Tex Jones, SASS 2263
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I feel for you guys. We're shooting at Cedar Valley tomorrow and the temperature may get up to 78 degrees. Good luck.
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It can be difficult to tell. I had an older model '66 that was easy to short stroke while a newer one (by a couple of years) wasn't. Can't remember the dates, but it was at least 15 years or so ago.
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Peacemaker Specialists still in business. peacemakerspecialists.com
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Heja, Sverige. It depends, in part, on how close the targets are. With #6 pellets there will be a lot of bounce back and risk of injury if the targets are too close. Is the velocity listed? More than 1,145 fps (350 m/s ) is usually too much. LykaTill!
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New Prague here in MN is pronounced New Prage.
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Peacemaker Specialists in CA sells parts for Colts. CA time 805- 238 9100. Christie knows her stuff.
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What's the alternative if you want to shoot? I'll bet loaded ammo is a bit more expensive.
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SW Auto Pistol powder is made in the Czech Republic by Explosia and is listed as D036 in their manuals. As Surgeon pointed out there is only one load listed for 45 Colt (250 grs) LFN starting at 9.6 grs/vel 689 and maximum 12.3grs/vel 1033. I don't know how consistent cowboy loads would be with that powder in a case as large as a 45. The data is from 2016 so it's not very current. Perhaps contacting them for more current information might be worth a shot.
Email is: propellants@explosia.cz
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I have a Dualit toaster I bought many years ago and it still works fine. It has a dial timer that goes from 1-4 and there is a mark at 2.5, which indicates the most preferred setting. However, some breads require more time and some less. I haven't gone past the 2.5 mark much but on occasion more time is needed when some breads are denser than others. There isn't one setting that covers all possible types of bread/bagels, etc.
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DBar J Hat Co. Great hats.
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Like Larsen said. Getting VTI on the phone can be difficult and the knowledge base has deteriorated somewhat. Call Taylors and try to get a hold of the gunsmith. You will get answers.
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This appeared in today's Wall Street Journal commentary section:
Shortly after my wife and I moved into our house nearly three decades ago, I saw our retired neighbor, Bobby Hamilton, fetching his newspaper from the driveway. His outfit got my attention.
Since dawn had just broken, Mr. Hamilton was still in his pajamas, but he’d met the morning chill with a denim jacket slipped over his flannel night clothes. A baseball cap completed the ensemble, creating a fashion statement that was, to put it mildly, not in tune with the latest trends from Paris and Milan.
I wasn’t ready to embrace Mr. Hamilton’s sartorial nonchalance, though I admired his willingness to flout convention. “What an old codger,” I said to myself as my neighbor shuffled back to his house in slippers.
The years flew by. My wife and I raised two children, and Bobby Hamilton died. My hair thinned, and my worries over keeping up appearances diminished.
The other day, braving a brisk morning to collect the paper, I reached for my windbreaker and ball cap. My weather gear made for quite a mash-up with my cotton sleepwear and leather moccasins—a contrast I didn’t notice until I’d returned inside and spotted the hall mirror. There, staring back at me, was the affable ghost of Mr. Hamilton. After a blink or two, I saw it was only me, dressed in the Bobby Hamilton Line, circa 1997.
“What an old codger,” I told my reflection. A codger, I learned from Merriam Webster, is “an often mildly eccentric and usually elderly fellow.” It’s possibly a variation of “cadger”—a kind of beggar who, like most folks shaking the tin cup, looks more unkempt than those gracing the cover of GQ.
Codgers rest near the margins of popular culture—partially out of it and perhaps happily so. They’re village dissidents, reminding us that staying au courant with the latest dictates in clothing, music and political opinions is an exhausting enterprise best left to the young. That’s why the smile one offers a codger might have a trace of envy. They’re a liberated lot, no longer concerned with what other people think.
At 60, I seem to have joined their ranks. I think I’m going to like it.
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I have used them for brass picking and they work to an extent. You still have to sort ot the brass from whatever else gets rolled up. Better to use the "grabber" and long handled net as shown in Larsen's photo.
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Sorry to learn of this. Best regards to the family.
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4 hours ago, Yul Lose said:
PM on its way.
Yul,
It will look great on a gun cart!
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I had a three digit serial numbered '66 carbine I picked up at an auction years ago. It too had a lever safety. The lever was bent a bit (didn't notice it until I tried shooting it), I sent it to Navy Arm's gunsmith and it was repaired. It worked fine, but I didn't like the weight distribution since the barrel wasn't heavy enough and I couldn't get used to the balance. I doubt that short stroke parts will work, but I also had an early model '66 rifle (later mfg. than the carbine) where short stroke parts did work, and a '73 built after the '66 rifle where short stroke parts didn't work, so who knows? Both were 44-40s. Trying it out with dummy rounds, if you're allowed, would give you an idea about how the carbine feeds, but in the end the only way to be sure is to shoot it. It is a good price, however, that, in part, may be due to lack of available parts. Can a gunsmith look it over before you buy?
Good luck,
Tex
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Anything with Rickles was hysterical!
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Welcome to the game. Try before you buy-anything. Lever action shotguns, pumps, hammered or hammerless doubles are all used in the game. They all have their quirks and many need to be worked on to be competitive, if that's what you're looking to be. Go to a few matches and ask around. I'm pretty sure there will be folks who let you try out their guns.
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I would say that as long as he can shoot the guns safely, the scoring is not important.
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Riverjunction.com has replacement buttons.
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Had three cups already and spoke with seven folks in the neighborhood. Town guys stopped by to say they have to turn off the water for a bit to deal with a main leak: all this by 9:30 am. I need a nap.
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16 minutes ago, PowderRiverCowboy said:
The stumps is Kind of a love hate type relationship , After Beirut , HQMC decided that many of us needed to be split up They sent me a hog to none other than MCAS El Toro for 2 years I loved going there it got me out of alot of the BS games of details because of well not much need for a hog on a air base LOL .
For those Not knowing what a hog is well its a school trained 8541 , Pigs are unit trained to fill a spot
My old boss was a scout sniper in WWII and Lou passed away several years ago. I saw his picture in an American Rifleman magazine a few years ago when they printed a letter and photo sent in by a reader regarding his dad's time on Okinawa. I knew it was Lou because the father and Lou were both listed as hailing from Northern NJ, which was Lou's long time family home. Lou went on to become a senior officer in a major NYC bank. We had an office in the 30 Rockefeller Center building. There were four of us in the office who were vets, and Lou was the only WWII vet. He was a hell of a guy.
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Army Grip Frames/ UPDATE Query
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I bought two Uberti Army grip sets from VTI a few years ago and put them on my pair of USFA China Camps. They worked fine.