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Jacko

Thanks for the tips fella's . The standard aperture on the FP is .093 which I've found with other peep sighted rifles is a little too large for range work with my eyes , I'm much more accurate on the range with a smaller .050 aperture . Would like an even finer aperture for 200 yards plus For huntin...

Jacko

Thanks Hobie , Got it done . I feel a bit of a dill but the windage screw just did not want to come out must have been hung up on a little burr or something and I just did not want to force the issue . Was disappointed that the Lyman .050 aperture from the Tang sight I have on my Rossi is a differan...

Jacko

Gidday fella's , bought myself a Marlin 1894 44 mag a few weeks back and while I'm waiting for the weapons licencing branch to issue my permit to acquire this rifle I've bought myself a Foolproof sight to fit to it . I've got the elevation target knob fitted no worries but am not having any luck get...

Jacko

Just a heads up folks on how pleased I am with Dr Skinners efforts On the 17th of July I placed an order with Dr Skinner for a front blade for my Marlin 782 .22 magnum and he proptly shipped it to me in Australia as he has done on the other occasions I have bought Tim's products , I usually can expe...

Jacko

The closest range to me is run by Sporting Shooters Association of Australia is 60 kilometres away . It's about 20 kilometres from the heart of the city so is hyper busy on weekends , the only time I get to shoot - it's run so stingently and so vigilantly by the range officialls it actually gets ann...

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COSteve , jumping on Marbles site now for a look around , the part numbers are very usefull , thanks for that . My Rossi just has the blued receiver Tycer I had never heard of a sourdough sight , I Googled it , thats a top tip , I have some brass plate and can braze sort of and I have a mate who's a...

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Have not decided which brand for the folding sight or the Tang yet Bruce , am looking for a Tang and screw kit so I can bolt right onto my Rossi , it's already drilled and tapped with 2.195 centre holes near as I can measure .Would prefer a rear sight with a grub screw to anchor it and none of the M...

Jacko

Stop lookin folks , tracked down a formula in a really obvious place

- a sight manufacturers websight

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http://www.marblearms.com/rearSights_info.html

regards Jacko

Jacko

Thanks for the help Steve I was actually just looking at a Marbles folding sight like you have pictured . Rossi cut my dovetail slightly off square which I did not notice straight away and the longer buckhorn sights look ungainly as they sit at a slight angle across the octagonal barrel . More for a...

Jacko

Thanks for the link RKrodle . Forgive the rambling nature of this reply , just thinking aloud - please tell me to stop thinking as it's too confusing . I am aware how to calculate what height sight I need if my rifle is shooting high or low which is fine if you are replacing one or the other but I a...

Jacko

Gidday fella's , Ive decided I want to fit a tang sight to my Rossi .357 so I can have a bit of fun at the range ringing the 200 and 300 yard sillohettes as well as a longer sighting radius for finer accuracy . I also want to replace the barrel mounted sights with a 3/8" dovetail folding rear l...

Jacko

Good thread , have been thinking of putting a Tang sight on my 24" barrel .357 Rossi for a while now and you just made up my mind . I replaced the factory buckhorns with a dovetail mounted Skinner compact peep sight , improved my accuracy no end up to 100 yards on the range but essentially they...

Jacko

I heard a report on this today on the local radio station , the historion reckoned something like 300 goat skins where used in this Bible and this is why it's preserved so well as paper deteriates at a faster rate and back then it was translated from Hebbrew to Greek and it reads a little differant ...

Jacko

Passing the torch of knowledge , particularly skills from the past is the greatest thing we can do for our children , great to see .

regards Jacko

Jacko

I bought a grade 1 Browning BL22 back in march , the action is so slick and smooth it's unreal , very accurate 3/4" groups at 50 yards over a bench and sunday just gone I was hitting 2" disks at 100 yards every shot and with THE WORST TRIGGER I HAVE EVER HAD ON ANY RIFLE I'VE EVER OWNED , ...

Jacko

This link has the formula , I used this sort of maths for the first time in years and got it right so it must be easy .

http://skinnersights.com/2.html

regards Jacko

Jacko

I have a set of Dr Skinners compact dovetail mounted peeps and a front blade on my Rossi .357 . The dovetail on my rifle was a little oversized and he made it to a custom size to fit . Cant talk highly enough of the service I got - 8 days from placing my order to my letterbox , in Australia ! regard...

Jacko

I was having a really bad day at work this morning when I heard this story over my work van's radio - definatly need more feel good stories like this instead of the depressing dribble we are bombarded with . Sadly , Australia is already a long way down the litigious society route , I can hear the la...

Jacko

Your boy looks tickled pink -I love seeing kids playing Archery - greatest game on earth been in it over 30 years myself . All encouragement to him . I did that once near 30 years ago , a fella bet me I could not repeat my dead centre shot 8) I did :shock: :shock: :shock: - I covered up my surprise ...

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I was doing my missus a favour when I bought her the DVD , sadly I thought it was one of the worst films I have ever seen , she enjoyed it though I cringed the first time Drover said "Crikey" and got into the bar fight and ran and hid every other time in the movie he said it - overblown cl...

Jacko

It has a lever on the top fella's , favourite pig medicine left barrel with a load of SG's and backup which is seldom needed another load of SG's from the right barrel . I bowhunt with a selfbow as well with only whats between my ears to back me up , been charged a few times , bitten by a cranky sow...

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I started washing last october with sorbolene / glycyerin which I put a real good splash of Lavander oil into the dispensor bottle . It repels all biting insects very well and I got through my first summer in years without any tick bites . Another bonus is the sorbolene / glycyerine has reduced swea...

Jacko

I bought a Grade 1 Browning BL22 a few months ago and scored lucky with some nice figure in the timber . I do not like the open sight's but if I do my part it is capable of around an inch at 50 yards . Fast handling and for me points well , I love that slick little lever . The trigger is a bit heavy...

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Danny Glover - "nailed him" in one of the Leathal Weapon movies Just how do you convince these clowns that it's no use legislating against inaminate objects - the nature of man is the issue and it has not changed since our beginning , some of us are just plain born bad or forced into crimi...

Jacko

And the chorus grows - really keen to see this project . I would love a 45.70 double rifle and on occasion the thought has crossed my mind to chop my shotgun .

regards Jacko

Jacko

Those who forged the ANZAC legend and those that followed are in the forefront of my thoughts today . A day of solemm respect and reflection for the sacrifices made for their country .

Lest we forget

Jacko

Jacko

Dr Skinner has looked after me , answered all my questions and customised his product to suit my needs , I live in Australia and he shipped to me promptly , had both sets I ordered in my hand 8 day's later . Put them on your Marlin if you want a rugged simple accurate sight , he has several models f...

Jacko

I'm mid 40's and my eyes are fine - in good light ! I have a hell of a time focusing on the target through a set of Buckhorns ,even when I was a young fella I never found a set of Buckhorn sight's I could use . I um'd and ahh'd about receiver mounted peeps and tang sight's for my Rossi but the purch...

Jacko

I have bought 2 sets of dovetail mounted peep sights and one front sight blade from Skinner sight's . Am very happy with the products I've ordered . Improved my accuracy especially on my Rossi .357 no end . Great value for money .

regards Jacko

Jacko

Thanks telegraphist , I have a 158 gr semi wadcutter mould that I traded for making a mate a knife sheath and have been wondering if my rifle will feed them myself . When I do get around to casting my own projectiles I will be using the semi wadcutters for range work only and single loading them . I...

Jacko

My Browning BL22 cost me $50 more than I paid for my Rossi .357 mag , admittedly they are both imported . I recently paid $54 for a 500 brick of Winchester Powerpoints and $19.90 for 50 rounds of .22 mag Super X for my old Marlin 782 bolt action which I doubt is worth much more , battered old girl ....

Jacko

My .357 mag Rossi is not a carbine but has a long octagonal barrel , I love the thing really sweet little rifle . I bought it in January the trigger was scatchy and the action stiff but the trigger has worn in beatifully now , does not need any work and the action has slicked up fine . If I was inte...

Jacko

A few years back over a meal with the owner of a property we bowhunt on he was lamenting he had just lost his best dog and 4 others [ Kelpie's ] to Brown Snakes in the previous 2 years . Later that weekend after we had finished laying a Peeble and Asphalt floor in his shed the Cocky realised that no...

Jacko

Thanks for the tips again fella's . I called in another gunshop on the way home and bought the correct primers today . Later in the week I will buy a pound of Win296 or Unique for a bit more choice and work up some good hunting loads for the .357 and some light loads for range work , Good to go now ...

Jacko

Thanks for the tips and loads folks . Once I'm casting I will will gather all the info I can and try some 38 velocity loads . It was teligraphist , Ive emailed them , they should reply sooner than later and I'll see what happens from there . They are just to far away to bother with under $20 worth o...

Jacko

I am a newby to reloading for my .357 mag Rossi . I just bought a Lee Hand Press and all the needed tools , Alliant 2400 powder and Hornady 158 gr jhp XTP bullets . A member of this forum advised me in a previous thread of a little BOO BOO . A gunshop has sold me Remington 1 1/2 small pistol primers...

Jacko

Gday Jacko Check that box of Remington primers, I purchased some recently, they carry a warning not to use with high intensity cartridges 357 mag 357SIG 40S&W. I bought them primarily for 38SPL reloads. See whats written on your box. Go for . Winchester CCI or Federal. I have not been to the Re...

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Well folks last week I bought all I need to reload for my .357 mag Rossi 92 24"octagonal barrel rifle - a Lee Hand Press and the assorted die's and tools needed , 158 grain Hornady XTP Jhp , Remington No1 1/2 small pistol primers and a 1lb bottle of Alliant 2400 powder. I have over 200 Federal ...

Jacko

Condecending is the kindest words I have for the tone of that reporters article , why must Journalist's berate what they have no understanding of ?

regards Jacko

Jacko

I am sorry to here your mate was injured . Losing 2 fingers is awefull , I know when I have simply broken fingers the simplest tasks have become frustrating as I could not pick things up . I bought my first lot of reloading gear on Sunday just gone , a Lee Hand Press and will be sitting down over th...

Jacko

There is a show on pay TV called Venom ER that I really enjoy watching from time to time , the effects of any type of snake venom on the human body is serious stuff . I wont be taking you up on your invite your jeepnik , can't say I want to tangle with a Rattlesnake but I do like the idea of mklwhit...

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http://www.reptileallsorts.com/deadliest-snakes.htm Sorry folks - American snakes ar wimps :( - all of the top 10 deadliest are Australian 8) I have had a near miss with the Inland Tiapan when I was 15 , I was walking around a saltbush while Bowhunting and stood on a 5 foot long Fierce Snake or Inla...

Jacko

I'm having no trouble working out the big majority of letters used after a bullets weight to describe it's design , jsp , jhp ,fp Rn etc . What does rf mean txpete ? something flat point ? , to me I'd just call the pill you have pictured a flat point . It also looks exactly the type of bullet I had ...

Jacko

Thanks for the reply's and tips fella's . Have not slugged the bore of my rifle yet but will certainly do so before I buy any cast projectiles or get another mould . I have only fired 5 or 6 cast bullets out of it but they where powder puff 38 specials and though they shot to point of aim a 4" ...

Jacko

Fella's I have just bought my reloading gear for my Rossi .357 mag . Settled on a Lee Hand Press to get the ball rolling as well as some Hornady jhp 158 gr projectiles , powder and primers and have collected a few kilograms of wheel weights with plenty more to come . Even made a knife sheath for a m...

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TedH , Crime rates are about the only business still growing in Australia in this economic downturn , society is not as polite as it was in the mid 90's either . Thats not conected directed to the droconian gun laws but it is connected to a sick society desperatly gasping to blame something instead ...

Jacko

Don't wimp out on this fella's buy giving away your firearms you are playing right into their outstretched arms . In 95 prime minister of Australia Little Johhny Howard a man your GW described as a man of steel ????????????? turned millions of law abiding citizens into criminals if they did not comp...

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In Australia our Banks :twisted: have to maintain a higher interest rate :twisted: to attract investors compared to what US banks do - OR SO THE LYING HOUNDS TELL US :twisted: - since mid to late last year our rates have dropped from near 9% to near 4% . I am fortunate that on a single income I have...

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1600 fps from a .22 long rifle - there are brands of .22 magnum that don't do that admittley with a 40 grain pill . If its over $6 a box in the US we will be paying double that and then some in Australia . I gag at having to pay $19 a box for Super X .22 magnum ammo , thats why I bought my .357 mag ...

Jacko

Thanks for the information and opinions fella's . The new model of the Trijicon sight does not need batteries and sells for a little over $500 Aus , dear as poison but there is a little bit of techno nut in me that says " these things are way cool " I was thinking this arvo that one thing ...

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