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  1. JimP

    I Found A OOP's Today

    I haven't used a loading block in over 25 years. I load one round at a time once I have the case prepped and primed. I'll take the powder off of the scale and dump it directly into the case and then seat the bullet. The only time that I change is when I am loading pistol rounds. Then I...
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    GPS, mapping, OnX? others?

    The trick to using a phone is to place it into airplane mode where all that is working on the phone is the apps and not the phone part. It will still kill a phone but not as fast. But that is where I prefer a dedicated GPS, the batteries die you just replace them with some spares.
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    2021 Whale Spearing

    Back in my Jr High and High school days I would head down to a very large thrift store and buy all of the old mop handles that they had that had two prongs coming off of the wooden handle. I would then cut the mop head off and sharpen the metal to a point and then head down to the Provo River...
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    I Found A OOP's Today

    I looked in my loading manuals to see if I could find something with that little of a powder load and didn't find any. However I think that I may of actually seen that bullet hit something if I would of fired it. It may of been the dirt right in from of the barrel but I could of seen it.
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    2021 Whale Spearing

    Looks like fun times. I miss going down to a lake with my bow and arrows and taking out a bunch of carp when they are spawning. I ruined more cedar shaft arrows doing that than anything else.
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    GPS, mapping, OnX? others?

    The problem with OnX now is that they want you to sign up for a membership to update your GPS chips. I looked at it back in 2019 to update my Colorado chip since I was helping my brother in law in a area that has a lot of private and you can't just pay XX anymore to update it. I don't know if...
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    The Memes Thread!

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    The Memes Thread!

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    Ammunition shortage

    I use 5 round to check the groups, I will also check the speed with a chronograph for my records. I lucky in that I picked up 5 lbs of RL 22 a few years ago and still have quite a bit left. It is interesting in that the newest Barnes manual doesn't even list it for my .340 Weatherby loads...
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    Ammunition shortage

    Ok, back to the ammo shortage. I am headed to Denver on Thursday and plan on hitting a few stores both large and small and take a look at what they have. According to their web sites they don't have anything that I need but I'll look anyway. I took stock of my reloading bullets and have...
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    Ammunition shortage

    That's the truth, back when I was playing sports we had a doctor that would do a 5 minute exam and charge us a buck. I think that he had us jump and down for 30 seconds or a minute. He passed everyone.
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    Ammunition shortage

    Back when I had a class C license I found that the DOT annual physical was not that hard to pass. They checked my eyesight, and heart, then then stood a short distance away and whispered a few words and asked me to repeat them. In all it took around 5-10 minutes to complete. It was just...
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    Ammunition shortage

    A friend of mine drove for Walmart and he then retired. 6 months later they called him and asked him to come back. With what he is making a year and if he works 5 more years he will have one real nice nest egg to actually retire on. People can say what they want about Walmart but listening...
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    The Memes Thread!

    And to think that these people are breeding
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    The Memes Thread!

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    What scope power numbers mean?

    If you have 3 numbers on a scope then it is a variable scope, in that it will have one low magnification and then increase to the max magnification. So if it was as Kid said a 3-9 not 3x9 the low end of the power will be 3x or 3 times bigger than looking at it with just your eyes, the 9x would...
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    The Memes Thread!

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    The Memes Thread!

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    Ammunition shortage

    People are having problems locating any popular ammo in stores right now. Over the last week I was in 5 sporting goods dealers and about the only ammo that I saw was those that not very many people shoot. If you need some you need to find out when the stores get their deliveries and then...
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    The Memes Thread!

    I spit coffee all over my computer when I saw this one.