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I've been to Lily's grave but they hadn't added the easy to find marker yet when I last visited. Tom Threepersons was a little tougher to find, he's in the old Masonic Cemetery south of town, north side of the road.

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Ken Waters was fairly knowledgeable of the 33WC. It's been a minute or two since I read it, but I recall that there's a bunch of suggested load data in his Notebook and he may have dissected some old factory ammo as well.

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It is indeed very grim. We have commy socialists in power. The king is now a muzzy many believe. I never felt British as a boy, I never got the mindset/s. I kinda knew it would get bad, just didn't know how bad. I do now. We are actually quite scared! N. Sorry Nath. It is always sad to see one's co...

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I really wanted to like the CSX, but it turned out to be too small for my paws to manipulate easily. A friend has one that he's fond of as his walking the dog gun.

As much as I like serious pistols the current grab and go casual battery consists of e J frame 38, LCP22 and a Wrangler!

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Around 15 years ago that photo of Hemingway snoozing on the Pilar with the Thompson in his lap was my desktop background. I believe he kept a BAR on the boat as well, used both on sharks. Legend has it that after machine gunning sharks he'd tow them in to the beach and burn them. Interesting charact...

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Where the .22 shines for me is practicing maintaining a consistent grip pressure. It wasn't an issue when I was younger but it shows up pretty often now, especially during the warmer months when fatigue sets in (and at a much lower round count). A centerfire load with a slow barrel time shows it off...

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Not sure I get the joke there, too old I guess. I see the term used a lot. But thanks for the input on the 1400fps load. I watched a lot of Paul's videos for the ammo tests, lots of good info and I think he was right far more often than he was wrong. The meat target moniker always struck me as funny.

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BobM wrote: ↑Mon Aug 04, 2025 6:26 pm I got some slip on Merrill’s a year or so ago, very comfortable also. Great for long drives

Another Merrill wearer here, they make good stuff.

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You had me at "Meat Target"

Seriously though, sounds like a worthy endeavor and I'm looking forward to the results.

If it's any help, Elmer's heavy 44 Special load does 1400 and change from my Trapper.

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I was favorably impressed with the 320 when it came out, good ergonomics and a decent trigger, but at the same time I had reservations about the lack of a manual safety or a blade safety trigger on a striker fired gun. Glad I held off on getting one.

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I had a Colt in the 90's, it ran well with 230 Gold Sabers and 200 swc's over 6.5 Unique. Replaced it with a first series stainless Kimber Compact which does okay for the most part. Runs with the 6.5 Unique/200 gr load but chokes on the same bullet with 5.5 W231. It's happy with 5.8 Unique and a 225...

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JimT wrote: ↑Sun Jul 20, 2025 10:07 am
samsi wrote: ↑Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:47 am Is there some sort of kit available or is this a DIY thing?
https://beartoothmercantile.com/saddle- ... ty-delete/

Neat, thanks Jim. I guessing that is the up/down orientation, not the fore/aft option?

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I assume the saddle ring is more nostalgia nowadays , as most of us don’t have a horse, well at least I don’t. Is there another benefit to one ? You can use a cavalry sling as shown in this old thread. I've meant to make one up forever and still haven't. https://levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php...

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Benefits: 1 - It does away with the cross-bolt safety. 2.- It replaces the cross-bolt safety. 3.- It removes all traces of the cross-bolt safety. 4.- See #1 and following. The cross bolt safety is not safe in my opinion. I’ve done this with all my Marlins that were equipped with cross bolt safeties...

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I've used the Magma type 300TC in mine, I believe it's meant for the .444 Marlin. I've put them up over BP with a Wonder Wad and also used the data from Speer for their 300gn jacketed bullet. They shoot okay out to 50 yards in my gun, probably due more to the long bearing surface than anything. Be p...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:44 am Useful message. Sometimes feels like we are reading Kipling when we read Service -- and vice versa.

Curiously the only poets represented on my bookshelf are Kipling and Service but the effect noted by Bill never occurred to me until now.

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It felt longer than 2 weeks. A big thank you to Andy and whoever else is responsible.

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Here's a question. Since the chamber of the 03 is longer than the chamber of the 06, could an 06 barrel be rechambered to 03? You could, I recall that the only major difference in dimensions is that the '03 neck is about .050" longer. Why would be a better question, unless you've got a sizeabl...

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In 2007 I wasn't young but I also wasn't old yet. My little brother turned 60 recently, I think that means I am getting old although I'm not sure when the changeover to Coot-dom occurs.

This may be a more important debate than Marlin accuracy...

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Scott, if you had a chance to handle one of the Uberti 1894s, I'd be interested in hearing what it was like. Thanks Not Scott, but a friend bought one of the Uberti '94 Short Rifles a couple years ago. I like the short rifle configuration to begin with, so there's that. The rifle has a nicely case ...

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I don't have experience with the current Epiphone LP's but they have a mostly favorable reputation and some working musicians are using them for playing out vs. banging up a valuable Gibson. That being said, guitars are a subjective personal thing and if you've been playing a Strat type give the LP ...

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Interesting, despite our drought I've been seeing more cactus blossoms than usual, and lots of pears on the prickly pears.

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I'm in the camp of recent, renewed interest in the Super. I've been shooting a Springfield 9mm 1911 in local matches for the last year or so and got to thinking that it might be as easy as fitting a Super barrel and magazines. Cool as it might be I wouldn't shoot it in the match, recovering the bras...

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I prefer the 475 Ruger moniker to "480", makes more sense to me. At the time they came out I thought I'd like one of the 4 5/8" Bisleys but have never even seen one in real life, and honestly, my 45 Blackhawk will do any heavy lifting I'm likely to need.

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I recall seeing an original chamber drawing for the .45 and it was pretty heavily tapered, although most manufacturers have tightened that up to one degree or another. It was a miltary/combat cartridge of the BP era after all, so the generous clearances were a bigger consideration than brass life. D...

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Looks like a big turnout, things have grown a bit. How many were at the first gathering?

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Fun stuff...a .50 can is a lot of .38's.

One of my shooting pards of years past was big on parking in a couple camp chairs and making up silly shooting challenges while telling each other ridiculous BS stories, good times.

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Cougar screams in the night are disconcerting. 20-odd years ago my then girlfriend and I went camping in the forest NW of Heber AZ, taking a stroll on an old two-track up through the pines around sunset. I happened to glance off to our right and caught the faintest glimpse through the trees of the r...

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You have good taste in aeroplanes Bryan, I always thought the 24 was a looker. Seeing one uncovered they're impressive as well. Some machines are underwhelming when you see them naked, the Fairchild is well put together.

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That's a really neat Redhawk, please tell me you put at least a couple rounds downrange with it.

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Given the off and on problems with this site I can't say I haven't had similar thoughts.

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I've not tried any of his heavyweight offerings but I've been buying from Matt's for a few years and haven't had an issue with anything so far. His versions of the 454424 and 454423 have both shot well for me in .45's. In the .44 the 260 Keith style is good, and I see that he now offers that one in ...

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Reminds me of the line from Buck Turgeson in Doctor Strangelove - "Fryin' chickens in the barnyard!"

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Agreed, nicely said.

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My condolences sir.

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That looks slick, I've got the NECG peep on mine but it requires a riser block for the standard front sight.

Let us know how it shoots.

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Not a 44 mag but I've got one in 375 wcf and my most used load is a cast 245 over 10 grains Unique ( sound familiar?). It's a fun little rifle.

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That is a nice looking pistol. I've been waiting but haven't seen an Inglis turn up around these parts yet. Ivories would be sweet if you could swing it.

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Thanks for all the replies, seems I had concerns over something that's largely a non-issue. Guess I'll load up the Rossi .44 to replace the AR I usually throw in the truck. Just in case anyone's looking for a fresh one, here's a link to Wolff's tube magazine springs. $5.99 is pretty cheap insurance....

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I'll admit that I've been known to leave detachable magazines loaded for years and not had a problem with them, but I'm leery of leaving the tube loaded on a levergun. At most I've probably only left one fully loaded for a few days, maybe a week. What's the consensus here? Jeff Cooper recommended le...

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Ray posted good links already but here's a thread on "brisk loads" for the .32's. Ed is Outpost75 over at the Boolits place.

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showth ... st-bullets

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I've always had an affinity for the Savage 1907 and Colt 1903 but intentionally avoid them for fear of the rabbit hole journey that would likely follow. One of my grandfathers always had a .32 auto on him somewhere, so it's probably genetic. Ed Harris has done some interesting experiments with the ....

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Website states all sales are final, no returns or refunds. Not a good sign.

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Yeah, I don't like the looks of that or the website.

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Did some digging and that outfit has a 2 out of 5 rating on Ammoseek, looks like they make up for the cheap prices with inflated shipping charges. There are also some comments on Reddit that although they're not a total scam, they're not entirely ethical. They also dba as "Tactical Sh*t", ...

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Or .43 Mauser...

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Good score, I think that I bought the last pound of Unique in town here around a year ago.

When I was in Del Rio back in the '90's I bought my reloading supplies at the True Value, it was handy.

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what's the consensus on the accuracy of these original 44's? They have always been good shooters in my hand. But they are not so common that I can make a meaningful judgement. I was thinking that might be the case. I just picked this one up in February and it's impressed me so far. When I'm off I k...

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I've experienced a bunch of this nonsensical Postal routing in recent months with at least 3 Priority Mail packages going far wide of their destinations and taking about 10 days in transit vs. the expected 4-5. The old saying Never attribute to Malice what can be explained by Incompetence comes to m...

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I've seen a lot of plumb color loading gates, not as many frames. It's still a nice gun, put me in the "not objectionable" camp. My Flattop is a '59 and while I wouldn't say it's a uniform finish it doesn't have much to any plumb. My OM 44 FT shooting experience is only with this sample of...

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