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- Wed May 04, 2022 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lightweight Commander type pistols
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2185
Re: Lightweight Commander type pistols
A good LW Commander is a great carry gun and Dan Wessons are fine pistols. You shoot that one real well Scott.
- Wed May 04, 2022 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 35 rem marlin
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2337
Re: 35 rem marlin
I'm running the 35 just under 40,000 (Quickload) in an old Ballard rifled 20" 336 and getting 2150 fps with the Sierra 200 grain Pro Hunter. By comparison the 200 grain FTX® LEVERevolution® factory loads does about 2050 from my rifle. To 300 yards (the farthest distance I would pester a coyote)...
- Wed May 04, 2022 9:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 35 rem marlin
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2337
Re: 35 rem marlin
Another 35 shooter here. I've only killed one deer with it compared to 6-7 with the 30-30, but the 35 swatted that one real good. The 30-30's max pressure is about 8500 PSI above the 35 Remington and as noted in Metallic Cartridge Reloading, 35 Remington factory ammo often skirts that cartridge's MA...
- Mon May 02, 2022 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin vs Winchester
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4850
Re: Marlin vs Winchester
I love my old 35 Texan but you are exactly right. Winchesters come to my shoulder and their sights fall under my eye much more naturally. Well that's EXACTLY how I advise people to choose between 'finalists' for handguns they want to use for protection - if it 'fits' naturally, it is going to be wa...
- Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin vs Winchester
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4850
Re: Marlin vs Winchester
I own only 2 lever guns And they are both Winchester model 94’s one is a 45 colt that just shoots amazingly! The other is the classic 30-30 that I recently used to kill a 250lb boar that was running at about 30 yards that one is the last gun that would ever leave my possession! Shot friends Marlin,...
- Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mom has gone home to our Lord
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3075
Re: Mom has gone home to our Lord
Prayers and condolences for you all, Ysabel.
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Lyman 429667 from Western Bullet Company
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1283
Re: The Lyman 429667 from Western Bullet Company
Since the bullet was flying straight to the target, I decided to see how it would do with a little 'turbulence'. I sat three one-gallon jugs in a row and behind each, slipped in a scrap of 3/8 plywood. The fourth and last jug was backed an inch and a half of old, wet phone book. Behind those was ano...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Lyman 429667 from Western Bullet Company
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1283
Re: The Lyman 429667 from Western Bullet Company
Thanks guys. Yes sir Grizz, they are plain base. I stumbled onto these thanks to Mike Venturino- https://www.handloadermagazine.com/mike-s-shootin-shack-0 Not being a caster myself, I'm always glad to find a supplier who offers good examples of the various numbered bullet molds. Western did a good j...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Lyman 429667 from Western Bullet Company
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1283
The Lyman 429667 from Western Bullet Company
I received an order of Lyman 429667 cast bullets from Western Bullet Company, These mic a dead 0.430” As cast and lubed, 10 randomly selected examples scaled 254.5, grains +/ - 1/2 grain. For all practical purposes, they are 255 grain bullets. For commercial gang-mold bullets, these are very well do...
- Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Grizzlies and the 30-30
- Replies: 165
- Views: 59443
Re: Grizzlies and the 30-30
Amen. Use Enough Gun and not just for grizzly...some really bad things can happen in the margins, so I would prefer to keep them as small as possible...
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin vs Winchester
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4850
Re: Marlin vs Winchester
You can unload a Winchester, open the lever, turn it upside down and hose it out with carb cleaner, WD40 or whatever you have along. If I was in the brush for a few days I'd take a breakdown cleaning kit.
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin vs Winchester
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4850
Re: Marlin vs Winchester
I always have been and remain a Winchester man, hands down.
But I'm having a real tough time trying to think of a Winchester you could trade for my old 35 Marlin Texan in 35 Remington.
But I'm having a real tough time trying to think of a Winchester you could trade for my old 35 Marlin Texan in 35 Remington.
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Grizzlies and the 30-30
- Replies: 165
- Views: 59443
Re: Grizzlies and the 30-30
I'll bet that did wonders for the gene pool.gamekeeper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:15 am Brown Bears were hunted to extinction about 1500 years ago in Britain, spears were the favourite weapon of choice…
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi 92 and Ruger loads .45 Colt
- Replies: 47
- Views: 5915
Re: Rossi 92 and Ruger loads .45 Colt
1. My bulk 45 Colt Maplewood Bullets Lee 452-255-RF over 8.5 grains of Universal and does 910 fps from a 4 5/8” New Vaquero. This load does 1180 fps from the 20” Rossi. It's also the only load tested here that is safe in the New Vaquero and is a pussycat from the carbine. Sarge, Thanks for sharing....
- Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New lever action project
- Replies: 9
- Views: 893
Re: New lever action project
... When I was a kid we had what is probably now known as a Daisy Cub and my brother and I were deadly sparrow killers (if I wasn't saved, I would probably go to hell just for the vast numbers of sparrows we killed). ... You & I have way too much in common ;) I got my Cub for my 5th birthday, w...
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What happened to uncle Ted?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1128
Re: What happened to uncle Ted?
It is a fake news website... from the "ABOUT" page .. Daily News Reported is a fabricated satirical newspaper and comedy website. Daily News Reported uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases when public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental ...
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 11:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mouse Loads
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2249
Re: Mouse Loads
I never carry a 22 when deer hunting and if I'm also carrying a handgun, it's stoked with full loads. So I'll work up a quiet, cast bullet load for the 35 Remington. Once in awhile there is something that needs whacked quietly. Years ago I had my youngest son stationed on the edge of field, to shoot...
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mouse Loads
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2249
Re: Mouse Loads
That's about where I am. I've got a Henry 22 that is sighted for CB Shorts at 25-30 paces and stays loaded with a magazine full of them- around 20, as I recall. It clobbers all manner of nuisance critters quietly and with surprising effectiveness.
- Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Scoping a levergun
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2887
Re: Scoping a levergun
I don't want to sound anti-scope about lever actions. I purchased a mount for the old 35 mentioned above, right after acquiring it. I figure i's better to have one on hand whether I ever use it or not. I also have a basic Henry 22 lever action which has irons that produce sort of a pistol sight pict...
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Scoping a levergun
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2887
Re: Scoping a levergun
My primary deer/bear gun is & will be an old iron sighted 35 Texan and I'm going to use it that way as long as I am able. We're almost the same age so it's only fitting that we work our way through this as partners.
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Modernizing your Levergun
- Replies: 58
- Views: 5198
Re: Modernizing your Levergun
I think you'd need 3 leverguns of the sane length for that thing, Doc. Looks like it belongs on a surveyor's tripod.
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Modernizing your Levergun
- Replies: 58
- Views: 5198
Re: Modernizing your Levergun
On Tac'ed Out, railed, etc lever actions- I just can't make the jump.
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
Re: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
Thanks guys I appreciate it. When these 205 grain RNFP loads are gone, all this revolver will see are 240-270 grain bullets- a 900 fps general-use load a wide meplat SWC and maybe a throttled up WFN at maybe 1200. I've always liked the XTP but I ain't married to it. Times like this encourage indepen...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: House gun
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5603
Re: House gun
I used a bunch of issue shotguns over 30 years and my favorite was a 15" 870 with a 12" stock w/Limbsaver and +1 mag extension. One of my sons has an 18" 870 with a wire folding pistol-grip Knoxx stock on it that ain't much bigger. It didn't really look like something I was just itchi...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
Re: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
I'm gonna throw an update in here and then I'll quit pestering you fellas about it. My second effort at sight building is sturdy but had just a tad of right lean. I was able to file that out and still have plenty of post for a usable sight picture. I also have about 250 of the 205 grain load, so I d...
- Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
Re: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
Agreed, Piller. I wasn't worried about the little dab of velocity it cost to have a much handier sixgun. My self imposed limit on deer with a conventional handgun is 50 yards and that XTP load in particular is more than enough for that. I will occasionally shoot a groundhog or coyote further. I shoo...
- Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
Re: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
Undeterred by failure or common sense, I grabbed another old Marbles front sight and rebuilt the 44’s front sight again in the same manner as before. The solder joint was perfect this time and it withstood pounding with a screwdriver handle. Once shaped and squared it stood 0.540” tall and a couple ...
- Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shorter barrels
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2048
Re: Shorter barrels
If I'm going to carry a revolver much it's going to be 4-5 inches tops. I have always favored the Commander over the Government Model. My most used 45 these days is butt-ugly little Springfield XD Mod2 with a 3.3" barrel. It just don't know it's ugly and if I do my part, groundhogs & bigger...
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting handguns from a rest
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2141
Re: Shooting handguns from a rest
Amen to that.horsesoldier03 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:24 pmWe definitely need to get a LIKE Button!Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 3:11 pm Well I never got to shoot it from a rest but after three different trips to the ranch, the gun is sighted in. Now it is a hunting handgun.
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
Re: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
I do too! Last I checked, that seller only offered them in .300 and shorter and I've asked for the 2nd time how thick the silver blade is. If they could be had at .500 and taller with a 0.080 to 0.100 thick blade, this old Uberti would be wearing one.
- Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
Re: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
The dovetail base stayed put. The weak link was the solder joint between the base and the blade. It wasn't as close a fit as I would have liked for a good high heat solder joint. What would be perfect is a dovetail base purpose built to support a soldered-in blade. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/n7M...
- Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
Re: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
I like it!!!! Seems like a short .44 magnum always needs more front sight than you might expect. Thank you. They do need a substantial front sight and a good sturdy one, too. Unfortunately the one I built, isn't it. I gave the blade a couple of hard 'test bumps' with a plastic screwdriver handle an...
- Wed Mar 23, 2022 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: American Bulldog Winner (update)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2737
Re: American Bulldog Winner (update)
That's a good substantial grip and fine looking too.
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
Re: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
Thank you for the kind comments. I test-drove it a bit yesterday with the homemade sight in place. Windage was easily set but it was shooting a little high, which I found odd since the post is still taller than the bead I used to test with. Then I realized I had left the ejector housing off, to simp...
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2476
DIY Barrel Chop- IJ Cattleman 44 Mag (pic heavy)
I won't blame this all on Jim Taylor, but he did shorten a Rossi 92 awhile back and that got me to thinking... I love this old 7 1/2" Iver Johnson (Uberti) Cattleman 44 mag- it's mechanically accurate, has a great trigger and the 1860 grip frame fits me to a T. But that long barrel was a PITA i...
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi R92 not cycling 44 mag very well
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1238
Re: Rossi R92 not cycling 44 mag very well
After considerable tinkering, I had my 92/357 set up exactly the opposite as Griff's- it would run 357 slick at any speed, but you had to slow down with 38s or it would flip them right out on the ground. My 45 Colts on the other hand, ran well with anything I threw at them. One cartridge length vs t...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: There is no levergun as smooth as one
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1568
Re: There is no levergun as smooth as one
My old '55 Texan is the by far smoothest operating 336 I've ever handled.
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Calling in.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1535
Re: Calling in.
Dang Nath, your foxes are as big as our coyotes.
Great photos.
Great photos.
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting handguns from a rest
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2141
Re: Shooting handguns from a rest
I have done some of my best shooting sitting with my back braced against something solid and resting my wrists between my knees. If I'm regulating (invariably fixed) handgun sights I will usually set up a folding table with a range bag on it and rest the heel of hands and/or wrists over the bag. I r...
- Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Commercially Available .45ACP Carbine
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5721
Re: Commercially Available .45ACP Carbine
Does the .45 ACP gain anything in a 16 inch barrel? In that short fat cartridge I would not think there would be many powders which would give increasing velocity past 10 to 12 inches. I could be wrong. I need to do some research and find out if my initial opinion needs to be changed. It gets you a...
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi Model 92 in 45 Colt — functionality?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1414
Re: Rossi Model 92 in 45 Colt — functionality?
Thank you Cowboy Tutt and Rossi 92 QC, especially post-Taurus is 'luck of the draw'. I personally think you're more likely to get a smooth operating 44 or 45 than you are a smooth 38/357, but that's an opinion based on my experience and the experience of 3-4 guys I know pretty well, along with comme...
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 6:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi Model 92 in 45 Colt — functionality?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1414
Re: Rossi Model 92 in 45 Colt — functionality?
Both of mine ran fine with all of these. http://www.thesixgunjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2017-10-18-14.58.jpg Left to right- 1. My bulk 45 Colt Maplewood Bullets Lee 452-255-RF over 8.5 grains of Universal and does 910 fps from a 4 5/8” New Vaquero. This load does 1180 fps from the 20” Ro...
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cancel the Search! I am no longer looking for a Rossi barrel!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 638
Re: Cancel the Search! I am no longer looking for a Rossi barrel!
I bet that is much handier. I really like it.
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where have all the Rossis gone?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3252
Re: Where have all the Rossis gone?
We chased a nutcase some years ago who ended the chase by lighting himself up with one of those. Pretty spectacular.Old Savage wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:04 pm Accelerators chronographed 4300 fps in my Model 70 30-06.
- Sun Mar 06, 2022 11:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where have all the Rossis gone?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3252
Re: Where have all the Rossis gone?
For years people have been herded toward the 9mm/5.56 by the gun press, FBI, web media etc. Ammo for both was cheap in bulk and terminal performance was truthfully billed as 'good enough'. People consolidated on them in droves and now many are dependent on whatever ammo trickles out at scalper price...
- Sat Mar 05, 2022 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Appalachian Mountain Rifle
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1865
Re: Appalachian Mountain Rifle
Fantastic rifle in a great cartridge and you shoot it very well. I've killed a few deer with the '06 and it never disappoints. Only one of mine was over 300 yards, about 340 by my calculation and google earth's. I can tell you at that distance, a 150 grain Nosler BT (started at 2944 fps) sounds like...
- Sat Mar 05, 2022 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rossi twist and heavy bullets in 44 cal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 587
Re: rossi twist and heavy bullets in 44 cal
I was about to hold my nose and get a Henry Big Boy Steel 44, for the faster twist. But I handled a tube loader and disliked the matchbook-striker finish on the receiver flats, along with the checkered stock. The finish I can improve but there ain't enough wood there to remove the checkering. I've h...
- Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking for a barrel for a Rossi .357 levergun
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1808
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sneaking up on lightening an SA trigger
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1074
Re: Sneaking up on lightening an SA trigger
Unless there is a serious problem, I don't like to stone the contact surfaces of the sear and hammer. They will burnish themselves in far better alignment than any of us can hold a stone. But a general deburr or making the shelf more shallow is helpful when you have some creep. I will second all of...
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sneaking up on lightening an SA trigger
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1074
Re: Sneaking up on lightening an SA trigger
The "Door Jamb Trigger Job"! I will admit to a couple of those myself.
Try the music wire bolt/trigger spring first. These usually yield a substantial improvement and, with the normal wearing in through use, you may not want or need anything else.
Try the music wire bolt/trigger spring first. These usually yield a substantial improvement and, with the normal wearing in through use, you may not want or need anything else.