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    jimbires reacted to salmonchaser's post in the thread Africa 2026 with Like Like.
    I know it's middle of the night, 0730 Saturday morning here. Red Lechwe, 300hh, 180 Accubonds, one and done
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    jimbires reacted to salmonchaser's post in the thread Africa 2026 with Like Like.
    Had a spot of bother getting to the lodge, we saw a huge elephant, 80 pounder, off the highway a bit. That looked like a good bull says...
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    jimbires reacted to FOTIS's post in the thread Swede QL Help Please with Like Like.
    Same here actually. I bought a lot of it in the Obama/Biden days, as much as I could. Now it is nearly impossible to find.
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    jimbires reacted to Aussie Wanderer's post in the thread Swede QL Help Please with Like Like.
    Thanks Fotis. Getting RL26 here would be near on impossible. Our range of powders in Australia has not returned to what it used to be...
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    jimbires replied to the thread Best targets for open sights?.
    If Scottys brown paper doesn't work out . my ole friend that did catering , would save me the short pieces of the white paper...
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    jimbires replied to the thread Round Nose bullets.
    the Remington core lokt , 180 Round nose bullets , was my Dads favorite bullet for hunting . sometimes it really made a mess out of...
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    jimbires reacted to FOTIS's post in the thread Round Nose bullets with Like Like.
    Any 165 gr bullet loading will do ok. Use standard reloading safety practices. The powder you used for your 180 loads should fair well.
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    jimbires replied to the thread loose primer pockets.
    I can't enlarge the pic , but what I can see , it does not look like they are leaking gas around the primers . I'd try to tighten them...
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    jimbires reacted to JD338's post in the thread loose primer pockets with Like Like.
    A couple years ago I picked up a brick of Unis Ginex Large Rifle primers at a reasonable price to use in my 308 on my gongs. They are...
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    jimbires reacted to FOTIS's post in the thread loose primer pockets with Like Like.
    Tighten them pockets up. It is easy......if they are slated for minimum pressure loads.
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    jimbires reacted to JD338's post in the thread Why is it....... with Like Like.
    I’m the same JD338
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    jimbires reacted to FOTIS's post in the thread Why is it....... with Like Like.
    We're simple creatures.....except for guns, scopes, fishing stuff, cars, trucks...... That would define me.
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    jimbires reacted to truck driver's post in the thread Why is it....... with Like Like.
    While in High School I worked in an Acme Super Market as a teller and did everything else also, I was taught to rotate stock on shelves...
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    jimbires replied to the thread Africa 2026.
    sorry to hear about the Swaro's going missing , that really stinks . hopefully that's the end of the bad stuff .
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    jimbires reacted to Alaska's post in the thread 45 ACP small primer bass with Like Like.
    I don’t know these 45 ACP Fed Nickle Brass are not marked +P. But even up past 700 FPE with 250gr expansion is less than .481” and...
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