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Have two of those, one rated for sporting gents the other a blood thirsty sort prone to shooting in the 2s 'n 3s @50 for 5 with little effort or thought, such precision being more than I need. Standard litmus is minute of pig brain (MPB). Even a Marlin 39 can do that most days. Or a Rem 572, or a 10/22 or uh...you get it.

Did some benches myself from time to time, but only build a reloading bench once every 30-40 years if the hysterical record matters. Yours is novel.....substantial too. Keep the moose out of the reloading room when they're partying.

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Funny chitt right here...



Those benches by the slab table, the table being 23' long and a 4" slab of cypress, took 6 big boys to get into the room back in '41. First party there, meaning the lodge, occurred on the eve of 6 Dec '41, about the time the sons of Nippon were laying waste to Pearl.

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Place is built on top of an indian mound, structure of the roof being 6x8 cypress trusses and 2" cypress deck. Pretty much hurricane proof and had blunted the fall of full grown hickory trees without damage. Had to kick a deer off the front porch the day these photos were taken.

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After the war Eddie Rickenbacker resurrected Easter Airlines there and the cellar is full of antiquities of that era. Guest book is a trip in itself: Tom Mix, Marilyn Monroe, Joltin' Joe Dimagio, whole host of others leaving their mark on the world, well known. As I recall, even Jimmy Stewart dropped by...5 bedrooms, kitchen, two bathrooms and a serving bar to the rear of the cypress chair. That was assembled by a genuine American craftsman.

Carry on.........