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Tim Said, on the .44-100 thread post;
Folks, I am way out of my depth in this discussion but I do have a silly idea that may bear some fruit. A few years back, Dave “Rip” Thorne (IF I have it correctly) was the presenter at the awards banquet at the Cody show. He was directly involved in the recovery of cartridges and cases at the Battle of the Little Bighorn field. He is detail oriented. I don’t know of him being on the forum nor how to get hold of him. I think he lives in Montana but so do a few other folks! Maybe, just maybe, one of you could go through the WACA office and call him with a question of any .44-100 cartridge cases with Milbank priming being recovered? If not, were any in another caliber with Milbank primers recovered? Ought to be someone with more knowledge than I have for sure! Also there is a likelihood he will be set up behind me again at the Cody show in July….. Tim
Tim,
I like the way you think! Maybe you can speak with him, and see if he’s willing to take part in the discussion on the WACA Forum, here on this subject. If not maybe you can get his contact information, if he’s interested in helping us move along a little farther, on the .44-100 Milbank primed cartridge!
Anthony
Not sure what I did to be called “grouchy” by both Chuck and Ben but to compensate, you have to remember that I always bring my lovely wife Georgia and the worlds friendliest Golden Doodle “Otis”.
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Rick, you weren’t being called grouchy, you’ve always been very friendly to me. Chuck used you as a point of reference re: where JK is located… he has the unique personality. 🙂 But you are still correct about your lovely wife and dog. Looking forward to seeing you next month!
Anthony and Ben–try reminding me at Cody? I do forget things rather handily. Dave is often set up right behind me….Tim
Rick Hill said
Not sure what I did to be called “grouchy” by both Chuck and Ben but to compensate, you have to remember that I always bring my lovely wife Georgia and the worlds friendliest Golden Doodle “Otis”.
Rick, Ben is correct I was trying to point out where JK sits. By the way JK and I share rooms in Cody so don’t get him wound up ahead of time.
Lucky Me ; I guess I’m going to Cody after all. Not riding the bike outthis year though so I maybe will have space to buy a couple of those elusive 1890’s I’ve been hearing about. Seriously it will be good to see some of You guys/gals again and meet a few new folks. 
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OOH Im getting giddy! 23 days and a wake up now! Glad your going Henry. Hope to meet up with you.
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Henry Mero said
Lucky Me ; I guess I’m going to Cody after all. Not riding the bike outthis year though so I maybe will have space to buy a couple of those elusive 1890’s I’ve been hearing about. Seriously it will be good to see some of You guys/gals again and meet a few new folks.
Great! Somehow I missed meeting you on your last trip. Looking forward to meeting you, please look me up if I wander away from our table. I have a couple of 1890’s but they’re just clean standard rifles.
Mike
