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IMHO, it looks the same as most of the other .380's on the market - A UPP (Universal Plastic Pistol), if you will.

Exactly, Keltec led the way and everyone copied.

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That was good for a laugh and it made me think of my Mom. I used to tease her with Polish jokes as that was her heritage and she was a very smart lady. She graduated from high school with honors at 16 yrs of age. Thanks for the laugh and the memory Pete.

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So the pediatrician really alerted to that and told granddaughter that there was great risk of lead exposure to the baby from being around people who reload. It constantly amazes me the idiotic statements by people who should know better. How in the heck did most of us survive. Our parents painted ...

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How many of you casters have been bombarded by warnings about the "Tensile Fairy"? I have personally poured water on my lead pot to see if the Fairy would appear, but I guess she only appears to true believers. No eruption, just steam. But so many warnings are tossed around "even a d...

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I have always thought an auto shotgun was a way better choice than a pump if you're going to use one for HD. Unless you are a regular pump gun shooter or practice often you won't pump it or short shuck it. I see it all the time when people who are not regular shooters try sporting clays or skeet wit...

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We don't run the clock, we have no equipment rules other than you have to shoot a .22 at the .22 targets, just shoot what you bring. We don't hand out any prizes or announce anyone's score, there is no first place or last place. We have a grand time Exactly how we do it. I shot competitively years ...

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She has evidently found a nest somewhere. I just pulled the battery out of my John Deere B and the mice had built a nest on top of it. As soon as I lifted the seat the smell hit me and the mice took off. I hate that smell! Had one build a nest on top of my Camry air filter, got hit with the smell af...

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I will cost me in the long run but I had to send that to my blonde 40 yr old daughter. I did laugh out loud!

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If YOU can shoot, a 3" 100yd rifle is not going to loose very many targets in the pistol caliber matches. The ram is not the problem at 100yds, it's the turkey at 75 yds!(got my first 10 last summer :D ) In my experience unless pushed pretty fast the Rossi's with their 30" twists like the ...

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I load my small batches of cartridges on a Lyman SparT turret and have my Redding powder measure mounted on the turret between the expander die and seater die. I load each shell individually to completion by turning the turret. The vibration gives me very uniform powder charges with the "Dots&q...

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The ACP cylinder has a step in it that the ACP case headspaces on. When loading lead bullets you want NO lead shoulder forward of the case mouth as it hits the cylinder step. All lead SWC's should be loaded with the shoulder even or a hair behind the case mouth. You will have no problems then. I hav...

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I have an 8" round steel swinger that I shoot offhand at 100 yds with a tang sighted levergun. I am a happy camper with 7 or 8 hits out of ten. I probably average closer to 5 or 6. That front sight sure moves around a lot!

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I have been debating on picking up a Rossi in .357 for some time now. My only hesitation is that I am going to spend as much money getting it to run smoothly as I am going to pay for the gun itself. Would appreciate any comments from those who have already purchased one. If you just put a spring ki...

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We have run a reduced range (100yd) silhouette shoot at our club for the past 10 years or so. It was mostly .22's but we have half size targets for Hunters pistol and pistol caliber levers shooting cast. Attendance has declined dramatically and basically we've ended up shooting with about 5-6 guys e...

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I have the P3AT which Ruger copied with their LCP. The really great thing about them is you always have them on you. They are certainly not the best "stopper" by any means but one in your pocket beats the 1911 in your safe when things get ugly. I bought the Ranch Dog mold for mine and shoo...

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I've never come across a Henry H001 Standard with a gloss stock finish.

If they are handled and shot a lot they seem to end up glossy, at least mine has.

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I would simply pick a bullet weight that I wanted to use and a velocity I wanted to run at and load to that velocity. One thing to keep in mind is that most .38/.357 loads show handgun velocities in the manuals. Your rifle will run faster with the same loads. Powders such as 231,unique etc you will ...

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You might want to try some 180 gr bullets in your Rossi before you buy a mold. The Rossi has a 30" twist and if 180's are accurate at all it will be at max loadings(1500-1700 fps). At the velocity you want to shoot at (1100-1300) I'd be surprised if there is any accuracy past 50 yds. Marlin and...

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I played with mine a bit and got it down to a good clean 3 lbs but that was by a slight sear angle change along with lightening the trigger return spring. If you don't have a sear jig it's not something to try freehand. That said a year ago I ran into a fellow at a gunshow with a set of complete 94 ...

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Congratulations, your course is somewhat harder than ours. We have an informal league that only allows cast bullets so our chickens are at 25 yds, everything else is the same. I average 27-30 with my Rossi 92 and actually pretty close to that with my K-38 pistol. I am a better pistol shot than rifle...

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I have watched the first two shows and it looks like it will be a good one!

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That just made my day!

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Here is my "saltwood" T bolt. My wife bought it for a birthday back in the 70's. A few years back I refinished it trying to seal the salt but no luck there. What I did that worked was coat the inside of the stock with silicone dialectric compound, seat the barreled action and wipe off the ...

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Back around 2000 a friend and I went to Vandalia Ohio (at that time home of the National trap shooting championships) to try and find a Beretta 682 with nice wood. Beretta USA had a building there where they fixed competitors guns and it was also a showroom. They had a 4 gun set of O/U's very ornate...

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They have been shot and probably quite a bit. I see no reason they wouldn't be shot in the future, it wouldn't hurt their value.

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I have no idea of the ranges Mr. Nath hunts at but you can easily run soft lead bullets in the .357 in the 1200-1300 fps range which would give some expansion on game. If hollow pointed explosive expansion in fact. A rifle sighted at 50 yds with such loads would give no problems making hits on fox s...

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Also when buying PFD's get one that will support your head out of the water. Many people drown in the vest type pfd's when they get tired and cannot hold their head up any longer.

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Take your ejector spring to Ace Hardware and pick one out with thinner wire and cut to length. If you thin the trigger return spring to half it's thickness on a grinder you can get a really nice light trigger. Just don't let it get hot and thin it over most of it's length, not just the center. I've ...

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I run the Lyman 358429 (cast 173 gr SWC plain based) to 1650 fps out of 2 Rossi 92's and a Winchester 94 .357. My hundred yard groups will run between 3 and 4". My best results have been with Winchester 296 or H110 (same powder). I get zero leading with straight wheel wt metal +2% tin which is ...

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I would try seating out further, length is no problem in 94's. My 94 AE has a long "toilet bowl" throat actually .400" long and is a real pain with cast. Another thing to try is shortened .357 max brass which you probably can't get over there.

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Looks like an older 737 cockpit.

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[quote]I've heard/read the Kel-Tecs were designed to be carried a bunch and shot enough to be proficient but can wear pretty fast if shot a lot. True? False? /quote] I know you made your decision but this might help others. My Keltec .380 went 1400 jam free, trouble free rounds and I noticed a small...

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I have seen it with just plain water. I first saw it with a bottle of Windex window cleaner on the front seat of my car. Car was parked outside in Detroit in the winter time overnight and the temps were in the mid 20's. I saw it on the seat and thought it was strange that it wasn't frozen. I picked ...

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Have an LCP in my pocket all the time, don't even think about it. Much better than the 1911 home in the dresser drawer.

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I shoot out to 200 yds with my Rossi 92's and reloads running 1100 fps to keep them subsonic just like std velocity .22's. The Lee 158 swc tumble lube bullet is very accurate in my guns but has a BC of .117. The Lee RN 158 grn tumble lube bullet has a BC of .207 so I thought it might help wind drift...

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I would suggest the Williams FP with a target knob for the vertical adjustment. If we're talking a .357 here there are big vertical differences between .38 spl loads and .357 loads even at 50 yds. I shoot mine out to 200 yds with both loads and it's very easy to move the sight to accommodate the loa...

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Bought one of the 16" carbines a couple years ago and put the Model 96 peep sight mod as per Pete44ru and couldn't be happier. Just about the best $230 I've spent!

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Had a local shoe repairman sew a pouch for me out of very thin leather, rough side out. This was mainly to cover the trigger and keep pocket lint out of the gun. I carry it behind my wallet in the right front pocket of my jeans. Wallet hides the gun and I can get the gun out quickly grabbing the but...

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It's called QC failure. If you want to roll the dice on a rifle and buy a project, get a Rossi level. People get em good, people get em bad. I've seen enough threads on both plus my own experience never to take a chance again. I'm not sure that the "level" makes any difference. Had a frie...

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I changed a few main gear tires in my day but never like that!

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Looks like it might have been the forerunner to the B57 Canberra bomber made by Martin.

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Just simply D&T your 92 for the rear scope mount on a 94AE and mount the fast fire. I installed a Williams FP receiver peep sight for a 94AE that way on a Rossi 92. I see no reason other than the removal of the saftey and you may no even have to do that. I still have the saftey and use it on my ...

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Nath--I think you're better off without it. All it really accomplishes is allowing you to top of the mag tube after a few shots are fired. Mine's been working fine for a couple years now without it. I would second getting a couple of ejectors though. You might try Browning parts,(for shipping) I don...

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For indoor shooting I would recommend the HL's AND foam plugs! I'm someone who spent his working life working around jet aircraft and shooting indoor pistol and now has little hearing left. I wore the muffs religiously while working and shooting but it's not enough for indoor pistol. The best "...

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Faster to medium burn rate powders( Bullseye,231,Unique) as used in .38's will gain 200-250 fps in the rifle. Slower powders used in max .357 loads such as 2400,296,AA9 gain 350-400 fps in the rifle over the hand gun. Very little if any difference between 16" vs 20" barrel in the .38-.357.

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I have a 94AE in .357. I mounted a FP sight on it and it works just fine with the standard post front sight that came with the gun.

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I would recommend the Grabber instead. It's just as fast as the 9000g when you figure boxing time in and when you have a screw up the machine doesn't advance itself and compound the problem like the 9000 does. The 650 is an option if you don't need to size(shooting in same gun or O/U) no good for ga...

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I have a cheapy 2 power BSA edge pistol scope($29.)on my Rossi carbine that I bought for load development and it works pretty well. The little Bushnell TRS25 red dot would be really compact and fast mounted on a Rossi. If I was a hunter I'd go with the dot, really fast in close and can be very preci...

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Pretty sure NYS has limit only on detachable mags. http://www.governor.ny.gov/2013/gun-reforms-faq

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Women pay attention well and if they have good instruction learn quickly. My daughter-in-law had never shot a pistol before but always wanted to do it. We started with the .22, taught her sight alignment and trigger control and she is an excellent shot. She's not wild about 1911's(neither am I)but h...

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