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yooper2

I wish I had a #3 in 375! My cousin had one. I'm not aware of any particular issues with the #3. My Big Bore always did very well with Lyman #375248 and 25 grs. of 4227. I recall my cousin's rifle shooting these quite well but it was about 10 years ago. It's a gun (and cartridge) I regret letting ge...

yooper2

I got a little Dodge Dakota from New Mexico a few years ago and the metal was perfect. To keep it that way I painted every exposed piece of sheetmetal in the undercarriage with truck bedliner that I thinned a bit. I also did the frame rails. 7 years later the truck still has no signs of rust. Eric

yooper2

I'm stuck here today thanks to heavy drifting. Our warmest day so far was 42F. It's been a very strange winter and I'm ready for it to be over!

yooper2

I just wish that USFA would go back to building beautiful SAAs.........

Eric

yooper2

2nd Gen New Frontier in 44 Special with a 5 1/2" barrel.
The other thing would be owning some livestock, and I'm working on that right now.

Eric

yooper2

I normally don't go for nickel guns but... that one could change a fellas mind.
It's always fun seeing the neat guns you put up!

Eric

yooper2

They're comparable to the 1848/49. You might want to look at the Colt 1862, it's a 5 shot .36 with the Navy/SAA gripframe. There's two versions of it, one looks like a '51 Navy and the other looks like a little '60 Army. http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_187_189&products_...

yooper2

I'm pretty sure Remington case hardened the receivers on Rolling Blocks which would explain your trouble with filing it. Looks like a really cool project. I look forward to seeing more.

Eric

yooper2

Those should be fun builds and that looks like a grand design for kids, stable enough to stay out of trouble. Never built a kayak but I have considered it on occasion. It'd be awful to fun for poking around the shoreline. I got some plans for a canoe that I was going to build over the winter but the...

yooper2

That same system is supposed to hit here this afternoon/night. 6" by the morning and another 6" throughout the course of tomorrow. Time to fire up the plow truck and figure out where to push it all!

Eric

yooper2

Very cool! My dad and I built a bunch of boats when I was growing up ranging from a 7' Optimist pram to a 38' Bristol Channel Cutter (28' over the deck + 10' of bowsprit and boomkin). It's one of those things that gets under your skin. One trick for gluing a flat sheet of plywood onto a curved surfa...

yooper2

My inclination would be towards the 30-40 Krag, ideal small bore cast bullet cartridge. Certainly wouldn't fault anybody for a 38-55 though.

Sounds like a cool project, enjoy.

Eric

yooper2

They're not pretty but mine shoots quite well. Picked it up about 12 years ago when they were dirt cheap and got 3 of the spam cans of corrosive ammo from a sale at Dunhams. My first year of college it was the only centerfire rifle I had at school and I shot a pile of critters with it including deer...

yooper2

I have an older stainless model 92 in 357. It mainly gets fed lyman 358429 (or the HP version) in 38 Special cases. It does feed the Thompson bullet and Lee 358-158-RF in magnum brass, 358429 is too long for magnum brass. The only jacketed bullet I've shot is the Remington 180 gr in magnum brass and...

yooper2

I have the plain R1 but have added an ambi safety to it (south paw here). It's a great gun, especially considering the price. I've run about 4500 rounds through it (it doesn't get shot near as much as my Gold Cup). The first 50 were jacketed factory fodder and one of them jammed in the second mag. T...

yooper2

Congrats on winning your first match!
That is a mighty fine looking rifle as well.

Eric

yooper2

Super cool! I would also be interested in seeing the build process.

Eric

yooper2

I've shot a Hepburn a couple of times. It handles about like a Rolling Block but it is of course dependent on the length and weight of the barrel; with a light contour there is no reason it couldn't make a great hunting rifle. They definitely stand out in a crowd. I'd probably lean towards getting t...

yooper2

My plow truck is an '81. It's got the 300 six and a four speed. The floors were gone when I got it, they were replaced by college me with 3/4" plywood. That lasted about 3-4 years by which time I had a welder and friends that taught me about working sheet metal, the metal floor has been in for ...

yooper2

During the 2008 election cycle I got caught short on Unique. Went to using Green Dot in 41 mag, 45 colt, and 44-40. For mid range loads it works fine (no better than Unique but fine) and it seems to be passed by in the "panic grabs". I haven't bought any more since I got hold of more Uniqu...

yooper2

This year mine have been going for around $30 for nice pelts. Martens are where the money is at: roughly $75 per.

Eric

yooper2

Wow! Great set. There's something that is just oh-so-right about commercial Lee-Enfields and Lee Speeds. Truly a classic bolt gun.

Eric

yooper2

I use receiver sights on all of my shorter rifles which helps a lot with the sight radius; I can't tell much difference from a bench between 16" and 20" fitted with receiver sights. The short guns are awful handy but when shooting off hand they don't hang very well and I have a hard time h...

yooper2

I have one and really like it. When I first got it I cross referenced charge weights from 2.5 to 80 grs. with my RCBS beam scale and found no issues. Occasionally I'll still check it just to be sure but thus far no problems and it's quicker than waiting for a beam scale to balance out.

Eric

yooper2

Super interesting as always. Thanks for sharing these little bits of history.

Eric

yooper2

I have an older pre-safety stainless Rossi in 357, or at least I did until the Lady decided it was her gun! Great little rifles and you'll be very happy that you got Steve's DVD. It's a night and day difference once you go through the rifle as Steve shows. Enjoy!

Eric

yooper2

Good thinking and beautiful sixguns! I often dream of owning a K-32.

Eric

yooper2

Well, you sold me on it. Time to make a Midway order. Thanks gents!

Eric

yooper2

My favorite jacketed load is 30 grs. of Reloader 7 behind Speer's Hot-Cor 170 gr. It's quite accurate, hits hard, and opens up well. The best cast load I've come up with is 17.5 grs. of SR-4759 behind behind RCBS #32-170-FN. This one comes from the Cast Bullet Handbook and has given excellent accura...

yooper2

Is anybody here using this method or the bullet molds designed for it? Not a huge fan of Lee molds in general but the 6 cavity ones seem okay as they have steel alignment pins that go into steel bushings. I'm interested in it for standard pressure 45ACP plinking loads. I shoot about 500rds a week th...

yooper2

The black comes from your bore solvent (Hoppe's or whatever) reacting with the bronze or copper bore brush. If you take a perfectly clean bore and run a solvent soaked bronze brush through it the next patches will be black. I only use a brush (or chore boy) if I have leading to deal with.

Eric

yooper2

You won't be disappointed in anything he made. Excellent in every way.

Eric

yooper2

I have an 11.7 Danish that was re-barreled to 45-70. Rolling blocks are great pieces of history and mine is a fabulously accurate rifle as are the other two that I have shot (both 7mm Mausers). Good luck with yours!

Eric

yooper2

I got a couple that will never leave under any circumstances. My Trapdoor belonged to grandad and he bought it from a man who used it as a hunter providing meat for the army out west. It was also the first rifle I reloaded for (and whacked my first deer with). The old Smith Model 58 has saved my bac...

yooper2

My most used is the Lyman 48th edition.
My favorite is Pet Loads by Waters.
Just got the new Cast Bullet Handbook and that looks excellent as well.

Eric

yooper2

First rounds I loaded were reduced 45-70 loads with 2400 and bullets I had cast the day before. My grandad was standing there walking me through it. By the time I was 14 he was letting me load full loads of black on my own for the same.

Eric

yooper2

Great snag!

Eric

yooper2

I spend a lot of time sailing and kayaking/canoeing when the weather permits.
Also, raising chickens is cheap, you get eggs/meat, and they are fun little critters.

Motorsports are also addictive and fun, awful expensive though.

Eric

yooper2

AJ, I've often considered making a sled but for how often I shoot guns from the bench it hasn't been a priority. This rifle might change that though. Offhand it really isn't that bad, just rocks you back a bit like a hot 45-70. I also got my paws on a paper patch mold today, should be interesting. E...

yooper2

It really is a rifle to make a fella dream. With 270gr. cast loads moving about 1800fps it feels about like an '06. With full boogie 300gr loads you definitely know it went off but it is by no means violent. Ruger put a good recoil pad on it, soft but not sticky. I think most anybody could learn to ...

yooper2

I've been shooting this rifle a bit and love it! It has a great set of sights and a perfect trigger. Here are a couple of photos. http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/yooper2/2012-12-15102755_zps67668e3c-1_zps983311fc.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/yooper2/2012-12-15102814_zps86c8d...

yooper2

Mine is about 15 years old and also runs .457" in the grooves, .450" in the bore. I've found the rifle to be incredibly forgiving regarding bullet diameter.

Eric

yooper2

Lever Bob,
Thanks for the info! I will definitely do some hunting with it before I go to wild and wooly place. I'm thinking a black bear and a couple of deer with cast bullets are on the menu.

Eric

yooper2

Cool!

Did you draw an outline to follow or just freehand it?

Eric

yooper2

That's the kindest thing one can do. Thank you,

Eric

yooper2

Thanks Paul! I owe you one.

Eric

yooper2

Thanks guys, I'm really excited about this rifle. pshort, If you wouldn't mind posting the data I'd really appreciate it. My copy is the old 3rd edition that my grandfather gave me. Got a email from Midway this morning saying that brass, dies, gas checks, and lyman mold 375449 have shipped. If all g...

yooper2

Wow! I thought I had a good pile at 900 lbs. Have fun shooting them up!

Eric

yooper2

Nothing better on a chilly night night than a little glass of good scotch or Bushmills.

Eric

yooper2

I just got a smokin' deal on a left handed African Model M77. It should come in by Friday and I have found lots of load data for heavy loads but nothing for reduced loads with cast bullets. I want to do this so I can practice a lot with it (never owned a left handed bolt gun even though I'm a southp...

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