so waht ya doin today?

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
23 years ago, when I started cutting wood with a friend (mentor), Besides the two Stihl saws he had, he also had a Mini MAC and a old MAC 10-10. Back then, just starting out, he mostly only let me use the smaller Stihl (024) he had. Once he trusted my abilities, he gave me a taste of the Stihl 036 Pro...boy I loved that one, lots of power ...then he had me try the old MAC 10-10, OMG was that thing heavy and the vibrations loosened all my TEETH :eek: no thanks...He just laughed, and said, that saw cut a lot of wood by his Dad, but he never did like it either, he bought the Mini MAC and did most of the cutting with that, until he was introduced to Stihl.

Think of it this way- there's absolutely no reason for us to cast bullets, or to reload for that matter. We do it because it serves to satisfy something inside us. Same with the old saws. Yup, they vibrate something fierce, they're way louder, heavier and they don't all have chain brakes or even automatic oilers. I love them! An early Corvette is a terrible car really, same for the 64 1/2 'Stang my wife lusts after. But people pay tens of thousands for them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that...
 

RBHarter

West Central AR
Yes we know it's a terrible waste of horse power . But we like the blllup , blllup , blllup sound that 110-165 horses make idling at 750 rpm in that 4,000 lb sled with almost enough brakes and sloppy steering that rides like 4" of pillow top on a last generation waveless water bed .

You just don't get that in the hotrod Lincolns or Caddis the LHS may have been the last great cross country car .......
 

Mitty38

Well-Known Member
I hurt my back yesterday stepping into a hole at work.
Been limping around the house today. Had son help me take ammo inventory. Down to 200 rounds for each gun and a brick of small rifle primers.
However I have massive amounts of 12 guage 7.5 and 22lr ammo.
Guess I will be shooting only 12 guage or .22 untill I get my .223 mould.
Course I have a few .22's that need the dust shot out of them any way.
 

Mitty38

Well-Known Member
Well . . . it's not an original. Unfortunately. It's a used Uberti I couldn't pass up.

I'll polish the brass and take an outdoor picture, tomorrow.
Rather have a clone I can shoot, then an original I cannot. Nice gun looking forward to the pics.
 
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Joshua

Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
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Gone thru about 40-45 pounds of alloy in the last few days. I’m trying to stock up on bullets that I have almost ran out of, or have been wanting to try. My plan was to get these cast and PC’d before my new lathe shows up.

Ranch Dog 311-165
Lyman 311290
Lyman 358477
Lee 312-155-2R
Lee TL314-90-SWC
Lee 401-175-TC
 

L Ross

Well-Known Member
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Gone thru about 40-45 pounds of alloy in the last few days. I’m trying to stock up on bullets that I have almost ran out of, or have been wanting to try. My plan was to get these cast and PC’d before my new lathe shows up.

Ranch Dog 311-165
Lyman 311290
Lyman 358477
Lee 312-155-2R
Lee TL314-90-SWC
Lee 401-175-TC
Very nice, must be satisfying.
 

L Ross

Well-Known Member
Sue and I took the Ranger up in the woods to check on the salvage cut of Emerald Ash borer infected white ash trees. While the logger was up there we had him harvest a bunch of big popple that are near the end of their life cycle. So there are close to a couple hundred big trunks dragged out in the neighbor's corn stubble, cut into bolts and saw logs, and ready for buyers to examine and hopefully bid on.

Then I went through a box of Wolf Match Target working on off hand prairie dogs at 80 yards. I changed my front hand position to lessen the fatigue I was getting in my fingers and my hold steadied noticeably. I ran 9 straight in the second bank and was going to clean the rail when my faulty brain took over. As the cross hairs settled on #10 I pulled right through the first stage and mashed the trigger and managed to cleverly miss old #10.

Cursing my ineptitude and lack of discipline I ran that target and the 4 remaining on the upper rail with no problem at all. As much as I like the elegance of the finger rest position when shooting off hand, I finally have to admit that my fingers and thumb just cannot manage long strings of shots before fatigue sets in.

My next plan is to take a bad 10-22 magazine and JB Weld a block to the bottom and form a small palm rest. The AICS pattern magazine on my Bergara B-14 makes a handy rest for the cup of my left palm. If modifying a 10-22 magazine works I'll order a few more and modify several.

Then I have to work on my brain. If I can almost always hit 1 on demand, why not 10 in a row? When I get a couple of 10's I'll switch to smaller targets and start over.

After lunch I headed down to the river bottom and explored a new ice fishing spot. It was a good 15 minute hike through the woods and down some "frozen" channels and I came across 3 guys fishing a narrow cut. They were friendly and their attitude was,"If you're willing to hike back this far you might be okay." I said, "It'll be easy enough to hide my body back here if it's a big secret." We all had a laugh and had a nice fishing visit for a couple of hours.

I followed the older fellow that was out there through the woods, on our way back to our trucks, as the ice I walked in on was somewhat sketchy. I'll be 67 soon and this guy is 74 and I managed to keep up with him, just, on our way out, and he was pulling a small flip over sled with his gear. He used a pair of cross country ski poles and I thought that clever. He is about 5'6", not at all svelte, had about a 28" inseam, and trundles through the woods like a small steam engine. Dear God may we all do as well as we age.
 

dale2242

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I smoked more cheese yesterday in the Big Chief smoker.
A full rack of cheddar setting on a pan of ice keeps it cool while smoking.
Some medium. Some sharp. 2 hours seems to be about right for cheddar.
I will vacuum seal and store for a month to let the smoke sink in.
I may be getting this figured out.
 
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Ole_270

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Sitting here looking out the window at a group of turkeys in the field that surrounds the house. 3-4 gobblers at a time fanned out and strutting. Think they're getting as anxious for spring and warmer weather as I am.
 

RBHarter

West Central AR
Yesterday on 5 hr of sleep from Saturday morning at 8:00 I had breakfast with the oldest boy . It's been 2 years and over year since I saw my grand daughter , 12 , 5'8" , 105# ...... So glad I bred for tall slight genes .
Anyway nice visit 3 hours over breakfast . It would appear that head do your job keep your crews butts unslung doesn't get you points toward Sargent . 12,000 hr of dirty hands and a combat tour over 8 yr isn't enough . Poor kid only shoots 34/40 with a 3" rifle from 50-350 meters .......open sights . He needs the 4/6 hits at 300-350 . I'm on the hunt for a sticky but not gooey slip cover recoil pad . Seems he has trouble with his butt kicking out in full pack and can't get a shoulder cap to stop it . I'm thinking limbsaver but the pics look slick vs the older ones that were more like open cell , natural rubber , sanded .....

Got home , dressed for work , got home , 0200 still awake .....
Good times .
 

StrawHat

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Yesterday, herself and I drove to Chicago for a 10 day work week. We do this 4 times a year. The dogs come with us and we rent a house near Fox Lake. We actually have started taking an extra two days up here just for R&R. Something we don’t do at home. So, today, I am catching up on forum reading and playing games.

Kevin
 

JonB

Halcyon member
Think of it this way- there's absolutely no reason for us to cast bullets, or to reload for that matter. We do it because it serves to satisfy something inside us. Same with the old saws. Yup, they vibrate something fierce, they're way louder, heavier and they don't all have chain brakes or even automatic oilers. I love them! An early Corvette is a terrible car really, same for the 64 1/2 'Stang my wife lusts after. But people pay tens of thousands for them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that...
I can sure understand your viewpoint. I was just sharing my limited experience, but experience none the less, with an old 10-10. In the last Decade, I drove a 71 Chev C20 for a 4 year period as my in-town vehicle, Sold it, then bought the 2000 Chev C2500 for that purpose. The 71 was fun, but now that I got that out of my system, I much prefer the 2000 and don't see myself looking for a pre-1990 vehicle ever again.
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I don't shoot my Sedgly rebarreled '03 Springfield or my 52 Winchester with the Lyman Jr Targetspot every day, but that doesn't mean the collector in me is going to toss them on the ash heap of history. We like what we like. I have a 1-50 McCullouch that weighs about 25 lbs bare. Not something I'm going into the woods with but it's fun to play with on the woodpile!
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Yesterday, Ian was lamenting that his .45 Colt Henry and .30-30 Marlin hadn't spawned a .38 Special. I posted a couple poor photos of my .38 Special Uberti 1866, and said I'd post an outdoor one today. Didn't get to it till shadows appeared, but it's below, though only marginally better. Matthew Brady I'm not. Nor Jim.

I agree with Mitty, regarding shooting all my guns. I don't have the space nor the finances to collect original specimens of rifles and handgun that I find of particular interest, thus when the opportunity arises I buy reproductions and shoot them.

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Mitty38

Well-Known Member
Yesterday, Ian was lamenting that his .45 Colt Henry and .30-30 Marlin hadn't spawned a .38 Special. I posted a couple poor photos of my .38 Special Uberti 1866, and said I'd post an outdoor one today. Didn't get to it till shadows appeared, but it's below, though only marginally better. Matthew Brady I'm not. Nor Jim.

I agree with Mitty, regarding shooting all my guns. I don't have the space nor the finances to collect original specimens of rifles and handgun that I find of particular interest, thus when the opportunity arises I buy reproductions and shoot them.

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Joshua

Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
Lathe showed up in broken pieces today. Carriage hand wheel took the brunt of it, feels “floppy”. Waiting on them to process the claim. Replacement is backordered till sometime in March. Buying a lathe has been on my bucket list for well over a decade. Angry and sad!
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