Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
04-13-2020, 10:49 PM
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
08-05-2019, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,807
Lost request for joining
Gang, I just managed to loose a message requesting help for a new member to join. Please, if this is you, send me the PM again so I can get this guy registered.
Alex.
Administrator.
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
07-11-2019, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 7,839
Buy it!
Don't take a chance of missing it if the price is right.
I've had as many as 4 at a time. Made most of my other rifles, from 17AH to 22-250, into safe queens. Won the Saubier shoot with one of...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
04-20-2019, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 9,064
Bullet sensitive.
One of my Cooper M38 17AH would not shoot 20 grer VMax's no matter what I did (1" or larger), but 20 grers from Starke and Berger 3 shot targets were always under 1/2 inch.
I never had this to...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
02-23-2019, 03:02 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 15,055
Altho I may have been a top Cooper owner...
… I think Vern (Lunde Sr) had more at any one time than I did!:D I certainly enjoyed each and every one of the Coopers that I owned, when Dan Cooper sold out I had peaked out and don't think I have...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
02-14-2019, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,328
Teddy Bear Rat!
Welcome!
You are registered and ready to go.
Make sure you keep your wallet in a safe place cuz the guys in this group have a way of making you really want stuf :D
Alex
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
01-01-2019, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,059
Didn't wait up to see the ball drop.
Maybe that means that I'm doing things right for a change. We started the New Year by getting our 20 year old daughter off this morning early to a two week class in NYC before going back to Cornell....
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
12-10-2018, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 39,331
Do not mind being out done by...
….Vern and vlcke, even if it wasn't by very much.
Didn't say anything about my 5 kids:
Alex Jr, 58
Linda, 56
Connor, 54
Vasa, 21
Henrietta, 20
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
12-03-2018, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 39,331
Well, I guess I have to admit it!
Born March 29, 1936.
Think that makes me 82.
Gotta be someone older that that.
Went Goose Hunting last Saturday.
Daughter, Henrietta, is a junior at Cornell, next youngest is 21 in Law...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
12-03-2018, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 10,531
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
11-02-2018, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 10,799
Guys,
I'll find the issue that has the pic in it of the before and immediately after the change bolts and send it to one of you to post. I don't keep my rifles (no more than one) here in the city (long...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
10-28-2018, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 15,092
Model 38 bolt.
I have several larger gauges than 17AH in M38 actions. They all have the same problem, which is that they have major trouble ejecting an unfired VMax round.
This was primarily due to Dan Cooper...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
10-26-2018, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 15,092
I once replied to the same query:
"Don't buy the Cooper!
They tend to multiply in your closet, cannot be made to shoot over 1/2 minute of angle, look so good that you will worry about scratching up the stock, and have great...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
10-18-2018, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,993
Put 'em in the lands!
I can't say I found out that putting the bullets in the lands is the way to go, except that while I was learning to handload, I accidentally found that my 22 Hornet wouldn't shoot worth a hoot unless...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
07-07-2018, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,908
Cheap check?
Try running the fired brass through a 221 body die. This should reform the base but leave the neck alone. Start not going quite to the base and work down until the problem stops. I have several 20...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
07-01-2018, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,036
Simple
Set the die so that at full stroke, the shell holder is tight against the forming die.
Alex
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
05-16-2018, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,696
George...
... I did my best to make my puter make those funny faces and nothing worked. You man have a sticky key. Use one of the little air cleaning gadgets and blow under the keys. That may fix it.
A.
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
05-16-2018, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,696
Delete this one?
George, if you insist, but looks like to many guys are having fun with it. I had to laugh cuz I have all of those problems and some more. No matter that I started out with an Osborn and early on...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
04-23-2018, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,344
Who is it that...
... modifies the magazine and trigger guard on CZs. Do he/you do the mod on the CZ Varmint 17HH? Went to shoot a groundhog in the front yard with mine and had a lot of trouble with the mag and...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
04-03-2018, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,370
Enough!
Guys, while I agree with almost all that's said in this thread, the language implications are not what I think is in the best interest of this forum. The "antis" have enough momentum with their...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
03-19-2018, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,247
Sem
My LVSF but plate was glued on, which is why Remington offered to replace the stock. With the simple things I did to the stock, it went from walking several inches after slow shooting from the...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
03-18-2018, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,247
Bad pads
Same problem with an LVSF here.
Remington offered to replace the stock or send me a pad. Any hints on getting the pad off, as it is glued to the stock. One fix would to be to take some very thin...
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
03-13-2018, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 19,548
Browning Micro Medallion and Hunter
I mistakenly let the Medallion go, and years later bought a Micro Hunter in 22H. The Medallion thought me to handload. One time I had walked a mile or so groundhog hunting with none sighted and...
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Forum: Tribute to fallen members
01-16-2018, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 287,532
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Forum: Small Caliber Discussion Board
12-05-2017, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,153
With a bad knee...
... if I stub my toe, which I do more often than I like, it usually results in my going down. Best fix in this case is to be careful of where I walk. When it does happen I can usually keep the...
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