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The current price for a box of 50 .45 Colt rounds at the local Academy Sports &Outdoors is almost $65.00. Yes. The local gun stores are charging a ton for .45 Colt and it's all 'Cowboy Action' . . . read weak loads. I shoot near full power 14,000 psi loads from my 2 Uberti leverguns and the onl...

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Not a BP shooter but that's a pretty cool idea. I love using things made for one use on another and using something no longer useful for it's intended purpose on something else . . . brilliant!

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Our daughter lives in Austin and yesterday she sent us this:

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So, I pulled the trigger today and loaded up 900 rds of my 200 grn .45 Colt. I really enjoy making ammo as its relaxing and satisfying too. I looked over my component list and they came from my stash that together work out to 16.6¢ per round so I'm not spending too much to make up my fun gun ammo. B...

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I can't decide between my 20" carbine and my 24" rifle with my Uberti SA Cav model pistol, all in .357 mag for my woods walking up in the Rockies. While the rifle is heavier to carry, it's considerably more accurate even out to 300 yds. But truth be told, I take the carbine most of the tim...

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You might still get one. I got mine last month but a neighbor just got his today. BTW, it ain't just for SEA. Guam or American Somoa, Johnston Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, and Thule AFB, Greenland are all on the list.

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Check out Gun Broker. The first one looks interesting.

https://www.gunbroker.com/Rossi-R92/sea ... %20R92&s=f

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Grizz, I know what you mean. I actually got the idea from my wife about 35 yrs ago when she would take the kids Legos and put them in the big plastic kegs. That way they didn't end up all over the house and I could stack them away for the next time. She still does things like that as she found a pla...

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While not a shotgun hunter, my son has one and I've shot it a bit. A bud out at our range is a fanatic on shotguns and reloading them and he has 55 gal drums full of hulls!!

I can only imagine . . .

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I got one too, however, I'm already getting disability payments due to the 'lead exposure' I received while in VN.

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I've mentioned that I store my brass and excess ammo in plastic kegs. The larger ones originally held pretzels, medium ones held trail mix, and the small ones held dog treats. They are very efficient for storing brass and excess ammo that won't fit in the ammo cans as they clearly indicate how much ...

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I think it's more the logic of the original wording, "as rated by manufacturer." that they are hanging on. If you're the 'manufacturer' they figure it's up to you to go to the trouble to demonstrate it. Besides, why would a government organization make work for itself? They're 'here to hel...

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I asked a friend who worked at the state what about reloaded ammo as the person who makes it is the 'manufacturer'. He laughed and said that they'd had multiple arguments about that as the original writes assumed that reloaded ammo was a copy of commercial ammo just to save money. Anyway, they final...

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BTW, I have a system where I prep my necked brass for reloading which starts out with tumbling and inspecting then, then lubing them up. That's followed by a run through my Case Prep toolhead which resizes, decaps and trims them all at the same time. Then another tumbling for 15 minutes to remove th...

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As I said, we have large mule deer (I have 4 in my back yard right now down for what looks like the night) and large elk and moose that are usually taken at longer range due to the topography of the hunting areas in the state. So, a higher energy, larger caliber round is considered the humane way to...

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Did the Colorado Fish and Game actually write "... a muzzle energy at 100 yds ..."? Yes. Here is an extract from the 2023 Colorado Big Game Regulation Brochure: "2023 Colorado Big Game Hunting Laws * Legal methods of take ………………………………..14 1. CENTERFIRE RIFLES a. Must be a minimum of ...

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The whole argument for suing a .44 Mag or .45 Colt for deer hunting is interesting, however, in my opinion it's pretty much an eastern half of the US argument. Out west we have longer range shots and mostly larger deer so many states have enacted rules against small calibers plus minimum muzzle ener...

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Yes, our range is private so our board makes up the rules and we luckily don't have any of those money gouging ones you see at 'for profit' ranges that I avoid. Also, I've got some favorite shooting spots in both the Rockies and out in the prairie where I always pack out anything I bring in.

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Nope, no cannelure but I use a Lee Factory Crimp die rather than a roll crimp on both my .357 mag and .45 colt and after well over 10K of them, I've never had an issue with bullet setback.

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Sooooooo, I've decided to load up some .45 Colt loads for my leverguns. :D I think I'll break out the Unique, some nice Berrys 200 grn plated RN bullets I also use in my 1911, open up a brick of WLP primers, dump some Win brass into my 750's Casefeeder and crank out some fun times. With my recent go...

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I was at our range last Friday and the range was quiet with only 1 shooter so I checked out the different areas for brass and came back with 21 lbs. of brass from the bins. That makes a total of over 124.5 lbs. of brass I've collected over the past few months from our range. As I always do, I sorted...

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And, don't forget about China, India and Indonesia. They are busy building thousands of coal fired power plants and combined, are far and away the largest polluters both air and water on the planet. They have shown ZERO interest in cleaning up their act and the western nations can reduce their combi...

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While I handload my own and I've got are great results, if the OP is only limiting his choices to factory loads, I would suggest that he take a look at Buffalo Bore .357 Mag Heavy loads. https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=100 If one scrolls down to the last entry on the pag...

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That is really strange. Yesterday I happened by a gun shop called Machine Gun Tours in Denver and hanging on the wall was an AR with one of those bolted under the barrel. We talked a bit about it saying that it might be handy hunting as you can take your meat animal and cook it all at once.

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Has anyone ever really used a handgun to fight their way to a long gun and transitioned it into the fight? Sort of I guess. In the Army I was a Tank Commander and in 1968 I was stationed in Cu Chi. One day we came under fire and I was out of my tank at the time discussing our plan with some other T...

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Plaintiff argues that Chevron Deference Violates the Constitution, Argues FPC to Supreme Court. They contend that it is a flagrant case of executive branch overreach to the max!!! https://www.ammoland.com/2023/07/chevron-deference-violates-the-constitution-argues-fpc-to-supreme-court/?ct=t(RSS_EMAIL...

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I'm a walnut and steel kind of shooter, not a plastic and aluminum type so it's natural I'd shy away from those. While I have an AR, it sits alone and unused except for the occasional trip to the grasslands where I take it. However, it's a walnut stocked, scoped A4 'Appleshooter' and I use it exclus...

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Well, they make a Rossi 1892 in 454 Casull with a SAAMI spec pressure of 50,000 CUP so I'm thinking that .45 Colt Ruger will be a piece of cake for it. Seriously, the Model 92's action design is super strong and it will do fine with a Ruger only load.

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Slime robbing stores are just that, slime. The only way to gain control of law and order is to enforce it. Violently! I say start dropping thieves in their tracks and leaving their bodies there as a warning to others to act like humans again. I know what I'm proposing is extreme but the situation is...

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Funny thing. I have a cup every morning except when I don't. It's weird. I don't have craving for caffeine if I don't have a cup of coffee. Sometimes if it's hot I'll have some orange juice and most of the time I'll just have water. I guess I don't have an 'addictive physiology'.

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I have tried the Aperture sights years before and they just did not work for me like I told Jim. I am going to try the factory sights to see if they still work for me ,If not I will try the Aperture sights again. Thanks The secret to an aperture sight is how close it is to your eye. The Depth of Fi...

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And you guys are reloaders :shock: :shock: :shock: ....... :lol: yeah it happens to me too. Another reason to have a Dillon XL750 with a casefeeder. Auto indexing, auto primer feed, auto casefeeding and my Akro Bin bullet bin is right next to station #3 so I only have to remember '1 bullet' for abo...

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I wouldn't mess with trying to make it "better" ... with my old eyes the aperture rear sight on the bolt is the best solution. I too opted to replace my plug with a peep sight on my carbine. Besides the obvious advantage of an increased sight radius of over 27%, 22" vs 16" on my...

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You bet, however, I'll never find another deal like that, ever! I keep my eyes open for those uninformed or rich shooters who still leave their brass on the ground but a good find is harder and harder to come across anymore.

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Law enforcement rents our local range for their training. They are usually very good about policing things up - (unintentional pun - sorry! :D ), and on this occasion they put all of their 45ACP brass in two cardboard cases that the original cartridges came in. And then forgot to take them with. Th...

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200 rds! And I thought I got a big score. Congrats!

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So, I finished up loading only a few, 50 ea of the Winchester 150grn SP bullets, as I couldn't decide what I wanted to load with the others. I'll use those I loaded to try and keep sharp with my bowling pins. So, I have 207 pieces of fully prep'd Win .30-30 brass all ready to load when I decide what...

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Taking a bit of a break as I'm hungry for a snack but it's going very well. I've case prep'd all 257 pieces of .30-30 brass and I'm now tumbling them to get the lube off. I'm surprised that only a few needed trimming so cranking them through my 750 with the casefeeder and trimmer on my case prep too...

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Yesterday afternoon I had a couple of errands the wife sent me on and one took me right past our range so I stopped in to see what was what. It was quiet and I looked around the different ranges for any brass that might catch my eye. (We handloaders have been accused of looking down at the ground mo...

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Their load in their Rossi won't necessarily translate to your load in your Rossi. That was my point. However, the same ammo in the same make could get you close.

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I load .357mag for my Uberti SA 7.5" pistol as well as for my 20" carbine and 24" rifle using TiteGroup, Unique and Lil'Gun. The velocity results in the different platforms are not linear between the powders. Why? TiteGroup, like Unique is a fast burning powder developed for pistol le...

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Try that Caldwell Recoil Shield in the Mag, Mag Plus or even the Super Mag Plus if you need one. I find it's actually fairly comfortable once you get it on. Mine has a adjustable nylon strap for around your chest and also an adjustable strap with a velcro tab to attach the back to your belt. It keep...

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It sucks getting old, gets in the way of shooting :( Tell me about it!! At almost 76, my shooting shoulder has developed a bit of arthritis in it and shooting my leverguns with their small, thin metal buttpad with the sharp edges has become painful. Funny thing about that is my heavier calibers don...

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I'll direct you all to Steve of Steve's Gunz for any further comments as he's is the expert and I got my information from him. Hopefully, he'll see this thread and reply.

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If you've never taken the cover off of the receiver on a Uberti '66 or '73, it's hard to imagine that the pins are as small as they are. Here's a couple of pictures a Uberti '73. The one on the top is with the action open and on the bottom of it closed. There are two sets of toggle links, one on eac...

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I think you are missing the point of the cautions. I talked to Steve of Steve's guns at length about this when I was considering getting a Uberti '73 in 45 Colt in early 2013. As the actions in the Uberti 1860, 1866 and 1873 clones are the same design as the 1876's action, just designed for smaller ...

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We were at 93 deg yesterday with 25% humidity (on the high side for us) and even sitting in the shade of our big tree in the back that's just too warm for my liking. Today we're supposed to be cooler at 92 deg with lower humidity so it will feel much nicer. We've decided for dinner we'll have Prosci...

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I use to go there on business all the time and unlike Texas where the humidity can really pump up the feel of the heat, Phoenix, like Colorado has a dry heat so it's considerably more tolerable. My daughter lives in Austin and anything above 90 deg and I'm miserable. I've played basketball in an out...

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