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Wow, putting that timeline into perspective.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 07:43

You do have few years on me. About that time I was in 10-11th grade and working at a grocery store for $80 a week. Dating my wife as well, FWIW. I had purchased my first real handgun, a used Ruger Super Blackhawk for $170. My boss had a 4” MKIII Colt Trooper. Out of economy we both began to reload ammo. We shot a bunch! I shunned the .357, the Trooper had the worst muzzle blast I’d ever experienced. All we had back then was ear plugs. He used the max load of Blue Dot and 140 gr. Speer JHP. I shot W296 and the Speer 246 gr. Half-jacket HP, or Serria 180/240 JHC. I think I also shot 2400 as well. I didn’t embrace the .357 until I traded into a 6” Dan Wesson, hey I could hit where I was aiming!

I probably began to read Taffin articles around the same time. The store had a magazine rack and I got giddy waiting on the magazine guy to replenish each month! Seyfried too in G&A, he’d befriended the new Linebaugh fella. It was a blissful time. I’m going to go back in my emails and print all the correspondence I had with Mr. T. I sold him a Colt New Service and I once bought a rare cull pistol off him. He was such a kind and generous man. This last book of his is really over the top. I have the complete collection. He will be missed by those left behind.