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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2026 7:29 pmI have the right sight on this gun and my rear sight is screwed all the way down. Perfect as is.

But this was such a cool old sight that I had to purchase it.

It will come in handy someday.

Cool beans!

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I bet it has a lot to do with the Letter You Sent to Ruger......!!!!! Perhaps, but it’s awfully quick for that letter to trickle down. I kind of doubt it. On advice from my lawyer, I wrote a letter to a company about the poor service I got on a warranty claim... it was a matter of days when I got a...

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Might shoot a bit high. Not knowing what your bbl measures, but my sight on my custom 1894 (with a Marlin Cowboy Competition bbl), measures 0.778" from the centerline of the bore. With my elevator in the second from bottom step I gives me almost a perfect 6 o-clock 10-ring hold @ 100 yards. The...

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I have two Winchester take-down shotguns I'd like to sell. Both dobs are from Winchester's website. So... simply my best guess. 1st is a D series, from 1908, 12 gauge, 21-3/8" bbl. DSCN1685[1].JPG It has small finger grooves cut in wrist. I haven't ever fired it. I bought it some 10 years ...

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Hmmm... so every shot is a heart shot.

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COSteve wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 4:08 pmWas Ford still making the Continental in the 50's?

The Lincoln Continental was produced for 55 years, but the model was placed on hiatus a couple of times.

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I think CITIZEN BAND radios ( CB’s ) would be good for local transmission . CB is good for 5 miles, radius tops with good antennas, except for certain atmospheric conditions, in which your signal can be bounced across country, but is wholly unpredictable, and very uncertain. Those same atmospheric ...

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But... how many models under each marque can you name? Sticking to the '50s & 60s... and I know I don't remember them all. Trying to remember all the companies making automobiles and the models when I was a kid in the 1950's .... there were a lot of them. A lot were bought out by larger companie...

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Aye, my recycle bin goes to the metal recycler to help pay for my habit also... I don't leave it for the trash company to take my income from me!

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Whenever I split a case, it seems it's only good for the recycle bin:

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It's now gone forever, but around 2004 I went to a CMSA (Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association)* match held at " Alamo Village ", the movie set for the 1960 movie, which includes a full size reproduction of the Alamo. It was the only time I'd been there, although I've passed thru Brackettvil...

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The Pharmacist substituted AMOX/K CLAV 875 125MG for AUGMENTIN 875MG taken twice daily for 10 days. This was after having taken the same for 20 days, but only once daily. I'd asked for a penicillin shot, as I know I'm not allergic to it, but not to be.

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Bill, I'm just finishing up on my 3rd regime of anti-biotics, this time they doubled up on the dosage, taken twice daily. Until late Sunday afternoon, I was just about stone cold deaf. I've been flushing my ear out to hopefully clear it and Sunday I flushed what looked like a bunch of snot. Relieved...

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When I was in the Navy, I stood in-port quarter deck watches, the 1911 was holster, full mag inserted, nothing in the chamber. This was in a standard military full flap holster. IOW: condition 3. The only time I had problem was a drunk sailor who threatened me by coming at me in a karate fighting st...

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Have you ever chronographed those CASS rounds? Due to the amount of freebore, they probably get more velocity than seems possible. Doesn't take much freebore to bump the velocity by 1 or 2 hundred fps. Nope. But, if QuickLOAD is anywhere accurate: Image1.jpg Since the internal dimensions of the C45...

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While i was out in the shop last week I couldn't find but one small coffee can of clean used brass. The other, larger tubs and another coffee can were new brass, a mix of Starline, Winchester and R-P; mostly Starline. On Friday, when I went to finish off my C45S & 45 Colt, along with the .44-40 ...

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TraderVic wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 9:19 pmI always thought getting old would take longer..

+1! 1950 for me. I firmly believe that the following 20 years were the absolute best period in our history!

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As beautiful and well-made as they are, it always scares me that they may or may not cap jam on you. The last Uberti 51 Navy I bought did not cap jam. The last 1849 I bought in .31 caliber; cap jammed every time and needed work as every cap would blow down into the action. The "Everything Blac...

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The C45S is an abbreviation for the Cowboy 45 Special. A 45 Auto length round based on the 45 Colt. Think 45 Auto with a 45 Colt rim. A cowboy shooter (and member here), known as Adirondak Jack had 50K of 'em made up by Starline with the exclusive rights to market them. Several orders later they bec...

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Take care Doug... It's ominous when I think that my formerly "bad" ear, is not my "good" one! But, on a lighter note, I made a small dent in my ammo deficiency yesterday. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 rounds, split between 45 Colt with 200 boolits for cowboy action, and 16...

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The gun club I belong to wont allow any foreign materials or objects to be used as targets, even if you clean up afterwards. It's paper targets only here. I still enjoy punching holes in tiny groups though, and use all the various ranges at one time or another. Ours also. I can remember visiting a ...

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Was the same here. If you email Andy at Skinner Sites when you notice leverguns is down he can hopefully get us back on track faster. That being said, this morning I couldn't get on here again so I emailed Andy and POOF we are back! ( no applause please) :D I did that the last time it went down and...

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Man... that just frosts my behind... like you're being held responsible for how long it moved around in the distribution chain before you found it on the retailer's shelf. I'm certain you're last person I'd feel needs to be advised that warranties start on the date of retail purchase, not date of ma...

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I generally hold the tool horizontal & dump after decapping 15-20 rounds into a small trash can I keep by the chair. Until I start decapping, brass stays in it's range bag (cut off legs of my old worn out Levis about 8-10" deep, open end sewn shut), after decapping they go into a empty 1-½ ...

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Didn't get to see the Doc today, but will return in the am. Got the .44-40 brass all cleaned up tho!

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6' 225(ish), Colt Combat Commander, IWB, summertime under a Hawaiian shirt, (to my dermatologist's disgust), cooler weather under a long sleeve t-shirt worn untucked with a light- or medium-weight t-shirt under that, colder weather a Henley shirt., and cold weather, a jacket with an OWB holster. Fav...

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In the very late 1980s when the CA Legislature considered an assault weapons ban and magazine limits, they included the phrase "any device designed to hold more than 10 rounds..." as being illegal to possess... not buy, sell or otherwise transfer... POSSESS. Effectively, making me a crimin...

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I'm surprised... yet, not very much so that they took this stance. To me, I would interpret "warning" as strongly suggesting they knew they were selling a product prone to breakage. Willing to bet that their liability lawyers would weasel their way from under their moral commitments, if an...

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Anyway, the 45s, all three flavors, are all cleaned and dried, and put away in their airtight plastic buckets. Should keep them looking clean & bright, till I get around to loading them. DSCN1666[1].JPG The bad part, is that I have like around 2-3,000 rounds of new and clean brass for each out i...

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A full month in and I'm still fighting this ear infection in my right ear... I'm deaf in my left, and this is the current condition on my right. It'll ease up for a few days, and I think... excellent, my hearing aids can go back in. Nope! In just a few short hours, 8-12 usually, it's back to hurting...

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I like IWB just at the front edge of my back pocket. I've carried the 4" Model 10 S&W easily there, as well as .45 single action, 1911 and other guns. Just about the same position I do... I put my Summertime Special right in front of that belt loop which puts the front of the holster at th...

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Thanks Jim... I went back and corrected in my post... I thought I checked it... but... must not have. The confusion persists. Go to an online seller like Kygunco and filter by caliber and you might see a few handguns offered in .45 Colt and a whole bunch in .45 Long Colt. For example, a search by ca...

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I never tasted maple syrup until i was a teenager. If, IF, you saw a tree out where I am from, it was Osage Orange or Black Locust, or in town they were all Dutch Elm. If it grew wild out there, it had thorns. Black Locust had thorns 3 to 6 inches long. And if you ever want to see what a Black Locu...

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The vast bulk of my 45 Colt brass is Starline, followed closely with both Winchester & R-P brands well represented. Over the course of 40 years of cowboy action shooting, I've had several off brands handed to me after a stage. I've seen a couple headstamps that read either 45 LC or 45 L Colt. Ev...

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"We don't rent pigs" will be part of our lexion forever.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:04 pm.It looks like somebody already gave you an intelligent answer.
All I was going to be able to say was something smart Alec like “ you’ve probably been watching too many Rush Limbaugh programs”.

And I was going to say quit smackin' it on the left side of the screen.

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when I started shoeing in '75, I was getting $18 for a shoe, and $10 for a simple trim. Runnin' all over Orange & LA counties. I had a 95lb "Ranger" anvil, a home built coal forge, mounted in the back of my ½ ton Chevy p/u with 3 rows of 2x4s across the bed to hold my shoes... going do...

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 8:50 pm Thank you Jim!

Man, I miss riding so much...

+1! Being a horseshoer for several years... I think I've spent more time under a horse than on top! Bein' on top is more fun...

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Cute.

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I've always considered myself a lefty, but I happen to be slightly right eye dominant. So, I throw a ball left handed, bat left handed, use a pool cue with my right, bowl with either hand, shoot rifles, shotguns & pistols right handed... and write right handed thanks to a 1st grade teacher that ...

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I got in the habit of using my left hand after watching Thell Reed speed-unload his. He had 5 empties in the air. I practiced and practiced that. Never got 5 that I recall but I would have 3 and 4 in the air. I could shuck them out of the gun pretty quickly. It came in handy when shooting the old P...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Feb 13, 2026 8:04 amLet’s see what Ruger does. It’s a shame because this is such a fine rifle and it’s a shooter.
But I’m planning on taking the action out of the stock when it comes back and fix whatever needs fixing.

I would hope that Ruger would fix whatever needed fixing before sending it back. Good luck.

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The cartridge stop at the front of the link can be welded up and reshaped pretty easily. I've MIG & stick welded them in the past. After reshaping, heat to a cherry red and quench in oil. 30+ years after doing my 1st, it's still holding up. I only have one with the stamped steel carrier, in a '6...

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It's called the "link". The other is the "trigger block safety", first introduced on the 1873 Winchester. The other part you might check is the "friction stud", it's the part that sticks out from the rear of the link and engages the lower tang, it can stick in it's chan...

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1970, insert loaded magazine, pull slide all the way to the rear, release the slide holding down the mechanical slide release, with the slide fully forward, engage the thumb safety, drop the magazine and load one more, reinsert magazine. Oh, wait... wrong single action! About a year later, I bought ...

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SCORE!!!

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 09, 2026 8:24 pmI've never been disappointed by Accurate.

I've only got two of his molds, but the result has been the same, excellent quality at an excellent price and great service.

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A range report should be in the making! Congrats on a desired acquisition.

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I was once asked if I'd teach at the local Jr. College Police Academy, namely the course on Police Ethics. But, I'd have to provide my own syllabus. I searched online trying to find an example and failed miserably. Trying to write my own was also fraught with failure... all I could come up with were...

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I like it! The Super Bowl has pretty much disinterested me for years, to the point that not even the commercials were worth watching it for. Yesterday would have been wasted as I was still deaf from this danged ear infection. Sat & binge watch "Criminal Minds" with the closed captionin...

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