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Happy Birthday!

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Sounds like fun! We had a dreary day, today. We had a high of 50, but it was misting rain all day.

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Congratulations!! Nice video.

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Reading the Handloader article today about the .41 mag the author, Patrick Meitin referred to the Henry Big Boy Steel rifle as being based on the BT Henry 1860 rifle.
I about spit out my coffee!

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Today I loaded 20 rounds of 30-30 with 10 grains of Unique under commercial cast 165 grain rf pb, .309. These are good plinking rounds in my old beat up Winchester 94 made in the 1970’s. I also deprimed about 75 30-30 and put in the wet tumbler with stainless pins, Lemishine and Dawn for 3 hours. Th...

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Great thread idea JBowen. Hey, did you're 429-200-RF drop .431 from the factory or did you lap it? The last I did was gas check a mess of RanchDog TLC432-265-RF for my Winchester 1892 chambered in 44 Magnum. Then I set back up for bullet pictures. I'll be using the Lee hand press for a good while u...

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Thanks Jim.

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Walt, thanks for chiming in and verifying my suspicions on the oversized bullets.

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Thanks Samsi. That’s good to know.

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That was great!

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Jim, did you buy the Republic 99.99 membership to get the free Hazmat and other perks? If so have you been satisfied?

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I finally got around to finishing my 44-40 loads today. Put the 24.5 gr. Of RL-7 under my Lee 429-200 RF in Winchester brass with Federal 150 primers. I started crimping with the Lee FCD die, but I noticed it was pushing my bullets in about .015. I wonder if it was because they are .431? I then took...

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Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

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We are fixing fried salt pork ( couldn’t find any hog jowl)ham steak, fried cabbage, black eyed peas and cornbread. Our family traditional New Year’s Day meal.

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Thanks for sharing that video. I have the Winchester Big Bores in .375 Win and .444 Marlin as well as the Winchester Chief Crazy Horse in 38-55 and it is always good to soak up a little extra information about them. I wondering which soft jacketed bullet he is using in the 38-55? I am guessing the B...

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I have an LCP 380 and an LCR 38 SPL +P. The LCP in a pocket holster probably the least noticeable in my pocket. I can shoot the LCR better. Both have been 100% reliable for me, I just need to be more diligent about carrying. I found an IWB holster made by 1791 that is not bad to carry the LCP in wit...

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My "small always on me" gun, which slips easily into any pocket, is this one: https://i.ibb.co/bRygKjFf/044-Davis-D-38-Derringer-21.jpg I had the action worked so it is easier to cock, and being a .38 Special, it should thump pretty good across the distance I would fire it. Living in the ...

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Nice buck and nice buck. Congratulations!

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Happy birthday!

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Welcome to board, Marc!

While I have different brands of firearms than yours,
I have never found a load that both the revolver and
rifle agreed on the same loads.
It’s fun trying though!

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Doc, that story could have been about the families right here in Denning, Arkansas where I live. My Great and Grand parents told stories of my Grand fathers working in the coal mines underground in the early 1900’s. I I was talking to my Mother about that video this afternoon and she remembers many ...

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Ruger 77 Hawkeye Compact. My new rifle is a Ruger 77 Hawkeye Compact. Stainless with a laminated wood stock but much lighter and handier than my Ruger Scout. It also seems to shoot Remington factory 150 grain ammo into the same group as Winchester white box at 200 yards. Shoots into 1.75 inches at ...

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Nice rifle and caliber! Thanks for sharing hfcable.

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Congratulations Jim! That’s the best present!

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My first 308 was a short barreled 788. Shot very good. Arkansas had a law back then that you had to have a 243 or smaller caliber center fire to shoot coyote and like a dummy I traded it off for a NEF 243. Many years later I have Savage 11 and a Winchester 100 in 308. Neither is as accurate and hand...

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I used to shoot SASS with an older gentleman that had an original Colt in 32 wcf. I always admired that rifle. He told me they were pretty finicky about feeding. Colt made those in small frame and large frame models. There may have been 3 sizes, I can't remember. Like the rest of you I wouldn't mind...

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Merry Christmas Blaine and everyone on here.

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I don't. I don't even have a gun close except on my night stand. Things are pretty calm in my neighborhood and I haven't felt the need. It will probably haunt me someday If I don't change my ways. I don't even carry my LCP very often I guess because I have never been in in a threating situation. JBo...

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Hi, i am a new forum member from europe.I bought my new Uberti 1873 in 44-40 a few weeks ago and i am amazed how accurate this caliber is!My loads at the moment are with plated bullets from Campro,200grs and N340.I ordered the 43-215C accurate mold and i want to shoot my cast bullets with swiss 2 o...

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The internet will tell you it can. Winchester would probably not recommend it. I have shot some Heavy H110 and 250 XTP's in mine for hunting and it does fine. Paco has a great article on .45's in Leverguns that is a very good read right here on the Leverguns.com://leverguns.com/articles/paco/45coltl...

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I have used the 300 gr. .452 Hornady XTP magnum bullet in sabots that worked about the same as you described. I switched to the .452 250 gr. XTP and they expanded quite a bit more, probably more than you would like. Looking for a little better accuracy than sabots in my CVA With the 1:28 twist I tri...

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Nice deer!

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It also says to use “standard” loads in .45 Colt.
So evidently you only use heavy loads in the .44 mag.
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This .4 3 shot group with my M77 Mk II I 7 mag.
After 3 years of trying many loads and tweaks on the rifle I came up with this load with 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips
And IMR4350 powder.

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Prayers sent.

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Nice job! Congratulations on your buck!

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I ran my last 45 Lee 429-200 RF cast boolits through the .431 Lee sizer and then give them another coat of ALOX. These are going to be loaded into 44-40 brass loaded over 24.5 Reloader 7. I loaded some up last week like Bryan Austin posted about and they work really well in my Navy Arms (fancy Rossi...

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As much as I like my traditional blue and wood levers, I think they have a place in some people's collection. I have been looking at them but haven't brought
one home yet.
The throwing his down on the bench like a tool makes me cringe!
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Joe, I have one. It is the 20" carbine Trails End that I bought in 2001. It is a good shooter. I used it for SASS for a little while but there are better rifles for that. I shot Hornady XTP 250 grain and H110 Ruger loads in for deer, and it works really well for that. Mine has a very generous c...

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A fellow I worked with about 25 years ago killed a " piebald " doe. Colored up like a Pinto horse with more white than brown. I wish I had a picture of it to show.
Mother nature plays tricks sometimes.

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Thanks Andy and the rest of the admin crew for getting this back up and upgraded.

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Well done, Flint! Very nice rifle, too! I have a Model 150 lever action and the 190 semi-auto that has the lite colored stocks ( maybe birch?). but my 270 pump has the darker color (maybe walnut?). Good shooting guns.

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Have you looked into using Luke Redford at Benton County Gun Works? I don’t know anything about his reputation but he does have some pretty good videos on Facebook. I live in Franklin County and have been looking for a good smith to do some work for me, and would like to know if anyone in our region...

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It has affected my interest in hunting to a significant degree, CWD has been found all over the state. The same for me. We have it here in Northwestern Arkansas and every year for the last 4 or 5 years the CWD Zones has increased. I still hunt but I when I kill one I make sure to send the head in t...

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Nice haul there, Drawdown! Glad you had a good time.
I have not set foot in the woods here yet, because summer just won’t go away. It is still hot and dry and still bumping 90.

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Happy birthday!

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Thanks for the heads up! I ordered 50 of the 218 Bee brass from Natchez though. Shipping was $7.99 vs. $13.54.
Got to pay attention to freight. It can be a deal breaker sometimes.

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Very nice Ted! Very nice rifle, great loads and great shooting!
Thanks for sharing,

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Very nice pair. Be sure to let us know how much better they shoot.

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Quote "Lotta places have Warbles bad in early season, (always called Wolves here by everyone)"

We have them here too. Rabbits are worse.

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