Red Eye Jim

You could probably homestead on 5 acres or less, but that assumes you're buying the land outright and have enough starting capital to setup the improvements, and are just selling your excesses to pay your taxes.

My freshman high school science teacher was Mr. Rapp. He had 2 boards. A smaller one about 18" long and about 6" wide made out of pine that he used most of the time with a mild smack that got you to pay attention, and then a much larger one made out of oak that with "RAPP" engraved backwards so, in theory, his name could be read on your butt if he hit hard enough. Wes Orland was a 6' 400 lb. delinquent that was in his 3rd year of taking this class, and had a knack for not wanting to pay attention in class. One day Mr. Rapp finally had enough and when Wes actually challenged him to hit him with the big board, Mr. Rapp took him up on it. Hit him so hard, it picked him up a good 4-5 inches off the ground, broke the board in question. Apparently, Rapp was readable for months. Shortly after that incident, all the paddle boards around school were no longer seen in the classrooms and Mr. Rapp had to transfer out of the district at the end of that year, despite being one of most popular teachers in the district. We still had him back as our commencement speaker when we graduated though.

It's on Prime Day special. I just bought 2.

I think the issue might be they are not going package it in the larger quantities, but that is just a guess on my part if they are still making the "new" Trail Boss.

My 809 is my safe. It broke the right side of the slide release (Left thumb for us southpaws) and I keep loosing the round 'tuit to send it back to Taurus...

At be begining of the video he mentoned something about 4-5 years which is the life of most car tires... RV/Trailer not so much...

Did anyone ever use it in a match? That could be a fun addition...

I'm going to be one of the +1's for suggesting a Dillon 550 for reloading for SASS over using a single stage. I for one would *NOT* recommend doing anything else while reloading, however. I personally just turn on some music and go at it. Not having anything distracting me allows me to focus on "place brass, place bullet, pull handle, push handle, visual verify powder during turn, repeat." Once you have your die heads setup you can usually swap out calibers in about 10 minutes. 20 if you need to change the primer size. Once setup, I crank about 100 rounds in about 45-50 minutes depending on which one. I then pass each one through a checker before putting it in the ammo case. I do need to figure out a better way to check for high primmer though. Using my thumb isn't as good as once was apparently. The last couple of matches my wife has either found high primers when loading or on the line...

I also regret selling my 586-1. It was the first pistol I bought with my own money, and I had to sell it a little over 2 years later so I could pay my rent and still get Christmas gifts for my family. I always figured I'd be able to buy it back after summer fire season. Oh, and whoever said Ruger revolvers over Smith? Depends on the frame. 5/586 in my opinion is the best, then Blackhawk, Vaquero. When you get to small frame, I tend to prefer Ruger but that might be because I think this Security Six fits my left hand better and I really like this trigger, but I do understand why some would want the S&W.

I as well. Kids today I suppose. Just because it's not really designed for +P loads. They didn't really have +P in '66. .357 Magnum was, well, magnum. Sure, it's not a .44 Magnum (that'll blow your head clean off) , but it does its job well.

This thread reminds me why I love living in the PNW, even if my states are going to hell when it comes to gun laws. I still have Bi-Mart. No need for Walmart at all. Sure it's closer, but I will 10 times out of 10 go out of my way to go to a BiMart. Sure the stores haven't changed decor since the 80's but that's why I love the place. Lucky number Tuesday's were why I always did my dry goods grocery shopping on Tuesday since college. (Bi-Mart doesn't have produce or other perishables. They barely have milk.) But they do regularly have .22 ammo on sale, and occasionally there is some hidden diamond in the gun case that is an absolute steal. Pleasant and helpful staff...

If Low More and I have to travel w/o the RV somewhere small(ish) we've taken to looking to see if there might be a non-chain locally owned motel or hotel or Best Western. Sometimes if you call direct after checking the booking sites you can get the same or better deal and a thank you for keeping the dollars local, but only if it looks like a place where the owner is the person that is likely to pick up the phone when you call. If it's corporate owned, f'get'boutit. Just go with the booking site.

Since when is a Model 19 underrated? That's classic K Frame. I mean sure, I miss my 586-1, but the 19 has been around slightly longer than me...

Never really thought about it. My daily carry is a Security Six in a pocket holster (left front). If I feel I might need something with a few extra rounds, it's outside the waistband and since I almost always wear Hawaiian shirts over t-shirts that I leave unbuttoned so you can read the t-shirt, I never have to worry about buttons...

How would you use this die in a 550? In the last position?

Apparently there has to be an actual grave involved to be considered graverobbing?

Somewhere I saw something from Taylors about their 1873 in 9mm. That would be an interesting short stroke...

When I bought my press, I also bought the Maintenace kit, which I think is actually for a 750 (not that I realized it at the time) so I always have to take the zerck fitting off squirt a little grease in from that huge sirenge and put the zerck back on...

I will note that Winchester white box and Federal Champion (Blue Box) can get a little "fidgety" when loading into mine but could totally be because they're coming out of my Mark IV after not firing for a light strike because it gets Finkey about the ammo after about 500 rounds or so until I clean it again. The Remington Thunderbolts I use for "competition" (My indoor range has a monthly "Lead Therapy" match drawing for prizes that I use the Mark IV for one of my entries.) doesn't have a problem loading.

@Pat Riot Nothing spooky about that lawn. Nope. Nada. I could walk past there. Yep. No problem. Nothing to see here...

NULL And be careful actually connecting and using open wifi these days. A number of those actually are there on purpose to capture your stuff. (Not so much your browsing, which if you're smart you're always using a https page but depending on how you're viewing your email that's unencrypted.

Lucky Ducks.

I only caught a little bit of the opening ceremonies during my lunch break and all I could think of was "Why is the guy from Assassin's Creed carrying the torch?" Although, I did think having teams come down the river in boats was something new, rather than just walking into a stadium.

I never really thought about it because I usually de-prime my brass before cleaning using the Dillion de-priming and sizing die, then load the C45S after the 45 Colt by just changing out the head on 550 for to the one I use for 45ACP (if there was wild bunch that week) and since it's all de-primed I don't put the case in that first position until it's time to press in the primer then advance. Then load the 45ACP after changing the plate.

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