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    How to initially choose a powder when starting out?

    the one you can get your hands on that isn't insanely priced
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    PPC Loads for 38 Special and 357 Magnum (Target Level)

    I like Win231 for .38 Special. Very common/popular for it. Light .357 Win231 can do it, but if you load lively .357 rounds, Win231 isn't the best by any means. One of the other powders is probably better suited for it. Someone will chime in who knows more than me about powders. Look at some...
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    Looking for new cleaning kit

    I try to keep whatever is in current use, separated from supplies. What I actually use takes up very little space and usually goes in my range bag, all but a one piece rod, but I keep a 3 piece in the range bag with all the other stuff. Then I just have a couple of boxes of extra stuff of...
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    Beware of Vihtavuori Load Data.

    I've never seen this, but that it happens is why I try new loads in the heaviest firearm I own in a cartrdige.
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    How does improper cleaning ruin a barrel?

    I think it is probably hard to actuall harm it cleaning unless you are doing something very odd. I think it was troops repetetively cleaning bores with steel rods, and a lot, that is the genesis of the idea that cleaning harms bores. If you clean it 3 times a day for 6 months with a steel rod...
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    New Uberti 1873 Cylinder Gap Issues - Is this Normal/OK for Uberti?

    things happen. curious what the seller or manufacturor will do for you. is the real question.
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    Bar and Chain oil

    fix the saw
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    Gravity Chambering

    in context, you're dropping the mag and doing a press check or racking the slide
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    Mare's leg type guns- why?

    If there was some kind of telescoping stock or something to get a decent LOP. but, for the lenght, one of the folding PPCs availalbe probably would work better. Looks cool though, never shot one like he is wearing in that photo though, so - maybe it is the coolest rang toy ever, what do I know?
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    10-5 trigger stuck in frame

    excellet idea to try to get underneath it. skipping notches? is it out of time, or the stop sticks and doesn't pop back up? Just cleaning it migth fix a sticky cylinder stop.
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    Gravity Chambering

    I was going over an old .22 rifle. I had taken the tube magazine apart and put it back together Pulled out the springs, follow, just apart, cleaned, put back together. I had those orange snap caps, cause I was just testing it, testing the action, mag tube, ejection, all of it. Just going...
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    Carry Options... Is your gun "shootable" under stress?

    I prefer the very intentional action needed to discharge a revolver in double action. Under stress, I just think I'm less likely to mess it up somehow, just cause you have to mean it, but all you need to do is point it, and very intentionally pull the double action trigger, very simple.
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    Beretta 71, Finally!

    I don't really collect old pistols, but if I did it would be S&W Revolvers, and Beretta Semi Autos. Well, I have one of each that I shoot, and not often enough.
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    Diffs in ammo brands?

    other than cost, not really
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    Vibrating case cleaner media.

    ugh, sounds bad. I use RCBS case lube and basically just rinse it off in the sink with hot water. I'm always surprised how much media and gunk comes out of them too. Not saying to do it this way, just sharing what I've landed on for this step for now. I have no wax or polish on the cases so...
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    A spare reload if needed

    I carry a spare mag or speed strip, and leave a full box in the back of my auto, just becuase.
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    A spare reload if needed

    this is my understanding as well, but if you have used the magazine and it is reliable, the chances of it all of a sudden becoming defective seem small, but if I carry I always carry a reload, just because a mag or a speed strip is pretty easy to carry.
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    picking up brass, getting older, maybe wiser?

    just have the RO pick it up for you and load the basket into your truck. hey, dare to dream right.
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    Vibrating case cleaner media.

    I like to wash the case lube off just with hot soapy water and dish soap. Works for me, just make sure the cases dry before loading. You can still use the dry tumbler as a final step with a little wax or whatever in the media to prevent tarnishing, but for whatever reason I don't like gumming...
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    help picking a press

    I do sets of 200-300 rounds at a time. I use an old single stage. I have a Turret press on my bench, but never got around to setting it up. It would take me longer to set up the new press and learn how to use it and maintain it, that it takes to just load the rounds, so - maybe if I did more...
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