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Got the call yesterday. Montana Roughrider in 45-70 will be shipped today. Now the final wait until Thursday.

I also got lucky today at the scrap yard. When in Bloomington, I stop at the scrap yard to see what the lead situation is. I've been there enough that they know me by name and what I am looking for. I was pulling lead pipe out of one of the barrels when one of the guys told me that he set aside several of the shielding bricks that he had come across. He had saved them for me. Eight 26 lb. pure lead bricks. I also noticed a bucket of foil squares that I recognized as packaging from a dental office. I've seen this foil before. It is real "tin" foil. Paid $ .85 / lb. for it all. 311 lbs. When I got home, I melted the foil, cleaned it and was left with 39 lbs. of tin. At $ .85 / lb., a pretty good deal.

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Woody wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:50 pm......... and was left with 39 lbs. of tin. At $ .85 / lb., a pretty good deal.
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So, for the rest of the week we can presume you will be at a window, nose pressed to glass, watching for the delivery to arrive???
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You know me too well Zack.

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Probably safe to take a break tomorrow and do a bit of alloying and brass prep though 8)
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Nope. Got a little work to do in the shop, pack the truck, and then hit Sam's Club for some custom beef for this weekend at Friendship. I'll waylay the UPS driver on Thursday, so I can be on the road to the match this weekend.

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I must be the only one still using Del Monte Italian cut Beans, empty cans for tin in my alloy.
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I had not thought of that. I can always learn something new from you Charles.

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My new Roughriders arrived recently. The one in .45-70 might end up being my new silhouette rifle. I ordered it with extra fancy wood, but no pewter tip to make it balance better for scoped silhouette. It's surprising how light it is without a cheek piece or pewter tip. It weighs exactly 11 lbs on my scale. That's with a 30" heavy barrel.

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There goes your reserve of primers and powder.

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Careful what habits you pick up from CO Woody. :shock:

OK if he picks up some tid bits from you though. :wink:
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There is no end to that man's knowledge. Just ask him. I'm in awh each and every time I'm in his presence.

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Back from Sam's Club. Ribeyes in the fridge. Nose back on window.

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desert deuce wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:19 am There goes your reserve of primers and powder.

Is your camera broke?
Naw, it's not broke, it's just lazy :lol:

Here is sort of what they look like. Both are Montana Rough Riders. The light is poor so the wood looks a lot better in real life.

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The top one is a 16lb copy of Jimbo's gun. I think I ordered it in 2017. Lucinda told me it'd take a while to get and it was worth the wait! It's a 30" barrel, 1:16 twist in .45-2.6", checkered stocks. I've only shot it once so far and it seemed to do pretty all right at just under 900 yards.

The second is a replacement for the only Shiloh I've ever sold ( a 34" std weight Long Range Express ). This is the rifle I won at Robert's match last time I was there. It's a 30" heavy, 1:18 twist, .45-70, fancy wood, plain forearm for better balance with a scope. I've only shot it at the rams and turkeys and it showed promise with my fire-forming loads. Not as good as my .40-65 yet, but that gun is magic. I'm hoping that once I get it sorted out it'll be invincible on the rams :-)

You are right though Zack. Developing the loads for these rifles is going to eat up some supplies for sure.

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Got it. Picked it up on the way to Friendship yesterday. Happy, happy, happy.

Woody

Oh, and I won $54.00 from the Hoosier Lottery in Wednesdays draw.
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