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Does your family need anything while your house is being repaired?

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My Thunder Ranch version of the S&W 22 (model of 1950) is pretty sweet

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My first experience firing 45 acp was in a Blackhawk. May have been my first firing of a single action, but definitely first for a centerfire single action.

I have some weird shooting firsts. My first 38, 357, and 45 Colts were in rifles. First 22 in a revolver. First 30-30 in a single shot

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Is this 500 too long for a 1886? Or would a 1895 be more appropriate? It is almost three inches long, so about the length of the old Mauser battle cartridges. I would shoot it in say a Ruger No. 1, but in a handgun I think I would pass. The .500 is too short for an 1886. I run both a 50 Alaskan and...

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I remember my dad’s 79 Ford having powder burns on the oxidized gray hood from shooting his 25-06 across it

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Make mine a stainless Bisley with a 5.5 inch barrel in 44 mag

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Well I don’t think you would have any feeding issues!

I have no idea if they are quality or not but it sure is cute and classy looking

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Nice rifle in very well balanced cartridge. The scope is um not for me.

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Is this 500 too long for a 1886? Or would a 1895 be more appropriate? It is almost three inches long, so about the length of the old Mauser battle cartridges. I would shoot it in say a Ruger No. 1, but in a handgun I think I would pass.

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Yes I think Tulsi could bring Trump some votes and is not likely to turn any significant number away that are already inclined to vote for him. As for Kennedy, I think his candidacy hurts Biden way more than he can affect Trump and I believe that is what he wants for some reason. I am not convinced ...

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Kennedy just picked a female attorney that I have never heard of. Gabbard is on Trump’s short list and she will definitely accept if he asks. I think it is unlikely but possible

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348 and 356 are probably the closest in SAAMI cartridges for a tube fed gun. A 33 on a 444 Marlin case should get you there too, may have to shorten cases a tad.

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I always felt like I missed out on the 356 Winchester and thought I might pick up a 338 Marlin when they debuted, with dies, brass and bullets too of course. I held a beautiful MX rifle but didn’t buy it. Shortly after, Marlin sold out to Remington, 338 was out of production and hard to find. I did ...

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I wonder if Ruger may be incline to adapt their 480 to the 1894. I would think 480 Ruger and 50 AE would have similar capabilities

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When growing up in the 70s and 80s, I heard the term pistol to refer to any handgun. When semiautomatics became dominant towards the late eighties, the gun press seemed to reserve the term pistol to these semiautomatics, with revolvers distinguished from the term, and handguns referring to both plus...

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My aunt who isn’t old, probably in her late fifties at the time, told my dad a few years ago she couldn’t pull the trigger on her Charter Arms 38. He bought her a 380 EZ. He gave me the 38 not long before we found out he was terminally ill. It’s nice for the pocket. It is hard to say with casual gun...

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abar20manfan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:11 pm They are going to replace the 2X-7X 28mm Compact with a Full Size 4X-10X 40mm that is about 3” longer than a compact
Unfortunately they don’t make compact scopes anymore

Ugh!
I have a Burris compact 3-9x on my 77/22. Nice scope

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Quite a thumper for a 1894 Marlin I suspect

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The one I’m referring to is a 357 magnum

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I think many women choose a small gun because it is light, cute, and fits their hand. Then they find it is too small to shoot well, hard to rack, recoils too much etc. I think many men buy guns that are a bit big because they shoot well, hold lots of ammo, looks cool etc. Then they won’t carry them ...

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The Huckleberry, imported by Gforce, made by Hugtech I believe

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The gummy tips do have a substantially higher BC in smaller rifle calibers with the higher SD like 25 to 35 caliber. The handgun version or even the big rifle versions in 44 and 458 just do not bear this out. Plus, weights are limited because of length limitations, which introduces the need for diff...

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I have been seeing 1892 Browning pattern guns with aluminum receivers out of Turkey on YouTube. Given how the 92 locks via two steel lugs on either side the bolt rear and against the rear of the receiver, do you guys think the aluminum will hold up or give headspace issues eventually?

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Not sure if the 1894 Marlin or 92 Winchester designs are big enough. If either or both are, I think extraction could be worked out. I think the cartridge would be interesting in a repeating carbine.

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Maybe NC will get it if Robinson becomes governor. Sometimes I miss when our governor had no veto

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Locked the action up tight on the 5th round. Had to tap the cylinder out with a small mallet. I'm not even sure how it got bound up so tight, possibly from the moon clip. The last remaining live round did not move, so it wasn't a bullet jump. Couldn't extract the clip without the mallet and drove t...

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There's no doubt that the 10mm is a powerful round and can be hard on 1911s, but it also depends on how you're loading it just like any other cartridge. Factory ammo can be really hot and one of the reasons I won't buy S&B again. I've had their 10mm damage a S&W 610 jb 8) Wow a 610? That’s ...

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^^^^this is why we developed 10mm lite, and then 41 AE and 40 S&W 35 years ago

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My full size CDP (Aluminum frame) has never had a malfunction. Both hands, either hand, dirty Russian steel cases, soft swaged lead bullets, JHPs, fmj, does not matter. They get a lot of flack as a brand, but my 1911 is a great pistol.

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Its main benefit is corrosion resistance

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I haven’t really seen accuracy problems with any of them outside point of impact issues with Vaqueros. I remember 45 ACP and 45 Schofield being accurate and very pleasing to shoot. I have seen an inaccurate Single-Six, or at least it was with 22lr.

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Why not Valium? It is quite calming

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How short ARE those cases? (And how does Hornady get away with making brass outside of SAAMI specs?) Maybe they had to make them that way to get them to feed reliably -Stretch The bullets are longer so they make cases shorter to maintain OAL. No different than Stinger cases or ratshot cases being l...

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Great, just great! And I just picked up a 200ct bag of Hornady 357 factory brass! :? :roll: Thanks for the heads up on what I have to deal with. You might check with Hornady, but they may not use all 'short' cases - hopefully just for the 'leverevolution' loadings. Measure them and see, I guess. Th...

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I don’t think it will hurt anything to seat the bullet deeper and crimp because, as you can see the Hornady brass on the left has no crimp. As long as your pressure doesn’t run too high from the additional compression. FWIW Hornady recommends brass be trimmed to 1.240” for their pointy 140s. I thin...

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I think your rifle is almost certainly a 303, as said above 303 will not fully seat in a 308 chamber. I believe the Enfield action is too short for ‘06 conversion. If you really want to be sure, maybe take it to your LGS and have them check it..

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The XLR series is supposedly an accurized variant for longer ranges. They coincided with Hornady’s development of LeverRevolution ammo and the FLX bullets. I read up on them at the time but do not remember the details. Something about the relative fit the magazine, stock and barrel and a longer barr...

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:09 pm .
Are the shorties 'LeveRevolution' load brass...?

Most likely

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The first recall of a 1911 I ever heard of. Only 113 years of development they could copy.

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Well some will say your bullet killed your deer just fine, and they will be right. But, I see that performance as something that could go wrong on another animal. I like bullets to go straight as in break the opposite shoulder if I need to or reach the front half from the back if things go awry. I p...

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I only have experience with a few 25-06s. Worked fairly well with 120s on deer and had light recoil. Still have my Sako, but the caliber isn’t my cup of tea anymore. A smaller cased 25 would be great for varmints and small game though.

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I am not sure this will count but I had several .25 ACP Raven's when I was younger. Raven_25.JPG My Dad made me a truncated-cone flat nose bullet mold and I experimented with heavy loads, getting over 1000 fps from the cheap little guns. The heaviest loads blew the primer pocket clean out of the ca...

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That’s great shooting! I would consider load development over

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My 870 Turkey Express does double duty in a bedroom corner. Its 21 inch barrel isn’t too cumbersome and it’s loaded with reduced recoil 00 buck. The capacity doesn’t bother me as I figure no one wants to wait around for me to go empty.

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KWK wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:36 am
44shooter wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:19 pm Hmm, just a Lone Ranger that takes AR-15 mags...
I don't see a hammer.

You are right. Watching another video, this is a new enclosed design. At $1300, it still does nothing for me.

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What is with all the big loop levers these days? Did human hands increase in size over the last 100-150 years (along with bellies)? I don’t like a lot of air between my knuckles and the lever myself

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My own favorite is my Kimber CDP Custom. My favorite revolver is my S&W Thunder Ranch Model 22 in 45 ACP. Both are accurate, handy, shoot big bullets and don’t beat me up.

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Doesn’t look like a bad way to spend $400 these days

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