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Roland

I've tried my lube in smokeless 44 special loads and they worked fine, I plan to test it further in 9mm and .45ACP and whatever else I got. My hope I can use my BP lube for my smokeless lube too, then I can process all my bullets (I cast too) on my star. Edit: This was my original recipe: -500g hard...

Roland

I can shoot a whole box of ammo (50) without having to clean out the gun with my homemade concoction.

Roland

Can't speak for .45 Colt but I shoot BP .38spl out of my '73 uberti and it's very accurate. I use a lube called Emmerts Lube with added lanolin and carnauba. A big lube groove (or multiple ones) is nice for BP. I just load up so that the BP is somewhere above where the bullet will be seated, resulti...

Roland

These three guns have each a different type of finish. From top to bottom. -Factory varnish -Boiled Linseed oil -Birchwood Casey tru-oil. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9428343150_3e26b6548b_c.jpg I've bought some chinese tung oil and will be stripping the varnish of the uberti soon enough. I wi...

Roland

Thanks! And yes it's not a BL-22 but a 9422, made in '74.

Roland

Maybe I could ask here, I'm wondering if there are any good 38cal molds that drop bullets in the 160-170gr range that would be usable in a .357mag '73 lever? I wouldn't mind a slightly longer bullet to reach 357 OAL with a 38spl case. I've seen only SWC designs in that weight range so far and those ...

Roland

Here's a youtube video with the .44mag carbine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBTgNxOj9Eg The toggle-link system is apparently stronger than most people give it credit for, and the 44mag models have been differently heat treated and that's why they're all blued, they can't be case colored. I wouldn...

Roland

I read something that the Lyman #2 is only screw adjustable, but it had some kind of index or scale on it? I haven't seen any pictures good enough to give an idea of that, but is that anywhere good enough to make it so you can have repeatable settings? Like you could write down this setting for XXX ...

Roland

I'm getting a 20" short rifle Uberti and Cattleman 4 3/4" pretty soon, both in .357. They will be dedicated black powder platforms. I definitely want a tang sight on the rifle and I was wonder what brand is yours, and is it windage adjustable? I'm looking for alternatives to marbles becaus...

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Oly, One really good reason not to shoot black powder out a 44 Mag case is blow back. The 44-40 is a tapered semi bottle necked case that seals the chambers very well with black powder. Straight walled cases such as the 44 Mag and 45 Colt ( I have lots of black powder experience with that one) ofte...

Roland

I prefer and will choose the Uberti over the Miroku personally. A truer replica of the original design and case colored receiver, also I want one in .44 special.

Roland

I did not know about the lever having to be open half-way, did not see it in the manual, it seems to say the lever should be closed, but if that helps I will do it like that from now on.

Roland

I found the post that made me wonder about this and it was on a swedish forum and it's hard to translate but essentially it talked about the edges where the two receiver halves met could get bent and make the two halves fit together sloppily. This is of concern to me since I have a marbles tang sigh...

Roland

I read online recently that you should not take apart your 9422 rifle more than is neccessary, because it's somehow not good for it? I don't rightly remember now, it was a while ago I read it, might've had something todo with creating wear on the thing and eventually the two halves would be a sloppy...

Roland

I keep thinking about threading and suppressing my Rossi 92 too. Mine is 44 MAG so I would probably go for an AAC TiRant 45. Probably have the barrel threading and mag tube reduction done at American Precision Arms. Of course I am dreaming about a Ranch Hand in 357 SBR'd with a carbine stock and th...

Roland

That pin keeps the mag tube from moving out of the receiver. Not the cap. If the mag tube moves forward just enough to catch a cartridge head between the tube and receiver and you force the lever you can bend the carrier. The pin indent in the barrel can be oval or oversize a bit, just don't let th...

Roland

There are all kinds. I still haven't found a .44 cal suppressor I like. The only ones I've seen have been huge (actually .45-70 suppressors), too large for me. I want something not much thicker than my current 9mm suppressor. I might have to go with a custom a solution (I found a company in sweden t...

Roland

Fun! That pin on the mag tube cap is to keep the mag tube from slipping out of the receiver. If you shorten it like that you should make sure you have some sort of mag tube retainer. What caliber is it? From how I understand the design it should still be retained, the screw attaches to the cap thro...

Roland

I've been suppressing a lot of my guns recently (both ARs, Glock, Ruger mk3) and I've also started to notice I might be getting tinnitus so that's lent me extra motivation for more silent shooting. I'm wonder whats the best way to go about this, if I decide to go through with this. At a minimum the ...

Roland

It does seem they are likely 1:30 twist and not 1:20. Well that's still better than 1:38 like a Marlin.

Roland

The issue came up in a discussion and going by these specs, it seems all Rossi rifles now use a 1:30" twist, I could have sworn they used to be 1:20" for 44 magnums at least in the past. http://www.ampro.co.nz/products/rossi/rossi.htm Anyone here know the definite answer? Going from a 1:20...

Roland

Roland, If that is such a good pistol why in the hell are you leaving sit on on the ground all wet? I wouldn't pose my worst gun like that. Joe Well I guess not all folks are alike, I for instance, have no use for safe queens, or a gun that would take damage from that kind of 'rough' treatment, I'd...

Roland

Chinese 1911s are solid guns to start a project with:

Roland

My 9422 eats pretty much anything I feed it. It usually gets CCI standard velocity, I buy them or Federal by the 500 packs.

Roland

Hahaha that's pretty awesome!

Roland

Indeed, 25 for three heights at brownells (with discount), not bad.

Roland

.570" sounds very high, I measured mine though and I think its around .470" from bottom of the dovetail to it's top, the bit that sticks out of the barrel seems to be around .375" high or thereabouts. I am not sure what the proper way to measure these are. As it is currently my gun hi...

Roland

Could you be so kind as to tell me what front sight height has worked best for you? Or does the standard sight work? Been trying to search the archives but I have not found anything for this particular combo... Interested in the Marble 1/16 front sight with gold bead for this rifle. I want to replac...

Roland

6.5x55 swede is very popular for moose in... you guessed it, Sweden.
.308 is probably more common here in Finland though.

Roland

Here's a more proper uberti design:

Now if only they came back with the 73/22 then they could leave that boring henry ripoff for some other company.

Roland

Good people, Someone on RimFire Central posted this link to Uberti's NEW .22LR levergun, MSRP $589.00: http://www.uberti.com/firearms/silverboy-lever-action.php http://www.uberti.com/firearms/images/silverboy_lever_action_lg.jpg http://www.uberti.com/firearms/images/callout_silverboy_lever_action_d...

Roland

Thanks for the heads up. I did find & read about a members unfortunate experience here just now. Doesn't sound good at all. Previously I had not heard anything about CC and his 1887s but what I read certainly sounded like an utter nightmare.

Roland

Care to elaborate a bit?

Roland

Finland, top of europe

Roland

I worked with one, very nice. Miles ahead of the Chinese version. The shorter barrel should be OK for hunting, removable chokes come with it. Barrel's not lined, just thick-walled. Denis Sorry to bump this old thread but now a year after, has anyone found any problems with the Chiappas? I've had a ...

Roland

If I where to buy a lever in .22lr today and I could choose which model I wanted no holds barreled... Then I'd choose a... Marlin! 1897 Cowboy with a skinner peep. Thats my new gold standard for a .22 lever, even though I still love my early 70s 9422...

Roland

That's the thread I last saw as well several months ago and back then the guns where in the stores even as someone got to handle one in person even. Someone was gonna buy it and post a report, never did see it. And personally I would feel safer shooting .44 special loads out of a gun designed to tak...

Roland

Been trying to find some user reviews and pictures of the internals and such but no luck. Hasn't anyone picked up one of these babies yet? I probably won't get one because I want a 24" octagon, but I am living in the hope of something like that coming out in this caliber. It would be great for ...

Roland

Bought a Kick-eez, smallest type I could find from brownells but it didn't fit my Rossi 92 very well, I measured my stock and the numbers seemed close, but not enough apparently. Atleast I could put it to use on my Benelli M1. So I need some help now, need to extend the LOP and a slip-on seemed like...

Roland

Thanks Folks! I thought U were going to weld the hole ? Yup, but I'll do that just before I crank the oven up to GunKote the whole rifle. These Stainless Steel rifles look like "light sabers" in the early morning in the hunting woods. I was hunting with a friend in Wyoming a few years bac...

Roland

Sorry to bring up this old topic but I was wondering, if you don't have the rear safety (my rossi came without one) then there is no reason I couldn't mount the sight farther backwards right?

Roland

Well for Quickload I fed it the length of the bullet, the seating depth required to crimp at the crimp groove, the length of my cases too as they seem to be slightly shorter than QL assumes(1.255" instead of 1.275"). That was 1.648" and I think this is correct to within a .003" v...

Roland

If it does not load, what do you do to get it to accept longer rounds? Replace part X or file this or that?

EDIT: Tried loading to 1.65 with another type of bullet and it feeds that, I guess 1.68 was just really a tiny tiny bit over its limits then.

Roland

Thanks for the info. I would have thought it was the air wave pressure that causes the damage. Wonder what studies have been done on damage by bone conduction. I was going to say I've heard that the headphone style hearing pros are much better because plugs don't protect against the noise transferr...

Roland

I am going to start casting soon, for my first mold I got a 4-cavity mold from NOE via a castboolits group buy, it's a 429241 style bullet, 245gr Keith SWC in other words. Now I fed the specs of the bullets to Quickload and after setting it up I see I am getting a very long COAL, 1.648" or so. ...

Roland

I don't know why this is, but whenever I have a problem like this. I post about it, and then the answer just comes me. Figured out what I was doing wrong, spring and ball go in another place entierly.

Roland

I just got this sight and I was gonna take it apart, according to the instructions I read I was supposed to turn the elevation screw counter clock wise until the base came off, well all that happened was a tiny ball and spring came popping out after the elevation screw and I have been trying for hou...

Roland

I'm starting to wonder if I need to replace my front sight after all. I was looking around and most people said the front sight needs to be higher, looking at some of the pictures here, it would seem my current front sight is about as high. You probably don't NEED to replace it, but that wasn't the...

Roland

This gun has hardly been shot, last time I tried it was going high with factory ammo.

It's spent most of it's time disassembled, I've done the NKJ treatment on it and now it's waiting for some proper wood, thinking about making my own stock because most factory options are too short.

Roland

I'm starting to wonder if I need to replace my front sight after all. I was looking around and most people said the front sight needs to be higher, looking at some of the pictures here, it would seem my current front sight is about as high.

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