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hfcable wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2025 7:24 pm ... but it is very light weight [ under 5 pounds ] and well balanced.... and just darn cute !!

Indeed.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 5:27 am This is what got me to shooting lighter loads in my .45 Colt.

I've referred to that same passage over the years. I'd copied it into my notes. I'm looking for a 45 Colt levergun and plan to load it subsonic, with Linebaugh's recommendation in mind. It should be a pleasant little shooter.

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Subsonic 22 LR in my HRA are quite enjoyable. Out on the grass away from the firing line, I touched off a few without earplugs: no worries. I've since been looking to get a 45 Colt lever and doing the same 1000 fps or so with it.

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Well, I didn't know about those. We passed through Grafton on US-50 once heading to Winchester (and Taylor's, of course), but it was night and so it would have had to wait until next time regardless.

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Venturino's Shooting Lever Guns of the Old West has 50-110-300 data. With an NEI cast bullet in a 2.75" cartridge (2.40" case), he used 40 gn 5744 for 1605 fps and 105 gn FFg for 1726 fps. Both speeds best the 1536 fps he gave for the factory rating. All speeds are for a 26" barrel.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:33 am ... Unique... was discontinued and all of the sudden it was available?

I don't believe it was discontinued, rather civilian production was halted due to shortages created by the wars in Ukraine and Israel.

I wonder if Midway found a few cases from the back of some warehouse.

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My son is pleased with his US made HRA in 410. He briefly owned a Turkish made double that did not please him at all.

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Well, I was planning to give you a Holland & Holland double rifle, but seeing you prefer the magazine rifles, I guess that's off.

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I did not like it so I sold it and bought a Colts, which was a good gun, but one day I was doing some fast work on a bunch of deer and in my haste I did not work the lever just as I should and it jammed Was that a Burgess, or might he be referring to the slide of a Lightning? I've read the Lightnin...

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Those old 1940's Nazis seem so restrained with their little midnight raids in comparison with the present day Nazis who drop a midnight 2000 lb bomb. The Israeli Nazis certainly learned well from the mistakes of the German Nazis. I wouldn't characterize Coventry as a "little midnight raid.&quo...

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Thank you. Sadly, a bit of arthritis has set in this past year, so I can say I'm officially "old." At least it isn't affecting the hand which works the lever on the rifles.

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Looking in my notes this morning for something else, I came across those for the Uberti '73 in 44 Mag. A 2015 forum post said that at introduction, Uberti talked about using different steels in the 44 Magnum. I noticed, however, that the parts list on the factory site gives the same part numbers for...

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 5:34 pm... what is the "Add Foe" button for?

I've never used the feature, but I recall reading on some other forum it will withhold all of said foe's posts from your display. You wouldn't see what he has been writing, and so you wouldn't be irritated by him.

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Bronco wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:12 pmVery interesting, I saved the formula.

Indeed. Me, too. Thanks.

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At our range, some of the Cowboy shooters do like their '73s, although one confessed he had to put a lot of work into his. There have been just enough fellows who like their Uberti is why I say I could be tempted--but haven't bought.

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Step right up and get your '73 Winchester clone in 44 Magnum . New this time around is the pistol grip and optional Picatinny rail ( :? ). They sort of hint the steel is different in the 44 and 45 versions, but I've seen that debated with regard to the earlier versions. I've owned, briefly, two new ...

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Having had rifles, revolvers, and a Contender chambered for it, the 357 is the cartridge I've loaded most. Forward, I'll guess there will be more 38 Spl loaded than any other.

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I first got a hold of Lyman's casting manual and read it cover to cover a couple of times and then...

Is there a Lyman casting manual that doesn't show the mold being held with handles?

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Clearly that taxfoundation.org chart doesn't include property taxes as both Texas and Florida show average per capita estimates that are about 1/3 of just the property taxes both my daughter and sister are paying currently. Our son graduated from CU in Boulder with a PhD in Physics in 2014 and now ...

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Here is one estimate of the total tax take per capita by the various states. It's not a complete picture. Percentage of income taken would be a better measure.

Our daughter moved to Colorado this year to pursue a PhD in Boulder. She agrees Colorado is expensive.

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From what I understand Ruger is supposed to resurrect the Model 39 next year. Perhaps they see all those HRA lever action 22s as signaling a good market. A nearly two year old article in Outdoor Life says "The Marlin folks even told me that the Model 39 will be brought back, but that will take...

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JimT wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:52 am If I remember correctly it was closer to 90,000 psi.

Ouch!!

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What is the reason the muzzle blast and sound is so loud (out of a pistol) compared to similar rounds. The 357 has a similar powder charge but it's blast is I would say half that of the 30 carbine. Or is it just me? I've never experienced the 30 in a revolver, but friends who have told me it was re...

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A nicer one is difficult to imagine!

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...but these things all seem based on 'assumptions' that themselves I don't see as irrefutable. True. "Known" physics involves things that can be tested repeatedly in a lab and fit to mathematical descriptions. The distant (and the early) universe is a lab we can't go out and instrument. ...

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Hmmm, an 1894 in 45 ACP with a long barrel would be quiet...

Their web site is a bit of a mess. The home page says they are no longer taking custom orders as of 2021, and their Shop page says the 10 Auto and 45 ACP are no longer offered despite those being listed in the page of chamberings.

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marlinman93 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:54 am Still a bit nervous about taking it apart to look at the internals.

Have you disassembled this rifle yet?

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:14 pm If I can see makeup, or fake eyelashes, or fake anything for that matter, I'm way less attracted...

That's two of us. Piercings and tattoos are even worse. Then there's obesity. Happily I found a gal with none of that rot, and she even likes me!

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When younger, I traveled through several European countries. The German gals were the most attractive, being generally fit and not slathered over in makeup.

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Mann's book is available free.

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A Cessna 421 has two turbocharged, geared-down flat 6 engines and sounds mighty fine. The first time I heard one, I thought a B-25 must be near.

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Sleek rifles with a nifty action, but I didn't care for the feel of the cycling in those I've tried, a bit stiff on closing.

Is the top hole in the 1895 a gas vent?

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Ray wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 8:29 amSometimes, just to annoy her somewhat I reset the tablet from either KJV or ESV to Wycliffe.

Nyuk-nyuk.

I'm not religious and so wasn't familiar with those versions. Interesting bit of English history there.

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marlinman93 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2024 7:21 pmGuys I know either love the Hepburn looks, or hate them.

It is indeed aesthetically challenged, but as you point out, it is a joy to operate.

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I'll third that!

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I'm sorry to hear about your health but happy to look at your pictures. That's an interesting variation on a tang sight.

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Perhaps this one?

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... the effect was that almost alone among nations, the United States still has the government recommendation to be continuing vaccination and boosters. I just searched and found 4 for 4 foreign countries (UK, France, Japan, and Argentina) still recommend the vaccine and boosters, at least for for ...

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... but the humidity was brutal!

Indeed. My sister lives in Richmond. The guest bedroom is in a part of the house without a/c. I avoid visiting her in the summer.

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They used to make cars to run on wood gas. It's not without danger in that you're playing with carbon monoxide.

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Walt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 4:46 pmWhat a great picture, Jim!

Indeed.

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Venturino had written about his wife's contributions to his work a while back.

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I wanted to pick up a 22 repeater for my younger son. I looked at the lever actions on the market and decided the HRA Golden Boy series would be the best for us, having extra drop in the stock which helps with my strong eyeglass correction. The store had a "used but unfired" Silver variant...

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I came across this unusual tidbit: There exist a few examples of the Model 71 in 308. Does anyone here know the story behind them?

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JimT wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 7:56 pm... figured they were 500/550 fps...

They are still being made. The listing at Grafs says 950 fps and "Recommended for use in barrels longer than 20 inches." I assume the recommendation for rifle barrels is to get the fps up enough it might stabilize.

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A friend of his has posted Venturino's condition is grim. I'm sorry to read that. I have a book or two by him and will miss his writing.

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Quite true, but my point is the 9 is good enough for many uses.

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Per BBTI, a 125grn Cor Bon 9mm in a 16" levergun gives up about 700 fps to a 125grn Cor Bon .357mag. I compare it to a 6" revolver, the latter having been used on deer. For 125 gn CorBons, they show about 125 fps difference. There is a hunting load for the 9 that gets about 1300 fps with ...

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Nice bit of data to test QuickLoad by. It slightly over predicts the pressure of the normal load but then under predicts that of the deep seated version. For the double charge it over predicts the pressure. Unknows are the actual case capacity; the burning properties of that lot of Bullseye; the pri...

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