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Les Staley

Don't know what chromosome has to do with it. Should read chronograph.

Les Staley

Getting into casting as I have a little more time since being retired. Clip on wheel weights, RCBS 45-500 BPS bullet, dropped into cold water. Then powder coated with Harbor Freight red powder, baked for ten minutes in a toaster oven to melt the powder. The 400 degrees annealed the bullets back to p...

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Pete44ru, Great idea! That's what I like about this forum! It's like my dad used to say, it's dangerous to get a bunch of boys together, what one boy don't think of another one will.

Les Staley

I made one using a spent 40 S&W cartridge inside a 44 mag cartridge. A little solder and a propane torch. Good to go!

Les Staley

As complicated as a 92 is, I would only remove the buttstock to keep from ruining the finish/patina and hose down the internals with a good penetrating oil/cleaner, while working the action, let it drip dry and follow with a little light oil. Maybe clean the magazine tube inside. Try to keep the cle...

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Another big thumbs up for Gary Reeder. I sent him a Blackhawk 45 Colt that wouldn't keep them on an 8" pie plate. He re bored a used 357 cylinder that matched the somewhat worn finish on my gun to 45 Colt, held the throats to .4515, recut the forcing cone to 11degrees and sent me back a test ta...

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Jim, email sent. Congrats on 25! Happy anniversary to you and your wife.

Les Staley

Hawkins, slug your bore, try for a thousandth over bore diameter, lube with alox/Johnson's one step floor wax 50/50 with a lyman #2 alloy or clip on wheel weights. Plain base should be okay at those velocities. Casting is a whole nuther hobby. By the way, 325 gr @ 1300-1400 fps? How big of an old bo...

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I'm supervising the "Shadowy St Joe" River in front of the house after a busy weekend. The Kokanee salmon are running up now and I'm jigging for them off the end of my neighbor's dock. (He doesn't fish.). Yesterday morning caught six fish in seven casts. Watched a young moose swim across. ...

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Hondo, you better think about using a composite ramrod if you're going to be shooting that fast..would hate to see you shatter a hickory and run it in your hand..just sayin....

Les Staley

If only we could get every carload of bleeding heart tourists to "RESCUE" a wolf or two it should solve a lot of problems... Just thinking....

Les Staley

Picked up a ratty beat to stuff Revelation model at a gunshow for $50. It was a Marlin model 57 in 22 long rifle made for the hardware store. Takedown bolt was missing, with a sheet metal screw in jammed into the aluminum receiver in its place. Hardwood stock, tube feed. Drilled and tapped the hole ...

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The M1 carbine ship has sailed a generation ago. When we were kids in high school you could buy them thru the DCM for about $20. Designed as a replacement/substitute for pistols in the military, officers and other support personnel were armed with them. My dad carried one in a radio car in the South...

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So sorry to hear about your soulmate's death. Prayer up to our Father in heaven.

Les Staley

Griff, love the way you think. I, too was born in 47. Maybe that explains it. Hmmmm....

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Hope they build mine, ordered and paid for in full Dec 2014 before they start these 50. Probably not much chance, but one can always hope.

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Jkbrea, how's it going? That Colt SAA still running? Gamekeeper, you fellers say "screwcut". And we say "threaded". Interesting the slight differences in language. Fun to hear...thanks for keeping it true to the mother language.

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Did you try Buffalo Arms in Sandpoint Idaho?

Les Staley

Happy anniversary to you both. My wife and I are working on 48. Lots of work, but wouldn't trade away a minute of it.

Les Staley

Here's one a lot like your Parang, but probably cost a little more. From Finland the Skrama Bush knife. Saw one at a gunshow this winter, didn't like his price, looked it up and found one on fleabay. Good stuff on google. Couple of videos.. http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc519/LesStaley/image.j...

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Welcome to the deviation..yeah, we're a bunch of deviates...throwbacks to the 1800s.. But we love Leverguns. You'll fit right in.

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Earlmck, love your pictures. I bought (stole) one much like yours last summer. Made a good deal on it as it had been relined, and collecter value was down. Great for me as I wanted a shooter. I posted my adventures learning to cast Lyman 257420 65 gr gas checked bullets and getting the ole girl to l...

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You buying or selling? I bought a 1955 about ten years ago for $350. Thought I got a deal.. I would guess $500-$600 .. Check. Gunlist ( the rag) or Gunbroker for completed sales.

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Heck, Hondo, I built an iron mounted 40 cal flintlock in MICHIGAN! That's purty far north.. I'll dig it out and show some pictures one of these days..

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And just to reinforce my WEENIE status, ( thanks, Doc) I only shoot a 50 cal flinter...

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Cool! Thanks Six. Was there a price on it? There wasn't on mine. The lid on mine doesn't screw on/off, but press the center to snap the edge clamps open and press the outer edge to reattach.

Did everyone notice the mandatory stocking feet in the photo? My wife's..

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http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc519/LesStaley/image.jpg1_36.jpg This will be the test bed for the 2400 chrono test. Went up to Buffalo Arms in Sand Point Monday and got the Marble standard tang sight and two Hadley eye discs. The other is for the Axtel Riflesmith on my Shilo. Targets, lookout!

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I only paid $10..bought it for the can, but I'll try doc's suggestion. Will load some identical loads with this antique stuff and modern and chrono the loads. Good idea for a fun project.

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At a gunshow Sunday. Powder still smells good.

Reminds me of the first can I ever bought. About 1966 or so, a can of IMR 3031 cost me $3.75. No price on this 2400.

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Troll alert! Don't feed the troll !

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May I suggest that we ignore the troll?

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With the drive for denying firearms rights to "depressed" people I guarantee you that word will NEVER occur in my medical records! EVER!!!

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Griff, no worries. I will also know where the full house stuff hits and have a sight setting for same. I even have two loads for my Winchester 92 in 25-20. Haven't worked up a dual load for the Browning 53 32-20 but will work on it in due time. I shot a cylinder full of 44 Mag thru my Ruger flattop ...

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Hmmm...gently launch a cast mid weight bullet at ground squirrel velocities...I see there are other Weenies who think the same as I. We choose the best quality launcher to do it with. Have plenty other lever guns, but since the best is available, we want one of these. (Will Smith in Independance day...

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Your work is just beautiful. Thanks for sharing it. Also, sorry for the loss of your mother. I lost mine almost two years ago.

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Here's the rifle. Killed two elk and a bison and several deer over the years. Just now having some success with cast bullets.

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The target is five shots at 100 yds, four in a good group, don't know what happened to the fifth shot. Will try ten next time. And don't be scanning my finger prints! There're copywrited information! FBI already has them anyhow.

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Tried out powder coating, think it looks promising. Eliminates the need for lube on bullets, some say you can approach jacketed bullet velocities (don't know). First try on RCBS 45-500 bullets in the 45-70. My Shilo 1874 is sighted in with this bullet lubed with alox/Johnson's liquid floor shine (50...

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Jerry, you've got Entirely too much time on your hands.. Get a job!

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Puhleeze!

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You're right about the hill! If I suddenly quit posting you know I backed the ole girl a little too close to the edge. I'll take some pictures and start a post about my new "digs".

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Vancelw, when it gets here you'll have to come over and help break it in. Might even take a short break from shooting and go out for some Kokanee.

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Hey Doc, you callin' me a Weenie?

or can I wait till my 90A is here before I consider myself a Weenie?

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Still waiting for my Bighorn Armory model 90. I ordered the 454 Casull Carbine. It will look like Doc's only bright with the best walnut. Hope it comes before I kick off. Just bought a small piece of mountainside acreage in north Idaho to put a hunting camp on. Was working last night on the backhoe,...

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At this point in time, the most useful thing a hog can do is DIE. Overpopulating vermin ( that just happens to taste good). They outbreed even Democrats!

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I watched the first monologue by Chris Rock. It was great! He came down hard on will and jada(?) Smith about being butt-hurt over the "lack of diversity". Made several jokes about it, even had some skits. I get the sense that there was some embarrassment over the big deal made about the la...

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Andrew, I'm new here since you were a regular. Nice to meet you. Welcome back and please share your experiences. Les. (Guess We overlapped a couple years. Time flys when you're having fun.

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He wasn't a furriner, he was from Brooklyn!

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I like a fast second, third and fourth shot if necessary. The M14 with an Eotech on it filled the bill for me. These two came in to a feeder and I waited for an ear hole shot. The first one never knew what happened, the second one, not so much. He was exiting stage right as fast as his little piggy ...

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SWISSSSHHH......what was dat?........didn't get it at all..guess I'm just too naive..

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