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How fastidious are you as it relates to reloading your straight-walled pistol brass?
I dry tumble with corn cob media and a little brass polish, then resize & deprime. I prime separately then finish up on my Hornady progressive press. I am surprised that most responders wet tumble. Why? Wet tumbling seems like more steps. Dry tumbling has always worked fine for me. I don't see...- Donovan48
- Post #26
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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What gun are you fond of that you may or may not own?
I have had a mini 30 for about 20 years. It works fine. What problems are you having with yours?- Donovan48
- Post #26
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
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I upset this guy today
About 20 years ago I heard several pistol shots next door. My neighbor was shooting at a large rattle snake in her back yard but wasn't having any luck connecting. I loaded a Security Six with CCI 38 spl snake shot and from a distance of about 6 or 7 feet shot the snake. I had never used snake...- Donovan48
- Post #6
- Forum: Break Room
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THE CZickness LI.....Shooting for a Summer to Remember
Anybody know why it is so hard to find replacement slide locks for CZ 75s? -
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Looking at 1911's
I have two Colt series 70 1911 in .45 acp. The full size I bought in 1975 and the Combat Commander I bought in 1980. I used the full size in competition and it was completely reliable. No problems or complaints. But the Commander was never reliable. Nothing helped. Different magazines... -
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Ammo thru a clothes washer?
I once bought several thousand rounds of surplus G.I. 45 acp that had been stored for at least forty years in the Philippines under less than ideal conditions. They were all heavily tarnished. I tumbled them with ground walnut shells and jeweler's rouge to clean them up. They all fired fine.- Donovan48
- Post #19
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Can we just Stop with the Innocent until Proven Guilty Nonsense!
You said, "I think my point has been lost on this one? I am not asking for to declare someone guilty of a crime with out it being adjudicated. I am asking why we need to call a deceased monster an alleged shooter, or suspect." I get your point. I don't think we need to use "alleged or suspect"...- Donovan48
- Post #39
- Forum: Break Room
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Can we just Stop with the Innocent until Proven Guilty Nonsense!
"Innocent until proven guilty" is a legal concept, and we should be grateful for it. It dates back to the Salem witch trials where women were accused of being witches and had to prove they weren't or be executed. Of course the process of proving they weren't witches usually killed them anyway...- Donovan48
- Post #35
- Forum: Break Room
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Explain this to me as if I am a 5 year old.
Twentieth century history indicates that rational people have more to fear from government than from criminal civilians. Look up "Democide" if you have doubts. Maybe you feel that sort of thing could never happen here. If so, try this thought experiment. If you tend to vote Democrat, would you...- Donovan48
- Post #130
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
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Someone talk me out of buying a black powder revolver
There is a safety concern when loading BP into 45 Colt or 38 special cases, though. While smokeless powder is safe with an air space between the charge and the base of the bullet, black powder IS NOT. Black powder is not safe unless the case is full. Check out this video on- Donovan48
- Post #38
- Forum: Black Powder / Muzzleloader Guns
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Someone talk me out of buying a black powder revolver
Everybody here is thinking cap and ball revolvers. I got started on them back in the 70s when building them from kits was popular. You can load 45 Colt and 38 special brass with black power or Pyrodex and have the best of both worlds. Just don't be in a hurry to handle the brass right after...- Donovan48
- Post #37
- Forum: Black Powder / Muzzleloader Guns
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Reset only, or full release? How do you train?
Yes, pulling the trigger is a fine motor control, but doesn't require as much sensitivity as "feeling" the point of reset and staging a trigger for the next shot without a ND. -
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Reset only, or full release? How do you train?
Yes, but shooting for recreation is a sport and not truly stressful. Violent confrontations are different. Releasing to reset and keeping the trigger safely staged for the next shot is easy enough when the adrenaline isn't pumping. A few years ago there was a news report of a man holding a... -
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Reset only, or full release? How do you train?
In high stress situations most people lose fine motor control in their fingers which shooting to reset requires. Yesterday I was trying to program a garage door opener with very small buttons in 14 degree weather. I could move my fingers okay --- good enough for trigger slapping if I had been...