repents for his constant lies and misrepresentations, under the authority of a solon. In the words of the Son of God: Mat 23:33-34 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? O g...

JohndeFresno

The original .45 Colt loads had a bullet that had a very small meplat. It appeared to be a copy of an artillery projectile I saw in a book about weapons of the Civil War. The effect of this small meplat design would've been to plow thru the target medium without causing much damage, which might mak...

JohndeFresno

The other thing to consider, with regards to the fact that the bullets are longer than their lead or jacketed counterparts of the same weight, is that a lighter Barnes bullet might do the same thing, and therefore its length might end up being closer to that which you expect with a certain load. The...

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