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    Also useful for packing lightly into air intakes...

    Also useful for packing lightly into air intakes for refrigerators, freezers, etc. to keep mice from getting in and eating the wiring (suggested by a local appliance repairman who came and fixed...
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    Sticky: Pigslayer: This is an "oldie", but maybe I can...

    Pigslayer: This is an "oldie", but maybe I can help. Modern-Bond made a couple of variants of their own lube-sizer design - a bit beefier (as you note) than the Ideal / Lyman ones - but around the...
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    Does anyone know what that weird "upside-down"...

    Does anyone know what that weird "upside-down" revolver Piper Pieralbo ("Annie Walker") flourishes in the "Covert Affairs" TV series? PM me, as I don't get over here too often anymore.

    Floodgate
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    A friend of my Dad's gave me a single-shot bolt...

    A friend of my Dad's gave me a single-shot bolt action "Hardware Store" .22 LR - that he had won in a bar on a punch board (who remembers those?) about 1941 that got me started; my buddy Ted had a...
  5. Forum: Cast Boolits

    Liberty: Depends on your interests. Nos. 3...

    Liberty:

    Depends on your interests. Nos. 3 and 4 are better for reloading info. The 1973 is the best overall display of the whole array of bullet designs (past and current, with photos) and...
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    Forum: Our Town

    Wife has made ALL our soap for last 25+ years;...

    Wife has made ALL our soap for last 25+ years; basic "manteca" (lard) and lye (have to get it from chem. supply house - "Red Devil" has been pulled from the market as "hazmat"!!!), plus occasional...
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    Forum: Our Town

    In the current "NEWSPEAK" used by the press, many...

    In the current "NEWSPEAK" used by the press, many novelists and mystery writers, and even some police and courts, a "bullet" means a complete loaded round. That's why we invented the term "BOOLITS"...
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    jabilli: "In general arguing online is silly...

    jabilli:

    "In general arguing online is silly and pointless- I don't think anyone in the history of the internet has looked at a counter-statement and thought, "You know, I might have been seeing...
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    That was the version of the No.55 that was...

    That was the version of the No.55 that was offered before 1951, when the triple-slide adjustment was added. It is the same as the old black cast iron No. 5's that were offered 1900 - 1947 or so by...
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    Forum: Our Town

    A friend and I were out in our open Jeep when we...

    A friend and I were out in our open Jeep when we spotted a large snake alongside the dirt road. We stopped to look at him and saw he was a big gopher snake, with narrow head and no rattles, though...
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    Early '73?

    Hiram:

    From the tip of the "ramrod" (really a cleaning rod) in your photo - with the multiple jags - it looks like that might be an early (1873 - 1878) .45-70 Trapdoor. Is the cut under the...
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    An old boy (mid-80's) in the Upper Mojave Desert...

    An old boy (mid-80's) in the Upper Mojave Desert where I lived in the '60's had a pair of special-order 1895 Short Rifles (NOT carbines) in .30-'03, in which he used hellacious hand loads. He would...
  13. Thread: 1899 Savage

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    Forum: Leverguns

    If you closely compare Savage 99's above and...

    If you closely compare Savage 99's above and below the 90,000 serial "break point", you may notice some upsettage and possibly the start of a crack in the receiver at the left rear corner. This led...
  14. Thread: sight angles

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    OK: This inspired me to design a long range...

    OK:

    This inspired me to design a long range tang sight, with a staff CURVED along an arc struck from the center of the front sight, so the aperture would ALWAYS be square-on to the line of sight. ...
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    Dave: They did come in the No. 3 with S/A die;...

    Dave:

    They did come in the No. 3 with S/A die; Albert has one on his website. His photo shows what looks like a "40" as the die code, which is the correct one for the .38 Long Colt in the...
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    3-IN-1 oil? Not my preference, though I believe...

    3-IN-1 oil? Not my preference, though I believe they reformulated it some years back. Back in the '40's and '50's, it used to dry to a heavy, rubbery varnish after a few years in storage. I must...
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    Forum: Swaging

    .30 Cal. Copper Jackets

    I have available a package of .30 caliber copper jackets for swaged bullets. They are 1.00" long x 0.305" diameter, 0.020" wall, 59 grs. each, totaling about 4 1/2 lbs. = 500+ pieces - $35.00...
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    I am NOT a hunter (not against huntng, just never...

    I am NOT a hunter (not against huntng, just never got into it) but, living on a rural 5 acres with small livestock (pigs, goats and sheep) and poultry, with mtn. lions, bobcats and ratcoons, we've...
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    skeettx: Do you still have either of these...

    skeettx:

    Do you still have either of these tools? If so, I am very interested in either or both. Please PM me.

    floodgate
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    Forum: Our Town

    Don't sweat the details about guns and calibers -...

    Don't sweat the details about guns and calibers - he does better than many other authors; just enjoy the books - and hit Netflix up for the CD. Also, try the Swedish police procedurals by Henning...
  21. Thread: New Remlin!

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    I wanted a plain .22 LR single-shot for plinking...

    I wanted a plain .22 LR single-shot for plinking and light target work at the range, and got the little Savage with molded stock and integral trigger guard and the Accu-Trigger, which was what I was...
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    Catshooter: Thanks! I'm not having problems. ...

    Catshooter:

    Thanks! I'm not having problems. No panel in the shop (3-wire 120 v.), just a powerstrip with overload cutoff, and no ground rod. I do have a 3-wire (#10 solid, 175 ft., center...
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    One problem that has not been discussed is that...

    One problem that has not been discussed is that of an outbuilding (barn, shop, trailer or "man-cave") fed from the house breaker-box. Codes differ as to whether you should carry the ground (not the...
  24. Max it: PM me; I'll pay the postage and bury...

    Max it:

    PM me; I'll pay the postage and bury it for you!

    floodgate
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    It is especially important now that "bullet" is...

    It is especially important now that "bullet" is used - more often than not - in newspapers, novels and even police reports to refer to complete loaded rounds.

    "My hobby is re-filling spent...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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