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Congratulations on a great find! I have its brother made in 1904. I always have a big grin when I pull it out of the safe. Thanks for sharing that nice example.

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I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. I have a Chief Crazy Horse. It has the 24” round barrel. It doesn’t shoot Winchester factory loads very good. I get much better accuracy with a Lee cast 279-250RF as cast. My barrel slugs out at .379-.380. I have mine ready to hunt with once I get a deer with my...

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Thanks for the pictures and explanation Pat. Very interesting.

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Real nice one! I have one of made in 1889. As much as yours is on the +++plus side of condition, mine is on the --- negative side of condition. Mine needs the barrel relined, a new bolt, screws, all the dovetails are loose, and the brass lifter is worn bad. I have not had any luck finding parts for ...

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Better looking than the all-plastic tacticool stocks!

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That load should stop just about anything! Sounds like a winner.

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That's the best kind of 'diller! Good job, T.R.

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We are hovering around 13 degrees here in my neck of the woods. So far, we have got 2.5" to 3" and tonight we are forecasted to get that much or more. I am dreading the zero lows coming. My cows are doing good though, even though they are coated in ice. We have a friend that lost a cow las...

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Bill, there is still hope for scouting. There is a fairly new organization called Trail Life. It is Christian based for boys only ages 5 through 17. Our First Baptist Church is sponsoring a troop that we started about 18 months ago. I am helping out as their treasurer and assistant instructor for th...

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I have 2 Vaqueros and 2 Blackhawks. If I had to narrow down to one style I would choose the Blackhawk.

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Thanks, Safestuffer and welcome aboard!

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Welcome to Arkansas, Echo! I don't have a Rossi in 45 Colt, but my Winchester 94 likes Hornady 250 grin XTPs and the Ruger only load of H110. If it don't
like that try using IMR 4227.

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Congratulations on your deer, Flint! I hope it was downhill getting that buck out! Those are some nice Savage 99's you have and a good write up.

Thanks,
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Welcome aboard Reno! You bought a nice one. I love my 9422 and my 9422M. They shoot really good.
I bought one of those Williams Peeps that fits on the scope mount of my 9422M. It shot too high IIRC, so I took it off. I didn't want to change the front sight.

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I like them too. I have a 25-35, multiple 30-30's, 30-40 Craig, 30-06, 32-20, 38-55, 44-40, and 45-70. Would love to have a 38-40.

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Thanks for sharing the links to those videos. Quite informative. I am a big fan of the .444 Marlin. I have a Winchester Big Bore 94 .444 that is very accurate. I have only taken one deer with it and it was a one shot drop in its track affair, with the 265 FP Hornady over Re7. The gun will put 2 shot...

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Welcome from Arkansas! Don't overlook the Uberti 73's. I have a 19" carbine 1873 Uberti and it shoots really good and is not too picky about which bullet it uses.

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Happy Birthday!

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Sounds like fun! We had a dreary day, today. We had a high of 50, but it was misting rain all day.

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Congratulations!! Nice video.

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Reading the Handloader article today about the .41 mag the author, Patrick Meitin referred to the Henry Big Boy Steel rifle as being based on the BT Henry 1860 rifle.
I about spit out my coffee!

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Today I loaded 20 rounds of 30-30 with 10 grains of Unique under commercial cast 165 grain rf pb, .309. These are good plinking rounds in my old beat up Winchester 94 made in the 1970’s. I also deprimed about 75 30-30 and put in the wet tumbler with stainless pins, Lemishine and Dawn for 3 hours. Th...

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Great thread idea JBowen. Hey, did you're 429-200-RF drop .431 from the factory or did you lap it? The last I did was gas check a mess of RanchDog TLC432-265-RF for my Winchester 1892 chambered in 44 Magnum. Then I set back up for bullet pictures. I'll be using the Lee hand press for a good while u...

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Thanks Jim.

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Walt, thanks for chiming in and verifying my suspicions on the oversized bullets.

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Thanks Samsi. That’s good to know.

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That was great!

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Jim, did you buy the Republic 99.99 membership to get the free Hazmat and other perks? If so have you been satisfied?

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I finally got around to finishing my 44-40 loads today. Put the 24.5 gr. Of RL-7 under my Lee 429-200 RF in Winchester brass with Federal 150 primers. I started crimping with the Lee FCD die, but I noticed it was pushing my bullets in about .015. I wonder if it was because they are .431? I then took...

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Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

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We are fixing fried salt pork ( couldn’t find any hog jowl)ham steak, fried cabbage, black eyed peas and cornbread. Our family traditional New Year’s Day meal.

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Thanks for sharing that video. I have the Winchester Big Bores in .375 Win and .444 Marlin as well as the Winchester Chief Crazy Horse in 38-55 and it is always good to soak up a little extra information about them. I wondering which soft jacketed bullet he is using in the 38-55? I am guessing the B...

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I have an LCP 380 and an LCR 38 SPL +P. The LCP in a pocket holster probably the least noticeable in my pocket. I can shoot the LCR better. Both have been 100% reliable for me, I just need to be more diligent about carrying. I found an IWB holster made by 1791 that is not bad to carry the LCP in wit...

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My "small always on me" gun, which slips easily into any pocket, is this one: https://i.ibb.co/bRygKjFf/044-Davis-D-38-Derringer-21.jpg I had the action worked so it is easier to cock, and being a .38 Special, it should thump pretty good across the distance I would fire it. Living in the ...

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Nice buck and nice buck. Congratulations!

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Happy birthday!

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Welcome to board, Marc!

While I have different brands of firearms than yours,
I have never found a load that both the revolver and
rifle agreed on the same loads.
It’s fun trying though!

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Doc, that story could have been about the families right here in Denning, Arkansas where I live. My Great and Grand parents told stories of my Grand fathers working in the coal mines underground in the early 1900’s. I I was talking to my Mother about that video this afternoon and she remembers many ...

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Ruger 77 Hawkeye Compact. My new rifle is a Ruger 77 Hawkeye Compact. Stainless with a laminated wood stock but much lighter and handier than my Ruger Scout. It also seems to shoot Remington factory 150 grain ammo into the same group as Winchester white box at 200 yards. Shoots into 1.75 inches at ...

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Nice rifle and caliber! Thanks for sharing hfcable.

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Congratulations Jim! That’s the best present!

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My first 308 was a short barreled 788. Shot very good. Arkansas had a law back then that you had to have a 243 or smaller caliber center fire to shoot coyote and like a dummy I traded it off for a NEF 243. Many years later I have Savage 11 and a Winchester 100 in 308. Neither is as accurate and hand...

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I used to shoot SASS with an older gentleman that had an original Colt in 32 wcf. I always admired that rifle. He told me they were pretty finicky about feeding. Colt made those in small frame and large frame models. There may have been 3 sizes, I can't remember. Like the rest of you I wouldn't mind...

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Merry Christmas Blaine and everyone on here.

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I don't. I don't even have a gun close except on my night stand. Things are pretty calm in my neighborhood and I haven't felt the need. It will probably haunt me someday If I don't change my ways. I don't even carry my LCP very often I guess because I have never been in in a threating situation. JBo...

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Hi, i am a new forum member from europe.I bought my new Uberti 1873 in 44-40 a few weeks ago and i am amazed how accurate this caliber is!My loads at the moment are with plated bullets from Campro,200grs and N340.I ordered the 43-215C accurate mold and i want to shoot my cast bullets with swiss 2 o...

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The internet will tell you it can. Winchester would probably not recommend it. I have shot some Heavy H110 and 250 XTP's in mine for hunting and it does fine. Paco has a great article on .45's in Leverguns that is a very good read right here on the Leverguns.com://leverguns.com/articles/paco/45coltl...

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I have used the 300 gr. .452 Hornady XTP magnum bullet in sabots that worked about the same as you described. I switched to the .452 250 gr. XTP and they expanded quite a bit more, probably more than you would like. Looking for a little better accuracy than sabots in my CVA With the 1:28 twist I tri...

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Nice deer!

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It also says to use “standard” loads in .45 Colt.
So evidently you only use heavy loads in the .44 mag.
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