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    Illinois Handloaders, which component is restricted?

    Primer and powder purchases at Illinois retail outlets requires a FOID card. Online purchases of ammo, primers or powder typically requires a faxed or mailed xerox of your FOID card. Some are picky about this, some aren't. If you live in Cook County, you can get primers and powder via UPS, but...
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    Compromise with the Anti bloc?

    We could take two simple steps: 1. Lock up criminals and keep them in prison. No early parole, no phony rehabilitation. Unfortunately, inmates are potential Democratic voters. 2. Institutionalize crazy people. Any time some nut job goes on a shooting spree, it always comes out later that they...
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    Need a gunsmith that can rebarrel a revolver

    Duh... I read it on THIS forum: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=567076
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    Need a gunsmith that can rebarrel a revolver

    BigEasy -- Thanks, I'll give them a call. It's about a four hour drive, but I have to go down there on business next month. BruceM -- Good idea, but I just read yesterday on another forum that Gander Mountain just officially closed down all their gunsmithing services nationwide. The guy that...
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    Need a gunsmith that can rebarrel a revolver

    Can anybody recommend a top-notch gunsmith that can removed a damaged barrel from a S&W Victory and replace it with a new surplus barrel (which I'll provide)? Would prefer Illinois/Wisconsin/Indiana area, but will ship to the right gunsmith if it's too far to drive. Shouldn't shoot rapid fire...
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    Reloading Bench Ideas

    Look at the sticky at the top of this forum called "Show Us Your Reloading Bench". There's currently 67 pages of ideas. What usually works best varies with each individual. I used office furniture to build my reloading bench/gun cleaning bench... because I already had it and it was easy to...
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    Moving to Chicago from Texas

    Move to Des Plaines. Very liberal gun laws (home rule), and you'll be 5 minutes from O'Hare.
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    Shooting setup for in-garage shooting practice?

    I made a .22 target backstop for my basement shooting range. It's basically a box made from 3/4" particle board. The front has a 6"x8" window cut into it with a jigsaw. I built channel guides on the left/right side of the front so that I could slide a piece of standard carboard over the...
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    rifle press

    Forster Co-Ax. I've tried several other presses/brands, but the Forster was my idea of The Perfect Press. I put Forster lock rings on my RCBS dies and my Lee dies, and everything was ready to go. But after buying two sets of Forster dies (222. neck sizer/seater, .223 full length/seater) I will...
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    S&W .38 victory gun

    "CTG" was used in place of "Cartridge", i.e. .38 Special Cartridge.
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    What's your Ruger Single Six's favorite food?

    I wanted to see just how accurate my SS was, so I bought about a dozen different kinds of target ammo, and tested those against a bunch of different kinds of regular ammo. Then I shot five 5-shot groups from each box. Some target ammo, like Winchester T-22 and CCI Green Tag, didn't group...
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    Names!!

    Never named any of my handguns or rifles. Or my cars. And never had a boat. However, all my motorcycles had names: Putter, Thumper, Brown Cow, Red Kaw, Black Beast, Moby Dick - the Great White Whale, and Blue Demon. But if I had a CANNON, I would surely give it a name.
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    Fun shooting an asprin with a 22 cal @ 22 feet

    There's a benchrest group at the range I go to that shoot aspirin tablets with .22 rifles... at 100 yards. I refer to them as the pill poppers. Thay spraypaint the aspirin with some flourescent orange, glue them onto large sheets of index paper in 5 x 5 rows, then sit down and shoot their own...
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    I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours!

    Show you my guns? I don't own any guns. Never have. Don't know what you're talking about.
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    New to the hobby

    Rookie21 -- Go to Maxon's in Des Plaines and rent pistols before you buy. If you don't have a FOID card, you can still try out different guns, but it will have to be supervised and that costs more. You can also apply for your FOID while you're there. You'll need to have it in your hands...
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    Load for an AR-15

    You can go up to 68-69 grains with a 1:9. I've reloaded and shot 69-grain SMK's at 200/300/600 yard high power matches with very good results from my 1:9 barrel (results would have been better with someone else pulling the trigger, but that's against the rules). A 1:8 barrel will accomodate...
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    Would it be irresponsible to fir .22lr shotshell in the house?

    Aguila Colibri turns my .22 revolver into a very quiet pellet gun... but accuracy is very hit or miss (pun intended). Do NOT shoot Colibri from a .22 rifle (it says so right on the box). It does not generate enough pressure or velocity to make it all the way out of a long barrel. Best bet...
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    anybody got pics of old guns they have?

    Howzabout a 1930's Stevens Ideal in .25 Stevens Rimfire? Or a late 1850's Smith Carbine, used in the Civil War by the 7th and 11th Illinois Cavalry?
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    Reacquiring the same types of guns

    I've reacquired guns I've once had. When I was in college, my mom gave away my .22 Ruger Single Six and my first gun, a .22 Savage Model 5 bolt action rifle (thanks Mom -- I really appreciated that!) Once I was out of college and earning a steady paycheck, I bought another Single Six easily...
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    Popular gun-related sayings

    Well, I'll be a son of a gun, you all came up with a pretty good list. Several months ago, I came up with a long, continuous and coherent paragraph incorporating most of these... but of course I never bothered to write it down. What inspired me to do this was a column that appears in each...
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