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  1. Quote from another forum: The best way to crimp, is, as described, seat the bullet so the case mouth is just over the beginning of the cannelure (jacketed bullets only have the knurled cannelure, I've never seen one with an actual groove like a lead bullet). Then when you go to crimp, DON'T try to do it in one shot. gently (sort of, you'll understand if you try it) the case, and turn the case in the loader as you keep giving it small taps until you get a good crimp. That's the only way I've found to get a good crimp with one. Trying to whack it all at once, tends to either bulge the case or give an uneven crimp.
  2. No lube needed. I think it only resizes neck and shoulder area. Works great if you're firing reloads out of the same gun, but maybe not so much if you're using different guns.
  3. Back in the early 1980's I picked up a Winchester 94 "Classic" with a 26" octagon barrel. Way too heavy for hunting, but lots of fun to shoot. I removed the buckhorn sights and installed a Williams 5D peep sight. I wasn't into reloading at that time so I bought the Lee kit and used it to reload 30-30's. This thing made excellent ammo! Very accurate. The only disadvantage was that it's slow. If you're OK with that, there's no reason not to keep using it. If you're an older guy, and having trouble seeing the sights, target, etc., I would lose the regular sights and get a 5D. They are the cat's meow in my opinion.
  4. Striper fishing has improved in the Kennebec River since the state removed the Edwards Dam in Augusta.
  5. One important thing to remember with spinning reels is to STOP REELING when you hear that drag clicking. Think of it as a warning to stop reeling and let the fish run. You can put your index finger on the spool and apply a little bit of pressure on the spool to increase drag and slow the fish down, but never reel against the drag. If you do, not only will you have NO effect on the fish, but you'll twist your line up so bad that it'll never cast well again.
  6. I liked your post, Crozzbow. Thought it was funny and it reminded me of some not so fun experiaces I've had while fishing, They're not much fun at the time, but make for a good story later. There's nothing like a good sense of humor. In your other post, You asked if the post was appropriate in this forum, I would say yes for sure. I enjoy reading this type of post. Nice change from the regular "I caught this on that" type of post,
  7. Quote: Originally Posted by Chiefer Be careful around bats, especially any that are aggressive enough to have contacts with humans. They can carry rabies which ends poorly for 100% of humans who contract it and do not get treatment immediately. I've seen bats around a lot while fishing at night. Never bothered me. As a matter of fact, I like having them around, as they eat a lot of mosquitoes and are fun to watch. Never saw any aggressive ones, though. On the other hand, this was creepy. One night a few of us went fishing after work (I was on second shift at the time) at Sasanoa Point, across the river from Bath Iron Works. We didn't have much luck and after a couple of hours the other guys went home. I decided to stay a little longer. I was fishing from a big flat rock right at the edge of the bushes. It was pretty dark but there was some light on the water and I could see some splashing from feeding fish. I was casting to those splashes when I heard a rustling in the bushes behind me. I didn't pay much attention at first and kept fishing. After a while I heard it again and started to have a strange feeling that I was being watched. I turned my light on and looked behind me. There were about six or seven big old river rats just lined up in a semicircle behind me watching me fish! The rats kind of gave me the heebie-jeebies so I packed up and left. I often wonder what they were doing there, I mean these guys were close, about 2 or 3 feet away. They showed no fear whatsoever, they were just watching and waiting. Waiting for what? All I can think of is maybe other fishermen sometimes fed them or something and they were waiting for a treat from me. Anyway, I don't fish there anymore.
  8. Quote: Originally Posted by JimnDad OMG!!! I almost peed I laughed so hard. You need to hire someone to illustrate the story! Yeah, it was pretty funny! Too bad there was nobody around with a video camera. We could have been on TV! It was probably my most memorable fishing experience. I've caught gulls before, but not a gull and a fish at the same time!
  9. Not this year, but a few years ago, I was fishing live eels at Popham. I had my rod in a sandspike and walked away from it for a while to BS with my fishing buddy. It was just about dawn when a line of seagulls came walking down the shoreline and one of them got tangled up in my line. As he was thrashing around he must have motivated my eel (which was about half dead) to start swimming again. Anyway, before I could get to my rod a 20# plus Striper hit that eel, hooked himself and took off down the river, with the seagull in tow! What a circus that turned out to be! By the time I got ahold of my rod, he had already taken out about half the line or more. The drag was set fairly loose and just a screaming! I tightened up and reeled in up to where the seagull was and tried to untangle him. It wasn't easy. I had to get a jacket and wrap it around the gull's head to keep him from biting me. Meanwhile my buddy was holding the line, and it was digging into his fingers so he let it go. Off they went again! That gull was tangled up in the line pretty good, had it around his wing and leg, and it was all up between the feathers pretty tight. I had to reel him back in and work on untangling him some more until my buddy couldn't hang on to the line anymore. Said he couldn't hold it anyway, but he was laughing so hard he probably just let it go! I'm surprised that gull didn't drown. He was underwater a lot! Finally, the third time I reeled him in I was able to get the gull loose, and land that Striper.. The gull wandered off somewhere. We tried to keep an eye on him as he couldn't fly but he walked away. I hope he recovered OK.
  10. Quote: Originally Posted by FishAgain I think they're illegal in RI Thirty five years ago they were legal in RI. I had a couple of them as a teenager. Also had the Falcon II which was similar, and better. We used to shoot glass marbles with them. Good times. I've still got a Falcon II around here somewhere. Probably needs new bands by now. I should try and find it and see if I can still hit anything with it.
  11. Quote: Originally Posted by fishinambition An archery subforum would be nice. Quote: Originally Posted by Albatross I agree. Archery isn't guns. A separate subforum would be a good idea. Maybe including Crossbows too. But, for now, this is the best place for it. That said, I like the idea of all guns (including air rifles) being discussed here. Quote: Originally Posted by gadwall8 I asked TimS to put us in the Community section of SOL. My thought being that whether it's a bullet, shot, arrow, bolt, or atlatl, the desired end is the same. All are welcome. We are Enfield OK. That's cool. I wasn't really asking for a separate Archery Forum. I was mainly agreeing with FishinAmbition. If the forum was to be split up, an Archery Forum would be a natural subject to split off. If I remember correctly, a member (probably Patrick9915) once asked for a separate Airgun Forum. I would rather see all guns, including Airguns, in the same forum. Slingshots and atlatls? This is probably as good a place as any for them, too.
  12. Quote: Originally Posted by fishinambition An archery subforum would be nice. I agree. Archery isn't guns. A separate subforum would be a good idea. Maybe including Crossbows too. But, for now, this is the best place for it. That said, I like the idea of all guns (including air rifles) being discussed here.
  13. Spring forward. Thanks for the chance.
  14. Quote: Originally Posted by gadwall8 J frame as in 38 snubbie? I disagree. Nothing against revolvers, but, the small ones are not the gun to start out on. Quote: Originally Posted by newcut +1 If you have to shoot a wheel gun, start off with a 4" S &W 686. I agree. Not an expert here but IMO J-frame (snubbie) is not the gun to learn on. Too small, too short of a sight radius, and too light. Great carry gun, but not something to start out with. Get something from the K-frame series. Medium size, 4" or 6" barrel, six shots. The best one to learn on is the K-22 Masterpiece (aka Model 17). It's a .22. If you want to go bigger than .22, try to find a .357 with adjustable sights. Shoot .38 Special with it for practice. Google "S&W K-Frame" for a list of products. Also, Ruger Security Six and GP 100 are excellent. More than excellent. Superlative! There are a million aftermarket grips around for any of these revolvers, cheap too, so it's easy to find one that fits your hand. Some years ago you could find a lot of Police trade-ins around in .38/.357 at a real good price. Not so much anymore. But if you look, there's still some good used ones around.
  15. Quote: Originally Posted by HugeDinghy Yes I have read stories about law abiding folks successfully defending their home from criminals, by using a firearm. Was that a serious question? Yes it was. I apologize for the lack of clarity in my wording of the question. The question was supposed to be if you had seen favorable coverage about law abiding folks successfully defending their home from criminals, by using a firearm, particularly a so-called assault rifle, on national television on one of the major networks. Everybody that follows Second Amendment issues, and probably almost everyone else that can read, has read about these incidents, as I mentioned in my post, but they are seldom if ever reported on Television. I incorrectly assumed that people reading the thread title and my post quoted below would infer that I was asking a question about television coverage. Obviously, I was wrong in that assumption. Thank you for pointing this out to me. I will go back and try to edit my post, and attempt to clear up the confusion. Quote: Originally Posted by Albatross I hate to hijack my own thread, but I want to get back on topic before this gets moved to the PG forum. My point was that this is probably the first time I've ever seen a mainstream media network, (in this case NBC but they're all the same). run a story that actually approves of a homeowner using a gun to defend her own property. And the gun was a (so-called) assault rifle to boot! We all know this kind of self defense happens almost every day. Just read "The Armed Citizen" in American Rifleman. But, unless the perpetrator is killed, you never hear about it on national TV. It just doesn't get reported because it flies in the face of the "conventional wisdom" of the major news media, that guns (especially those evil assault rifles) in the hands of civilians are a bad thing. They're only going to be used to murder another family member, murder somebody else, no legitimate purpose, yada, yada, yada. Have any of you guys ever seen this type of favorable coverage before?
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