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Kansas Ed

But is the barrel mis indexed, or is the front sight slot cut at an angle...IE: does the rear sight slot match the front? And one other thing, you are holding the gun in the least accurate position for determining this. It very likely that your mag tube is off center slightly and tilting the gun one...

Kansas Ed

The 7mm Rem. mag is something I think the shooting public could have lived without. I've seen too many people who think the 7mm mag makes them 1000 yard shooters. And I've seen more bullet failure out of that cartridge than any other. IF 7mm mag people really thought about their shots, and thought a...

Kansas Ed

Once again, nicely done. I may bump my loads up another .5 grains to match yours and see if I can improve groups.

Ed

Kansas Ed

Kansas Ed, How did the part break? Was it through normal usage (eg. firing the rifle using the set trigger function)? I own a 73 with the set trigger function and it works fine. Just don't want to break it, if I can help it. ole pizen slinger Just normal use, and not very many rounds after I got it...

Kansas Ed

The SST version is very delicate. The weak spot seems to be where the adjustment screw goes through the trigger itself. The hole for the screw is drilled very close to the end point which weakens the assy. and will break off the set activation feature. It doesn't affect using the trigger in the norm...

Kansas Ed

No input on what to buy...but I can sure tell you what to avoid

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Kansas Ed

The 1905 Winchester catalog has this to say about the following two cartridges: .44 Winchester Model 1873: This cartridge always has been and always will be popular for sporting purposes. It contains 40 grains of Black Powder and 200 grains of lead. Up to 300 yards it is very accurate, and sufficien...

Kansas Ed

I have the Corbin hand cannelure tool. It does just fine. But I would like to hear some feedback on the CH4D tool, which I think may have the better design. The great thing about the cannelure tool is that it makes all the 40 S&W bullets...38-40 bullets...and that makes your options dang near un...

Kansas Ed

In 1992 I was talking to Wayne Baker of Freedom Arms, when he told me he had a couple of rifles that he wanted to get out of his collection. I worked my way up to his home one evening after work and he brought out two lever actions. One was a standard rifle 1892 in 38-40 OBFMCB, and the other was a ...

Kansas Ed

Well fella's, they've had this gun for 3 weeks now. The Customer Service manager called as soon as they got it, and told me that he wasn't aware of the other issues. He instructed me to write everything down in a email so he could send it up to the top of the food chain at Colt. I did that evening a...

Kansas Ed

Now those are nice. I had some time to kill today and stopped in at the Wichita Sams, They had the std. Liberty safe..fire rated 1500* at 30 min IIRC. $699. I figured it was a Liberty Safe you were hinting at, but your JD version is WAAAY COOOL...I want one in JD yellow.

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Kansas Ed

For all you Garand guys...is there any truth to the fact that double based powders burned up the gas port on earlier Garands until they changed the location of the gas port?

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Kansas Ed

When I was a kid, Grandpa and I walked out to the grain shed by the barn. I spied a small bucket half full of oats laying on the floor, with a board ramped up the side from the floor. He grinned and told me it was his "mouse trap". Even though the bucket looked half full of oats, it was re...

Kansas Ed

FWIW, when I was growing up a really good friend of mine got two coyote pups when their eyes were still closed. The male as an adolescent, got to fooling around a hive of honey bees and didn't make it, but the female lived several years after that. The female loved to play, but you just couldn't tru...

Kansas Ed

It isn't made to hit a 2" square at 10 paces. I think its made to hit a man in the middle at 10 paces. A much bigger target. I said 2'...as in two foot square.. :wink: I tried several different loads for it, and kept trying to adjust my point of aim to hit the cardboard, but could never get th...

Kansas Ed

And we remember old Ephriam...also a 25-35 kill....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Ephraim...makes the shootenboomer clan defecate their drawers....

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Kansas Ed

Just an FYI in case you haven't tried it...but my wifes puter got a nasty little bug...I knew it was there, but Norton didn't see it, so I tried McAffe, and it didn't see it...then on the recommendation of a friend I loaded Malware Bytes, and Bingo...it got it and eliminated it. What's best is that ...

Kansas Ed

I'm sorry Buck, and sad for what you have to go through. May you find peace among your family and friends and faith.

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Kansas Ed

While I love my Delta, the 10mm requires a 22lb recoil spring. That's almost double the spring tension of the 40. I can see why the FBI ditched them, try getting one cleared when you are weak in one arm/hand....it's pretty impossible to do within a decent amount of time. So IMO the 40 is a much bett...

Kansas Ed

TedH wrote:I had one for a while, and found it to be lacking in the accuracy department as well. I ended up trading it off for a PPK.

That's funny...that's what have been sitting here wishing I had bought..

Kansas Ed

My last trip to Tulsa I scored a Colt Mustang in ..380...what's not to like....a mini 1911 Series 80 is what it mostly amounts to..but my first trip to the farm last week left me disappointed. Totally inaccurate little handgun. I couldn't hit a 2' square cardboard from 10 paces consistently. So...my...

Kansas Ed

My Redding 405 dies work just fine. There is only .003 difference at the case mouth...other than that and the rim thickness, the cartridges are identical. Snooky's book has original Winchester drawings of both. Let me know his loads and success with same if you would please. I'm trying to accumulate...

Kansas Ed

IIRC the ALLIGATOR snapping turtle (not the regular snapper) is protected in some parts of the US. Read about that a couple of years ago...

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Kansas Ed

"ball powder" also refers to double based powder as opposed to single based.

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Kansas Ed

I told them today I wanted my money refunded. The rep said that someone else would have to approve that. He is sending a shipping label to the house for me to return the "firearm"....

What a miserable experience.

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Kansas Ed

Wow! That is hard to believe. I guess somewhere another guy has just the opposite set up! :twisted: :twisted: Just imagine his frustration tryin' to shove those .45 Colts into that .38-40 cylinder!!! :lol: I'd be tempted to send it back and ask if they can figure out why? After they call & say,...

Kansas Ed

Just happened tonight, so tomorrow will be the call. My buddy suggested that I tell them the brass ruptured and blew out on the cylinder and put out an eye.

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Kansas Ed

I got a call yesterday that my SAA which I had returned for shoddy workmanship, was on the FEDEX truck and would be here this afternoon. If you remember the gun had the following issues: 1) Nickle plating flaking off after <100 rounds 2) Hammer off center and sticking in the fired position 3) Mill m...

Kansas Ed

One question...why would anyone want to report a sighting or a killing of a cougar to the authorities. I agree with OSOK...SSS...what they don't know can't hurt you.

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Kansas Ed

IT WAS CALLED DUPLEX LOADING AND WAS DONE BY KEITH AND A FEW OTHER FELLOWS. IT DID GIVE AN ADDITIONAL 202fps TO THE 50BMG CARTRIDGE. OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS A KINGSIZED P-I-T-A TO CONVERT CASES AND DID VERY LITTLE TO IMPROVE SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION. AND SO IT WENT... I thought Duplex loads were loads ...

Kansas Ed

I like my Colts (3-1911's, and a Mustang)...but IMO the Springfield is the best buy for the money quality wise...actually I think they are worth at least 25% more than they get for them.

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Kansas Ed

NOW....take the '86 send it to Mike Hunter and have it redone for the 50-110...then you'll have a really nice pair of '86s...

Ed

Kansas Ed

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php With this tool it archives parts or whole websites for many years. I've used this to find stuff that the company has been deceased for several years.... A third of the way down the linked page there is a button that says "take me back" right before that ...

Kansas Ed

Your signature line is totally appropriate for this subject!

It is the curse of man to try and offer advice...so I'm going to try and decline my instincts to do so, and just sympathize...so in your behalf...that really sucks!

Ed

Kansas Ed

Just my opinion, but I wouldn't let the Bertram be an issue. After reading above about the .010 headspace I measured mine, and yep they are spec. shy by .010....BUT....RCBS recommended their form dies for the .405 Winchester brass years ago forming from IIRC 9.3 Brass which gave around .017 headspac...

Kansas Ed

The 25-20 SS looks like a slightly overgrown .22 Hornet. After reading all of the negative press on Bertram brass, and seeing that the people who used it regularly had no issues if they annealed the necks first, I opted to do the same. I'll see how many firings I get eventually out of them. BTW, my ...

Kansas Ed

Honestly for Ground Hogs I can't see any advantage of a centerfire over the .22 Mag at the ranges normally encountered. But I'm really excited over the initial tests of my 1885 Lo wall in 25-20SS. And my Uberti Lo wall in Hornet is pretty much the cats meow. I know...it's a single shot. But they hav...

Kansas Ed

We had a discussion about component/ammo availabilty on the way back from Tulsa a couple of weeks ago....It's interesting that the hoarders have quit buying, and we surmise that in about 4 or 5 years there will be a lot of stuff for sale that people hoarded that they will be trying to get rid of.

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Kansas Ed

As many of you remember, I purchased my dream handgun last year...to my complete and utter disappointment. I ordered new from Colt a SAA 7.5" Nickel in 38-40. When I got the firearm, the action was lame and gritty, the cylinder throats were .003 undersized, the hammer axis pin was in crooked wh...

Kansas Ed

I really don't see a problem with the 44 mag in a modern steeled '73. My only concern would be that the toggle links have a slot in them, which may be prone to battering and peening loose. Not to mention that the shear strength of the link pins would become an interesting factor. But that would depe...

Kansas Ed

+1 to what Griff said. Dad always wanted a '94 in 30-30 so years ago I gave him one. Knowing that he wouldn't use it for anything but varmints I loaded a whole bunch of 110gr plinkers with it at 32-20 velocity. It was a dog/coyote/skunk/possum/groundhog killing machine. Made me want a 30-30 for myse...

Kansas Ed

I regret two... Model 70 Win. FWT Push feed in .223 Remington Model 70 Win. FWT Classic Stainless w/wood stock in .300WM Most of the others I've sold went to people who I knew and I know are appreciating them...but those two I regret...mostly because I can't find replacements any more. That little ....

Kansas Ed

I'm like most of you...never win anything...but this I gotta tell. In the early to mid 90's Audrey and I are sitting at the lunch table at Freedom Arms when Wayne comes in. He's selling raffle tickets for the US Marshals Association. They were a couple of bucks apiece, and I don't think he had sold ...

Kansas Ed

Great report Kirk! I'll be bookmarking this thread. When I get to my other computer I'll post loads that worked in both of my '73's. I've carried mine a couple of days during hunting season, but didn't have the opportunity to get a clean shot off those days. It's on my list of to do's. I'll be reall...

Kansas Ed

Years ago I had a string of misfires with some CCI std Small Rifle primers. Either they were a faulty batch (not likely) or they misfired because I was picking them up and loading them singly in a ram on the press. So I would be aware that handling primers likely can cause issues from my experience....

Kansas Ed

FYI: It's gone to another home...not mine...

Kansas Ed

I took a tour in the early '90's when they ran a special run in 454 to go with a cased set with a FA revolver. They have a nice setup there. Nothing fancy, just good old fashioned craftsmanship. I really enjoyed seeing their setup. They are a class act all the way around.

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Kansas Ed

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I'm out of cash or would have jumped...good price on this IMO.

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Kansas Ed

I see Tutt has come to my defense, as I haven't been around much lately. Like I said before, it's my personal opinion. I'm not a fan of the .348 for several reasons. Not to say that it didn't work, just that I think it could have been much better. First, the body taper was too extreme and was charac...

Kansas Ed

We dumped our satellite service and use an antennae and have internet to our TV, via a stand alone desktop using the big screen as a monitor. Since they went to digital airwave's last year, the reception on the Antennae is excellent, and we watch HULU and NETFLIX on the TV when we want something oth...

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