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Another thought is to “carefully “ unscrew the grip frame. Then you can remove the bolt, and after removing the base pin, you may have enough wiggle too to work the cylinder out, very gently.

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Are you willing to just fire it? Point in a safe direction, pull the trigger and tap the hammer with a wooden weight of some kind. I know that this won’t work in a lot of situations, but it would be my first thought. Transporting it like that is certainly not safe. If you can’t just go outside and s...

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I was going to say it looks like they were stored in a container with some strong cleaning solvent, and the vapors got to the the brass and began to corrode it.

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What kind of finish does that S&W 65 have? It doesn’t look like standard stainless steel from the pictures. I seem to remember black chrome being a thing some time ago.

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Thank you for the insight

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Not to drift the tread too much, but what are the various opinions/experiences of a .177 springer over a .22 cal springer?

Thanks.

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This site has a lot of information on the 44-40. Mostly pertaining to its use in the original 1873 Winchester.

Hope it helps

https://sites.google.com/view/44winches ... andloading

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RIP Mr. Spangenberger. I enjoyed your writings.

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Pretty awesome.
I would actually not call that a gun, but a dart projector. When I saw the title of your thread, I actually thought someone made a bamboo cannon, like was common at the earliest days of fire-arms making

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It is humorous to consider the Airforce originally adapted the first M-16 pattern in part because General Curtis LeMay thought the M-1 Carbine was outdated. Of course, wanting prestige may have had something to do with it.

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Didn’t Elmer Keith always write about using alloys with only lead and tin? No antimony. Never remember him writing about using wheel-weight or Lino-type.
But my memory is not perfect.

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When I first saw this thread, I believed it was about an early Sherman tank. I think it uses the Continental R975 engine.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MkHXoZyiJ ... wgZW5naW5l

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Thanks for the guidance. Do you segregate your brass by grit; ie once you use a particular grit in one case, that is all you use it for again?

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Didn’t Elmer Keith write about basically the same sentiment? As a young adult, he was a passionate experimenter. By the time he was closing in on 60, his interest in new and experimental guns was mostly academic, and a part of his job, a job he loved. But he found his .44 magnum, his Ithaca 10 gauge...

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They are underrated. Used to see them all the time. But now a little scarce on the ground, especially for $50.
Well done

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I wonder how much age, and wear from firing countless black powder cartridges with corrosive priming, had to do with that failure.

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That is how hog hunting is viewed by most in an official status in Virginia, especially in the Soil Conservation Service and Department of Game. They blame hunters for the demand that drives crooked outfitters to release piglets all over the place, dramatically increasing the spread of hog populatio...

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I saw somewhere that if you had a weak vpn, you might get “banned” by the system. Obviously that will be temporary. Just have to keep waiting a few days until the bugs get worked out.

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Not working for me either Bill. I must have lost my magic decoder ring

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I do not have a Henry, but looking at the pictures on their site, the Henry has a hybrid magazine tube. It can be loaded from the front, like a .22, or the rear like a traditional lever gun. The front cap is removable, most lever guns are not. And the tube has a liner. All these additional complicat...

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Taylor’s kind of missed the mark. A 9mm lever gun is a great idea for anyone who doesn’t reload, online bulk ammo is half the cost of.38special. But a $2000 gun is too much, I bet the idea will sell if somebody make a 92 clone for 6 to 700 dollars.

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Bending the criteria just a bit, .357 Mag Marlin 1894 with factory sights and a quick detach 1.5x-5x scope .357 Mag Duty revolver, Ruger Security Six .38 Special S&W 642 Lightweight. I pray that nothing comes my way that I will ever feel like i need more than that for, except dove and maybe gees...

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Is the little a Speed Six, or Police Service Six? The rubber grip makes it tough for me to tell if it is a round butt or not.

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I believe the 1895 Winchester built by Miroku and labeled “Winchester” wer first equipped with tang safeties around 1995. I had one before the year 2000. Mine was 30-06, but I saw identical rifles in .270 Winchester

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My guess is they are trying to get new buyers for an existing design. The 45-70 has been out there for a good while. What other lever gun cartridges? The .348 Winchester is the natural choice, but it is basically defunct. When has anyone even made brass for the .348? The 38/55 comes to mind, that ca...

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The listing says the frame of receiver was destroyed under court orders. Perhaps used in a crime, or imported from a gun ban country

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Taylor’s sells the Chiapa 1887 for almost $1800. Wow. In all honesty, that shotgun, with an additional rifled choke tube and some kind of rifle sights would suit me far better. Could still play with black powder slug loads. And any 12 gauge 2 3/4” load, light or heavy.

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I take it the glue does not adhere to Rossi or Taurus firearms

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You might try shim your mold with metal duct tape to get the diameter up a bit. It will be slightly out of round, but may not matter. That and very soft, pure lead.

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If I had that project, my first thought would be “How big has the chamber and throat eroded to?” You have a small number of cases fired in that rifle. What is the biggest bullet you can slip fit into the cases? There is a shortage of pistol caliber bullet molds between .314” and .355” for the .380 a...

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Did you buy this revolver Scott? So my two cents is that it was owned previously by a person who was not accustomed to single actions with heavy recoil. They tried chasing bullet strikes all over the paper and the sight ended up like that. Sadly, nobody was there to advise them to buy the lightest s...

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I have undergone the prostrate “seed treatment “ which is much less invasive than the turp, and now somewhat regret it. I would suggest exhaustive research before allowing yourself to be cut up like that.

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I may have mis-spoke about Chancellorsville. The Texans saved Lee’s day at the Battle of the Wilderness, virtually in the same area, one year later

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Never heard that, but I am only an amateur enthusiast. Jackson has fascinated me for years. As an aside, I once read that 10% of the arms laid down in Appomattox were still in .69 caliber. Smooth bore or rifled, the all used round ball, or buck&ball. I also know that Texans figured prominently a...

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I do not believe Jackson was very much mourned by the North Carolina troops he commanded. It was only a rumor, but almost immediately, North Carolina troops began to gossip that Jackson had been shot on purpose. The rumor has been generally discounted, but it shows how quick some of his troops were ...

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It’s not like Northern Virginia 10 miles away, either.

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Single stack 9mm pistols don’t get a lot of love today. Glad you were able to get it. You will appreciate more than most, I believe. Hope it won’t be a safe queen
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May you have a blessed and happy birthday. And many more also

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I am not praising him, but his captors and hunters seriously underestimate him. I agree, they have very little to be proud of. I did see a picture of that .22 with a flashlight on it, in one of the LEO hands. I guess they are just very glad it is over. And nobody was shot or killed. When he returns ...

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Thanks. I remember you talking about Apache Blue.

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How were you lubing these? I did not see it in the notes.

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Not that it is super pertinent, but I remember seeing photos of GIs with a Thompson SMG, and a 1911; British Tommies with Sten guns and Ingis Hi Powers, and of course, various German troops with an MP-40 and a Walther P-38.
I do not believe I will ever own any of these combos.

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What is the story on that pocket knife?

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Rodney made a early MTV video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FLGxWPtgo ... 5leQ%3D%3D

I always liked that.

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I believe on the “Castboolit” forum, a certain brand was preferred. I don’t remember which. Obviously paste wax is still readily available fairly cheap. I don’t know about the unicorn snot brand.

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Do you shoot the Italian 6.5 M-38?

With that, who needs a 6.5 Creedmore?

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How hard is that on a revolver’s internal mechanism? I did that rather slowly with 2 different .45 colt SAA uberti clones around 20 years ago. Both ended up jumping time and hitting the cartridge with the firing pin on the far edge of the rim.

I got rid of both of them and stopped shooting like that.

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That is probably at the heart of it. Hunting feral cattle would be an equivalent undertaking to hunting elk. Not many people willing to make that investment for a feral cow or bull.

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Greetings all. What is the real story behind this recent drama over feral cattle in New Mexico? It somewhat reminds me of Paco’s story of hunting them, now decades ago. One wonders why that would not be an option again. Of course there is the real problem that a bunch of bungling buffoons on four wh...

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