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JimT wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2026 9:31 am Poor Major Schofield, depressed about the poor sales performance of his design, used one to kill himself down at old Ft Bowie in the Arizona Territory.

One source claims he had begun to suffer headaches from a brain tumor.

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.45colt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2026 12:03 pm Ohio is a straight wall cartridge state . a 50-110 is legal to hunt deer with but because the 44-40 is a bottleneck it is not.

It's similar here in Illinois. The regulations say a 450 Nitro Express is fine but my 38-40 is right out.

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... not sure how you can repeat the exact same hold each shot when you likely never bend your arm exactly the same each shot? I agree, but the old target shooters could make decent scores. While it seems the bent arm hold would be inconsistent, it probably reduced felt recoil some. I've never tried...

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I've always admired Bisley grip frames, but they feel odd in my hand. It always feels like the barrels are pointing downhill and I have to hold the gun up higher to get the proper sight picture. I saw a drawing from a book circa 1900 which had a chapter on pistol target shooting. The fellow picture...

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The conductor does most of his work with the orchestra at the rehearsals. He has less control during the performance. There are a few orchestras that have no conductor. During rehearsals, the musicians discuss tempos, emphasis, etc. The limited number of such orchestras might suggest the conductor i...

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Welcome back!

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A No.7 would be sweet. Good catch.

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Go-carts? Interesting.

Best wishes to him.

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While my dad had a .22 as a teenager, mom didn't care for firearms, and none were to be found in our house. Her dad, though, bought me a BB gun for when we stayed at the farm--but no shooting the wildlife! He didn't instruct me on how to shoot, though; he just let my sister and I go plink. After get...

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I'm 65 and have 3 kids, but my wife and I met late. One kid is a freshman--in high school. I'm hoping my oldest will come through before I kick off. He's in his mid 20s and looking for the right gal.

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A happy belated birthday to you, although clearly you had one.

Grandkids, I wish...

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I've had uniformly bad luck with Uberti, but a Volcanic rifle would be tempting.

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Hats off!

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COSteve wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 6:26 pm Artificial Intelligence

That got a big laugh out of my Chinese wife.

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what that shows, if im not mistaken, is it is a site showing code for repaired remingtons You might look at that again. Using barrel codes (such as those listed above) to date the manufacture are reliable on Remington rifles... As I read it, the repair date would be added to the manufacture date li...

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Perhaps this page at the Remington Society will help. Your 721 looks to be from March, 1951.

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One can read an overview of Glaser's life as written by the author of that book on Outdoor Life.

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2019 Honda Insight. 58 mpg

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I read it was Verizon only, across much of the country, and due to a faulty software update.

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Holy moly! Quite the boo-boo.

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Gordon died several years ago, and I've been told further development was severely hampered by his having encrypted much of the source code.

One might consider Precise Load instead, a work in progress.

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Carrier Thank you. Now I understand the carrier and why the bolt is so narrow. Given the 1873 Winchester worked well enough, this bolt will be plenty adequate. There are a couple of other items I see but don't understand. It's time to pull that patent up again. (I recall the patent said the carrier...

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Here are a few pictures showing how the action of an 1888 looks and compares to the later 1894. I nominate you to make a YouTube video showing how all those action bits fit together. :) I admit I can't quite figure out all the details from the photos. The carrier rocker looks beefier than in the la...

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for comparison here is my stevens 425 in 35 remington... Thank you. I hadn't read of either of those two rifles. That Stevens bolt looks peculiar. A quick search shows it is indeed peculiar: "... the Stevens bolt is a shorter, square two-piece unit. When the action is cycled, the bolt rolls ba...

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I've used a CH4D trim die. It was easy enough to use but wasn't properly formed and dulled my file.

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Okay, a quick search reveals Pedersoli has recently redesigned the cartridge feed mechanism, and the updated model is called the Silver Spur: First the shape of the carrier was altered, adding a hump to boost the rear of the straight walled cartridge into better alignment with the chamber. Then, the...

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... It seemed to me that the issue was using the cartridge guide in a dual purpose role as the ejector, relying on screw tension to keep from having it try to eject the empty before it cleared the chamber on the one extreme of being too tight, versus flipping the round up into a nose up orientation...

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Thu Dec 25, 2025 7:33 pm I'm just hoping to see grandchildren some day!

I know how you feel.

Congratulations to Jim and family.

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Because of the dryness, Ecel Energy has cut power to vast areas of the front range including most of Boulder. They're now forecasting that the winds will continue until Saturday. My daughter lost power in Boulder for a day and a half. It was shut off as a precaution but damage to lines prevented it...

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black river smith wrote: ↑Wed Dec 17, 2025 5:27 pm A neat greeting card from a historical celebrity...

I'm not much for art and hadn't heard of him. He was talented.

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Ouch.

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Seems to be shooting about 5-6" at 50yds and would like to get that down to about 2" or less at 50yds. Shoots like a Ruger 77/357 I have! I nearly bought an R92 carbine in 45 off the rack last month. A web search suggested you aren't the only one with accuracy woes, but the carbine seems ...

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Interesting. I'd had a similar idea but using fletchettes in a semi-auto shotgun.

The one in the video uses a self disintegrating bullet instead. I wouldn't have thought that would work.

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t.r. wrote: ↑Tue Nov 25, 2025 6:34 amPreviously, I'd zeroed the Rossi 30-30 to hit right on at 100 yards with Hornady 150 gr Interlock ammo. Shots clustered into a two inch group.

How's that R95 been for you, all things considered? I see they make them in 44 Mag, too, a fine short range round.

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Nice deer. In what part of this state are you hunting?

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Yes, that's doing it the hard way.

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Thank you. I'm in the Seniors crowd now, but for the most part I don't feel so.

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Yes, of course. It lead me to this forum.

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Thu Sep 04, 2025 1:05 am I've shot a few clays with them though, and I do like them quite a bit.

My older son's only 410 is an HRA lever. He sometimes shoots skeet matches with it, to the amusement of the 12 ga shooters. He's never in last place when using it.

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We also have the NECG aperture sight (which constantly works itself loose). The crown isn't uniform and that so far is our best guess as to what's wrong. It's already been to the factory twice under warranty. I'm ready to trade it away. My son's Super Redhawk was also a piece of junk. I'm very hesit...

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ANDYLARSSON wrote: ↑Tue Nov 04, 2025 7:40 pm Something we have been field testing: Marlin 10mm 1894 Trapper.

I agree it's a good cartridge for a compact levergun. Have you two done any accuracy testing with the rifle? The last Ruger carbine (77/357) I tried was miserable, pie plate diameter groups at 50 yd.

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Now that's tempting. It will easily match the 38-40 but have a slightly lower muzzle report.

It will headspace on the mouth, and I've never loaded for a semi-auto, so I don't know how finicky crimping would be.

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Oh, that's nice.

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Sorry, I've been out of town. For 2400, reporting QL's numbers as: charge, fps from 20", and psi: 17 1529 21,700 18 1606 24,800 19 1682 28,400 20 1756 32,300 Powder lot variations alone prevent QL from accurately converting charge weight into fps and psi. I generally use it to estimate psi from...

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It's good to hear from you. Belated happy birthday!

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Nice Time Machine!

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Have no fear. It says this is a temporary ban!

It hasn't dawned on them that every car is a rather deadly weapon.

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Of all the old Winchesters I've handled at auction houses, the one I most enjoyed was an 1866 carbine with a crescent butt. These were common early on, but I'd want the later centerfire conversion so I could load for it.

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Hurrahs to the tech team!

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Indeed.

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