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An '86 SRC in 45-70 and the Browning would suit me fine.

A '66 in 45 Colt.

I can always make room for a 94 Winchester.

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Sarge, thanks for the info. Do you think the free bore in the chamber affects the 45 Colt accuracy? I've seen this mentioned somewhere. if there were such a thing as a .410 brass cartridge could it be used for the 45, to get the bullet up yonder where the rifling is? Or even a slug swapped into a 4...

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The rain let up today just long enough for me to fire one round each of the following loads through the Rossi Brawler, over my chronograph- 1. My bulk 45 Colt load- Maplewood Bullets Lee 452-255-RF over 8.5 grains of Universal and does 910 fps from a 4 5/8” New Vaquero. This load does 1180 fps from ...

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Dang it. That accuracy is encouraging to the point of being enabling. :lol: This was one of those "Why Not?" things... It seems to like 0.454+ bullets, which is no surprise. I've still got 20 or so 315 grain gas check SWCs Cable sent me ages ago, a dose of 4227 ought to get them on their ...

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I'm going to kick an old thread here... June 28, 2025 I picked up a Brawler yesterday, used it to burn a few odd & end 45 Colt reloads. The bullet weights/power levels were too varied for any real accuracy evaluation, but it would stay on a steel silhouette at 50 paces. The sights on this thing ...

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That's a fine tribute to a decisive and stalwart individual. Thank you for posting it.

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Here you go, Doc!

https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/a-cave ... ol-sights/

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What a great pair of carbines!

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Thank you Sir, PM answered.

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That is an excellent, practical middle ground between conventional iron sights and electronic dots. Kudos, Doc. Addendum: This solves another issue I've noticed with optics on pistols- that piece of plastic is a lint/rain/snow magnet. The Bullseye resolves it entirely. Doc if you have no objections,...

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I Too am glad they took care of the problem. A few years ago I bought one of Charters .22 revolvers to have a lightweight gun to pack in My fishing gear. It was for a short time terrific and I was very Happy. around 300 rounds it started to misfire and I returned it under warranty. They had it quit...

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Great thread and thanks for posting it.

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Given the choices I'd take the R92 in 454 and a Ruger Alaskan or Toklat-ized SRH with 4-5 inch barrel. I do have a well proven old 336 Texan 35 Remington that lives on a steady diet of 30-30 level loads, and an equally proven Taurus 617 2" 357 that breaks 1200 fps with Federal 158 grain JSP. I ...

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I turned 68 last fall and can sure tell a difference in the last couple of years; fast focus between the rear sight, bead and target has gotten more difficult and I have just enough astigmatism to be irritating at 200+ yards. I don't like scopes- I have a perfectly good 3-9-40 Leupold that's lived i...

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Wow good shooting @ 210yds Thank you. I corrected the windage but never could duplicate that group. 3-4 inches at 200 is about the best I can manage with irons--rested shooting--these days. About 5 years ago I decided to use the bench only for zeroing, then shoot field positions/improvised rests. I...

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I use 170gr Hornady Interlock across the board. I have 13 30-30s and dont want any more loads than I have to have. I used IMR3031 for decades, but switched about 10 years ago and never looked back. Ive used W748 with much better results in the 30-30. From a 20" to a 16" I only lose 100fps...

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If I was starting over I would definitely go with the 360 Buckhammer. Plenty of wallop on the top end and it would easily duplicate cast bullet 38 Special on the low end. Brass is easily reformed from 30-30.

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I was thinking if I bought a 10 mm revolver that uses moon clips , I could reload lead bullets designed for the 38 / 40, I could build them as usual , but seat and roll crimp using a 38/40 seating die , make sense ? I don't think you'd even need to roll crimp to keep bullets from pulling under reco...

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I had a 1937 Brazilian S&W for awhile, and used it to shoot all my standard and heavy 45 ACP reloads and factory loads through it, including some energetic +P loads with 230 and 255 grain bullets. I used the Rimz plastic clips for general shooting and standard steel ones for carry/field carry. I...

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As mentioned above, the 30 carbine bullets in either cast, fmj, or HP, work great over 8-10gr. of Unique as a small game getter. Obviously, the HP versions are best as a varmint load. A hard cast or fmj would probably serve well at limiting damage. Another option (although one I haven't tried) is a...

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I had a couple of R92s in 45 Colt over the years, one each in 16 and 20 inch. Both shot Hornady XTPs well and both shot best with the Lee 255 grain RNFP sized 0.454".

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I’m really careful about shooting steel and I always wear eye protection regardless of the distance. You see a lot of crazy things flying around and sometimes I hear something hit the top of my hat. Amen to that. This was a perfect storm- 2/3 of a .38/158 grain SWC that came down off a plate, hit a...

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Done, Ted. Please accept our condolences.

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It makes a Marlin palatable, to hands ground for a Winchester. Marlin recognized this about 1952 and offered their 336 Texan. https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/marlin_ad.jpg This one is a Ballard rifled old Thirty Five, 70 years old--barely older than me. Still wallops Bamb...

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Sad news... condolences to his friends and family.

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Done, pal. Late to the party, but now you both have extras.

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^ LMAO Scott IIRC the Redhawk is powered by a single coil spring, which is best left alone. Insufficient firing pin protrusion is a common problem with their Redhawk series- although a GP100 was the first Ruger DA I owned, that suffered from it. I believe Hamilton Bowen makes, or did make an “extra-...

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Yes... front & rear bands on my old '55 Marlin Texan had a case of leprosy when I first got it. I used the same basic method you described and finished with an oil quench. They have held up real well over four years of hard use. https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021011...

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The Lee 452-255-RF, cast at 11 BHN and sized .0454, over 8.5 grain Universal load did 864 fps from a 4 1/2″ EAA Bounty Hunter and (shooting from improvised rests) immediately grouped 1 1/2″ to 2” at 25 yards, right on top of the front sight. My old 16” Puma lever action did 1113 fps with it and kept...

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Fine shooting indeed and you couldn't ask for a better outcome!

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30 years ago a little MO Community College decided they were going to run a basic police academy. They hired a local police Lt. (Lt. Dangle type) to teach firearms. He decided to teach skip-fire with buckshot on the CC's pretty poor indoor range. He managed to hit a seam in the concrete floor, with ...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 6:47 pm I won’t have anything to do with the devil’s lettuce.

I put far too many people in jail over this and I’ve never seen anything good come of it.

Same here. I am way beyond caring if other adults partake of it, but not around me. I can't stand the smell of it.

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Scott, I just received my first 500 of these from Steel Valley Casting. With the coating, they are micing 359-360. They are intended for 38 & 357 snubs and I'm sure they'll shoot well enough there. At that diameter, they might even make a good plinking load for my old Thirty Five. https://www.st...

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Fine shooting Jim! I've had a couple of autos surprise me. The old Sig 220 was shot with a range bag for a rest, using Triton 230 SMC- basically a 45 Super. The XDM is a 40 running a Bear Creek 185 SWC about 1050, and was the last 7-8 standing unsupported from 50 yards. I was having a pretty good da...

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Good one Sarge! Now the worst part of the falling back is my 3 kitchen sharks- er I mean the dogs, they can't understand how this works. At 4pm they started wanting to get fed. Thanks Gunny. As much as I enjoyed the comparison of congress to clowns and stooges, I changed the suggested write in to '...

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Dear (Insert name/title state/fed representative), Twice each year, Americans are subjected to a pointless time change which serves no other purpose except disrupting their lives. Did you ever consider how many people are injured each year falling off a chair, step-ladder etc. while changing their c...

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JimT wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:47 pm I'm happy if I remember to put on underwear in the morning.

If I wake up, stand up and walk out of my tracks? The day is mine!

And I thank God for it.

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We've been and it is definitely worth seeing.

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COSteve wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2024 4:58 pm BTW, I asked about the Heritage R92 over on Rossi Rifleman in a thread "Anyone Know Anything About Heritage Manufacturing's Model 92 Leverguns?" If you want to see what responses I got.

Thanks Steve, I posted to that thread myself.

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January 2023, KYGun Co had a one day sale on Anderson optics-ready M4gerys for $399.32 shipped. I got the last one. It came with a railed, same-plane gas block and a usable milspec trigger. I eventually added Troy flip up irons, a Rock River National Match trigger and a Hawke 6x36 prism scope. It ha...

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I like the "ONE BOOK ONE CALIBER" loading manuals also. I have those in the calibers I use a lot. Makes it easy to compare loading data from the different companies. 44 Special.jpg Amen to that. Over the years I've worked out one or two perfect loads for each piece of iron on the place. T...

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Thanks for posting this Ted.

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Sad news... Phil's articles alone, were worth the cover price of any publication that featured him. Condolences to his family and close friends.

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Send me into a room with two tables, one piled high with Winchesters and the other with Marlins; tell me to pick three. The Marlin pile will be undisturbed for you guys who love them. I've never had to fix or tear down a 94 Winchester. They carry, handle a point naturally for me. I trust them. https...

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That 240 JSP has the makings of a great all around 44 bullet.

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Hornady XTPs have shot real well for me in 92s, revolvers and auto pistols.

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I've owned and worked on a number of Rock Island 1911's and they're not bad pistols. I did have a new one, several years ago, with a short-chambered barrel, but they sent me a new one PDQ. Tisas is cutting deep into RIA's market, at the moment.

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I've always set my lever actions up with flat top rear sights, zeroed to hit top dead center of the front bead, with the elevator on the bottom step. Zero distance is determined by the cartridge. Generally speaking, 125 yards for those using magnum revolver cartridges and 200 yards for bottlenecks l...

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Hang in there Scott and I'm happy to hear you're doing better.

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