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I own and regularly shoot four .41Magnum revolvers.
I have two BlackHawks, a new model and an old model, a S&W 57 and a Dan Wesson.
Probably my favorite handgun caliber...I would have...
Type: Posts; User: 375supermag
Hi..
I own and regularly shoot four .41Magnum revolvers.
I have two BlackHawks, a new model and an old model, a S&W 57 and a Dan Wesson.
Probably my favorite handgun caliber...I would have...
Forum: Our Town
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Add me to the list of people who still read books.
I study military history, mostly WWII and paleontology.
I have an extensive library in my den and am constantly adding to it.
Many of the...
Forum: Our Town
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24°F here in south central Pennsylvania.
Started snowing about an hour ago
Weather prognosticators are predicting 2"-5" of accumulation.
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My first handgun other than a .22LR was a Ruger Security Six that was bought for my first wife and I when we started shooting competitively back in the late '70s- early '80s time frame. It was...
Forum: Our Town
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Spent a lot of time hunting deer and black bear plus hiking in Elk County. Pa.
Seen plenty of elk but never saw any moose.
I do not believe they exist in Pennsylvania.
Most of my time in...
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Not sure if I posted about my most recent handgun acquisition but earlier this year I bought a new to me blued Virginian Dragoon in. 357Magnum with a 5-1/2" barrel.
Didn't need another...
Forum: Leverguns
Not for me...
The older I get the less psuedo tactical firearms appeal to me.
While I have one AR and a couple of SKS rifles, my focus is wood and blued steel bolt actions and lever actions, ...
Forum: Our Town
I have several old Mauser rifles, SKS carbines and a bring back German Luger as well as a former police officer's Model 10.
No idea if the were ever used to take a life.
Forum: Our Town
Every firearm I own are going to my son when I am done with them.
None will be sold...he already refers to them as his and I am OK with that.
Forum: Our Town
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Your experience was much better than mine.
My son and I drove over an hour to a gun show in Lebanon, Pa only to find a sign on the door of the exhibition hall at the Lebanon Co. fair grounds...
Forum: Our Town
I have a pump action .22LR that I bought in 1968 or 69.
Haven't shot it in years and years. About the only rimfire I shoot is through a couple of .22LR revolvers and a lever action Marlin .22Magnum....
Forum: Reloading Equipment
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Currently running two RockChuckers and two Hornady LNL progressives.
One Rock Chucker for test rounds and small batches of handgun ammunition. The other Rock Chucker is used for rifle...
I have always had good success with Hornady pistol bullets in my revolvers.
Fine accuracy and good expansion.
Last purchase was a week ago or so.
A .357Magnum Virginian Dragoon...didn't need another .357 but I have this affinity for Virginian Dragoons and I just couldn't walk away from it.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I put a Hornady LED light strip on my RockChucker years ago when they first offered them for sale.
Inexpensive and really helps illuminate the press opening.
Forum: Our Town
I have tried a few different teas and finally settled on Bigelow Earl Grey. I drink too many cups every day for the last 30+ years...by too many I mean in excess of 6 cups or more per day.
Forum: Our Town
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I had my first shingles vaccine about a month or so ago.
I am 68 with a suppressed immune dystem due to three of bouts of cancer and chemotherapy.
No ill effects from the vaccine that I...
Forum: Our Town
A little more information has been trickling out about this shooting.
Apparently the two protagonists had a physical confrontation the day before and the shooting was a continuation of and in...
Forum: Our Town
Further update...
Latest reports state that one of the men involved in this shooting is in the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.
No information on how he got to the hospital.
Forum: Our Town
Can't argue that point...
As an update...apparently this was a targeted attempted homicide that turned into a gun fight between two men.
Charges have been filed against both men including attempted...
Forum: Our Town
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This morning one of York, Pa's less than stellar residents walked into a local furniture store and shot the place up.
Reports indicate that as many as 20 rounds were fired.
Thankfully nobody...
Forum: Our Town
I wish my parents could have afforded dirt for all of us.
Only my older brother, my younger sister and my younger brother got their own dirt to play with.
I only got hand me down used dirt to play...
Forum: Our Town
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I try to make a gun shop tour every week or so.
That is about all the exposure to"town" that I need or want.
Going out to eat requires reaching the very outer edges of "town" but is in the...
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 |