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Thanks, Jack! Man, I miss you and the Ridgway Rifle Club! I hope all's well with you and your family. Take care, my friend.

Gary

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Thanks very much, Blaine! If I can't stop the clock, I can still celebrate the milestone.

CR

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Thanks, guys!

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Thanks, guys! Howdy, Jack.

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Hey, Jack, I'm on the road right now. I'll get back to you when I get home. And, stay out of trouble!

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Thanks, guys!

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We've lost a fine man and great gun guy! My condolences to John's family and friends.

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Thanks, guys. I had a great day loading ammo!

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Hi, Six,

Unfortunately, I can't make it this year. You guys have a great time at Ridgway.

Gary

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It's wonderful to hear such great news, John! Bangin' and clangin' can't be far behind?

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I met John at his Levergun Jubilee held at the Ridgway Rifle Club (PA) last October. He is a great guy, truly. I wish him all the best.

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Jack,

I may swing by on Friday for a bit, but I have some family commitments up in that neck of the woods, so I can't stay long. But Saturday and Sunday I'll be there for the duration of the match.

CR

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Thanks, guys. It's a big milestone this year. Come to the Levergun Jubilee, Jack. I'll see you there!

CR

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Sixgun,

I'm back in Pennsylvania for a short visit, and I'll be at Ridgway for the shoot on October 8 & 9. So you've got to drive up. And bring some good weather!

CR

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Bill, I never could warm up to the Ballard - split breach block and all - but in its day it was one of the favorites of target shooters, especially in the Schuetzen game. I believe that Marlin discontinued the Ballard in 1890-'91, so the rifles in this picture would have been around 20 years old or ...

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The rifles appear to be all Ballards with the exception of a Stevens on the far left. Great photo! Thanks for posting.

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Thanks, gamekeeper! I'm off to a gun show this morning.

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Hi, Roy,

How long a barrel will it accommodate?

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BrentD,

The PC and SB CLA chicken was moved to 40 meters some time ago as some shooters complained of splash-back from the 25 meter targets. The size of the chicken was not increased, however.

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Hey, Griff,

For me a well-timed flinch is as good as sound technique

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Nice Marlin, Six!

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The gun looks like a double gun to me. But it is definitely not a half-magazine model 1894.

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Great pics, Six. Wish I could have been there! Now, don't forget Hamburg on Saturday!

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So, Jack,

Nice guns, as we've come to expect from you! I guess you're headed for Kremmling.

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Hey, Jack,

Let me know when you get the dates worked out. Maybe we can hook up.

As to those guys asking about me --- I must owe them money

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Yep, no better guy than my buddy, Sixgun. I surely miss you and the shoots at Atglen and Hamburg and Mainville! Where are you hunting this year?

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Yep. Complements the rap music. I mean noxious sounds.

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Thanks, Six. Yes, it's my b'day, but .... yooda man!

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Thanks, guys. I had a great birthday .... now that I've quit counting the years! Plus I got a new fly reel today, and I'm going to a BPCR silhouette shoot tomorrow! Life's wonderful!

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Now, Jack,

You know if I ever sold that gun, you'd get first crack at it! Unless, of course, you were upstate or something! And if I did sell it to someone else, it surely would not be to a stranger! Now, admittedly, OldWin has been working real hard to become more than a stranger!

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OldWin, Though as I said I no longer hunt, I have done so with the .38-55 on quite a few occasions, and the rifle almost carries itself! I once had an 1894 SRC in .30-30; that one carried beautifully as well. Yep, often those small, lightly advertised auctions serve up some sleepers like that .25-20...

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Hi, Perry, I don't see them on Winchester lever guns enough to have a good idea as to price. That said, I would guess about $500 at least. In addition to the set trigger mechanism itself, including a separate sear and sear spring, you would need the correct lower tang, hammer and mainspring -- and p...

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OldWin, You are surely welcome! And I enjoyed posting the pics again. I agree about the balance of the extra lightweight rifles. When I first hefted that .38-55, I was amazed at how good it felt. But as I haven't hunted for quite a while, the gun's utility is not as important to me as it once was. N...

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Hi, Guys, I just discovered that this thread has been resurrected! I bought some .32 Short Colt cartridges for the Frank Wesson, but accuracy is no more than a forlorn hope. I may gather the casting ad reloading necessaries, and try that route. OldWin, Here's a picture of the 1894 rifle that Sixgun ...

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As Steelbanger has posted, the RCBS 180 grain bullet drops heavy. Checked and lubed, mine weighs 195 grains. I, too, use mine for silhouettes, and the rams fall most of the time.

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1879 is the original patent date for the John Browning design of what was to become the Winchester Single-Shot rifle in 1885. The actual design dates to 1878.

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The NFL -- not the individual teams -- is treated as a non-profit, a practice that Senator Tom Coburn would end:

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Thanks, guys!

And Griff, thanks for the kind words. I've spent many years learning to time my flinches. Works occasionally. Hope to see you at Golden some time soon!

CR

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Sorry I missed the shoot, Jack, but my wife is having some health problems. So a long car trip was not possible. Glad you guys had a great time!

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Beautiful rifle, Kirk!

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I look forward to meeting you, Don. Did you get to Alliance?

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Hey, Don, I'd sure like to shoot at CRC with you guys, but, truth to tell, I haven't shot BPTR yet. And I'm not really equipped for Creedmoor, but I could shoot mid-range. I have shot lever action silhouettes at CRC, so I've had a good look at the BPTR range. And I've shot silhouettes with some of t...

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Don,

My experience with a Hoch mould, unlike yours with your nose pour moulds, is that once the mould was up to temperature it produced bullets with gleaming, square bases with boring regularity.

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For a while I shot a Hoch 550 grain bullet in .45-70 at BPCR silhouettes. The mould cast a beautiful bullet. As with most nose pour moulds, you have to have keep the melt hot. I had to run mine at 800 degrees to get proper fill-out. But then a friend lent me a Paul Jones Creedmoor mould, and it shot...

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The meek ain't gonna inherit nothin' west of Chicago!

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The Hex sight is an interesting concept, Bruce, but the location of the rear sight on the barrel of the long gun gives up one of the greatest advantages of an aperture sight, a long sight radius. I'll take thirty to thirty-six inches, if you please.

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Hi, Bruce,

I have no reason to challenge the information set forth in your links, but I'll stick with a round aperture in my rear sight.

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In BPCR silhouette shooting I use a vertical rectangular aperture for shooting the 385 meter turkey and a horizontal aperture for the 300 meter pig and 500 meter ram -- if the animals are on stands. I've found that if they are on rails the heavy black line of the rail tends to cause me to shoot lowe...

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Casa, Here's a link to a guy who sells tang sight accessories including replacement apertures. He may be the same guy you saw on Ebay: http://www.aperturesnmore.com/main.sc Your Marbles tang sight appears to be leaning a bit to the rear. It may be pushed out of the detent just a bit. Try pushing it ...

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I'm working on it, Laddie!

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