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    Thumbs up Anybody remember BruceB?

    I do!

    He popped into my head lastnight.
    Thought I'd give him a shout out.
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    That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.

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    I remember Bruce. Very knowledgeable and nice fellow by my accounts. Sad that he left the range so long ago.

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    I learned the BruceB Speedcasting Technique from his postings.

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    yep and missed
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    Met him a couple of times at the NCBS . Very genuine man it was a shame to see him go .
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    Every time I load a cast boolit in an M1A!

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    Yep just like most of the early members he was a wealth of knowledge
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    May he rest in peace. I learned alot about M1a and two-piece partition cast boolits from his posts.
    Maker of Silver Boolits for Werewolf hunting

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    Yes quite often.
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    How could you forget him? He was a wealth of knowledge

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    Bought a Ruger #3 in 375 Winchester because of him!
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    I learned a lot from him. I always looked for his posts.
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    Yes I think of him every time I work with my Ruger No.1 in 416 Rigby. In fact I use his recommended load most of the time. His footprints are still seen around the halls of Cast Boolits.
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    Yes sir he was a gentleman and a scholar!
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    I read line by line his experiments for shooting cast from an M1, and then the M1A. I don't have an M1 yet, but I was able to score an M1A about 7 years ago. It was somebody's field gun, used but not abused. To this day I have not fired anything but cast through it.

    I have not gone the depth of detail he used for his loads but I get 'minute of soda can' groups off-hand at 100 yards. My brother bought his first M1A, National Match, 30 plus years ago and I dearly admired it. 10 or so years ago, he bought another with the 18" Scout Rifle barrel. I can't think of the M1A without thinking of Bruce and the knowledge he shared with all of us.
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    His memory lives on with all of us at NCBS.

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    I value his info on using cast boolits in gas guns. I miss his insight.
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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