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Born in Washington DC, Emma Lilian Todd (1865-1937) was a self-taught inventor who liked to take things, such as clocks, apart and put them back together to see how they worked. A lawyer and a clerk in the US patent Office, she would type up patent applications, and she learned what worked, and what didn’t work. She started small, working on inventing a typewriter copy holder and mechanical toys. Inspired by airships she saw on a trip to London, Todd began creating designs around 1903 and trying and eliminating different features and modifications, persisting until she successfully designed a working aircraft that improved upon the Wright brothers' model. About the process, she exclaimed, “There is no work so discouraging, so exasperating, so delightful, so mean, so difficult, so exhilarating as building aeroplanes.” Todd’s work in aviation was noticed by philanthropist Olivia Sage when she exhibited her first design at a Madison Square Garden airshow. Sage became Emma’s patron, giving her $7,000 to design and build an aircraft. Todd wanted to fly the plane herself, but was denied a pilot’s license due to her gender, so her plane was successfully flown by test-pilot Didier Masson. Todd was a little-known, self-taught engineer who contributed to, but has largely been forgotten by history. wikipedia has a longer article.

I'd bought a "selfie stick" to get the phone holder attachment device that I'd mount on a tripled for my video shooting. Lost it somewhere. Looked, and looked and looked. Well, they're not that expensive. I bought another. Got home from Wally-World and was taking it out of the package and dropped the gizmo and it rolled under the dry sink. There it was plus the one I'd lost.

No! HCl will dissolve the steel almost as fast as the brass. Don't try that. I've NEVER stuck ANY brass case (rifle cases are the toughest) that could not be removed by use of a stuck case remover. Never EVER really lean on a press handle if a case does not resize! Stop and find out what the problem is (usually lack of lubricant or filthy die or case). And, OP, I reload every month of the year. I shoot every month of the year. I have time every month of the year. So I use it to reload. good luck, GJ

But serarching the various choke tube manufacturers sites QUICKLY shows you the correct answer: Carlson's web site (choketubes.com) shows you what chokes install in most every shotgun. Your Stoeger Coach Supreme takes: Stoeger Coach Supreme Uplander (Side by Side) Shotguns Interchanges with Carlson's Winchester, Browning Invector & Mossberg 500 style threads Trulock Chokes says that for a Stoeger 12 gauge Coach gun: interchanges with Trulock’s Win-Brn-Moss style. That is, the Winchester, Browning Invector or the Mossberg 500 style tubes. SERIOUSLY doubt a Remington RemChoke style choke tube will fit. good luck, GJ

Has this been sold or not?

A few years ago, I had a .270 rifle case stick in the resize die. I tried everything-- heat, liquid nitrogen, vise grips, vise and hammer w/ chisel, drilling out the primer and tapping the hole, then running in a long bolt against the top of the die to force out the brass. Then I tried to back-hammer it out using the tapped hole. Finally I tried to turn it out in the lathe, then mill it out with an end mill. I ended up with a new die and an old one with a beat up brass liner. When they stick, it's almost like they fuse to the die. I tried everything except concentrated Hydrochloric Acid, which would dissolve away the brass but not the steel die. That actually might work.

Well, all my Dillon carbide sizing dies have a threaded stem with the decapping pin on the end, and the stem unscrews easily. Then you can drive the case down and out with a hammer and a stout brass punch stuck through the top of the (now open) die. Why can't you accomplish that? Any good stuck case remover will let you pull a case, but it takes a drill and ability to tap a thread (tools include proper drill bit and tap). A vise is very handy too. But it will take 5 times longer to pull the case with a case remover, and I've not had to do that on straight wall (pistol) cases. Use some Kroil lubricant to soak the complete die overnight and that will often wick into the junction between case and die body. Makes most any removal effort a little easier. good luck, GJ

The Dollar General in my town was mostly self-checkout but the last time that I went there all of the self-checkout machines were closed. They had a cashier. I don't think there was a lot of stealing up here in Maine but one never knows.

https://www.midwayusa.com/s?searchTerm=stuck case remover I’ve been able to carefully pry the decapping pin out (not Dillion Die) and then use a punch and hammer to drive out the case.

For a better perspective on the size of the P-47

Dawg, I'll take the Magtech shells, PM on the way.

Weve found that you've got to make it fun, or shooters will vote with their feet. Making it fun takes a LOT of extra effort and time.

I'd give Dillon a call and ask. I'd first be curious if this is common or not. If rare then I'd want to send it in for them to see it for themselves and either fix it or replace it. My concern is that the carbide ring broke. I went through 3 RCBS carbide sizing dies on my 500 mag. After RCBS replaces it twice already I just gave up.and bought a Lee and my proble.s went away. If they think it's common and the die is fine, then I'd use a stuck case remover kit to get it out.

Jason!! Don’t take all this as any of us not welcoming you to the fire! Ya’ gotta ask questions to find out what you need to know. There are as many different opinions on how we should play cowboy as there are people who play!! The game we play today doesn’t closely resemble what we were doing years ago! The game has grown into more of a shooting/speed contest and a little less reenactment. Safety and participation are the primary goals and fun and comradery (sp) are the soup du jure. Come on out and join the fun!!

ok , i have a friend thats having this issue - im interested in the remedy , i have never had a pistol caliber case strick - ever - knock on wood in near 25 years now , i have had a 4570 stick - no lube - my fault

Choctaw, didn’t get a pm but I sent you $28 via PayPal. I assumed $8 shipping as before. Let me know if that’s not right.

has a lot of elements of our modern firearms tho ,

mine has been missing for almost 20 years now and im not certain it will show up till im dead and kids go thru my stuff , came back to add i used it for about a week treating a collection of guns i no longer own ,

So I managed to get a piece of .45 Colt brass stuck my Dillon Sizing/Depriming die. I mean really stuck. I even set it in my freezer over night to try and see if I could get it out and have really just chewed up the rim on the brass trying to finagle it out. Is my best course of action at this point to just call Dillion in the morning, and send it back to them to fix? I put a RCBS die in it's place for now, but that thing really slows my groove. I have to make sure each one is lined up super perfect and even then it won't deprime 1 in 10 so I have to pause, use my hand depriming tool put it back in to seat the new primer to move on, which of course cuts my production numbers. Does anyone have any other ideas? How long am I going to be without this die? Of course I only managed about 200 rounds before this happened. (Yes I know I'm behind. Reloading is supposed to be done in Dec-Feb time frame..)

Jane’s outfit in the first movie.

interesting question , ive - in the past collected a lot of bayonets some called knives , some swords , some just bayonets , ill grant that a few actually were both as made [with or without the muzzle ring and clasp] but some were theater changed , even sabers back in the indian wars were remade by captors from long knives to short ones

Bump with price drop

Pic is reversed for some reason. That’s quite a contraption.

Howdy Jed. I've always bought my duds at bargain prices, and have never spent that much on a vest. Which is not to say that it is over-priced - I think your prices are fair. And having said that, I gotta have vest #1, so I will spend that much on a vest today. Sorry, the pants won't fit me either. Sending you a PM.