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JohndeFresno

Healers and support staff are among the few groups of folks who have my deep respect and appreciation. Good job, Doc AJ!

JohndeFresno

I have put this great old classic cowboy tale on my Internet folder before, but this time it is a "searchable" PDF file, at least on most computers, cell phones and tablets with the free PDF reader. Yes, this is Public Domain and legal. You should be able to click on the chapters in the Ta...

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...If there was ever a case of just a simple prevarication by an otherwise scrupulous man to avoid such nonsense then this was it.... Not being a commercial driver my first question is why would he stop to begin with ?..... Yes, Ray, he is honest as the day is long. He stopped because the sign said...

JohndeFresno

Wow, a lot of Lefty regulars here! I am another one. Write and draw (very primitively) left handed. Oldest right handed brothers handed down their baseball mitts to my older Lefty brother who then passed them on to me. Boxing gloves and baseball bats were orientation neutral, so I was a switch hitte...

JohndeFresno

Thanks, Rusty. Forwarding this information to him.

JohndeFresno

..many states, incl. NM, OK, MO, TN & TX, and some others (but those are the most visible), will often target rental trucks as they have historically been popular in drug trafficking...An expensive education. Agree with the 2nd part of the above quote. And take Oklahoma as a place to visit off ...

JohndeFresno

Stevie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:31 am ...Would seem that Oklahoma considers the furniture moving handy-man a commercial moving company that did not bother to weigh his vehicle or obtain his licences/permits...LEO's have been busy!

Yup. But apparently, one LEO had too much time on his hands.

JohndeFresno

Thanks, Griff. But I see a problem with this one-time thing. I suppose because my friend was so straightforward, he did not get fined more. Who the heck knows all this?? As a cop for over 32 years, I never knew that if I moved Granny's furniture and accepted, say, $100 plus meals for a nationwide tr...

JohndeFresno

Yes, I am holding my hands over both ears so that folks can't see the steam coming out. This kind of stuff can turn good citizens into cop haters.

JohndeFresno

This is definitely not Leverguns related, but this forum is where I spend my time and trust the input of Levergunners and (in this case) LE, ex-peace officers, and or friends who work in the Courts - especially Oklahomans. Close friend agrees to transport some furniture in a Penske U-Haul truck for ...

JohndeFresno

Blaine, I am thinking in terms of a handy yet powerful single load that is interchangeable for survival, defense, and small to medium game, if a future situation required light carry and one loading setup. Bug out situations, which is not such a far stretch of the imagination these days. Think Old W...

JohndeFresno

This is an eye-opener. So... Why do folks keep posting all this ballyhoo, even here, that a .44 Mag levergun and handgun make a great one-load combination?? Am I reading correctly that a .45 Colt load is, across all or most reputable (modern) firearm brands, more likely to be compatible for rifle AN...

JohndeFresno

YES Born in '45 and I remember ALL that stuff, except for the bit about the bulldozers. And then those drills in the 5th and 6th grade where we would dive under the schoolroom tables, as if we would be able to seek cover quick enough after seeing a bright flash and realizing that it was Apocalypse t...

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Oregon Trail / Laser Cast recently sent an e-mail to its customers with a mid-December cutoff date for bullet component orders. This was based on the upcoming Jan 1st California law banning Internet sales of ammunition and the confusion surrounding what that means. "Ammunition" has a nebul...

JohndeFresno

Terrific photos and guns!

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Yes, heal well and quickly. Prayers up.

JohndeFresno

Dohhhp! Yes - thanks. Senior moment. Expander ball is in sizer. Of course. Time to take some memory pills. Probably should delete the post!

JohndeFresno

In the latest issue of Handloader (HL312, Feb-March 2018) Brian Pearce writes his "Pet Loads" article about "44 S&W Special +P Handloads". He says on Pg. 47 that "the expander ball should measure at least .003 or (better) .004 inch smaller than the bullet diameter to ach...

JohndeFresno

Excellent info - archived!

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OldWin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2017 3:22 pm Thanks buddy. I forget sometimes......

+1... Don't we all?

JohndeFresno

Outstanding - Thanks!
Ordered two of the bear enjoying the cheap ammo patron... Fair price.

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BlaineG wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2017 10:14 pm Lenn, you're a genius.

Definitely +1

JohndeFresno

Milton and Earl (and whoever else uses QuickLoad), It seems that the bullet files were expanded, but the powders are apparently unchanged between 3.8 and 3.9 - at a glance. I use QuickLoad extensively so it was worth $25 for the update, to me. I did not keep all the revisions on my computer tables, ...

JohndeFresno

Mlton,
I don't have a list of updates; I merely make a file from the actual tables, and there are a lot of them.

But you can make a comparison if you wish from the previous Version 3.8 listing that I posted earlier:
https://app.box.com/s/tcph6u2vxhlt3t1gqxf4m434mdnitvhn

John

JohndeFresno

Always glad to be of help, Earl. Bear in mind if and when you upgrade, you need to keep a backup of the old system. For one thing, I have to change back all of the gun categories that I have entered, because it resets to the 4 or 5 sample rifles that come with the program. And then there are several...

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The update is listed at Necco for around 15 bucks as I recall, but after shipping costs the real price for the update disc is about $25.00, if you have a fairly current version that allows you the update price. Here is the latest listing of powders covered in QuickLoad - Click on my archive server: ...

JohndeFresno

Wow - fantastic. Thank you very much. Archived!

JohndeFresno

JimT wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:36 am At our age:
- never look in the mirror before you have had coffee
- do not use the phrase "Trickle down" in any kind of sentence
- if you wake up and nothing hurts, check the Obituary page

That's me all over, Mable!!

JohndeFresno

All of the above makes perfect sense to me. But being a much simpler man than many here, no actual college degree and therefore certainly not a Fudd (PhD or whatever), I reacted from one recent abysmal failure at Remington. Their much ballyhooed new handgun intended for life and death self defense t...

JohndeFresno

VERY LITTLE FREE TIME to read all of the above answers, so forgive me if this has already been covered. In direct response to the question, see this: https://support.speedtest.net/hc/en-us/articles/203845210-What-speeds-do-I-need-for-Skype-Netflix-video-games-etc- Includes this answer: "... Onl...

JohndeFresno

“ In 1916 and ’17 as Captain of Ordnance I had charge of the Army Machine Gun Schools, first on the Mexican Border, then at Springfield. In those days, Frankford Arsenal made the .30-’06 cartridge case of very hard brass to make extraction easier and to improve the functioning in machine guns… we we...

JohndeFresno

Actually, the endowment and Award Ceremony was set up three years ago.

Any Leverguns Forum member is welcome to contribute to this worthy cause. Tax deductible, of course. No - wait - under the new tax plan, it ain't.

JohndeFresno

As a three time award winner of the JohndeFresno Association Shooter of the Year and Coolest Man Alive, I am glad to share notes with such a fine collections of Shootists.

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Visible and noticable security in the parking lot will be the primary targets of an armed attacker attempting to massacre the congregation. Whether they are armed or not. To effectively stop such a cowardly attack, the element of surprise is an enhancement. A person hoping to alter the outcome of i...

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Visible and noticable security in the parking lot will be the primary targets of an armed attacker attempting to massacre the congregation. Whether they are armed or not. To effectively stop such a cowardly attack, the element of surprise is an enhancement. A person hoping to alter the outcome of i...

JohndeFresno

...As to the pelvic shot, I wouldnt be in a hurry to promote it. https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?4330-Shots-to-the-Pelvis Great research piece - Thank you! I never quit learning things at this site. As matter of fact, I settled on the abdomen shots for my wife's home defense as noted some 3...

JohndeFresno

I'd still go with two to the chest, one to the head. I've trained that way for decades. I'd likely just do it without thinking. But, I do like the availability of a pelvic shot to put someone down on the ground (I tend to carry big slow rounds). Psychologically a person is often less able to overco...

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All uh these is funny!!

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There are just a few of us in my small church. Irregularly scheduled exterior patrols may be armed or not. They have effectively discouraged auto burglary thieves since the same suspicious person was "politely" confronted in our lot twice within a two week period. And parking lot patrollin...

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Sadly my church frowns, officially, on armed congregants. Unofficially our priests know who the usually armed folks are. There are only two with CCW's the rest are either current or retired law enforcement.... Same here. In fact, if you look at the videos of the Sutherland Springs, Texas church, ou...

JohndeFresno

...wealthy parishioners park their Cadillacs and BMW's as close to the door... so everyone can see what they own...this furthers my belief that...most people are hypocrites. Of course they are, including me at times. I have never met anybody inside or outside the church who isn't one, to some degre...

JohndeFresno

Thank you for the great post, Paul!

JohndeFresno

I'm addicted to the old western movies so I'will get lots of mileage out of this link, Pitchy! Last year, my middle grandson ran a special cable (HDMI?) from my computer to my TV so I can watch Internet movies on my big screen TV. I had no idea that you could do that... Ain't that a pip! Yup, our 9...

JohndeFresno

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2017 6:00 am Great to see old, great friends warm themselves in each other's company.

Yes, indeed.

JohndeFresno

Absolutely fascinating.

It reminds me of happy childhood hours while enraptured and watching the old Green Hornet, Don Winslow bf the Navy, and other early serials and monster and haunting movies.

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Malamute,
Hornady data for the 200 XTP tops out at 7 grains for the 44 Special and then starts at 11.4 grains in the Magnum cartridge.

Too hot for the Special, maybe too light for Magnum jacketed round.

JohndeFresno

You are welcome. QL is usually just a tad high when checked against the chronograph, at least on my 44 Mag and 45 Colt loads. I attributed that to cylinder gas escaping from the revolver, which may not be compensated for in theoretical tables. That is, perhaps the rifle and semi-auto predictions are...

JohndeFresno

Using that same application, I see: 4" barrel: 22,681 Max psi, 99.51% burn, 1066fps, 504 ft. lbs 6: barrel: 22,681 Max psi, 100% burn, 1211fps, 651 ft. lbs As for previous threads mentioning Unique with 200 gr. XTP loads - do either of these 2 links help? https://www.levergunscommunity.org/view...

JohndeFresno

I have not tried this load - don't currently have a .44 Mag levergun. But QuickLoad Ballistic Software has given creditable results with .44 Mag loads when checked against my Chrony ballistic chronometer. And it has been close or right on with all of my Hornady loads, so far, once I entered a few co...

JohndeFresno

...A lot of you have complained about your time being wasted...sometimes it's your fellow customers or maybe even you. If you're the one that wants talk endlessly about their knowledge of guns and their shooting abilities yada, yada, yada. HEAR HEAR! Every medium to large gun store has these ubiqui...

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