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Heading into town today, to my FFL to pick it up. I’ll play with it with the 24 inch barrel before any alterations are considered. I’m curious what kind of “clean up” may be needed on the action and loading gate. I’m sure the velocity and accuracy will be substantially enhanced with the long barrel.

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I picked up a 24” Stainless Steel Octagon 357 Rossi R92, but really like the shorter handier length barrels. Should be pretty simple to cut it back, ( and mag tube) and have the dovetail re-cut. Anyone have one like this? I’m just wondering how much nicer it handles. I’ll find out soon. Also wonderi...

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I have found I can use a softer lead, air drop, and when I powder coat, I water drop. Size and gas check if a GC bullet. The coating is extremely hard, and I have not leaded a barrel at any speeds. I also do the wet powder method, as I live in a high humidity area, with wet colder seasons. Simple on...

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After powder coating for a couple years now, I find by using different colors with similar looking bullets, it’s easy to “color code” by weight and/or power. It is also very nice to handle clean, painted bullets. No lube no dirty lead, etc, and clean hands when loading. Your bullets look great, and ...

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To me, it’s a great form of relaxation to cast, powder coat, size and load. Perfect therapy and you end up with a great usable product.

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I purchase firewood by the truck load. Living in N Idaho, there are s lot of lumber mills around. The crooked trees, etc that don’t make the cut for the lumber mill, are perfect for firewood. I get a FULL truckload of Aspen ( birch) tamarac and red fir for $800-$900 delivered to my yard. I’m guessin...

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You can never have too many lever guns and Sixguns!

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One day I need to find an original 1893 barrel for this take down. Somewhere around the beginning of WWII, the rusty barrel was replaced with a model 36 ( pre 336 ) barrel.

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I have an original 1876, in 45-75, that’s just a joy to shoot. Heavy 26” Octagon with long range sight and set trigger. It’s a 3 digit serial number, produced in 76, shipped 77, and spent its first few years riding the Oregon trail for protection. It came to my family just before WWII. Passed down t...

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If I had a beautiful 80 year old m71, in 348, it would be very hard to alter. The Browning is a wonderfully made rifle, but a re creation, and such a well built strong action. The 71 (pistol grip) and 86 ( straight stock) are the perfect for this conversion. Still a classic round, in a classic rifle...

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Not wanting to muddy the waters on the OP about his 50-100, I’ll start this build thread. I love lever guns, as most do, that’s why we’re here. I wanted a big bore 50 cal, that can Handel lots of power. The 1886 and 71 are extremely strong rifles, and some were originally built as a big 50. This is ...

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You have a beautiful lever gun there, and anything Turnbull is Pretty much perfection. Although the take downs are very cool, you could get a 71 pistol grip or 86, if you want a straight stock, and do the conversion for about half that price. That being said, I could picture a 2 barrel cased set, an...

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I have a Browning Model 71 Winchester, high grade in 348, at “Oregunsmithing” with Wayne York. I’m having him ream the 20” barrel to .509, and chamber for a Long 50 Alaskan to the length of the Starline 50-110 brass. Also cutting the barrel back a couple inches, to remove the front sight screw holes...

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Sorry, thought I was putting this in classifieds…..
Please move

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Looking for a set of 450 Alaskan reloading dies, that someone doesn’t use anymore, to keep from having to have a custom set made. RCBS is OOS may not get back into old and obsolete cartridges. Please let me know what you have, Michael

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That’s a lots of great information. I wondered how hard original parts would be to bring it back to original. I have not worked with a take down before, so not familiar with the parts needed. Looks like it’s best to let it head on down the road to a new family. Thank You for the information, there’s...

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One from my uncles estate, I grab a few at a time and sell them for my aunt. It’s a beautiful Levergun, but don’t know much on the history. I’m sure the stock must have been refinished, it’s too nice. I know ( from old family stories) the rifle was kept in the cabin, for decades. At one time, moistu...

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There are lots of opinions out there. Lots of folks get on the band wagon if only huge, massive and powerful cartridges will work on large game. Looking over history, many large bovine have fallen successfully to arrows, spears, slow BP cartridges, and now modern firearms. One thing that has never c...

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Thank You, just arrived home from a long weekend at the Handgun Hunters Challenge Hunt in Tennessee. Great time with 20 fellow ( mostly) Handgunners. Long drive, but worth it

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I saw the news release a few months ago, about their move into Cody Wy city. From the much smaller facility, out by Powell Wy. I figured as I would be there for the Big Bore shoot in June, I would stop by and see them in person. Handling them in person, the quality is apparent. The fit and finish is...

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A shorty with a 16” barrel should be a fun toy to play with.
After shortening a 22” 500LINEBAUGH 1895 to 16.5”, I Really like the carbine size guns. They are very handy and really feel great and balance well. Won’t get it till next year, but at least I’m a month in on the list.

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Just an FYI, I just picked up a copy on EBay for $4.35 free shipping. There’s a couple more copy’s under $5.00 with free shipping.

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That .480 sounds like a really useful hunting cartridge. I’ve never hunted with the Levergun version, but use the revolvers all the time. It’s a great balance of diameter, bullet weight, speed and power. It’s just much more fun hunting with the revolver, and having a matching lever of the same cali...

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My .480 Ruger caliber model 92. Loaded with everything from 275 grain bullets in light loads to heavy loaded 410 grain Cast Performance Bullets, it will take anything that is too big for a .22 lr all the way up to anything on this continent. I just need to get time to use it. I even have a couple o...

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Love predator hunting, on every continent. Much more fun that herbivores, as predators seem to be much more wary.

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I love playing with Leverguns, but I ONLY hunt with a Handgun. So I would take an FA83 in 454 (or 475L,) and for long range a Single shot G2Contender in 378GNR, which is similar to a 375JDJ, but has a bit more power.
Both scoped, ready to go. Nothing else needed!

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I’ve got a 500LINEBAUGH built on an 1895 Marlin with a 1/20 twist. It’s great for the 525 grainers. A great combo to the revolvers

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I’ve got the assembly line of making brass figured out now, so I’ll be taking the 1876 and a pile of cartridges to the big bore shoot next week. Yes, they are made to shoot, and it’s truly a joy.

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So far the 50 Alaskan cases form the easiest, but they are quite a bit thicker than 50-90 and 348. One problem I’m finding is for a case trimmer shell holder for the 50-90 that fits my Hornady case trimmer. The heads are just a little bigger than the others. Fortunately I have a few loaded rounds, a...

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The Winchester 1876 Centennial Rifle is an absolutely beautiful rifle, but finding brass to create cartridges, is darn near impossible. The Donor cases to create the 45-75’s are .348 Winchester, .50 Alaskan, .50-90 Sharps, that I have been able to acquire for a start. Measuring the heads of these ca...

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Starting to create brass for them ( put the 1886 away) even though the 1876 is the “ lightweight” of the two, it is not a one of 5 gun, so we’ll create some very light loads fir this 146 year old classic. I’ll do a thread on creating brass for this obsolete lever gun.

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Lots if information there. I should have all the brass in a couple days. I’ll measure everything with a caliper, and see what needs to be thinned, trimmed, and altered.

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I have managed to acquire a set of RCBS 45-75 Win dies. With a couple original pieces of brass to compare to, I have some once fired .348 win, and new 50-90 sharps, and 50 Alaskan brass. From what I have able to ascertain, the 50-90 is closest to original. If anyone happens to have some original bra...

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If you ever get to Buffalo Wyoming( Longmire Country) they have a yearly celebration of everything Longmire. Land of the Johnson County Wars, the area in which Longmire was supposedly taking place in. The county museum has a Longmire dedicated room .

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Yes, in 45-75, both models 1876, and 1886. They are family members guns. I appreciate all the information on them. I know my uncle tried 3 of the very old rounds ( factory BP loaded ammo) about 10 years ago, and none of them fired. I wanted to attempt to create some very light loads so he can fire t...

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I knew someone would have more info than I could find. I’ve heard sometime in the 1880’s there was a fire that destroyed a lot of records of firearms sold. There is also a 1876 Centennial in 45-75 that is a very early example as well. A 3 digit serial number. Pre dust shield model, that one has a le...

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I’ll have to run down and take some really good pictures, and get the numbers off of it. I wanted to find a set of reloading dies, and load some very light loads and shoot it.

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My uncle has a ( I thought it was an 1886) winchester lever gun in 45-75. I remember looking at the cartridges, with their tapered case. As they live across the state, I can’t just go examine it. I know it’s Not a 1876, with the side plate cover, but everything I look up shows only the 76 centennial...

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One of my favorite carry guns I own, was built by Gary reeder. It is absolutely plain, no engraving, and fairly understated. It looks and feels exactly like I envisioned.

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Isn’t Gary Reeder the guy who makes those tacky looking custom jobs with fuzzy dice and junk like that engraved on them? I have a 12 year old truck, still absolutely stock looking, except more aggressive tires, due to snow country. Some folks put big gold wheels, tires that stick way out the sides,...

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Once one project is about done, another one gets started (or a few started) that’s part of the joy of a “Custom” making what you want, exactly the way you want it.

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If you have a 357 lever gun, just have it reamed out to the 41 mag rear case, using the original barrel. There’s plenty of meat there.

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Pick up an extra cylinder and have it converted to 356, do you have both. I have a 6.5” Blackhawk in 357/356GNR, SS well as a S&W 627 with both cylinders. It is a great round

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In 450 Alaskan, you should be able to keep the barrel stock, just ream the chamber to the new caliber. The tube should be ok to house the larger diameter case. Might have to open up the loading gate?

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I got a few boxes of factory ammo with it, and was a little surprised that they were all 325 grain bullets. I cast 350’s and 380/400 HP/solid combo bullets, I want to try. Some fun to look forward to, once I can walk thru the more than knee deep snow on my range.

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Just picked up a Rossi SS 480 Ruger lever gun from an older friend who is thinning the herd. Haven’t shot it, with the weather in the teens today, but it has a very handy feel. I like the tube fed, plus side load capabilities. Fortunately he included lots of ammo and components. There’s just somethi...

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Looks like there starting out with the most ( currently) popular 45-70 Stainless Laminate

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Words of Wisdom Jim. While “learning” to be a handgun hunter many moons ago, I carried an absolutely stock SBH in 44 on my belt, and used it for everything. It always performed, with factory ammo. Sometimes simple is better. That being said, I love handling, building and shooting customs now. I can ...

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