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I would like to be included in this Karma. Thanks for offering this.

Having done some woodcarving, and pyrography, I will say she is doing excellent work. Tell her to keep it up, it is a good hobby to have.

Deadwood Sam Tannen

I run my 450 every week and use it for my rifle calibers and a few of my pistol calibers. I upgraded the powder setup, but left the primer setup alone. The upgrade of the powder cost me about $120, so you are still looking at a good press for a good price. I had though about upgrading the whole...

Yes, you have to buy the conversion kit, which includes the shellplate, marker pins, and powder funnel. As to the dies, the Dillon dies do have a few nice features, but any set of dies will work equally well. I have loaded on a 450, 550, and 650, all used standard dies, so I generally used lee...

I believe that is called Lamb Fries, if I recall correctly. Not that I have ever eaten them though.

I voted NO, there already enough forums for thatand prefer to keep Ruger Forums to the Ruger we know and love. I am on this forum at least once a day, and enjoy the information. I am a mmeber of other rifle forums, and I rarely go there. Ar15's are what they are, but give me a Blackhawk...

I'll take it, per our discussion.

I'll take it per our discussion.

PM sent on this and the Super Blackhawk frame. Tim

PM sent on this and the other frame. Tim

The software is really not that memory intensive, unless you get into some of the larger CAD programs. But there are several free software packages that work well in designing parts, and work on the majority of computers. Not if you want to talk 3d scanning and photogrammetry, you have to have...

I have an Ender, they have a bit of a learning curve, but once you figure out the layers and the settings it works great. I use it mostly in my other hobby, model railroading, but have designed and printed several useful gadgets. Definitely worth the price. One warning, the spools of filament...

There are reloaders in Florida who would probably share knowledge with you, and mentor you along. I am in Orlando, so that is outside of you 100 mile limit, but would gladly walk you through the reloading process on a Saturday. It might help if you filled in some details on what you want to...