Today me n the kids seeded 15' kale, 15' spinach, 15' Swiss chard, 45' beets, 45' carrots, 45' cabbage, 15' lettuce, 15' radishes, 15' green onions, 45' peas.
Gotta wait till mid/late may for the...
Type: Posts; User: luna butte
Forum: Our Town
Today me n the kids seeded 15' kale, 15' spinach, 15' Swiss chard, 45' beets, 45' carrots, 45' cabbage, 15' lettuce, 15' radishes, 15' green onions, 45' peas.
Gotta wait till mid/late may for the...
Forum: Our Chapel
Boaz,
My mom was asking me about my church and the type of music that we sing. I told her that we sing about half old and half contemporary, she then asked "do you sing 'the river'?" I wasn't...
Forum: Cast Boolits
so i am sitting here freezing to death with my nads clinkin together and i got to thinking if anyone of you all have ever tried to create a ballistic type point while you are casting? my first...
Forum: Our Town
yes it does. and i got the idea from a homebrew website where they were saying that the hydrogen peroxide and vinegar mixture would "delead" any brass fittings used in the brewing of beer. though...
Forum: Our Town
ive been soaking my cases in water n vinegar or water n citric acid but they always seem to get an orange or pink hue to them after a few minutes of soaking.
so i started googling vinegar and...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
i do plan on packing this pistol when i am out riding fences and checking/gathering cattle as it seems that quite often i have had coyotes parrallel me at about 35-50 yards
this gun shoots pretty...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
my far and away most favorite shot to take is at the neck. very little if any useable meat is wasted and i have never seen one run off when hit in the neck even if the spine is missed. seems to me...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
cool thanks, it just kinda seemed weird but i think i will leave it alone for a while.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
i traded for a 1860 colt army and got to looking at it and it looks as though it came from the factory without any kind of crown put on the barrel. simply cut off at the desired length. after doing a...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
i have nothing against eating a "real squirrel", but the bushy tailed rats that we have frequenting the rock piles around here are not squirrels. our "greydiggers" are more like a cross between a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
that book is very high on my list of priorities. i am having a lot of fun loading on my press. and i was able to successfully degrease the powder measure and adjust it to throw my favorite 3030 load,...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
thank goodness!, my stomach started to turn when i started reading this post (thinking you were about to talk about eating one of those nasty semi-canabalistic desert rats that we have ruining all of...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
yep! an old empty 3 drawer dresser bolted to the wall in the bedroom shall suffice for now. it ought to hold all of my powders and other micsilanea.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
my wife and i took our kids to my brothers house sunday afternoon to open a few gifts and eat dinner with my whole family. well, the last present of the evening had my name on it. i was quite...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
not many tire shops in Cascade Locks. but there are a couple of fishing guides that may be making there own sinkers. you might stop by there and see if they would sell you any WWs.
i scoured the...
yes Larry, but would you shoot the gun empty first or would you somehow clean around the five charged chambers?
completely hypothetical at this point but,
say you are out hiking(checking cows, fixing fence, or whatever) you are packing a cap and ball type pistol when the opportunity to kill off a mangy ol...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
well, i casted up about 80 trashcan minies and started shooting for groups at 60grains of 777 increasing by 5grains every third or fourth shot depending on whether or not i called a flyer. i stepped...
Forum: Rimfire Area
i remember making three fairly impressive shots with my "Wards Western Fielder" bolt action 22 on the same day.
i shot a mud duck out of the air as it made its approach to land in the creek only...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
dang it, i thought i had my terminology correct but i can now see i was wrong again. if you all need me i will be searching the archives, for the lee trash can mold hehe
Forum: Muzzleloading.
alright dudes, i am a bit scared now. i flebayed this mold for cheap and now i am wondering how or what i should use as a lube. LLA, bore butter, or something else? help me out please
oh yea, i...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
this quote i find interesting, Are the improved minnies a satisfactory hunting bullet? i have read on here that alot of folks are using around 80g of powder with them so i thought i would start there...
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 |