I've been loading 2400 in .357, .44, .41 and .45 Colt for over 30 years now. I've always noticed a few yellowish unburned granules of powder in the bore, but I think it was Elmer Keith who said that those didn't matter. He always recommended a heavy crimp on sixgun loads, and regular, rather than ma...

The other day I had to go to the town office to pick up my pistol permit renewal. Young fella standing there at the counter heard me ask the clerk for the permit. He says 'What kinda gun you carry?' I was kind of non-plussed. Never had a stranger ask me a question like that. I just stared at him for...

I debated adding my story. Bear with me, and remember, I was a dumb kid. Excuse the length of this, there are lots of details that have to be included for it to make sense. When my Dad died I was ten. A 'friend' had an old gun of his, and I was promised it would be returned to me 'sometime'. Three y...

Adding to the info: I have a #8 RCBS shell holder that works with .45 LC very well.

And I slept through it all....if I'da not read this thread, I would'na noticed any change for a while at least! My old bookmark for .com led me right to the forum. Congrats on a pretty smooth shift...these things sometimes get unbelievably tangled!

My first deer rifle was also a .35 Rem. Marlin: a 1962 336SC. Pistol grip stock, half magazine. I set it up with a Redfield Sourdough front sight and a Williams Foolproof rear, and it was my 'shoots everything' rifle for two years. I put hundreds of pistol bullets through it, shooting crows, groundh...

Every handgunner should have a Super Blackhawk! Mine came to me when I traded a beloved .38 Super Colt, so I could shoot silhouette. My gunshop guy was a pal...had this one set aside because it had a minimum cylinder gap, and the range rod showed near perfect alignment between barrel and cylinder. T...

I think a good scouring might give you a shootable barrel. Your pic doesn't look so awful A lot depends on how things are way down deep near the breach. T/C is noted for their customer service...if you can't get it to shoot, before investing nearly 300 bucks in a new barrel, I'd send it off to T/C (...

The WMC is discontinued now, and some parts may be on the scarce side. Still, barrels will be available for a long time. The WMC was made with two different barrel twists: 1 in 28" and one in 48". The faster twist is only intended for sabots. I have a 'Gray Hawk': stainless/synthetic: a cl...

Like Wrangler John, I was born and grew up for my first six years 'beside the tracks'. Everyone in my neighborhood worked for the RR (The Boston and Maine Line, as was.) Mr. Pope across the street was a long-haul engineer, as was his next door neighbor Earl Jones. I lived with Jones for a while, fos...

Yep, Phase IV is what I have. For the test of the Federals, I used the .203" tool in my Ruger SSS. Seems to fit the bore better. I've also been fooling with some hollowpoints and the cup pointer tool, which I have high hopes for as a vermin load. Talk about a gaping hole in the head! I think I'...

I've been curious about Kelly's Acc'rzr for quite some time. A week or so ago, I re-read the 'redesign' post in the Stickies, and decided to order a unit for .202" thru .205". It arrived today, and I'm very pleased with it on short acquaintance! For those who may be considering the purchas...

I haven't had my old 336SC Marlin for a long time now, but back in the '60's it was my only rifle, and I used it for everything. Hornady 200 gr. roundnoses with IMR 3031 was the deer/bear load. With the Williams Foolproof/Sourdough post front sight setup I had, it would stay under 2-1/2" at 100...

I'd be tempted if it were re-created in the style of the 30's-40's: straight comb, schnable forend, iron sights, and of COURSE, brass cartridge-counter rotary magazine! I've had a jones on for one just like the one Roy Chapman Andrews took to the Gobi desert when I was a kid, ever since I saw a pic ...

73, and feeling it...

Shucks, I think there's plenty to talk about with the REAL leverguns that are so abundant. I wouldn't go for 'honorary' status for any bolt rifle, nice as the Krag is, for example. I'd stretch a point to include the Ruger #1 and similar drop-block single shots, and even the Civil War Spencer carbine...

Poissonilly, I don't see what's the matter with the Marlin crossbolt safety. I have one on my .45-70, but not on my .357. What I really think was gross was the raised hump side safety boss on the Winchesters of a few years ago. Looked like the gun had a goitre. I guess they did away with it just bef...

Watch your topknot, Pilgrim! Come back whole!

If lifting the carrier higher by a smidgin would solve the problem, instead of shimming the cam, and since you say it's soft, wouldn't just taking a punch and raising a couple or three dimples on the cam surface work to extend the 'lift'! I've tightened sights that way. The raised surface is only a ...

I generally don't respond to negative postings or threads. But this is an exception. I don't see the deterioration in the site that others seem to see. I've been reading here for a long time...original site and now this one, although my posting history doesn't seem to indicate a veteran member of th...

Chuck, should have offered double or nothing if he would stand holding the hanky over his sternum!

I remember the Shooting Times article that wrote up Major George Nonte's bear hunt with the 1911. At the time, Lee Jurras (?) was pushing his SuperVel high velocity ammo for defense and LE, and even at the time, the idea of taking Boar or Bear with the .45 was viewed as pretty much a promotional stu...

Thanks for your reply!

Joe, I'd like to know exactly what post sight and height you use with a Williams aperture? (Mine's a Williams side-mounted 5D.) When I fixed up my .357 Marlin 1894c 18-1/2", I put on an original Redfield Sourdough that I lucked onto at a gun show. It's a bit short at .432 (no ramp.) With the Wi...

Hi guys... I read much, post little. Great forum. To get this back on track, tho, I bought a Uberti .45 back quite a ways...about 18 years or so ago (the brain doesn't retain as well as it used to.) My Uberti was ordered with fixed sights...showed up with opposed screw type adjustable rear and ramp ...

I don't see red dots as better than a good old-fashioned peep on a lever gun. If someone needs a little help seeing out of old eyes (I sure qualify!) then a low powered compact scope makes sense. But most electronic sights add bulk around the waist of a trim lever gun (pregnant sows come to mind) wi...

When I had a Ruger .44 Auto (original model) I put a nice little steel Weaver K 1.5 on it. It was perfect for a gun of the type. Fast, big field. I traded the Ruger and, like a fool, the scope, in '84, for my Marlin 1895. The Marlin has a Williams Foolproof on it. Don't know which would be better. T...

I'm not surprised to read good things of the corelock factory round or the 200 gr. Hornady roundnose. My first REAL deer rifle, and the first rifle for which I reloaded, back in 1962, was a 336SC Marlin. I shot the bore out of that rifle in a just a couple of years, using it for everything from deer...

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