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    Looks nice. Good job. When I was a young’n...

    Looks nice. Good job.

    When I was a young’n rancher neighbor ordered one of them scope sights out a the Monkey Ward catalogue and after looking through the bore while lining the surplus aught...
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    Brownells used to sell a solder on cantilever...

    Brownells used to sell a solder on cantilever scope mount. I have a couple. They attached to the sight rib IIRC. I’ll have to look at one.
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    They usually shoot WAY low with reduced loads...

    They usually shoot WAY low with reduced loads unless it is a load that is specifically fine tuned to shoot to same POI as full power loads. These slug guns are pretty unique in how they act compared...
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    If it were mine I think I might be rapidly...

    If it were mine I think I might be rapidly approaching the point at which even oven cleaner might be worth trying.
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    Yea, that is them. I’ve shot quarter inch fifty...

    Yea, that is them. I’ve shot quarter inch fifty yard three shot groups with the full power 3” ones out of my DS II. It and the kids’ H&R are wicked accurate. The cantilever scoped barrels a little...
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    They were made to shoot Hastings sabot slugs....

    They were made to shoot Hastings sabot slugs. Quite similar to Lightfield commanders. Neither are available currently. I think my buddy Bill nailed it and it was used with the Dragons breath rounds...
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    A can of computer duster upside down will coat...

    A can of computer duster upside down will coat anything sprayed with it with dry ice. Differences in coefficient of thermal expansion can break bonds between most different materials. That might be...
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    I’m reluctent to use stainless anything. I think...

    I’m reluctent to use stainless anything. I think what you have is layers of lead or copper sandwiched between layers of plastic or powder fouling. Man, oh man, what the devil was someone shooting to...
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    I take a magnet to the store when I but copper...

    I take a magnet to the store when I but copper Chore Boy scrubbers. I don’t know any other way to sort out the all copper from the plated ones.
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    What I found is that a really tight jag and...

    What I found is that a really tight jag and copper Chore Boy will scrape the heavy lead and plastic buildup out but I have to put the handle of an old Kleen Bore shotgun stainless rod on the floor...
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    If it were mine, I would pour it full of mercury....

    If it were mine, I would pour it full of mercury. Don't know anyone else with access to that much mercury though. I know a guy who works in aeronautics and they use it it in the anemometers and...
  12. My inclination when he told me that was that the...

    My inclination when he told me that was that the rifle must have had a Mauser claw extractor and lots of excess headspace going on. Some folks I wouldn’t want to be on the next bench to at the...
  13. I was hoping this wasn’t going to be like the guy...

    I was hoping this wasn’t going to be like the guy I worked with who told me his dad has a 30-06 “that also shoots 308 and 270, just not as accurately.”

    Anyway, John Taylor is spot on on there...
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    Piece of wood dowel a little to large in diameter...

    Piece of wood dowel a little to large in diameter sanded and knocked in. Probably lead and plastic. Those barrels shoot well when clean, my buddy has one.

    I use a copper chore boy and a solid...
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    Deepening the inletting under the receiver is...

    Deepening the inletting under the receiver is what I use them for mostly. I also use scrapers.
  16. Looks like you are off to a good start. The...

    Looks like you are off to a good start. The checkering tools used to come out of Tacoma when I was a kid. Someone told me that once I get going and figure out what I will actually use to get a...
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    Bottoming files - finally found a source

    https://www.dixiegunworks.com/index/page/search?FullText=File

    I’ve got one that I’ve had for thirty years and have wanted others with different profile head. I don’t know about the quality of...
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    Really sad, they were the only new rifles I have...

    Really sad, they were the only new rifles I have been interested in in decades. We have four in 17 HH, 22 Hornet, 204. They are all at or under half minute rifles.
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    When I ordered Jerrow's a few weeks ago from...

    When I ordered Jerrow's a few weeks ago from Muzzle Laoding Emporium that I provided above I ordered four. While we were chatting I mentioned that it's been hard for some folks to find recently. I...
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    After my mother passed away her home was broken...

    After my mother passed away her home was broken into and I lost quite a few tools. I had purchased them over the previous fifty years and the cost was usually a bit higher. MAC, Plumb, Snap On,...
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    “Blemish” Brownell’s shop aprons

    I was horrified when I saw that their old standard shop aprons had been discontinued. I have a pile that my late mother patched that have never seen bleach, but are bone white from going through the...
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    You can get Jerrows Inletting Black ...

    You can get Jerrows Inletting Black

    https://thegunworks.com/shop/custom-gun-building-parts/gun-care-products/stock-finishing/inletting-black/
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    I can relate. My Honda HR194 rotary mower I...

    I can relate. My Honda HR194 rotary mower I bought ~1986 starts on about the first eight inches of pull every time. My neighbor borrowed it Sunday and ask me if I had it enumerated in my will. It...
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    Jerrow’s inletting black. I’ve got a Gunsmoke...

    Jerrow’s inletting black. I’ve got a Gunsmoke carbide lamp I use for really fine jobs too. It’s harder to buy carbide than it used to be. Either one generally leaves me looking like a mammy singer...
  25. Doesn't Steve Earl make cutters for Dem Bart...

    Doesn't Steve Earl make cutters for Dem Bart tools?
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check