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  1. Dr5x

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

    DON'T BE TOO HAPPY FOR ME. MY CATARACT SURGERY WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO. THE IRIS WAS TORN ALLOWING WAY TOO MUCH LIGHT. ALL THE RECENT TALK ABOUT THE SURGERY WAS CAUSED BY MY URGING A LONG ISLAND SUBSCRIBER TO GET THE OPERATION DONE SO WE COULD PROCEED WITH THE COACHING, DUTCH SCHOULTZ
  2. Dr5x

    THE INVISIBLE ENEMY

    WELL said. I have a retired Rabbi who is very much unlike one would expect who looks to be 45 years old who wanted total to you. I can understand your hesitation We are woking to get him set up with a .50 TC Hawken but first he needs a cataract operation If you have any interest at all, contact...
  3. Dr5x

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

    COL BATGUANO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TWO POSTS REGARDING YOUR CATARACT OPERATIONS. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE A MAN OF THE CLOTH ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK TO PROCEED WITH HIS OPERATIONS AND I THINK HE WAS A BIT SCARED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AND THEN YOUR POSTS CAME ALONG AS THOUGH THEY WEREWRITTEN...
  4. Dr5x

    THE INVISIBLE ENEMY

    THE INVISIBLE ENEMY This is a tough one to explain because it's invisible.You can see its effect when it shakes and swayed the trees but you can't see its effect on a ball you fired until it shows up on the target away from the point of aim having been moved to the right or left in the direction...
  5. Dr5x

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

    ARE YOU GLAD YOU HAD THE OPERATION? I NEVER GEARD OF THE MULTI FOCAL LENSES. DUTCH SCHOULTZ
  6. Dr5x

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I am continually greeted with the moans sadness of these Old eyes caused by the cataracts that form like a hazy curtain over the front of a persons's eyes progressively dimming both the near and far views of all things and in particular the view of the distant target...
  7. Dr5x

    A COMMON PROBLEM

    Until you know whether the tolerances favor the half caliber ball you should experiment with the larger ball well before you buy a mold., particularly a steel one as they are very expensive. I was always told the Lee molds, being aluminum heat up and cool down more rapidly than the steel molds...
  8. Dr5x

    A COMMON PROBLEM

    HI, Ames You are new to me. If a barrel was made just a tad larger you can use the half caliber ball. If it was just a tad smaller the half caliber ball is probably not for you. I'm glad you are doing well with the very slightly larger ball. Dutch Schoultz
  9. Dr5x

    BALL WEIGHTS

    AND THEN YOU HAVE AS FAR AS YOU CAN TELL A NEARLY PEFECTLY ROUND BALL. OF COURSE WHEN YOU SHORT START IT WITH YOUR RAM ROD OR SHORT STARTER IT IS NO ONGER A ROUND BALL. THE SIDES HAVE BEEN STRAIGHTENED OUT AS THE BALL IS EXTRUDED INTO THE RIFLING. THE FACE MAY BE A BIT FLATTER FROM THAT...
  10. Dr5x

    A COMMON PROBLEM

    PEOPLE WHO HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE HALF CALIBER HEAVIER BALL HAVE BARREL THAT IS JUST TOO SMALL. SEE MY THREAD ON TOLERANCES IF THE PATCHING THAT WORKED SO WELL FOR THE SLIGHTLY SMALLER BALL WAS WRETCHED WITH THE HALF CALIBER HEAVIER BALL, WHAT DID YOU WXPECT? IF THE TOLERANCES INVOLVED IN...
  11. Dr5x

    A COMMON PROBLEM

    DAVE, DID YOU ADJUST YOUR PATCHING FOR THE .535 BALL ? DUTCH
  12. Dr5x

    A COMMON PROBLEM

    AN ABSOLUTRLY PERFECT POST BY BANG IN A WAY, THE SHOOTING PATCH PERFORMS MUCH LIKE THE PISTON RINGS IN YOUR VEHICLE. DUTCH
  13. Dr5x

    A COMMON PROBLEM

    AS I SAID BOTH BALLS CAN DO VERY WELL.NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE DOING, IF IT GIVES YOU SATISFACTION, THAT IS THE RIGHT WAY FOR YOU TO GO. DUTCH
  14. Dr5x

    BALL WEIGHTS

    LEE MOLDS CAST BALLS WITHOUT A SPRUE? THAT'S NEWS TO ME. HOW VEY NICE THAT WOULD B. DUTCH
  15. Dr5x

    A COMMON PROBLEM

    A COMMON PROBLEM I have so many instances of good guys coming to me for advice on what size ball to use with a new rifle and I have come to think of it as the Half Caliber Question You have a .50 rifle and the choice of the 490 ball or the .495 ball, or the choice of .53 ball and the .535 ball...
  16. Dr5x

    BALL WEIGHTS

    WHEN CASTING WITH MY LYMAN STEEL MOLD I NOTICED TO MY ALARM THAT THE SCREW HOLDING THE CUTOFF BLADE WAS VERY SLOWLY UNSCREWING ITSELF FROM THE MOLD BLOCK. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE SPRUE WAS GETTING LONGER AND LONGER AS I PROCEEDED.BEING A WEIGHT NUT I PITCHED ALL THE BALLS I HAD CAST BACK IN THE...
  17. Dr5x

    BALL WEIGHTS

    ZTHERE IS ALSO A PARK.THE NAME ESCAPES ME WHERE THE HUNDREDS. POSSIBLY THOUSANDS WERE BURIED IN HEAPS DURING AND AFTER THE GREAT 1839 mass deaths that in the 1970's became a popular area of refinishing and upgrading the beautiful homes built around that great funeral pile. Dutch
  18. Dr5x

    BALL WEIGHTS

  19. Dr5x

    BALL WEIGHTS

    My editorial staff of two, both with the ability to see, have informed me that I now have a Blog attached to my web site. I have a tendency to get off the Bang &Smoke subject line of the Forum and wander into other subjects much to Zonie's justified horror. I'll try to put the off subject...
  20. Dr5x

    BALL WEIGHTS

    THAT QQUESTION COMES UP EVERY 5 OR 6 months or so and Fotum members should print out your chart. There is a Sublette street in the very old part of St. Louis but I can find no history of the person it was named after. The song Frankie and Johnny is about an actual event that took place in...
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