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With my sweet wife.

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Exactly Jim!

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Now that’s hunting!!!

Very good work!

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15 yards

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This gun is just super accurate! I have two Freedom Arms revolvers that won’t shoot as good as this gun does from my hand.

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If you know an old hand loader who can show you the way you can avoid a lot of mistakes. I loaded some ammo back in the 1980s that is nowhere near as good as the ammunition I make today.

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I haven’t read any of his writings in a long time. But i remember them well.

Rest in peace.

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I’m not sure where I fall on the spectrum. But I fire a bit over100 rounds of .38 Special this morning and that’s not terribly uncommon. I fired much lower amount of.44 Special and a handful of.327 Federal. I load at least a couple of hundred rounds of something weekly. I have to load just to keep up.

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That’s really good Jim

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100 gr Federal.327 averages 2,072 FPS

85 gr Federal.32 H&R averages 1,304 FPS

90 gr Aguila .32 Long averages 754 FPS

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This seems to be a bit more gun than a .30 carbine. And it looks like they just rehabbed the existing .32H&R barrel.

It surprised me because it fees .32 Long, .32H&R and .327 Federal with no issues.

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Percussion ignition?

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Thanks Ray!

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It looks like.327 Federal with 100 gr factory ammo is the rough equivalent of the.30 Carbine in a levergun.

https://youtu.be/0vZQ2jBG330?si=dB3z_84JOslwJjJY

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2024 8:07 pm Looks like the base gun might be a .22-caliber. Is that the case? I don't see a loading gate.

No, it’s a 94 Marlin but they made some of the .32 H&R guns with no loading gate.

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Cable,

I’m sure they did exactly that, just slightly lengthened the chamber.

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I wonder about this cartridge in a carbine. I can get 1500 fps in a Single Seven, I’ll bet that load would cook in a 16 inch barrel!

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jeepnik wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2024 2:37 am I'd liike it better if they posted their prices for the "packages". I'm always suspect when folks try to hide the price of an item or service.

I get that. But with inflation going the way it is, posting prices might not work.

I’ll bet they aren’t cheap.

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I generally won’t take more than three guns out at a time. But it’s because I have a limited ability to really concentrate

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.327 Federal Magnum

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There’s a company called Grizzly Custom Guns that does impressive work on Marlin leverguns.

https://www.grizzlycustom.com/

And they make the levergun that I have been begging Ruger to make.

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4t5 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:15 pm It gives me something to do on rainy days.

Down here in Texas we pray for rainy days!

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Steve in MO wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:24 am The Chinese abruptly announced about three weeks ago that they were stopping exports to the US of antimony and nitrocellulose.

This is the foreseeable consequence of the current administration’s constant talk of war.

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To my Australian Brother,

I am truly sorry that your government doesn’t trust you. We benefit greatly by seeing what your government did.

I pray that one day this silly policy of restricting guns is turned around.

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We have both and they both seem to function just fine.

I have a personal preference for old Single Sixes with the .222 diameter bore.

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There’s nothing wrong with simpler equipment either. A Lee Hand press and a set of dies is inexpensive and creates ammo that is every bit as good as what can be produced on a Dillon. This kit fits in an ammo can and allows one to reload anywhere. I started loading.30 Carbine ammo at the kitchen tabl...

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I really enjoy reloading and my old Dillon 550b has paid for itself many times over. Like Jim says, I bought this machine in the 1980s and I can’t remember what I paid.

I can’t tell you how many thousands of rounds I’ve loaded on it.

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I bought 8 pounds of 231 this morning for $35 a pound and free hazmat and shipping.

Shop a little bit and you can make a deal.

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JimT wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:10 am
I grew up on Colt SAA's and old Rugers and prefer them by far to the New Model Rugers and any other sixgun that has a transfer bar. That's just my preference. I prefer the feel and action. I am not arguing they are better. It's just what I want in a sixgun.

I’m of the same opinion Jim.

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Fortunately they are easy to replace.

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It looks to be flat to me. The broken one and the replacement.

But I may order a few spares.

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I cleaned it and took it back out today.

Same deal. Very nicely zeroed.

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Well I finally took this gun apart and replaced the transfer bar.

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The Carbine is just plain fun.

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Pretty cool to see a pinafore gun these days!

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:02 pm Glad it wasn't too bad.

It looked terrible! Especially inside the bore for the first three inches or so.

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 3:21 pm Sounds like you have a great shoot, congraulations. What did you do about the rust in the bore and on the outside of the barrel?

It cleaned up with a little Hoppe’s No. 9 and Balistol. It didn’t take much work.

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I have now have a winchester model 71 .348 and have everything to load with Barnes 250s and H4350 it but haven't yet. I'm nervous about shooting it since you guys have been recently talking about how brutal the recoil is. I don’t find the recoil of a Winchester 71 to be troublesome at all. I find t...

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I sort of wish I had taken some before photos

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This gun was a wreck. When I saw it, there was rust in the bore and the cylinder was fouled as if it had been shot with black powder and not cleaned afterwards. There was also rust on the underrated of the barrel near the muzzle. The gun was obviously owned by a shooter at one time. It has a free sp...

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8 gr 231 and a 270 gr Keith sized to .453

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13 gr HS6 under a 270 SAA bullet.

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I think I found one. 8 gr 231 255 gr Hornady cowboy.

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I went through a phase fairly recently in which I was totally infatuated with M1 Carbine's. At one time I had a dozen of them in my safe, now I'm down to 9 I think it is, which includes seven USGI, an Iver Johnson and an older Universal. I loaded, tested and fired many hundreds of handloads at 100,...

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At one time I entertained a fantasy of going back in time to help out at the Alamo with two M1 Carbines and a couple of cans of ammo. When I was a kid I remember a recurring dream about defending the house from a large group of bad guys with the M1 Carbine in my father’s closet. For me, that was the...

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I have another Inland now and it comes to the shoulder so easily.

Much like the .357 in a levergun…..it’s awful useful for a lot of things.

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Leaves a distinctive mark as well!

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270 SAA over 8 gr of Unique

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JimT wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:10 pm
I used my hoof rasp and then a mill bastard file and eventually sandpaper of fine grit.

That’s what I figured. That’s why you and I get along so well.

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Did John flattop that gun for you or did you use a hoof rasp?

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