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    MY ship.... the USS IOWA BB61

    I went through the Panama Canal on the USS New Jersey BB62, in June of 68. It was a tight fit. I'm also a plank owner of BB62 served on her from Jan. 68 to Nov. 69 Great Thread, brought back lots of memory's of my first branch of service.
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    ANYONE USING AUSTRALIAN "H-TEK" COATED BULLETS?

    your welcome Moonman, happy that I could help. I shake and bake about 230 150 gr. .38 rnl bullets, which is about 5lbs of alloy. These bullets I use in loading .38 short colt for ICORE in my 627 8 shot. I was having horrible leading before using HI Tek coating. Now, no leading and...
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    ANYONE USING AUSTRALIAN "H-TEK" COATED BULLETS?

    Moonman I followed the HI-Tek coating thread on the Cast Bullet Forum, and saw your post about the Breville toaster oven. I bought that oven and the first time I baked a batch of green bullets, I set the temp at 380 for 10 min. The bullets did not pass the acetone wipe test, I had to put...
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    .38 Special load recipes for IDPA?

    I tried the lower PF 105 when the rule changed and it was to soft for me and I had trouble knocking steel over. I went back to the load which I use for everything and that is my ICORE load. The load is 3.4 gr of Clays with a 160 gr RNL that I cast myself. I shoot this load out of a 4" 686...
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    Meister Hard Cast Semi Wadcutters in 40 SW?

    I cast my own 175 and 155 Lead SWC and shoot them thru a Para P16 with no problems. Plus I get great accuracy with these bullets. I use the 155's to shoot minor power factor loads in IDPA and the 175's to shoot USPSA major loads
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    Latest gas prices

    3.75 in Carson City
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    Can't find Bill Davis grips

    The Davis grips were bought out by Speefeed. I got a couple of pair from Midway last year. I just checked midway and they no longer show having them in stock. I went to the speedfeed web cite. Speedfeed is now owned by Safariland. When you go to Safariland's web cite and look for speedfeed...
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    Looking for a PPC load for my .38 using Zero bullets and 231

    ArchAngle hit it on the head. I expiermented with 231 from 3.0 to 3.4 in my PPC revolver. The best groups at 50yds with my revolver was with 3.3 gr 231.
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    Bullseye Competition load for 9mm, is there such a beast??

    Try a hornady 124 grain flat point bullet. And 6 grains. Of Power Pistol. Also 5 grains of WSF is a good load with 124/125 grain bullets. These are my 50 yard PPC loads.
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    9mm PPC accurate ammo

    MKT, Glad to see you got your stock auto. It looks exactly like mine. Did SA tell you when your other two are going to be ready/shipped. I got my EMP last thursday. It's a real beauty. It's put together tight and the front checkering is perfect. The trigger is 4 pounds and breaks crisp. They...
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    9mm PPC accurate ammo

    CQB, No not BP. I'm a retired Deputy Sheriff. I was with Santa Cruz County, Ca. Sheriff's Office for 31yrs. I shot my first PPC match in 1971. I guess I'm dating myself. Anyway MKT and I shoot the PPC matches in California. Your right PPC is dieing. In California up to a couple of years ago we...
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    9mm PPC accurate ammo

    CQB, I went through this a couple of years ago, and I'm still trying to find a PPC load that groups at least x-ring at 50 yards. Let me share with you my findings. First of all let say that I have the same guns you do a 5 inch and 6 inch Springfield PPC 1911, I also have the 5 and 6 inch S&W...
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