Pulp, SASS#28319

I use the Lee trimmers. Always had good luck with them.

Agreed on the scammers. Wife has been wanting a new pup, we’ve run across at least three “breeders” that were highly suspicious. One put his pups on someone else’s Facebook page, others steal photos and place on their pages. I’ve seen the same pup on more than one website. All offer way low prices, and keep going lower if you back off. If you do a Google search for the breed you want, be highly suspicious of any websites with the words adorable or precious.

At least I know why the four is missing, grease buildup in the die. Thanks for the link. At $2.50 apiece I only need to find 400,000 more to become a millionaire.

I recently downloaded CoinSnap on my phone. Going through some pennies and found two ‘43 steels. But one of them is missing the 4 in 1943. It is there, but very very faint. Would that be a bad stamping? Or someone trying to make a fake?

Last night.

I waited about three hours at the railroad bridge over the Red River between Denison, TX and Durant, OK. Worth the wait! BigBoy 101324.mp4

From southern Oklahoma. About a mile north of that river what separates Texans from good folks!

Amazing. Stuff looked just as sharp as with modern microscopes.

Yes they do. Even earthworms.

Here in small town Oklahoma emergency vehicles often have to wait for over an hour for tracks to clear. Either wait or drive an extra 8 or so miles to get around. The BNSF line that roughly parallels I-35 causes issues in just about every town it goes through. Not so much from a single train, but when one is on a siding waiting for another to pass on the main line. Some of the towns started issuing citations to any train that blocked highways for more than 15 minutes, but that didn’t work out.

Answered my own question: https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/170-gr-boat-tail-30-30-made-by-western-cartridge-co/7151

I believe Alpo wins the pink Caddie. https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/rem-umc-30-30-bullet-mushroom-core-lokt/47320

Also, does anyone remember a 170 grain BT bullet for .30-30?0

I recently found some old REM-UMC cartridges with a hollow point bullet. Figgered they were 125 grain, since I remember seeing them for sale. Since all the primers were dented, I pulled the bullets and they averaged 164.6, so I assume they were marketed as 165 grain. They had approx 31 grains of a stick powder. Anyone remember such a load, and how long ago they were made? This website list a 165 grain bullet, but doesn’t say hollow point: https://www.leverguns.com/articles/3030history.htm

The Villain is the movie WC was referring to with Kirk Douglas as Cactus Jack Slade. Here's a link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicFYknnQqk

If memory serves, the bullet below the case mouth does not apply to Nagants. I can't quote or post a link, but the topic was discussed a few months ago, and I think the general consensus was the bullet rule did not apply to the Nagant cartridges. Hopefully someone with a better memory will come along and clear it up.

They're definitely different. I had one, used it once at a match. I had made some BP reloads, using a .31 caliber round ball. I was afraid that little 40 grain ball would be very hard to hear on the off chance it actually did hit steel. Turns out, it had plenty of oomph for the spotters, and I shot clean with that pistol. Reloads with my homemade BP or 777 FFg are quite a bit hotter than the factory rounds that I got the brass from. Here's a link to the process I used to reload them: And here's a link to a comparison test between factory, homemade, and 777:

Reminds me of the one about the cat the had it's tail cut off by a car driven by a veterinary doc. Doc reattached the tail with the help of a passerby. But that's as far as I can go with this one. Y'all will have to finish it. If you don't know it ask Sawyer!

I watched one episode. Seems that the hunters have to lay hands on the huntees to end the game. So, if you just locked yourself in your house and enforced Castle Law, you'd have it made.

Just like winning EOT, shoot faster and miss less.

Actually you could make a phone call for a penny, if you had a dollar bill. Fold the bill longways until it would fit in the quarter slot. Put it in nearly all the way, drop a penny in the nickle slot, then pull out the bill. Dial tone!

I've used my Baby Remington before. I swear you could use the hammer spring as an overload for a 3/4 ton pickup. Slow, but fun to shoot.

There's a little guns store/range down in Sherman, TX that on Thursday nights they set up three targets, shooters take turns shooting each other's scenarios with a timer, and scored like IDPA. I've gone down a couple of times, really enjoyed it. Just like CAS, I'm about the world's worst at it, but it is fun. Usually 6 to 8 shooters show up. One night when it was my turn to set up a scenario, I did it so you changed loaded a fresh mag while still having one in the chamber, instead of a slide lock mag change. No one had ever done that, they all seemed to really enjoy it. I've thought about bringing a shotgun to use on a fourth target, but I'd have to ask the leader if it would be OK.

They're never wrong as long as they forecast in percentages.

Looking like it's gonna be an "I don't care" Super Bowl.