About 27 years ago, my 2 year old nephew asked me what my name was.
I said “I’m Bob.”
He still calls me Uncle Bob after all this time.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
About 27 years ago, my 2 year old nephew asked me what my name was.
I said “I’m Bob.”
He still calls me Uncle Bob after all this time.
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Forum: Our Town
Prayers for your son in law.
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You’ve got to hit them in the white part to knock them OFF the table.
The .45 auto with 200 SWC worked well, and no one used a 9mm back in the day around Texarkana for the shoots that we went to....
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
It works.
And I have respect for the feeding system because it feeds my 44-40 .433” RB squirrel loads. It felt like shooting a ten pound lever action .22!
Thanks to all who helped on this.
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Neat sight!
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Forum: Our Town
Here’s hoping that it goes well, prayers sent.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
It sounds like the problem is the rifle, not the cartridge. Tell us about the rifle, please.
Whoops sorry. Re-reading I see that it is a m43 Winchester.
The one I had shot very well, but I never...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have killed several coyotes with a .22 LR over the years- shots of opportunity, mostly.
I prefer a .22-250 with jacketed bullets because it works much better at any range(and I don’t keep the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
How does it shoot with jacketed bullets- for an accuracy baseline?
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Taking advantage of cool weather and casting some assorted boolits.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240428/8849314c853f798bc230870778238561.jpg
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Forum: Rimfire Area
This is normal for a m60 Marlin. It swivels all around but works every time.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240427/003dab0a2a5dfc72ede24940a0bb5ffd.jpg
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Forum: Our Town
I just had home made chocolate pie and I’m a happy cat.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I had to thin some metal from the top of the right lifter spring for the loading gate to clear.
I built up the lifter arm to get the lifter the correct height to feed, and found that the lug on the...
Forum: Our Town
She’s doing the “Interpretive Curly Shuffle” here Mark!
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In an unrelated Good to go situation; I took a chance on a 3x9 Redfield Widefield at the LGS.
The power ring cam screw was missing and the power ring just freewheeled without changing the power....
Forum: Our Town
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More turkeys!
Kind of startled me when...
Forum: Our Town
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Kola says hello!
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I’m loading 100 .223s with CCI #41 primers, H4895, and Speer 55 gr sp bullets.
Designated Varmint Hitters.
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Forum: Our Town
Give Verka a slice of bacon for me!
She looks like a good one; I’m fond of Belgian Malinois and German Shepards.
My son has a Rhodesian Ridgeback 70 pound puppy that’s lovable but goofy and strong....
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thank you!
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thank you Lags!
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Just curious, how much does a rebore cost?
Can a 1-48” twist 50 caliber barrel become a 1-66” .54 caliber barrel?
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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This is the newest Topper action that I have; it is a transfer bar/ striker action. The extension works well under a 1”...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
That surplus ammunition is Yugoslav. I shot a bunch of it when it was $5/15 on stripper clips.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I have a Uncle Mikes extension on my 44-40; I’m waiting on a Grovetech extension for my 7-30 Waters.
I’ve found that these work better than the Marlin type of extension. Even with the old Topper...
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 |