so waht ya doin today?

L Ross

Well-Known Member
Keith and Bret. Obviously I am not a moderator but I like and value the contributions you both make to this forum. I see Rick's warning and I don't want to see either of you get angry and leave, or get bounced, or censured or whatever. I have refrained from commenting on the topic and will continue to do so for it would serve no valid purpose. I can vent in person with my long suffering spouse and a couple of friends, again to no real purpose.

So can we step back from the edge of the cliff on this one?
 

RBHarter

West Central AR
Nope not gonna say anything ........

I got the 7.7×58 brass. Cut down yesterday .
Its the first time I've done any heavy cutting with the RCBS trim pro . The set screw for the course adjustment takes more torque than I'd like to keep it set . I guess wandering .0005ish is acceptable .

I had rash thoughts , I think since the 6.5 shows much promise with a paper patched 266469 that I will try a 311-230 so done in the 7.7 . I need .318 and actually get a .311 . The twist is shared with the former Soviet Bloc for their 31s although perhaps a comparison to the 95/98' pre 1920 Gew 7.92 is more appropriate ...... In any case the 99 at hand looks like it shares the Metford rifling also so with either of the rifles cutting the patch is unlikely .

Ms had a nerve relief done on both elbows and one hand and was back to full duty in 2 weeks after putting it off until both hands were almost useless for any lift , heavy holding , and pulling . The down side was that with that pain relieved she discovered how bad her right shoulder is , that is a 20 yr over due repair of a dislocated collar bone set . That resulted in basically destroying her rotator and humorous head . She keeps up at this pace and we will be applying to change her name to Jamie Summers from Mary . :)

Just felt bad yesterday . Seems to be better today . The sinus stuff is just wrecking me and the best OTCs raise the dickens with the BP meds and the BP safe meds are just mediocre at best . No fever , head aches or other stuff just perpetual snot and lung slim . If I was back in school if be the loogy king of expectoration , which is a lot more disgusting now that it's in written words than when it was "cough , cough , spit" .
 

Ole_270

Well-Known Member
Tried the wrist braces, didn't seem to work. Thing that has me worried most, other than the timing, is that electric speed test. Heard it can be pretty rough. my limited understanding is they place probes on the nerve at several locations up and down the arm from neck to fingers, then run an electrical charge down the nerve to test speed. Where it slows down is where the damage is. Told my brother that maybe if I grab the tech by the crotch he'd be more careful about how big a shock he gives me.
 
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Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well started maintenance on my wood stove Wednesday, turned into a night mirror. Replacing the chimney, which I will complete this afternoon. While waiting for the frost and moisture to evaporate off the metal I have been splitting wood.
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
The good news: Locally, there a plethora of medical specialists and two or three private, fully accredited surgery centers. That's in addition to a top drawer hospital.

The bad news: The area is home to a large retiree population and their myriad aches and pains, so medical appointments are several weeks out. (The good news for the aged, there are at least two hospices and many rest homes, or whatever the politically correct and modern socially approved terminology is for such places.)

The worse news: The young women who man the front desks and schedule appointments are products of a society that has seemingly lost its sense of responsibility and the value of keeping one's word.
It took most of two business days for the scheduling lady to return my initial appointment phone call and the three calls my wife made to get her on the ball. "Sorry" does not make up for a lack of incompetence.
 

KeithB

Resident Half Fast Machinist
Got my new Raspberry Pi 400 computer kit yesterday. I'll set it up this weekend. I want to use it as a server, I think I can set it up so that any other PC within WiFi range can access the files on this PC. I want to put the drawings and all the notes we have for different jobs in one place so that they can be accessed from anywhere in the shop. Lots of reasons for doing this but mainly I want to (a) cut down paper waste, (b) make sure we're using the latest drawing(s) and production notes, and (c) encourage me to keep production information in a better organised format.

Got the life insurance check yesterday from my father's group life insurance company. He died January 10th this year. Still waiting for annuity trust company to finish their stuff up and get that settled. I have to disburse a lot of money from that to various entities and I want to get that done. We're just banking up the money for when we finally start building our new home.

A lot of medical facilities are totally overwhelmed by the pandemic. My retinal doctor quit because he got covid and was sick for an extended period. My dentist is limiting her patient flow because of staff shortages. My regular MD will only do tele-visits. Places like Idaho are now declaring medical emergencies and are triaging patients with what they call "crisis care". This covid thing is seriously depleting the ranks of health care providers. I'm afraid that one day I might need medical care and not be able to get it because the unvaxxed are filling all the beds.
 

Rick

Moderator
Staff member
:sigh:

Let's cease the covid posts here and now. This is exactly the sort of thing that will go downhill in hurry.

Anyone here that wants to get mad at me feel free but the next step is editing or deleting posts. After that . . . . ???
 

JonB

Halcyon member
I think it's a tomato canning day.
Usually I start early, but didn't feel well this morning, slept in, and have been surfing the interwebs ever since, I better log out and get to it !

Photo was from my last tomato juice session. Today will look very similar, but again, I haven't setup yet.
tomato juicing 27AUG2021 1Kpx.jpg
 

Joshua

Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
In my state we have an early High Buck season that is limited to designated roadless alpine wilderness areas. Three point or better Blacktails.

My two significantly younger hunting partners and I on a whim decided that we should go for an alpine hike with rifles on Saturday. We are noobs at this, the plan is to next year backpack/camp up there. There is rain forecast, possibly snow. I’m mentally taking a pretty hard look at my gear. Not feeling super prepared. I will be picking up a few things tonight at Sportsman’s.
 

Ian

Notorious member
A small closed-cell waterproof foam sitting/kneeling pad to keep yer arse dry and waterproof insulated gloves can be worth their weight in gold. Wool socks, Nylon gaiters, and Gore-Tex boots are good too. Oh, and Moleskin. Put it on your heels BEFORE you start hiking. I learned the hard way that boots which fit perfectly and never wore blisters will eat your heels up when hiking uphill.
 

Joshua

Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
A small closed-cell waterproof foam sitting/kneeling pad to keep yer arse dry and waterproof insulated gloves can be worth their weight in gold. Wool socks, Nylon gaiters, and Gore-Tex boots are good too. Oh, and Moleskin. Put it on your heels BEFORE you start hiking. I learned the hard way that boots which fit perfectly and never wore blisters will eat your heels up when hiking uphill.
I’m good on most of that stuff. During our late season in November you need most of that stuff just too walk around a clear cut next to a logging road. I don’t have one of those pads though, been looking at those.

No, It’s the more the space blanket, emergency shelter, tarp, water purification type stuff that I’m lacking. You know the stuff you carry around and hope you never have to use stuff. The slide down a ravine/compound fracture, hope search and rescue finds you in less than 36 hours type stuff.
 

JWFilips

Well-Known Member
Humid 70 deg cloudy day! so I decide to cast some NOE 413-215 WC's up for my shooting buddy Ed! He ran out of SPP's but still has a good supply of LPP's so he has been shooing his 41 mags a lot!
Did a shy bit over 300 pieces for him this afternoon...The NOE 41, 3 banger goes through a pot quite fast!

NOE 413-215 WC.jpg
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
41 caliber wadcutters.......first I've seen or heard of. This section needed a good bullet porn pic, and it arrived just in time.
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
Wadcutters shoot wonderfully to 50 yards in a good revolver, their "sweet spot" IME has been at the 750-800 FPS start point. That applies to both solids and hollow-based swaged designs.
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
Wadcutters shoot wonderfully to 50 yards in a good revolver, their "sweet spot" IME has been at the 750-800 FPS start point. That applies to both solids and hollow-based swaged designs.
That design looks a lot like Lyman #313492 and #358432, which I have examples of here. Those two designs stay accurate to 1200+ FPS, and do a great job on small game and varmints.
 

Rockydoc

Well-Known Member
Humid 70 deg cloudy day! so I decide to cast some NOE 413-215 WC's up for my shooting buddy Ed! He ran out of SPP's but still has a good supply of LPP's so he has been shooing his 41 mags a lot!
Did a shy bit over 300 pieces for him this afternoon...The NOE 41, 3 banger goes through a pot quite fast!

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Those are some pretty bullets, Jim.