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OK, so there IS a difference between round ball and conical rifling, thanks! For the .50 cal & up rifles, conicals, being heavier, need a faster twist to stabilize. From my reading, I understand a 1:36" for a .54 cal is optimal. From my experience w/my two forays into muzzloading, the 1:48...

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So succintly said. Why is it that the simplest concepts seem to be the hardest for some? Don't answer, it was a rhetorical comment. Thank you Scott.

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I haven't tried them, but... Chetenne Brass A good source: Gun Line An EXCELLENT supplier: Top Brass, Inc. Besides Starline and the other sources others have mentioned I have a good source of .30-30 once-fired I've foun to be excellent, but I've got to do a little diggin' to round up their info agai...

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I built a T/C Hawken, .54 from one of their kits many years ago. Sold it off a few months later for a Uberti built copy of a J&S Hawken in .53 cal. The kit only re,quired metal & wood finish, and I did that poorly. The Uberti with its longer barrel & 1:66 twist is a much better RB shoote...

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Congrats and, good luck!

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win38-55 wrote:The last 4 deer I shot were in blue jeans.

What size?

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If that's another name for "lightening of wallet", I suspect so!

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SWEET!

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apparently pescado isn't a popular Mexican fare in San Diego yeah, they never heard of fish tacos in San Diego :lol: :lol: :lol: staple food. apparently not where they allow truck parking! :lol: :lol: Guess I'll try the right coast. Gotta be in Sumter, SC by Fri afternoon! Suffered thru some menudo...

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kimwcook wrote:What is it with cowboy's going native and natives going cowboy?

Since high school in the 60's I've ALWAYS been required to have SHORT hair... so, when I left the SO in '02, I said... NO MORE HAIRCUTS! And, while I've tried the mountain man look, I just gotta shave!

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Ysabel Kid wrote:
Of course, I'm thinking a nice tabby would go well to keep you company on those long, stressful days in the truck!

I'm not sure about a tabby, but a de-odorized pole cat, or egyptian hairless...

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Ok, I admit it... I was a little perturbed when some guys were posting about "cat" problems, and the cures they employed.

NOW I understand:

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Looks like a "hog killin' time" to me!

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The boy just sent me this pic he took last summer when we ran team in one of my trucks. Seems I'd been on leverguns.com during a lull!

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Very nice ScottS. Sounds like a great way to spend the weekend.

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I load BP in my .45 Colts on the Dillon 550B, load 12 gauge on the MEC 600 Jr, and load my .45-70 & .40-90SBN on the RCBS Jr.II. Sometimes I run them thru the RCBS powder measure, other times I dump powder from the can into a volume measure, then drop into the case. Been doing so since about 198...

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Yep, another fine combo.

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mescalero1 wrote:Give a yell next time, I will take you to the Cattlemans for dinner.

Thank you. I mean it, it was late when I got in. Will try for the next time. Whenever it might be. I keep hopin to make it in during a weekend when one of the Phoenix clubs are holding their cowboy match.

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J35nut wrote:...I have killed elk on Red Mountain, fished the Blue and several other streams and lakes in the immediate area and personally I am glad Miller took the shot.
good shooting

shhh! Some bone-headed tree/grizzy hugger could take offense!

But, I tend to agree!

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I have to agree, I have several combos that I've carried that have been "mix & match"! Perfectly acceptable.

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or maybe my second favorite... Don't have many pics of combos with me, but had this one posted somewhere else and found it again: Apparently the shotgun is empty, but the Colt can still smoke 'em out! http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/sass93/BPOne-handinit.jpg Gosh, that's an old picture, I sti...

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J Miller wrote:Better Laura Bush than Hillary Clinton.

THAT's not even funny!

Hobie wrote:Better than you having to explain why Laura Bush remembers YOUR special ocassions!

Now, THAT was funny!

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Old Ironsights wrote:Those aren't .30-30s... those are 7.62x51R Magnums.

I'm not sure the Magnum is the right cartridge designation!

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Ysabel Kid wrote:You win!

+1, but... aw shucks, if only that was a "lever"!

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Well, it seems I'm stuck in Otay Mesa overnite. Asked around, but apparently pescado isn't a popular Mexican fare in San Diego. :lol: But... got hungry before I got back to the computer; on the bright side, a bowl of menudo later and I'm feeling chipper again! Oh well, I'll just have to wait and see...

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or National City w/parking for motorhome sized vehicle?

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:lol: :lol: Both ideas have merit. I remind all my elected representatives in each note, letter or email they receive from me that they should remember they're under NO oblilgation to DO ANYTHING during their term. And, they should remind thei collegues of the same. What gets me is that my wife rece...

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Just ease my viewing pleasure: http://www.kelseycreekknifeworks.com/files/BEF1.jpg http://www.kelseycreekknifeworks.com/images/BEF4.jpg http://www.kelseycreekknifeworks.com/images/BEF5.jpg Steel: 1/4" 5160 @ 59/60 HRC Hardware: 655 silicon bronze guard, pin & lanyard tube Handle: WSSI stabi...

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Welcome to the Forum!

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Contact hiit m, get the serial numbers, ay least all but the last coupla digits, then visit Arms Collector, scroll down till you find "Manufacture Dates" on the left column and look them up.

Friend of mine that lives in Payson was there, I got into town too late.

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Grizzly Adams wrote:Thanks for the info, guys!
We are trying to get started with both the CB and the BPCR, and .....well you know what it's like working with a committee!

Then, there's always "the source": APPENDIX A
GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR NRA APPROVED
SILHOUETTE TOURNAMENTS.

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As a lady friend once told me, "if it flies, floats or (& I'll add 'has four hooves') that you ride; RENT IT!"

I've been around horses since I was six, owned, bought & sold many; and the answer to any equine related question is a big, qualified, "MAYBE!"

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The last myth buster I saw, they were trying to re-create the late Gunnery Sgt. Hathcocks bullet thru the scope shot on an adversary. They were not using the same kind of scope that the Sgt. shot thru. They were using modern scope. They couldn't re-create the Sgt.s shot, and so much as called him a...

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12guage. The 20 is generally lighter, and factory loadings are also fairly on the stout side, unless you get the light skeet loads. The 20s seem to kick harder with the same loading as the 12. When my son started shooting a twice-by at age 8, he shot a 26" barreled 12 guage, and even with the s...

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I'm going to state something here, & ya'll can take this to the bank. If a report is made to the police, even an unsubstantiated report that involves a minor, or when a crime against a minor is alleged, the police are obligated, I repeat, OBLIGATED , to investigate. And, when the allegation invo...

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I have a headache... this thread caused it. This has been less than civil debate.

Goodnite, all.

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Must be some sort of hoax....

Surely, the good folks there know as well as anyone that the old 30WCF in such an antiquated design is of no use for actual taking of game; else why would they have ceased promoting it's use and usefulness?

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Don McDowell wrote:Tutt why is it you're fiddle faddlin around loading that ol gun with everything under the sun except for the one powder it was designed and built around?

+1

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My condolences on your loss. Can't help with the procedures up there, but whatever it takes.

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I suppose it is a good thing that I'm not a serious outdoorsman!

I'll just have to make do with my Browning 1886 and a Colt SAA in .45 Colt.

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Under each pic in photobucket, the last deal is listed as IMG Code, just click on that, hit {ctrl} C and the go back to your post and place the cursor where you want the pic (best on it's own line), then hit {ctrl} V and viola, pics in your post.

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Welcome to the Forum!

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That's a nice triple threat!

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OI,
As I recall, those Turkeys are the hardest to hit next to the Chickens. Lots of steel, but very narrow. If the windage ain't right, they're just plain EASY to miss!

Score of 30, 1st time out... I'd say that's just plain ole GOOD!

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The Lyman or Marbles SHOULD fit. Interarms was an early importer of Rossis. I have two Interarms carbines and an EMF/Rossi "Short Rifle". All well made and enjoyable guns.

Welcome aboard the Forum.

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If the receiver threads were cut to accept an American threaded barrel, I'd want to tear that puppy down to see just how much thread engagement there is. I'm not sure of the thread shank diameters, but... you could theoretically only have half the threads actually engaged. I believe that the only in...

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Another beautiful pair.

And not to belabor the point, I class the Spencer as a Levergun. The separate cocking of the hammer notwithstanding.

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@ 6' and ~200 lbs. I ain't necessarily "large", the cresent butts on my Hawken, Win '73,'86, '92 & '94s all fit me pretty good and are not uncomfortable to shoot. However, anything more powerful than the .45-70 in that '86, I'm sure would be painful. It's been my observation that large...

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Never suspected so. Have a friend that likes his that way also, he sold a 2nd gen on Gunbroker that he'd done several years before, was completely upfront that it was a 2nd gen. I tried to buy it as it was .38spl, and I wanted to refinish for my wife... but someone else like it that way more than me...

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Even if the Colt ain't a .45, it still fits with the spirit of the combo. Very nice!

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