Buckshot Bear

THE MARBURG HOTEL - 1886 Exterior view of the Marburg Hotel. A family group poses on the verandah, including Otto Sakrzewski who was the proprietor of the hotel 1886-1914. His wife Auguste is seated, holding a baby.

ESSEX TOURER - 1929 Essex Tourer made by the Hudson Motor Company of USA. Car pictured was and Australian body on an imported chassis. This model known as The Challenger. Tourer has rear curtains in place. Extra curtains between rear and doors could be added in wet weather.

Aussie in Rome

Dave I did a search about a year or more ago where I saw that you mentioned doing that in a thread. I did take some of the moulding dags off with a sharp knife and put the barrel open down on a sheet of wet & dry on some plate glass.

You can see how much mine has stretched (I'm just holding that with my finger for the pic) its made it virtually impossible to screw the lid on -

And ordered, there was one sitting in a parts bin out back and will be in the mail in the next hour and hopefully get it before Good Friday. I'll just have to order one of these yearly and add the expense in the 'fun' column. Had the tumbler roughly 2 years and probably the gasket started acting up 6 months ago (it gets used a LOT). The main importer of Lyman (not Safari they are resellers) said they do send out a lot of these as replacements to stores. I will make a template out of cardboard with the new one though and see if I can buy some flat sheet to give cutting out a few a go. ....

Seen them take sheep, never seen them try to take a full grown roo.

Just on the phone with Safari as I type, there checking in the warehouse for me ....fingers crossed.

When I add to cart though this comes up -

Think I might have to try, the original is 3mm thick.

Don't worry......we know you guys are those 'funny' cousins

I have a badly leaking Hornady Cyclone rotary wet tumbler, I've contacted Lyman and they wrote back to use Vaseline around the rubber gasket/lid. This caused a big mess with pins stuck in the Vaseline and now either the Vaseline has reacted to the rubber or its from me trying to screw the lid on as tight as possible but the gasket is so stretched and oversize I can't screw the lid on as it won't catch the threads. This is one best things I've ever added to my reloading room, except for the darn leaking problem. Unfortunately the rubber gasket Part # LY-7631451 is currently out of stock with the Australian importer and months away for the next delivery. Has anyone else had this problem with theirs?

Big Platypus at Broken River Eungella QLD.

I've shot a lot of these, just never liked them -

Or a Colt -

Or you can go the other end of the scale and get one of these - or what I use for WB -

For a Wallaby....you're a sick puppy

Normie Rowe - A popular recording star who served in Vietnam. A celebrity among many of the young men of his age who faced the prospect of conscription, Rowe was among those called up for army service. Norman J. Rowe, AM (b. 1947) Normie Rowe began his popular singing career while a young teenager and gathered a youthful following. After producing his first record in 1965, he quickly rose to national fame, becoming Australia’s King of Pop in 1968. He had a number of big hits, including “It ain’t necessarily so”, and “Que sera sera”. Rowe’s career was suddenly interrupted when he was called up to do National Service. The press followed his military service, but it was no substitute for the attention he had received as a touring and recording celebrity. He was duly sent to serve in Vietnam with A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment. In Vietnam he commanded an armoured personnel carrier, describing the work as, “out on the highway, protection for vehicle convoys and land-clearing teams … taking in infantry, and things like that”. Following his year’s active service he was released from the army. After his discharge Rowe found it hard to take up his career where he had left off. Nevertheless, he gradually re-established himself in the entertainment industry and later moved into television, theatre, and recording. In 1987 he had an important role in the stage musical Les Misérables. He closely identifies himself with Vietnam veterans groups and actively supports them. Rowe has said of his National Service days: “You can look at your life and say that wasn’t fair and that killed your career … or you can look back and take out of that segment of your life whatever was good. The best friends that I’ve got are Vietnam veterans.

I present to you.....The Lamington