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When I was 'smithing we used a rule of thumb for stock length. It works well for most shooters. Lay the buttstock against the cup of your elbow and check to see that the trigger comes to the middle joint of your trigger finger. On average size men this will work out to 12 1/2" to 14". Most...

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If you haven't shot it so far, don't knock the bore condition just yet. I have a couple of Winchesters with sewer pipe bores that will group 3" at 50 yards.

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Looks like they've done a good job suppling period correct weapons. Thank goodness for the replica market. Now lets hope more film makers will use correct time period weapons like they seem to be using in costuming.
Can't wait for the film.

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From an E.C.Meahman 1884 catalog: New Model Army(SAA), $15.00. Engraving $2.50, plating 31cents, ivory grips $2.50, pearl grips $9.37.

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Terry, I remember now that there was a Pennsylvania School of Gunsmithing. jnyork, Do you remember the Joy Realty office on main St. I built that for my model home display as a dealer for Justus Cedar Homes in the mid 70's. I also did the Robbins House of Furniture remodel. We moved to Florence, Ore...

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I was wondering, how many users of this site are graduates of Gunsmithing trade schools? I graduated in 1955 from Lassen Junior College Gunsmithing program. I am the only one from my class that ever worked as a professional gunsmith. I was in the trade from 1955 until 1963 when I left and went into ...

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caryc, interesting. I guess I should have kept polishing. Also, the formula for Micarta has changed over the years. After I posted my reply I looked it up last night. It now has modern components that will definitely allow a high polish. The piece my grips came from was panel board material that was...

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The "micarta" grips refered to in the Ruger information is made from a pressed paper and was used as circuit board panels for mounting insturments in electrical power plants. I saw it used in a plant that was built in the early 1900's, so it's not a new material. I retrived some of it from...

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Wow!, will you look at the heels on those boots!

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Hi Gordylew, All SAA's marked Frontier Sixshooter are 44/40 caliber. The Bisley model is not as valuable as the Army model. You appear to have an original 1st Generation gun. If you want to keep it as valuable as you can, you will need to use original parts to make the repairs. All good gunshows wil...

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Both pictures are fakes. Boeing is not working on a 797 delta wing airliner. The Boeing picture is at least 4 years old. The "fighter" is a studio mockup for the film "Stealth" that was in production several years ago.
A quick Google gives dozens of sites for this info.

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Best guess - $300,000.00?

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270WCF.

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In doing a little searching I found a statement that may sum up your problem. One researcher found , when interviewing people in the film, that there wasn't much of a script to work with and it actually was written as it was being made, day to day. So there may never have been a completed script tha...

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Homer Formby's furniture finish remover has always worked for me.

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You might find a moving and storage company you could use, like Bekins?

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If the gun shoots to center vertically now the way the sight picture is set, it looks like the barrel is not straight. Is the front sight centered over the bore? It is possible to bore sight a rifle to check for a bent barrel. Hang a string in front of the muzzle and shine a light down the barrel fr...

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Numrich Arms has them Their part number is 294560C. Around $6-7 bucks.

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I see that the '73 trigger is definately different than the '86 which has a notch cut out of the sear and a pivot piece riveted to the side of the hammer.

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Since I am 3 score and 15 all I can say is do all your doin' before you reach 3 score and ten. Trust me, unless you are in super health it starts getting a lot harder to do anything like you could do at 70, especially if you are/were an outdoor guy. But I must say, every day above ground is a good d...

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I love to shoot my 38/56. It shoots more accurately at 100 yards than I can hold it, and it doesn't "kill at both ends" like some other calibers in the '86 line. Snooky Williamson says to reload using 38/55 high velocity specs. A word of caution, he hot rodded a lot of his loads so you sho...

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One of my favorites, love the theme music.

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It's hard for me to see $1200.00 for just the lower tang assy. I've seen complete M.73's with set triggers for less than $1500.00 on a couple of auction sites though. I think the set trigger feature is similar to the M. 86 set trigger. The set trigger feature is a bit delicate, I have one on one of ...

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I always thought UPS stood for United Parcel Smashers!

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You shouldn't use any type of power brush to clean a file. Even though the wire may be flexible the file edges will round off in time and dull the teeth.

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Studio photo. Funny, that cocked pistol reminds me of an old, silent movie I think, where the leading actor actually had a Colt cocked in his holster for the scene. That made him quicker on the draw than the bad guy. Really corny to watch. I wish I could remember the title. edit! The actor was Franc...

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Gee, nobody said anything about the '73 Winchester carbine or the pearl handled pistol - Colt? Do we deduce he is left handed because his lasso is tied to the left side of the saddle? We're beginning to become detectives here on this site. I love it!

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I'm wondering about the amount of ammo he appears to be carrying. If that is a double row rig, he might be some kind of animal bounty hunter. I do believe he's the real thing though. His rig isn't tied down, and the weight of it seems to be pulling it down. Strange.

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Of course it's a studio shot. Do you think the boots and spurs were costuming props for the boy. The "soft drink" bottle is definitely a prop.

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Yes, rain, or hail, could deflect a bullet. In reality the flight time in most cases is too short to make any practical difference. But over a long distance, say 500 to 1000 yards, it could. I hope one of our forum members with long range military experence will chime in in this interesting question.

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I see! By the way, how do you folks across the pond pronounce Bisley. Buysely, or Bizzley?

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The standard for dovetail sights in the U.S. has been 3/8" since at least the 1860's. The clones from Europe, South America and the rest of the world are metric. I don't have the metric dimension at hand. I have no experience with the Japanese Brownings, so I'm not sure about them.

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Hi Michael,
That's interesting. England accepts U. S. NRA certification for firearms instructors. Or am I seeing something that's not there?

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I've had two inertia pullers. I wore out the first one. I have never invested in collet type pullers. I always use the small platform on the back of my bench vise with the puller. It normally takes three good blows with heavy crimped lead bullets. I've probably unloaded a thousand bullets over 50 ye...

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The reason the 44/40 cartridge is lightly loaded by the factory is that it must be safe to fire in the weakest gun ever chambered for it. All factory ammo is loaded this way for obvious reasns, think liability. The 44/40 can be hand loaded to compete with the 44 spec, 45 Colt, etc. It just happened ...

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When Chuck Connors "twirled" his M.92 the gun was modified to function properly inverted. A small pin and spring was inserted into a hole bored parallel with the chamber just above it. The pin protruded enough so it guided the round into the chamber when the gun was inverted. When the leve...

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Sorry, try www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/45_short_colt.htm

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Here's an article that may answer some of the above questions.

Go to: http://www.leverguns.com/articles/ta...short colt htm.

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Google: Bob's Gunshop, Arkansas, he has a model 550 bolt.

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I may get flamed here, but it looks "clunky" to me. I guess the combination of the pistol grip stock and the fat forearm makes it look that way in my eye. Maybe the difference to me is like the difference between the slender young women of my day and the somewhat less slender modern young ...

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Nosler had an explosion and fire at their factory in Bend, Oregon this week. The damage was estimated at $15,000,000 in inventory and plant damage. The explosion occured at the indoor bullet testing range.

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I have used Homer Formby's finish remover with sucess. It will let you retain the original color of the stain/finish in the wood and allow use of his refinish , or a Tru Oil type of refinish. Gloss or semi gloss, your choice, either works fine.

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Hi John B, Dixie gunworks has that piece as a reproduction part. It is listed in their online catalog for $7.50. Fitting the new part is simple. It may clear the top of the bolt now without fitting, and if not, a small amount of metal can be removed from the little boss. Only enough is removed to cl...

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The 45 Colt headspaces on it's rim (rimmed case). The 45 ACP headspaces on it's neck (rimless case). This requires very careful headspace fitting and you cannot crimp the bullets or you loose the headspace fit. This is the reason 45 ACP is not chambered in most rifles. The 45ACP can be chambered in ...

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The dust cover stop is the name of the part you are refering to. It is held in place on the lower side of the dust cover by a 6/48 screw. The dust cover stop has a piece that extends below the level of the dust cover and that extended part is where the extractor hook on the top of the bolt catches a...

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Pretty nice shooting from some of you guys on this website.

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Do you have a problem with those straight walled 357 cases "stovepiping" in you cartridge guides when you are chambering live rounds or ejecting empties?

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I use that cheap construction paper the kids use. I make inverted "T's" 2" wide with 4-6" legs from my 1" black target masking tape. I hold in line with the vertical leg, and at six o'clock on the horizontal leg. Easy to read hits with my spotting scope too. I get many spots...

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Boy, you guys would make good detectives!

The wrist on the hip looked a little effeminate to me.

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