Hey! Thank you all very much!! I posted on a different forum today as well and the overwhelming answer was either "buy a Marlin" or "buy a longer horse" Not really the point of the question so I truly appreciate the help. There is a lot to digest here and I will definitely be rea...

Hello, My wife bought me a Chappy 76 22" octogon barrel 45-60 for our wedding and it's a using rifle. I work on cattle ranches and am ahorse back a lot, meaning the rifle is used daily. What I would like to do is cut the barrel down to maybe an 18". (Also any idea of velocity loss?) I woul...

Thank you Griff for the reply. The roads are rough dirt roads. Some water bars, bumps, rocks, etc. The rifle lays in a scabbard, sights down. And with the traditional Lead RNFP the rounds have never telescoped. The only difference is that lead round have the "Grease Goove" Crimp Groove whi...

Hello, I don't want to hijack this thread but along these lines of crimp adjustment I am having an issue. I have an Uberti 73 carbine that i am reloading for and about 1/3 of my loaded rounds are telescoping into the case. I am using 0.429 200 gr Nosler Jacketed HP. I know that the manuals say 0.427...