Matthew Duncan
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Welcome home Highwall!
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I use a mechanic’s mirror. First picture is how it’smounted on the side of shelving and the second picture is the view from my reloading sitting position.
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11 hours ago, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said:
I think you can solder those cracks back together.
Rosin or acid core solder? 🤫
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I set a new personal match record yesterday. My non-nickel Starline brass is my oldest brass (20 years?) and reloaded the most. From yesterday’s match 13 have neck cracks and 6 major splits. The most I’ve ever had! I’m seriously wondering if I should dump all my Starline non-nickel before a split in the rifle costs me time and “misses” or see if I can squeeze a few more reloads out of them.
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I’ve never experienced white screen on iMac, iPad nor my Apple phone.
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I would ask the stepchild what they would feel comfortable calling me and what they would want me to call them.
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19 hours ago, Pat Riot said:
I go to Walmart here weekly. It’s definitely one of the better Walmarts I have been in.
We have a great WM too. Entire packing lot was recent replaced and lines paint. Inside is clean and the ladies restroom meets the wife’s high standards. Most of the employees are two generation younger then I and still trying to learn how to.
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On 6/7/2025 at 5:11 AM, Alpo said:
Herd mentality
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On 5/31/2025 at 12:29 PM, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:
Take one each stainless steel mixing bowl. Dump in mixture. Toss is match. When white smoke cloud dissipates dump out shot.
Hold an umbrella over the bowl before igniting the mixture. That you can capture the gaseous smoke and return it to a solid ( gun power) by compression.-
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8 hours ago, Chief Rick said:
Would you change the stage instructions to make all shooters make the rifle safe in the vertical rack or leave it shooters choice?
Shooter’s choice.-
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I’m more interested in what caused your 650 to “blew up a full tube of primers”.
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On 4/28/2025 at 1:28 PM, Still hand Bill said:
I have shot stages where they had to fall. Was common for our local shoots. If it didn’t fall keep shooting, went through most of a box of ammo until I figured out I had to aim at the ground instead of the target. Would have much preferred to take a miss.
A shame to figure where your shotgun is sighted on the clock instead of before the match?-
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9 hours ago, Cotton Eye Joe said:
…So I'm ordering a new 1866 lever tonight off Cimarron's website and hope to be good as new in a week or so. Thanks for reading!
You could put the original lever in a vice and using the ordered lever as a guide bend the original lever back into spec.-
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7 hours ago, Tall Tale Todd said:
Got a PM from that same person this morning. I hope they fall off a curb and twist their ankle.
I would trust that the fleas from a thousand camels would infest their armpits.-
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Tape recorder in their apron pocket.
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On 4/11/2025 at 3:59 PM, Perro Del Diablo said:
I had hair to my middle back I was at harley dealership for another event so decided to get an inch trimmed off. Barber shop has office inside dealership Sat down to allow Patrick to trim. I was in better mood than been I while. He finished I reached for my wallet to pay and he waived me off refusing my paying. I went home to find his inch took over a foot off. Even worse left side was 2 inch longer than right side with another chunk in middle even further up. A 3yo toddler could done better. How would you feel getting that drastic amount of damage make you feel? Seeing he is a licensed barber working for a growing business that just opend another shop. So he is really bad or -as I think it was intentional. I even told his boss had it been my decision he would be unemployed as well as unlicensed. How would you approach this.
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On 3/31/2025 at 11:00 AM, Dapper Dave said:
How do you store your leather? Gun belt, shotgun belt, etc.?
Hanging on a horse shoe in my den.
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Sources for free lead, I had an idea…
Season is winding down; I’ve got about only 400 rounds left. I’m a bit on the conservative side so I’m looking for sources of free lead before Spring.
At work I’ve been tripping over an old car battery. Been laying in the warehouse for about a year…hmmmm.
Now some Cowpokes caution against recycling car batteries because of hazardous materials like sulfuric acid. Well Cowpokes shoot guns, handle lead bullets, smoke, drink alcoholic beverages and drive Fords which ain’t the safest ether, so why not recycle the lead from car batteries ask I?
So I hoisted that car battery up on Gray and took it back to the ranch.
Took the fill caps off the top and drained the sulfuric acid. For proper disposal of sulfuric you will need to fill out Federal Environmental Protection Agency, State Board of Health, County Health forms and notify the local Fire and Police departments. DO NOT DISPOSE SULFURIC ACID BY DUMPING ON THE GROUND!
The wife has been treating all the neighborhood stray cats for worms. I’ve noticed that the worm medicine is so strong, that the grass dies where the cats recycle their food intake (poop). And if you ignore my “DO NOT DISPOSE SULFURIC ACID BY DUMPING ON THE GROUND!” you will not be able to convince nobody (especially my wife) that it was the cat’s worm medicine poop that has killed off her flower garden and ate thru the steel water line to the house. Trust me on this one.
Then using cold water (after water line is repaired) to flush any remaining sulfuric acid from the battery. Contain all rinse water and dispose of per Federal Environmental Protection Agency, State Board of Health, County Health Fire and Police departments’ guidelines. Dumping the rinse water into a ditch will kill most of the neighbor pets, all vegetation down stream for 2 miles and will also lead to a very difficult explanation to the arresting Officers.
After bonding out of the calaboose I used a hacksaw and tried to cut the plastic case off. Don’t use you favorite hacksaw, better yet borrow one from an anti-gun neighbor because no matter how well your rinsed the sulfuric acid out of the battery, the hacksaw ain’t going to be worth much when done.
Using a butane torch to burn off the plastic case works but make sure you stand up wind. Boiling sulfuric acid residual mixed with plastic case fumes all blowing down wind has the tendency to kill shrubbery and the rest of the neighborhood pets, including gold fish in indoor aquariums. When the Federal Carpet Baggers arrived, suggesting that it was a terrorist act will keep your bond from being revoked. Trust me on this one.
Fire up your outdoor melting pot and start throwing sections of the battery in. After burning up a half tank of LP you will noticed that in between every 6 wafers is a substance that will not burn or melt and sucks up the heat. Manually remove this substance. After 6 hours (not counting jail time) I have ¼” of lead covered by a 1” of dross in the melting pot. My cost breaks down to:
Butane torch fuel $2.
Refill LP tank $22.
Flower garden replacement: $247.13
Repair of water line: $785.54
Bond Agent: $500.
Total is $1,556.67 for about a pound of lead. Cost does not include pending lawsuits or gold fish replacement.
My conclusion is using car batteries for a source of lead is viable. I’ve got most of the remains of one battery left and if pressed I can leave it go for $2 or $3 thousand dollars. I figure at that price I’d have enough to recoup my costs with some left over to skip the territory.
April Fools!
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Are you saying your computer is protected by a password or are you saying there is a program on your computer that is password protected or are you saying there is a Internet site that requires are password for you to access?
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3 hours ago, Sheriff Dill said:
… as current owner of the gun isn’t an FFL
I sold a rifle out of state a few years back. USPS it to the buyer’s FFL. I enclosed a copy of the buyer’s driver’s license. A web search confirmed the buyer and FFL was legit.
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17 hours ago, Alpo said:17 hours ago, Alpo said:
Am I the only one that does not imagine myself getting in a gunfight every time I walk out the door? …But that appears to be the thoughts of everyone that's responded to this thread.
Better to have a few extra rounds and not need them then to need them and not have them. Saying that I rarely carry a second magazine when carrying concealed and never carry loose rounds in a pocket..-
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Water weighs 8.3 pounds per gallon.. How many pounds can you carry for a half of a mile?
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Did they have a court order to run the ballistics?
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I have a iPhone SE Third generation on iOS 18.3.2 and search function on my photos works.
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Can Blackpowder pistols be shipped through USPS?
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Last time I read the USPS rules, they state USPS couldn't ask you what was in the package.
I was shipping a rifle and the the USPS counter agent asked me "What's in there, a guitar?" (I had already checked the "No explosives or flammable box) I gave her my former LEO face, she blinked and stop asking questions.