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I my opinion, the 73 action was pretty good for the times it served, because it's pretty easy to understand and work on, even with only minimal tools.

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I've had a 19" Yellowboy carbine in 45 Colt I got NIB back in Jan 2014 as well. It's a lot of fun to shoot standard pressure loads. I've found that X-Treme's plated 255grn bullets with a tapered cone, flat point type nose, feed better than an Elmer Keith style I use in my SA Army pistol as the...

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Maybe I will get a picture posted later. I bought a used but very slick, Uberti 66 Yellow Boy. It was imported by Tri-Star. I got to shoot it, a couple of months ago, before I bought it. So, I knew it shot to point of am with the crude carbine sights. It has a 16" light contour round barrel, no...

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I saw that add too, frankly I was kind of excited. I have killed a lot of carpenter bees with a Ruger single six and the crimped .22 shot shells. It seems like the pattern ought to be better out of a smooth bore. I have been killing a lot of carpenter bees this year with a .410 side by side, shootin...

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I have had a couple of Harley's for many years. The belt drive is really pretty good as was said but you need to be careful on dirt/gravel roads. I live on a dirt road and I had to replace one belt on my 04 Road King because it got a rock hole in it, but has been ok for several years now. However, m...

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Thanks for the reply, the rifle in question is a 357 magnum and if I can shoot 6" groups or less at 100 yds, I'll be happy. Not sure the peep or red dot can get me there. They can all get you there, if your gun is accurate, which it should be capable of certainly less then 6 inch groups with d...

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I am going to buck the trend.... I have used both open sights and apertures sights extensively for target shooting and for hunting deer, and after using both I have come to prefer open sights over peep sight for hunting. I have Williams and Lyman peeps sights and have taken them off my rifles. I do...

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I like them all, but if I could own just one, then I think I would choose a pre-64 with a 20" barrel, and long for-end wood, I am thinking a 50's error or late 40's, although a pre-WWII would also be nice if I found a good one. But I do own an 1898 or might be 97, can't remember for sure, 26 in...

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I have owned several and still do own several Pre-64's and I have several post 64's made in the late 60's and also the 70's, and I have also owned the angle eject's both pre-safety and post safety. All were serviceable but my favorites are the pre-64 models, they had better open rear sights, than th...

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I still have my 98 HD Wide glide, and also the 2004 Road King. I don't ride that much anymore, just errands or for a couple of hours of loafing. I like the handling better on the old Wide Glide and as I get near retirement I know I will need to cut down on spending, so I am considering selling the R...

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Well,that is tempting even at that price, but I already have a longer barreled polished stainless Old Army, and I haven't exactly been wearing it out, but it's there if I need it. What I have been tempted by is one of the rebuilds into a 5 shot 50 caliber on the Old Army. But once again, calmer thin...

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. As another person who's actually shot one with that Shockwave Technologies Raptor grip, I can un-equivocally state that: 1) The grip does NOT slip in the had during firing, due to the sticky rubberized material it's made from. 2) Since the trigger hand does not move due to the grip material, ther...

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I watched the Hickok vids, and some others, what I glean from it is: 1. It's a fun gun to shoot 2. It could be effective in a home defense situation 3. Even though though fun and effective, it still not the best choice for anything, unless it's needed for shear compactness, as it's still harder and ...

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It just so happened that I handled one of these at the local gunshop today. I found it interesting, and kind of attractive, but that grip on the back is definitely too slick, and too straight, which makes it difficult to point effectively, I think. I suppose it has merit as a home defense or maybe v...

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I always liked him, he always played unforgettable parts.

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Congratulations, on making it to 62. I will be 60 in August, and I think I will definitely retire when I turn 62 if I can make it even that long. I will still have my cattle and the farm to take care of and keep me busy, but fixing fence doesn't pay all that well. The company I work for has been goo...

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Well, I come up with a new load for the carpenter bees. The #12 lead shot was very effective, but for bees, it started to not be so great because I had to be very careful about my background, and it was hard to get the bees to cooperate and fly in a nice spot where I didn't have something in the bac...

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Interesting but I don't agree with either list at all.

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Fishing vest gun was exactly what I had in mind when John Gallagher and I converted a 32 single six into a 44 special. 4 " bbl and is PERFECT ! Load a couple shot shells and then a few cast or jacketed and good to go. Please elaborate on your conversion. Was this gun originally a 7 shot model?...

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Fishing vest gun was exactly what I had in mind when John Gallagher and I converted a 32 single six into a 44 special. 4 " bbl and is PERFECT ! Load a couple shot shells and then a few cast or jacketed and good to go. Please elaborate on your conversion. Was this gun originally a 7 shot model?...

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I have an Browning 86 SRC, high grade, or whatever it is. It has a lot of fancy inlays, etc. Anyway, so far so good, it's a pretty good shooter and never had an issues. I did however own a new Winchester Extra Lightweight with the top tang safety and at first it shot ok, but eventually started misfi...

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Cool! And a pile of bees to boot.
Thanks for the pictures, and the info.

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The issue is the rifling that destroys the shot pattern. What I did was to take a barrel liner drill for a 22 barrel liner and drilled the muzzle end of the barrel, removing the rifling for half the barrel Now there is rifling for half the barrel allowing 22LR to be shot as well as 22LR Shot. The s...

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The 22LR shot has been real effective around here this year. The key is smooth bore for a shot column. Gobbler Yes, I think so. I have shot quite a few, carpenter bees with .22 birdshot out of a Ruger Single six. Sometimes I wish I had a smooth bore .22 and even considered taking one and boring the...

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* Sounds like you have been having fun. A couple tips --- the inverted gas check will trap a lot of shot and behave like a slug. * Well, I was wondering about that. I thought maybe it would just fly off after a little distance. A thin card for overshot wad is best and seal with silicone over the to...

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I did something similar by fire forming 9.3x74R brass to make shot shells for my contender 45/410 barrel. I use it for grouse. http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy263/KeithNyst/410%20Brass%20Reloading/420recipe.jpg I remember reading about using this case before, However, I see it but I am a littl...

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I did read about that case being used, no need to send any, although I appreciate the offer. I have a friend with a .460, I will see if he will let me have a couple to play around with. Have you worked up any shot-loads for the .460?

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The barrel came with a screw on choke, which would extend the range for other varmints, etc. But when I patterned it, I kept getting way too tight a pattern with usually a half dollar sized hole completely gone out of the pattern board, which would have been deadly, except for the problem of not bei...

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Well, I acquired a new Contender Barrel from ED's Contenders at the last big Tulsa Gun Show. Every year I wage war on the Carpenter Bees, around my house and barn, and I have been using a .22 Long rifle Bird Shot load in my Ruger Single Six, but now I have developed Big Medicine for them, and so far...

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Yep, I would think a light load of even bullseye would work ok, or better yet red dot.

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TC Contender 45 Colt and 410 Barrel.JPG [attachment=0]I went Sunday. Prices were a lot more inline with reality this year in general then they have been in recent years. Ammo has settled down a little, Powder was a lot easier find, I even found some .22 shells at a fairly reasonable price. I bought...

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The big, (huge) Tulsa gun show is this coming weekend, April 1st and 2nd. I will be set up on 9A. If you are there stop by and visit with us. I missed you the last couple of shows, never could locate you. What do you have on your table, that might catch my attention? I will be over there on Sunday.

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Here's my Charles Lancaster, looking down the barrels on a dove hunt. And the other picture shows me on the left holding my J.P. Saur and my brother in law holding my Parker. He wasn't hitting very good that day with his semi-auto, so I loaded him my Parker. We were on a quail hunt, had a great time...

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thats true although both brands also existed simultaneously. i have a specialty grade 12 myself and an ideal gauge with the 32' barrels. i set out some years back to have an example of each of the great american side by sides -- early models from when they were still finely made Parker, LC Smith, L...

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I know I get shredded every time for this. But for situation like this, or most defensive situations, I am not big on shotguns. They have some merit as a survival firearm, but I still think there are better. Don't care for them at all for home defense. But I would consider an AR rifle, a lever-acti...

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here is agreat link on the BB as a shooter focused on cast bullets and tuning accuracy. There is lots of info on the BB link noted at the beginning of this article. http://www.castbullet.com/shooting/accu.htm Yep, that's a pretty good link to go to and read. The one thing I have always read, was th...

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6pt, I thought of you when I picked this one up fairly recently....when it came in it was even nicer than the auction described it....they called it a 12 ga Baker, and it is a Baker, but in 10 ga. http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/hfcable/IMG_9892_zpsajsshaks.jpg http://i248.photobucket.com/...

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Here's mine HOG HUNTER BLR.JPG 7pt Nov 2016 deer.JPG This is an older steel frame, Japan gun, and I bought it new about 27yrs ago. A pickup truck bed wouldn't haul all of the deer and coyotes I have killed with it. I admit I don't much like the newer versions, and I really think that the model I hav...

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I just can't give up my 45, but actually, I find it really just as easy to carry in hot weather, covered up by a Hawaiian shirt. I find if you can wear a BELT, you can easily carry about anything 'full-size' (i.e. a Para Ordnance P-12 or P-14, regular 1911, 44 Special Revolver, etc.), if you wear a...

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buffalo Bill 94 buttstock.jpg Wow! you guys have some cool Winchesters. So, it looks like the sheetmetal shell lifter can be reliable and hold up, unless of course it doesn't. Looking forward to getting mine. Buffalo Bill 94.jpg Buffalo Bill 94 left recever.jpg Buffalo Bill 94 barrel.jpg Buffalo Bi...

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Well, I got to handling a couple of 26" octagonal barreled Commemorative s ,lately. I looked at them over the years, and always kind of liked them, and I own a few other commemorative s, namely a Legendary Lawman Carbine, and an Antlered Game model, but those were later guns where Winchester ha...

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My main bow is a 60lb Martin Hatfield Takedown recurve. When I was was younger, I used it a lot, hunted with it, and also shot 3D competition, some. But it really too heavy for me, anymore. I wish could get some 45 or 50lb limbs for it. I hunted with compounds and crossbows, but the longest shot I e...

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I go to Florida most every year anymore, to take the wife to visit her sister, and man it's frigging hot down there, and humid too. But when I go, I just can't help it, I have seen too many scary situations over the years, I just can't give up my 45, but actually, I find it really just as easy to ca...

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Here's a 4 inch Lightweight Springfield, which used to be my main carry gun, before I acquired several of the others. I swapped out the ILS mainspring housing, and added the ambi-safety and later the wide spur hammer to this one. I usually carry cocked and locked but I set this gun up, so I could ca...

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Here's a Colt Lightweight Commander in a Milt Sparks Summer Special. It's really not any easier to conceal and carry then the 5 inch Springfield, but maybe slightly lighter.

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Sometimes it's a 5 inch gun like this Springfield Lightweight 5 inch gun

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I have a lot of carry guns, but my main carry gun is usually a Colt Lightweight Commander in 45acp in a Milt Sparks IWB holster. Sometimes it's a 5 inch gun, and sometimes it's a Colt Mustang .380, or a Glock model 22, 40cal, but a lightweight Commander is my hands down most carried, because I have ...

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I can't ever read that story without my eyes tearing up.

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Well, that's about what I thought, myself, and they are probably just fine, for standard 44 mag loads. I just might have to get one, and try it out, one of these days.

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I has read that Uberti did come out with a 73 in 44 mag, but never seen one until I spotted one on Gunbroker. Has anyone had first hand experience with one of these? For years, I had always read that the 73 was not strong enough for the 44 mag. Did they re-engineer it a little bit to make it stronge...

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