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[Richard E. Crislip]

HI Gene

> 
> Now now Richard, be nice. :)  Just because I only have to move that folding
> chair about a foot to change from doing something on my coco, to reloading
> the ammo I'll burn at the range south of town the next time the weather is
> decent shouldn't make it scary.  I've been rolling my own, exclusively for
> the rifles since back in the early 60's.  The reloading press has turned
> Lee red, and the measure is now a Hornady Lock-n-load full auto dispenser.
> 
> I haven't shot much over the last 50 years, just enough to wear out 5
> barrels, 3 on the Ackley-06, and 2 on the 22-250, but I put a whole new
> action in that wood a year ago when the 2nd barrel started key holing.
> 
> All that FWIW, on 3 boxes of factory shells.  And the Ackley barrel is
> about done again, but from rust, carrying it around in the WV hunting
> season, which usually corresponds to the annual fall monsoon, with about a
> foot of rain during hunting season.
> 
> And I've carved two new stocks for a black powder 50 cal since you were
> here last.  The mill was converted to CNC when you were here, and now the
> lathe is too, but I put ball screws in the lathe.  If I don't fall over
> first, the mill is going to get a dose of HGH & some ball screws too
> 
> What that basement confirms is that it really ought to be illegal for 2
> aging packrats to marry.  :)
> 
> Speaking of packratitis, I found a set of docs about 1/4" thick on that
> PP&S 68040 accelerator card that was in that purchase while looking for a
> 1099 that seems to have wandered off & gotten lost in this midden heap.
> 
> Shoot me an address by PM & I'll see if it will fit in a manila clasp
> envelope sometime in the next week.

I and my dad rolled our own too. It was fun. We made shot gun shells when we 
weren't burning black powder and lard in his 36 and 44 cal single action ball 
and cap revolvers. Lots of fun. I'll send you my address offline.

Cheers