Discovery !!!!

[Don McDowell]

Randy , it's post like yours that make keeping this forum up and running. A place to have good discussions, where folks could share what they've learned , and learn some different approaches , with no brand loyalty, and a minimum of pissin post contests is what we had in mind when we fired it up.
Have a good spring storm. It was foggy here this morning, early then a bit of snow then turned to rain. Looks like a good day to load another batch of ammunition.

[Kurt]

It's 42 here right now and rain. Sure is pretty out, green lawn and trees the crabapple trees are red and purple in bloom, peach trees are pink and the apple and pear trees are white. Carolyn's tulips are of all colors. Man I like this time of year.

My 1500 charge master is belly up so I'm back to the old ways using the balance beam scales and powder drop.

[Don McDowell]

The flowering crab the deer turned to mush a few years ago is trying to bloom. The grass is a good dark green, gramma grass is trying to green up, buffalo grass says it's to early, it's going to be a gorgeous spring when it quits getting close to freezing at night.
Right now my biggest hope is it dries out enough I can get the motorhome out of here and go to Alliance next week. Then hopefully the weather cooperates so I can get to Worland. There always is the option of loading stuff in the pickup and either tenting it or motel, but those fancy campers have spoiled me.

[Randy Bohannon]

Don,thank you, you read my mind, I have followed you for a number of years as well as Gunlaker I see you both on Cast Bullet and Shiloh forums and will often read an O.P.'s opening and look to see what you or Gunlaker have commented. You both have a calm demeanor that makes it easier to understand.I had planned to go to the Worland match and finally meet some of the guys from here in WY but family needs my time at the moment.

[Randy Bohannon]

Tulips and Daffodils were up, lupines waking up as well as lawns greened up pretty good ,lilacs leafing out.The crab apple have barely budded same for the Cotton Woods.Buffalo has some of the most beautiful Crab Apple trees I have ever seen, 100 yr. old tress, spectacular.

[Don McDowell]

Our elm tree's a starting to break buds, and the cottonwoods look like they'll start blowing cotton about any day.
Keep an eye on the gong matches at Casper, there's usually a pretty good turn out, there, altho our honorary Wyoming ruffian from Canada won't likely be at one, quite a few of the other suspects turn out.

[Randy Bohannon]

Will there be flyers announcing Casper matches ?

[rdnck]

I have always patched dry, and being left handed, I suppose I have always done it bassackwards. But here is my method, for better or worse.

I lay the dry patch down vertically with the sharp end of the tail pointed to my lower right. I lay the bullet on the lower end of the vertical facing patch with the nose of the bullet facing to the left. I roll the bullet away from me with my left hand while I hold the patch tight with my right hand. As the roll is completed, I hold the patch tight on the bullet with my left hand while I use my right thumb and index finger to roll the bottom edge of the patch over the base of the bullet. I twist the patched bullet against my thumb and forefinger, tightening the patch on the bullet, and immediately insert the patched bullet into the charged case mouth. There is no tail on the patch, and you can see a small circle of lead on the base of the bullet.

Works for me. Shoot straight, rdnck.

[Kurt]

Here is a short 15 second video on how I patch.
MVI_2950 by Kurt, on Flickr

[Randy Bohannon]

You make it look to easy,I am now ambidextrous with patching it will be interesting to see if my accuracy improves.Try everything ten times to see if I was awake.So Kurt/Rdnk you guys have no issues with the tag end sticking out away from the bullet.For me thats what I get and have feared the tag end was getting bunched up when chambering the round.Or are you seating the bullet so deep that it just naturally curls to conform ? Thank you for the video, I am bound and determined to master the mysteries.