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Buying Concert Tickets On Line ……Ugh


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Rampy, 10-22-2023, 12:09 AM

Trying to purchase tickets to Mannheim Steamroller and it’s a scram charging you a service fee for forcing you to download their app and then give them personal information to get access to the app and your “tickets”

You can not access the app without giving them your phone number so they can sell it…….

If you want physical tickets mailed to you that’s another fee, e mail tickets, yep another fee 

And even after clicking the do not save my payment box it’s still saved and automatically populated in the app….🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

So for 2-$95 tickets we are paying $255 for the privilege of using the app & to receive a bar code in their app to attend the concert 

Have not attended a concert since the 80’s 🤣

Always wanted to see Mannheim Steamroller & the time was right, hopefully they are good in person


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Best Explanation I've Seen for the Cause of World Wars


US Politics    2 Replies

olfart, 10-21-2023, 11:14 PM

This video explains how private central banks over the years have been at the root of wars, assassinations and failing governments. The WEF is now establishing a worldwide private central bank that will control the entire planet.


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Adjust the bushing?


Reloading    1 Replies

srjdsmith, 10-21-2023, 08:58 PM

I’m using up some Win 571. It’s perfectly good powder so I’m making some field loads for pheasant.

The Hodgdon 2002 manual has a good load: 1 3/8 oz shot in a Win WAA12R wad over 35.5 gr. of HS-7. Should deliver 1285 fps. According to the MEC bushing chart, bushing #29 should deliver 35.0 grains of HS-7

In actual practice I’m getting 32.5 grains. In the olden days, Dad never actually weighed charges and just believed whatever MEC and the manual said. Would you change the bushing to get closer? Bushing #31 throws 35.2 grains.


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Order of operations


Reloading    2 Replies

srjdsmith, 10-21-2023, 06:23 PM

So once brass is sorted:

1) deprime- either with a universal depriming die or a depriming tool
2) wet tumble and dry
3) inspect- cracks, bulges, etc and discard bad cases
4) resize- I always do 5-10 more so that some can be weeded later
5) flare
6) prime

Now comes the question:

Powder in all
Bullets in all
Or
Powder & bullet one at a time then next case powder & bullet

What to you do?


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Active Firearms Topics?


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speedy, 10-21-2023, 11:08 AM

Aside from the usual bs regarding food, drink, politics, hemorrhoids, etc, it appears that despite the time, expense, and effort, this new forum as many firearms sites are, fast running out of gun topics and and meaningful discussion. Other than the usual my gun is bigger than your gun, it appears many gun topics for the average stiff have been cussed and discussed. Perhaps there's a good crew-served weapons forum to check out.  Rolleyes


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