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In many ways circuit splits will help get one of these cases to the Supreme Court quicker. Circuit splits are bad and one job is for the Supreme Court to remove them. Also they have shown they don’t like to jump the gun so to speak. Cases have to move through the system first.
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Marlin 1894 JM Cowboy .357 Mag Double Feeds
Still hand Bill replied to Skiddsteer1's topic in SASS Wire
Any pictures of your mod? I had two of them and no luck. I do like the design and think it should be an improvement, but my gun didn’t like them. Would jam regularly just like the OP. -
This is the truth. 410’s run 25-30 a box around here if you can find them. Promo 12 ga/20 are probably 6? That’s almost 20 a box savings. 15 boxes would pay for a stoger 12 ga.
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Marlin 1894 JM Cowboy .357 Mag Double Feeds
Still hand Bill replied to Skiddsteer1's topic in SASS Wire
I could not get it to work on my remlin. Had to go back to the stock extractor. -
Two that really stand out to me due to selection are specialty sports in Colorado Springs and Gordy and sons in Huston. Specialty sports is an old Walgreens, the whole outside wall has long guns on it. Gordy and sons has the nicest selection of high end shotguns I have ever seen in one place. Sub $10k outside the vault, 10k+ inside the vault. We got to go in the vault and saw many shotguns that cost more than my first two houses put together. Amazing stuff. for old time shops, shootnden in Colorado Springs is a classic shop. Great owner and has lots of good used stuff come through. I got a set of flat top 44 specials from a estate of a ruger collector. Have not run across another pair since.
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No idea why you 28ga are not allowed. Seems silly considering there is no minimum velocity or shot weight for shotguns. Considering you can easily load a 28g load (3/4oz) in a 12 ga, why not allow the 28? I shoot a 28 for most clay games as I can just buy light loads instead of having to load them. For sass I shoot a 20 ga load in 12, 7/8 oz. I expect most don’t shoot full power 12ga loads.
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Dogs protected “mommy“
Still hand Bill replied to Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Race with a guy who’s dog considered his daughter his person. He swatted her for doing something wrong, the dog bared it’s teeth and would have gone after him if he had done it again. Dogs can be very protective of their people. -
The ww2 air museum in Colorado Springs has two of them and both are operational. Btw they sound great when idling. My distillery was just across the creek and would often hear them warming up.
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With ignition off, the engine won’t start. It would turn over if the clutch was out, freewheel if the clutch was pushed in. This case is often used on off-road motorcycles on extreme hills where you would be walking the bike down. Dead engine, in gear and use the clutch as a brake. Easier as the clutch is on the handlebar while the brake is foot activated. a rolling vehicle with the engine off is pretty quiet, but not silent. Tires make noise.
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Close, but I have found unique in the last few years and never trail boss. I got a 8lb keg of unique in the last year. Should hold me for a while.
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Dry lube. Honestly I would use the old bicycle chain trick if you can remove the chain. Dip/soak it in melted wax. Will get the wax into the links and help flush out any dirt. Then remove and let cool. Knock off any excess. On a bike it’s good for 300 ish miles. Then repeat. Use a double boiler to prevent overheating the wax.
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On mine the safety spring would push the lever open with a lighter lever plunger spring. I had to either run a lighter spring for the safety or bend the stock one a little to reduce pressure. I don’t remember who made one, but someone does make a lighter safety spring.
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All pistols and rifles and shotguns are limited to 50 cal unless there is a sporting use exemption. Most 12ga and 20 ga get such an exemption. There are a few big game rifles that have exemptions as well.
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Do Canadians drive on the left or the right?
Still hand Bill replied to Alpo's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Pretty sure it’s the same as the US. Right hand drive is usually only in countries that were under British rule. Any under French are left hand drive. Seems Napoleon thought it was uncivilized to meet with weapon hand to weapon hand and thus we drive on the right side of the road. -
If you do buy a EV , you might not want a Hyundai
Still hand Bill replied to Buckshot Bob 's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Yes. Called vampire drain. I left my ev for 10 days at the airport and it lost a few %, but not enough to matter. Teslas were notorious for having a high vampire drain when they first came out. I expect they have since reduced the problem to a manageable level. A quick search should show if it’s still a problem. all batteries self discharge over time even when not connected. Lead acid is pretty quick, less than 6 months. Nimh is really fast like a week or two, why early rechargeable tools were always dead. Lithium is pretty slow and can go a year or more. -
The Marlin is not easy to short stroke. Even when short stroked, you have to run shorter ammo as the lever moves the bolt directly and to reduce stroke you have to reduce bolt travel. A very different setup than a 66 or 72 which has a linkage where you can change the ratio between lifter and lever. I looked at what had to be done and gave up on the idea of a short stroke. Just did the Widder mods aka Widdermatic.
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If you do buy a EV , you might not want a Hyundai
Still hand Bill replied to Buckshot Bob 's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
They can’t even agree on the same charge cord, so same battery won’t happen. The charge cord is a more close analogy of pulling into a gas station and filling up. Imagine there were three different types of nozzles to get gas and you have to find the correct pump/ station to get gas. That’s what ev’s deal with. Imho it was a huge mistake in the US that the government didn’t specify a single connector for charging. They did in Europe and Tesla uses the standard, not the Tesla connector like in the US. Swapping batteries would be like a quick change gas tank. the idea of quick changing is really no longer feasible as the batteries have a lot going on for temperature control. They are also used as a structure in the car. Not as simple as just pulling it out and swapping in a new one. -
If you do buy a EV , you might not want a Hyundai
Still hand Bill replied to Buckshot Bob 's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
I know that lots of people say it’s mandated, but digging in, it doesn’t appear that it is yet. I see articles saying it’s a thing, but no one points out the actual cfr and the retained capacity seems to vary, which is something that is critical. carb does require emissions to be warrantied, but not ev’s yet. I did find a few people who had letters from carb stating they did not do it yet. It’s coming in 2026. It doesn’t matter if it’s law or not as most mfg have a decent warranty. Gm is the worst at a 60% capacity floor. So you can lose almost half the capacity before you get a new battery. -
If you do buy a EV , you might not want a Hyundai
Still hand Bill replied to Buckshot Bob 's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Did some digging and there is not currently a minimum warranty requirement on the federal level. They are working on it, but currently there is not one. Just what each mfg offers. Even carb doesn’t have one right now. They have one set to go into effect in 2026. -
If you do buy a EV , you might not want a Hyundai
Still hand Bill replied to Buckshot Bob 's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Ev batteries life really depends on how they are treated. I think most are rated for 1000 cycles or so until, they reach 70% capacity. If you do say a 50% cycle depth it will go 2000 charges, 30% and now it’s 3000. This is why it’s important to have a much bigger battery than needed. The battery will go many more charges if they are shallow vs deep cycles. If you do full deep cycles every day and fast charge you can kill a battery in a short period of time. Many examples of this where people commute with too small a battery and charge 1 to 2x per day. nissan had huge issues with the first generation leaf battery. They were small and air cooled. Almost all of them were replaced under warranty. Heat and cold can be bad for lithium batteries as well. Fast charging while cold destroys batteries. Most cars have heaters built in and limit charge rates when cold to prevent damage. Liquid cooled batteries have cooling built in to help mitigate heat damage. The air cooled Nissan batteries had no such provision and failed in quite high numbers in hot environments. The mfg also don’t provide a good way to track battery capacity, so it’s quite hard to know exactly what the capacity is of your pack. I would guess my Bolt pack was down 10-20% after 3 years and 60k miles, but I was never able to put a hard number on the capacity loss. as a battery degrades the cycles get deeper which further speeds up degradation. It’s a vicious spiral that can quickly kill an older battery. -
Your favorite Christmas movie?
Still hand Bill replied to Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Klaus is a good one. A kids movie, but a few adult jokes thrown in. -
When I was shooting a lot of clays, I could buy a flat for $54. Could reload for a bit less than that. Laid in a lot of components at those prices, so today I am loading for 1/3 to 1/2 the price of current prices. Then for 28 and 410’s it’s even better. Just paid $24/box for AA 410’s. I can reload those for under $4. really depends how much you shoot if it’s worth it and how much free time is available as time isn’t free. For a box or 2 per month, probably not worth reloading, but when I was shooting 8-12 poxes per week, it sure was.
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At my house yellow is 2-st gas. Oil/gas mixed. Helps prevent straight gassing a chainsaw. As above they are supposed to be diesel. Diesel fuel pumps should be green covers on the handle. Except bp stations which use green on gas due to green being a corporate color. also diesel price on signs should be green vs red for gas. Again bp uses green for gas. I refuse to buy gas at bp as I have pulled in to them more than once expecting diesel and finding lots of green handles, yet no diesel.
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The 350 legend has been out for several years and the 360 legend was announced at shot show this year. Rifles only started shipping this summer. 400 legend doesn’t even have rifles out yet although there is some ammo.
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There is a huge discussion going on a long range hunting forum where the discussion is using 223 or 243 to take deer and elk with the right bullets. This will be the direction the industry goes long term. A lot less recoil and just as effective as the bigger cartridges.