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Glad to hear you are home my friend.

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Thanks a bunch Bill, I appreciate the detailed response.FWTW I have read that the 50 caliber Hornady Great Plains bullet also works well in these rifles.

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Just a note fellas: If any here feel the call of one of the many Swedish rolling blocks (or any of the Husqvarna rifles or shotguns and older Swiss military rifles) , Simpson Ltd. in Galesburg, IL, is Mecca. Give the boss your credit card before you log on, though. I won't be responsible for divorc...

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Good to see you back Jim, we've been following your progress and sending up requests on your behalf. Stay in touch when you can.

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I am very sorry for the loss of your Lab, Gunny. We are owned by a little female orange Lab who has been our constant companion, going on six years now. They are very intelligent dogs, eager to please and full of love for their people. The best you can do is make sure they get the full measure in re...

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Thank you Paul, for the update from Jim's daughter. Sounds like he is in for a long recovery. We will keep him in our prayers.

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Thanks for letting us know. Prayers up for Jim Taylor.

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Single actions, 4 3/4" and not longer than 5 1/2". I carried and hunted with a 4" Model 29 for 12+ years and that is my preference in a DA revolver. If a handgun won't carry easily it day in and day out, it won't last long here.

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This problem is solved at the state level. Expecting Congress to fix anything is a recipe for disappointment.

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Griff wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 12:01 pm Slow for me the past several days, often opening up and then kicking me off when I attempt to post something. Seems much faster this morning. Fingers crossed.

3-4 times in the last month, I've submitted a post and got booted off before it loaded.

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10 days ago, one shot to vanish an itinerant quail eater, 268 yards. $400 Anderson with $700 worth of sights, optic and trigger ;) The last time I had an unexpected elevation error with AR irons, it was because I'd inadvertently flipped my aperture down. I somehow remember to check the elevation sli...

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Glocks are mud-fence ugly but there are reliable accounts of them chugging 50,000+ rounds with nothing but a fresh recoil spring. I only have one, a 45 Auto, but it shoots as well at 100 yards as I am capable of holding- these days. https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1548.jpg

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1950 marlin 336 35 rem, bought from bill here on PK. love the gun, fun to shoot but the buckhorn rear sight and my eye are fighting each other. i'd like to put a skinner site on it, but will that decrease the value/collectibility? should i try to find a period correct sight? this has nothing to do ...

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Scott,

I stumbled onto this video which gives a good look at a DW King Colt SAA, 45 Colt 4 3/4. Hope it is of some help.

https://youtu.be/YITSlyuWOTc

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That’s my next argument. Do you expect every hunter who buys one of your rifles to have access to a torque wrench and that they know how to use it? I bought a camo synthetic Mossberg Patriot 30-06, a couple of years ago, for a wet weather hunting rifle and learned right quick I needed one of these-...

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It is small consolation but significant numbers of the much vaunted Tikka (T3) Canadian Ranger Rifles cracked/delaminated early in their service life. https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/rifles-issued-to-canadian-rangers-cant-stand-up-to-the-arctic-cold/ I want synthetic stocks on my hard-use, any...

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I've owned two 9mms my whole life. The only one I regret parting with was a 92G (decocker) Centurion, one the most accurate pistols I ever owned.

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The Lyman/Keith bullet the Jim mentioned is alway a great choice . I cast a whole big coffee can years ago and it's impressive the amount of stuff they will shoot thru. Our member Scott T. wrote about Bear Creek supply bullets a while ago and I think their 230 grain hollow point would do a job on a...

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I run a flat top rear sight on all my rifles and zero them so POI is top dead center on the bead at the farthest distance I am likely to use them. https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-021.jpg https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/improve-the-oem-sights-on-your-rossipuma-mod...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 07, 2025 6:14 am It's a bit like hunting with a flintlock that has a soft frizzen and dull flint you never know when it will go off

LMAO

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I traded into a 7.62x39 CZ-527M ten years ago, which my wife promptly claimed as her rifle. I mounted a Nikon 2x7 scope and zeroed it at 200 yards with Barnaul Golden Bear 125 grain softpoint, a good supply of which came with the rifle. I was surprised when it put five of them in 2 2/3" at 200 ...

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Just a couple of thoughts from somebody who got saddled with keeping these little guns running, for cops in my outfit, when they were real popular. Typically, the guys with a buck or two would buy a Colt Officer and the newbs would buy an A/O Pit Bull, or something similar. Often, they would choke o...

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We had one in the family a good long time, a Gallery Model with threaded muzzle and chambered specifically for 22 Shorts. It was very accurate and certain death on squirrels with Short HP.

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I don't have anything against the 9mm; in fact one of the finest shooting handguns I ever owned was a Beretta 92G Centurion. I shot my best ever 'chewed hole' LE qual target with it and a ridiculously small, witnessed five shot group with it, around the barricades at 50 yards using Federal's 9BPLE. ...

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Good stuff Mick and thanks for posting it.

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I've seen enough credible reviews, including Boge Quinn's, that I'm convinced the Henry is a reliable and accurate revolver. It was particularly thoughtful of Henry to include front sights of various heights, to facilitate a reasonable zero with with 38/357 loads. What I do not like about the Henry ...

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I think it's me, guys. Every time I get on board, the boat sinks

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Add in, they bought out Anderson Manufacturing, so that was a big hit to the budget. Short term loss, but the added capacity of the facilities, equipment, and expertise should be a positive investment. Let's see... a $350 Marlin 336 is now around 1200 bucks, so a bare-nekkid Ruger-Anderson should M...

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My last issue shotgun was a 14 1/2" 870 with a Wilson +1 extension and TruGlo gobble dot. It would hold five but I kept it loaded with four 000 Buck so if needed, I could poke a slug in the mag, rack it and load another in the tube behind it. Drive-by stakeouts... I have little need for such an...

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The M18/320 thing is unfortunate but it doesn't change the fact Sig has consistently produced top-tier guns like the P210, P22X DA/SA pistols and the 556 Series rifles. All have well earned reputations for 99+ percent reliability and I wouldn't hesitate a second to buy one. I've got a P226 40 that s...

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These 45/410 contraptions are, generally speaking, not real good at either job. They usually post pitiful 45 Colt velocities and excepting 000 Buck 410 loads, offer little practical advantage over CCI handgun shot loads. At least the Brawler compares favorably with a good 4 3/4" revolver in acc...

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It also seems to like Berry's plated bullets- their 230 RN for the 45 ACP, loaded over 8 grains of W231. Three rounds at 50 yards, 2 1/2 inches.

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I loaded those 315 grain gas-checked SWCs over 13 grains of HS6, whic chronographed 1056 fps from the Rossi. My last three rounds of it were fired at 85 yards, holding six o’clock on the head of this silhouette. The group measures four inches, which is all you can ask of any pistol of this type. And...

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I had a 92 Centurion years ago, probably the most accurate bone-stock automatic I ever fired.

Taurus got the safety right on their 92 copy from the get-go.

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An '86 SRC in 45-70 and the Browning would suit me fine.

A '66 in 45 Colt.

I can always make room for a 94 Winchester.

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Sarge, thanks for the info. Do you think the free bore in the chamber affects the 45 Colt accuracy? I've seen this mentioned somewhere. if there were such a thing as a .410 brass cartridge could it be used for the 45, to get the bullet up yonder where the rifling is? Or even a slug swapped into a 4...

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The rain let up today just long enough for me to fire one round each of the following loads through the Rossi Brawler, over my chronograph- 1. My bulk 45 Colt load- Maplewood Bullets Lee 452-255-RF over 8.5 grains of Universal and does 910 fps from a 4 5/8” New Vaquero. This load does 1180 fps from ...

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Dang it. That accuracy is encouraging to the point of being enabling. :lol: This was one of those "Why Not?" things... It seems to like 0.454+ bullets, which is no surprise. I've still got 20 or so 315 grain gas check SWCs Cable sent me ages ago, a dose of 4227 ought to get them on their ...

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I'm going to kick an old thread here... June 28, 2025 I picked up a Brawler yesterday, used it to burn a few odd & end 45 Colt reloads. The bullet weights/power levels were too varied for any real accuracy evaluation, but it would stay on a steel silhouette at 50 paces. The sights on this thing ...

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That's a fine tribute to a decisive and stalwart individual. Thank you for posting it.

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Here you go, Doc!

https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/a-cave ... ol-sights/

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What a great pair of carbines!

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Thank you Sir, PM answered.

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That is an excellent, practical middle ground between conventional iron sights and electronic dots. Kudos, Doc. Addendum: This solves another issue I've noticed with optics on pistols- that piece of plastic is a lint/rain/snow magnet. The Bullseye resolves it entirely. Doc if you have no objections,...

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I Too am glad they took care of the problem. A few years ago I bought one of Charters .22 revolvers to have a lightweight gun to pack in My fishing gear. It was for a short time terrific and I was very Happy. around 300 rounds it started to misfire and I returned it under warranty. They had it quit...

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Great thread and thanks for posting it.

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Given the choices I'd take the R92 in 454 and a Ruger Alaskan or Toklat-ized SRH with 4-5 inch barrel. I do have a well proven old 336 Texan 35 Remington that lives on a steady diet of 30-30 level loads, and an equally proven Taurus 617 2" 357 that breaks 1200 fps with Federal 158 grain JSP. I ...

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I turned 68 last fall and can sure tell a difference in the last couple of years; fast focus between the rear sight, bead and target has gotten more difficult and I have just enough astigmatism to be irritating at 200+ yards. I don't like scopes- I have a perfectly good 3-9-40 Leupold that's lived i...

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