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Congrats 6pt! How many oz of shot might that baby hold? I've only ever seen one 8. The loads I have for it start at 1 1/2 ounces and go up to i think 2 1/2 ounces . I don’t foresee me going over 1 3/4 or 1 7/8 and that’ll be with buckshot or slugs . My largest slug mold for a .745” slug is 1 2/3 ou...

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I'm envious :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Of course I'd not dare since they opened up my sternum to work on my heart. I still need to pattern that 16 I bought a while back. I think you'd be better served taking it easy healing and staying away from large groups and the Covid19 . The 16 will come along in goo...

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I got a copy of Tom’s book off Amazon a couple weeks ago . I don’t think this’ll be difficult as he said he’ll send me two loaded rounds made on the press he’s building for me to make sure they chamber okay and everything is set correctly . Then when it arrives here I’ll be able to start right up . ...

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Legalities aside I have a feeling that thing if it gets here unharmed will kill a deer in Virginia this coming season .

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My friends shipping the gun Monday he said so I might have in hand by Friday ! I also got on the horn with Tom Armbrust before lunch and have a MEC 600JR converted to 8 gauge and a set of swagging dies on the way . That might take two or three weeks as he has to make one or two conversion parts .

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑
Sat May 30, 2020 12:35 pm
Well that's fantastic!! Hope you will share some more pics when you get it!

But of course , was there ever any doubt

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Oh yeah this gun has been restored , not necissarily the way I wanted to go but it is what it is .

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A friend put a circa 1903 Parker 0 grade top lever hammer 8 gauge for sale late last night . Guns a 7 frame with 36” barrels . Anyway this gun is now mine or I’ve sent payment ! 0AFF1FF2-08F5-4AFA-920D-FBDD6A504EF3.jpeg 8484DDC5-55E0-4CCE-8D2E-DF8CDA8C7193.jpeg 6361E55F-6B7F-48F4-AF0A-B8C3D7D8C75B.j...

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I was at the range today for awhile took my new to me 6.5x54 MS as well as my almost identical 7x57 . The 7x57 is now ready to go . The 6.5 needs load work as I was shooting some of the stuff for my 1903 model 6.5x54 MS . 5882375A-7ECC-4BC3-97C4-0720C41622E6.jpeg I found an older Redfield Traditiona...

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Well that's a shame you couldn't get that 8 bore! Boy that rifle looks like it's in great condition! A friend in New York State just got a really nice GH 8 gauge on a 6 frame with 36” barrels . He also just got a reworked MEC press to load for it . I think he’s about 12G’s deep in the gun and tools...

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Did however buy a Mannlicher Schoenauer MC Rifle in 30-06 today to rob the double trigger and a Leupold Bari XII 2-7 and Jaeger side mount . I’ll put the single trigger from the 6.5x54 MS in this gun and send it down the road . The mount can go in my goody box and the Leupold will go on top the 6.5x...

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Looks very nice but where's the 8 bore?! :D The 8 gauge is off the table . It was a Parker 7 frame 36” top lever hammer gun that was made in 1888 . The guns at Morphys auction now but it goes under the gavel Tommorrow . But internet bidders are already at $6000 plus 20% buyers premium that is $7200...

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Twodot wrote: ↑
Thu May 28, 2020 8:47 am
read the entire Marlinowner thread.
Minimum run is a whole lot more than 600.
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Go right ahead 100,000 isn’t that much

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Back thirtyfive years ago when I was hung up on 7mm’s I bought nice new R/P nickel plated 7-08 , 280 , 7x57 and 7 Mag brass . I’m still using the 7x57 and 7-08 brass .

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Ha! Ain't that the truth....with FIOS we have something like 1500 channels.....scrolling through I might find 3 that I like and yep, most were made in forties or fifties....a few good ones about the Vietnam war came out sometime back, like "Platoon", "Apocalypse Now", American Sniper..etc....Don't ...

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Rube Burrows wrote: ↑
Sun May 24, 2020 3:31 pm

6pt-sika wrote: ↑
Sun May 24, 2020 2:52 pm
Looks good to me

I was more than impressed with the .379 bullets. They grouped better than I was expecting.

At one point I had a pair of 38-55’s a 375 WIN and a 38-56 I sized at .379” for all four .

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Looks good to me

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Well in honor of Memorial Day I watched “Sargent York” with Gary Cooper last night and at the moment I’m watching “MacArthur” with Gregory Peck . Looks like more and more all the movies I prefer watching were made before I was born or made when I was quite young !

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It’s rather profound that I was looking for something Memorial Day weekend and I find my grandfathers WWII medal ! Think he let me have that when I was five or six years old so I’ve had it fifty plus years .

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Never owned or punched paper using a Unertl but I have sold a few for folks . Only thing close I ever had was a 10x Lyman Targetspot thst was mounted on a rather nice old Remington 513T I got from a friend in Doylestown PA almost twenty years ago .

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6pt, if you applied in January you probably won’t see it this year. BATFE cashed my check on October 1,2019. I called them March 3, 2020. I was told my application is “on track.” We are experiencing a 12-14 month backlog. Call us again in August. AAArrrgh. But you can buy a “fuel filter” on eBay an...

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Last year when I used my friends thermal he has it on his AR-10 308 so I thought if I went this route I wanted to use an AR-10 in 338 Federal which I have so more then likely if I get the scope it’ll go on the AR . Although before I do I wanna try my AR in 260 and the one in 338 on paper at 200 and ...

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I used my friends for the first time about a year ago . To be honest I’d turned my nose up at plunking deer at night with this stuff but after plunking a few I kinda changed my tune .

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I plan on getting thermal optics for the AR and use it at night during damage control . What thermals have you looked at...? It’s a slightly newer version of what my gunsmith buddy has . I think it’s not the least expensive and by no means the most expensive . Last time we looked I think they were ...

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I’m sure the 22LR one will be awhile as I put in for that one in January I believe .

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That’s the Savage Hog Hunter in 338 Federal and I have an AR-10 in 338 Federal . I plan on getting thermal optics for the AR and use it at night during damage control .

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Well suppressor #2 showed up today or rather the approval did ! It’s a Griffin Armament for my 338 Federals .

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In my own instance I’d prefer to be faced with save or not of the Obamite and his TG wife .

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Nice ! I paid more for a 19-3 4” blued about two years ago . So I think you got a good deal. I’m trying to find a 19-3 2 1/2” at a reasonable price , but so far that’s evaded ne .

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Instead of a boring bar, maybe a piloted reamer kind of like a chambering reamer, to open the bore from 10 ga to 8 ga. I’m not the one doing the work if this takes place . My gunsmith buddy will be doing it . My only suggestion to him was if he did this set the bar for the chamber and run it straig...

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As mentioned already jacketed bullet data will work for cast . HOWEVER I tend to use only gas check cast in rifles and that’s a big plus with full octane loads . If you wanna load cast bullets that are plain base no gas check I’d drop back on the charge or go to a different powder that’s make less ...

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FWIW , the first deer I ever killed without a scope as well as using a cast bullet was with a Marlin 336CB in 38-55 using a bullet I cast from straight WW’s in the RCBS 37-250 GC mold . That was about twenty years ago .

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I don't have anything with a threaded barrel. I need to rectify that and get a muffler for a gun. I have lost a lot of hearing, and a suppressor would help me to keep what I have left. As far as collector value, not really one of my priorities. Nothing against it, and I support guns having value. J...

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As mentioned already jacketed bullet data will work for cast . HOWEVER I tend to use only gas check cast in rifles and that’s a big plus with full octane loads . If you wanna load cast bullets that are plain base no gas check I’d drop back on the charge or go to a different powder that’s make less v...

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Threading a barrel doesn't affect 'balance'. You are correct in that threading doesn’t affect balance , BUT I DO NOT thread if it wasn’t done at the factory I don’t do it . At the risk of sounding like a snob most of my stuff has a certain amount of collector value and to be honest I don’t want tha...

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It still p..I..s..s..e..s me off that Marlin didn’t make a 336XLR in 32 Special when Hodgdon saw fit to bring the rubber tipped bullets out in 32 Special

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I also like the 32 spl, mine is a src made in 1911 and smooth as silk, have a old ideal mold that casts a bullet around 190 gr. also have a 1893 Marlin in 32-40 and they both shoot same bullet very well Brad The three 32 Specials I had as well as the 32-40 were all Marlin’s . The 32 Specials I don’...

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The Yankee Hill 30 cal can on my Remington 700 5R in 260 REM with the amazingly good EL Cheapo Athlon 6-24x50 scope . This thing with my hunting handloads is a consistent 1/4 MOA rifle . It does have a Timeny Calvin trigger that’s set at about 7-9 ounces so that doesn’t hurt :wink: EADB05CA-4D83-405...

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I like the 32 Special quite a bit ! Had three Marlins an 1893 , a model 1936 and a 336SC of 1952 vintage . But I gotta say I actually like the 32-40 a skoosh more

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I think ALL gun barrels (except revolvers :wink: ) should be threaded....! Uh h..e..l..l NO ! I want these off balance things purely for killing stuff . And only during damage control where you can get a bunch of shots closely placed . Also when we do it at night it’s better for neighbor relations ...

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Henry’s from the 1860’s I like A LOT

The ones coming from the present manufacturer not so much , but then I’m not much on new stuff except for Kimber 1911’s at the present .

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Well the paperwork for my Yankee Hill 30 cal can finally came thru . And it only took 10 months

My 338 can app went in last September so I suppose that should come thru in two months . God only knows when my 22LR can goes thru that was put in four months ago

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You know I just realized I’ve not killed a deer with a leveraction since the 17/18 season . In the 18/19 season I killed a couple with a Ruger #3 in 444 shooting cast but I don’t really count a #1 or #3 as a leveraction . Last season was the first in quite a few years I didn’t kill any with cast bul...

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FWIW I’ve been told RST loads some 8 gauge shells from time to time . I’ve got a few boxes of their shells but I don’t buy them as a habit as they’re a bit pricey . So I can only imagine what they ask for 8’s . If my memory serves they get about $1.50-$2 a round for 10 gauge with lead shot , 10’s wi...

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I'd be interested if you find a source for 8 gauge shells and a boring bar. I've got an Zabala 10 gauge SxS with an extra set of barrels that I'd like to turn into a coach gun. Making it an 8 gauge would be pretty fun! Only gunsmiths I found that would do the work are in England and I wasnt able to...

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It isn’t that bad actually . He’s made several and sold them in the past . And of course they were all test fired before leaving the shop . The other 10’s were fired with 3 1/2” factory loads but I think he wants to use some of my 2 7/8” buckshot loads . Now if we do a bore out and make an 8 gauge t...

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My gunsmith buddy that has a Class 3 manufacturing and sales license made himself a short barreled 10 gauge . If I’m able to get an 8 gauge I’ll get loading equipment and I have him talked into getting another 10 single to cut down and run a boring bar thru to make an 8 gauge :wink: 5F7298C3-A40F-4C...

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All good stuff and then some guys. How can you not love the 1911? Think I have six of them. My handgun tastes have slowly evolved into 1911’s , S&W’s that are pinned and recessed , with a slight smattering of Ruger and Colt revolvers . I’ve only got four 1911’s at the moment three Kimbers one Colt ...

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