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Gentlemen: A friend has purchased a 1923 94 Win .32 Special with an octagon barrel. It has a peep sight installed and is missing the original barrel open sight. He would like to find an original to replace the empty dovetail on his gun. Any suggestions as to where to look and what to look for would ...

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I shoot a lot of .38's in my Rossi's and my bullet of choice is the Lee 125 RF. I load that over 4.2 Bullseye or 4.9 /231 which gives approx 1200fps. In mag cases I use 4.5 Bullseye or 5.3/231. The Lee 120TC (9MM bullet)also works well and is as accurate as the RNFP. A quick and easy way to clean a ...

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I'm not sure Lil Gun is a good idea if you want to go slower. If you want a nice comfortable accurate plinker look no further than a 125 rnfp and 4.5-5 grs of Bullseye. That will give you 1250- 1300 fps and sub 3moa accuracy@100 yds out of your Rossi. Why would you want to use 14-16 grs of powder to...

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I believe the officer was chasing two men who had just murdered someone at a car wash.

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Anything faster burning/lighter charge would be interested to know.

Quote above from OP. Bullseye is faster burning

What is "Here's your card"?

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Then why not continue to do so? :roll: Not sure what you are saying. I thought the OP wanted a minimal load of fast powder to achieve 1000fps in a .357 rifle. I gave him one that I have shot and chrono'd extensively that is very accurate and uniform. I do not understand the comment"Then why no...

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Bullseye at 4.0 grs give you the 1000 fps with a 158 rnfp with excellent uniform ballistics and excellent accuracy. Extreme shot to shot spread of less than 30 fps and single digit SD's. I have shot thousands of these out of my Rossi's.

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They are very dependable old guns, essentially Browning A5's. I bought one a year ago for $150. but cosmetically it was rough. No blueing, a light brown patina all over and some minor stock cracks, made in 1909. I cleaned it up, had a machinist friend open the choke from Full to Modified and I shoot...

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The sound of an A5 bolt slamming home has a nice solid ring to it unlike the "clickity-clack" of most other auto shotguns. My first Lab was a hunting/retrieving maniac, she loved to hunt. When I would snap the bolt shut on my A5 that dog was by my side right now!

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I was unimpressed with my Henry .357 steel frame. As others have posted it's heavy! My Henry carbine weighed as much as my 24" octagon 92 in .357. I gave it quite a workout over a period of a couple weeks with a large number of different cast bullets and loads and accuracy was ok but nothing sp...

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IMO the Grabber is just as fast as the 9000 when you add in the time to box the ammo up. They are both good machines. When I take the shell off my Grabber I place it in the mec boxing tool and when it's full I put the shells in the box.

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#1. The sight is no problem. #2. You may not need a gunsmith to mount a red dot sight. If that is a newer round barrel (not octagon) Rossi the barrel is already drilled and tapped for a scope mount under the rear barrel sight. If that is the case you can purchase a mount that fits those holes at NOE...

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In 20-24" .357 barrels light loaded .38 Special loads (wadcutters) sound about like standard velocity .22's. Magnum loads are loud but nowhere near as load as 30-30 factory or .223 out of an AR.

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Does anybody have a light load with 158 grain and Unique or Universal ??? I have 2 Rossi's, a 20" carbine and a 24" octagon rifle. Lee 158 Tumble lube SWC or RN 158 and 5 grs of Unique runs approximately 1050 fps out of both guns and averages 3-4" 100 yd groups. All the newer rossi's...

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Speaking of chocks and wind. I was stationed in Newfoundland in 1964. Three Nave P2V's stayed overnight one night and we in Transit Maintenance parked, chocked and sandbagged the chocks. We had winds in the 50 mph range that shifted after we parked them. The Sargent told us to go out and "weath...

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Pitchy--I have an Asus notebook that started running a little slow with the Firefox browser. I went looking for a lightweight browser that did not use a bunch of resources to run and found Slimjet. I've been running it for about 6 months now and am very happy with it. It runs pretty quick on my Asus...

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When you purchase ear protection the most important thing to look for is how much they attenuate (decrease) noise. Muff type for pistols should at least attenuate 30 db. In fact for pistols ear plugs and muff types are probably the best. I worked as an aircraft mechanic starting in the late 60"...

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I do it quite often. Easiest way is to have your big propane bottle warm(in the sun etc) and put your little ones in the freezer for about an hour. With the 20 lb bottle temp of 80-90 deg and a frozen little bottle I get solid 1-1.2 lb fills in the little bottles. Fill adapters are available at Ace ...

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I love those old engines. When I was a boy back in the 50's my Mom would put me on the train in Buffalo NY to go to my Aunt Mag's for a couple weeks in the summer. They were steam loco's and it took a couple hours to get to my Aunt's house in Bingham Pennsylvania. Her house was like 25' from the 2 t...

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I have a what I'm pretty sure is a complete set of internal parts for a post 64 30-30 action which has a half cock hammer. I bought this batch and used the hammer and lower tang on my 94 AE .357. I sold the .357 with the original rebound hammer and kept this batch for further use. I have a 30-30 bol...

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I had one a few years back. Very well made, accurate, handgun and I put over 3K rds through mine before I sold it. Never had a misfire,failure to feed or ejct while I owned it.

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Congrats on the new gun. It's hard to beat Citori's for durability and trouble free performance. I shoot a Citori 625 20 ga for sporting clays and am very happy with it.

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Citori's are workhorse shotguns,, like the energizer bunny, they keep on going. It is one of the most prolific O/U's on skeet and sporting clays fields because of it's dependability and handling. If you can live with the chokes great, but Briley can also open your full to imp cyl( for $95) which wou...

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I have the 16" carbine myself and with decent standard velocity ammo it will stay under an inch@50 yds for 10 shots. Using Federal Automatch which is hardly target ammo it runs about 1 1/4" at 50 for 10 shots. Nice smooth handy little gun. I hadn't shot it for a few years due to the crazy ...

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I owned one for a while last year, won it in a gun raffle at our club. First, the gun is about a pound heavy for a .357 lever, it was a half pound heavier than my 24" octagon Rossi. The loading like a .22 didn't bother me but to some it's a negative. Ejection on mine was very weak, I'm sure Hen...

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Most Walmarts have what you're looking for.

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Just thought I'd mention it as I know a number of fellows here like the series.

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May have to grin and bear a T.U.R. P. ...

Not a big deal, get it. Will seriously cut down on bathroom trips and you will get more sleep at night. An added benefit is you will win all the p***ing contests with your buddies!

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For me it would be the Rossi. Both of my Braztec Rossi .357's have north of 5k trouble free rounds through them. Last thing I'd worry about is durability. Nothing wrong with 30-30's but IMO .357 in a rifle is a way more versatile cartridge.

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I used to do sporting clays, but the "sticklers" and "snobs" ruined it for me.

That's a real shame as sporting clays is great fun. You would really enjoy shooting at our range, great guys and a lot of ball busting going on.

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From a Canadian friend:
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28/30. Plastic pistol and Squeeky From got me!

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Got one of those Scout Leupy's on my Rossi 92 .357 and love it! Bought it originally for load development but I like it so much it's staying on. I put a cheapy pistol scope on my Rossi octagon .357 but am on the hunt for another used Leupold scout scope to replace it. Those are really nice scopes.

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Lead bullets sized right and with a decent lube do not lead a barrel. I do not clean the barrels on my Rossi 92's, Ruger GP .357, or my K-38. There is no lead in them and the the bullet lube leaves a coating that prevents rust. The cylinders and actions require occasional cleaning but that's it. My ...

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I do know of a couple of AE trapper length guns in 357mag & 44 mag but both have broken cartridge lifters, and they are not easy to source parts for here. (Common Problem?)

YES

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While Power Pistol works great it's known for being flashy. If you want all the benefits of PP without the flash use BE86, it's flash suppressed.

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A year ago I purchased an Asus x205 ta notebook for $185. The new ones run windows 10. They are great little machines for email and web surfing. Since I bought mine my desktop hardly gets used. Boots up in about 15 seconds, light handy and surfing will run over 8 hrs on a charge. http://www.laptopma...

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Take the size die out. Run the piston all the way to the bottom and lube will come out of the size die hole. Put the new lube in and run the piston down till new lube comes out size die hole. Replace die.

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The big advantage of the Ruger LCP and the gun it was copied from, the Keltec P3AT is their small size and the fact that they are true "pocket guns". At 11 and 12 oz. fully loaded and roughly 3/4" thick they disappear in your pocket and as a result lend themselves to being with you ev...

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I've owned (in .357) a Winchester 94AE, a B92 Miroku Winchester, a steel frame Henry, 2 Braztech Rossi 92's and the use of a Marlin 94 for a year. I still have the Rossi 92's with over 10K round count between them. The Wincester AE was very accurate but mechanically junk, and did not hold up to a lo...

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I have a can of the old 2400 also and just for kicks I chrono'd it against a new can that I had. I shoot the Lyman311466 cast 150 gr bullet out of my Savage 340 with 13.5 grs of 2400 which gives me roughly 1500 fps and less than 2" 100 yd groups. Last year I shot both over the chrono with 10 sh...

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My friend contacted me today and said that the organization cannot pay me directly as a private individual.

Best thing that could happen. If you had an accident and the person was injured it would have been the most expensive trip of your life.

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:shock: This Buffalo Bore 100gr Hardcast .380 surpasses most .38 loads....I think I'll look for a couple three boxes of this stuff..... :idea: https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l ... tail&p=127 Their ballistics show 1016 fps out of a Keltec. I can tell you from experience that load is one y...

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I have the Keltec P3AT and it has never missed a beat. ALWAYS in my front pocket. They are not pleasant to shoot due to their light weight but they are accurate and reliable. IMO equal to snub nosed .38's with 2 more rounds.

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Simply mount a piece of metal (aluminum is best) between your bench and the sizer. go to the local second hand store and pick up an old clothes iron and place it on the metal plate behind your sizer. You now have a thermostatically controlled heater for your lubrisizer for a couple dollars.

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I know some of you fellas liked the Longmire series so I thought I'd give a "heads up". I streamed the first two episodes over the weekend on my Roku. Great show.

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I'll sit here and be a dinosaur until 10 is fixed.

Still pluggin along on XP!

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If you're talking the Henry Big Boy they are very accurate and also are heavy enough to be pretty steady for off hand shooting. The 73 won't knock over anymore targets than the Henry. What you need to do if you really want to knock over more targets is find a load that your Henry likes. Learn the tr...

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I'm with Kirk on this. I can't imagine life without a dog, they give so much to us.

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Just shot a friends Glock .380 over the weekend. Night and day difference in recoil compared to my Keltec P3AT. Very comfortable to shoot, trigger way better than the KT but for me too big for pocket carry. I let him shoot my KT and he was really surprised at how "snappy" it was. If you're...

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