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Str8man

How long and how wide is a horse? Basically I'm looking for a used trailer I could tow with my Pathfinder. Wife and I got to thinking that even a used horse trailer would work. But I don't know how big a horse trailer would be. I'm looking at a trailer around 5' wide x 10' with a tandem axle and su...

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That parkerized finish is uglier than a coal miner's behind, but it looks purposeful, i'll give it that. Glocks are also great and i considered buying another mine (had a G21 model for a while) --- but this one won out --- plus the prices some of the shops are selling new Glocks for now is stupid :...

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I guess the search is over ---- I bit on a Springfield Mil-Spec. The RIA actually had a friendlier hammer, but the local shop only had it in a compact version. For my purposes, this should get my CCW needs taken care of for a long, long time. I've never been a huge semi auto fan, but now that i hav...

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If we swing this too far my thread will be moved to the political section. I don't want that. Str8man, please post any more on this in political. If you have a source then I'll post my rebuttal. Joe Here it is Joe http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15843 I posted it over in p...

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My SA armies are my favorite handguns for nostalgia and appearance but they run a close second to my 1911 as the most comfortable gun to hold in my hand. I also have a three screw Ruger blackhawk in 357 that fits as well as my SA Colts. I don't know about the new Rugers as I have been boycotting Ru...

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My SA armies are my favorite handguns for nostalgia and appearance but they run a close second to my 1911 as the most comfortable gun to hold in my hand. I also have a three screw Ruger blackhawk in 357 that fits as well as my SA Colts. I don't know about the new Rugers as I have been boycotting Rug...

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Hows the Brad Pitt Jesse James movie? I have the Jesse James Brad Pitt movie. It's not too bad and kind of sorta follows the real story line. I've watched it about 4 times. Hollywood always changes facts for whatever reason, the most glaring in this movie was the reason Bob Ford and Dick Liddell sh...

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One of my favorites that you rarely hear of is "Harry Tracy" witth Bruce Dern and Helen Shaver and Gordon lightfoot of all people as the US Marshal Set in 1900 and based on a true story, Something about the dark way this movie was filmed adds a sense of realism, it has a few humorous spots...

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I USED to be pretty good at gun twirling but it took time, bruised toes (from dropping the gun on them) and a few dented up grips. I was quite fast at one time when I was in my 20s and 30's. Now that I am winking and waving at 50 twirling guns doesn't that important. I can still do a little twirling...

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The M94 barrels for the most part are not in that tight. I prefer to use an action wrench to keep from warping or bending the action but a large cresent wrench with aluminum jaws or jaw liners will work in a pinch. Sinnce the barrel isn't really tight a good 6" bench vise with hardwood blocks ...

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How do You remove a barrel on a 94 Winchester? Is this difficult? can you do it at home? I did remove the barrel on an old 76 once but used a pipe wrench with the frame held in a padded vise and I did the same on an M1A1 demilled Thompson SMG. I don't want to mess my 94 up but I'm thinking about a b...

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Thank you Stra8man, It is still almost brand new...fogot to say in 54 Cal. Took it out yesterday to rough in the sites as it was still unfired. I started at 25 yards to see where it printed with 55 grains 2F and patched Buffalo Bore round ball. The first ball cut the bullseye out of the target. Lov...

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Yep, just let the brass tarnish a bit and the shine goes away quick. This is the next thing I want to take a deer with. .40 Green Mtn barrel with a LH Siler Lock put together by a friend of mine. I'm trying to build a matching pistol. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/engrtobe/P9170059.jpg Bea...

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Just let the brass tarnish fellas. Our ancestors ate just fine! :mrgreen: PS....yes, the Renegade is outstanding, though less pretty than the Hawken. The Renegade is just about perfect....carries like a Mod. 94 albeit with a heavy snout. Mine shot roundballs with excellent accuracy and nary a hitch...

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So, Str8man, are you going to let us in on where you got your components? I know there's numerous places, it's just nice to have somone's first hand experience. Thanks. Most of those parts came from Track Of The Wolf. They were out of some components when I ordered and a few parts came from Muzzlel...

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I think the Cabela's Hawken would probably do a fine job but it seems a little pricey to me. I'd probably look for a used TC or Lyman Great Plains rifle as the other fellers suggested. The 1-48 twist and the 1-66 twist of the Lyman will both shoot round balls accurately. The 1-48 may shoot solid con...

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Wow! You guys got seeds on your maples already?
It's 7 below zero as I type this, Unusual for almost mid march but even in a normal spring we are quite a ways off from maple seeds.

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This is just the condensed version. If you have the extended version written down, I'd like to read it. My email is in my profile. Thanks Me too. I know enough, and have had enough unexplainable experiences, to know that I don't know squat about the hereafter. Therefore I cannot argue one way or th...

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Str8man, I really can't imagine why you haven't considered this LONG ago, but here's a suggestion........start searching until you find yourself a STRONG man of God, a Christian minister, that is,.......no one else, explain to him what's going on in your home, and ask him to EXTERMINATE those demon...

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O.S.O.K.......that '51 Navy sure served Wild Bill well for those many years, didn't it? And in one of Uncle Elmer's books he explained how, in spite of its smaller caliber, it certainly had adequate stopping power with full loads & that oh so soft, (read that expanding) round ball! jd45 I'm not...

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They are Pietta's and are very good quality. The Pietta people are on the SASS message boards and CAS message boards and really listened to the consumer about their products, They have steadily increased quality to the point that they are as good and in some cases better than Uberti's. I wouldn't he...

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I haven't touched this subject for fear of being ridiculed but WTH. I live in a haunted house. My property was a mining camp and lumber camp alternately until 1910. Some buildings are still standing and it is technically a ghost town, I have 5 graves within a couple hundred yards of my front door th...

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I have a question about those Ranger front sights, and my front sight for that matter. I had a Winchester given to me, a 1976 model that was pretty neglected. I put an old model 92-94 SRC buttstock and long type forearm on it and removed the front ramp and moved the barrel band foreward. I noticed t...

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I've never have a problem keeping my ammo seperate but I shoot 357's amost exclusively. I load nickel cases and Brass cases differently but I only shoot the Winchester 145 grain silvetips out of my rifle for deer so it's easy to keep things organized. I was out shooting with a friend though who had ...

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Great photo. I went to an estate sale once that was loaded with old sporting goods from a guy who must have been 90 and never threw anything away. One Item I really liked were the hunting pants which looked exactly like what that guy is wearing. They were tan colored, high waisted and reminded me of...

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Definitely has to be the 1860 in .44, at least in my book. Don't buy a 1851 in .44, since that was never actually produced. If you buy an 1851, get a .36, which is period correct. Colt may have never produced that gun but they did exist in one form or another, I saw at the JM Davis gun museum a nav...

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My squirrel and rabbit gun Uberti 73 22lr http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/maudite/DSC00198.jpg Those are getting pretty rare these days. I Saw a 22 caliber 73 SRC in a gun shop in Salmon Idaho way back in 92 and wish I had bought it. I also almost ordered a 73 rifle in 22 LR but regretfully c...

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Most of those are soldered and have a set screw besides. Occasionally you will find one that will tap loose without heating but the odds are that it is soldered on. You may also consider just grinding and filing those ears off. That sight base also holds your upper forearm in place and you may want ...

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I bought an RIA back when they first came out for the same price $290. It quickly replaced my Browning High Power as My number one CCW carry piece. I have carried this gun daily for 3 or 4 years now and trust my life to it. The only change I made to it was to put the USGI walnut diamond grips on it....

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Tycer, You say your 94 will shoot wadcutters. Which model? I have a guy I am thinking of trading an M1 carbine for, he has a 94 AE 16" barrel that just has ---357 cal--- on the barrel and he says his will not cycle 38's. could it be that it just needs some tinkering or is this model not design...

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I always shoot my collectible guns. I've shot original 73's that were in 95% condition and original Remington 58 Civil war issue revolvers. I had two 1816 Springfield flintlocks that I hunted with for years until I got a Brown Bess copy. Too many collectible originals to count really. Whitney Kenned...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVifPkbYsk This is clearly a joke but I have to admit it was funny. I loved the pop up banner that said "Scouts say- blondes at higher risk, may need multiple examinations" and their statement "we're focusing on younger women because older women probab...

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I suppose this could be a squirrel gun although we really don't have any squirrels here big enough to bother shooting in Northwest Montana. The middle gun is my old Uberti 1866 carbine in 22 long rifle. I've had this so long I don't really remember when I bought it but it was around 1982 I think. It...

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Bruce Dern Suicide at the end of "Harry Tracy" (that one always chokes me up) Doc Holiday shooting Ringo in Tombstone "I'm afraid the strain was more than he could bear" Great Scene! The scene in "The Good,bad and the ugly" where they are singing Dixie because they thin...

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For the steel frame Henry I would jump on it at half price. I saw one in a shop in Colorado for $500 a few years ago and still kick myself for not buying it. I also know guys who have the 45 colt in 66's and 73's and really don't have that much trouble with them fouling with black powder as you hear...

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I can't help you in regards to loads for that rifle but I had a Winchester with the same front sight problem. I took it out and cleaned it and the slot with laquer thinner and mixed up some pro bed 2000 glass bedding compound and smeared it on the base of the sight and the dovetail and put it back i...

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OOkydoky then. Your 415 gr bullet is going faster because you're building up somewhere in the neighborhood of 35k cup or more, the lighter bullet is only trotting out around 30k cup. Lots a pressure for a bp designed rifle. They may have originally ben designed for black powder but that's because b...

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Well I have to admit to never hearing of some place so remote in the lower 48 that UPS won't deliver. Grafs ships powders many times on FEDEX.(we're 42 miles out) If I was you I'ld call Western Powders in Miles City and see who's dealing bp. They are a master Goex distributor. Powder magazines were...

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No. As I mentioned previously I generally run 49 or 50 grains of H322 but was just playing with the max load that day. Some of the guys I shoot with routinely run em at maximum but I stay lower myself. 49-50 grains is about my maximum load. I have a lot of black powder left but with the noose tight...

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No. As I mentioned previously I generally run 49 or 50 grains of H322 but was just playing with the max load that day. Some of the guys I shoot with routinely run em at maximum but I stay lower myself. 49-50 grains is about my maximum load. I have a lot of black powder left but with the noose tighte...

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According to the Lyman 48 manual those loads your shooting are into the Ruger #1 territory. Your Italian gun was proofed for bp load pressures (trapdoor) I'ld be a bit cautious about feeding your rifle a very big diet of those warm loads. Even if it were a Big Timber built gun. I have to respectful...

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Heavier bullet causes increase in pressure causing increase in fps. You hit the nail on the head.... Str8man, be careful loading a 405 gr. bullet with the same load data of a 350 gr. bullet. You can develop to much pressure and blow up your gun. When I was shooting my Shiloh Sharps, I was using 70 ...

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Why would a 45-70 with a 350 grain bullet with 53.0 grains of H322 powder average 1928 fps when a heavier 405 grain with gas check which makes it a 415 grain bullet is actually faster and averages 2007 fps out of my Sharps? It seems the heavier bullet would be slower to me but it isn't chronographin...

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Neat Topic! My first levergun was a Used 1915 Stevens favorite that my Grandfather bought me for Christmas when I was eight. In my young imagination it looked enough like a Sharps rifle so I was really happy with it. I was heavily influenced by westerns and as another poster pointed out I thought th...

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............................................................... Str8man, What are you worrying about? With how little you shoot it's a moot subject. I shoot more than that from my lever guns and I'm stuck in IL where there is no place TO shoot. .........................................................

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I own and shoot a Uberti 73 carbine in 44-40, I love the gun. I also have a Rossi 92 in 44-40 & another in 44Mag. They are my Ball buster's. I would never subject the 73 44-40 to what I am able to shoot in the Rossi 92's. Buy a Rossi 92 and have fun. :wink: Don't really need the Rossi though, I...

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Str8man, I didn't throw that out there to scare you straight! Just thought that I'd show you another side to the agrument. With full house .357s running @ 40-42K, they're certainly not lightweights. And I have no fear that the Uberti 1873 will handle them... Just wanna say the cautionary side of me...

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I'm a bit more cautious about the Uberti '73 & .357 Mag loads. And in good company: 1873 UBERTI WINCHESTER ..... TODAY , by Paco. 357 MAGNUM AND THE LITERATURE by Paco. But hey, if the manufacturer sez it's ok, who am I to argue, Now I'm back to Nervous again LOL! I just got this email a little...

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rjohns94 wrote:love those 73's when you get your new one, post pics and range report!!

I will do that!
Thanks
Dave

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I had a Uberti 73 in 357 and I shot off the shelf full powered Remington and Winchester factory .357 ammunition out of it for a couple of years. I really liked that rifle until someone told me that they had to be fired with only "Cowboy" loads which were not powerful enough for my needs &...

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