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The barrels on The Shootists Marlins are 16". I doubt you will have any problems.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Oct 02, 2025 8:53 pm Maybe it’s our saddle rings Jim?

I would rather it look good than have the safety.
You ain't talking me out of it!

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I ordered a brass bead front sight from Skinner. And specified a lower one. I ran out of rear sight adjustment and need a shorter front sight.

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:35 pm Well it appears the 300s are stabilized well enough. Gotta start tinkering up a tenth/ down a tenth. Jim try a dot of white out on the front just to see if you can decipher it better?

Thanks. I will give it a try this next week. I am running out of bullets! Gotta fire up the lead pot.

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I, for one, greatly appreciate hearing how these rifles are shooting. I'm curious about heavier (300 gr +/-) bullets are moderate velocities. "Just because". Scott, your limiting to SAA level loads is intriguing as well. I ran some of the 300 gr. 457191 bullets with 22.0 gr. H110 today. S...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Oct 02, 2025 6:52 am For some reason I thought this involved Loni Anderson.

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Thank you Gunny .. and yes, I am aware of the Red Loctite. And I have loosened up Loctited screws before.

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I started with 9 different loads using bullets of 200 gr. - 220 gr. - 225 gr. - 255 gr. and 260 gr. with velocities from 850 fps to around 1150 fps. Ran into a few issues. - The gun has not been cleaned since we got it ... maybe 400 rounds or so through before today - In the middle of shooting I eje...

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I've got about 500 rounds with 4 different bullets from 200 gr. through 270 gr. and various powder charges with 231 .. Unique .. 2400 and Green Dot.. I hope to start testing them tomorrow.

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Wear a western vest ... With an IWB holster you can carry a 1911 no problem. It does not print .. does not show ...

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Sounds like it was pretty bad .... four people killed by the floods ... Globe was a fun little town back in the 1970's and 80's. Used to run up there and go through the antiques shops. Found a lot of interesting stuff from the old days.

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I've never hunted them but have encountered them a number of times. The most memorable was a hike in the Huachucas where I came up a canyon and topped out on a ridge in the pines to find myself in the middle of a herd of around 30 of them. We actually spent a few moments studying each other before ...

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We usually just wore plain clothes. The deer did not think we were hunting because we weren't camouflaged and we didn't have tactical gear! Fooled 'em.

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We hunted them a lot when I lived in Oracle, Arizona. The mountains around us had a lot of them. Tough hunting the little guys. My Dad took a nice one with his old Marlin .30-30 and Paco's 125 gr. load. 2022-06-04-12-37-0012.jpg Packing it home 2022-06-04-12-37-0014.jpg I shot this one while sitting...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 1:41 pm I have plenty of time and I have Mic’s book!

That book is definitely a "must have" when it comes to experimenting with Marlins.

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I am sure you will figure it out.

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As soon as the weather cools a bit I am gonna fire up my lead pot and heat some molds. I usually run 2 molds at a time, especially if I am looking to make a quantity of bullets. For the .45 caliber guns I will cast the Keith 454424 and the old Colt bullet Lyman 454190. I need to make up some of the ...

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I don't know if I will either ... mainly because (1) I don't have any (2) I ain't buying any (3) I cast all my own for the .44 and the .45.

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All are black powder pistols. There are over 80 of them.

You can tell the ones that John was either using or was going to use. He had Qualite Pistol & Revolver install the 1858 Remington front sight on them.

But these are all John's guns.

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Have you tried any jacketed bullets? I haven't yet. The SSK load does pretty well for me. I am not much of a rifle shot and I like it when I find a combination that makes me look good.

I would like to do it all the time but I just don't practice that much anymore.

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That reminds me of a guy I knew ... telling about the youth evangelist who was preaching to the teens he was with. The guy told the story of a guy and girl who were making out, hands going places they shouldn't, and on the way home they stepped in front of a bus and WHAM! Both ended up in the hot pl...

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I have a full box of 20 and a partial box. I used them for testing but have never hunted with them. They are interesting.

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Jim weren't they 50gr .224 bullets? I remember seeing them but never tried anyone them. 55 grain @ 3400 fps ... Yes. I think they were .224" I guided a friend's wife on a Javelina hunt and watched her nail a nice size boar at better than 70 yards using them. I worked really well. Instant light...

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True ... velocity wins over mass when it comes to penetrating metal. The .30-30 Accelerator's do a nice job.

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gcs wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 2:11 pm The Jehovahs guessed wrong?...again?, lol

No. Not this time. The fundamentalists have been just as busy as others setting dates. They don't get much press anymore though.

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Eddie Southgate wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:33 pm Anybody got any good loads for UFO's ?

The steel jacket .. steel core Soviet stuff in the 7.62x54R should do the trick.

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Anyone missing?
This will be the 5th Rapture I've missed! At least since I started counting.
I think if you miss 6 in a row you get the 7th one free.

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It's one reason I like to have a fairly powerful firearm along. I have always wanted to shoot one down.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Mon Sep 22, 2025 10:12 am Thank you!

This is useful information and I’m finding that is is one of the smoothest production barrels I have seen. It has not leaded with any combination I have tried.

Same here!

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I used a 12 ga. cleaning rod and a plastic mallet. The bore was smooth all the way through with no tight spots. I had a rag in the opened breech to catch any debris that might be pushed out plus catch the ball. The ball measures .4518" near as I can tell. And it is a 5 groove barrel. IMG_8137.J...

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Jim, I'm confused. You said you drive through Capitan on the way to the Shootist Holiday in Raton. Lincoln is only about 9 or 10 miles east of Capitan. My mistake. An old F.art moment. I was confusing Capulin volcano and the town of Clayton. I did not realize I was thinking wrongly until I re-read ...

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When I was a teenage I had a Model 92 El Tigre made in Spain. Using a rest I could keep most of my shots in the kill area of a deer silhouette at 400 yards. I was shooting the Keith #454424 SWC with heavy loads of 2400. Case life was about 3 to 4 shots. The gun had some headspace issues and I didn't...

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I used a .457" round ball and drove it into the muzzle with a plastic mallet. Dropped a couple 44 cal. cast bullets into the chamber and shook the rifle up & down, muzzle down. The lead bullets knocked the round ball out. (Too lazy to pull the lever and bolt to run a cleaning rod down the ...

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Jim, do you sometimes stop in Lincoln on your way back from Raton? I can easily spend half a day just wandering around when I'm down there. It's a fascinating place and about as historically captivating as any place I can think of. The majority of it is unrestored, just like it was in the 1870s. I ...

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Thanks Walt. Good to know. I usually go into Raton on Sunday and come back on Friday or Saturday. Coming back it would work out nice for lunch.

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I drive through Capitan when going to the Shootists Holiday at Raton. I will have to stop and visit that cafe.

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Walt wrote: ↑Sat Sep 20, 2025 7:01 pm A book called, "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell is about that very theme. I read it 60 years ago and still remember it well.

I remember reading that years ago also.

It is online now ... free ... https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/o ... erous-game

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Askins apparently was an exceptional shot and quite a character. I remember getting the impression that he seemed to like shooting bad guys more than one probably should. Jason There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for ...

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That's kewl :D Would it be possible to post the video? Please John It's about 45 minutes long and is 1.6 GB ...I would not know where or how to post it. It was shot with an old 8mm camera in 1986 .. then was put on a VHS and I paid a company to take the VHS and digitize it. I can take screen captur...

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Thank you Glenn. I have not tried to measure this one. I may shove a .457" ball through the bore and see what I get. When I'm feeling adventurous.

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I was 40 years younger and practiced all the time. I wouldn't try it today.

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Walt - that .44 Magnum load will do about anything you need it to. Years ago when writing to Elmer Keith he told me of a friend of his who used that bullet and 21 gr. 2400 to take 6 bears. All were crossways shots. All exited the other side. All were one-shot kills.

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The video is grainy and not the quality we are used to today .. but it is fun to watch. I captured these stills from the video. I was doing some quick draw with full power .45 Colt loads, using my 7 1/2" Ruger Blackhawk. I tossed the piece of wood with my gun hand, jerked the gun and shot the c...

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I had a Colt trigger guard and backstrap fitted to that frame so those stocks should fit a Colt SAA. However ... they ARE part of the Achilles experiment so I am pretty sure they are staying on the gun.

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.45 Colt - bullet #454424 - I normally use 8.5 gr. Unique or 18.5 gr. 2400 45_colt.JPG .44 Special - bullet #429431 - I load either 6.5 gr. Unique or 16.5 gr. 2400 .. I settled on these 2 loads because they both shot to the sights at 25 yards. 44_special.JPG .41 Magnum - I only use 2 bullets in the ...

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Always.
If you have to go get it ... it's too late.

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I bought my copy directly from him many years ago. Always interesting, controversial most of the time, he was ... and demonstrated .. one heck of a shot with rifle or handgun. And toward the end of his years, I understand that he became a repentant sinner.

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Glenn wrote: ↑Wed Sep 17, 2025 5:59 pm Great, thanks. Slugged it and found it had an odd number of grooves

? .. what did you find?

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