Westwindmike

A friend of mine bought one and was very disappointed at how much wiggle and play there was in the mic end of this seater. He went back to using his Lee dies for his benchrest loads. YMMV Edit: I read more about this tool and it is not the same as my friend has. He has the RCBS Mic Seating Die. It looks like they use the same mic parts though. Good luck with it.

Take a look at the BSA Sweet .22 line of scopes. They are priced right and come with interchangeable elevation drums for different weights of bullets. My friend has one on his 10-22 and it shoots a hole in a hole at 25 yards.

So, are you in the cupcake business? I guess if not interested, I would politely decline and tell him when he had a paying event, you would be interested in catering it.

Yet another update on Caleb.... Caleb received a very generous donation from a man in New Jersey that read about Caleb on the CastBoolits site. mikenbarb was kind enough to send Caleb a whole box of casting items. He sent: Small electric casting pot(needs a special cord, PM me if you might help) Lead Set of Lyman scales(missing the hanger and pan if you have one) Several bags of cast boolits 30-30 cases Lube pad Micrometer RCBS Case Lube The RCBS case lube turned out to be a mixed blessing. Somehow in transit, the tube of lube burst. And with all the turning over and over of the box in the Postal Service, it coated every single thing in the box in sticky, gooey, case lube. Caleb is certainly grateful for all the donations he has received from both here and there. He wanted me to thank you all once again for all that you have done for him. Mike

I think he means a Savage MKII.

I was taught as a rookie Deputy Sheriff, that you never mess with: EMT's ER Doc's ER Nurses Too much of a chance that they will be the ones to save your life one night!

Welcome from the Geographic Center of Tennessee.

I lost my job of 8 years last June. Haven't been able to find work since then. Best of luck to you. Mike

On Target in Murfreesboro.

Caleb Update......... A couple of weeks ago, an ANONYMOUS DONOR, made a really generous contribution to Caleb's reloading/casting efforts. This Good Samaritan sent Caleb: A Lyman 450 Lubrisizer with .309 die and top punch Several hundred .30 cast boolits .30 gas checks Lee .30 mold and .30-30 brass. I took these items to Caleb this weekend and he was really excited and ready to get them put to good use. He loaded some of the 311041 boolits in his Dad's 30-06 and we went and shot them. The Lyman 450 will have to be mounted and the handle repaired before he can use it. He is holding the "over torqued" handle in the picture. He is going to try and find someone to repair it for him. Caleb wants me to express how grateful he is for all the donations that have come from TGO members. Without these, he would not be able to afford to shoot or reload. A special thanks, once again to our own ANONYMOUS DONOR. You can be assured that your donation went to a good cause and is being used. Mike

At the Meet and Shoot this month, I had a Remington Thunderbolt that did not chamber fully. It fired out of battery in my AR(.22Ceiner Kit). Ruptured the case. Smoke and gasses came out of every part of that AR. Felt the gas hit my face from the charging handle. No shooting glasses, but had my RX glasses on. No damage to me or AR.

Is anybody trying to race at both again this year?

Carry your sword!

So you ask us what all this stuff is, and then instead of offering it here for sale, you put it up on the other website(that cannot be mentioned here) for sale?

From the Marlin website: 12. What is the small round black and white dot on the bottom of my Marlin stock? This is the Marlin "Bullseye". This trademark has been used since 1922 on all Marlin walnut buttstocks. Please note that this is not a suitable place to install a swivel for you firearm. Swivels should be mounted approximately 2 inches from the toe of the butt.

Do you have a link to that info? I'd like to pass it on.

Just don't do what I did. I printed out a bunch of these and was handing them out. The management threatened to not admit me if I didn't stop. I don't know why they were pissed, it's their coupon!

I found this load data in the Alliant manual online. http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloaders/RecipePrint.aspx?gtypeid=1&weight=200&shellid=36&bulletid=62&bdid=805 I would use the data for the 200grLSWC. You are going to have to back down the starting charge anyway, so just reduce it slightly more. Hope this helps. Mike 45 Colt 200 gr Speer LSWC Bullseye CCI 300 Winchester 1.515" 7.5 988 200 gr Speer LSWC Red Dot CCI 300 Winchester 1.515" 7.3 1001 200 gr Speer LSWC Green Dot CCI 300 Winchester 1.515" 8.3 980 200 gr Speer LSWC Unique CCI 300 Winchester 1.515" 9.5 1061 200 gr Speer LSWC Herco CCI 300 Winchester 1.515" 9.5 1021 250 gr Speer LSWC Bullseye CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 7 879 250 gr Speer LSWC Unique CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 9.5 941 250 gr Speer LSWC Blue Dot CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 12.9 1028 250 gr Speer LSWC 2400 CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 15.4 972 200 gr Speer GDHP Bullseye CCI 300 Winchester 1.555" 7.9 994 200 gr Speer GDHP Red Dot CCI 300 Winchester 1.555" 7.6 981 200 gr Speer GDHP Green Dot CCI 300 Winchester 1.555" 8.8 991 200 gr Speer GDHP Unique CCI 300 Winchester 1.555" 9.8 1048 200 gr Speer GDHP Power Pistol CCI 300 Winchester 1.555" 9.2 885 200 gr Speer GDHP Herco CCI 300 Winchester 1.555" 10 1032 230 gr Speer GDHP Bullseye CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 7.1 890 230 gr Speer GDHP Unique CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 9 932 230 gr Speer GDHP Power Pistol CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 9.5 878 230 gr Speer GDHP Herco CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 9.4 918 230 gr Speer GDHP Blue Dot CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 13 1036 250 gr Speer GDHP Unique CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 7.8 840 250 gr Speer GDHP Power Pistol CCI 300 Winchester 1.600" 8.8 84 The powder charge weights listed in our data tables are maximum. For rifle and pistol loads, the maximum powder charge should be reduced by 10% to establish a minimum or starting powder charge.

I have a Stoeger SxS 12ga Coach gun used for Cowboy Action Shooting. It shot well and held up to a lot of use. I thought they were made in South America?

Every time I count mine, it makes me want to go find more.

Well, it seemed like everyone had a great time. I know I did! It was good to see old friends and to make some new ones. Thanks to TGO David for the Zombie targets and the cool "Please don't hit me" name tags. JHatmaker, thanks for the drinks and sandwich makings. That ham sammich sure hit the spot! Hope to see everyone in June. What day is that????? Mike

See ya next time, TDR.

Just wondering if anybody here reloads for the .50BMG. Are the components hard to come by these days? I was reading on another forum about using API bullets for practice rounds. Is that something that you can do? Plus it must be hard to find a range that is long enough. Mike

The rifle range will be high and dry for sure. Hope to see everyone there. Does anybody have any of those "Hello, My name is ..." stickers to bring? I'm lousy with names.

Well, after a 10 minute visit to that website, I don't think I'll be back.