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samsi

No worries here, I think most understood the context. And yes, life has enough naturally occurring drama without going looking for it.

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Yep, it started with Skeeter for me as well, but I need to add Taffin and Pearce. The Sixgunnin' Trinity of 44 Special Enablers. Despite being a faithful reader of Skelton in Shooting Times back to the early 70's, I didn't acquire a proper .44 Special until around 2000. I found a NIB Model 24 for s...

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I passed up one like that last year, but I do have the Lipsey's 45 convertible Flattop. Like yours, I couldn't really find a load it didn't get along with and it was a favorite for traipsing the canyons for a while. These mid-frame Rugers seem to be consistently the best SA's they've made in years. ...

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Interesting, I got mine around the same time and didn't get an instruction sheet. I think that I just went with what I remembered from Jeff Quinn's review along with some trial and error. Just used it yesterday on a handful of Federal Auto Match for the Single Six. I've been meaning to get one of th...

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Yep, it started with Skeeter for me as well, but I need to add Taffin and Pearce. The Sixgunnin' Trinity of 44 Special Enablers. Despite being a faithful reader of Skelton in Shooting Times back to the early 70's, I didn't acquire a proper .44 Special until around 2000. I found a NIB Model 24 for sa...

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I'm a Hemingway fan myself, outside of the subject matter there's something enjoyable in the cadence of his writing in itself. I've always believed that the depression and other psychological issues were due to the multiple concussions he sustained throughout his life (it's said that he charged thro...

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I thought that the 255/13 HS6 load was pretty okay, then I tried the 270SAA bullet with HS6. That's turned into one of my favorites.

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I’m surprised there aren’t loads with the likes of RL7 or 4198. Are these too slow? 4198 has actually long been a standard for "Smokeless for Black" recipes, 40% of the BP charge weight of 4198 gets you in the ballpark. Don't know how long it's been around, I lifted it from Ross Seyfried.

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That's good looking bullet, probably work pretty nice in 45 Colt also.

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I had an old dictionary that still contained those definitions for idiot, moron, etc. There were a whole bunch of other non-PC things in it too. I think the wife tossed it out at some point, evidently I had too much fun reading it.

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That is a good one, thanks for the reminder that I should revisit it. My Ex's family was from that part of the territory and was familiar with a lot of the characters involved. Matter of fact, her great-great grandmother was "the Plucky Landlady" (of the Will Barnes story) at the Apache Ho...

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My condolences. I never met the man but feel that I knew him a bit from his writings, which nudged me away from .44's and into giving the .45 Colt a try 20-some odd years ago. Thanks John, you'll be missed.

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If I remember correctly, our own much respected tubaman damaged the cylinder ratchets of one of the smaller-framed (flattop) ruger .357s with 180 gr. bullets and sanctioned load data. I’d be interested in hearing more about this. I used to shoot a 180 gr XTP loaded long over a big dollop of Lil Gun...

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I've got some 45gr Speers that I've been intending to load in the .223 at Hornet speed myself. Was thinking 2400 but then I started reading up on reduced loads with Blue Dot. Still have some of that around since I quit using it for 357, just need to get on it.

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I'm pretty fond of those dovetail sight Sixes myself. Do you have the rear sight filed down? Seems to me they usually shoot high.

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Looks good. I've shot a couple of those MGM Trapdoors over the years, fun stuff.

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Enjoyed the story, thanks. I've been reacquiring some of those childhood items too, it's an enjoyable feeling. I do believe that I've made a mistake in ignoring those H&R revolvers all these years.

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Nice. Who made the cheek pad? I could use one myself.

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It’s not meant to be laughed at….intelligent people have no common sense………and anymore, not much anyone has it. I’d go as far to say the only people in the world who has common sense is me and Jim T. Everyone else is stupid, or as the Italians say, “stupido. :D ——-now put that under your hat…….:D A...

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That's a purty one, and I know what you mean about the ones that make you look better than you are, congrats.

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There are so many good ones it's hard to pick a favorite.The bears lost in the city with "Well, we're lost. It's only a matter of time before someone shoots us" still makes me laugh and I get a lot of use out of The School for the Mechanically Declined at work.

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Looks fun. And it's got enough horsepower to toss rags around!

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SSK is supposed to be finally shipping their newly built Contender frames (SSK50). During the teaser about 3 years back they were priced at $275.No idea what any subsequent runs will be priced at, but I'd sure like one. A .357 Max carbine could cover a lot of ground with the option for 38/357 standa...

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Tycer wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 10:19 pm
samsi wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:13 pm Cool Roscoe. Curious, has he always been cross-eye dominant?
I think so. I can’t put my finger on why, but I shoot that way and remember from a ways back that he does.

Well I guess I'm gonna have to try it since it seems a lot of the cool kids do it!

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My dad experienced two pretty spectacular sightings during his life.The first was also witnessed by my mom, and my younger brother was with him for the second. I've seen strange things in the sky twice myself, once from the ground and the second from an airplane. After the sighting from the airplane...

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Thanks Six. I was slightly left eye dominant when I was younger but shot enough to train the right eye to take over. Now older, the left eye definitely sees better but I'm being bullheaded about retraining myself - again.

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Cool Roscoe. Curious, has he always been cross-eye dominant?

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Their site did need some help but they hardly ever have what I'm looking for in stock these days anyhow.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:15 pm .
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This one is hitting pretty close to home!

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The attitude of "it's within specs" vs. being perfect is disappointing. A gun should be 100% reliable out of the box, regardless of spec parameters. That's what I've come to refer to as an "80% kit with a serial number". True. But at least with the real 80% kit you get the satis...

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Scott, I feel your pain. I was lucky with both the .44 RH's that I've owned, in that that they were both exceptional shooters and reliable. My 5.5" .45 hasn't been so happy, pretty sure it was built on a Monday morning or Friday afternoon and has had a few issues I've worked out in addition to ...

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Numrich actually shows a couple of H&R hand/springs in stock but I'm not top-break savvy enough to know if they're the correct part.

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Interesting, looks like a rotating lockup. I've stayed clear of the 5.7 from the standpoint of handloading difficulty. I suspect the Ruger system overworks the brass - not sure, just a hunch. I've been favorably impressed with the M&P already in the conventional chamberings.

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Yes I did, figured that I'd acknowledged that by adding parenthetically "custom chamber notwithstanding". I have heard of broken Mini bolts before but it's been attributed to battering from the notoriously over-gassed stock gas system. The only other 5.56 issue I've had was with the Norinc...

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I like that it resembles the old Winchester autos. Make mine a 10mm please.

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.25/06 (The National Cartridge of Texas) wouldn't be my first choice in an elk rifle but it'll work with the right bullets. A friend of mine won't hunt elk with a .30/06 since putting 5 of the wrong bullet into an elk that didn't drop once upon a time. I rolled one with a 7mm/06 and 139 Interlock on...

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Sorry for your loss sir.

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My experience has been that the Mini will digest ammo that won't even chamber in an AR (custom chamber notwithstanding). I bought a bunch of ammo one time that included a couple 30 rd mags that had been loaded for so long that the cases were oblong instead of circular in cross section - it was visib...

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I saw an article earlier about that Montana senator getting suspended from Twitter over an antelope hunt picture, which they called an elk in the next paragraph, so... I'm thinking maybe it's one of those elk-antelope critters, an elkelope, or a wapitilope.

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I've heard good things about MP, that one should be a winner. I've got an old H&G #50 that I've never used, I should fix that.

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When Mike Venturino did the 44 American he used the RCBS American mold that cast at .423, and he reported that it shot fine in his gun. (bore diameter not mentioned but assumed smaller than the .434 nominal from the 44 American specs) He did use cut down .41 brass and RCBS dies.

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.45colt wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:10 pm I have the Redhawk 45/45acp and I sure wont' be shooting any 400grn loads thru it. . with the stock grip's you need to be careful.

Yep. My first RH was a 7 1/2" and it had enough heft that is was agreeable to shoot with the factory wood, the shorter barrels not so much.

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A while back there was a decent Model 55 Winchester at a local shop for not too much. The reason it was not much was that someone once installed a recoil pad on it but had chopped the stock perpendicular to the toe line on the low side. Made me a little ill.

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veeman wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:17 pm Yep, and still taking the same gal home for 29 years.

Nice collection! I'm a Strat guy but I do have a soft spot for V's.

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The conflicting reports about EPS have kept me from ordering as well. One of these days I'm going to order something from Doc Barranti.

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I was always a tube amp guy, solid state always sounded cold to me. Used a hand truck to haul mine, though I did finally switch to an amp modeler through the board when I played out during the last stretch 10 years ago. The wife-person made sure that no 6, 7, or whatever followed me home.

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Thanks for posting this, I've got a buggered up 4 cav Lyman mold I need to try to salvage.

Is the 454190 mold he mentions the same one you're still using?

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Good point about the pressure drop in the Colt chamber Griff. I've chrono'd the same Cowboy Special load in both cylinders of my Blackhawk and it's 100 fps slower from the Colt cylinder.

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Not quite 400, but Hodgdon's online data has a Cast Performance 395 listed at 1024 fps (7.25" barrel) with 14.3 gr of AA9. Pressure below 32k.

Nothing listed for H110 oddly enough.

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Any good 45 ACP loading will work well, the main two I currently use are 5.5 of W231 with a 200SWC, and a 225-230 truncated cone over 5.8 Unique. Brian Pearce did an article on 45 Auto Rim +P in Handloader some years ago, and I've used one of his loads with the Keith Auto Rim bullet in the Cowboy Sp...

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