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I'm on the Castboolit forum every day, and only logged in once. I never log out so I open it and no issues about logging in or doing anything before looking around or posting.

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Lastmohecken wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2026 1:39 pm I feel like there had to of been a barrel obstruction of some kind, a mystery for sure.

I wondered about that also. Maybe the gunsmith plugged the bore during the threading process to keep debris out, and forgot to remove the plug?

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I'd be surprised at any bolt gun using the large Mauser 98 type claw extractor ever had an extractor fail. That's one of the finest extractors ever invented, and they seem to be bullet proof. I know of three of these failing on Ruger MK II rifles. Never heard of such a failure on a Mauser rifle. Mu...

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Two days in a row now with zero issues! Running like it used to!

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I'd be surprised at any bolt gun using the large Mauser 98 type claw extractor ever had an extractor fail. That's one of the finest extractors ever invented, and they seem to be bullet proof.

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It could be the threading done to fit the suppressor that made it happen. Possibly the gunsmith got the threaded end slightly off, or threads too tight that constricted the bore. I can't help but wonder why he'd have the suppressor installed and not take the rifle to the range before his hunt to ens...

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Again it's spotty or not working at all. Sometimes it doesn't open, other times it opens quickly, but then is very slow to respond. I just give up on days when it's not working.

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Before you get too worked up, have you even tried firing a cartridge in this gun? I don't think there's anything wrong with it, and if you can't get to the range then just use a fired .22LR case in the chamber and pull the trigger to check firing pin contact. Seems like you're worried about nothing...

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Is it ever really up or back?
Seems like it is good a day or two, then doesn't open at all for a day or two. Then after it works again I need to login before I can post. Sure getting old this constant off/on thing.

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Before you get too worked up, have you even tried firing a cartridge in this gun? I don't think there's anything wrong with it, and if you can't get to the range then just use a fired .22LR case in the chamber and pull the trigger to check firing pin contact. Seems like you're worried about nothing ...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2026 12:46 pm Site was down for me for more than 48 hours. Just now back up.

Same here Bill. Couldn't get on until just today.

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Was out at the gun club this morning, so didn't need to try. This afternoon working great and didn't have to log back in for a change.

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Once again I couldn't get the site to open this morning, but now it's working. Getting to be an every morning thing here.

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Of course it’s impossible to diagnose Major Schofield from this time and space or to understand what he was suffering from. Still his design continues to this day when many others have fallen by the wayside. We know his name. Major Scofield was often embroiled in controversy on numerous occasions w...

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Last two days it wouldn't work at all for me in the mornings. Today and yesterday it worked later, but both days I had to log back in to get online.

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I've had similar experiences with the .45 Colt as JimT mentioned in his great treatise above. But I also did a lot of accuracy testing in my Model 25 S&W I used for target shooting. My goal was to find a load that was extremely accurate, but also with a lightweight bullet. I cast up some 200 gr....

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Well that's weird? I typed up a long reply on the experiments I did years ago with .45 Colt, and hit "submit". Nothing came up, it just disappeared?

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She has some skill. She's got massive skills and talent!! She's been doing art since she could draw, and woodworking since around age 12 when her dad finally let her run power tools. Here's some more of her woodworking and art: https://i.imgur.com/ZqLJNvRl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vvGb3Krl.jpg

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I've often wondered what Custer and his men thought when they realized what a hornet's nest they'd ridden into? Had to be pretty overwhelming to realize nobody was going to make it out alive.

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My daughter and granddaughter dropped by Monday for a late Father's Day visit. Granddaughter just got home from her freshman year at college studying art as her major. She built a wooden bowling ball in her class that the instructor told all the students that no power tools were allowed to be used o...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2026 7:27 pm Wow, Vall, that's a keeper.

Thanks Bill! Can't shoot it much being .32RF Long, but I do have some later Cannuck ammo I'll shoot it a little with. AA good companion gun to my #3 S&W in .44 Russian.

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I try not to buy any guns I can't shoot, but this old S&W Army Model 2 came into the show today and the owner asked if I was interested in buying it. I looked it over closely as being a tip up model they often are loose at the pivot screw, but this one was nice and tight. It also has a great bor...

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I've mentioned it here numerous times before, but I'll do it again. About 3-4 years ago a buddy told me about Pirateship.com that's a discount shipping program. You go to their site and download the program and when you want to ship a package you enter the dimensions, and weight, and it gives you op...

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When our girls were young they were infatuated with bats, and we seemed to have a number of documentary videos about bats. Whenever we went camping they loved sitting outside in the evening and watching for bats. Others their age freaked out and screamed if a bat even flew through camp, and our girl...

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If he's posting any load data his stuff will get the axe. I have a friend whose done Youtube gun videos for many years and told me if he or anyone in his videos posts load data the video will get deleted by Youtube.

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I'd much rather see an AR done in .30-30 than see a traditional lever action .30-30 done up butt an assault rifle. I think you're too late. seen some the PK marlin site, FB etc. saw at leasr one JM put into a plastic stock with all the fixings. makes you wanna get your hands on whoever did it. Oh I...

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A true thing of beauty! I love old trains and always have. My dad spent most of his adult life as chief electrician for the SP&S Railroad in the Pacific NW and we traveled by train often since it was free to employees. I have fond memories of those trips as a kid.

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I'd much rather see an AR done in .30-30 than see a traditional lever action .30-30 done up butt an assault rifle.

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I like it. Looks almost like tree bark in the pattern you made.

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Got a call yesterday from the young guy in Oklahoma whose contact info I got for building the No.7 Remington stocks! Jason said he's caught up with teaching being done for the year and will make the 90% inletted stocks next week! I gave him my barrel channel dimensions so he will open up the channel...

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Couldn't get this site to open at all yesterday. Tried a couple different times, and finally gave up.

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Well it either got restocked with a board, or it wasn't a Remington. The #6 was the cheapest Rolling Block Remington made, and the stocks all looked like that picture.

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I'd lump all the straight walled pistol cartridges as equally easy to make up good loads. Never had an issue with any standard loads. I did work quite a bit with trying to develop very light .45 ACP loads for my S&W 745 IPSC pistol when I shot it competitively. I wanted the lightest safe load po...

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I cast my own, so don't buy them. But a friend got out of reloading as he got old and gave me a box of nearly 500 Oregon Trail Laser Cast .32-40 bullets that are 170 gr. sized .322" and they're great! $62 per 400 these days, so still very affordably priced. They call them ".32 Special"...

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Mine was a .35-40 Maynard chambering in my Darr barreled Rolling Block. I figured it would be a snap since I'd heard the cartridge could just be fore formed using .32-40 brass, but that idea went away quickly. I tried chambering an empty .32-40 case and it stopped 3/8" shy of chambering! I ran ...

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Deep rifling might look impressive, but it isn't doing much good for accuracy. There's so much distortion on a cast bullet being forced into rifling that deep that the lead has to go somewhere, and the place it ends up is hanging off the base of the bullets as they exit the muzzle. Those fins off th...

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In my experience the benefit of low SD really only comes into play at longer rifle ranges where vertical dispersion is evident by large velocity swings. I have favorite rifle loads with SD in the 20's that are more accurate at 100 yards than a different charge that has a single digit SD. With handg...

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I just got to thinking and remembered that my first gun ever at about 10 years old that I hid from my mom was a 22lr rolling block rifle, I have no idea what brand or how I got it, I'm now 83 years old. It had a flat board shaped like a straight stock like the Daisy BB guns and no forend. The firin...

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I guess I qualify as an "Old Coot" since I've been here over 19 years. And hitting 76 yrs. this fall makes me qualify on two levels!

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Glad you're getting paroled Jim!

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I've always admired Bisley grip frames, but they feel odd in my hand. It always feels like the barrels are pointing downhill and I have to hold the gun up higher to get the proper sight picture. I saw a drawing from a book circa 1900 which had a chapter on pistol target shooting. The fellow picture...

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That's great news! I bet it is tough to sleep in a hospital room! I know I've only done it twice and begged to be sent home so I could sleep better!

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I have had a Tasco Red Dot on my Hi Standard Supermatic since the 1980's. Most of our Bullseye Team switched to either Aimpoint or Tasco back then so I had my barrel D&T to add one also. It's been over 40 years now since I put it on and it still works excellent. No magnification, and it took som...

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I remember that it's been said that you couldn't make a silencer work on a revolver because of the cylinder gap. I still seemed loud in the video, but they were shooting it inside, and that would have made it sound louder than outside on the range, etc. I figure they were using high speed long rifl...

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It's not terribly uncommon. People have been putting silencers on revolvers for as long as there have been silencers. (the world over) It's only our gun culture know it all's who make a big deal out of it. We love to apply a certain logic, but only so far. Why put a "silencer" on a revolv...

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I've always felt that the lowest SD I could get from my hand loads for rifle or pistol will always result in the tightest groups. Velocity in general means less to accuracy, unless the velocity also gives tighter SD readings.

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Try being that kid in grade school in the 1950's who was dyslexic and a boy named Vall too! If that didn't get you picked on enough, then not sure what else would. Since almost no teachers knew what dyslexia was I even had teachers who called me stupid or lazy in front of the class. Lucky for me I f...

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I've always admired Bisley grip frames, but they feel odd in my hand. It always feels like the barrels are pointing downhill and I have to hold the gun up higher to get the proper sight picture. I still shoot the original SAA grips the best, and like the way they point naturally for me.

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Got my shipment from Midway USA for the Starline .44 Russian brass. I'll dig through my old 240 gr. .429" bullets and make up some mild loads with Green Dot at around 700 fps to give it a test run.

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You need to be careful in choosing wood for the grip style on a No.7 Rolling Block. That's likely why you see almost no originals with high grade wood. The extreme pistol grip on these little rifles can test the grain structure of some high grade woods, and something with good straight grain will u...

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