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Shooting is an odd hobby. I had been going bigger and hotter for several years; 357 Maximum, 44 mag when I got to shoot an old friend, the 32-20 WCF. I grew up in the tiny Texas town of Albany; nothing but cowboys. Of course my first real gun was a Colt first gen. In 32-20, it was a joy...

I'm using several combos. Looking for long range accuracy. In 32H&R mag, I'm a fan of the Vitavhouri N340 and have started at 5.0 gr and a 110gr SP. I'm estimating 1025fps. Does anyone know if that's close? I'm still looking for 327 load data using the N340. Any suggestions? In 32 H&R mag...

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Handloading caliber changes take time. My estimates are SWAG (Scientific Wild Ass Guess) PRIMERS - 10 minutes total Pull primer tube and dump existing SP primers. 3 minutes Existing primers into original tray. .5 New LP primers into flip tray and align. 1 Filler tube loaded by pecking one at...

SAR, Small Arms Review, show coming up quick at the Fairgrounds. It's a big show with lots of old friends I get to see. I'm hoping some dealers will see this thread. I always enjoy the crowd. If you are entertained by "folks with character" this is the spot. I'm hoping for lots of...

Can someone help me? I just got back on here and don't see much in the way of revolvers. Lots of bottom feeders and self defense aficionados. I'm on the quest for a United Sporting Arms Abilene, Seville, or EL Dorado. Sig Himmelman down in Tucson made them during the late 70's and early...

I watched as the old one crashed with the new servers. I didn't think it would ever come back. I'm surprised my old "search" items showed up in the pop down for "Subject" I'm a Prescott senior since we moved from Montana in 1980. My work background is in Law, Medicine, and Computers. I...