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Too many focus on what he says, he loves stirring the pot, in the end for me it is what he actually does and so far so good!

Years ago I had a small flock of wild Turkeys here on the farm I raised from a pair of adults I purchased. Mine were of the western states Merriam's strain, the tail feathers and back saddle feathers are tipped in white. They tame down pretty well the big difference over from domestics is they are smaller and can fly. Getting back to the red head, in most cases I have observed when the Tom's head turns red he is looking for a fight and is pissed off, excited and angry. The dominant Toms I had would get pretty mean especially during the spring and many times had them come after me. Below is a photo of one with his head turning red and pissed off because I was walking through his territory. Another thing is the appendage over the beak also will start hanging longer and longer as they get excited.

I have put sling studs in a couple of synthetic stocks and have had no problem with them failing. As long as there is enough solid materiel for the threads to adhere and not a thin exterior layer that is hollow and filled with foam. I used JB Weld epoxy in the holes for extra strength, below is my Remington 597 Maggie with a synthetic stock that I installed swivel studs on. Also did my Remington Nylon 66. Al

Below is the little LED goose neck lamp I mentioned above, small but very bright, this little gizmo is great, with it's clamping system and neck adjustability allows you put light exactly where it is needed. It is rechargeable and the battery life is very long, I used it for several days before I recharged it. I have been able to use it on all my presses with no problem. Al

So once upon a time before the infamous "Safe Act" I had it in mind to buy myself an AR style rifle, I already had a couple of 223 Varmint rifles so an AR would fit right in. I accumulated a couple of thousand rounds of brass and decided to try a Turret press because of the large batches of 223 ammo I planned on loading and purchased a Lee Classic Turret. Well for me the Safe Act put the kabosh to that AR rifle idea, I just continued loading small batches for my Varmint rifles with my old standby Bair single station with the Lee just sitting unused. So as I mentioned in the "big case load" thread I have in my possession several thousand once fired 38 spl cases, I got that mess of cases cleaned up and decided it was time the Lee Turret earned it's keep. While I did try the Lee press a few times just to see how it operated this would be the first time I used it in earnest. A couple of things I did not care for about the Lee, the handle while it works ok is on the cheesy side and I was very used to the Inline Fabrication roller handle I put on my old Bair single station. So I changed out the OEM handle for a new Inline Ergo roller handle which I feel is a big improvement. Also I ditched the auto primer feed, I just did not care for it and can basically load the primers one by one almost as fast as the auto setup. I also installed a little clamp on LED gooseneck lamp to one of the support posts that lit up the shell holder area nicely. So there was a bit of a learning curve using this press, getting used to it was more from fifty years of using a single station loading thousands of shell that was more than anything else. With a single station each operation is carried out one at a time and a batch at a time. With the Turret you start with a case and go through all the operations and end up with a loaded cartridge and the loading rate is faster. One other thing, the Lee Auto Drum powder measure is the most consistent accurate measure I have ever used and I got three other pretty good ones, All and all once I got used to the Turret sequence things started to move along and the loaded cartridges started to pile up, at around the 1300 mark I ran out of bullets, I think that is the first time that has ever happened to me. By the way I have found that reloading components especially pistol bullets are just about sold out everywhere. So in the end I would say if loading large batches of ammo is your thing a Turret press would be worth looking into, but if loading a 100 or so a good single station is plenty good enough. Al

I will give a hint on what political party they support and contribute to, it begins with D.

The key word in your statement is avid which could be substituted for any of the following words also describing real hunters and shooters such as, fervent, passionate, ardent, dyed in the wool, true, impassioned, intense, vehement, fervid, sincere, profound, deep-seated, heartfelt. The people that vote for Democrats are none of the above, like John Kerry who outfitted himself with a shotgun for a photo op hunt the people that say they are hunters and pro second amendment that vote Democrat are posers, the loss of the second amendment and the right to hunt in truth means little to them. Remember every single anti hunting-second amendment organization supports Democrats and Socialists, they would wipe out hunting and shooting and this board off the internet if they had their way. It is part of the dem's political platform! Keep America Great!!! TRUMP 2020

I would like to mention that back in my gun shop days we had a customer come in with a blue model 60 chambered in 38 spl, he fired some "Plus P" ammo out of it and blew out the side of the cylinder and also knocked off the top strap. We sent the gun back to Smith and Wesson with a couple of stuck empty Plus P cases still in the gun. I got a phone call from the company a few days later that under no terms was Plus P ammo to be fired out of their J Frame revolvers and for us vendors selling those gun to make sure customers know that fact. Now that was some 40 years ago and manufacturing has come far as they now make model 60 J frames chambered in 357 mag capable of firing full powered loads with no problem. I do not know if their policy is the same with Plus P ammo when it comes to current production. I would fire just regular 38 spl in a model 60 chambered in 38 spl to be on the safe side. By the way they replaced the gun but the owner was lucky he only got a nice dent in his forehead firing the high powered stuff. There was a warning printed in their manuals so the customer was at fault. Al

Thanks for the offer but I prefer a 357 model because I also have quite a bit of 357 ammo and I like to have adjustable sights because I screw around with different bullet styles, weights and powders so most of the time point of impact changes with those different loads. I do like the S&W model 60 pro model pictured below a lot. Al

I did own a Ruger stainless Blackhawk in 357 many years ago, it was accurate and a good solid piece, I just would prefer a double action now. I also owned Pythons, a two and a half inch blue and a six inch nickel and a Ruger Security six four inch stainless. Years ago I worked in a gun shop and was a wheel and dealer back in those days and just decided to get rid of most of my handguns mainly because the permit system puts on to many limitations for wheel and dealing. Now with this dumb safe act nothing is easy any more when it comes to firearms. I do have a nice 1894 Marlin rifle that I can use this ammo in so I do have something to go bang with for now lol. Al

Will do, I have been shopping around and there is a problem with this Corona crap closing down stores for being non essential, hopefully things will get back to semi normal soon. I am also wondering if the permit offices are being affected? Al

So back around 40 years ago at a softball game I met an Airman that was stationed at Griffiss AFB in Rome NY, we got talking about firearms and he told me he was in charge of cleaning up the small arms range on base and had a ton of once fired 38 special brass that was just going to be thrown away and if I was interested he would get me some. I said sure as I had a couple of 357 handguns at the time and figured I could load up some plinking rounds. Well he shows up at my Buddy's sporting good store I was working at with a cardboard box packed with 38 special cases, somewhere around 5000! He did not want a dime but I made him take 10 bucks for his trouble of bringing them out to me. Never did a thing with those cases, they sat up in the loft of my barn all those years. So I got to poking around up there the other day and spotted that box of cases and said to myself I really need to do something with them LOL! Got the box down and found mice had got in there and made a filthy mess, they had a good old time for 40 years chewing up the boxes and case holders. So for the past few days I got down to business and started cleaning up the cases. I first took them out of their dilapidated boxes and washed them in a bucket of hot soapy water. Dried them good and then de-primed them all and then ran them through the case tumbler to polish them up. What a job! For loading I have 500 swaged semi wadcutters and 500 hard cast semi wadcutters to get thing started, I will be using a fairly new powder called TiteWad mainly used for shotshells but also it works well for plinking handguns loads using only 3.5 grains. The bad part is all this ammo is going to make me have to buy a new pistol, Geeze! I was set on the new Colt Python but see they have been having some problems with their early production, The S&W model 27 is a strong contender along with the Ruger SP 101 Match Champion, I will be making up my mind soon. Al

There is no place for that kind of behavior anywhere!

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Actually there is only a small handful of the membership that has to worry and you know who they are. Al

Now you are getting the idea! Al

The board has rules nobody is above them!

He more than used the F-word he basically ridiculed and attacked the membership here who had nothing to do with that post. He broke board rules big time and deserves to be banned as far as I am concerned. Al

That fellow's tirade was and is totally indefensible, non stop personal attacks and foul language both against board rules. Al

One of my favorite Bond lines.

Almost comical ain't it? But I do not put any blame on her, Cuomo, DeBlasio, Trump or the CDC because regardless what the armchair medical quarterbacks are spewing these days for political gains, "NOBODY" had a clue this deal was going to be this bad. The blame rests on the Chinese government, instead of covering this mess up, they should have stood tall and warned the world the serious potential and consequences this virus has right from the get-go! They have not learned anything, they are still lying today. Al

Close... I keep saying draconian measures. Total lock downs. Not suggested stay at home. This was enforced at all levels. People took it seRiously. Enforcement was key. Nobody took it seriously until to late here. "Some still are not. This is the difference." I went out for the first time in a month to get a load of hay, some feed and a few food items, I thought traffic would be light and the stores like ghost towns, Wrong! More traffic than usual and folks were out in full force, parking lots full, looked more like the Christmas holidays. Families with kids in tow having a grand time wandering the stores, other than a couple of dozen folks wearing face masks the stay at home order appears to be not taken very seriously. If people can not behave now I can imagine how successful a stay at home order would have been a couple of months ago, not very! Until there is an effective vaccine I do not see this virus going away anytime soon.

If you have shown any respect to him and his admin I have not seen it!

You ought to practice what you preach!

There is a big difference the way the people in countries like Korea react to orders from their governments, they generally obey to a T what they are told to do, unlike the many morons in this country who are still acting like there is nothing to worry about and go about their lives as such. All it takes are a few who think the rules do not apply to them and these Corona fires will just keep on burning. Al