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Danny from Montana had used the 200 gr 348 loads on elk and moose I believe, and reported very acceptable performance. I think some others from Canada reported similar results over time. Ive carried a 71 with Hornady 200 gr and Barnes 250 gr loads in grizzly country in the rockies, though havent kil...

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I refer straight on most rifles. At one point i was on horses some I cut the pistol grip off a bolt action rifle, it was easier to carry laid across the saddle in front of me and keep my hand on the wrist of the stock. It was good grizzly country, I wanted the rifle to come with me if I came off the...

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My Winchester (1892) in 44 mag has come play in the mag tube. It will turn about 1/8" to either direction. It is about 2 years old but I just started shooting it. Any advice on how to tighten it up? Is it a rifle or carbine? They have different attachment methods. Are you the first owner? If c...

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Are those inside primed cases copper? Yes. I believe the inside primed copper cases were the primary issue with earlier trapdoors jamming empties in the chamber and extractor tearing through the rim. I stopped at some remote hill on a two track road to shoot a 1911, I shot up a 100 rd box, when I p...

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You may be able to get step by step instructions on trying a system restore from a youtube video. I go look there when I need to do something I dont understand, and often takes 2 or 3 vids until you get someone thats short and right to the point without a lot of driven speaking, so it makes sense. M...

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Charlie Russel wrote that his mentor Jake Hoover, a leftover mountain man, trapper, meat hunter and all around wilderness character who took him in when he was new in the Montana territory of the 1880s, used a 73. He mentioned that once they were on a mountain trail, and I believe a sow grizzly with...

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Common sense ( we know our gubbermint doesn't) says if it's our military or LE they would have come out and let the public know. That didn't happen so I still say these are nefarious. Which explains why they were spending lots of time over reservoirs, Trump's golf course, water treatment plants, et...

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Ive filed a couple bead fronts into fine blades. Im not a fan of beads, blades seem to agree with my eye or brain or whatever. Ive put the old school Sourdough front sights on several. Various sight makers made them over the years, Burris may be the most recent. They are a basic square blade with in...

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Perhaps someone actually did some looking into the overnight appearance of drones in the world,..and realized they were very common and used by a lot of various people and legit agencies for a bunch of reasons, and if LE, the .mil or contractors were using or testing things they didnt want the mindl...

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Ive loaded .310 and .315 round balls in 30-30 with 3 grs Unique and a small tuft of dacron pillow stuffing to hold the powder at the rear of the case. They make about as much noise as a 22 LR standard (not hi speed) load. They kill grouse bunnies, bull mouse, rattlesnakes and such quite well at clos...

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This whole drone thing is bizarre. Its almost as if a vast number of people are completely unaware of how many people own and use drones regularly if not daily. They are pretty much standard equipment for outdoors people to film their adventures, by wheeled machines, hiking, horse and mule, whatever...

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Thanks for the input guys! I have scratched my head trying to think about what these rounds may have come in contact with, but I sure can’t think of any type of chemical. They were range pick up brass though so even though I assumed they had only been fired once it’s possible they have been used mo...

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Im not in favor of lightening springs for the most part unless they are too extreme. Factory level is generally best. Im continually surprised for some reason when I see people online mention they did an action job, when what they mean is they put a spring kit in something. Not the same thing. Clean...

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Sling mounts are one of the first things I do to all my rifles. Im not fond of the looks of the band around the mag tube, I like to drill the fore end band or fore end cap. On the band, I tried tapping it, it worked, but you only had about 2 threads. I started inletting a knurled nut into the wood b...

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Yes, its a bit frustrating seeing some of the artistic license used by the film industry. They correctly assume most people wont know the difference, though in a few old films if you look carefully, youll see 73s here and there instead of 92s, and one film had a poor unfortunate Sharps carbine get i...

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This is fairly well known in the cowboy action shooting realm. I believe the primary issue is dry firing. A live primer cushions the impact to some degree. I asked a local gunsmith, he said he had replaced several, and he didnt specialize in Rugers or revolvers. Ive broken 3 in 2 different guns. I h...

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That was good, thanks! Reading Keith in my youth was quite influential to my later choices in firearms and partly lifestyle. I bought a 4" 29 in about 1982, its been the most carried pistol Ive owned. His heavy 45-70 loads (53 gr IMR 3031 w/400 gr bullet, the Speers, then the Barnes original in...

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There are posts flying around saying the name of the person that supposedly turned in pnut and fred, however....further looking into it instead of jumping on the rage bandwagon, indicates the account claiming/bragging it was her, didnt exist before the story came out, and was deleted afterwards, so ...

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Johns standard pistol target if someone wanted to shoot one of his guns was a 15" truck rim on the hillside at 300 yards. The first time I shot one of his 500s, he said i was one of the few people with a big smile after shooting it. One handed shooting was a popular thing in the neighborhood, I...

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4t5 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:52 pm A friend has got some spm for sale cheap

Thats all i would need to know before paying him. A deal on primers is a deal on primers, you can use them for regular loads just as well.

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Ebay often has dies and parts, some insanely optimistic in pricing, many quire reasonable.

The castboolit forum has an ongoing 310 swap and trade thread going, post what you need and what you may have for trade and see what comes up.

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I thought about this a bit more, I believe Steve said the post WWI guns held up better when converted to 44 mag, but I think theres more details missing. 44 spl would be OK, as would just a shooter grade 38-40 or 44-40. The reports of loading both with starline brass appears to make them easier to l...

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Ive seen a small handful of conversion to 44 mag and one or two in 357. Steve of Steves Gunz has mentioned that most of the earlier 92 hes seen that were converted to 44 mag ended up with headspace problems, the 357s not seeming to be afflicted quite the same. i dont recall the break-off point he me...

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Ive broken 3 in 2 different guns. Dry fire seems to be the hardest thing on them, the primer cushions the impact to some degree apparently. After the 3rd one broke I stopped dry firing Ruger SAs. Some say they should be fitted a certain way, not totally filling the space between the hammer and frame...

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I've had good results using Armor-All to protect and preserve those plastic/rubber parts and I really think it helps prolong their use. Old No7 ^^^ Beat me to it. Armor All helps reduce the grippy/sticky feeling some pachmayr grips have and that I dont like. It also seems to help with the skunky ru...

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how come loaded ammo - which contains live primers, and powder, and a bullet - can be left sitting on your porch, but just primers by themselves, with no powder or bullet, require someone to sign for delivery. major pain, and not immediately logical to me. I dont know their reasons, but suspect bec...

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The 358429 will likely bee too long in 357 cases but may be fine in 38 spl cases. Check before loading a bunch if intended primarily for the carbine.

The Browning 92 wont feed the 429421 Lyman bullet in magnum cases without work on the carrier and other details, but feeds fine in 44 spl cases.

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It seems to bother some people if theres any wear on their stuff. That was me at one time, when I bought the 4" 29 in 82 I tried keeping the edge wear at bay with cold blue for a while, then just gave up. It was carried mostly daily other than then I was having brief affairs or flirtations with...

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I agree. Hip shooting is not going to get as good results as looking over the bead sight. But it’s not hard to learn to hit with it. You just need to not overthink it. This would be quite a wound that would require immediate attention. As a kid I had a single barrel 12 ga, some cheap ancient make c...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2024 5:47 pm But I really don’t care for hunting doves alone.

I really like grouse hunting in the mountains, its mostly because the dogs love it so much.

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Clyde Williamson in his book The Winchester Lever Legacy had loads with the 450 gr Barnes at around 1850 fps I believe, and used around 65 gr 3031 powder. He shot a moose and grizzly in BC, had complete penetration on both, end for end on the moose I believe, to include several trees behind one of t...

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My cheap Mossberg Maverick with Magpul stock runs great. I have been leery of the pistol-gripped pumps as bordering on impractical, especially in 12 gauge. But I am probably selling them short. I can see many scenarios in extremely close quarters where their compact size could be an advantage. I th...

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In Madis' Winchester book he shows the various sights and elevators, he mentions that according to Winchester the sights were meant to be zeroed for either 50 or 100 yards on the lowest step, then each step was a 50 yard increase in range. the most commonly used ones in the 1900 period and later for...

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Well, the guy died in the hospital so there's little likelihood that we'll ever know the truth. the truth is they stole his guns. they were observed with steel cutting equipment and tools for ripping up the house. they were observed carting guns from the house to a trailer or vehicle. the truth is ...

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https://www.kark.com/crime/released-search-warrant-affidavit-shows-details-of-atf-case-against-little-rock-airport-executive-bryan-malinowski/ Released search warrant affidavit shows details of ATF case against Little Rock airport executive Bryan Malinowski In the heavily redacted warrant affidavit,...

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It looks like theres quite a few AI images as filler in that video.

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I handled each piece of brass at least 7 times during the entire reloading process (and it was 8 or 9 times with some ) which adds up to handling at least 17,500 pieces of brass. Finishing I felt like I had run a marathon! :shock: :!: :shock: :!: :shock: Jim, I think it's time you learned about a W...

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I cant imagine there is a lot of work for someone only doing BP revolverd I believe he stays pretty busy. He also experiments with some cartridge conversions, mainly for his own use in the experiment sense, though I think he also does some quality conversions for customers. Hes been using 45 ACP +P...

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I like the 310 tools, I keep a basic set for things I use when I travel (38, 44, 45 Colt, 30-30). I also throw in the bench press sizing die, I can often find someone to let me use a press to size without it becoming too much of a time imposition. The Lyman full length sizing dies intended as a supp...

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Jim Cirillo and his “Stakeout Squad” took out huge number of bad guys using the old .38 Special 158 gr. roundnose ..which was what was issued to them by the NYPD. They made it work through training and good tactics. People have an aversion to being shot, even with roundnose bullets. :D PS (edit) I ...

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Had 15-20 mph breezes. Maths out to around 55 below wind chill if we're counting that.

Was 40s and 50s through most of December.

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. for the past 60 years we've put a 100 watt bulb in the pumphouse from December through Februrary, and it's kept everything fromm freezing... Ive been clearing out the folks places, if I find any more bulbs I'll send them to you. Ive been tossing them, the LED bulbs are really cheap (subsidized lo...

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Most of my growin' up years were done on a ranch out east of Kingman and we had no javalinas in the area at that time. But last time I was out messing around on the old place the javalinas had moved in. Be interesting to see if they get further north than that. I've never shot one though I once wen...

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I talked to Steve of Steve's Gunz at length in early 2013 before I got my Uberti '73 in .45 Colt about the design and strength of their actions. I was concerned about the bolt thrust of the standard pressure .45 Colt round. I made up a chart after I talked to him on this and it clearly shows that t...

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I have to ask the reloaders here if any of you seriously doesn't enjoy the process and considers it work to reload? If so, why do you do it? To me, my hobby of reloading is at least as enjoyable as shooting if not more so. I seriously have asked myself if I reload so I can shoot or if I shoot so I ...

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Heard from Winchester repair today. Their gunsmith says the stock fitting is normal. They did offer to install a “John Wayne Special” stock with higher grade wood. I really did not want that much bling on this carbine. They are sending it back since I did not want to wait until February for a repla...

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Many people are wet tumbling without pins, its simpler and works well. Several people say that the cases cleaned with pins are too clean, the cases stick on the expander or powder/expander die more. Some are using lemi-shine, the citric acid powder made for a dishwasher additive, walmart has it, the...

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. Dunno but I'll bet T. Roosevelt has some. He does indeed. Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman , and several others. he was a pretty fair writer, and did some pretty interesting stuff. https://www.google.com/search?q=hunting+books+by+roosevelt&oq=hunting+books+by+roos...

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You might try this question on the Winchester collectors forum. Theres no doubt a number of the 22 cal guns represented there. I got to shoot one in the 80s, it was great fun, though of course a bit heavy. Edit: from here https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/1873-winch...

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