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That's like getting a brand new gun, Dave.

I hope it does everything you want and more.

Congratulations!

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Given what you've been through, you look great, Jim! Keep it up. Best wishes.

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There is nothing in my experience that would either prove or disprove their existence. But I have a story. Years ago during one of the great UFO hulabaloos, my brother and I went for a drive to see if we could see one. There had been talk of sightings in eastern New Mexico and we departed home well ...

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Jeepnik, those short .45 Colt Rugers are wonderful guns I bought a blue one 39 years ago and I admit I shot it with hot rodded loads (as suggested in the Speer #9 loading manual). The loads stretched the frame a bit and I sent it back to Ruger for a new cylinder to better fit the frame. As opposed t...

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You did good, OW. Good for you!

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There are a few places where there's cell phone service. I suspect that line of sight at the higher spots is where it's most frequent. My typical riding distance is about 30 miles and occasionally I'm surprised by suddenly having service. But, within yards it will just as suddenly be gone.

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Beautiful!

Thanks for the picture.

Not as cool as yours because mine are New Models but I have 4 5/8" Rugers in .22lr, .357 mag, .41 mag, .44 mag and a number of them in .45 Colt.

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Jay, once when I was riding my BMW through the Jemez Mountains one summer morning about 15 years ago, I was coming down a hill in alternating shadows and bright sunlight and I hit a baseball-sized rock that had rolled down from the hillside next to the road. Because of the alternating brilliant ligh...

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Jeepnik, if you're familiar with this part of the country you'll know how sparsely populated it is and what kind of distances are travelled. NM is the fifth largest state in the nation; the Albuquerque metro area represents almost half of the state's total population. That hundred miles or so that I...

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The places I most enjoy going to don't lend themselves well to off-roading with my primary transportation vehicle since the area is about 100 miles from home. If I were to tear something up, "limping home" that distance could be a real problem. My best plan is to do some gentle off-roading...

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Jim, it seems to me that you've made a remarkable recovery given the extent of your injuries. Hopefully your recovery will proceed even more rapidly when you're back in your own space, able to sleep in your own bed.

Best wishes

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My only two mountain guns. The Smith model 25 in .45 Colt on the right is actually my only true mountain gun. The Smith 624 in .44 special on the left has a slim barrel profile like mountain guns but is really only a standard model.

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I'm happy to see you on here, Jeepnik!

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Haha, I guess you do like a challenge! I assume you had enough brake fluid in the reservoir to have made it work if you had decided to pinch off the line. When did the auto manufacturers introduce the brake systems that provided braking on the right front and left rear, for example, if a brake line ...

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I kinda hate to admit it but although I have a number of Bisley-framed guns I do seem to shoot plowhandles a bit better.

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I hope you've pretty much recovered from feeling like hammered s**t from a few days ago. You did a ton of work that you probably wouldn't have accomplished even if you really pushed yourself when you were sick. Those springtime chores! I like your old Dodge; no doubt they're real workhorses. I have ...

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It just doesn't make sense that in these tests where the hold on the gun, the aiming technique and the trigger pull were mechanically made consistent, would have extreme spreads in the most accurate loads of sometimes 60 or 70fps. Is it differences in bullet composition, is it harmonics, is it barre...

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In the Wolfe Publishing online article that came out yesterday there was an interesting story on test-firing a Smith .45 Colt from a Ransom Rest with various loads. What I thought was most intriguing was the relationship between standard deviation and accuracy. Lowest SD is not an absolute indicator...

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I have a hard time with red dots on handguns. I shake a lot and the red dots magnify my shakes and twitches. I have put several of them on handguns and found that I could shoot better without them so took them off. On the other hand, although I haven't looked into IPSC and other similar competition ...

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Springtime in NM is normally windy but yesterday's high was 75° with no wind. I went for a little ride up to the Black Bird Saloon in Cerrillos NM. Built in 1882 along with most of the remaining original structures in this tiny mining village, the Black Bird offers pricey but outstanding food and a ...

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OW, I hope you feel better soon, You know the key to a fast recovery is more bike rides, fewer household chores.

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Before you apply the LocTite, tighten down the screw and make sure the ejector rod housing isn't loose. If it is, shorten the screw slightly, check it and then do the Loctite.

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Very cool, OW! I also have a 3 screw SBH, a newer stainless SBH and a 4 5/8" blue SBH. The Remlin lever is the only long gun I have in .44 mag but I do have an old 4" m29-3. It's a beautiful gun but I don't shoot it often because it hurts to shoot, even with somewhat reduced loads. I've lo...

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My shooting buddy and I shoot every Monday morning at an unfortunately trashed Bureau of Land Management location. We shoot at gongs spaced up a hillside, the first gong (10") at 35 yards and the farthest one, an 8" at just under 70 yards. In the middle are a 12", a 16" and an 18...

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GK, I hope you and your son have a great time with that .22 rifle. I love new .22 rifles. They bring up memories from earlier days, walking around the woods feeling free and easy. Old ones are even better than new ones. I hope this one does the same for you.

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"This poor gun" is right, Malamute. Front sight, one piece grips, screw replacing hammer pivot pin, etc. I have to admit I have a "poor old gun" or two as well. When George Nonte's book, "Pistolsmithing" first came out, I had to try every "improvement" he ment...

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You are correct. The flat tops that are not Bisleys use the pre-1973 grip frame, the XR-3 which is shorter and has a different profile than the later New Model Blackhawks. Also, the grip frames on the flat tops are all-steel rather than alloy.

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I have never compared Ruger single actions to Colts. They both stand on their own merits and both have my respect. I never thought of Rugers as being Colt clones. A couple of my flat tops; the top two are .44 specials, the bottom one is a medium frame .41 mag. Until I put them together in a picture ...

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Scott, the front sight, the rear sight, the base pin locking screw and the lanyard ring all suggest that's a Hamilton Bowen gun. Is it?

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That's a new one on me. I've never seen one before.

That's a beautiful and very versatile firearm.

Thanks for the picture and good luck on your anticipated hunt.

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Some naysayers actually claim that the New Frontier front sight resembles a sail. mebbe so, mebbe not.

I like mine.

7 1/2" .45 Colt
5 1/2" .44 spl.

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What a treasure, Scott! This is the gun you recently got back from Paul Persinger, right? Is it still in .38 spl?

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It's funny how the experts think that resolving one problem by imtroducing another is the answer. The experts and the tree huggers have seen fit to re-introduce Mexican Gray Wolves in this area. The ranchers are sure unhappy with that turn of affairs. The government is promising to compensate them f...

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You have some stunningly beautiful guns there, Harold.

Thanks for the pictures!

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Amy and I drove down to the Ft Worth area and visited our son and his family over last weekend. They have a 6 week old and a 2 year old and as almost expected, I came home with the crud.

Hey, I don't know if anyone wants to see someone else's grandkids....so here you go!

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We have prarie dogs by the hundreds of thousands around NM. Some of their towns go on for miles. They are very social little animals and afflictions like the plague can decimate a town in very short order. I am wondering whether something like the plague or other highly communicable condition could ...

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Years ago I bought a Bisley in .45 Colt and later another in .44 mag. The barrel length on both was 7.5" and no other barrel lengths were available so I took them to a gunsmith who cut them off to 5.5". I really enjoy the Bisley grip frames and in fact subsequently bought two medium-frame ...

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Jay, I had never heard of fiddleheads until you mentioned them a couple of years ago. Arid parts of the country like NM certainly don't have any.

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In .41 mag I have a couple of loads I use regularly, both with the RCBS 210gr SWC. The lighter load is 19gr of 4227 at around 1200fps and the other is 17.5gr of Accurate #9 at a bit over 1300fps. My Smiths are a 3" 657 and a 4" 657 and also a 6" no-dash model 57. I also have several R...

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My wife and I drove down to the Ft Worth area to visit our son and his family. We have a brand new granddaughter, born April 1st whom we wanted to meet. Our daughter and her oldest daughter drove down from Oklahoma City to spend Mother's Day with us as well. A fine little reunion, I must say.

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Back in the 80s I used to compete in 100 yard metallic silhouette, shooting my old K-38 with 5 gr of Unique behind 158 gr SWC machine cast bullets. I had to hit the 100 yard rams pretty high to knock them over. Slow-moving load but accurate in my gun.

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The only venomous snakes in this part of the country are rattlesnakes and I leave them alone unless they're close to the house which has happened once in the last 30 years.

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I put a Sargent seat on mine years ago. I don't think it's a whole lot better than the original.

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Very nice, OW! I'm glad you had a chance to get out and do some riding. That first ride after months of winter is something special.

Thanks for the picture.

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Oh, I forgot about this; before I traded off the 7 1/2" .44 Spl New Frontier I had found another New Frontier in .44 Spl but this one was apparently sent back to Colt to have the barrel shortened to 5 1/2". It has the Colt Firearms stamping on the top of the barrel as well as another one o...

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If I remember correctly, mine has a somewhat oversized chamber as well. I will shoot it tomorrow and check out the brass. I bought one of the Redding two-carbide-ring sizing dies a few years ago which smooths out the fired brass nicely.

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Samsi, my normal .45 Colt loads are 250 gr commercially cast RNFPs over 6.2 gr of Titegroup and also 7.5 gr of WW231. Both are wonderfully accurate loads, pleasant and economical to shoot. The standard deviations of the Titegroup loads in particular are incredibly small.

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Dave, I have a JM Marlin Cowboy in .45 Colt as well and it's one of my favorite lever guns. It is uncanny how well I can hit with it. I put a Skinner peep sight on it as I've done on my other Marlins. It is the 24" which is a bit longer than I'd like. If I can find one of the 20" guns with...

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I only have one Old Model, a SBH. On all my New Model Blackhawks, about the only action that may be a tiny bit different than the Old Model is when the hammer is drawn to the rear. They get better all the time. A lot of polishing has gone into them.

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My first batch of Unique in the 1970s was in a metal snap-cap can like the Red Dot can below.

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