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  1. Dr5x

    SIMPLE IDEAS FROM COMPLEX OBSERVATIONS

    I think you have solved your problem of loading very well. I am aware that all caps is yelling. What message is it shouting? Oh Yes. I have very little vision left and appreciate your consideration as It helps me a little in not producing extra stupid typing errors. Other people enjoy putting...
  2. Dr5x

    SIMPLE IDEAS FROM COMPLEX OBSERVATIONS

    THOSE SPHERICAL ROCKS ETC ARE GREAT??? THEY ARE GREAT AT WHAT? YOU DO NOT EXPLAIN. I THOUGHT THE JELLY BEAN WAS PRETTY GOOD BUT IF THE SPHERICAL AN CONICAL ROCKS ARE GREATER I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE THEY ARE USED.THE JELLY BEAN CROWD AWAITES YOUR EXPLANATION. THERE IS NOTHING...
  3. Dr5x

    SIMPLE IDEAS FROM COMPLEX OBSERVATIONS

    NOBOFY'S ARGUING. WITH YOU. THE LONGER CONING ELIMINATING THE SHORT STARTER SEEMS TO MAKE MORE SENSE IF YOU CANFIGURE OUT HOW TO GO IN STRAIGHT. I PREFERRED CUTTING AT THE MUZZLE WHICH GIVES A PERFECT PATCH EVERY TIME. DUTCH
  4. Dr5x

    SIMPLE IDEAS FROM COMPLEX OBSERVATIONS

    IT WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK REALLY STUPID AND TO MAKE MY BEAUTIFUL RIFLE LOOK LIKE JUNK. DUTCH
  5. Dr5x

    SIMPLE IDEAS FROM COMPLEX OBSERVATIONS

    WHY DO YOU THINK THE OLD TYMERS CONED THEIR MUZZLES? LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF OLD GUNS CONING DIDN'T SEEM AT ALL CCOMMON. HOWEVER, YOU DO WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR YOU.. DUTCH SCHOULTZ
  6. Dr5x

    SOLD 1863 Lyman Zouave by A. Zoli with accessories

    I WOULD LIKE TO SAY cheers TO MICHIGAN CIITY FOR HAVE A RIFLE TEAM./OUTSTANDING WISDOM. DUTCH
  7. Dr5x

    SIMPLE IDEAS FROM COMPLEX OBSERVATIONS

    My most or almost embarrassing dry ball event when giving a demonstration of the whole loading to letting them fire a ml rifle, I surrounded by a fuzzy eared young man and, I hoped, to admiring young maidens I skipped the addition of powder down the barrel. Quick as a whip, Out came the nipple...
  8. Dr5x

    SIMPLE IDEAS FROM COMPLEX OBSERVATIONS

    WEe all know why the big rig trucks have so many wheels. You don't? It is to spread their great weights on to so many pressure points that none of them would be destructive or either the road surface or the truck itself. Folks walking by my shooting bench might wonder why I have somewhat large...
  9. Dr5x

    Is 70 grains 3f enough umph

    THAT SEEMS LIGHT TO ME, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN HUNTING SUCESSFULY WITH IT AND, THEREFORE. I BOW TO YOU. THANKS FOR THE GLIMPSE INTO YOUR THINKING. DUTCH
  10. Dr5x

    Is 70 grains 3f enough umph

    Zonie? just looking at your chart is educational So hitting a deer at 50 yards will give him a worse wound than if you hit him at 100 yards/ The hunter would be encouraged to shorten the range of his shot in order to increase the damage of his hitYou can quickly see the disadvantages of the...
  11. Dr5x

    Is 70 grains 3f enough umph

    I THINK IF YOU HUNT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PRACTICE WITH A HUNTING LOAD. DUTCH
  12. Dr5x

    Is 70 grains 3f enough umph

    I ALWAYS FELT THAT ANY TIME SPENT AT THE RANGE WOULD PROBABLY HELP YOU WHEN HUNTING. IT MIGHT VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSONN DUTCH
  13. Dr5x

    Early Days or Daze

    YOU ARE WELCOME HERE UNSIGNER OF POST
  14. Dr5x

    BUYING A PREOWNED RIFLE

    68 IS AN ENORMOUS DISTANCE BEHIND ME. ALMOST EVERYTHING WORKED. NOW IT EITHER DOESN'T WORK OR YOU COULDN'T CARE LESS IF IT DID OR DIDN'T. I enjoy writing. a good turn of phrase. O experienced a rare treat for any writer was to come across a chunk of writing that rings all your bells. You know...
  15. Dr5x

    Fliers Or Perhaps Flyers

    IF YOU ARE SHOOTING WEIGHED OUT BALLS AND STILL GETTING FLIERS YOU PROBABLY ARE THE CAUSE AND NOT TO BALL.S, GETTING SOMEONE TO WWATCH YOU SHOOT WILL OFTEN TEACH YOU A LOT. DUTCH
  16. Dr5x

    Fliers Or Perhaps Flyers

    I ANSWERED THIS EARLIER. THHERE IS NO CONSISTENTCY IN FLIERS AS TT WOULD REQUIRE EXACT SAME AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF THE AIR BUBBLE OR LIGHT MATERIAL INCLUSION IN EACH BALL SHOT AFTER SHOT.. AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. DUTCH
  17. Dr5x

    Fliers Or Perhaps Flyers

    I HATE FLIERS BIG TIME AND WHEN I NOTED THATONE MAJOR SOURCE OF SWAGED LEAD BALLS WILL SELL YOU AN EXPENSIVE BOX OF VERY PRETTY SWAGED LEAD BALLS THAT WEIGH OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE I THINK I HAVE LOCATED A CAUSE. WEIGHING THEM OUT AND SETTING ASIDE THE OFF WEIGHT BALLS REALLY SHRANK THE NUMBER...
  18. Dr5x

    Fliers Or Perhaps Flyers

    IF THE THE FLIER ALWAYS WENT TO THE SAME SPOT I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE CASUSATIVE IMBALANCE WAS CAUSED BY THE SAME AMOUNT OF AIR BUBBLE OR AMOUNT OF LIGHT WEIGHT INCLUSION AND THEIR LOCATION IN THE LEAD BALL WERE IN EXACTLY THE SAME ARRANGEMENT SHOT AFTER SHOT AND BALL AFTER BALL. I AM INCLINED...
  19. Dr5x

    Fliers Or Perhaps Flyers

    THE FLIERS I SPEAK OF ARE NOT THE ONCE RESULTING FROM A JERK OF THE RIFLEMAN OR OF A JERK WHO IS THE RIFLEMAN. THESE ARE THE FLIERS LARGE OR SMALL RESULTING FROM A BENCH REST RIFLE HELD STEADY AS A ROCK.. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR INTO A SINGLE HOLE IN THE PAPER AND NUMBER 5 HELD JUST AS STEADY...
  20. Dr5x

    Fliers Or Perhaps Flyers

    Bizmark I believe said something similar about staff officers.Smart Lazy ones are the best. Stupid lazy ones you can easily direct. Smart active ones will make great generals. Active stupid ones you can do nothing with. I came up with Heraclitus idea independently as did a sea friend we called...
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