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I've done for 10 years, I've got enough loaded ammo to last me until I die probably. I load .45acp, .223, .308, 30-30, 30.06. I picked up most of my stuff like Tim had mentioned second hand, except my dies. For sure get a reloading manual, I have a Serria & a Nosler manual. Once you get set up it's a lot of fun and the best part you can make YOUR gun shoot much better than with over the counter ammo..There are lots of tricks to make that bullet work better in your rifle. A good used press: $60 or more Scales new: $85 or more A mic. to measure cases for length and (over all length) OAL loaded: $25 Dies are around: $30 + or - Tumbler to clean brass can be had for: $75 or more, you don't really need one but you will be glad when you have on. Trimmer: $90 or more Trickler: $15 Debur tool: $10 Above items are a must to reload Powder in 1 pound containers: $25 each kind, I buy it in bulk to get a better deal Primers: I buy them by the thousand, but a 100 count will run about $3 Brass: I have picked up most of mine from the local range for free Bullets: around $25 for a box of 100 in Serria, Nosler is the same but they come in a 50 count Start up is kind of expensive, but in the long run you will save money and get what you want. Lead & Powder have went up in the last couple of years, like everything else made with fuel I guess. Good luck and be sure the first thing you do is read that reloading manual 2 or 3 times and then read it again.

I don't know who wrote this but it's awesome...I hope the mods will let me pass this on for everyone to read I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. 'I'm glad I have a good book to read Perhaps I will get a short nap,' I thought. Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation. 'Where are you headed?' I asked the soldier seated nearest to me. ' Chicago - to Great Lakes Base. We'll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we're being deployed to Iraq ' After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack lunches were available for five dollars. It would be several hours before we reached Chicago , and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time. As I reached for my wallet, I overheard soldier ask his buddy if he planned to buy lunch. 'No, that seems like a lot of money for just a sack lunch. Probably wouldn't be worth five bucks. I'll wait till we get to Chicago ' His friend agreed. I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar bill. 'Take a lunch to all those soldiers.' She grabbed my arms and squeezed tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. 'My son was a soldier in Iraq ; it's almost like you are doing it for him.' Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, 'Which do you like best - beef or chicken?' 'Chicken,' I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went to the front of plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from first class. 'This is your thanks.' After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane, heading for the rest room. A man stopped me. 'I saw what you did. I want to be part of it. Here, take this.' He handed me twenty-five dollars. Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming down the aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not looking for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my side of the plane. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his hand, an said, 'I want to shake your hand.' Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain's hand. With a booming voice he said, 'I was a soldier and I was a military pilot. Once, someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness I never forgot.' I was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers. Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs. A man who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm. When we landed in Chicago I gathered my belongings and started to deplane. Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word. Another twenty-five dollars! Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip to the base. I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. 'It will take you some time to reach the base. It will be about time for a sandwich. God Bless You.' Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow travelers. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals. It seemed so little... A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.'

Me too..

Smokeless powder is affected over time, but not real gun powder. I've known of people that have found real gun powder from the Civil War times and it's as good today as it was then..

Real black powder doesn't decompose...never as long as it stays dry.

Was it in plain sight and you could walk up and pick up a can, and was real GOEX 2F or 3F gun powder or the subtitutes like Pyrodex? Goex makes now a sub also.. It's not that easy....None of our local gun shop's have the licencing to carry real gun powder (It's a Hazmat licencing thing which is different than handling centerfire powder such as IMR powders, if you notice that powder is on the shelf and you can touch it) real gun powder has to be stored in a special container away from the public and regulated by the gov., another new 9/11 law... Anyway no one around here is set up or wants to pay another lic. fee to handle it. Oh well....The Cape is a little far from me, they have it in Clarksville, AR still that's 110 miles.

Does anyone here know were I can find some Goex 2F real black powder. No one around here sells it..Period. I don't want to do the mail order thing, way to expensive with the hazmat fee with a 2 can order. I just thought I would ask around here to see if anyone knew of a local suplier in there area relatively close to NW AR... Joplin, Neosho area. I have some, but I'm going to need some in the future. Let me know if you have any leads, Thanks, MLC

Just use 7x and watch your drift & line, with a bad drift you won't catch anything..it's all about the drift. Learn to mend that line when needed at the right time....you will miss some at first, but you will catch on....practice my friend, practice..good luck

Riverside, WY, you my be suprised by this place.. Google ---> Wyoming Carbon County Riverside

Tim, By the way thanks for the loaner yesterday for my friend from GA..

Crane is still Crane with all the storys and pics, a great creek for sure.. got to love it.. and snakes story's to boot. Please let them go, so I can let them go, for us all to have our chance at Crane.

Great shots.....wish I was there

I agree on the (give them all a drug test for any government assistance), this will weed them out...

For those of you who slept through World History 101 Here is a condensed version, just for fun of course. Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter. The two most important events in all of history were: 1. The invention of beer, and 2. The invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer, and the beer to the man. These facts formed the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups: 1. Liberals 2. Conservatives. Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed. Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement. Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy and group hugs, the evolution of the Hollywood actor, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide all the meat and beer that conservatives provided. Over the years, Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass. Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food is standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most liberal women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, firemen, lumberjacks, construction workers, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, golfers, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living. Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America . They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing. Here ends today's lesson in world history. It should be noted that a liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above. A conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history.

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This guy is very fast at tying parachutes and he demo's it very well for a look see..

Tim, by the way Happy Aniversary. Came buy the shop today that's how I know.. The dry's worked very well for me again today.

Lots of snakes, lots..

Murdoc, I didn't see ya today..I was at the very end of course drying them...

Maybe up to 2 or 3 pounds the biggest, but mostly 1-1/2 pounds if the stripers from the Rock don't get them when they come up the river. They are like a pack of wolves on trout..

A 4 to 5 Pound Brown is big on the Beaver Tail, they are there...

I have one of Mark's 7'6" 4pc. 3/4wts very nice for what it's intended for small steam fishing. By the way Mark I'm taking it out west MT, WY, & CO here in a couple of weeks again for the 2nd year with no problems with anything in quality and performance.. mLc

Tim, I saw the track hoe parked there and was wondering what was going on. Now I know

I'll 2nd that, Tim's a good man...

I've had a Holland grill for 5 years and yes they cook baby back ribs perfect in 1 hour, I put a little rub on them then after about 30 min. I brush real melted butter all over (1 full stick). This is my secret to the world for ribs from a little old black lady in Backgate, AR. Try it you will like it.. With the Holland grill its all timed cooked, ribeye steaks take 18 min. a side. My wife likes hers done NO pink this takes 24 min a side. Play with the Holland I wouldn't have anyother type of grill besides a charcoal grill and I still use one for camping.