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      Hornady reloading manual question

      I got the most recent edition of the Hornady reloading book. I found a load for 300 winchester for 150 gr Soft Points and loaded 50 of them. I was looking thru several other manuals and it is 10 grs less than most other starting load is this good? The load is 58.4 grs of H4350 the Hodgon manual...
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      RCBS expander ball wrong size?

      I'm loading up some 85gr Barnes TSX for my 243 Win was hoping to use them for deer in a few weeks. I noticed after the first 5 or so that it was hard to seat the bullet and a small sliver of copper came off every one. I checked my die over it looked ok. I checked my bullets with calipers they...
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      CMP question

      I'm planning on goin up to the cmp north store this weekend to get a Garand. Does anyone know if I buy the gun can I take it home that day being that I'm an out of stater? Any additional info like personal experiences would be appreciated.
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      New rimfire caliber coming soon from Winchester!

      Just saw a teaser trailer for a new rimfire caliber coming from winchester later this month. Anyone got any Ideas to what it could be?? Im guessing 5mm or .20 caliber redo maybe its something bigger? They video showed coyotes getting walloped so who knows. Of course any of the current rimfires...
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      7.62 x 39 ammo alert!

      If you are looking for 7.62 x 39 ammo Walmart on E. Washington St has probably over 20 boxes of winchester white box 40 rd "value packs" for 29.97 ea. Its a little much for those used to blasting Tula or wolf but its good quality reloadable ammo. 123gr fmj's
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      What happens to your gun if injured in an accident?

      This is something Ive always wondered about. If you get injured in a car accident or some other accident and you were carrying and had to be transported to the hospital and were incapasitated would the emt's just consider it a personal item and bag it with your other stuff so you can get it when...
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      Nocturnal Mature Bucks

      I have four trail cams set out on my hunting ground and have gotten several nice bucks on the cams problem is those are all at night. Probably the only hope is getting them when they are slipping up during rut and chasing does. Its amazing what deer you see on trail cams that you may have never...
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      Antique weapons for gun season.

      I recently had the idea that it would be fun to hunt deer with old anique weapons such as Trapdoor Springfields and Sharps rifles or replicas that fired blackpowder cartridges. However current DNR regulations wont allow this even tho the weapons wouldnt provide any advantage over modern weapons...
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      1859 sharps rifle or "berdan" rifle

      Would a 1859 sharps rifle be legal for use during firearms season? They are usually 54 caliber loaded with a paper cartridge usually around 60 grs of powder. It isnt anymore powerful than a modern inline muzzeloader its basically a breach loading muzzeloader if that makes any sense lol. I dont...
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      Who's ready for the U.S. Nationals!?

      Should be a good year this year its seems like it gets better every year.
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      45 acp 230gr LRN question.

      I picked up some 230 gr LRN bullets tonight at the gunshow from the Vance bullets guy(Tony Vance). I sit down to load some up but Im gettin conflicting data from a couple reloading manuals regarding COL. My Lyman manual has a 225 gr LRN listed at 1.272. My Hodgon manual says 1.200 and Alliant...
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      Price shocker at Gander Mtn.

      Ive known for quite some time that Gander Mtn runs high on ammo prices but after today Im not buyin ammo there again. They had Winchester white box 45 auto 230gr ball 100 round packs for 64.99!! Go right next door to Wal-mart and they sell for 39 dollars for the exact same box of ammo. Im not...
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      45 ACP RELOAD PROBLEMS. FTF ISSUES

      Im reloading some reduced power 45acp loads using 200gr LSWC's and 4.2grs of Bullseye powder and Im having failure to feed issues. The gun is a Ruger SR1911 and it has a standard GI style barrel. I was wondering if it was the semi-wadcutters causing the issue because it appears to be catching...
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      Olympic shooting

      I was doin some research on olympic shooting and came across the "running deer" competitions where competitors fired at moving deer silhouettes. They matches were held between 1908 and 1948 then died off. It would be neat to somehow revive some of these old matches.
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      Where to buy 1911 recoil springs locally

      Is there any where in and around the Indy area that sells 1911 recoil springs of various poundages? Im shooting some reloads and want to reduce my springs poundage but I dont know of any locally gun shops selling them. Im looking for a 14# spring.
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      Heavily armored attackers

      With all thats went on regarding the colorado massacre its changed my philosphy for everday carry. The guy that carried out the massacre was covered for the most part in ballistic armor giving him a degree of protection from someone returning fire. My thoughts are that this is of course an...
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      Foods shelf life

      What foods store the longest given they are sealed properly and stored properly? Ive heard pure honey will store forever and wheat but im not sure.
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      Kentucky Elk Draw

      How many out there put in for the Kentucky elk draw and how many have actually gotten drawed. If you did were you successful.
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      My Rossi 92 was worth the money!

      I have wanted a 44 mag levergun ever since the seasons were opened up for certain rifles a few years ago. I wanted something that I could reload becase the price of sabot slugs these days is gettin crazy 12+ dollars for 5 shots! I couldnt decide whether to get the marlin or the rossi. I know the...
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      Savage 93 17hmr accutrigger upgrade.

      I have a savage 93 17hmr and I was wondering if it could be upgraded to a accutrigger I bought mine and a couple months later the accutrigger versions came out:xmad: Always my luck.
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