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I wouldn't call it a lemon but I am curious about the .38WCF, aka the .38-40. Why bring out a necked-down .44-40 when the .44-40 is already well established? Also, why call it a .38-40 when the nominal bore diameter is .401? Wouldn't a .40-40 make more sense? Maybe there were competitiive issues inv...

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Grease cookies are fine but they take up a lot of space in a small case like a .357. Also they will stick to the base of the bullet unless you use a milk carton wad between cookie and bullet. I find a 0.030 thick l.d.p.e. wad works fine if the bullets are lubed with 50:50 beeswax/olive oil mixture. ...

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When we first moved to New York 5 years ago we vowed that we would always eat American and not stick to our English traditions. However, we soon had to make two exceptions - Christmas pudding and Lincolnshire pork sausages. We made them ourselves and both became huge hits with our American friends. ...

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Thanks guys. I was just concerned because Japanese industry uses the metric system.
Perry Owens

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Anyone know if the rear dovetail on the Browning 1886 rifle is 3/8in or a metric size? I am about to d&t mine for a Marbles tang sight and would like to fit a Marbles #95 folding rear sight as well.
Perry Owens

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Things were a little different for us growing up in the UK, where you had to be 14 to get a firearms licence. Used my dad's single shot BSA bolt action 0.22 to shoot rabbits up to age 11, when we moved into town. Like most kids I had a Gat air pistol at age 8 but got my first decent air rifle - a BS...

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1886 in 40-65, made in 1887. Four digit serial #.
A big handfull of history and my favourite rifle - shoot it as often as I can.
Perry Owens

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I bought one when they first appeared and used it to crank out .40 S&W and .45 ACP rounds for practical pistol. I found there were too many small plastic parts for reliable operation and if you lost concentration for a few seconds the thing would get out of synch and break something. In the end ...

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With my 1887 vintage Winchester 1886 Starline 40-65 brass chambers easily. When trying Winchester 45-70 brass resized to 40-65 I found that the bolt would not fully close on about 50% of them due to the rim thickness being too great. If that's the cause you can chuck them in a lathe or drill press a...

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I love your hunts, Nath. Seems like there's no shortage of fox around your area. I counted six on my 10 minute walk home from the pub the other night. The frosty weather seems to bring them out. Most nights they play a game of setting off our intruder lights in the back yard.No chance of shooting t...

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I tried Lyman and Marbles tang sights on my original 1873 and 1886. Both look period correct, with the slimmer Lyman probably having the edge. I settled for the Marbles because the windage adjustment means you don't have to shim the sight if the tang is out of true. You can drill the eye cup apertur...

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I should point out that I am a scientist by profession, not an engineer, so my technique might make a real machinist cringe. My turning experience on plastics is limited to acrylics such as Lucite and Perspex. The main thing is to keep the work cool to avoid heat distortion - I use a cutting oil of ...

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As far as I know all the 7 x 12 mini-lathes available in the USA are made in the same factory in China (Seig), so you can make your choice on price and/or color. If you can find one made by Real Bull they have a reputation for better quality than Seig. If you want to do barrel work, depending on wha...

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AJMD429 wrote Every time I decide I should anneal brass, I read an article saying it is a waste of time and/or too difficult to do properly and affordably. I'm interested in what others have found on this. My black powder experiences may not be relevant to smokeless powders and modern high-tolerance...

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Excuse the ignorance of a black powder only shooter but what is the usual failure mode observed on this 0.223/0.308type of case? Is it usual to anneal the shoulder of them, as we do with the big black powder bottleneck cases? Has anyone done any research on the effect of annealing on case life? Perr...

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Chinnor Rifle club is in Oxfordshire http://www.targetshooters.org/ You could contact them and ask if they will accept visitors. When will you be over? If my club is shooting at Bisley you would be welcome to come along. It's not close to Abingdon but we could come to some arrangement on transport. ...

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So, in other words, it is all the whim of those in power in any locality. That may be how they would want it to be but it's not always the way it goes. The job of the police is to uphold the law, not make it up, and it does no harm to remind them of this from time to time. I also make a point of re...

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Question though - I thought you very VERY limited to the total number of firearms you could own in the UK. Am I mistaken? The law does not limit the number of firearms you can have so long as you have "good reason" for having them. Since I shoot CAS,long range black powder and sillhoutte ...

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What is the shotgun there in the picture? It's a Stoeger Coach Gun.They are made by Amantino in Brazil and are good solid low-cost($350-400) guns for CAS. They have screw-in chokes, 3in chambers and most have 20in barrels. Since I shoot all black powder I opted for the 24in barrels to cut down on t...

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Finally reunited with all my guns nearly 6 months after moving back to the UK, Thanks to Mike Nehs of ETSS in Colorado, who generously stored them free of charge while I got my licencees and them Fedexed them to my local airport. A sunny, crisp autumn day in Kent County was the backdrop to my first ...

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With my Chinese lathe, 0.001" is about as acurate as I can repeat (maybe). If it's a 7 x 12 mini-lathe that's about as good as it gets. Those thing are tremendous value for money - I don't know how I ever managed without mine. I shoot vintage guns in odd calibers and use it for making parts, l...

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The working part, called a linear encoder, is basically a vernier scale with the human eye replaced by an optical or electronic read head. On the cheaper calipers the fixed scale has a pattern of lines etched on the back. Inside the read head is a circuit board carrying a similar pattern of lines. T...

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Thanks for the advice everyone. As there seems to be a difference of opinion and it's a double rig I may try the water treatment on one holster and silicone on the other.I could also try isopropyl alchohol on some shotshell slides.
Perry Owens

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Before I returned to the UK I bought a Rio Bravo double rig for my 51/2in Ruger Old Armys from Shelhart. Only now have I had a chance to try the guns in them. The fit to the right hand holster is a little tight but OK but the gun does not go far enough into the left hand holster for safe carry durin...

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Fairly inoffensive as such things go. At least, unlike 99% of Advent calendars, the doors have actual Doctrinal Questions on them.

I agree - learn about the Islamic faith while eating chocolate. I just hope that come Christmas they show similar support for Christian charities.
Perry Owens

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The blurb at the top says that 15p ($0.25) from each sale goes to Muslim charities.
Asda is a UK supermarket chain wholly owned by Walmart.

Perry Owens

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Used to use 0.457 round balls with a beeswax/olive oil grease cookie over the ball in my Ruger Old Armys. Remington #11 caps fit tight and don't fall off even when fired. Now I use Big Lube Old Army bullets. The mould is a 6-cavity and I can run the bullets through a lubrisizer to fill the huge grea...

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Despite the name American Amusements is a private limited company registered in England. Here are the contact details of the directors in case anyone would like to drop them a line. Director and Secretary: Duncan Geoffrey Frank Moss Potterne House Potterne Way Three Legged Cross Wimborne Dorset BH21...

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Nath,
Life's too short to get mad. maybe some time when I get up to your part of the world we can talk guns ove a few beers?
Perry Owens

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Nath wrote I seem to recall Mr Owens sounding very patriotic when he was staying in the USA and now back home he dare not stand out to big bro! Nath, I have held firearm certificates for 45 years and have never been refused any type, calibre or number of guns that I requested. When I came home from ...

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I totally agree with the organiser but he hasn't a hope in hell for the reasons already stated.
Maybe I am paranoid but no way will I add my name and address to a petition run from a goverment web site. Guess I will carry on with my own self defence measures as usual.
Perry Owens

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I am fed up with pan lubing black powder bullets and want to try my home made 50:50 beeswax/olive oil lube in my RCBS Lubrisizer. Before I go ahead and maybe jam it up I would like to ask: 1. What's the best way of cleaning out the old smokeless powder lube? 2. can I just pour in the melted lube, wa...

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WOW, I like that beech sight. Is it higher then a stock sight? looks like it is alot higher. Mine is a Montana Vintage Arms one. The bead is 0.385in from center to bottom of the dovetail and the blade is 0.445 from top to bottom of dovetail. They intend that you should file the blade down to get th...

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I have Marbles tang sights and beech combination front sights on my '86s. Personally I prefer the all-black to the gold washed type. There are several makes available:http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,3104.htmlbut none are inexpensive.
Perry Owens

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I'm glad your belongings are arriving or have arrived safely. What sort of armoring up of the home place is necessary for your security over there? Hobie, The law requires,but does not define "secure storage", so each police force drafts its own guidlines.As a general rule firearms have t...

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Had a visit from my local police firearms officer today-a charming, efficient and knowledgable young policewoman. She told me that my application for a firearm certificate was proceeding with everything I had requested. This included a Shiloh Sharps, two Winchester 1886s, two 1873s, an 1897, an 1892...

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Guys, guys, it's easy to own and use the tools to defend your selves in Britain. Just hide behind a shiny crown badge and get away with murder, join the police today Britain,,,, it's finnished! Nath, My son and daughter are both British police officers. They joined because they wanted to make a dif...

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Gamekeeper said yeah I know I'm preaching to the converted here, just felt better saying it! I know what you mean GK. When we lived in New York there was always a loaded gun within reach at home and I made sure my wife, who is not a shooter, knew how to use it. Now we are back in the UK are we sudde...

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An amazingly inaccurate and irresponsible piece of reporting by the Daily Telegraph. The right to use "reasonable force" in self defence has been enshrined in British law for centuries.Section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 seeks to clarify the existing law on self def...

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Here in England we don't have any "heat of summer". We do get plenty of rain so steam off the barrel when shooting black powder gets to be a problem.Back when practical pistol was legal here and now for CAS and silhouette I always try to get out and practice in rain. My rationale is that m...

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Our furniture and possessions are still floating on the Atlantic so we are sitting on lawn chairs watching and old 14in TV. MY antique guns arrived safely by air freight. Customs never opened them, just cleared them straight through. If they X-rayed them they must have a powerful machine to determin...

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This link came from a paper industry trade paper - Rayonier is a big player and owns a lot of forest land.
http://www.rayonierhunting.com/

Perry Owens

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You might try Big Lube bullets if BP fouling is a problem. They work great in my 1873 in 38-40 which has a few pits in the bore. If you don't want to commit to buying a mold you can get them ready cast here
http://www.whyteleatherworks.com/
Perry Owens

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Kirk,
Most of my Canada trips were work related and to the eastern side, but I did manage a week in the Rockies on the BC side.Beautiful country, great people, nice neighbors!
Knowing your fondness for old Winchesters I will keep my '73 and '86 ready in anticipation.

Perry Owens

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Cas wrote So how does one get 17 rifles overseas? Firearms have to be shipped from the US by a licensed exporter. An individual cannot obtain an export license, only a business entity. This also applies to cartridge cases and certain other gun parts. I am using ETSS in Colorado, the outfit that Shil...

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Been back home in England for 3 weeks now but work has already taken me to Holland, Sweden and Korea so I have only just found time to get my home PC back online. Thanks to Paul for sorting out my account May I say that the five years I spent in the USA were an enriching experience second only to ra...

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Kanuck, My personal rule is never to fire a handloaded round that I didn't load myself. I think I would pass on the Magtech rounds unless I disassembled one to check what was in it. I have known people who have loaded smokeless in Martini Henrys or used Cream of Wheat as a filler for light loads. Th...

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Great trade. Martinis are a lot of fun and so are Sniders if you happen across one.In theory you can form brass for both from Magtech 24G brass shotshells. I do that for my Sniders but I don't like the idea of firing a ballon head case in a Martini. http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/e...

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The Rifle Shoppe http://www.therifleshoppe.com/ has some nice kits but they are not inexpensive. I built their Baker Rifle kit last winter, my first attempt at a kit, and I was surprised at how well it turned out. My home machine shop is back in England so here in New York I only had hand tools, a D...

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Missing my Browning 1886 and I've never even fired it yet. Picked it up on Saturday, had a day to fondle it then I had to repack it and send it to a specialist firearms exporter for shipment back to England with my other guns. Likely I won't have it back in my hands for up to 6 months. My reloading ...

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