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    My last job was working at a trash transfer...

    My last job was working at a trash transfer station I was the company mechanic and I would fill in filling the outbound trailers I was amazed at what is discarded in America we got compactors from...
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    I settled on a Monarch 10EE for most of the work...

    I settled on a Monarch 10EE for most of the work in my shop but I have a Summit 16x60 gap bed and I find I have a good setup ran the shop as a general machine and repair shop for about 20 years
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    I bought a Pedersoli sharps rifle 45/70 with a...

    I bought a Pedersoli sharps rifle 45/70 with a curved buttstock it was painful to shoot any more than a couple of shots and at the competition I shoot it is 25 shots. I now have a shotgun buttstock...
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    I started out with a small lathe to play on soon...

    I started out with a small lathe to play on soon moved up to a 12x36 Rockwell I then traded it in on a 10 ee Monarch which I still have and never will part with as a larger lathe I have a 18x60...
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    I shoot my Shilo sharps 45-70 in a 300 yard open...

    I shoot my Shilo sharps 45-70 in a 300 yard open sight competition, there is a guy that has a whole shop dedicated to black powder and flintlocks I use his bore cleaner and his bullet lube I shoot 25...
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    Poll: I use my tig gloves when casting very flexible as...

    I use my tig gloves when casting very flexible as far as leather gloves go.
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    I was working on a small river reclamation...

    I was working on a small river reclamation project up in the state of Connecticut and I just dumped a load of rip rap out in the water so Roy could reach it with the excavator when he swung back he...
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    the last gun I bought was a 38-55 Winchester 94...

    the last gun I bought was a 38-55 Winchester 94 octagon barrel made in 1906 presentable condition with a very nice bore a couple of weeks before that purchase I found a nice Winchester 95 30 Kreig...
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    I ended up with my grandads 32 short H&R top...

    I ended up with my grandads 32 short H&R top break with a 6 inch barrel and nickel plating and I have a Colt solid frame 32 short with a 4 inch barrel I make bullets for both light loads they are fun...
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    Aistep my Mack is a double over triplex with a...

    Aistep my Mack is a double over triplex with a newer Mack 260 hp. engine it rolls I used to own and drive an Autocar with a 4x4 trans, I hauled tons and tons with a Brockway triaxle with a 318 and a...
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    I have a 58 B model Mack that I have fixed up to...

    I have a 58 B model Mack that I have fixed up to use every once in a while someone will ask if I will sell it, I built a 32 ford pickup hotrod and at the car shows I get asked is it for sale. Funny...
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    I too have been shooting 45/70 nickel plated...

    I too have been shooting 45/70 nickel plated cases for years in my single shot guns I don't have any idea how many times they have been used with black powder no crimp just push the bullet tip in by...
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    The one machinist that I had in my shop working...

    The one machinist that I had in my shop working part time used to be the boss in a shop in Wilks-Barre Pa. that machined the cast receivers for Springfield arms company. I was down in that shop many...
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    I spent all day cutting up and melting down into...

    I spent all day cutting up and melting down into the one or so lbs. bars I ended up with 92 lbs plus of melted down roof flashing and another 6 lbs. of lead my dentist gave me. I will be looking to...
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    I replaced the washer and dryer about 20 years...

    I replaced the washer and dryer about 20 years ago with Miele's still working good was quite a bit to pay for but my cousin is on his third washer in the same time frame. I got a good deal on a...
  16. I have a Winchester 73 chambered in 22 short you...

    I have a Winchester 73 chambered in 22 short you could not shoot it the chamber and bore was bad I installed a 22 liner and cut the chamber with a friends chamber tool. I questioned my wanting to fix...
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    I was a Cat mechanic back in the early 70's and...

    I was a Cat mechanic back in the early 70's and worked on most every cat engine then moved on to head mechanic for fleets and heavy equipment until forced retirement over a back injury. I ran my own...
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    I purchased a little Marlin 22 fifty four years...

    I purchased a little Marlin 22 fifty four years ago and my 410 shotgun I had for fifty seven years
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    I just a month ago had the left and right eyes...

    I just a month ago had the left and right eyes done, I couldn't get the corrective lenses my right eye had so much iron in the eye the surgeon said no. But I went from 20-40 to 20-20 in the left and...
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    Hello, new guy here I have a reading turret, the...

    Hello, new guy here I have a reading turret, the big reading press, a star for 38's, hollywood press, dillon 550, hornady turret, I use the reading turret and hollywood press the most.
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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