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Recording of the original Moody Blues, all of which are gone now. RIP Mike.

whenever it starts taking more than about 3 hours to get the brass shining to my liking. New crushed walnut usually takes less than 2 hours. As you tumble the brass you are wearing the sharp points off of the walnut and the smooth walnut will take longer and longer to shine the brass. Walnut is cheap compared to replacing the motor on my tumbler, so I try to keep the times short. I usually buy the coarse grind walnut media from Harbor Freight. A box lasts me over a year and I shoot about 800 to 1,000 rounds a month.

damn missed it, need to check the wire 3 times a day rather than every 3 days.

Dad used sewing machine oil to lube his twin 50 Cal tail guns that had to reliably function at 25,000 feet and something like 40 below zero

I've had Ken work on my cowboy guns and he has done 3 73 Ubertis for me. He also built several custom rifles for me....a great smith.

The Wolf steel cased ammo is at best average, it's cheap ammo meant for plinking. The Wolf .22 LR Match Ammo is pretty good and my re-barreled Martini Cadet liked Wolf match better than Federal .22 LR (and liked CCI Green Tag even more than Wolf's)

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I'm on about 4 years of the use of the same 3 gallons of walnut hull (lizard litter) media, because I always toss a used dryer sheet into the vibratory bowl with each lot of brass I clean. Most of the powder fouling, leftover lube, etc. transfers into the sheet. Of course, I only add a quart of media to any one cleaning batch. Then it all goes back into the big tub. Brass comes out of the bowl in 30-45 minutes as clean as ever. good luck, GJ

A close cowboy gunsmith is worth a lot, both now and in the future for any added work you decide to do on the rifle. For your location, Ken Griner at at Griner Gunworks outside Farmington NM might be that fellow. Does GREAT work. http://www.grinergunworks.com/ good luck, GJ

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