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The late Walt Melander of NEI bullet Molds set up a mauser rifle for the 444 rimless - Walt had a different name for it but it escapes me at the moment. Several of Walts .44 caliber rifle molds were made for this cartridge. There was also an article in an early Handloader on a Mauser set up this way...

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1973 issue of Gun Digest has a good introduction article on the rifle. No mention of designer(s).

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Our goal for the 110-grain bullets was 3,000fps and we met that with several powders.
The 30-30AI really shines with the 125- and 130-grain bullets from Sierra and Sspear.Accurate and affective. Our goal of 2.700-fps was easily met.

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John, Sure wish I had come across a 24” 30-30 to play with. We enjoy the 26”barrel rifles as they equal the 20” 30-30AI. I have not pushed the 90-grain bullets to high speed but the 110-grain .30 Carbine bullets are fun and give good accuracy. The 110-grain bulk Remingyon bullets work as well as any...

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My wife has a Face Book account. It takes a long time to load for us since we're still on dial up. To me it's a major waste of time. Here on Leverguns or other forums, I can read the threads I'm interested in, contribute or not, and move on. On FB it's always loading, always doing something, too ma...

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The problems do not appear to have been caused by the tang folding or falling but rather by the stem being driven into the eye when shooting uphill. All of the incidents I have read about involved shooting uphill , either standing or prone. This picture of the Savage 99 equipped with a tang sight il...

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It was Paul Curtis wife who lost her eye to a Savage 99 tang sight. There were several other stories of eye injuries with the injured shooters name in the pages of The Arms and the Man and the early American Rifleman magazines. I had a Lyman No 2 on my Winchester Trapper and the sight would tap my g...

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Welcome, don't post a lot but I have several tang sights. I prefer the Lyman on a hunting rifle. The Lyman sight is trimmer both upright and when folded which is nice on a snap shooting rifle. The Lyman is adjusted for windage by placing shims under the base. Easy adjustment. For a hunting rifle set...

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I am pleased that's the article. You know there is another? From Handloader? That's where the load chart came from. I shoot the "Modern" 25-35 - that's is in modern rifles. I load to velocities as reported in the 1920's and '30's. Now I admit they were using longer barrels than I am so my ...

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When you click on the link you willsee the case drawing for the Tomcat.
Click the advance arrow and among other things you will come on a row forming steps for the .25 Remington.
I like the .25's.

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I have not found anyone who stocks the reamer. I now have a donor Model 94AE so I am part way there. I am thinking Manton for the reamer.

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Now I’m not suggesting that you root around in another feller’s Photobucket account but… This picture is in the album 25-35 in the sub album Francis Sell. There may be something else in there you are interested in. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd384/selsnslim/25-35Stuff/Francis%20Sell/2535Tom...

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[quote=" Wouldn't the Lyman 311041fn/gc work better?[/quote] Not as far as I am able to tell. The big round nose bullet penetrates beyond expectations and cast soft will slug-up its nose especially when bone is hit. The only draw-back to the 311291 is you need to be careful when seating them to...

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Two good loads for the Winchester Trapper are: Lyman 311291, 25.0 gr of Alliant Reloder 7 for about 1,865 fps from the 16" barrel. Another is the Lee 170 grain flat nose ahead of 24.5 grains of IMR 4198, getting about 1,900 fps. Both loads will kill deer but i prefer to cast them reasonably sof...

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Cisco and Poncho were great - a different time.

Roy Rodgers shows were intended to be the transition of '30's to the '50's. Good stuff when you look at the transition.

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I liked Hoppy well enough I still have a hot chocolate mug I got with Wheaties box tops. Clarence Mulford was not “Hoppy” with the TV series. I like both the books and the tV shows. I have the TV shows on DVD. I like the bits at the end of the show when Hoppy gives young people advice. I believe Cla...

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I need to buy some more 4007, it is great in the 307 and 308 Winchester.

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I answered your pm on this. Hope it helps.

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Dr. A started one of the best 25-35 reloading threads . The thread is old but the information is still relevant. http://www.shootersforum.com/handloading-procedures-practices/20108-25-35-loads.html Another 25-35 thread. http://www.shootersforum.com/handloading-procedures-practices/81358-25-35-wcf-lo...

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Greg Mushial from GMDR did quite a bit of load work with the 32 Spl back in the Marlin Talk days. When Greg loaded the 25-35 with a slow twist barrel and the 32 Win Spl with its slow twist barrel he found both cartridges would produce high velocity with good accuracy when shooting bullets a bit ligh...

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Tycer, thanks for the pm. I have been enjoying some computer problems for about two months now. It is a software issue that will not allow access to the internet from my home. If I drag the lap top to a hot spot - as now, I log right on…. I was on lever guns yesterday for the first time in awhile an...

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From one "Old Bird" to another, Happy Birthday!

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I have loaded for the Improved cartridge a bit. I am impresed. 2,350 fps is an ideal velocity for the 170-grain bullets and deer. You can get another 100 fps+ from Hodgdon Varget and Alliant Reloder 15 in the 20" barrels but this is at the expence of high pressure. This is very good performance...

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Happy Birthday John, Hope you had a great day!

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Several years ago I loaded for the 25 Remington. Not a lot but enough to know I like the cartridge with 100-grain bullets. I still have a form die and the loading dies. With the new AR cartridges based on the case I am hoping to someday pick up a bolt gun and have it barreled to 25 Remington with a ...

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Ben, I am a 25-35 fan as you know. For a start stick with the standard 25-35 and use IMR 4320, Alliant Reloder 15 and 10x with the 100 grain Speer JHP. I feed the Speer bullet through the magazine on my Model 94AE but you will have to look for your self. What the 25-35 needs is a good quality flat n...

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I don’t shoot the 87-grain bullets, I prefer the 75-grain Sierras. I don’t know what barrel you have. If you have a TC barrel you probably have experienced sticky case extraction when loading above the mild published data. I have a 24” TC barrel reamed for the 25-35AI. I regularly shoot the 100-grai...

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my limited computer skills and attachments. Here is the second picture

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Here is a picture of the A-Square 356 Proof load with the 225-grain experimental 356 Winchester load and the 307 Proof load

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I assumed Proof load. It surprised me when I read that USRA contracted out with several custom load firms for Proof loads. I would have assumed Winchester Ammunition would have produced Proof and regular ammunition for them. My understanding on the 25-35 is the rifles were not in production long eno...

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This picture is from Ammo One. Awhile back I bought several Proof rounds from them which are attributed to USRA and loaded by A-Square. I bought the 25-35, 307 and 356 rounds for my cartridge collection.

EDIT] Sorry, the 25-35 is Black Hills, the 307 and 356 were attributed to A-Square.

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This Model 94 Trapper has been tried with a variety of iron sights. The Lyman No. 2 Tang sight and the patridge front proved to be excellent for close work in the brush when walking. I tried the forward mount scope as a lark and like it well enough to leave it. This is a good sight set up for a snap...

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I tried the leverevolution powder in my 30-30 Ackley. Was very disappointed with the velocity and accuracy. Someday when time permits I would like to try the gumy bullets with it. My results with LeveRevolution powder in the 30-30AI and the 307 Winchester agree with yours. I have experienced some h...

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Pre-WWII there was quite a discussion in the American Rifleman about magnetized 22lr barrels and the accuracy boost given by the magnetism. In Russia there were supposed to be many hunting rifles made fromore which caused the barrels to be magnetic. Several competitive shooters tried magnetic barrel...

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THAT HAS TO BE THE DUMBEST USE OF A 92 I HAVE EVER SEEN. :lol: I agree, but…. My wife grew up with the TV westerns and she wanted one. W e bought a Henry 22 and I’ll admit it is a lot of fun to lever those 22’s as fast as you can. The only way we could get any real accuracy using the sights was to ...

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I have exchanged emails with two shooters who have 307 Improved rifles, one a TC and the other an NEF Handi rifle. I don’t have any specific load data from these rifles as both correspondents “dropped off the earth” after a few emails. On the Beartooth Shooters Forum Seattleroadwarrior (Eric) had gu...

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I agree, an old trick for aging eyes. Francis Sell wrote of snap shooters doing this to allow the sight to be in partial focus. If you don’t mind I’ll link this thread to the iron sight thread on the Beartooth forum and maybe post one of the pictures there. This one is a good illustration.

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Happy birthday Terry,

If you’ll keep leading, I’ll keep stumbling along behind…

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He may be able to help you find a centerfire firing pin.

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This thread will help you collect a few thoughts.

http://www.shootersforum.com/leverguns- ... mfire.html

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No problem for me, I am very left handed.

I like the Henry.

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I am a 358 guy so I'll be watching for reaults.

I ant a .25 Souper barrel for my Model 14.

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I dug out the article and read it. Bob Snapp and Ed Harris chose a 44 Magnum for their conversion and had some challenges with modifications of the lifter. He does appear to have solved all of the feeding trouble. The bolt face had to be bushed for the smaller case rim. The description gives the imp...

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GregT wrote:A looooong time ago, Robert Snap ("pp?") GregT

Your right of course, Snapp, tricky things these fingers.

The 16 1/2" barrel magazine held 11 rounds.

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Bob Snap converted a Marlin 1894 to 45 ACP and wrote about it in the July 1983 issue of the American Rifleman.

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I had missed your posts.
I spent a lot of time waiting on planes. I am learning how to use hand helds and notebooks!

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I agree the Frontier rifle looks good. I have never seen one – not in a gunstore or at a gun show. I admit I am not overwhelmed by “tacti-cool.” When I look at these rifles I am thinking “left hand Remington 600, I like the 600’s in 350 Rem Mag. I have loaded for and shot the 350 RM and the 35 Whele...

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Well these thoughts give me pause. I am not a big fan of the military look. I do like the idea of the easy to remove magazine for riding on the 4-wheeler. I bought a Savage 14 American Classic after setting it beside the left hand Ruger M77 on the gunstore counter. The Savage was $100.00 cheaper and...

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Thats good to know. I dont look around much on the internet. Not many shops doing transffers around here.

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No more right hand bolts for me....

I never thought of the 308 as a hard kicker. The muzzle blast may be a bit of a bark.
y father has an 18" 260 Remington Model 7 and the bark will get your attention.

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