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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ I went and did it... |
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:48 am
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With the help of a lot of you, I finally successfully reloaded my first trial shells. The things that came across was check things multiple times, take your time, be sure of components, and weigh the results. The last is what gave me a little trouble: While physically impossible, the digital scale was telling me I had twice the powder and shot the recipe called for. As Sherlock Holmes said, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Since the weight was almost exactly double of what it shoud be, I suspected the scale calibration. With a little digging, I found that I had been given two weights and was supposed to calibrate with both of them on the scale. Recalibrated, and happy to see that the universal charge bar was right on the money on both powder and shot.
I'm off and running...
Mike |
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Consistency is the currency of credibility
Manufrance Ideal 314:
Barrel set 1- (choke) .000 , .007 , chamber 70mm
Barrel set 2- .025 , .047 , 65mm
Barrel set 3- .005, .015
Manufrance Ideal No. 5:
Choke: .000, .010, 70mm chambers |
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:24 am
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Elementary my dear Watson! Now get to work. The game's afoot!
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:43 am
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Ha! A Holmes fan! While he did say "Come Watson, the game is afoot!", I have never found (and have read them all, some several times) the phrase, in its entirety, "Elementary, my dear Watson." Trivia time: who is the only woman of interest to Holmes, known to him as "THE woman" ?
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Consistency is the currency of credibility
Manufrance Ideal 314:
Barrel set 1- (choke) .000 , .007 , chamber 70mm
Barrel set 2- .025 , .047 , 65mm
Barrel set 3- .005, .015
Manufrance Ideal No. 5:
Choke: .000, .010, 70mm chambers |
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:24 am
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| Irene Adler in "A Scandal in Bohemia". |
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:41 pm
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It's good to know Ole Holmes liked the gals. I had the distinct impression he was a foot fetishist.  Sorry, i could not resist. Bad 16GG...bad, bad 16GG.  |
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Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:12 am
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| I drove a Bohemian Scandal in high school - no pick up at all but it handled the twists pretty well and the back seat was comfy... |
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Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:02 pm
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Wing good to see you off on a slow and careful start--  |
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:23 pm
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Sebascodegan,
You are, of course correct.
Thank you Hoashooter. The last thing I want to do is damage a beautiful gun or face. 
Trivia # 2: What did Holmes call an "extra" in the natural world, something for which there was no rational, scientific explanation?
Mike |
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Consistency is the currency of credibility
Manufrance Ideal 314:
Barrel set 1- (choke) .000 , .007 , chamber 70mm
Barrel set 2- .025 , .047 , 65mm
Barrel set 3- .005, .015
Manufrance Ideal No. 5:
Choke: .000, .010, 70mm chambers |
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:17 am
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| A shotgun collector? |
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:40 am
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I cheated and Google'd...I learned from my English teacher wife who does text searches for plagerism (amazing how many kids ignore the warnings and do it anyway...and fail)
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But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers."
--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Naval Treaty" (1893)
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All we ever have to do to see the point and the flush is to close our eyes
Primrose Path
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:23 pm
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Sebascodegan:
You are a naughty boy. You will now go to your keyboard and write: "I will not cheat when answering Sherlock Holmes trivia questions" 100 times on a separate thread. You may not copy and paste, or use any other method or help to circumvent the manual typing out of this phrase 100 times. If you cheated to find the answer "Irene Adler" you must type this phrase out 500 times.
You have committed a grievous sin my boy, and I shall not put any stock in your fishing or hunting stories.
Mike
Trivia #3: What was Holme's smarter brother's name, and why was he not famous? |
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Consistency is the currency of credibility
Manufrance Ideal 314:
Barrel set 1- (choke) .000 , .007 , chamber 70mm
Barrel set 2- .025 , .047 , 65mm
Barrel set 3- .005, .015
Manufrance Ideal No. 5:
Choke: .000, .010, 70mm chambers |
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:45 pm
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Consider me chastised...if not chaste...
I do enjoy Dole's stories though; I even found an old leather bound edition stuffed behind some books at an antique book store (which I snagged for about $10!  )
BTW, what kind of digital scale do you have and do you like it? |
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All we ever have to do to see the point and the flush is to close our eyes
Primrose Path
A Hunters Fireside Book
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:39 pm
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Your chastity I leave up to you, as is appropriate.
It is a DigiWeigh from Digital Scales. Weighs carats, grams, grains, and oz.
If memory serves, it was about 30.00 off e bay. Now that I have it correctly calibrated, I like it a lot.
Mike |
_________________
Consistency is the currency of credibility
Manufrance Ideal 314:
Barrel set 1- (choke) .000 , .007 , chamber 70mm
Barrel set 2- .025 , .047 , 65mm
Barrel set 3- .005, .015
Manufrance Ideal No. 5:
Choke: .000, .010, 70mm chambers |
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:52 pm
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| Good to know. I've been using a RCBS beam scale, but have been toying with the idea of an electronic one to speed things up a bit. The price sounds good too. |
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All we ever have to do to see the point and the flush is to close our eyes
Primrose Path
A Hunters Fireside Book
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:27 pm
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Mycroft was smarter than his brother, but incredibly lazy.
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