Jamie Jackson

Welcome aboard.

Welcome from West Knoxville (Farragut). Welcome to the forum as well.

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Same concept exactly! Mountain Dew will probably give you a few more MPG... and kidney stones

Possibly a repeat, but one of my favorites.

Obligatory morning meme:

LOL. What @ArmyBrat61 said. Couple that with reading scribbled kinda-cursive made up abbreviation medical documentation for the past 50+ years... Thanks @FUJIMO!

I am not technologically savvy by any stretch. But my son and I were discussing the exponential development, and potential unintended consequences of such, just a few weeks ago. He sent me a link to a Youtube vid by Marques Brownlee just this morning on Sora. Mr. Brownlee did a great job on this apolitical video. It's pretty incredible, remarkable actually, how much it's developed in so short of a time period. Of course I think back to the 1997 movie "Wag the Dog". But reality is so far beyond that now. And since my son and I often reference "Terminator" and SkyNet he ended his email with: "Not yet, not for about 40 years." -- Kyle Reese, 1984 Damn ETA: Didn't know if I could link the vid directly. It's titled : "AI Generated Videos Just Changed Forever"

I haven't seen Loudermilk but definitely enjoyed Old Henry. Well made film and I believe filmed here in TN.

Canning is an excellent and imho, necessary skill. I taught myself to pressure cans meats first as I figured everything else should be fairly easy. I too can dried beans as the beans can get hard over time and wind up crunchy, even after soaking overnight and a long crock pot cook. I use a ratio of 60/40 (40% dried beans to 60% water). I put a small amount of canning salt (it doesn't could up like iodized salt does). I just bear in mind seasonings are enhanced during the canning process and I figure I can always add additional seasoning after opening. I have home canned pinto beans, black beans, and black eyed peas in my basement pantry as I type this. Oh, dried beans. In my experience they start getting hard/tough after about 5-7 years...even in Mylar bags with o2 absorbers. YYMV I've read many warnings over the years about being really cautious including rice or pasta in the canning process as their absorption rate can negatively impact the safety of the process. Again YMMV I have canned gumbo using a small amount of rice and survived it. I've also canned Swedish meatballs in gravy and that went well. Back in the actual paper magazine days I subscribed to Back Homes magazine. I have several books I purchased through them and my most used are the Jackie Clay books. "Growing and Canning Your Own Food" is excellent imho. I think I bought mine in 2009. I know it didn't initially include a Table of Contents and Ms. Clay mailed it to me later on. I've even had email discussions with Ms. Clay when I was experimenting with various canning projects. Nice lady. https://www.backwoodshome.com/shop/product/growing-and-canning-your-own-food-2/ Back when bacon was semi affordable I gave a try at canning bacon using parchment paper, laying the bacon out on the paper and rolling it up. Worked great! I've also canned "Hot Wings" and spicy chicken legs and thighs. Great for a quick addition to a meal after a long days work. Thanks for starting this thread @gregintenn. Interesting stuff and an encouragement to do some more.

IMHO Sam Gabbert (SG Ammo) runs a great business and demonstrated a much higher level of customer service than most general companies do these days. I use SG Ammo, Target Sports, BFGC, American Reloading, And Hoosier Bullets for most of my ammo and handloading purchases. I always purchase insurance when the option is offered. It's only a few more bucks relative to the cost of the purchase and buys me peace of mind. This "Extreme Weather Event" has delayed a couple of UPS/USPS & FedEx delivers recently for up to 2-3 weeks. I know it was a mess for everyone. We didn't have the US Mail run at all for a week and the first truck I saw had snow chains. USPS? They are a gamble at best anytime. If given the option I will always choose UPS or FedEx. Glad to read SG Ammo took care of you @pop pop. Enjoy your trip and best wishes on your pending surgery.

I use range pick up brass for 9mm (and sort it to remove Norma & Geco). .38/.357 I've saved over the years. But when I started loading .32 S&W Long and .32 H&R Mag I ordered Starline brass. The Starline is excellent quality and reasonably priced. .32 S&W and .32 H&R Mag loaded ammo was just too expensive for me to shoot and save the brass, so that point helped in my decision making. As a matter of fact I have some Starline .32 H&R mag brass scheduled to arrive today. .38 Super? Yeah, I'd go with Starline.

I just watched the vids posted by @Chucktshoes. Must have posted while I was slowly typing LOL I have much respect for TR. I knew and trained with James when he was still with Andy and OPS, He, Gomez, Andy, and I would hang together at Rangemaster's 1st few Tac Conferences and have all trained together at various times. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Tim and have no doubt he's an excellent instructor. I personally like as tight of a pattern in buckshot as I can get. I'm accountable for every pellet leaving the gun, so that's just my preference. And I totally agree that every shotgun made has it's peculiarities and idiosyncrasies and will pattern different loads uniquely. It's up to us to determine what works best for our perceived needs in our particular guns. Sorry if this is a drift.

It depends. I have and still shoot a Mossberg 590 I had Vang Comp(ed) back in 1996. I had attend Gunsite's 260 Shotgun Class the year before which is where I was introduced to their work. It made a remarkable difference in buckshot patterning of the ammo available at the time. I was running Federal H-132 00Buck (Low Recoil Tactical Buckshot) and it changed the pattern from a 15 yard "B" zone to a 25 yard "B" zone. It had no negative effects on running slugs. I am more than happy I had the work done. This was before the development and release of Federal Flite Control wadding buckshot The Flite Control is a serious gamechanger. The 8 pellet seems to group better than the 9 pellet as, to the best of my knowledge, the stacking of 9 vs 8 pellets often leads to 1 pellet venturing off from the rest of the pack...a flyer. The below pic is from my 590 Shockwave at 20 yards. Cylinder bore. LE 133 8 pellet. Shockwave with Holosun 507 I'll take my 590 Vang Comped next trip and do some side by side comparison pics. I'm gimped up on a walker or using a cane right now (tendon torn) so it may be a week or so.

Thanks for starting this thread @gregintenn. I 100% agree on notes. I still have the small notebook I started in 1987 and have expanded to a 3 ring binder. I use a combination of handwritten and typed (Word Doc). IMHO everyone serious about handloading needs a chronograph. Sure, you can get by using published data, but all guns have their idiosyncrasies, especially revolvers related to their B/C gap IME. My LCR's tend to run 15-30 fps faster than my Smith's on most loads. You don't have to spend a fortune on a chrono. While I have a PACT I generally use my CE ProChrono and have for several years now. It's just simple and easy. I too use Lizard bedding. It's inexpensive and I can pick it up locally...like less than 2 miles from my home. Lights! Bright Lights! I have fluorescent lights in the ceiling of my reloading room and I have one mounted under the bottom shelf on my reloading bench directly over my presses. I use an Inline Fabrication LED light on my old Dillon 550. It replaced a flashlight I had taped onto it for a number of years. Awesome lighting for this press. I'm in the process of building another "sister" bench for my main reloading bench and will be installing an under the shelf fluorescent light onto it as well. The close in lighting really shines when working on the internals of a revolver. Speaking of such. Having a handy camera, like a phone, really helps when doing a disassembly of a revolver and for taking photos of chrono data at the range to later transfer into my notebook. @Grayfox54 Excellent tip! I've used an inertial "magic bullet eraser" for years and have never even thought of using a shell holder... Darn. Thank you! Lot's of great tips folks! Thank you for sharing.

I've had problems with the small flash hole in Norma 9mm and Geco 9mm when depriming. This surfaced, for me, several months...maybe a year ago and a search of the interwebs showed me I wasn't alone in this. But I'm drifting off the topic of this thread. Apologies to the OP.

Good point. Below is a pic of Norma 9mm brass (right side) and Blazer 9mm brass (left side). I've had decapping pins stuck a couple of times in the Norma 9mm (very small flash hole IME) so I now sort it out and toss it my my brass bucket.

I just checked "Completed Auctions" on Gunbroker. There are 3-4 that recently sold for right at $400.00. @Moped is right, trade-in value would be markedly less around here. @papa61 beat me to it

Certainly will. Yeah, I'm interested in both as well. Several features I like and at a reasonable price.

That's intriguing @Moped. I hadn't even considered Charter Arms. I've been following recent .32 developments and shooting my LCR with .32 S&W longs and .32 H&R mags (handloads) and can really appreciate where it looks like the industry/community is heading with this. I'd like the opportunity to try one of these (rental?) so I'll keep an eye open. Looking forward to folks experiences and thoughts on these. Thanks!

The .32 S&W longs in my steel framed LCR are remarkably soft recoiling @papa61. I loaded up some .32 H&R mags with Bullseye for this afternoon's shooting. It's another very controllable and nice shooting loaded. Both have less subjective recoil than .38 spl and I shoot my .38 LCR at least once a week. I've never fired a .327 mag in any gun, so I can't speak to that. I wouldn't hesitate carrying the .32 LCR for SD. 6 easily controllable and accurate rounds in such as small package (both the LCR and Taurus .327) has something going for it. I have RDS on my G17 & G19 as well as my Taurus TX22 Compact. I like them. I've not shot a RDS equipped revolver but I used to hunt whitetail with a scoped 629, so the general concept is there. It would be a belt/holstered gun for sure. Looking forward to the opportunity to try one out.

I'm pretty intrigued by the. 327 Toro. I have a .327 LCR and as I handload I can actually afford to shoot it. Not. 327 Mags, but 32 S&W long and 32 H&R Mags. Having RDS capabilities is a plus with my aging eyes. https://www.taurususa.com/revolvers/small-frame-revolvers/taurus-327/taurus-327-defender-toro

God Bless the USMC! from an Old Corpsman.

Thank you. I do handload and that's a pretty decent price considering today's situation. If folks sign up for notifications at Norma Shooting there's the occasional deal on primers. Currently the SA (Servicios y Aventuras) small pistol primers are $49.99/1000 no HazMat nor shipping but they do charge state tax. I've used around 3 k of them over the past 6 months in 9mm, .38, .357, and .32 S&W long/ H&R Mag and they work great. Have more on the way but the weather is holding up FedEx delivery. Thanks again for for the listings.

Thanks @Links2k! I already hated that commercial...now I've got the earworm... Doom on you!