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adirondakjack wrote:Getting ONE rifle through CIP is one thing, sending em out properly fitted up day after day is quite another.

No and yes. I believe every gun produced is proofed, and CIP proofs require two proof loads to be fired.

Just looking at the action, I'm amazed it works with the .357.

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My condolences to you. You'll never fill the void this leaves, but time does (mostly) heal all wounds.

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Steve, I doubt those .38 Spl's are running out of gas in your 24" barrel. I recall reading one needs an expansion ratio of about 50 to get the bullet to slow down in the barrel. A .38 in a 24" is about 40. It's not that unusual for one short barrel gun to outrun one with a longer barrel. T...

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Getting the sights farther away helps older eyes. The longer barrel means a lower muzzle pressure farther from your ears, so it will be a bit quieter, too. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and to these eyes any barrel shorter than 24" looks sawn off, unless it's a single shot in which cas...

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So, do any of the classic lever actions permit slow stroking of the action? How about the Henry and its ancestors (through the 76). I imagine the 99 won't jam if stoked slowly. Short stroking is another matter. The Henry clan should bind nicely on a short stroking it in, but finishing the forward st...

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It's only going to get worse. The US population is forecast to bust though half a billion before the end of the century, possibly one billion by the end of the century.

Before I moved overseas, I knew a kindly old farmer who'd let me hunt on his wooded land. I don't know who has that farm now.

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IL = 500 foot pounds of muzzle energy minimum for handgun hunting. And the rule on "barrel length" allows you to hunt deer with a 4" derringer in .30 Carb having useless sights and a horrid trigger, but a 3" Model 60 .357 with fully adjustable sights and a fine trigger is illega...

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You folks must not have so strong a correction in your glasses as I do. This summer I bought an air rifle, the first gun I've had with fiber optic sights. I soon learned that the chromatic distortion in my thick lenses cause large shifts in zero, just by turning your head a wee bit. If you have glas...

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Ken Howell's book has cartridge dimensions based on a 1912 Winchester drawings he has. Oddly, there were 2 case lengths, depending on whether you had jacketed or lead bullets. Rim: .629 dia, .062 thick, .570 dia in front of rim Shoulder: .536 dia, 1.442 from bottom of case Neck: .535 dia, 1.532 from...

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Buffalo Arms is listing the Cimarron Colt-Burgess now. The Cimarron site has a page for it, but there's no information.

Anyone seen reviews of these?

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Ok, I'm the odd man out: I like the '81 Marlin (light frame) and the Savage 99 (early models).

Of those actions still in production, it's hard not to like a '92 Win., but the '73 with a color case frame and a 26" half octagon barrel over a half magazine would be nice to have made up.

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Now the fellow can tell his grandkids what gas warfare in WW-I was like.

Apparently, this is not a rare occurrence. The Wikipedia mentions creating phosgene in this manner.

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That's old technology. This British job, circa 1800, is a real canal aqueduct. It's still in service, for pleasure boaters. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/WalesC0047.jpg/180px-WalesC0047.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Under_Pontcysyllte.jpg/180...

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In recent years, they've made available a wide range of brass for obsolete cartridges. Hopefully this is a sign they are catching up on all their orders and will return to making brass for the older guns.

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I've never understood is the price for doubles 1) They are fairly low volume production, so you end up with more hand labor and less automation. 2) You're pretty much buying two complete rifles on one stock. 3) The barrels are traditionally soldered together. To get them to "regulate" to ...

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My dad had a .22 LR in high school, but I believe he never shot it after leaving for college. As an adult, he had little interest in guns.

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My "want" changes every few weeks. I imagine I've wanted each of the main styles at one time or another. My current "want" is an 1886 replica in .38-56 Improved with a half mag. and a long half-round barrel. By this time next month I'm sure I'll be craving something else -- that'...

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Jeff Quinn's recent post and article on Legacy's 1892 handgun led me to the Legacy site where I noticed Legacy is advertising an 1886. Has any one see these? Davidson's site lists them, but out of stock. Are they vapor-ware?

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Thanks for the pointer to the review. It's good to hear that Chiappa can make good firearms. Will you be getting one of their 1886s for review? I didn't know they were making them until I followed the link to Legacy's site. Chiappa's own site doesn't mention them; perhaps they are being made exclusi...

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I had long wondered how one would use the forend to help pull the rifle into your shoulder. To my surprise I found there is a lock that keeps the forend forward until after the hammer flies. I imagine that in recoil, enough tension is released from this lock to allow it to disengage. My initial impr...

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I handled one of these for the first time last week. It was a well worn 760 in .30-06. I don't believe I've ever worked a smoother rifle action, at least not in a repeater. While I still find the 1886 more intriguing and certainly better looking, I admit a certain attraction to the Remington. What a...

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I could be tempted by a long barreled 1886 in .358, with the soft tip bullets from Hornady, or with simple flat nosed bullets.

A new 99 in .300 Sav with a rotary magazine would be of some interest as well.

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these guys are often based in former Union of Soviet Socialist Republic satellite counties, and hunting them down is difficult While infuriating, they have served a purpose. Think of all the holes in Windows that have been patched over the years, and then think of what would have happened had those...

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2.80" is, then, what I'll use when estimating performance. It's surprising the performance one might extract from this action. That extra-light certainly felt good in the hands.

What are the pros and cons of the modern, Japanese 1886 actions?

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Thanks for the replies. It was a modern extra-light I handled yesterday at a local gun shop, and it got me thinking about what one could do with such an action. It's a remarkably trim action for what it does, and it is of modern steel and appeared to be very nicely made. These Japanese reproductions...

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For the modern 1886 replicas, what is the maximum cartridge length which can be accommodated? The originals took the .33 WCF at nearly 2.8 inches, and I imagine the modern ones could as well, but I don't want to assume too much. I've been pondering wildcats which might be used in these actions. Than...

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My mom has long been one to cackle at the end of her sentences, but that's my mom. It wasn't common in the populace before. My kids know better than to do the giggling and "like" foolishness here at home. They tried to bring it home from school, but soon tired of dad grilling them as to th...

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I, too, blanch at the thought of using a 'scope. My son's first rifle has a peep. It'll be the first rifle I've shot regularly with a peep. As my eyes stiffen, this may prove to be The Final Solution. However, John Taylor mentioned that as he got older, he moved his rear sight towards the muzzle. I'...

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After living overseas for four years, we moved back to my hometown in Illinois. One thing I've noticed is the amount of inane giggling Americans are now doing. It's akin to sprinkling sentences with the word "like" and just as irritating. The speaker will give a silly, girlish giggle as hi...

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Thanks guys. I know he'll come around. Actually, I didn't try greatly to sway him. He shot the little Cub single-shot from Savage for some time today. It is a very nice little gun, rather light in weight, with a decent trigger and a fully adjustable peep sight. It's very easy to hit with. The Henry ...

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Sorry, friends, I wasn't up to the task. We moved back to the US last summer, and I'm finally getting around to purchasing guns. I took my son to the range today, where many manufacturers allowed people to fire their guns for a modest fee. He tried 22's in lever and bolt actions. I then took him to ...

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Don't forget the .45-70 -- the BFR is still in production. Okay, it's a bit of a stretch, so to speak.

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please talk to these men so their accomplishments will not be forgotten I enjoy talking to the vets, but they are getting scarce. Many of them have recorded their accomplishments in books for all future generations to read. I just finished an excellent book by a 7th Army front line surgeon -- it wa...

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What sort of performance do you want from your .38-40? Uberti will have to proof their .357 Mag 73s for the European .357 rating of 44,000 psi. This suggests their action is strong enough for warmer loadings in the .38-40. The .38 is a much larger diameter, so you certainly won't be able to go to 44...

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I was interested to see another slide action come on the market -- and from Europe again. Browning's late BPR was the last to try to nudge into Remington's 7600 market, and it quickly lost out. Krieghoff in Germany is now having a go with their Semprio. Perhaps such rifles are not fashionable in Eur...

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Haven't seen a SP101 of any kind for quite a while. In as much as Ruger is 455K firearms back ordered it might be a while! Is it really that great a back log? -- a half million! I noticed at Davidson's site you can't find any small frame revolvers in stock. After moving back to the US, it's taken m...

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Hodgdon's data on line is fairly extensive, but it lacks one nice bit of data and one important bit of data. It's nice to have how long the barrel was. Without that, it's hard to interpret their fps readings. I consider knowing the type of primer used to be very important, and they don't bother to i...

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Cartridges are dropped and others added. I suspect the printer likes to keep the number of pages something less than in the thousands. The wildcats section isn't what it once was. At one time, various families of proprietary cartridges (eg. Lazzaroni) were grouped on a single page with a table givin...

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That's a great idea. Even non-adjustable would work for me; I'm a lazy reloader and usually stick with one load. It looks a bit tall, as if it would require a higher front sight.

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Gosh, that's an ugly levergun.

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hat's off !

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On the spacecraft, I don't see how they could have updated the ship, since this was to be the maiden voyage of the Enterprise. The ship in this movie overall has the more zoomy, rounded shape of the later movies. In the series, the nacelles were placed on straight, spindly struts, and I would have ...

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I agree with the reviewer that the parallel universe hack is a disappointment, as is the style of the ship in the current movie. Still, it was an enjoyable show. I think they could have done better, but it was hardly bad. I hope they make a few more movies with this "new" crew.

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I like color case.

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Ok, I'm bored at work: I'm 48, and it computes a life expectancy of 85, which is the same number of years remaining as the average 39 year old has.

I'd get about the same result if I'd averaged the ages at death of my 2 grandfathers and my dad.

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Big barrel.
Lovely wood.
Thanks for the pictures.

It reminds me I need to get some sort of roller.

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when one has a beautiful soul, it shines through

no arguments there

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Now, let's be fair, YK. All the women you mention are fairly old, and age doesn't do many people much good as far as looks are concerned. Streisand looked fine in her prime. Clinton wasn't bad looking as a younger gal either, but she, like Thomas & Reno are carrying too much weight and make-up t...

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I recall Bunker C is the bottom of the barrel. In poking around the web, it seems "bunker" fuel is anything burned on a ship, which includes common diesel fuel. The comment on these big two strokes lacking rod ends sounds familiar, but I find it hard to imagine. Were an exhaust valve to fa...

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You can count the teeth on one hand, but couldn't calculate the mass with a CRAY. As I said, many strive to make themselves unattractive, but that doesn't mean they fundamentally are. Many women who look fine standing there become undesirable as soon as they open their mouth, but that does not chan...

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