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The RCBS Cowboy dies come with two expander balls or Spuds. .376" & .379" The dies are optimized for lead loading. Well worth the extra dollars, over other dies. Starline brass has a thinner case mouth than Winchester. I tried Winchester with my Handi- 38-55 Rifle, as the bore slugs .3...

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They make the folding Leaf in different heights, make sure you get the right one to match your front sight height.

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Buffalo Arms has them.
I have one on my 92/44 that has a marble Tang sight.
I have the folding leaf set dead on at 50 yards, and the tang sight adjusted for 100 yards.
The folding leaf has both windage and elevation adjustments for fine tuning. They make the sight With or W/O adjustments.

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Some where I saw a chart showing Ted Williams, (Sears) S/N data.

Maybe Blue Book of Guns, in the back of the book ?

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For a Remington Nylon collector they are the "Holy Grail". My Brother bought one many Years ago at a local gun show in his area. He was showing it off to his Family members. His SIL remarked that his Father had one when he was a kid. The Father sold the piece when he was Drafted for Vietna...

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Lotsa questions remain, but as a start, take a .435 or .440 dia lead ball and push it thru your bore using a wood dowel. Measure across the high parts, and use a bullet .001-.002" larger. Keep your loads to under 1400fps or use a gas-check. PS: Use only plain base bullets, bevel bases are easi...

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The bore is good and tomorrow is the day we go to the range for a test load session. Be careful with those early Krags. They are known for having cracked lugs. I keep mine running at medium 30-30 pressures.----6 I shoot only Lead in the "ol Girl". Like a 200GC with 16 grs. of 2400 or 19 g...

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I fired an '03A3 for the first time this past weekend... now I've been looking for one!!! Doesn't this EVER stop? If you think the 03A3 is a cool piece. How about an original Springfield Krag ? Several Years ago I bought a 1894 Krag with a four digit serial number, made in 1895. Some parts were mis...

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Do not give up on the bore. I brought back, a sewer-pipe 1894 Springfield Krag, made in 1895. It took a lot of soaking and brushing with a 50-50 mixture of Hoppe's & Kroil. Lots of blue/green krud for several days, then dark grey, then several more days of just grey. At this point I changed to a...

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After many Years of service my first gen frame developed some issues. I sent it back to TC and they rebuilt the piece for no charge. It is like new.

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My Remington 581 is a tack driver.This 580 series bolt action is a very fast lock time.
And Yes, the Remington "Teens" are a great buy and also very accurate. They are on an adult frame so to speak.

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My Rossi 92/44 functions & chambers 44 special very well. Some do and some don't.

It is nice to know if they will, the magazine will hold an extra round, or so.

Welcome to the Rossi 92/44 shooters group.

BTW; mine also likes SWC's. Again, some do and some don't.

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Bullets were not healed. I know he cast his own bullets.

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FYI; Y'all

The Scabbard has a Makers Mark. "Black Sheep Brand" #1106

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Last Year at our local CAS/SASS monthly Match we had a visitor shooter from Pennsylvania. He was shooting an original Evans. He and his Wife both shoot with Evans Rifles. The cases he used were made from 44 Mag brass. The piece functioned and cycle perfect. He sure was slow, not as slow as a Spencer...

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rjohns94 wrote:Lefty dude, any chance for a picture of the scabbard?

My skills are not good with the Camera & internet. I have a good camera I'll see if I can get my Son to help me.

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I use my Rossi 92/44 mag as my Truck gun. It rides in a vintage saddle scabard. In the 1970's the Arizona Highway Patrol discontinued the use of the Winchester 94/30WCF as the Patrol Carbine trunk gun. A Friends BIL was a Commander and was given several saddle scabard. I received one as a gift. It i...

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I would suggest getting a 32WCF expander plug and going to 8mm first. Then do your fire-form to 35 cal. Before fire forming I would aneal the case neck first before the fire form. When I had my Winchester 375 I made some cases from 30WCF. I lubed the case's inside and out and ran them thru the 375 d...

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To modify the profile of the seating plug. put a dab of JB's in the nose plug, take a bullet of choice and put a releasing agent on the nose of the sample. Johnson's paste wax works well for this application. I use a rubber band to hold the sample on the plug for proper holding alignment. This works...

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You can make a Custom seating plug profile by using JB Weld on an existing plug, using your bullet nose as the templet.

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You have a very nice Find, Sir. Not many 14 1/2 Carbine's were made.

Remington brought them out to compete with the Winchester 92.

Some 14 1/2 's had Saddle rings, very rare.

Also some were chambered in 38 WCF, (38-40).

Congratulations,

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Call Dillon and they will send you a new Tube, Most likely there will be no charge.

BTW; your second hand press is guaranteed for it's life.

Dillon's no BS warranty is one of the best.

I have had several Dillon presses rebuilt and the cost is Zero.

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I have the Lee loader for both 16 ga. & 12 ga. They no longer make them for Shotgun shell reloading.

They are great for a Bug-Out bag.

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How about SR4759 for the 38-55 ?

Any load development with this powder ?

Just asking you understand.

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Saturday at our Monthly Cowtown Cowboy Shooters Match a local Gun Smith had a new Winchester for us to handle and do a visual inspection. The comment he made was the piece can not be timed to function as fast as the Uberti. He tried the piece with 38's & 357's. 357's functioned the best, but not...

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38-55 = 5744

30-06 = SR4759

30-30 = RL7, SR4759, 5744

All three powders are excellent for cast bullet use.

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They made smooth bore 44WCF rifles and 44WCF shot-shells back in the day. They were used in the Wild-West shows.

Think; Annie Oakley

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Drilling thru the back-strap screw hole sets the plunger/spring low on the hand, also not centered in the middle of the hand. The recommended way is a seperate hole above the back-strap retaining screw hole. I have modified several Pietta C&B revolvers. I use Pettifoggers suggested methods and p...

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FatJackDurham wrote:It does look similar to the stevens, doesnt it? Oh well, I thought it looked like that Hankins.... never heard of the Frank Wesson till now. Gotta love this forum!!!!

Think, early model H & R Handi-Rifle,

AKA/ Harrington & Wesson

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The same thing happened to me. It was the Colt Custom shop. One of my 44WCF's came to me with a 45 Colt cylinder.

Bovine Dung happens to all.

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Check out the Hodgdon site. They have the Tight-group powder listed under the Cowboy loads for the 140's. You will find the same powder wt. works well for the 125's, 140's & 158's. Do not push them to fast from a Rifle, remember they go 250-300 fps faster than a revolver. I found out the hard wa...

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Doc; I have yet to see a 22 Hornet Rifle shoot Factory ammo any better than the groups you shot show. BTW; there are two 22 hornet factory load sizes. Bullets that are .223" (older style rifles) and the new .224". Pull your factory fodder and mic the bullets. You might just be shooting the...

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Many Cowboy shooter insist that lubing 38-40, 44-40 cases is not necessary. Those that do not lube have lines on the cases. This is called galling. I reload lots of 44WCF. This requires two cleanings in the Dillon case cleaner. One to clean the case's the other to remove the lube. And if I shoot Bla...

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Kirk, you can probably guess what an old man will tell you. I have a Remington 550-1 that my dad bought for me in the spring of 1953. It is a big long old rifle with a real walnut stock, it shoots shorts long and long rifle mixed up in a handful. It has a big Weaver 4x and will pick golf balls at 1...

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A few years ago I ordered a pair of Colts from the custom shop, 44-40's with seperate 44 Spec. cylinders. When I received them much to my surprise, one had a 45 Colt cylinder instead of the 44WCF. This was serial numbered to the 44WCF frame. Needless to say Colt was shocked to say the least when I s...

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FYI; Here is a good price .

http://www.cimarron-firearms.com/cimarron-bargains.html

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You are wise to change out those heavy stock springs. With those extended hammer faces I am sure your conversions cylinder will take a beating. And if you use the piece as C&B your nipples will be mushroons in short order. On my 60's I installed the new Slix-Shot nipples and a Wolff reduced spri...

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What hammer springs do you use ? Are they stock Pietta or after market like Wolff, etc ?

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I had my 1860 Pietta C&B hammers Tig welded. My grandson is a master Welder and did an excellent job filling in the safety notch on both the Hammers. I dressed them off with a file. If that hammer face is butter then it sure is hard on a file. The purpose of the safety slot fill for C&B use ...

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250-300FPS difference is about right for an increase with the Rifle over the Revolver.

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I have the Dillon electronic muffs. Each ear has it own control for volume, or they can be turned off if desired.
I use them for range work only.
For CAS/SASS matchs and competition I use a custom molded set.

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A nice target load that is accurate that I use for CAS/SASS is 5.4 gr. of Unique with a FNRP 200 gr. lead bullet. This shoots sweet in my Colt SAA 44WCF's.

For a little more gidda-up try 6.7 gr. of unique.

Don't push the Ol'girl to hard now, BTW nice piece.

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I would class the brass, of which you desire as follows;

Most easy to work with; Winchester
Second; Starline
hard & thick brass of the three; Remington

Your choice,

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I clean my SXS 12 ga after using BP by, removing the barrel from the action. Place wine corks in the end of the barrels, Pour boiling water in the breach end and let it sit for 20 - 30 minutes. Remove the corks and watch the crud go down the drain. Dry with patches, then with a patch with ballistol ...

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I use an RCBS 12 ga. shell holder for priming. MEC makes a Brass loading conversion for the 600 Jr. RCBS also makes the loading dies for 12 ga. For wad seating a 3/4" hardwood dowel works for me. You made some nice tools, ya done good. :wink: I reload both 12's & 16's for use in CAS/SASS. T...

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To protect your Electronic Comm. Eqpt., you need a Faraday cage. This will protect from an EMP and such. My CB handhelds, and family Radios are stored in a 50 cal ammo box. The box is lined on all sides with 1" styrofoam. This is a small faraday cage. Do not let Metal touch any part of the Radi...

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It depends, whats the 93 caliber ? If the 93 is a 32-40 and in decent condition the value can be as much as $1200.00.
My brother sold his 93 last year a 32-40 and got $1100.00 for the piece.

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Winchester 94/30WCF have a long history of inconsistant chamber & bore deminisions.
My Current 94/30WCF slugs .308" bore groove. I have seen bores from .03065" to .312".

IIRC; you can still buy Remington factory 30-30 150 gr. .307"

When you find a good one, keep it.

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It's the second floor, where they have the Cowboy toys.

I also like this Austin Gun Shop.

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A good Master Welder can TIG weld that back on with out distorting or changing the temper of the barrel. My grandson is a master welder and has his own weld rigs at his home. The last work he did for me was weld the safety notch closed on my 1851 Navy C&B Hammers. This is a modification we do to...

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