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Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L

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  1. what was the weather like? We're dying down here along the Gulf Coast, and the goal for all of us is to get to the of the match alive. When you finish in a 3-digit heat index, you're just happy to be alive Weather can have a big impact on your focus cr
  2. Been there, done that--our TG had over half a grocery store paper bag full of his 'mistakes.' Gave them to me I spent a week tearing down and carefully depriming them. Bullets went in my casting pot. And, NO, none of the primers went BOOM while depriming Reused the primers--all worked, and powder went into brown spots in the front yard cr
  3. I grew up with ground down became a teacher after my vacation in RVN 34 years in, they decided to build another temporary building at the school All the plugs were ground up! went all the way to head of maintenance to ask why--he wasn't sure but said the electricians were mostly from 'up north,' and that's how they did it up there Soon after was visited by my principal, who told me I was to stop bothering central admin and focus on teaching--by that time I had been assigned as school art teacher--be careful who you P.O. in schools Retired next year (but at least outlasted the principal who left at the end of the previous year)
  4. banana pudding--maybe rest--no way
  5. Comm. Arts minor here: I was taught the editors write the headlines--the reporters write the articles
  6. Last time I left the USA, my Uncle, Sam, sent me to RVN Don't ever plan on leaving our country again
  7. Sorry for your loss--keep remembering all the good times and hold those dear cr
  8. servo = service station? watching Deadloch on Prime
  9. I refill mine once the casting session is done. Yes, I'm melting lead twice this way, but it saves me time when I start a new session--doesn't take as long to melt the solid full pot
  10. like the gold/blue dress from years back?
  11. I loved C4, would heat up our meals/coffee in the jungle and blow trees to form an LZ. Just don't inhale the fumes when burning it
  12. com electronics sent them back for a refurb (have 8--no idea where they all came from)
  13. 13 gr using a ½ oz shot and a 3/4 in piece of foam backer rod to take up extra room
  14. yes, that's where they are headed. We can get , so they won't totally go to waste
  15. More on the story--I, being the guy that ended up with the brass, and tried to "fix/deepen" the primer pockets back to their original depth. So far no joy, Took took a drill bit of proper size and flattened the bottom, it was slightly rounded. Then put it in a drill press backwards and measured how deep a 'good' primer pocket was (case on table, primer pocket up). Put a damaged case in and attempted to push it down to the right size--crumpled the case before I could get the pocket deepened. After repeated attempts, still had primers proud of the case cr;,
  16. so where are you in The Republic? I'm down in Cypress, just NW of Houston and would be honored to show you around the casting process. something not mentioned is protective clothing especially eye protection,that The best,Something I also PC (powder coat) if you want to see how that works., Over on Cast Boolits is a vendor who sells clean ingots for $85 for 50 lbs. She's my go-to lead supplier. Lead Ingots For Sale - Buyer's Choice Best part of the entire process is your rejects go back into the pot so no one will ever know cr
  17. mine were Large Pistol primed didn't need to resize made my own punch to deprime (actually the decapping pin of a Lee depriming die) was able to prime on my MEC dumped powder with a Lee scoop inserted wad by hand dumped shot with different scoop used wood glue to glue overshot wad (cardboard) over shot--some use hot glue very hands-on operation but fun to play with cr
  18. ditto treat the patient's condition--too hot, cool off; too cool, cover. And monitor, monitor, monitor
  19. even the screws line up with the engraving--wow
  20. when I was with the 82nd, stateside, before RVN, we didn't sing a lot, but we jumped a lot
  21. Echoing much of what is said above, we pulled an injured man from a deep river gorge using the same technique as I saw on the show. My riding the ambulance and being a member of our volunteer FD can be directly traced to that show
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