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Now that we know it's a Ruger Blackhawk, you wanna take that back or would you like to man up try what I offered you at the range a while back? Anyone who doubts the testicular fortitude of the 45 Colt in a Ruger.......I'll make a believer out of you.

Mike's already on it. It's the chamber. There was an article in the last issue of Handloader® about 45 Colt chamber sizes. They are all over the place. It's something you have to learn to live with, but if I were you, I would pick up a copy of this months issue and read about it. All dies are not created equal when it comes to sizing the colt case. As far as reusing them....Run one through your sizing die. Stick it back in the gun. Did it fall all the way in? If it didn't, toss them. If you have to gently push one to go in, that's cool, but if you have push with any real effort, trash it. If, after resizing, they go back in the chamber, load them. I have a Ruger Blackhawk that was custom built. The cylinder was replaced and the chambers cut tighter than average and I STILL get a slight bulge ahead of the rim. Most of that is from the dies though. The sizer can only get so close to the base.

Are you sure it's Israeli and not Pakistani? Pakistani surplus is notorious for being junk.

You'll need a bench block for an AR front sight, roll pin punch, hammer, AR armorers wrench, an action block and a bench vise. Drive out the roll pins for the front sight base and remove. Loosen the barrel nut and slide off. You'll need to remove your gas block and reinstall it on your low profile gas block. Put on your new barrel nut and torque it with a torque wrench to around 35-40 ft lbs. Somewhere in that amount of torque you need to find the sweet spot where your gas tube holes line up perfectly. Remember to grease the threads so they don't gall. Reinstall the gas tube and slide on the free float tube and tighten. Grease those threads too. Aluminum likes to self destruct threads if you don't. Easy huh?

BTW #2 can't be a 35 remington because 35 rem is a rimless cartridge.

I was thinking waaayyyy different guys. I'm probably waaayyy off to: 1-45 acp 2-357 herret 3-.270 win 4-6mm remington 5-.220 swift 6-444 marlin 7- 12g flare 8-.30 mauser 9- 9x18 10-.223/5,56 11-38 special shot shell 12-.308 win 13- .22 mag

At one time I was into over 20 different calibers. I'm not a collector so this was stupid. Now my list is much shorter. 223/5,56 308 win 9x19 45 colt 12g I still have dies and what not to load several others. Admittedly I still load them too when I find brass on the ground. I can't help it, I love to reload.

I wonder if it was a Taurus Judge?

They may whoop us but I'll expose the red on my neck when I say, "Come get some anytime you're ready for it!"

You're on the right track. Swearing and threatening means nothing to them, they hear it all day. Where you can do real damage to their campaign is to waste their time. Time spent is money lost. I try to keep them on the line as long as possible when I'm not busy. I've had a few on my cell phone. Those are good because you always remember their name and when they finally get disgusted and hang up on you, call back and ask for them by name. "HEY!, why'd you hang up on me?" It's hard to get through sometimes but I've done it a time or two.

I think they have a computer program that cycles numbers numerically. Start 555-0000 and end 555-9999 Then on to the next prefix. I have no proof but there's no way we are on so many call lists when we have signed up for no call lists many times.

They call three of four times a week, I have threatened them with lawsuits, disembowelment, as well as talk to them and waste their time talking to them trying to see how many times I can get them to repeat themselves. I've cussed them I've even tried to get them to come over to the house for a beer bust in the field across the street. I've talked about what they were going to have for supper and asked them VERY personal questions.....they KEEP calling. I tell them we are on a no call list and yet they KEEP CALLING. I used to get mad but now, I enjoy it. I even tell them that I am someone else and that the real me got killed in a motorcycle wreck when it ran head on into a running wood chipper. They say something like "Oh I'm so sorry" to which I reply "I'm not, I hated that SOB and I'm glad he's dead". Most of the time though I'll tell them a good joke or something seriously racially charged and inappropriate. You know the only good indian is a dead indian..... OF course I don't believe any of this and part of me says I should be ashamed for dong it, but.....I'm not.

Ahh yes Rachel from Card Holder services. I hate that sorry grubby . She [recording] calls here at the shop all the time. So, when the option to speak to an operator comes up I do so, and ALWAYS speak VERY softly. Reason: These telemarketers use a head set not a handset for a phone. If you speak really softly, they'll turn up the volume to hear better. I talk to them as though interested, but keep my voice way down. All the while I fetch the air hose and I have a large air horn from an 18 wheeler that I put a fitting on. I don't know what the little air pumps on the trucks run, but I hook it up to an 80 gallon Ingersol Rand at 150 PSI and it is LOUD. Set the phone in the chair and give them about a 3 or 4 second burst. My ears are ringing afterward, but strange....they're never on the line when I pick up the phone again.

I'm guessing Charlie wasn't around? He usually doesn't care for rapid firing. He's too polite to gripe about it, but he will say something if it persists.

Man, I used to watch them on Nick at Night when I was a kid.

So I just finished watching the last episode of Top Shot. What the heck is up with all the touchy feely pansies on the blue team. I thought the one guy was going to CRY! He says, "I can't shoot my friends targets...I'd rather be with my friends." WHAT? Where did they find this little fairy? Are they gonna spoon after a glass of chardonnay? *sigh* I thought this was supposed to be a man's show, not Top Shot: Dr Phil edition.

Or one heck of a tsunami!

That's true of any acid mixed with a base. The end result is water, salt and a chemical reaction most commonly exothermic [heat]. The problem is as you say, nothing you'd want to consume. Without a strong education on the subject you wouldn't even know what kind of salt you were getting. It is true that Lye and Hydrochloric acid will produce Sodium Chloride and that's the salt we all know and love, but who'd want to be the guinea pig for that? As for the OP, you'd be much better served putting large quantities of salt away with your SHTF stores.

That's right. My father in law has it cranked loud and I can hear him yelling across the house. He's a riot, gets so emotional. Almost as bad as me when I miss my goofy TV shows.

So I go into my dvr getting ready to watch Alcatraz only to find that my regularly scheduled program was not playing so a bunch of rednecks can chase each other around in a circle. I try not swear too much but " F you NASCAR"

I have a Savage model 10 precision carbine and Leupold glass. I'll never be good enough to push this rifle to its limits. I'm amazed by its accuracy and how smooth it is every time I get it out. I've had Ruger M77s and Remington 700s and in my opinion, the Savage beats them both by a long shot.

I understand. A pound of Unique is cheap though and just think, you can get 700 rounds from a pound!!

I was just thinking there might be a loose nut behind the handle.

Rick needs to introduce the back of Shane's head to his Colt Python.

I was disappointed that he came back for him.