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Visiting with family is almost always a good time... even when it might seem like it should be... Glad you had a good trip, but have to agree with Doc... wait your turn.

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Still no "like" button!

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Even two guns of the same make and model, bbl length, chambering, etc. may not produce the same average velocity and/or accuracy. I have 6 rifles chambered in 45 Colt, bbl lengths from 17" to 24-¼", none produce the same ave. velocity, even the 3 with a 24-¼" bbl. Highest velocities w...

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Many of the Cowboy Action Shooters do such a conversion of the C&B revolvers. I haven't... as I seldom attempt to align my sights at the relatively short distances we shoot at.

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I spent just under 2 years on a converted Forrest-Sherman class Destroyer, removing 2 5" gun mounts and installing the Tartar missile system in their place, making it a Guided Missile Destroyer, or DDG. I arrived Jan 2, 1972 and left on Dec 5, 1973, making 2 WestPacs aboard. The Newport News wa...

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My biggest concern is any ash left in the chamber. While at a match, I start reloading almost as soon as I finish a stage. Usually only takes me 3-4 shooters to charge both pistols for the next stage. As I'm charging my pistols, I'm also watch those 3-4 shooters empty their brass from their pistols ...

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Jim, I ran across this kit and wondering what your opinion of it might be. It looks very complete and rather simple to use. I also wonder if you've ever used a lubed, wool wad between the ball & powder with the cartridges you make. Is there a link to the Kit? I am not seeing one. Color me pink!...

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Jim,

I ran across this kit and wondering what your opinion of it might be. It looks very complete and rather simple to use. I also wonder if you've ever used a lubed, wool wad between the ball & powder with the cartridges you make.

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I bought a new one in 1972, 4-¾" & paid $225, including tax. It was the only one the dealer had, and I'm sure he saw my USN dungarees and fleeced me. But it was still cheaper than at the big gun store downtown! I'm sure the difference was their pre-printed price tags on everything vs. his h...

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My usual pair of Colt SAAs both wear a 4-¾" bbl. I haven't shot at paper in the last 10 or 15 years... so I couldn't tell you. I do know that m7 7-½" Colt SAA is not any more accurate... I can tell you it punches smaller holes, only being a .357, vs. the pair of .45s!

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:20 pmFresh prayer for a good outcome for Sue.

+1.

Griff · Re: More Old Guys Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:18 pm +1!

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:18 pm

+1!

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Frankly, I'm just jealous! I'll be on the road up to the deep Pacific NorthWET!

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I was told once that any even numbered Windows version was to be avoided... I was forced to buy a new laptop and it came with 10... so far I'm avoiding 11. Maybe it's the odd numbered versions nowadays?

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Wherein lies the opportunity to let someone else begin a relationship with her.

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I've had my reloading supplies in an unheated, un-airconditioned portion of my pole barn here in TX for over 30 years. Not a problem... I use an old refrigerator for powder & primer storage. Powder above in the old refrigerated section and primers in the freezer. My loading bench in built on sur...

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Well the day came and I went to the range. I left the chronograph at home... but took the screens... intended to clock some C45S rounds out of the 1860 Henry and my .36 caliber round ball loads from the 1851... Ah well, the best laid plans. :oops: I did take the 1885 & plenty of ammo to hopefull...

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While others have, I've never gotten good results from SWC bullets, I recommend getting RFN (round flat nose). You'll want flat nosed bullets in the tube magazine of any lever gun, and the rounded ogive of RFN allow smoother feeding. I tend to use RedDot in the larger calibers, I like TiteGroup, CFE...

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Fantastic Vall. Getting to learn so much from the "horse's mouth" so to speak.

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I might have to look into using the nitrated paper, I usually sit at the unloading table at matches after shooting and reload my chambers while making sure shooters have empty weapons before leaving the line, it usually takes me 3 to 4 shooters to get my two revolvers loaded. I have never had any em...

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Jim,

I've never looked at using paper cartridges as I think it's just simpler to use loose powder from the flask, a lubed wad and a round ball. But I wonder, do the paper cartridges ever leave any residue in the chamber or barrel? Or is the paper fully consumed?

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Thanks, I didn't ever mind the readers... in fact, when I'm shooting I always wore safety glasses and when I used the clear lens above the corrective readers, I got very used to them. But, hate having to switch from glasses to corrective sunglasses,

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I never wore glasses until I needed readers @ age 21 for my job in the Navy. Reading 8pt type did my eyes in. Suffered from severe headaches for awhile until I got shipped to HI for an eye exam. My vision was still 20-15 in both eyes, but... eyestrain was a very real problem. After I left Midway Isl...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:23 pm I want to share it with everyone in Texas!

AmBraCol wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:55 pm Praise the Lord! We just had a few dry weeks here and felt it badly. But there's a world of difference in the ecosystems. I'm so glad you got rain. May the stock tanks fill and the aquifers be replenished!

Yes, PLEASE!

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Nice display.

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After sitting about 3 hours, waiting for the FD to put out a brush fire north of Bowie, TX yesterday, I got my turn to back up, turn around and follow an alternate route home. As I well know, trying to back a 53' trailer into a one lane dirt road from a two lane blacktop (US highway, so it had shoul...

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Grizz wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:03 pm
Griff wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:34 pmBut, they're just as much fun! 2nd Gen Colt 1851, BOD - 1972
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I'd like to try that with several of my rifles.

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I keep expecting to see someone change their answer from last year when the thread started...

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But, they're just as much fun! 2nd Gen Colt 1851, BOD - 1972

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Anytime I've yielded frosted bullets they're generally quite brittle. But, I'm using an alloy that gives me about 18-21 Bhn. So, they're hard to begin with, and frosting just makes that worse.

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I'm sure it could be done, with enough folding money to buy 2 other rifles... I do wonder what it would d the strength of the receive r. I'm not fan of the mdl 94AE for the same reason. As far as I know, the only internal part that differs on the 94AE is the right cartridge guide... it's also cut d...

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I'm sure it could be done, with enough folding money to buy 2 other rifles... I do wonder what it would d the strength of the receiver. I'm not fan of the mdl 94AE for the same reason. As far as I know, the only internal part that differs on the 94AE is the right cartridge guide... it's also cut dow...

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Another question. Does anyone know when Lee Precision went from the black scoops to the red scoops, and then from the red scoops to the yellow ones? I only have 3 sets of Lee dies. The oldest, a Lee Loader set in 30-30 came to me used, in 1973 or '74. It has a yellow scoop. The other two are regula...

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Except for one 2nd Gen Colt SAA (7-½"), 3 Patersons (9'), 8 1851's (7-½"), my other revolvers consist of 5 Colt SAA (3 of them are clones) @ 4-¾" and a S&W mdl 65 @ 4". And I'm really considering cutting down 4 of the 1851s to ~4". Even my top breaks (pocket revolvers) a...

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Until I started cowboy action shooting, I never gave like cartridges in a rifle & handgun a thought. Up to that time I'd used 3 rifles for hunting, coyotes & deer with a Winchester 94 in 30-30, then a Remington 700 in 7mmRM for an elk hunt in CO, and a 375 Marlin for CA bear the next summer....

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Made it to the range for my first testing of the newly mounted scope. On the fifty yard line to get an idea where it printed. 20230817_110838 (002).jpg These were the 2nd string of 5 shots, as the first five weren't on the paper at all. Although I chronographed them, I didn't make a note of them, fo...

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samsi wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:16 pmThat poor rifle has gold, blue and brown splotches all over it. Is that some kinda gun eczema?

I'm sure that whatever is wrong with it, Sixgun'll be able to buff it out!

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Other closeups of the modified rear mount.

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Kinda weird that you have to look at the front of the rear mount to see the windage marks... while the elevation marks are on the rear of the mount as normal... whatever "normal" is!

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Well, it's mounted. I didn't want to use the rear barrel dovetail for mounting the back end of the scope, but rather the two drilled & tapped holes between the dovetail & the receiver for mounting a modern scope. So, this afternoon at my buddies gunshop, we cut up the supplied rear mount and...

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Our Destroyer had one 5" gun mount forward, and AISTR had HE, WP & AP or High Explosive, White Phosphorus, Anti Personnel rounds. Spotters would call for the shell type they wanted and we willingly supplied it! Our usual spotter was an Aussie in a Piper Cub, his accent was pretty thick and ...

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My late wife's cowboy guns... .357, a Rossi carbine, Colt 2nd Gen Presentation model, 7-½" & EMF Jager clone 4-¾".

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I like 'em!

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I can neither do a .44 combo, nor it's half size little brothers!

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When I first started shooting BP in CAS matches I used Federal paper shotshells. I had a bunch of Alcan wads and just folded the crimp over the shot. I'd reload them until they started to develop pinholes near the base. When they started going away, (late 80s), I moved to plastic hulls. Luckily enou...

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Any flavor Life Saver... but In order of preference... Wild Cherry, Butter Rum and Coconut, that last always reminds me of first girl friend's suntan lotion...

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If a 3 gun combo is good, a 4-gun combo must be better? The Uberti 1860 & Uberti Sporting rifle are too long to fit in the frame! There are a Winchester (Miroku) 1885 LowWall, a pair of Colt SAAs & a Taylor's Firearm ½ Octagon 18" Uberti.

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