Ray Z
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Reefermac came up with the word I've been looking for for years. I put some tunes on in the workshop area, clear the clutter from my reloading bench, and start sizing brass... its therapeutic like any mindless repetitive task.
After a bad day at work, and after the three S's, I head for the loading room and pound out a few hundred rounds, Works great both for my nerves and for the ammo cabinet.
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On 9/13/2020 at 12:51 PM, TGO David said:
I am placing this in the Survival and Preparedness forum for what I hope are somewhat obvious reasons. My question to you is, as the subject states, how concerned are you about mass civil unrest after the Presidential election in November? And I will add that if you are concerned, what are you doing now to address those concerns?
My pessimistic prediction is that the Election will not be resolved on November 3rd. The push by the Democrats to use COVID-19 as the justification for an unprecedented use of mail-in ballots clearly telegraphs their plan to disrupt the Election. My personal opinion is that they will use every tool of dishonesty and corruption possible to bias the ballots toward Biden, either by discarding ballots for Trump or by falsifying a large quantity for Biden. They will attempt to hijack the electoral process and forcibly instate their candidate to bring an end to Making America Great Again. When this happens, there is a good chance that things will finally come unhinged.
Or, Trump will win despite the Left's efforts to stop him, and the Left will do what it's already been doing this year and riot but on a much larger scale. Regardless of which occurs, I don't see peace and harmony occurring after November 2nd and I firmly believe that November to January could end up being the most dangerous time that our country has seen since the Civil War and I think people who haven't been planning for unrest by having supplies of food, medicines, sanitary essentials and, yes, ammo will be wishing they had.
I of course hope that I am wrong, but I feel it is better to hope for the best and plan for the worst.
So... what are you doing to prepare?
It would be good to hear from folks who live in urban, suburban and rural areas alike since those environments could present their own unique challenges.
If the powers at bay would stand up on their hind legs and do something there wouldn't be a problem. A fire hose did a good job
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Not only was the chargemaster faster, but it eliminated another possible problem in missing a charge once in a while. Love mine. Well worth the bucks.
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Best bucks I ever spent on reloading equipment. [ Well after buying my rock chucker ]I used to hate to load bottle neck cartridges before someone here suggested this...... https://www.brownells.com/reloading/powder-handling/powder-measures-dispensers/chargemaster-combo-scale-and-dispenser-sku749008386-33642-71484.aspx.
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11 hours ago, DaveTN said:
I think a Ruger Mini14 or even an AR would make a better rifle for that application. (Compact Ranch Rifle)
+1 on the mini 14 or even better, the mini 30. I The 30 carbine round is under powered. And it's hard to find anything but hardball rounds.
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On 10/1/2020 at 9:16 PM, Ronald_55 said:
I know... Those poor gang bangers would be written up like saints. "That boy never hurt nobody. He had his cell phone in his hand not a gun. That eye witness video lies" Then the greaving family would burn down the mall in all their sadness.
I agree with Ronald 55 about the media. If the bad guys would bleed more often the problems would stop. I may be being a bit selfish but I want places like this for the good guys.
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When the boys were growing up camping made a lot of vacations possible. Most we paid for a camping spot was $33 a night. Siesta key. Key West, and Mammoth Cave just to name a few. No work to speak of. Bonnie and I shared the driving, I backed the trailer in the space [with Bonnie's help], and leveled the trailer, the boys did the hook ups, Bonnie and I switched off cooking and doing the dishes, We found one K.O.A. in Florida that we could scuba dive right off the side of the campgrounds. When the boys grew up it was as economical. 18' trailer, and full sized van. More family fun than we had ever had before.
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Sorry, won't buy Colt since they stopped selling the Ar 15 to the general public trying to attach their lips to Uncle Sam's backside
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I have always felt that reloading was part of the shooting sports. It was always a good way to chill out after a bad day at work or an evening with the boys climbing the walls. [Both my kids were hyperactive]
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These people won't be forgotten. When this is over I certainly won't be buying from them, They are part of the shooting community I wouldn't spend my money there.
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Just about ready to start selling my reloads. Only thing is that I'm going to need to get about 5 million dollars in liability insurance first.
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I wonder if they need help cleaning up? Me and my pickup would be glad to help
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Started with a rock chucker. Then went to a square deal B. Now a 650. As soon as I get the bucks, I'm getting a 750. Never had a complaint about any of them. Even swedged one case from another. [ 8mm from 30/06 ect.
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Welcme from Tellico Plains
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8 hours ago, Jeb48 said:
Be sure to wear your mask
Gee I wish I was a mask
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What our instructor told us was to continue to fire until the danger stops being a threat. Works for me.Unless There's someone behind the dude watching for the bullets to come through.
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Let me know how things work out. I've got an Apex trigger that was put on locally. and the hammer fall is so light only about 60% of the cartridges fire. Got to find someone else.
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I bought my wife a M&P9 EZ for a car gun because she couldn't rake the slide on a regular M&P. I just bought a Taurus G3 for me just for giggles. Guess what? She can rack it as good as a M&P9 EZ. To go along with that the G3 double actions on the second shot if the first one fails to fire.The trigger is super and the magazines that come with the gun are 15 and 17 rounds. I've always been a M&P fan but that could change. You people have got to check it out.
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my dad called them bugle mouth bass
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7 hours ago, Shorty said:
Basically just cutting the 223 case to the correct length and sizing it to hold a .30Cal bullet. Some folks make a jig to hold several 223 cases so they can run it through a saw quickly.
No annealing or special dies?
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I gotta ask, what does it take to convert 223 to 300 blackout?
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I’m also one of those that believe there is no way rounds loaded by a reputable manufacturer, even cheap range ammo such as WWB, aren’t more consistent and a better quality than someone loading at home.
Boy! do I disagree with you. The powders I use are much cleaner, more accurate,and much more consistent than any factory ammo I have ever used.
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If I'm in danger of loosing my life or the lives of those around me I'm going to take best means I can to stop the threat.
Might be time to take another look at reloading
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Been loading for over 50 years. Great past time. Good way to get away from the pressures from work and the way my wife greeted me at the door coming home, " Do you know what your boys did today!"
Started out with a RCBS rock chucker press and added on from there. I now still load on it and Dillon 650. Got 14 different die sets for that and maybe half that many that I still load on my rock chucker.
Started casting my own bullets a couple years into loading. I now have 15-20 sets of 4 cavity Lyman molds a real nice sizing machine.
It's been a great hobby for a lot of years. Sure kept my out of the poor house shooting practical pistol.