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Catshooter

Griff, To me, the most realistic cause of this sort of thing (reduced to X number of guns) is personal finances. I have twice been reduced to just one and for just that reason. Although I could see the political end of things too. I could also go with either of my levers in .38-55 too, they are wond...

Catshooter

Just be sure your equipment is set up for long term storage and you'll be good to go when you can come back to it.

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Catshooter

Winchester 94 Trapper in .45 Colt for my long gun. Smith & Wesson, either a Shorty 45 or my 25-2 in .45 ACP. Tough to call. I'd have to do all what needs done to the sixgun to make it concealable. Which is alot of work. The Karh PM 45 could be a contender also. That little pistol is just so hand...

Catshooter

Actually there is a fairly reliable cure/preventative for this ailment: Move across the country twice in three years time. Now paying for someone else to pack/move you doesn't count, you have to do all the packing your own self. It certainly has worked for me. I bet I'm down four of five tons gross ...

Catshooter

Since I have been forced into these types of situations twice in my life (due to finances, or the lack thereof) these threads are very real to me. Center fire rifle: Winchester 94 Trapper in .45 Colt. It's Armalloyed and I love it. No rimfire for me. Round ball loads in the trapper. Or if I must, I ...

Catshooter

2 dogs,

You are quite right, I mis-quoted you. My apologies.

I too have seen lots of guys with calipers (even plastic ones!) that not knowing any better think that's all they need.

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Catshooter

jd, I've never owned a .45 Super, so this is just my opinion. The 1911 was not designed for it. That, to me, is almost the begining and the end of the story. I'm quite sure that one won't stand up to a lot of Super shooting. But if you're not going to do alot of shooting, or you don't care that you'...

Catshooter

Interesting article. Does give some incorrect advise though. A standard micrometer may or may not show an object is out of round, so don't depend on it to do so. Never drop a pin gauge down a barrel. The pin is hardened far in excess of the barrel and if there is a swelling the pin will strike the t...

Catshooter

I've never used a five inch barrel in a Commander length pistol. But probably the answer is it depends. If the five inch is one diameter for it's full length it may work. The extra 3/4 " probably won't make much difference. Large bore, low pressure rounds gain with length, but I would guess 20 ...

Catshooter

Joe, Williams makes a peep that fits right on top of the chamber swell. There's also a guy named Skinner who makes a very nice peep for the H&Rs. They're great little rifles. They don't have the lovely fit and finish of some, but they also don't have the price tag. Marlin makes the barrels now f...

Catshooter

"Tommorrow is promised to no man." I try to live with that idea in mind. Can't, not all the time, but I try, do the best I can. I was at a gun show when I got the call about my dad passing. His was sudden and unexpected, but at least there was no suffering involved. Some fathers are worse ...

Catshooter

Nope, not prone to breakage. They look great when fitted properly. A friend of mine has an old one that he built a stock for and it is to die for. He's doing the same for one of mine right now! They are plenty strong enough to rechamber for either the .454 or the .460 Smith. Great little guns. Cat

Catshooter

Before you go adding one or two percent tin to your alloy, try it. If you get good cavity fillout then there is no need for it. Tin is not cheap. Water dropping does harden a boolit. Lots of people do it and it works for them. There is some validity to what Charles says about the CastBoollits site. ...

Catshooter

That was an interesting link and worth reading, thanks.

I have a single cavity Lyman 429215 mould that I milled the gas check shank off of. It now gives me a 190 grain bullet. I did it just for using in the Bulldog which I didn't get until two years later!

I'll have to give it a go.

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Catshooter

For me, the most important reason to cast and reload is the indepence it gives me. When the Obama effect hit, the only affect it had on me was it allowed me to sell off some of my excess components. If the shortages/price increases during that time had turned out to be permant it wouldn't have affec...

Catshooter

Oh yes, I forget about the price difference!

And Smith still won't make anything comparable in size. The 696 was nice, but much heavier than a Charter. The last 696 I saw was three or four years ago and it was $650. *sigh*

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Catshooter

Define 'iron sights'. I had Lasik done in 2001. My old man vision (needing readers) did indeed get worse. Not huge, but it was noticeable. My vision was 240/20, so my glasses were quite thick. For three and half, four months I also had a fairly pronouned 'halo' or 'blooming' effect. That's where whe...

Catshooter

Their cylinders are also quite strongly designed. The cylinder bolt cuts, which cause the typically thinnest part of a cylinder, are off to the side of each chamber. I wish Smith would have done that too, alas. OH!! Be still my heart! Could their 45 ACP revolver not be just vaporware? Oh man, I so w...

Catshooter

I found a three inch stainless Bulldog at a show a couple of weeks ago. Sad shape, shows that you can rust "stainless" steel. Needed a couple small parts so I called Charter and a human being answered the phone! Very nice. She was very helpful and got my parts off to me quickly and cheaply...

Catshooter

Actually Greg, that's not so. The S&W's case is slightly bigger, but much shorter. At the end of the chamber is the throat, which is smaller than the Special case. The throat is what gets reamed so that the Special case will chamber. Thousands and thousands of Victory model were so treated over ...

Catshooter

deerwhacker, You have been given some incorrect data. Nominal sizes for the 38 S&W are .360 and the 38 Special .357 - .358. The word "nominal', esp in the world of firearms means 'yea, sorta kinda'. I have measured Smith & Wesson sixguns in 38 special that went .3555 and had a Ruger tha...

Catshooter

Pull the trigger with the second knuckle!?! Man, that is what I call loooooong fingers. Most guns I'm lucky to get the first knuckle on. No wonder you can party down with a Glock 20!

Nice wood by the way. I've never seen an AR with wood before, very cool.

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Catshooter

If you size them at .452 with lube, then when you size them smaller the lube grooves won't disapear the lube will preserve them.

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Catshooter

I guess he really, REALLY didn't want the action to move in the stock?

What a wast of perfectly good JB Weld!

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Catshooter

You're correct Doc, it takes much more force to push a jacketed bullet down a bore than a cast one, even if the cast one is bigger. So much so that driving a jacketed bullet down a bore is risky, unless you know exactly what you're doing and have the proper tools there is an excellent chance of it b...

Catshooter

I went to the range and liked to get sun burned today.80 degrees and calm,sorry!!! Yes, but I can buy guns here without even waiting the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, and can shoot lead out of them, too...at least when it's warm enough outside!!! 80 degrees sounds pretty nice...in the sum...

Catshooter

Jon, Oh, sorry, I thought we were discussing firearm laws. They, in some states are getting better. Of course all most all of them still violate the 2nd, but never mind. Laws in general? To me, that's a whole 'nuther subject and craziness abounds everywhere that I can see. There's what, in excess of...

Catshooter

As I've only used that lube for it's intended purposes I can't speak to how well it will work for brass. I would think it would work well, it's a fairly high pressure lubricant. The lube will dry out if left exposed to the air. It will also wash off completley with just water because the lube itself...

Catshooter

Enjoy your freedoms while you can, because unless things change, you are next - we're just the testing ground - so keep laughing. JdeF While I do feel your pain John, I must respectfully disagree with part of your statement. I have heard people say for years on the net that "as California goes...

Catshooter

Joe,

Your message reveals that you indeed have lived too long in a communist country.

There are lots of places they could re-run that ad, just not anywhere in your state. I've seen ads on TV for guns/gun shops in the mid west, even down here in Florida.

Quite the country we live in today.

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Catshooter

With my Trapper, I stopped at 20 grains of 2400 under either the 260 or 315 Keiths. The 260s knock the 200 yard Rams down just fine. That is if I do my part.

They do all I need.

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Catshooter

blues, I agree that the 45 Colt in a lever is the best thing since sliced bread. I too fairly ignored the lever for many years. But then I saw the light and lately I've noticed that my battery is becoming more lever and less anything else. Case head expansion is usually the best method for watching ...

Catshooter

Well, let's see. Let's just do the 45 Colt. Primer - 1.3 cents Brass - .5 cents Powder- 2.0 cents Bullet - free. Lube - .2 cents Total is 4 cents. Now how I got there. The primers cost me $13.50 per thousand. The brass was $50 per thousand once fired at the gun show and I've figured ten reloads per ...

Catshooter

Doc, You know the answers to these technical questions are all: it depends. :) For example, the cylinder gap. Will you be shooting the Holy Black, or just smokeless? Will you be shooting alot of hot loads, quickly? Black will build up faster on the cylinder face than smokless, the whole firearm expa...

Catshooter

Thanks for the data gentlemen. Yes, I slugged the bore at .462, quite large for a "45", but certainly not unheard of. Nope, no caliber markings over the chamber and cowboykell's idea is probably why. It has no dust cover. I don't want to do a chamber cast unless I have to. Hobie, that's qu...

Catshooter

I friend of mine showed me his granfathers Winchester 76, serial number is low 3,000s. It's not in wonderful shape, very dark and lots of dings and such. It does appear all there and funcitional though. Can just barely read the barrel stampings, and can't find the caliber marking. The bore measures ...

Catshooter

My goodness you are full of questions. :) The funny looking thingamabob on the end of the mainspring assembly is a lock. You drill a hole in one grip (I think) for the factory supplied key. It's like the lock on the S&W, but a little less obtrusive. The rest, I can't help you with. Somebody will...

Catshooter

I have two, both 94 Angle Ejects in 45 Colt. Wonderful rifles, very versitle and accurate. Nice power also, esp in such a short light carbine.

I have a Franken Marlin 336 in 38-55 that I'm seriously considering making a trapper out of.

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Catshooter

I agree Kirk. It is a wonderful powder, and very versitle. Not worth a hoot in the latest LoudenBoomerSuperWizbang rounds, but then I don't own any! Now I haven't found it temp sensitive, but then maybe your "cold" isn't the same as mine, here in Florida. Our own Paco likes it very well al...

Catshooter

Kirk,

I went through the calendar - nothing worth worrying about as far as I'm concerned. Lovely calendar, excellent photography.

Thanks for the heads up though, I apprieciate your integrity and concern.

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Catshooter

Very nice calendar Kirk, thanks for putting it together. I just ordered one and I'm glad that you're making a little money anyway. Should really be more, I'd think.

Good luck.

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Catshooter

See what can happen when you carry a mouse gun? I mean really, who ever needs to shoot a mouse?

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Catshooter

I had a friend with a barn that had a feral cat problem. A 1911 Colt .45 works wonders on them. When I started there was about 35. The day after I shot the 18th one I was out hunting for #19 and I spotted the whole herd waaaay out in the back forty, heading north. They never returned. It was a very ...

Catshooter

Concealed carry, no matter what you carry or where, can be a pain in the butt sometimes. But CC is controlled by and is all about your attitude. Sometimes attitude is adjusted by experience. I hear all the posters saying to get something small, something you'll carry, a small gun is better than none...

Catshooter

Does he rob banks in any other states, like say Florida?

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Catshooter

Lansky.

Foolproof angles. I just use their regular set, not the diamond set. After the first use, it's extremly fast to touch up/re-sharpen.

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Catshooter

SF, You don't say where in south Florida you are hunting for a good candy store. I am new to south Florida (Largo), and I too am still searching for what I consider a good one. Evil Black Rifles are the rage, it's us types who are backwards these days. I'll keep ya posted, do the same for me, would ...

Catshooter

If he places the .357 correctly, it should do fine. Allmost any flat-faced lead bullet in the .45 Colt at a velocity over 800 fps should do fine also. The .357 really wakes up in a rifle, but of course the .45 will hit harder given similar loading levels. Of course, it will hit harder at both ends. ...

Catshooter

damienph wrote:
Catshooter wrote:When you buy brass in a caliber you don't have, to maybe neck up for a gun you don't own,

Nothing wrong with planning ahead.

Could not agree more.

See, I have the same sickness!

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Catshooter

When you buy brass in a caliber you don't have, to maybe neck up for a gun you don't own, well. I'm thinkin' that that's a sure sign of true sickness. I doubt a 400 step program could help such a fella.

You should fit in well here!

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