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Lefty Dude

Smith Ladder Sight, Brownells has them. I have this on my 30-30 Winchester Legacy 26" octagon barrel, also on my H & R 38-55 Buffalo Target, & my Marlin 95 Cowboy Classic 45-70. A very nice sight indeed, kinda on the pricey side. I bought mine pre-owned so it kept the cost down. To get ...

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As a Lefty I find it is always in my way. I removed the one on my 73 Uberti Carbine. Now I am asked, "whats the two holes for in the receiver". The ring & staple now resides in a little zip-lock bag and can be installed very quickly if needed. This is my preference. I do it, "beca...

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I buy Lizzard Litter form PetsMart. This is crushed walnut shells. A large bag lasts a long time.

To clean I toss in a couple of Dryer sheets, you use in the clothes dryer. Each time I use the Vibrator/cleaner. They usually come out almost Black.

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The barrel must be slugged, prior to shooting any jacketed bullets. The factory Remington 44-40 jacketed bullets are .426", the Winchester's are .425". I would not use a 240 gr. bullet. That barrel can be from .425" to .432". It was meant to shoot BP, if Smokless is necessary I w...

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Brownell's has a base pin puller, made for such a task.

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The best Arbor/base pin grease I have found is Mobil 1 synthetic.This holds for six stages of shooting in my Pietta 51 Navy's. I do not pull the cylinders during a CAS/SASS match. The worst grease I have tried is Luberplate white grease. Mobil 1 synthetic oil or grease? I have an old tub of Lubripl...

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AJMD429 wrote:Wouldn't taking a black-powder oldie like that and making it shoot cartridges constitute 'making a firearm' and draw the wrath of the BATF...?

Only if you modify the frame and install a loading gate.

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The best Arbor/base pin grease I have found is Mobil 1 synthetic.This holds for six stages of shooting in my Pietta 51 Navy's. I do not pull the cylinders during a CAS/SASS match.

The worst grease I have tried is Luberplate white grease.

Lefty Dude

The 200 gr. RNFP would be a better choice since you are going to be shooting the same round for the 92 mag. tube Lever and a revolver. We tend to shy away shooting round nose bullets in tube fed Lever rifles. In the tube the round nose is sitting on a primer of the cartridge in front of each other a...

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If the piece were chambered in 44WCF you would have no problem.

The 1873 and the Burgess were not chambered for the 45LC for this very reason, also the original 45 Colt case had a smaller diameter case rim which would cause extraction issues.

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You're onto the right idea there for a nice plinking load. Depending on how tight the neck portion of the chamber is, those bullets (which are probably .313) may or may not cause the neck of the loaded cartridge to be too tight. In which case you could size 'em down a bit and they'd be fine. Just b...

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In the mid to late 1980's Falcon Field received the new control tower you see in the pix. The Company I worked for at the time got the contract to install the Communication Systems & Security in the new Tower. One Morning early, I met with the other Contractors on top of the Tower before the Cab...

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Make sure you buy the all Copper Chore Boy, not the plated steel. The best indication is the Copper will be twice the price of the plated steel scrubber. Wrap strands around an old bronze bore brush, keep it dry and go at it. Once you get most of the lead out, switch to Hoppes & Kroil a 50-50 mi...

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If I use a "Squaw Grip" neither thumb is touching the grip or frame of the revolver.

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In my Rossi 92/44 I load my 240 gr. SWC's to 1.60". I have a 44-40 that will go, 1.625 and function-feed properly.

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I wonder if he survived till the end of the War ?

Lefty Dude

U.S. Navy; 1957-1960.
Aviation Electrician's Mate, Second Class P.O. (E-5)
Squadron, VW-1 NAS Agana, Guam
Flight Electrician, Air Crewman WV-2 Super Connie (RC-121) & P3V Orion

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Snooky Williams, developed the Teflon tape patch technique some 25 years ago. He wrote about the technique in his book on Winchester's, a very large book blue in color. My Brother has this book and I read the procedure there. He used this to shoot Vintage Winchester Lever guns with bores that were n...

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Plumber's Teflon tape works well.

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I re-load 44 Colt. I use my 44 special dies and a .308/30-06 series shell holder.

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Pitchy; Google, "Kirst cylinders". The Gun Smith that Kirst's works with is in the middle Texas area, maybe Waco. He will fit your 1860 Pietta with the Cylinder and install the case extractor on the piece. I talked to him the first of the year about a Belgium 1860 Colt I have which I may c...

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125's or 140's, same powder charge works for me.

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When I was in the Navy as an Aircrewman on a WV-2 Superconnie,(RC-121 AF type) We filled our Zippo's with 115-145 avgas. A sump drain was located under the wheel gear, we would stand on the landing gear for the re-fill. I wished I'd kept that lighter, it was a 1959-60 model W/ the navy anchor on the...

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It is a Military Colt 45, first generation Colt. The US is in the right place from you discription. From the S/N it can be determined which unit the piece may have been issued, and what Year. This would have been originally a 7 1/2", later in the 1890's cut to 5 1/2" by Colt. Are there any...

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Old Savage wrote:Have you fellow thought of reaming the necks outside or in?

Besides the neck, there are two case lengths for the 38-55, standard length and long for the single shots.

With Starline making the various 38-55 brass, neck turning is not necessary anymore.

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I have 100 round of new Winchester 38-55 brass I bought before I received my Rifle. My bore slugs .379". With a Winchester brass test round and .380" bullet, it would chamber all but the last 1/10". I got my Starline brass and now shoot .381" pills, and they drop right in with no...

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Your choice should be thin-necked starline brass. The brass you are using is thick at the neck. You will not get good accuracy with a .376" lead bullet, it just might just key-hole.

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Just remember the lee loader neck-sizes only. Ya might wanna chamber a round or two before ya get the piece jambed up.

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Start with a 50% vinegar and water soak for 24 hours. This should take off most of the heavy crust. Then the 4-0000 steel wool rub. Complete with Flitz & polish.

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As a Lefty I shoot a 870/16, have no problem with the piece. Get Her an 870/20 youth model. My Daughter had one and I reloaded for the piece. Not many Dove or Quail went past Her. We never shot slugs so no experience with that at all. With that port so close, and with my right hand I can sure load a...

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BY what name do this new formula go ?

Alliant has several new powders.

I also shoot a Remington 141/30.

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My Friend here in Arizona makes a very good spring kit for the Marlins. The kit has various adjustment washers, which can give you a desired hammer fall for the Primers you are using. I have the kit in an 1895 45-70 and we have never had a FTF. The lever plunger spring is part of the kit. This sprin...

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I was going to remove that silly safety on my new model Rossi 92/44. I have had it four Years now and it is still on the top of the receiver. It gets the most use when I unload a full magazine. Sorry for your pain. You broke two of the most important rules of Gun Safety. Always keep the Firearm poin...

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Civil War Battle Field ?

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I am there.

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Got me a 1905, a very nice shooter.

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The best brass for 38-55 is Starline, with the thiner neck than Winchester. I have 100 New Winchester 38-55 brass for sale. 2 bags of 50 each. If any one is interested send me a PM. My Rifle will only chamber the Starline brass with a .380" bullet. My bore slugs .3785" I bought the Winches...

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Not much powder for that large long case.

Most of us use, 4198, 5744 or RL-7.

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The lyman "M" die 30/cal can be used for all 30 cal. I reload for 30-30, 30 Remington, .308 & 30-06. I use the same die for all. You can also use it for jacketed bullets. Just do not adjust as much as for lead. This prevents from scraping copper on a tight case neck.

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You might wanna take a look at a Taylor's Burgess Rifle. They make them in 45C & 44WCF, they will be in .357/38 soon.

A very nice piece,from what I hear the action is stronger than a Winchester 73.

If you want the strongest action the 92 is hard to beat.

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My Old Rockchucker has the bicycle handle, my Dillon SDB has the ball.

I guess I prefer the bicycle handle of the Rockchucker.

Never much thought about the roller handle.

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Buy yourself a Ruger BH in 41 mag. and never look back.

It's a 40 cal. and one of the sweetest shooter's ever made.

It can and will do what the other's do with out the heavy re-coil.

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[quote="765x53"]I believe the only thing unsafe about the Model '93 is, they were not intended for smokeless powder and the probably have 2 1/2 inch chambers.[/quote Other issues were involved. The 93 has no disconnect to prevent Out-of battey discharge from occuring. The 93 has no flag on...

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If you do a re-ferb on the piece, I would remove the firing pin.

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Winchester re-called all the 93's and owners were given the new Model 1897. The 93 had safety issues and was named, "The Widow Maker". Many Hunters & Shooter's at the time were killed or injured using this piece. The piece should not be shot. In the condition you describe it is not a c...

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Colt had a plant in England where they made the 1851 London Model.

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I reload all my Cowboy ammo on a Dillon SDB progressive. However when I get serious about accuracy It's the RCBS Rockchucker that gets the nod. I have Single stage dies for all the calibers, Rifles, pistols & revolvers I own. It is hard to duplicate a single stage reload on a Progressive press. ...

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Way over priced. $350.00-$400.00 tops. For $700.00 + a little more you can almost buy US made.

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We in the West would love to send Y'all some Wild Horse's & Burro's.

I hear , Burro steak is delicious.

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Lots of Cowboy shooter's in your area. Most all use a 73 of some sort. If you can contact one and have them Field strip the piece for an inspection. If it has stock carrier & bolt springs they may be gouging in the lever cam. The springs are harder than the lever material. I would not operate th...

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