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A bud of mine shot lots of Elk with his 25-35 all with factory Winchester 117 gr. loads. I asked him how it did on Elk, he said just like deer & antelope they all died & never lost an animal. Ray had one big game gun & that was his 25-35, was surley his all arounder! Another Ray, Atkins...

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Well written; thank you. I'd never heard of the region. Google's satellite view shows it today mostly covered in farms, to an extent similar to parts of Illinois around me, but without everything laid out on a compass grid. I noticed only one town of any size in the area. From the google van, it loo...

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I, uh, think I'll keep my cue.

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I'm on the road and late to the party, but here's a belated happy birthday.

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My son's R51 is small and light yet is about the most accurate 9 I've ever shot.

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Grizz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:10 pmi wish Mr. President would just ignore them.

And when the next Obama decides to ignore the recent court rulings in favor of the 2nd amendment...?

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Ouch.

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Inspirational words indeed...

Hear-hear!

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That's easy: The local library has a copy.

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Archive.org has copies of the old LASC.us site. The archive often doesn't capture images, though.

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He survived 5 years of flying military aircraft in war and went on to live to 105: Remarkable luck! I didn't know any of those pilots were still alive. I drink only once a week, and I'll lift a toast with my friends this Friday.

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My oldest son got whacked very hard with the flu this year. My wife and I have been keeping our heads down, and nothing has hit us as yet. I think I heard the annual flu shot wasn't effective; they guessed the wrong strains to include.

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JimT wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 8:27 am... shooting 300 + rounds through the 454 the previous day.

Even as a young guy I never had a desire to try that! Today, a 38 is Just Fine.

Thanks for the reminiscences.

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John (Linebaugh) lives in Wyoming and I’m in Idaho, and there is nothing that walks among us we can’t handle with a 260-gr. hardcast bullet at 900 to 1,000 fps. He and Linebaugh agreed on this, and it's a touchstone for me as to adequate cartridges. My notes have numerous quotes from his works. I'm...

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I pull up the original Greek, and I see one word where Amplified uses three, two of which aren't related. I must believe that translation might be a stretch. The word in question is "character," from which the English word is descended. If "expand" is part of that meaning, I thin...

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Unfortunately for your argument, other translations are no where near "expands." NIV uses "sustaining."

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I am working on setting up a 460 Weatherby to push 300 grain bullets over 3500 fps.

It hurts just thinking about touching that one off.

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... drop an elk... I have taken several with a 40 S&W. Surprisingly effective. That sounds interesting. What bullet weight and type, what range, a single shot required? I've read of 10 Auto used with good effect on large game, but the 40 isn't as common. Makes me think my 38-40 rifle might be m...

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Why, thank you! I enjoyed reading Joy in the Wilderness and have now loaded Old School Gunology.

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I went over to Rossi's site and see they still offer a 92 style carbine in 454. It seems to be the only model with both a side loading gate and a magazine tube loading port: Why the latter?

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I could never match that with a revolver.

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3 F here in central Illinois. It's forecast to return to seasonal Wednesday. Fortunately my bed warmer is flying home today from visiting her mom.

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Apollo 1

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hfcable wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2025 7:24 pm ... but it is very light weight [ under 5 pounds ] and well balanced.... and just darn cute !!

Indeed.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 5:27 am This is what got me to shooting lighter loads in my .45 Colt.

I've referred to that same passage over the years. I'd copied it into my notes. I'm looking for a 45 Colt levergun and plan to load it subsonic, with Linebaugh's recommendation in mind. It should be a pleasant little shooter.

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Subsonic 22 LR in my HRA are quite enjoyable. Out on the grass away from the firing line, I touched off a few without earplugs: no worries. I've since been looking to get a 45 Colt lever and doing the same 1000 fps or so with it.

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Well, I didn't know about those. We passed through Grafton on US-50 once heading to Winchester (and Taylor's, of course), but it was night and so it would have had to wait until next time regardless.

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Venturino's Shooting Lever Guns of the Old West has 50-110-300 data. With an NEI cast bullet in a 2.75" cartridge (2.40" case), he used 40 gn 5744 for 1605 fps and 105 gn FFg for 1726 fps. Both speeds best the 1536 fps he gave for the factory rating. All speeds are for a 26" barrel.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:33 am ... Unique... was discontinued and all of the sudden it was available?

I don't believe it was discontinued, rather civilian production was halted due to shortages created by the wars in Ukraine and Israel.

I wonder if Midway found a few cases from the back of some warehouse.

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My son is pleased with his US made HRA in 410. He briefly owned a Turkish made double that did not please him at all.

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Well, I was planning to give you a Holland & Holland double rifle, but seeing you prefer the magazine rifles, I guess that's off.

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I did not like it so I sold it and bought a Colts, which was a good gun, but one day I was doing some fast work on a bunch of deer and in my haste I did not work the lever just as I should and it jammed Was that a Burgess, or might he be referring to the slide of a Lightning? I've read the Lightnin...

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Thank you. Sadly, a bit of arthritis has set in this past year, so I can say I'm officially "old." At least it isn't affecting the hand which works the lever on the rifles.

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Looking in my notes this morning for something else, I came across those for the Uberti '73 in 44 Mag. A 2015 forum post said that at introduction, Uberti talked about using different steels in the 44 Magnum. I noticed, however, that the parts list on the factory site gives the same part numbers for...

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 5:34 pm... what is the "Add Foe" button for?

I've never used the feature, but I recall reading on some other forum it will withhold all of said foe's posts from your display. You wouldn't see what he has been writing, and so you wouldn't be irritated by him.

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Bronco wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:12 pmVery interesting, I saved the formula.

Indeed. Me, too. Thanks.

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At our range, some of the Cowboy shooters do like their '73s, although one confessed he had to put a lot of work into his. There have been just enough fellows who like their Uberti is why I say I could be tempted--but haven't bought.

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Step right up and get your '73 Winchester clone in 44 Magnum . New this time around is the pistol grip and optional Picatinny rail ( :? ). They sort of hint the steel is different in the 44 and 45 versions, but I've seen that debated with regard to the earlier versions. I've owned, briefly, two new ...

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Having had rifles, revolvers, and a Contender chambered for it, the 357 is the cartridge I've loaded most. Forward, I'll guess there will be more 38 Spl loaded than any other.

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I first got a hold of Lyman's casting manual and read it cover to cover a couple of times and then...

Is there a Lyman casting manual that doesn't show the mold being held with handles?

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Clearly that taxfoundation.org chart doesn't include property taxes as both Texas and Florida show average per capita estimates that are about 1/3 of just the property taxes both my daughter and sister are paying currently. Our son graduated from CU in Boulder with a PhD in Physics in 2014 and now ...

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Here is one estimate of the total tax take per capita by the various states. It's not a complete picture. Percentage of income taken would be a better measure.

Our daughter moved to Colorado this year to pursue a PhD in Boulder. She agrees Colorado is expensive.

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From what I understand Ruger is supposed to resurrect the Model 39 next year. Perhaps they see all those HRA lever action 22s as signaling a good market. A nearly two year old article in Outdoor Life says "The Marlin folks even told me that the Model 39 will be brought back, but that will take...

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JimT wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:52 am If I remember correctly it was closer to 90,000 psi.

Ouch!!

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What is the reason the muzzle blast and sound is so loud (out of a pistol) compared to similar rounds. The 357 has a similar powder charge but it's blast is I would say half that of the 30 carbine. Or is it just me? I've never experienced the 30 in a revolver, but friends who have told me it was re...

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A nicer one is difficult to imagine!

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...but these things all seem based on 'assumptions' that themselves I don't see as irrefutable. True. "Known" physics involves things that can be tested repeatedly in a lab and fit to mathematical descriptions. The distant (and the early) universe is a lab we can't go out and instrument. ...

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Hmmm, an 1894 in 45 ACP with a long barrel would be quiet...

Their web site is a bit of a mess. The home page says they are no longer taking custom orders as of 2021, and their Shop page says the 10 Auto and 45 ACP are no longer offered despite those being listed in the page of chamberings.

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marlinman93 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:54 am Still a bit nervous about taking it apart to look at the internals.

Have you disassembled this rifle yet?

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:14 pm If I can see makeup, or fake eyelashes, or fake anything for that matter, I'm way less attracted...

That's two of us. Piercings and tattoos are even worse. Then there's obesity. Happily I found a gal with none of that rot, and she even likes me!

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