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4 of us took an excursion to Amish Country (Berlin, Ohio) today. The guys went to 2 Amish gun shops and the girls went shoe & fabric shopping.

The one shop has a reputation for buying whole estates and collections of guns, so he has the most wonderful junk table!

Today's yield was a small plastic tacklebox with some much older reloading equipment in it. A Lyman bullet mold for a 38 158 grain SWC (single cavity), a Lyman True-Line shell holder for 38, a set of True-Line 38 special dies (somewhat modified) two more sets of True-Line dies: 45 Colt & 8mm Mauser, a Lyman arbor press die for 7.7 Japanese, and a few odd True-Line shell holders. Nothing seems to be in the correct box, so I'm sure there will be a few more surprises. All this for $19.99+ tax.

I don't own a True-Line press, but I own the adapter bushings Lyman makes to use in a 7/8-14 press and these dies will fit my 310 tong tools. The 45 Colt & 8 Mauser die sets are ones I didn't have before in this system. This takes me to about 18 or so cartridges I can load with the tong tools.

I woke up a week ago had had a desire to visit this shop. Like Gibbs says, "Always trust your gut." (what rule is that?)

It was a great day for the Grey Hairs in Amish country!

Ivan
 
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I’ll never forget the first Amish Folks that I ever saw.
They had pulled their Buggy into a Dairy Cream in Kokomo, IN.
And the last ones I saw?
South of Alamosa, CO.
That Buggy was in high cog on a paved highway right of way.
That was a good looking horse and it was moving out!
 
Ivan the Butcher said:
4 of us took an excursion to Amish Country (Berlin, Ohio) today. The guys went to 2 Amish gun shops and the girls went shoe & fabric shopping.

The one shop has a reputation for buying whole estates and collections of guns, so he has the most wonderful junk table!

Today's yield was a small plastic tacklebox with some much older reloading equipment in it. A Lyman bullet mold for a 38 158 grain SWC (single cavity), a Lyman True-Line shell holder for 38, a set of True-Line 38 special dies (somewhat modified) two more sets of True-Line dies: 45 Colt & 8mm Mauser, a Lyman arbor press die for 7.7 Japanese, and a few odd True-Line shell holders. Nothing seems to be in the correct box, so I'm sure there will be a few more surprises. All this for $19.99+ tax.

I don't own a True-Line press, but I own the adapter bushings Lyman makes to use in a 7/8-14 press and these dies will fit my 310 tong tools. The 45 Colt & 8 Mauser die sets are ones I didn't have before in this system. This takes me to about 18 or so cartridges I can load with the tong tools.

I woke up a week ago had had a desire to visit this shop. Like Gibbs says, "Always trust your gut." (what rule is that?)

It was a great day for the Grey Hairs in Amish country!

Ivan
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Wow, I like your tastes! Lyman 310 tools, Tru-Line dies and presses, a nice old .38 mold....all in an old tackle box!
And, all those great cartridges!
:cool:
 
The Trappist monks here....

Nevada Ed said:
What, you walked into one of their stores and did not come out with at least one jar of their home made

Jam or Jelly !!

Shame on you.
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...went from selling eggs to selling coffins. It's a shame. They had darn good eggs but Hurricane Hugo blew all of their chickens away.
 
Nevada Ed said:
What, you walked into one of their stores and did not come out with at least one jar of their home made

Jam or Jelly !!

Shame on you.
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We ourselves are more than a few generations than a few generations out of the same homeland. But I beg to differ, my wife makes the best jams and jelly's!

Ivan
 
6string said:
Wow, I like your tastes! Lyman 310 tools, Tru-Line dies and presses, a nice old .38 mold....all in an old tackle box!
And, all those great cartridges!
:cool:
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Every year or so I load a box or two of ammo on 310 tools or Lee Loaders, just to remind me of how good it is to load on a progressive Dillon 550!

Ivan
 
Back then, even a Caveman could do it !!

A progessive, anything, is nice to have if you have one.

However;
there were times that I gritted my teeth when I was loading
shotgun shells and goofed, with the pellets and power,
every now and then.

A 1 1/8 oz. of #8's, can go all over the pace and make a big mess.
 
Nevada Ed said:
Back then, even a Caveman could do it !!

A progessive, anything, is nice to have if you have one.

However;
there were times that I gritted my teeth when I was loading
shotgun shells and goofed, with the pellets and power,
every now and then.

A 1 1/8 oz. of #8's, can go all over the pace and make a big mess.
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I haven't had a shot spill in the family room in over two years! The vacuum cleaner is still complaining about it every time I vacuum.

That's one of the things I like about my manual indexing Dillon and MEC presses. almost as fast as auto indexing, but there is no going forward until I say so! That will take some getting used to when the 1050 comes here to live.

Ivan
 
I can't seem to wrap my head around using the words "Amish" and "guns" in the same sentence. I always pictured them as teetotalers when it came to firearms, but I guess I'm mistaken. To me, an Amish gun store would be like a Hindu beef market or a Baptist dance party.
 
Hair Trigger said:
I can't seem to wrap my head around using the words "Amish" and "guns" in the same sentence. I always pictured them as teetotalers when it came to firearms, but I guess I'm mistaken. To me, an Amish gun store would be like a Hindu beef market or a Baptist dance party.
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hunting for food
 
Like I mentioned in the opening post, we went to TWO Amish gun stores. From experience these are the best two of the 8 I know about in the area.

When on long bike rides, we sometimes get to the Southern limits of this area of Amish. In the last 2 years, we see Amish riding ELECTRIC BICYCLES! Different sects have different beliefs. My grandfather's farm is in a different Sect's area. They aren't allowed bicycles at all, because they have AIR FILLED TIRES!

Ivan
 
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Hair Trigger said:
I can't seem to wrap my head around using the words "Amish" and "guns" in the same sentence. I always pictured them as teetotalers when it came to firearms, but I guess I'm mistaken. To me, an Amish gun store would be like a Hindu beef market or a Baptist dance party.
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We used to have to check in our deer in person. Seems the Amish always shot their deer in the head.

Lots of people around here have Amish neighbors. According to them, they can be a PITA. Want a ride. Want to use your phone. Want to put a freezer in your basement. Want to sit in your AC.
 
Before we moved here to Wy we had a farm in Md. Next door farm was large for that area...1200 acres. Bunch of Amish fellows from Pa rented it for deer hunting. Holy cow...they shot everything with horns.. Ruined the local deer hunting...cept on our place. When deer season came in the bucks started living on our place. I did not shoot them. Their lease came up for renewal. Another farmer and I talked to the farm manager...Got him to change the lease with the stipulation if someone shot a buck they had to have the head mounted and had to shoot two doe before a 2nd deer. He NEEDED the numbers of does reduced too. They agreed and it cost them a bunch of money for mounted scrub bucks...within a couple years we got to seeing a bunch of better bucks and less doe. The good bucks...still came over to our place though. They would lay in plain sight around the pond. They liked the corn. Where we were if you hunted all the seasons you could shoot up to 27 deer a year. Them boys were feeding half of Lancaster County Pennsylvania I think
 
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Hair Trigger said:
I can't seem to wrap my head around using the words "Amish" and "guns" in the same sentence. I always pictured them as teetotalers when it came to firearms, but I guess I'm mistaken. To me, an Amish gun store would be like a Hindu beef market or a Baptist dance party.
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They aren't vegetarians, and consider guns a necessary tool for hunting and defense of livestock. Many of these "Amish" are actually Mennonites which are the more liberal of the Amish as far as modern amenities go.

Like any religion there's a lot of variation community to community. Amish vs Mennonite. Catholic vs Baptist. Hasidic vs Reform Jews. They all vary quite a bit.
 
glenwolde said:
They aren't vegetarians, and consider guns a necessary tool for hunting and defense of livestock. Many of these "Amish" are actually Mennonites which are the more liberal of the Amish as far as modern amenities go.

Like any religion there's a lot of variation community to community. Amish vs Mennonite. Catholic vs Baptist. Hasidic vs Reform Jews. They all vary quite a bit.
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And a direct descendant from Lancaster County Mennonite's River Brethren sect has infiltrated the board. Strict Amish orders are decreasing in number, and some don't even know how to make a proper shoofly pie.
 
Got to say..When I guided deer hunters I hadan Amish fellow out. We did have a few GOOD deer around. He went a bit nuts when I told him not to shoot the little scrub 6 and 8 pointers. He really did much better on a heavy racked 9 pointer and thrilled to shoot the extra doe just bang bang...Done by 10 o'clock. He suposedly gave it to the fellow that drove him to the hunt
 
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