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  1. The bread making thread got me thinking

    I also go for smoked fishes - having lived in Alaska for 2 years and Washington state for more years than I care to remember I smoked silver salmons rock fishes and dolly vardens (char) frequently. Those were the good old days the limit for silvers was 5 per day then and much more for the char...

  2. Vertical Dispersion - Weighing Primers

    Good answer!

  3. Vertical Dispersion - Weighing Primers

    Just trying to get a grasp on the stuff above. I see it as velocity differences of 8 fps would be .26 percent around a velocities of 3100 fps but might cause 3 inches drop variations at 1000 yards (1.5 up & 1.5 down?). Would determination of .26 percent velocity differences require an...

  4. Vertical Dispersion - Weighing Primers

    I see your point actual velocity measuring and comparisons between weight sorted and just dumped out of the box with equal and reasonably uniform components and assembly Why I like the attachment is that I have better things to do than weigh primers and run extensive velocity comparisons for my...

  5. Vertical Dispersion - Weighing Primers

    Despite somewhat less than super precise weighing methods and showing results more precise than recorded, I still like the stuff in the attachment below because other factors or variables found in the loading process were eliminated. The primer blast waves were the only item measured and...

  6. House arrest!

    We were living in a suburb S.E. of Boston, MA but our family had property on Cape Cod, about 80 miles away (long trip at 35 mph with gas rationing so infrequent visits). City light seen offshore will out-line a merchant vessel steaming along the coast, the indirect glow of city light is also...

  7. Demographic profile of the forum

    Might plug this into my excel routine next week and take a look - keep on responding.

  8. Demographic profile of the forum

    I see more of us old-timers, 80 plus are responding - keep thinking & moving & enjoy stuff (like food, drink, fishing & shooting) that won't hurt too bad or not at all. Vivid past memories like when my dad & I saw a WWII U Boat periscope making a wake about 1/4 mile off shore at Race Point...

  9. What do I build next?

    I like the .308, uses the same powders as my .20P & .204R, usually able to pick up good range brass (like Nosler, Hornady & S&B), huge selection of bullets in 125 - 168 grain range, and makes big enough bullet holes to spot at 300 with 14X provided light is good. Mine is a light weight Kimber...

  10. What is your go to .22 LR round?

    Common, ordinary CCI Blazers. up to 5-6 in 1/2 inch hole at 50 yds. Custom Douglas C-M barrel fitted to Ruger M77/22. Good cheap ammo. Also the rifle has a Bentz type chamber.

  11. 35 whelen or 375 ruger

    I compulsively get into various combinations almost never of which get actual hunting use. For bigger than .30 I have had a .338-06 and now a .375-.338WM. I friend of mine has hunted in Africa many times and his battery consists of a .270W, .375 H&H, & .416 Rigby. I paid attention to his...

  12. 87 vmax/105 Amax

    I have extensively used both but in .243W & 6mm AI. Not much difference in the two for field shooting at rodents. My standard 6mm Rem & .243W are 8 twist and shoot 87Vmax's very well and a variety of 105's. My re-barreled 6mm AI from a 8 twist to a 10 twist is only used with 87 Vmax's and...

  13. House arrest!

    I am real olde & can remember my mom ordering me not to open the light proof window covers at night during WWII when Germanian U boats were less than 20 miles offshore from our house - I complied because I feared the consequences of disobedience and also my grandfather was in the U.S. Merchant...

  14. The Great Powder Shortage of 2020 is upon us

    This needs more work for me - my understanding is that ball powders may be made from reclaimed extruded powders some of which are either in excess of needs or beginning to show signs of deterioration. As I understand it, and this needs more explanation, the surplus extruded powders are dissolved...

  15. Stay At Home Order in California??

    Serious stuff, lots of confusion and misinformation requiring caution and common sense, not panic or autocratic supervisory control intended to diminish individual wise decisions and allow harmful intrusions. Toby Bradshaw's log graph if switched to linear would go way above my computer screen...

  16. Strange coincidence- two dies, both too long

    Occasionally, I have run into this problem. Every resize die that I have used is hardened as well as the shell holders. My solution is to grind down the tops of the shell holders using a diamond wheel in my Dremel then polish the tops of the shell holder with 320 & 400 wet/dry paper held against...

  17. Incident at range

    Some years ago an event like that occurred at the parking lot in front of the Home Depot store in Bozeman MT. Thru a variety of causes, some older Rem 700 rifles may discharge upon switching off the safety when loaded. I prefer to be able to open the bolt leaving the safety engaged.

  18. Paying $$$ for a Prairie Dog Hunt

    Depends, if you are olde & solo & have little knowledge of the area $300 might be on the upper end of reasonable. In Montana, many ranchers routinely poison the rodents and many are reluctant to allow shooters on their property because of liability reasons. A few years ago I had a real...

  19. Stay At Home Order in California??

    Common sense - you have the right to jump off a cliff & hope for a soft landing in some tree branches or a haystack. But coronavirus gets into infecting others via any momentary slip in protective protocol, defiance (millennials?), or ignorance (83 at one single convention in Boston, MA). Be...

  20. The Great Powder Shortage of 2020 is upon us

    Time to research "orphan" powders - like the ones covered with dust sitting on shelves for many months. IMR 4320, Al 4000MR come into mind. H380 is sort of having a comeback. For years I used an older lot of H380 at 44 grains with Hornady 168 & Sierra 168 match bullets in the .308, velocities...

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