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Forum: Hunting with CB's
Congrats from the Thumb. You did better than me I’m 0 for everything.
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
That looks great. Very unique.
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Forum: Our Town
I know about where kids have their heads. Mine are in the same boat. But they will have a good support system. Maybe this grand baby will quiet my wife down about wanting to adopt a Chinese baby....
Forum: Our Town
That’s a great saying about letting your kids live. That would make a great tee shirt or coffee cup or sign.
With grandkids you can get them all sugared up, give them all the noisy toys and the...
Forum: Our Town
Well congrats to you !
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Forum: Our Town
Found out a bit ago that my son and his fiancé are with child. The baby is due in May 2018 I believe. They’re hoping for a boy. I keep teasing them it’s twin girls. Wife and I just really hope for a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I just called my local scrap yard early this week. They still sell lead for $.85 a lb and wheel weights for $.65 a lb. I think they buy lead for
$.45 a lb.
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Didn't think of loading a reduced load. Don't have any round ball. Got some REAL 320 some SSTs and Great Plains. Was thinking of a reduced shot gun type load. Trying to limit collateral damage. Also...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks for the replies. I think I can get lead shot from my dads basement. Maybe able to get the cork from my dads basement also. In the meantime I got the Benjamin Sheridan .177 loaded and waiting....
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Anybody have a load for .50 cal MZ. I'm thinking of trying some BBs in a sabot that are covered with wax maybe over a 50 grn pyrodex pellet.
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Forum: Our Town
I guess because UPS only has to make 1 delivery to PO instead of say making 15 stops down back roads. But they still have to deliver the big stuff. It does delay delivery a day sometimes 2. It sucks...
Forum: Our Town
For quite a while now when my wife orders stuff like clothes and shoes and other small stuff. If it gets shipped UPS it gets sent to our PO and the mailman delivers it.
Not sure if FedEx does the...
Forum: Our Town
At my work we do a lot of bulk mailing. It's cheaper for us to mail out of Flint PO (45 mins away) than to mail out of our local PO (5min away). Reason being if we mailed everything out of Lapeer...
Forum: Our Town
Hardcast I see your from the thumb. Same here. My son played in the Mayville marching band on Memorial Day. After the parade they went to the local old folks home and played for them. Then they went...
Forum: Our Town
My son will be marching in our parade with his HS marching band on Memorial Day. On the Saturday before MD we (Boy Scouts)are helping the local American Legion post put flags on the graves of the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Great shooting!! How's the wind situation where your shooting?
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
How do veggie wads compare to cardboard wads (.020) ? I haven't tried less powder. My local sports outfitter made those suggestions also.
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
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That's funny. It put a smile on my face.
I know 1 problem is I don't have mold for 50 cal Minnie.
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Does all the good advice apply to just the 58 cal or does it apply to 50 cal too?
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
I tried the hornady Great Plains 385 gr with 100 grains (by volume ) T7 ff with out any wads and I was all over the target.
In a 1/28 twist.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I'm trying to rust it up with salt water. It's been sitting for a few days haven't had a chance to look at it yet today.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
After a day and a half of being filled with water no rust on the muffin tin. So I added some salt to the water and refilled the cavities. We'll see how that works to rust it up. Salt and water works...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I ended up scrubbing the muffin tin pan cavities with bar keepers friend then filled it with water hopefully it will rust some. I haven't had a chance to look at it for a while. If it doesn't rust up...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
If I didn't have this one. One like Frontier has would be awesome to have.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
No she tried helping. Lol. She seen me using my bunny mold that was getting beat up. She said I could have an old muffin tin she didn't use anymore. I thought I was good to go. Lol. Didn't research...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |