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A lot of this hysteria is generated by the gun manufacturers and gun writers because, lets face it, they want to sell more guns. Take the 7mm mag and 338 Lapua Magnum craze out here in the west. Everyone is telling people, 'ya need that big of a gun to shoot a 250lb deer'. That's total horse pucky!...

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Remington Coreloct or Winchester Powerpoint.

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Details, details :roll: - deal with it, or travel like the ay-rabs - Camel ! :shock: Just think: No taxes, no registration, no insurance, no fuel - just find some grass/water, every now/then. :mrgreen: The only downside to a camel, is if/when you also carry a passenger - there's a possibility it co...

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I have been casting for my Marlin 30-30 and need some suggestions as to what diameter to size the bullets to. I am using a Lee 150gr flat nose GC mold to cast the bullets. Question is what would I size the bullets to - .309 or .310? I haven't bought the sizing die yet or slugged the barrel so I a w...

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game keeper wrote:I thought the levergun was there in case the Injuns tried to shoot arrows in yer new banjo..

Naw! He's got it there in case an accordion player shows up to drown out his music with some earsplitting accompanying sounds

!!!!! He's a real levergunner!

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When I first started handloading, it was with a kit, put together by RCBS, that included a 5-10 scale, powder measure, RCBS Jr (iron) press, and a Speer loading manual. So I started off on Speer bullets. Later on, as I took up loading for more calibers, I got a Hornaday Manual--the version that came...

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Forums that I don't care for are all business, and most questions are refered by the Head Grump to use search.....Thankfully, this one is not like that. One can Google answers, but here you can talk to your buddies. :D If we are thinkin of the same one, I notice that these days "Head Grump&quo...

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El Chivo wrote:35 Rem is what? 1903?

It makes the list. It's older than 1912. Just think--in two more years, the start of World War I will be 100 years in the past.

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veeman wrote:Hmm, I must be weird. My favorites are 44-40, 45 colt, 38-55, 45 auto, 357.

I'm even wierder that you are. I include the 30-30 Winchester and 35 Remington along with your list of favorites.

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Thanks, i have two harmonicas , a trumpet and a didgereedoo an can`t play a toot on them either :oops: Hoping for a miracle. :wink: videos http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/InTheWind/th_SDC11686.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/InTheWind/th_SDC11659.jpg Pitchy, you're gonna live fore...

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Pitchy, you've got a lot of musical ambition. First a Trombone, and now a banjo? I think the next thing you try maybe ought to be an accordion! Those accordion people seem to take them with them every where they go. There was a guy in my parts that ended up in a nursing home before he passed--and th...

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Remington makes there own knives. Some. Others are licensed to a company called Taylor Cutlery. I had a Remington branded knife given as a thank you for helping big green at their factory open house a few years back, laser engraved with the event date and name, etc. It was a $40 Taylor knife. Not a...

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A 38-40 Rossi? You guys that are proposing this are geniuses! I want one. This should be really easy for Rossi since the engineering and design work on a Model 92 in that caliber has existed for over 100 years now. A nice little carbine or short rifle in 38-40, and a bucketful of cast bullet ammo wo...

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gak wrote:
horsesoldier03 wrote: 100 meters is 128 feet.
Isn't 100 meters something slightly in excess of 300 feet? (100 yds)...a meter being something slightly in excess of a yard or 3 feet.

Last time I looked a meter was 39.37 inches.

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Check your rear sight, see if there's a screw on the face of it (should be on the right side). If so, you might be able to loosen it a bit and move the blade insert up a bit by sticking a small blade screwdriver under the insert and pushing down on the rear of the sight. Don't forget to re-tighten ...

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I've used it for a few years now, ever since my local Geek recommended it. I've got Chrome, too, but rarely use it for much, and then never for anything other than occasional surfing. One thing that my local geek recommended several times when coming to my house to fix computer issues was switching ...

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If you get a 375 Marlin, there's no deer in the US that would withstand a well-placed hit with a cast flatnose bullet. And don't even bring up the Microgroove myth--Marlins can and do shoot cast bullets very nicely. I killed a deer with the 375 WIN in a Marlin a couple years back using the first bu...

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It's been my go-to caliber for nearly 40 years, although I do have a few other rifles that I use now and then. It was either on this website or one other that I frequent that I recall a few years ago where some guy from California posted that a 30-30 was not gun enough for deer found in California. ...

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I like Winchester 748 with the 200 gr Remington Coreloct in my 35 Remington, when I'm shooting jacketed bullets. 38.0 grains and a WLR primer. With the RCBS 200 gr cast bullet I find the 21.0 gr of Accurate 5744 works pretty well for me.

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That's one Marlin that years back I held in my hands at a local gun store, thought about it long and hard, and regrettably put it back to buy another day. When I had my pennies saved I found, to my dismay, that Marlin was no longer making them. I've regretted whipping out my credit card back then ev...

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I prefer the barrel and mag tube to be neck & neck so to speak. Not sure when or why Winchester left some barrels sticking out longer than the mag tube. Not trying to steal the subj. But saw the picture . That's how they used to make the ones for Sears Roebuck and sold under Sears' brand--JC Hi...

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Some of them are pretty darn close. A year or so ago, while sitting around chatting with my gunsmith buddy, this topic came up. He had a somewhat used 94 buttstock he was going to replace on a post 64 94. Out in my car, I had my EMF Hartford 92 rifle. "let's find out--bring your gun in and let'...

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Okay, so I took it back to the range to check the zero at 100 metres. I shot a 1.5 inch group that is two inches high and spot on for left and right. I decided right there I dodnt need to do any more shooting and would quit while I was ahead! Coupled with the 1 inch groups I shot at 50 m I think sh...

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bulldog1935 wrote:love to grill jalapenos and eat them with grilled meat

What's cookin' in the pot, bulldog?

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Very interesting thread. I recently got a good deal on a slightly used red/black Filson double mac coat and love it. I've also accumulated some wool shirts and pants and wore them on a camping/hunting trip last week. As far as storage are you guys using mothballs or anything else to protect the clo...

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Not surprising. I've never had much luck calling Lyman for any reason. Most of the time nobody even answers the phone. The last time I called them (and got through) it was about a model 66 LA receiver sight that I had bought, then discovered it had some wobble, front to rear. The lady that answered ...

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This whole snake thread reminds me of my stint in the Army at Ft Knox, KY. I was XO of a 300 man company commanded by a Major. Most of the troops, but not all, were recently-returned Vietnam veterans. We were a deployable unit, and now and then participated in field maneuvers of varying duration. On...

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Catalogs that sell components list lots of gadgets and stuff that you might find nice to have, but you don't really need. Like any other handloading effort, there's lots of ways to spend your money. If you're just starting out, start with a good manual--like those produced by Lyman. From there, get ...

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Not so much a cartridge change...mainly want the Ballard rifling as I've heard Micro-grooves don't handle lead cast rounds as well (?) Wow really ? I'm glad you brought that to my attention . That means all those tagrets I shot over the last 12 years and all those deer I killed with Micro groove ba...

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Hello .32 WCF ballistics (muzzle): bullet - 110 gr soft point velocity - 2,100 ft/s energy - 1,077 ft·lb Of course the .32-20 is adequate for deer within the 100 -150 yard ranges it was intended for. I don't doubt you can get that velocity in a modern rifle with todays powder and a jacketed bullet....

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Nice rifle in a great cal. I meet a guy from Vermont whos Grand father had a Marlin 38/40 just like it for his bear hunting. He said it killed them quicker than his 30wcf! (Its what you believe in I guess.) My grand father had a 92 Winchester for his big gun in New England and I agree No recoil and...

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I’m actually surprised theirs not more of you vintage lever-gun carrying forum brothers into doing this same type of thing. :wink: [/b] Some of my gear getting packed for last fall. Some are hand me downs , a couple are thrift store or flea market buys. http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/littlel...

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Johnson Woolens in Johnson, VT has been making and selling jackets, shirts, and pants like those depicted for decades. They are still in business and still selling this stuff. Just a few years ago I bought a pair of black and green plaid wool hunting pants from them. Since that was less than 10 year...

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If you put a Williams receiver sight on that rifle your 2 inch groups will probably shrink by 1/2. You mention the Lyman 173 grain boolit. I use that one in all of my 30-30's, both Winchester and Marlin. The only thing I would suggest is that before you load up some of those, either do it yourself o...

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I got one of those too, and my birthday is nowhere near thhereis month. Besthere. ides, I got kicked off Marlinowners three or four years ago and let's just say I've got no use for them. It may not be from them at all, though, in all fairness. This may be some sort of scam that has one of our email ...

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williamranks wrote:I remember the day I turned 58. All I got was plenty of hot tongue and a slab of cold shoulder.

Same thing happened to me! Now, I'm well past 58 and nothin's changed.

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2 below zero here this morning. My snowplow guy has already plowed 3 times this year. Gore was right?? Gore LIES!!!!
He promised global warming and the heating bills keep rolling in.

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Retired about six months ago. My retirement pay is actually more than my pay when I worked. It's a long story, but it was costing me money to work. That's not why I retired, though. If it had been, I would have retired a couple of years ago. It's amazing how much of what you earn while working gets...

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Few people hunt anymore, they shoot. My boss has what amounts to a condo tree stand. Buys corn to feed deer year around. Opining day he drives out in his 4 wheeler, climbs up into his condo and when the deer show up at the feeder he shoots one. That, my friend is NOT hunting. Agreed, but after read...

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Geezerhood, by tradtion, starts at 65! Congratulations to all who have attained, or about to attain such a lofty status. Some geezers unfortunately have to work beyond this age. Others choose to. Then there are the rest of us.

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Do they post in Japanese over there?

I'll stick with this site, thanks.

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I've watched few episodes, including the recent one with the hand made, brass-framed levergun. That couldn't have shown the entire manufacturing process. Staged is right! Anybody notice that they never show anything about heat-treating or inspection in their build-from-scratch schemes? That volley g...

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It has been widely-known for some time that the state of Connecticut would love to rid itself of firearms manufacturers, which it sees as just a half-step up from actual criminal enterprise.. Too bad that the incubator of America's industrial revolution, the Connecticut River Valley, has taken such...

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I bet they use a ball powder with the burn rate of WW748. Meters better. I load 3031. I think you may be right about that. I load 3031 myself, but have used a lot of 748. In a production environment, where metered loads are dropping into cases in an automated fashion, I would think that ball powder...

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I bet they use a ball powder with the burn rate of WW748. Meters better. I load 3031. I think you may be right about that. I load 3031 myself, but have used a lot of 748. In a production environment, where metered loads are dropping into cases in an automated fashion, I would think that ball powder...

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I don't load for 32 Special, but got started on the 30-30 a long time ago, and still have the RCBS dies that I began with. I've since used some Lee dies, and for sure a Lyman M die when loading cast bullets. I've mostly used RCBS for everything.

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It's true. I built a bolt action scoped target pistol in college. And my Dad didn't get expelled for shooting a pistol from the schoolroom window when he was a kid. In highschool we had our rifles in our cars, so we could head for the country to hunt when school was out. I actually got a B for my w...

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The Uberti '73 in .45 colt is probably a better choice for all but the most experienced handloader. .44-40 is authentic, but is a pain to load for. Whatever you do, get your NEW rifle to an experienced CAS rifle smith and have it "slicked". failure to do so may result in premature wear. N...

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I've got a couple. My favorite is a trapper in 357. The other is an octagon rifle in 44 mag. I'm glad I've got them both. Another poster mentioned Nate Kiowa Jones. He sells a video on how to work on the Rossi 92's in terms of slicking them up, and he sells parts such as a steel magazine follower to...

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I once had a newer version of a 99F Savage in 308 Win. Didn't those rifles come in 358 Win as well? Mine, as I recall, was a model made sometime in the late 1950's or early 1960's, and it had the safety on the tang, instead of the earlier versions with the safety on the trigger guard. A 99 in 358 Wi...

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