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    Used to love trap shooting with my son. Hurt my back and he got older. We were pretty good. Now that I am on a disability retirement it depends on what my back/neck will let me do. Can do a lot with wood, pretty handy with my hands. Moved here two years ago and place needed some work. Mostly consider what I do until it gets warm as putzing around and enjoying. When it gets warmer and I can move more I will be working on the place and enjoying outside. I have 81 acres of woods on a mountain. Plan on spending more time with new girlfriend.

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    airplanes, fireworks homemade ,and melting lead
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    Mentioned before that my wife and I worked at the New Mexico Boys Ranch twenty nine years and were the hobby gurus for the boys. We had all sorts of shops, wood, hobby, ceramic , art, and etc. A while back, I listed the hobbies I was involved in and it totaled twenty-seven. Learned that I could buy cloth by the yard and make my hunting clothes cheaper and much better quality, with pockets everywhere except in the way of the bowstring. And make broadheads near professionally, maybe better heat treated. Reload them boolits and reuse that lead.
    And even tying cast nets. All that amounts to a lot of "equipment" for each hobby lying around taking up space that some others would classify as junk! As I get older and need to "downsize" I work on it somewhat and then decide that since my two sons are a little bit prone to dumpster dive, that when we cross over to the new life, it would be sort of like a mega dumpster dive event to go through all the stuff. They don't need to get in a hurry, all they have to do is to keep up paying the taxes on the place till they are finished.
    Added pictures of broadheads and knives. The little ones are referred to as "neck knives". The big one is coated with HiTek Old Gold.
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    Rock tumbling. Antique Firearms Collectors. Cartridge Case Forming. Furniture Refinishers
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    I used to enjoy racing pretty much anything, have always enjoyed creating things and fixing things no one else could.

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    In my past, I was a woodlands firefighter, hauled logs, my Dad had a 1,000 acre farming operation, we reloaded shotgun shells, made our own shot, shot trap and skeet. Dad and Mom are both gone now, so I turned from most of my old hobbies with him to my hobbies I have now. I build high performance Dodge Cummins-powered trucks now,(a few) which my Dad also started me on. I cast boolits,shoot some, and raise my two grandsons as their Dad has passed on now.
    Gave up dirt bike racing also. Too old for a bunch of stuff I used to do. But I like the way things are now.
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    I like the out doors. Hunting camping hiking. Looking for cool things in the woods like different rocks and old junk lol. Astronomy, been some time since i had the telescopes out though.
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    Member of the NRA,GOA and FAOC. Gun clubs Zerby rod and gun club. Keystone Fish and Game Association.

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    Outside of shooting / reloading/ mountain man reenactments/teach firearm things etc..

    I build 3d printers from scratch.
    Play video games
    Rebuild old reloading presses
    Gun mechanics
    ATVs
    Avid reader of scifi / fantasy
    Camping

    Computers

    And ruler of 98% completed projects around the house.

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    Motorcycles younger years ran enduros and hare n hounds was a bike mechanic for a few years, toured and camped on all types adventure bikes , sport bikes , gold wing , bmws now of all things I have a sportster.
    Leather work , wood work , home design and bldg. used to do a lot of tractor work now just one small kubota bx25 with an assortment of attachments used for work through our church and for friends and neighbors. I do believe I would fit in the bubba catagorey

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    I read a lot about all manner of gun related things. I read a lot in general but nothing fiction. Do woodwork for a living, but also for fun. I like wood turning and whittling, bowls and spoons and the like. I do leatherwork, holsters and knife sheaths. I like to rehandle and clean up old knives. Yardsaling is fun. I like fishing and cleaning up vintage gear. I like vintage stuff period. Also like learning and making new things, as well as repairing anything that can (or can't) be repaired. Wife and I like playing scrabble and learning new words. I don't have a system now but I used to play a lot of xbox call of duty. We don't watch much tv, but I like watching westerns. Play guitar a little also.

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    I did allot of drag racing with my sons when they were younger. Mostly Big Block Mopar door cars. Most recently I raced Nostalgia front engine dragster. Turned the page and sold off the drag cars.
    I now spend as much time as I can with my grand kids. When time allows I'm at my cabin, do allot of cast iron cooking there.

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    Had a machine shop years ago, a couple buddies and I built an old-style dragster from scratch. We never went very fast, maybe 140 mph, but we certainly got a bunch of beer drank.

    Over the years I was into Harleys, cars, tools, hunting, camping. Now mostly into casting, reloading, and shooting paper.

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    The 3 B's-Beer, Boolits and Books but not at the same time!

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    Used to ride motorcycles, loved every minute of it including the keeping the old things running. Life got in the way and I had to quit, although I still have them I am not going to start ridding again. I do some woodworking, making dulcimers, turning bowls, canes and other odds and ends. I have done a few muzzle loaders and really want to start another.

    Wife and I like flea markets, junk shops and estate sales, we have to be picky because we already have enough junk ourselves.

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    Everything on here ( except some trees) are made from match sticks tooth pics and coffee stick. Ths is an eastern front scene. I also do woodworking and have several tropical fish aquariums and my favorite is repairing old guns.

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    working on my mill and lathe , rc flying.

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    Mine are making my own soap, candles, lip balm. Handy man work for friends and minor gun work. Just browned a H & R single 12 ga. barrel.
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    First generation Firebirds, muscle cars, wood working, maintaining my yard, light auto repair, relaoding, casting, hanging out on/near the beach, beach rental property, duck hunting, shooting, cooking, sharpening knives and chisels, trying to understand other’s faith, pissing off my wife, pissing off my neighbors, ...I think that’s about it.

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    Usual miriad of shooting sports. Working on long range shooting. Building machines, my big, slow project right now is a home build wood chipper with 5” capacity and a #180 fly wheel, gonna be abeast! Just got me a dirt bike again for the first time in 7-8 years, excited to get out puttering at me and the Wifes get away plot. Thats another thing is improving our second property, clearing at the moment, might put in power this summer, definitely a new trailer amd deck. Just generally making it a nice spot to get away to. We also ski, less so now that the hills are getting so expensive and crowded but I have a plan to remedy that, called back country skiing. Just starting a new little side biz where I do land clearing and cleanup etc. Walking my 3 crazy puppy dogs. Perstering the wife. I have a small hobby garden I really enjoy, wish Id made it bigger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RED BEAR View Post
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    Everything on here ( except some trees) are made from match sticks tooth pics and coffee stick. Ths is an eastern front scene. I also do woodworking and have several tropical fish aquariums and my favorite is repairing old guns.
    That is amazing work, beautiful job.

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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