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I have run into a slight snag with reloading the .30-40 Krag. I have been using IMR 4895 for all my reloading as it is the one powder which I have data for pretty much all of my cartridges. now for .30-40 Krag only one of my two reloading books has data for it (Sierra, my Hordany book does not have data for IMR 4895) but a quick glance between the two for the common powders and sierra is listing much higher powder charges, which makes me worry about the IMR 4895 charges it is showing. I then searched IMR's website figuring they might have some info for their powder loads and found that they did have a max load of 36 grs where my Sierra book lowest data point was 36.1 would any you mind checking the tables in your reloading manuals to see what they are listing for IMR 4895?

I want to say it's your iPad, as I tried it on my tablet while not logged in to YouTube and my voice was is coming through clearly. I am just not sure how you could be hearing the gun shots at all without hearing my speaking as I put the video together completely outside of YouTube and set the narration to louder then the sound coming from the clips. So when I uploaded it Youtube should should only be seeing it as a single file so I don't know how it could separate the two. Thank you for those links. That is the website I had actually just been looking for in the past week But could not remember what it was called so I was having no luck finding it. There are a bunch of random things I need from that site.

So I like recording my range trips when possible, so I decided to use some of those clips to put together to make a more proper YouTube video, where I give some commentary on the firearm I am using. This is footage from my last range trip. It's nothing fancy, but I figure it puts the clips to better use then having them just sitting there. More importantly I figure it will make a good personal learning experience, since I am not really much of a public speaker, as it basically forces me to make a speech. So for your entertainment here is my first attempt. Any one have any recommendations for improvements? Should I focus my narration more on history, on what I am doing in the video, or do I have about the right balance between the two?

Actually that is a common misconception about the round. Despite having a black powder sounding name the round has always been a smokeless powder round. The 40 in .30-40 was designating the gr. count of smokeless powder just like the .30-30. As for going off the reservation, don't worry I am not, I would not risk damaging my favorite rifle. My reloading manuals all have data for spitzer bullets, It's just That from what I read some people have said that the LEE dies in particular may have an issue with loading them.

A few years ago I bough a bunch of Bitterroot Valley .30-40 Krag for my M1898, which I had really liked because it was accurate and cheep. About a week ago I decided I want to enter a Service Rifle competition next month with the rifle. Unfortunately my stash of ammo has begun to dwindle, and it does not appear that they make .30-40 Krag any more (at least I can not find any websites that still sell it). Fortunately I do reload now so I'd just have to get some dies which lead me to some questions. Now I typically use Lee dies, but doing some reading according to some people, there is an issue with the Lee.30-40 Krag dies that they don't seat spitzer bullets Can any one confirm that, and what dies will load spitzer bullets for .30-40 Krag? (I realize that the original military rounds were 220 gr. round nose bullets and that is what the sights on my are designed for, but I like being to try to keep the number of different types of bullets I need to a minimum as .30-06, .308, and 7.5 French are also all .308 bullets. Also I like the idea of stretching out the rifle's range a bit without having to load it any hotter)

Thank you, I'll check it out this weekend after I am done working on my Mini (Just discovered the electrical problem I have been having was actually two separate problems one that I had actually fixed before, but while I was putting it back together I forgot to reattach a main positive cable and it's taken me a month to realize it Hopefully it should be just putting every thing back together.) Hopefully I can learn a lot there as I do enjoy taking photographs.

It's a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7. The problem I currently have is the lack of magnification. With point and click cameras zoom is obviously measured simply in X times magnification. With DSLR cameras magnification is of course measured in mm, and I believe generally the higher the number the more magnification, but from what I understand there are other variables that come into play. With out an understanding of the basics, it makes it difficult to know what I would want in a lenses. It probably does not help that I am still learning the camera and it's capabilities, as well as how to make it do what I wasn't it to.

I need to learn more about camera lenses, now that I have Upgraded from my simple (though admittedly pretty good) point and click camera, to a fancier DSLR camera. I missed getting some really good shots at an air show because I did not have any were close to enough zoom Like a Ju. 52 coming in for a landing with a Hurricane and Spitfire coming in for a pass behind it, which ended up looking like an attack run on it.

I was searching Dixie Gun Works website for some replacement parts for my replica Colt Paterson, and I came across, their kit guns. Does Any one have any experience putting one together? I am interested in possibly putting together a cap and ball revolver since it would seem like a fun project, but I have no experience with this type of thing. So if you have any experience I Have a few questions. What type of work do they require to finish? Is it pretty much just bolt every thing together, or is there more to it than that? What type of tools are typically required? Are there any other places that sell kits? Is a cap and ball revolver to advanced for a first time try, and should I try something else first?

To bad the Voyager spacecraft's are slowly loosing power, there is so much that those space could still tell us. Only 300 more years until it reaches the oort cloud.

I find this to be an interesting project. http://rkthb.co/42228 Basically There is an old science satellite that that is heading back towards earth. Originally designed and launched in the 70's to study solar wind, in th80's NASA realized they could repurpose it to intercept a comet in order to beat other countries launching satellites to intercept comets. It succeeded though it's orbit was not to return to earth until 2014. In the 90's though all the old equipment used to communicate/ record data was scraped due to cutbacks, since it was an old and not scheduled to return for more than a decade. It's now 2014 and the satellite is rapidly heading back to earth. Even though all the original technology no longer exists to communicate with the satellite some scientists realized that we can use modern computer software to emulate the original hardware to control the satellite. They are raising funds in order to do that in the very limited window so they can make the necessary maneuvers to bring it back into orbit around the earth, and allow it to continue it's original mission. This project is pretty cool in my mind for a couple of reasons, for starters I like old technology especially old technology that is still functional. Even better in this case is the fact that it has some interments no other satellite currently has a modern equivalent too. Then you have the interaction of new and old technology. It's like trying to play an original NES game cartridge on your smart phone. I really hope this project succeeds.

The optimist in me hopes that the Justices are writing a summary reversal, since we all know that the third Circuit Court Based on complexly idiotic reasoning. The pessimist in me says that a few of the Justices don't want to hear the case because the only honest answer is to overturn the previous court, but doing so is going to force the over turn of a bunch of other laws that while unconstitutional they don't want to see over turned.

Exactly, they will claim that the crime rates would have dropped even farther if CCW was banned.

It's probably best to see the movie in 2D, The 3D version did not add anything to the movie and was not that impressive.

I am happy that at least for now that Captain America has not been turned into a shill for the democrat party, which I kind of got from the comics (admittedly I never really read very many comics so it might not be a fair description)

So I went and saw the new Captain America Movie, and I must say it was awesome. I will say that in my opinion it is the best marvel movie to date, I'd even say it was better than the Avengers. It touches upon both drone strikes and the NSA spying. I highly recommend every one should go see it.

I have a Henry Big Boy in .44 Mag, and I absolutely love it. It shoots both .44 Mag and .44 special. Overall I'd .44 mag is probably the best just for versatility sake out of a lever action. For one .44 mag is generally pretty easy to find and relatively cheep to some of the other big lever action cartridges. It also packs a good punch that you can hunt deer with out to 150 yards (or maybe it's 200 yards I am not a hunter) and there is .44 Mag hunting ammo available. If on the other hand you just want to plink you can use .44 Special or what I prefer .44 Mag Cowboy loads (which I have found cheaper) which seems to recoil like a .22 out of my Henry Big Boy. Obviously If you reload a lot these advantages don't come in to play, and then there is not much reason to get a lever action chambered in something more powerful, since you could still load your own "cowboy" loads but also have much more power if you wanted over a .44 Mag.

Oh I know, I was just being a smart ass about it. (I jokingly get shit all the time about my hand writing/spelling so my standard response a jokingly smart ass comment back) It's just a cool fact I learned about a month ago, so I figured others might find it interesting. It's kind of funny but I realized I personally did that years ago, when I read a series of books and I the entire time I thought one of the characters names was Matrix when it was something like Mirtrax or something like that. I just never expected that was how most people read.

Ehhh... Spelling has been scientifically proven not to be that important as long as it is close. When reading your brain will actually interpreted what you are reading faster than it processes the actual written word that you are reading.

Are we sure they actually procreate and vote, because I am not sure they could figure out how? To be honest I almost wish there was actually a secret evil organization purposely making people dumb to control them like in a 1000 different conspiracy theories. At least than people would have an excuse on why they are so stupid.

Ummm... you do realize that not everybody who talks about the "Zombie Apocalypse" is using it as a metaphor, and literally mean a "Zombie Apocalypse" with walking flesh eating dead, that can only be stopped by destroying the brain, like in the linked article. And since the article takes the idea of a literal "Zombie Apocalypse" seriously why shouldn't we in turn discuss it on the same terms, In which case martial arts and paintball are not going to be much help much.

Some one posted this on Facebook, Sadly I believe it probably was a true event. (I own and operate a small ranch in Virginia. We sell all natural grass fed beef, all natural pork, and free range chickens. We also sell cheeses, eggs, and also have a few goats for milk and cheese, etc. A customer calls up wanting information about our operation.) Me: “Hello, [Company Name]. This is [My Name], What can I do for you today?” Caller: “Yes, are your cows vegetarian?” Me: “Yes, ma’am, they are. We only feed them grass and hay. Hay is a type of grass so, yes, they eat no meat products at all. We use no antibiotics or hormones—” Caller: “NO, NO, NO! Are your cows vegetarian!?” Me: “Ma’am, I do not understand what you are asking me.” Caller: “You farm people are all dumb! My daughter and her friends do not eat meat! They are vegan and we want to have steak for dinner! So now I’m going to ask you: are you cows vegetarian?” Me: “Are you asking me if my steaks are not made from meat?” Caller: “No, I know steak is made from meat! I want to know if your cows are vegetarian?!” Me: “Ma’am, all cows are meat. Everything we take off them during butchering is meat. I am not sure, are you asking me for meat that isn’t meat?” Caller: “Well, your advertising on your website says you are all natural. That is false advertising!” Me: “I am not sure how. We keep our cows free from additives and—” Caller: “Look, I’m not stupid. Before you turn cows into beef, what are they?” Me: “Cows.” Caller: “Exactly. So why can’t I get all natural cow instead of beef?” Me: “Ma’am, I can’t sell you a live cow. I think you need to find another place to get your meat.” Caller: “I will not be talked to like this! I want to talk to your manager!” Me: “You are talking to the owner. I am sorry you think that an animal is not meat until after it dies, but I will not sell you a live cow to eat! I am also sorry you are too stupid to understand that this is a cattle ranch and we sell our own beef. Beef is meat, meat is not vegan. Please call another company that specializes in vegan food!” (I hang up on her. Two weeks go by and she calls me back.) Caller: “I talked to you a couple weeks ago and I just want to let you know that we bought steak from the farmer’s market at (location). We had a wonderful dinner!” Me: “Oh, you were at the farmer’s market at [location]?” Caller: “Yes, and the woman there sold us vegetarian cow! You know, cow for vegans! My daughter said she and her friends always eat steak from the woman that sells cow there.” Me: “So your daughter is vegan, huh?” Caller: “Well, yeah. She won’t eat chicken!” (I gave up and I told her I would look into selling vegetarian ‘COW.’ I did not have the heart to tell her that she bought my meat. I am the only one allowed to sell at that particular market and my neighbor’s daughter works for me selling at that location. I also didn’t bother to go into her daughter not being vegan!)

Oh I agree NJ is probably the most screwed state there is, It's just that their reasoning on how they came to that determination is severely flawed. Also they decided to split the states 50/50 for defeated/over run with zombies. I'd say this is a much more accurate map, the higher the blue is the more heavily infested with zombies.

Here is what you need to do. First tell your wife that you are going to want to buy some replacement ammo. After she agrees, because she did run over those and she feels bad, buy new ammo. Next Find some one that reloads. Use a bullet puller to remove the bullets from the casings. Next you reseat the bullets assuming the casings them self are still good. If they aren't pour the powder into a small container, deprime the case and run it through the resizing die, reprime, pour powder back in, than reseat the bullet. Congratulations you now have more ammo then you would have, while still having your wife's blessing and staying on her good side.

I do not have a problem with the death penalty as a concept as there are definitely people that deserve it (hell there are some criminals that I think deserve very cruel an unusual punishments). I however do not trust the government (or anyone besides myself) with that power. Sure with 100% proof positive a person committed a crime many people don't have a problem, but what about 99.9%?