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    My sons first buck with horns.

    This is my sons first buck with horns. He's killed does and a button buck but this is his first that had a set of horns on it. Not the biggest but he thinks its a monster.:) Im the ugly guy with the red hat on.;)
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    HELLLLP! In need of a Texan M-IV owners manual.

    Hello, I have a Texan M-IV progressive shotshell reloader in 12 gauge that im in need of an owners manual for. If anyone has one they can make copies for me I would greatly appreciate it and I will be more than happy to pay you for it. Im also looking to see whaere I can get bushings and parts...
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    Suggestion for a TFL chat page. Please take poll.

    I know we have had some members getting off topic on certain threads including myself and appologize for that but I would like to make a suggestion for a TFL chat page where members can go and chat "off topic" and discuss other things and events besides the ones listed here already. We have...
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    Bring PIF thread back please. We were just having a litle fun chatting.

    I dont mean to offend anyone and appologize if this is the wrong place for this but im curious as to why the pif page was closed and all that was going on was some good clean fun between members and we harmed noone in the process. Its not like there were hundreds of active members giving their...
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    Lyman 1200 DPS II, Anyone got one?

    Im looking to buy a Lyman 1200 DPS II and wondering how good they are for the money? It seems to be everything that I need and can replace alot of items on my bench with it if it works as good as they say. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike
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    To crimp or not to crimp belted magnums??

    I am currently loading .300Win.Mag. and .375 H&H and hearing of benifits from crimping the cases. Does anyone crimp for the belted magnums and if so, What does it benifit from an accuracy point of view?:confused:
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    How good are barrel liners for a rimfire?

    I got a shot out .22 rimfire and wondering if its worth the money to have a liner installed vs another barrel. Its for an old Savage single shot bolt action. And where is a good place to buy one except Midway? Thanks.
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    Oops, Forgot to empty powder measure. How long is powder good for in them?

    I forgot to empty my Ohaus powder measure last week with about 1/4 hopper full of IMR4350 in it:o. How long does powder stay good for in a powder measure? We have had nice weather with almost no humidity and its in a nice cool room with no direct sunlight on the reloading area and the top was...
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    What the heck is this! I got an upside down slug.

    I just opened a box of Lightfields to give them a try and would you believe somehow a slug is in the shell upside down:mad:. At first, I said WOW, What a hollow point they make and then realized what I was looking at, The hollow base of the slug. This is a new one for me and I have shot hundreds...
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    Walther P-38 and others inherited. What to do?

    I have inhereted a bunch of older guns(Long guns and pistols) brought back from WWI and WWII from my deceased G-Pa and some were from my Great G-Pa and wondering what has to be done to make them legal to own. They were left in a will but were just picked up from his house and transfered back and...
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    Question for a .38 crimp.

    Im loading .38 Special with Hornady 160gr. FMj's over 3.5gr. of Bullseye and it seems that the crimp has to be realy defined to grab the bullet to lock it in place. Does this sound correct? I was using a different bullet for .357 loads and they werent as deep of a crimp to lock the bullets in place.
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    Mossberg muzzleloader barrel question.

    Im looking for one of the muzzleloader barrels for the Mossberg Model 500 shotgun and wondering how these are and if anyone has ever shot with one of them. And does anyone know where to get one cheap. Thanks.
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    Are there any good gunsmiths in Northern N.J.????

    Does anyone know a good smitty in the northern N.J. area? I have been looking for someone new in my area and striking out.:( I got a Savage in need of a new barrel and 4 others I need to do some BR work to. It seems noone wants to get involved with the real hard stuff anymore and they just want...
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    How about some good ways to cook squirrel. Whats your favorite way?

    I usualy pressure cook mine in some garlic and olive oil and then brown them in the juice and make a great big pot pie outta them along with some rabbit and pheasant. I top it all off with some nice brown gravy. Yummy!:D
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    Bullseye powder for 9mm??

    Does anyone use Bullseye for 9mm? I got a bunch of it for the .38 but its gonna take me years to use it all. I was wondering how it works for 9mm or if its N/G for them. Im currently using Unique but running low and thats why im wondering about it.
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    Primer cups coming off when decaping???

    Im having problems with some .357 primers not coming out in the decapping process. Just the cups are coming off and seperating from the rest of the primer leaving the sides of the primer still in the pocket. What the heck could cause this????:confused: They were regular Federal nickle plated...
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    Do you use a baffle in your powder measure?

    Im wondering if anyone uses a powder baffle and what do you gain as far as charge accuracy? Im wondering if its worth adding one to my powder measures but I am already getting pretty consistent drops(+-1/10gn. and better) so dont know if its worth it. And where is a good place to buy these?
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    Need advice on a Ruger MKI

    Im looking to get an older Ruger MKI and first, Im wondering if they have any common problems with them or parts that wear quickly or break often. And I am also wondering what the best system of mounting a scope would be. I see they have a type of saddle side mount but would like to try and stay...
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    9mm max charge question.

    Im going to be loading Hornady 9mm 124gr. jacketed RN bullets with Unique powder and looking at data for them. I see that Hornady lists the max at 5.1gr Unique but the other data I have puts the max at the following, Hercules Unique is 4.8gr. and my Modern reloading manual puts it at 4.9 with...
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    Need data for Wasp waist sonics in .224dia. 55gr.

    I got a bunch of old Wasp Waist sonics and cant find any load data for them. Does anyone have and load data for these still? Their .224dia. Semi-Point 55gr. Thanks.
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