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    Help me to finish my kit

    Knowing your budget and your taste in tools would help. But here goes: Scale ----- Can go from mild to wild. I use a RCBS Chargemaster with a beam scale to keep it honest . Funnel---The cheap plastic one from RCBS wiped off with a dryer sheet works fine. Or you can spent $100+ on a custom set...
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    Neck turning tips

    The 6.5-284 was one of the cartridges that I neck turned. I ran a .290 neck and turned them to .288. If you are going to use a drill keep the speed low. You don't want to get anything hot. You don't want to see any smoke rolling off!
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    Seven Reasons NOT to Leave the City!

    It looks like I'm about to do the opposite. I live in a small farming community and I guess we're about to move to the big city. I have Cotton, Corn or Soy Beans about 100 feet out my back door. During Duck Season I hear gunfire early every morning. Everyone knows everyone else, and all about...
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    Neck turning tips

    I turn for 3 rifles with tight neck chambers. I've never found any improvement turning case necks for a factory chamber. But I'm all for experimenting so go for it. I run the brass through a sizing die first and then trim it. If I'm removing very much brass I make multiple cuts. For my way of...
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    Turn in my retirement packet today!

    Congratulations on a well earned retirement! I hope its a long and happy one.
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    I can’t believe it (cost of reloaded rounds)

    I don't buy much factory ammo but last Fall my BIL was out of 270's and ask me to try and find him some. I paid $39 a box plus tax for Federal, the only thing available around here. I bought him 2 boxes. There wasn't much change from a hundred! And your 90cents a round ammo was probably much better.
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    I hate dry tumbling after resizing - what are the alternatives

    If I didn't want to tumble them again I would lay them out on an old towel and spray them with brake cleaner. Spray them and roll them around on the wet part of the towel before the brake cleaner evaporates. Just remember that the brake cleaner will also remove any wax or protective film thats...
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    Which runout gauge?

    I've had a Sinclair for a while. I like it ok.
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    6.5x284

    I loaded 142 SMKs over RL-22.in mine. With Lapua brass and a Federal 210M primer.
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    Retirement looms on the near horizon.......

    My strategy: My job offered a 401K plan and I got into it as soon as I was eligible for enough to get the full company match. I bumped it up whenever good things happened in my life. Raises, promotions, kids graduating and moving out, ect. By the time the kids moved out I was doing the max...
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    Retirement looms on the near horizon.......

    Congratulations! It sounds like you have won the game! It looks like you have all of the boxes checked. Medical insurance covered, debt free, a couple of pensions to provide income and some savings. You have done well! Two unknowns that retired people have to deal with are rising medical cost...
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    Chainsaw chaps

    They furnished Stihl chaps for us at work. I've never used anything else.
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    Maggie’s Where is your back in a Bar, Restaurant, Coffee Shop or Café?

    Like most of you, I'm usually the most observant person in whatever group that I'm with. So I like to be seated where I can see whats going on. Some of my friends wouldn't see an 800# Gorilla walk in!
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    Never date a schoolteacher who makes amateur porn.......

    This has got to be real. You can't make up stuff like this!
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    Maggie’s First NCOIC of the US Army Sniper school dead at 78

    RIP Sgt!
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    Holiday Ride- Check it out

    I did!
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    How many 5.56 brass in 3 gallons?

    Figure 1000 = 13 or so pounds.
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    Super Bowl Party

    Three or four couples of us usually have a Super Bowl Party at one of our houses. Everyone brings snacks or some type of party food. Most of us are on 2 or 3 football pots and we watch more to see if anyone wins a quarter rather than root for one of the teams. Alcohol is permitted.
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    Wife’s got the Rona

    Prayers sent for a fast and complete recovery.
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    Snipers in SHTF Situation

    Damn that was hard to watch! Did anyone besides me want to take him out? I know, its just a video but damn!
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