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    (VA) Virginians, unite against Warner! Draft a man who will represent us!

    Virginians, unite against Warner! Draft a man who will represent us! Warner isn't up for election until 2008, but that gives us time to convince a man of integrity and vision to run to represent OUR ideals -- Representative Virgil Goode. If you're not familiar with Rep. Goode, he was a...
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    My .44 Special brass is here!

    Unfortunately, now I'm REALLY nervous about loading any of it! Sigh.
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    Hey P95carry! (chris!)

    Check your private messages OR your e-mail once in awhile! :rolleyes:
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    Blown .45 Auto casing, or what happens when...

    you drop a double charge of WW 231. I finally got some halfway decent pictures of the case. What I couldn't get a picture of was how badly the case has stretched. The case mouth on the side opposite the blown section is about 1 to 1.5 mm longer than the reset...
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    A little fallout from my blown case...

    I overloaded a case in my .45 on Monday and blew it sky high. I thought I got off with no problems to either myself or the gun, but I found out last night that that wasn't quite true. I noticed a bluish dot on my forehead, and thought it was a powder granule under the skin, so I proceeded to...
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    My confidence in my loading ability is completely shot

    I blew up my Springfield .45 ACP this afternoon at the NRA range. MTNBKR and I decided to do some shooting. A couple of weeks ago I loaded up 150 .45 ACP rounds using 4.9 grains of WW 231. A moderately light charge, but nothing out of the ordinary. On the 7th shot I had a CLASSIC...
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    Miserable loading session...

    Maybe I'm losing my touch. Don't know why, but my measure was throwing charges of 296 with pretty wide variations. Several would be spot on, the next one would be far too heavy, the one after that would be far too light. I ended up weighing every charge. Then I was loading...
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    Anyone have a .45-70 Marlin Cowboy?

    Brainfart... :rolleyes: I asked this question here back in December. Sucks getting old!
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    Job update... I'm sad to report...

    that my visiting time during the week is going to be cut dramatically... I GOT THE JOB!
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    Wish me luck...

    Job interview Friday. I just dropped most of my gun budget on a new suit, shirt, tie, shoes, and socks. I know some of you want me to get this job, because it will cut down on my posting time DRAMATICALLY. :) I also need this job, as I'm losing coverage at my old job.
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    Just like a rat to crack...

    I flipped through the channels real quickly this evening and found that Zulu was on AMC. I've seen this movie at least 9 times. I can recite a fair number of the lines along with the cast. I know exactly what's going to happen, and when. It's a good movie and I like it a lot, but it is...
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    Whoa. Ricin found in Senate office building...

    From Yahoo/Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspicious white powder found in a U.S. Senate office building on Monday tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terry Gainer said. About 16 people who were on the floor where the toxin was discovered were being...
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    Punxsutawney Phil Found Dead in Burrow

    (I've always said, give me a .243, and winter would be over REAL quick...) Organized Crime Connection Feared as "Louie the Lizzard" Sought for Questioning Punxsutawney, PA, February 2, 2004 -- Cultural icon Punxsutawney Phil, who was believed by many to be able to perform long-range...
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    I can never remember... Rear sight movement...

    I took my Star BM to the range today to test it out. I didn't lubricate it before I left (I forgot) so I had several failures to cycle during firing that I think I can attribute to dry slide syndrom. I also had at least one failure to eject, so I may need to get a new spring. It's...
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    Landslide for Clark in New Hampshire!

    In Dixville Notch. He got 8 of the 15 votes cast. What an appropriate name for a town... :rolleyes:
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    586 4" pricing?

    I don't follow the prices on S&W L-frames, because I'm really not interested in an L frame. However, I came across one yesterday, a 4", early 1990s production, wood grips, very very nice finish (probably 98-99%) and a fairly excellent trigger, at a shop for $319. How's that price? I know...
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    I have GOT to stay out of gunshows...

    I've been screaming about how I'm not going to buy any more guns until I get a gunsafe... Yeah, right. I walked out of the Leesburg, Virginia, gunshow this afternoon with a Star BM for $159 (includes tax and fees). The finish is in fairly good shape except for the front and rear of the...
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    Congress clears Federal spending bill

    From Reuters/Yahoo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Thursday finally approved a huge $375 billion catchall federal spending bill for fiscal year 2004 that had been delayed for months by bitter disputes over issues ranging from media ownership to gun records and food labels...
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    Violent crime on the rise in Britain...

    From Reuters/Yahoo... "LONDON (Reuters) - Violent crime rose by 14 percent in England and Wales in the third quarter of 2003, according to Home Office figures. Offences of violence against the person rose 17 percent from July to September, compared to the year-ago period, and sexual...
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    Paul O'Neill may be investigated for release of possibly classified docs in his book

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury requested a probe on Monday of how a possibly secret document appeared in a televised interview of Paul O'Neill, as a book criticizing the Bush administration that uses material supplied by the ex-Treasury secretary hits the stores. In the book about...
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