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    What do YOU do with a Spotting Scope?

    I have my own ideas about what a spotting scope is for, but they seem at odds with the people who design and manufacture them. I am therefore super curious what you actually do with yours: What type of shooting, hunting etc., how you support it, adjust it, what are you looking at, who's doing...
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    Range Report - Consumable paper cartridges for '58 Rem

    I made up about 75 cartridges using Zig-Zag "1 & 1/4" rolling papers. The standard size papers were a bit difficult to wrap around the .457 balls I use in the Remmie and the 1 & 1/4 size is really easy. I read through a lot of the thread on the subject, and I wanted to try the consumables...
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    Ouch! My finger!

    I've fired my caplock rifle hundreds of times. Last week for some reason (maybe it was the heavy coat I was wearing, changing my hold) I supported the rifle with my off hand very far back, touching the trigger guard (you see where this is going) my fingers coming up along the side of the lock...
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    Walther .22 Single-Shot Nazi Rifle

    A friend has a W.W. II (or earlier) .22 Walther rifle that was literally taken off a dead Nazi during the war by his grandfather (now deceased as well). It has a purely cylindrical receiver, a straight tapered barrel currently of about 25.25" in length with no sign of iron sights or any place...
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    How Long Can I leave My BP Gun Loaded? One Example.

    I loaded a '51 Colt Navy Repro over three months ago. It experienced some cool weather and some very hot weather, both in the house and in my pickup where temperatures ranged from abut 40F to over 120F. The TC Bore Butter that I used to seal the chambers had melted and run out into the...
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    Stop Action BP Shot

    I took some people shooting the other day, and caught this one-- a cap in mid detonation, with no powder buring evident. You can view an eight-frame sequence here (animated .gif): http://www.ultimak.com/capballdynamics.html
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