Hello from Wine Country Missouri!
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Hello everyone! Retired for 2 years from the medical repair field after 40+ and finally settling down to this rifle aspect of reloading. I've enjoyed shotgun in the past, along with 38/357, 9 mm, 10 mm and 45 acp to feed my range baby's. Now for this 6.5 G baby I picked the parts up for over the last 3 years off Facebook "Waffles" and assembled two years ago. Thru some rounds down an indoor range to sight it in and check functionality and after cleaning, stored it for our move away from STL. I am a member of the Rolla Shooting Club with a 5 station 250 yd range, 5 station pistol and 5 station skeet/trap ranges as well. It's 2+ hour drive to anything longer so it will have to do until my local auto body guy will talk his wife into letting me shoot off his back bodyworks shop and miss the 2 cows there. I mean there are so many deer within 300-500 yds, it's a shame we all can't share an alloted time to harvest one. 6 mm ARC is something I want to try next after the Grendel build is fine tuned and I get the go ahead from my CFO of 40 years. She's getting her 38/357 Henry next weekend for our 40th to go with her 22 Henry.
Well, I have a All American Turret press, Hornady single press to reload from, RCBS 1500 Chargemaster powder thrower and Hornady basic thrower. RCBS, Hornady and Redding die sets that I've picked up over the years. Also a set of 380 acp for a friend and his wife in love with that caliber for practice ammo.
I love photography, the great and grandkids (22's ready) and my 2 older kids and spouses enjoy coming down to shoot as well. Traveling has been fun as well and hope to do more along with hitting some ranges as 2A friendly states permit.
Did a 4 year stint in the USAF repairing Electronic Warfare equipment on B-52G's at GAFB and enjoyed upstate NY. I've been active with the Buffalo Naval Park and their work on the USS Little Rock, USS Croaker and my love for the past 58 years USS THE SULLIVANS. Also in Albany, NY aboard the USS SLATER destroyer escort in honor of my grandfather.
Anything else just ask!
Cheers!
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#2
Welcome aboard!

After living all over the US, I don’t take for granted the wide open spaces and long range shooting areas we have in the Mountain West region.

I like taking the wing of a B-52G and lifting it up and watching the other wing go down on the opposite little landing gear. My friend’s dad who worked for Pratt & Whitney at Edwards AFB showed us that one day at an open house in the 80s.

Love the Buff, but not sure it would be so fun to wrench and wire that maze.

Have you started reloading for 6.5 Grendel yet?

Congrats on your 40th! That’s an accomplishment above all, especially if you guys have a multi-generational legacy and can share the 2A with your grandkids.
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#3
Welcome to the horde from Wisconsin .
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#4
Welcome to the Forum FBOldCrow! Thank you for your service and hope you enjoy your 6.5 Grendel. Pictures and range reports are always welcome!
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Still waiting for the powders and such from Bruno to arrive. Only have 21 cases of shiny polished brass out of the AR, trying to buy some more off here.
Yes, we had those wings flapping many times with associated wiring issues as our two wingtip antennas and I was the evening supervisor with wiring troubleshooting.
Looking forward to interacting here, thanks!
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#6
Vascar I will hope to post some up when the oppressive heat here wanes and I can get out after the supplies arrive from the fine folks at Bruno!
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Welcome to the clan, FBOC, from the great nation of Texas! Thank you for your service.
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I've never been in one, but the BUFF has a special place in my heart -- it was the most accurate USAF bombing platform during my time in the Vietnam theater. It even broke up a troops in contact and ended a siege at a site I was helping defend.
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#9
Thank you John!

JASmith it still does in mine and I'm reminded all the time by the roar in my head. Even though I wasn't out there all the time on them. Amazing birds sent in to do good work around you and yours and later up to and including now. Hopefully the new engines are a welcome improvement in reliability and fuel economy along with maintenance. 2052 will make it 100 years young!
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#10
Welcome, I'm in the Lake Ozark area myself.....
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” ― George Orwell
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#11
Thanks!
Let me know if you are going to get down this way.
Frank
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