Bison Bud

These days one pretty much has to be flexible and use what is available at the time of purchase. I'm not real familar with HS-6, but have had good results from Titegroup, HP-38/Win-231, Clays, Bullseye, Unique, Red Dot, American Select, and even worked up some good loads with Clay Dot (which you probably won't find published load data for in anything but shotgun.) Anyway, there are many good pistol powders out there to choose from and availability has been improving as of late. Good luck and good shooting to all.

I love my Marlin 39A! It was the first gun I ever purchased for myself back when I turned 16 and it has slung a ton of lead downrange since it got it. Frankly, as I get older (now approaching 72), I am beginning to cull the lot on my firearms, but this is one that I will never part with (at least not while still alive) and is currently designated to go to my brother's oldest boy, my first nephew, once I meet my maker face to face. I know that he will appreciate it and I hope he will also pass it on to his oldest when the time comes. Good luck and good shooting to all.

I've worn glasses since I was in 2nd grade and was extremely near sighted until I had advancing cataracts in both eyes done about 8 years ago. My distance vision is now better than it ever was, as even with the pop bottle thick lenses I needed back then, I never really had 20/20 vision and I do now! Anyway, I'm not sure that I would go with the one eye corrected for distance and the other for closer work. I have heard of doing this, but it sounds awkward to me, especially for shooting! I guess it's really all in what you get used to, but I chose to just correct the distance vision. Anyway, my wife looked into this recently and apparently they now have implant lenses that can correct for both distance and close work, just like the bi-focals you wear on your face. However, I think I would still consider just getting the distance vision corrected in both eyes and just wear readers for the close work. If your goal is to get away from wearing glasses altogether, this might not be your best option, but it works for me. In fact, I've worn glasses for so long they just feel like part of me and after using the readers for awhile, I went back to wearing bi-focals with no distance correction in them full time. This way they are always ready to go and I don't have to keep looking for my readers all the time. All in all, it's your choice and it is amazing just how well they can correct your vision with these implants. Best thing I ever did, at least by elective surgery! Good luck and good shooting to all!

I just checked out the scores on the website and it sure looks like there was a great turnout with something like 117 shooters! Lots of familiar names too, but surprised to see that Hoss Lytle attended. We used to be good pards down at Hooten Old Town, then he moved off to I think it was Florida for a new job. Anyway, Hoss it's good to hear about you returning to these parts even if for just a short visit. Anyway, the Piqua club has probably the premier venue in the Tri-State area and they always put on a great match either monthly or State Level it was always worth the trip. I wish I could have been there and want to shout out a big howdy to all my old pards and a big thank you to the Piqua club for such a fine example of what a State Level match can and should be! Well done to everyone involved and good luck and good shooting to all.

Man it's sure pretty, nice wood and the color of the case hardening is awesome! Glad to hear that it has performed well too, as I've never had the opportunity to try one of even hold one in my hands. I believe these are Turkish made and the quality of their firearms and knifes can swing a pretty wide gambit, but this one looks and sounds like a winner. Thanks for sharing!

I went through this awhile back myself and my recovery was fairly quick in about 8 weeks (actually back to work in 4). However, it does depend on what they do while they are in there and how fast you heal, so the time needed can vary considerably from person to person and procedure to procedure. It can also make a difference whether it's your strong side or weak side, but being somewhat ambidextrose should help you with that. In any case, I do think it's good to have goals and getting back as you stated can be an achievable one. Just follow the doctor's orders and don't overdue things with therapy and excercise. The excercise is important, but it's easy to overdue it and cause problems when you push too hard. It really is a fine line so be cautious! Also as an earlier poster mentioned, this surgery can make your bathroom "Paperwork" difficult to say the least and I highly recommend getting a bidet attachment for your toilet installed prior to the surgery. Frankly, once I used one, I'd never go back to just paper and it really helped me get through this recovery, so I highly recommend it as money well spent. In any case, best of luck to you and yours and we all wish you a speedy recovery! Adios.

It does appear to have been silver soldered in place, but rather than paying a professional to make the repair, I'd probably try the JB Weld route myself. I had the upper rib of a Baikal SXS come off shooting black powder, because the barrel got so hot the solder melted, and I glued it back in place with JB Weld and I believe it to now be stronger than it was originally and have put literally thousands of rounds through it since the repair. Might not work as well on this lug since it holds the barrel on, but I think it might just do the trick and cost you $6.00 or $8.00 for the glue! Good luck and good shooting to all.

Apparently not, I guess I'm a bit slow these days. Still good information to post for others that read this post.

I don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but I was always told that they mix calcium in with the battery lead and that this made it very difficult to cast. Even if this isn't the case, recovering lead from old batteries is a losing and dangerous proposition and should be avoided in favor of other scrap sources out there. Better off taking the old batteries to the recycle center and having them disposed of properly. Good luck and good shooting to all.

Unique is probably the most versatile powder available anywhere! It may be difficult to find at times, but I have seen it available and it can load just about anything you may want to load. My personal favorite for CAS type, target loads was Clays, primarily because it was the cleanest burning in lighter loads of any powder I have used. However, it doesn't seem to be available, at least not consistently, and hasn't been for quite some time. I have since moved to ClayDot, which is similar, but not exactly the same, but you will find no handgun load data for it. I have worked up good target loads with ClayDot for .38 Special, .357 Mag., .44 Special, and .44 Mag. and found it to be an acceptable alternative. However, if Clays ever makes a real comeback, I would move back to it in a heartbeat! All in all, there are many suitable powders available for the target type loads we generally use and these days one has to make do with what is available when needed. Bullseye, 700X, Tightgroup, Red Dot, American Select, HP-38/Winchester 231 are all examples of good handgun powders for our purposes and do seem to be available from time to time. All in all, the propellant availability situation is thankfully improving. Good luck and good shooting to all.

Bullseye is a fine handgun powder, but it can get a bit dirty with lighter loads. If your loads are sooty or you have unburned powder residue, up the powder charge a bit until they burn cleaner. Remember that lighter bullets often take more propellant to burn properly. All in all, I think your in just about the right range with what you posted and 3 grains seems to be popular with the other posters here, so that might be a good place to start. Good luck and good shooting to all.

As several other Pards mentioned above, the Browning BL-22 is about the finest youth lever gun that I know of out there. It's diminutive size and ease of operation makes it just about perfect for teaching young shooters and I've used one to teach all the kids I've taken to the range and that's quite a few. They aren't cheap, but would be worth whatever it takes these days and should last a lifetime. I also like the Marlin lever gun, but it's a full sized, adult rifle that would he difficult for a kid to handle.

While I understand the SASS office being very concerned, I think that restricting the SASS Wire to "Active Members Only" may be a knee jerk, over-reaction and sincerely hope that it doesn't require this kind of response. Posting this warning and monitoring posts for violations should be effective and I don't think anyone here has intentionally tried to abuse this issue. I also agree that this is probably another "AI" issue that someone is using to try to make money, as this sort of thing happens all over the internet, so they have found a big market for searching out violations and trying to collect fines. I guess we will see soon enough how all this shakes out. Good luck and good shooting to all.