quicksylver
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I will remember that..I have two cousin scallop in out of New Bedford.
Every once in awhile they drop off sea scallops, about 8 # each..
Every once in awhile they drop off sea scallops, about 8 # each..
Finally-- good casting session last evening
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quicksylver
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True Bill .....but you got the Gulf shrimp.
Pistolero
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Hmm. Not around here. Had lots of that for free when we lived in Key West, trail a special net
from a bridge between the Navy heliport and Fleming Key for an hour and get a big bucket of
shrimp any time you wanted, except slack tide. Tide ran through the passage between the two
islands at a great rate, used a net with a 3ft x 4 ft rectangle of 1/2" rebar, sort of sock shaped
net on it about 6-7 ft deep (long), with the rebar mouth rim supported on four "shroud lines"
back to a rope.
This worked great, picked up shrimp being carried by the tide. Just drop it in when the tide is
running strong, wait about 45 min to an hour and fresh shrimp. No scallops in the keys that I knew
of, but we got a lot of seafood for just catching it. That was a LONG time ago.
Not much self caught seafood in Kansas.
The gulf shrimp is in the grocery
stores.
Bill
from a bridge between the Navy heliport and Fleming Key for an hour and get a big bucket of
shrimp any time you wanted, except slack tide. Tide ran through the passage between the two
islands at a great rate, used a net with a 3ft x 4 ft rectangle of 1/2" rebar, sort of sock shaped
net on it about 6-7 ft deep (long), with the rebar mouth rim supported on four "shroud lines"
back to a rope.
This worked great, picked up shrimp being carried by the tide. Just drop it in when the tide is
running strong, wait about 45 min to an hour and fresh shrimp. No scallops in the keys that I knew
of, but we got a lot of seafood for just catching it. That was a LONG time ago.
Not much self caught seafood in Kansas.
The gulf shrimp is in the grocerystores.
Bill
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Swede44mag
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Pistolero:
Some good looking bullets you made. I use a RCBS Pro melt the batch I made a couple weeks ago was with a custom Brass RCBS style 270 grain SWC I only made a 3lb coffee can full.
I don't like to cast as much as I did when I was 40yrs younger so I make a batch that will last me a couple of years and lube them when I need them.
I am trying some Beer can gas checks about 4.5 thousands thick made with a Free Checks PB check maker I made.
I will be running them through a new Ruger Black Hawk 45 Colt at 900 to 100fps using Unique to start with.
Looking forward to letting the air out of a nice size Buck or Doe this Regular Rifle season.
Some good looking bullets you made. I use a RCBS Pro melt the batch I made a couple weeks ago was with a custom Brass RCBS style 270 grain SWC I only made a 3lb coffee can full.
I don't like to cast as much as I did when I was 40yrs younger so I make a batch that will last me a couple of years and lube them when I need them.
I am trying some Beer can gas checks about 4.5 thousands thick made with a Free Checks PB check maker I made.
I will be running them through a new Ruger Black Hawk 45 Colt at 900 to 100fps using Unique to start with.
Looking forward to letting the air out of a nice size Buck or Doe this Regular Rifle season.
Ian
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Ian
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That's how I ended up with 1900 little baby .22s running around Tuesday evening. Started out to cast a few dozen and see if they were going to be any good. Checked several over really well, decided they were going to work, warmed the pot and mould some more, and kept going until the pressure got below optimal.
KHornet
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Women have bad hair days, and once in awhile I have bad casting days. When I do however I stop before I screw up a bunch of lead.
However when I do have a great casting day, it is as Pistolero says, it is sort of hypnotic, and I can turn out cast works of art (at least they seem like that to me.)
However when I do have a great casting day, it is as Pistolero says, it is sort of hypnotic, and I can turn out cast works of art (at least they seem like that to me.)