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Do what I do, get yourself a section of brass brazing rod, mark the barrel with a lead pencil and tap until you're sighted in. Before I got the brass brazing rod I used to use the rim of a 30/30 DUMMY cartridge to drift the sight. Hope that helps. YMMV

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Since nobody else has done it yet, I guess I just gotta! Tubi or not Tubi, THAT is the question!

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Thanks for letting me know what really happened that day and who the pilot was, Piller. History deserves to be remembered!

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If you ever find yourself stuck somewhere down in the South Pacific sometime and your feet get soaked and start looking kind of funky, do what the Docs found out from the natives when asked what they did to keep their feet in good shape, PEE ON THEM! This happened on Guadal Canal (sp?) after the isl...

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Thanks guys, looks like I'm gonna use all 200 bullets stuffed in 22 mag cases instead of the .223!

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No worries, samsi, but the Speer JFN is actually 46gr. What I did with the boxes of that stuff that I picked is 25gr of H335 in .223 cases that cycles my ARs pretty good, and stuffing in Win 22 mag dyna points that I pulled the bullets on and replaced with the 46gr JFNs since the original bullets we...

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Kentucky Ballistics did a video on it about 5 months ago. I'd still like to see one in 30/30!

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Not sure if you'll use it, but that same manual lists 25gr 2400 with the Sierra 150gr spitzer in .308W at 2,215. Might go good with 30/30 bullets instead of the spitzer. :oops: Might just try that load myself. Some 30 years ago I worked up a load of 26gr of SR 4759 with 30/30 150gr bullets that was ...

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1992 Hercules manual lists 14.9gr 2400 with Speer 45gr Spitzer at 3,030fps. I don't want to go anywhere near that with the 45gr XTP type hollow point. Maybe 1500 to 2000 fps. It also lists 14gr 2400 with the 55gr FMJ at 2,685fps. Might try 12gr 2400 with the 45 grainer though. What's your thought on...

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Let me guess, 8gr 2400? Already use 10gr 2400 with RCBS 58gr cast bullets in .223 that's some 2k fps. Ya came through again, Ray.

BTW, also have some SR4759 if you have any suggestions on that powder.

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Just ordered up a couple boxes of Hornady's .224 45gr Bee hollow point bullet and need a load for .223. Trail Boss maybe? Fast powder light load? Anyone have any suggestions?

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Even if they do send you your file, there's gonna be a LOT of black lines in it!

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:04 pm It just dawned on me!

These are for Chinese "weather " balloons !!

If that be the case, yer gonna need 4 BUCK instead of 4 BIRD!

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JimT, Lee sells a 105gr SWC mold, that might work for light defense loads for you.

Then again, your 45LC would work a LOT better for that job!

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JimT, Lee sells a 105gr SWC mold, that might work for light defense loads for you.

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:40 pm
AJMD429 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:18 pm .
...or child molesters...
Ooh, great idea!

Start between their legs and work outward...

With ROCK SALT?

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Be careful, AJ. When Momma ain't happy, ain't NOBODY happy!

That reminds me of a time when my Step-Mother told my Dad one morning "I don't like you, I love you, but I don't like you"! My Dad steered clear of her THAT day!

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I would hazard a guess that hunting feral cattle would be more akin to hunting cape buffalo. Then again, I might be wrong about that, never having hunted either. The most dangerous animal I've ever hunted was a raccoon!

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Wish they made that in 30/30!

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:29 pm
1894cfan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:43 pm I'm not the brightest bulb in the box, but I'm smarter than the average democrat!
...so's the average piece of pea gravel....

Too true! Don't say much for democrat sheeple, now does it? At least I'm no lemming!

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Ray Newman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:41 pm Soon to be banned in: CA

Too late, already here!

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Didn't read the whole article, but I find the same problem with current Winchester 30/30 cases. I've got some empty factory cases that extend long enough that I can load the RCBS 30-180-FN bullet without the gas check extending past the base of the neck. Once fired and resized, the lube groove above...

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I'm not the brightest bulb in the box, but I'm smarter than the average democrat! And I just keep on reloading!

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My Grandfather passed on both of those and went with 32WSP back in 1911! Wish I had his rifle, Win 94 with 24" octagonal barrel! Went through a fire in the mid '60s and had to be re-blued due to smoke damage.

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Alan Wood wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 3:23 pm We got a brief snow flurry in this suburb of Sacramento yesterday. It only lasted long enough to get noticed . So far in California this storms precipitation has mostly fallen in the mountains which is where it's needed.

Ditto in the Mojave!

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What a pair of pathetic losers! Get a life already!

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Try shooting a Glock 21! About double the capacity of the 1911 and just as much of a ***** cat to shoot!

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Figures it would be Yogi and Boo Boo! Looks like Boo Boo grew up and Yogi got old, likely the one on the ground!

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AmBraCol, I'd love to get that as a bumper sticker/magnet and stick it on the back of my truck and drive around in heavy traffic in the SF Bay Area and Sacramento!

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My problem was that when I was shooting the Win 5.56 ammo, I didn't recognize that there was a problem that the Mini wasn't cycling like it normally was and kept shooting until it broke, then had to go to fleabay to get another. Since then, been trying NOT to do it again!

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You want to stop violent crime? LOCK UP THE CRIMINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or shoot them!

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jeepnik wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:45 am
1894cfan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 11:21 pm I'll pass, my M1 Carbine still works.
Should have made the M1 Carbine in .45 acp from the get go.

Would have been a heck of a lot lighter than the Thompson SMG! I still like the 30 carbine round better.

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I'll pass, my M1 Carbine still works.

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I wonder how long it will be before someone offers a 22TCM conversion barrel for Glock 19/23?

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Samsi, did you read my response to Sixgun about the re-barrel? If not, read it! It explains the reasons I was having the problems that I was.

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Oh….that explains it…….my fault for reading too fast and not absorbing the important parts…… That must have been a job……..yea….keep it to the side and use the AR…. those things eat everything…… :mrgreen: Yup, I know about the AR. I've got a 300BLK upper that I've run everything from Hornady's 86gr ...

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Sixgun, it was a re-barrel! 17.5" bull barrel with 1/9 twist with a Choat night firing flash suppressor/front sight. Likely the company that did it took the 223 cal on the receiver to heart and chambered it JUST for that cartridge! Too late to do anything about it now, it was some 35 years ago,...

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4t5 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:03 pm Yes they are ugly, but the big benefit I see is being able to shoot reduced power loads in a AR platform, something semi autos have problems with.

That is why I got a Kali Key, LO-PRO version!

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FYI, the ammo that broke my Mini14 bolt was WINCHESTER 55gr FMJ 5.56 200 rd. bulk factory ammo! Only got 2 boxes of that stuff. Sixgun, just blacked some green-tip 5.56 rounds and had NO rifling marks, before AND after seating the bullets TEN THOUSANTHS deeper! I think I'm going risk it and try runn...

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I'm in Kalifornication, so trades are not likely to happen. Besides, I've got SOME .223 stocked up with more on the way as long as the primers, powder and bullets hold out. With the Mini and an AR in 223 Wylde in the rack I should be good for a while. 8) I was wondering about the feasibility of modi...

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What gets me is they have nothing chambered in 40s&w!

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Pig Hunter, makes sense to me. Thanks. With that being said, I think I'll go with plan B, pull bullets, reduce powder, re-seat bullets to proper depth. I hope I NEVER have to go that route!

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Modifying the firearm is a no go at this point. Modifying the ammo is, and the cheapest. That is why I started this thread.

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Ian makes sense in that regard. HOWEVER, the Mini14 I have was re-barreled a long time ago and chambered in .223, likely to match specs. A couple years ago when ammo was getting kinda hard to find, I picked up some from wally world that was labeled 5.56 (there, got the name correct this time) and pr...

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Just had a thought, probably the best way of going about it is to pull the bullet, dump the powder and reset the RCBS Uniflow powder measure to throw a grain or two less and reseat the bullet to .223 length. IF I have the time to do all that! I'm just thinking on keeping the Mini running for as long...

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Thanks, Bronco. Have a Mini14 that was re-barreled THREE decades ago with a bull barrel and chambered in .223. Made the mistake of shooting 55.6 in it and broke the bolt! Was able to get a replacement off fleabay and got it back up and running. Have a Wolff extra power recoil spring in it now. Just ...

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For the sake of a what if scenario, say the supply of 223 is vastly reduced and all that is available is 55.6. What is the best safest way of modifying 55.6 for firing in a rifle chambered in .223? Reseating the bullet down enough to chamber and fire in a .223 rifle? And if so, would that increase t...

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Except for the price,

, I wouldn't mind having one in 300BLK to run 11gr 296 and 195gr RCBS 30-180FN-GC ammo through it, especially if it had 5/8-24 thread on the muzzle.

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