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Gewehr98---
Beautifully written, sir. Almost made me want to go into the other room and whup out a few hundred loads. Almost.
Not that the rest didn't express my feelings as well, but I liked the part about your loading the unusual cartridges.
As to what sucks and what's neat, everyone has already covered my points pretty well.
No, wait---Something that still gives me a rush is the sensation of, how to put it? Prosperity, I guess. The feeling of prosperity in having a lot of ammo on hand, in some fairly expensive caliber--Several boxes of .30-06 or those special .257 Roberts hunting loads. You know, a hundred rounds of premium hunting ammo ges pretty pricey if you buy 'em all at once.
And the brightly polished brass and stubby blunt bullets of the long, fat .45 Colt or .44 Mag rounds-- Box after box of them.
Okay--Minor point, but I've never killed a deer with a factory handgun load, and only a couple with factory rifle ammo. Adds a little something to the hunt.
Have to just echo the thing about rifle case preparation.
Good topic, Clark.
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