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Scott Tschirhart

I'd love to do this kind of hunt. But it would be with Big Nose Kate and holy black!

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Thank you. I never knew that. You learn something new every day.

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I think we all should take whatever opportunity we have to be in a hunting camp with good friends again. We should not let this tradition die out.

I have a theory about the extra levergun. I think someone had to take the photograph and it is his levergun.

Scott Tschirhart

I would love to have a rifle like that in .32 Win Special! Keep it as is and enjoy it.

Scott Tschirhart

In September of 2014, I caught myself looking at a post that I made on FB for the purpose of seeing how many "likes" it got. I came to the realization that this was poison to me and I was frankly surprised that I would give anyone else that kind of power to judge me or my post. I shut down...

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One of our people brought a lot of Winchester LP primers to the shoot in Arkansas, I bought 5000 on the spot as he was asking a fair price. I didn't really need them, but there's no reason not to have them. I'm glad to see that some powder is getting through to dealers. Before Thanksgiving I ordered...

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I know I've killed a truckload of deer and a few elk with the 33 Winchester and never lost one. once the velocity goes above 2400 weird things happen.....with the advent of partition bullets this theory/practice may be outdated. -----6 You may be onto something there. I've had mixed experiences wit...

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piller wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:03 pm Scott, those 70 pound Texas deer would barely slow a .22 lr down. OK, some of them go as big as 80 pounds.

Deer are somewhat bigger in Texas now than they were then, at least in my region. But I get your point.

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I saw a Winchester ad from back in the old days where they were promoting a .32-20 as a deer cartridge. My brother and I started shooting deer with a 110 grain soft point in an M-1 Carbine that dad bought for $15 from an ad in the American Rifleman. We didn't lose any deer, but the ranges were short...

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I try to remember that I am never alone (and I know that I never have been) and sort of keep up a running conversation going. Not all the time of course, but if we all thought that God was right there with us, we would likely be more polite to each other.

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Yes, it is measured from the breach face to the muzzle.

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They had original center fire 66s? I was under the impression that all 66s were chambered for the.44 Henry Flat which was a rimfire cartridge. But I admit that I haven’t studied this in great detail.

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No MIM or plastic parts in my old gun. The hammer is much heavier and falls harder. Lock time might be increased, but not so you can tell. The trigger pull is definitely longer, but I would rather have a gun that goes "BANG!" every time I pull the trigger.

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I always wondered what those things were on the barrel of the main gun. Thank you for sharing.

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I get lead at the airport. They put a bunch of sheets of lead in the bottom of some planes when they bring them over from France (they tell me that it is for ballast). It appears to be pure lead, and the addition of a little tin makes some great bullets. The only issue is that the sheets are about 1...

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My loading setup is in the garage. I make a lot of ammo on rainy days so that I can shoot on sunny days!

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I wanted to do a shoutout to NKJ because I was having sticky feeding in an old Rossi. He sent me the steel follower and a new spring and it solved all of the issues I was having. Good stuff. Thanks!

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Glock 20 (10mm) under pillow. Scott that pump looks like a hand full, what shells do you run in it? The cheapest 00 buck I can buy in 25 round boxes. I have it loaded with “Estate “ brand 00 buck from Cabellas. Premium buckshot patterns too tight for inside work. With the wood stocks it is definite...

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It’s a Brazil contract gun. But it isn’t marked 1917. I always call them a 1937. The barrel says “S. & W. D.A. .45”. I know that it’s basically the same gun.

This revolver has no problem setting off primers!

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I’ve been messing around with.45 ACP revolvers for some time. I’ve come to seriously distrust some of the MIM parts in newer S&W revolvers. But my old S&W 1937 seemed different to me because of the old longer action. But the problem doesn’t seem to be a problem at all after swapping out the ...

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Why would anyone comply? We all know where that goes.

This is Texas and we remember well what happens.

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I sat out on Sunday and watched this young buck from about 20 yards. He was spooked but he could not figure out why. He had an 8 point rack, but the horns were inside his ears and he was perfectly safe as he was not legal. But I would bet that he would taste as good as a legal deer. Congratulations!...

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Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve developed the habit of starting my day giving thanks to the Lord for all of the wonderful people and things he has blessed me with. I’m just as grateful for the challenges and struggles because I don’t seem to grow unless I’m challenged.

In brotherly love,

Scott

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The wood stocks work for me. I could not hold onto the plastic ones.

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Reminds me of the old days:

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I keep this handy:

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I'm still using the same 550 that I bought many years ago. I doubt that I have enough years left in me to wear it out.

This was an excellent report on an interesting machine.

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That's a really great find! Congratulations!

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I have the same trouble with grips like that. They look great, but I need a bit more support toward the heel of my hand.

That's one of the reasons I like a square butt N frame with the magna style grips.

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I have all the stuff I could ever want.

But, I would like four more years of President Trump.

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I could not get any accuracy with cast bullets in my Rossi until I went to a .454 diameter bullet.

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I found a Freedom Arms mini revolver yesterday that I thought I sold years ago!

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I'm not pushing the .45 Colt as hard as some folks do. I'm fond of a 270 SAA bullet sized to .454 over 13 gr of HS-6 at the moment. My Rossi 92 loves it as does my Ruger Blackhawk. Not too much, but plenty. But I also like shooting the Hornady 255 gr Cowboy bullet over 8.5 gr of Unique. Seems to sho...

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Unfortunately fear makes people do stupid things. And there is a lot of fear out there. Fear is almost always an overreaction to an uncertainty. I don't intend to give up anything. I haven't curtailed enjoying my shooting because of ammo shortages or covid. I'm just living my life. I think about thi...

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That's a really cool project.

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That's a great program and I'm really happy to see this kind of thing.

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Thoughts and prayers going up on your behalf.

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I picked up Jim Taylor's old Rossi 92 and I am not bothered in the least to put any load through it.

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I love those 95s. I have a Browning in .30-06 that I have never fired. It is in sporting configuration. I suppose I don't really need the gun as I have yet to do anything with it. First world problems.

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Both are.50-70s and I like to think that John’s came up from Texas with some Buffalo hunter.

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Big Nose Kate. Mine has the patch box and the other belongs to John Linebaugh.

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And here I thought this was going to be about Big-Nose Kate! Are you still taking her shooting? I sure did enjoy all your stories about shooting that Sharps - load development, sights, and just shooting in the field. Glad to see you back, Scott. The original Big Nose Kate was a .45-70 and I did wel...

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I had forgotten about writing that Scott! Thanks. That was a fun gun and slicked up really nice. I am happy that it is still running well. I have a nice Model 92 rifle that Paco gave me but I have never tried to slick it up like I did that one. After all the months working on it and getting it runn...

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It has been passed through a couple of Shootists and it has been used in Alaska and Arizona, and now it lives in Texas (with me).

It was so good to find this old article again.

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/rossi.htm

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I was watching the movie "Silverado" the other day. I thought it interesting when Danny Glover's character asked if the bad guys knew what a Henry rifle could do in the hands of a man who knew how to use it. I thought to myself that we can do much better with a .45 Colt today. I wonder if ...

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I’m having a lot of fun going back and reading posts from some time back. While we all have our favorite cartridges (In my case the .50-70) I wonder how many of us hunt with something that we decided was well matched to the actual hunting that we do? Last week I shot a cow (didn’t want to but I had ...

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My handgun shooting limits me to 40-50 yards. But I can reach out there with the .45 Colt in a rifle. I load a lot of the Hornady Cowboy bullets over 8.5 gr of Unique and I treat it like a big .22. Seems to shoot well in my revolvers and both of my leverguns. I don't think that load is too stressful...

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These days I prefer a couple of.45 Colts.

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I like the idea of using the same cartridge for bumming around with both my rifle and revolver.

But when I carried a gun for serious business my levergun was a .30-30 because of the extra power and penetration.

This combo of a .44 Special and a .30-30 made sense.

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[/quote] With this group, heresy is wanting to prevent people from owning guns. Otherwise, it is sort of difficult to find a cartridge which nobody on this forum would want to try. Sort of like Jim Taylor and friends coming up with the .480 Achilles. Why not? [/quote] Now this is what I think would ...

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