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hporter

hporter

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L Ross said:
Best aroma therapy I ever experienced was when I was a kid, sniffin' a freshly fired Federal paper 20 gauge shell popped out of a Climax single shot shotgun. That fragrance will never be bested.
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You sure hit the nail square on the head with your post.

As long as I enjoy life on the top side of the grass, the smell of burnt shotgun powder will always transport me back to my childhood, my 16 gauge Remington 870, and sunny fall days with pheasants and quail lifting into the air with all their beauty and aerobatic finesse. That smell is the quintessential "life is good" smell.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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hporter said:
You sure hit the nail square on the head with your post.

As long as I enjoy life on the top side of the grass, the smell of burnt shotgun powder will always transport me back to my childhood, my 16 gauge Remington 870, and sunny fall days with pheasants and quail lifting into the air with all their beauty and aerobatic finesse. That smell is the quintessential "life is good" smell.
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NOTHING says "Autumn" like the smell of shotshell smoke.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
I was reading about a guy that recently got his JES Rem 660 308 to 358 rebore back ........

I'm into that stupid 7.7 Arisaka almost twice what I paid or it would be extremely temptinger to have that 9×57(8) that has rattled around loose for so long . If it's finished with a 358 Win reamer could it be a 9×57 AI ? ....... Nah I still have a blank 1.25" , .452 groove barrel around here someplace that would make a dandy 2.25" straight case lop off an 06' , 45-70 substitute probably data and all . If it won't I don't think it will damage anything running Trapdoor up to lever gun data . :)
 
fiver

fiver

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you mean lop off a 284 case.
you have to inside ream an 0-6 case for it to hold a 45 cal bullet.
 
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RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
The straight case 460 rimless uses a blown straight 308 at 1.8 with 460 data . If I went with the 284 it's just a neck up run it in a 45-70 die ...... None of the 4 sizers take the mouth down under .455 . That Alexander arms 45-70 rebated is something like .003 over the 284s head dia , and .458 while the 460/45 Raptor are .451 . Trade a little case length for a little dia and viola' duplicated displacement .451 so I have sizers and moulds from 141 gr RB to 540 gr Postell .........

I do this to keep me from boxing it up and shipping it off . :) Besides I already have a 1.9" version .
 
fiver

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wish I'd known about that rimless straight case when I had my 450 express.

you ever try turning the rims off 454 casull cases with a drill and a file and make them just small enough to fit the chamber, but big enough to barely grab a shell holder?
gawd almighty totally wastes a Saturday, and all you get is enough brass to make a 1/2hr. range trip including the drive time.
 
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RBHarter

West Central AR
fiver said:
wish I'd known about that rimless straight case when I had my 450 express.

you ever try turning the rims off 454 casull cases with a drill and a file and make them just small enough to fit the chamber, but big enough to barely grab a shell holder?
gawd almighty totally wastes a Saturday, and all you get is enough brass to make a 1/2hr. range trip including the drive time.
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Yes actually ....... Well the turning and cutting part anyway . I made about 50 32 Rem from 30-30 & 32 WS ...... Yeah the rim isn't the only difference ......

The shared data works out nicely though .
 
JonB

JonB

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Hello, my name is Jon and I am a knife addict.

For some strange reason, I really like the older style (USA made) Chicago Cutlery kitchen knives, and folders. I got a neat old CC folder at the gunshow last month, a heavy, large LockBack with 4" blade (looks just like the Uncle Henry LB7), Except this CC has six serrations on the curve of the tip, and is labeled "Break through point"...never seen one of those.
THEN,
yesterday, I made an offer on this ebay listed vintage 7" Santoku. I didn't even know CC made a Santoku back then. They made them later (I mean China made them, LOL) , with different handle styles, but not the early 1980s walnut. I can now retire my Faberware Santoku that I've used for 20 years.


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462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
I have a lot of respect for big rig drivers. Having to put up with stupid drivers round town is bad enough without having to do it for a 10-hours per day living. Too, handling double or triple trailers over the twisty and steep grades of the Shasta/Trinity and Siskiyou mountains is probably not for the faint of heart.

But . . .

It's really irksome, though, when you are doing 80 mph and the big rig doing 70 mph in the other lane cuts in front of you to pass the big rig in front of him who is doing 69.9 mph. It's really, really irksome when it happens going up a steep mountainous grade.
 
Mitty38

Mitty38

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Wife got a bright Idea at the Range today. I was picking up brass.
She says she could pick up all the spent aluminum cases, wash them, then knock out the primers. Get enough then mash them with a hammer put them in a five gallon bucket. When it is full sell them for scrap aluminum. I'm like go for it.
She got a gallon jug worth picked up today, We will see if this lasts.
She is at the table now, on an old cutting board. Punching primers with a socket punch and hammer. Tap Tap Tap.
 
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Mitty38

Mitty38

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Dusty Bannister said:
If you have access to a forge, melt the cases, skim the primers, pour an ingot. Make SURE there are NO LIVE ROUNDS in the crucible.
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Good Idea but....I work for a company that makes, buys and sells aluminum alloy in ingot form of all sorts. I have unrestricted access to all material( I am the guy that test the chemical content, I also build loads for customers, enter recovery rates from furnaces, and have direct access to inventory lists.) So might look a little incriminating for me. Nobody in the area would touch an ingot from me with a 10 ft pole. 97475 alloy is a pricey one too. High mag.
 
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