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Kansas Ed

Just an update for those who missed it today........... We've never done the Sunday show before...always going on Saturday. But I'm not sure if it was the economy or just this particular show, but in the 5+ miles of tables we covered today...I didn't see a single gun sell. I really went looking for ...

Kansas Ed

Just an FYI, but Sierra, though their lever offerings are sadly slim, hold their bullets to +/- 0.3 gr.

Ed

Kansas Ed

If you doubt the scale, mark one bullet...weigh, and then weigh another, then weigh the marked bullet again and note any differences. Then weigh two bullets, then go back to the first, again note differences. Do this several times changing the weights, but always going back to the first marked bulle...

Kansas Ed

We are going to try Sunday this weekend...anyone else going to be there?

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Kansas Ed

Ok, Lets start a new thread on this cause I am really curious....Prior to the original flaking issue on my SAA, I did a once over with Hoppe's. Now it was a situation of clean the handgun, and wipe it down...so it's not like I soaked it in the solvent and left it on for hours...just clean and wipe. ...

Kansas Ed

Because Blue Book says they are worth a premium in that caliber...or at least they used to...personally I think the 32-40 is much harder to come by. But as I've known for some 25 years, Blue Book generally doesn't have a clue.

Ed

Kansas Ed

With the way Bronson's angled his barrel, you'd expect his bullet to go over Henry's head. But that's Hollywood for ya. I remember the last shot Alan Ladd took in "Shane"........he fired before his barrel got anywhere NEAR the angle it would've taken to hit the guy above him. I've never u...

Kansas Ed

I worked off of a Lee O frame single stage for over 20 years, until the link finally gave out...while waiting for the new link to come, I bought a Single Stage Lyman...The Lee was a great press, did everything I asked of it for a long time...but I will say that the Lyman is much more enjoyable to lo...

Kansas Ed

2ndovc wrote:Great photo Ed.

How did you like St. Maarten? We're going next year for our 5th.

jb

PM'd details...

Kansas Ed

My wife on our 20th anniversary in St Maarten, holding up the sky.

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Kansas Ed

Well, do you want a NICKEL gun or just an SAA? I've never liked nickel because of the flaking but I do have a nickeled S&W 34. I think it will eventually flake. Personally, I'd trade/sell it off and get a CC and blued gun. I have a CC and Blued gun...the whole reason I ordered this one was a li...

Kansas Ed

Ok...just to keep things honest. I received my SAA back from Colt AGAIN today. As you recall this new revolver was sent back two times for quality issues...this last time they finally replaced a bad receiver. The handgun I received today was very nice. Action timed well...new receiver allows the ham...

Kansas Ed

I got one too...PM'd you about it so ignore mine too..

No apologies necessary...we didn't figure you would sell those products...or use them

Ed

Kansas Ed

As has been posted earlier. They are based on the CZ75. Springfield made them (I think actually imported them from Tagfolio) for awhile, and I have one in 40. While they are a great gun, mine seems particular to magazines. I almost traded it off, as ever since I bought it it had a tendency to jam wi...

Kansas Ed

Well Nath, if I had to guess I'd say your trouble came because you were just TOO close. Bet you could have made those shots at 200. At least you should use that as your excuse. :D BTW: I do love your photo's of the UK countryside. Thanks for posting them. The green always seemed different over there...

Kansas Ed

38-40. But I am really hooked on all of my 40 calibers....38-40, .405, 40-82, 40-72, 10mm, .40SW.

Now the most fun is a tie between the low wall .22 Hornet, or the Low wall .25-20 SS

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Kansas Ed

I have a good friend that once tried to sneak in a new Corvette under the nose of his beloved, thinking that he could have it in his storage unit before she got home, but she took the day off work that day....that just didn't work out too well......when he got busted he then tried to convince her th...

Kansas Ed

Years ago I shot a large mule deer doe with my '92 in 32-20 with Snooky's published loads. She was about 75 yards out, ran about 25 and flopped down dead. Lung shot, took out both sides and bullet passed completely through. I have no idea about the DW loads though, and I would prefer a different bul...

Kansas Ed

That is VERY nice. I would expect nothing less from Buck.

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Kansas Ed

Kirk, I think all here, know why she married you. True statement! Congratulations to you both. Longevity in marriage is a beautiful experience, and an inspiration to those who are young. I once had a young man I thought highly of, come to me and ask for marriage/relationship advice. I asked him if ...

Kansas Ed

You may be right..of course I was just speaking in gross generalizations to offer another side of the argument.

If it came to brass tacks...I'd take the .300 WM over either.

Ed

Kansas Ed

Personally, If you look at the two major World Wars, larger calibers in general won out over smaller. The Germans favored 9mm vs our .45's. The Germans favored the 7mm vs ours and Britain's and the Russian's 30's. So the track record IMO leans toward bigger. The wars we consider as draw's were .30 c...

Kansas Ed

I don't know if the peak strength has ever been compared. Obviously they were engineered with two different class cartridges in mind. Just because the '95 was chambered in 30-06 class cartridges doesn't mean that the comparison is apples to apples. In my experience, the pressures generated on a big ...

Kansas Ed

I requested a refund. They refused. Even though I'd had the firearm less than a year. No interest in asking for a new firearm...they've had this one twice and it's not right yet.....why start this process over with a new one?

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Kansas Ed

It must be very difficult, as Colt informed me the last week that they are now on the 4th time nickle plating my revolver...to get a good finish..that is the 3rd time replating this gun...

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Kansas Ed

I had about an hour and a half to kill yesterday before I had a business dinner. So I decided to stop into one of the last gunshops around Wichita and kill a little time. This place normally has lots of EBR's and Auto handguns...little in the way of reloading components, and quite a bit of ammo... S...

Kansas Ed

While the bullet is a little different, my best load...and I've tried hoards of different ones to make my rifle shoot...is listed below...

115 GR NOSLER BALLISTIC TIP IMR-4064 26.1gr CCI-BRLR

OAL-2.535, CAPABLE OF TINY GROUPS, POINT CUT OFF OF BULLET

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Kansas Ed

So Griff:

I've often yearned of one identical to yours...but wondering if you've ever used yours on game?

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Kansas Ed

Seems to me you've already made up your mind. Either that or backed yourself into a corner with a lack of options. You don't want a project, and don't have the money...that indicates sell it. I'm with Blaine though...that thing should just fireform the brass IF the brass is good. Lots of folks do a ...

Kansas Ed

Wow...that sucks. Sorry to hear that. That makes tinkering with these old rifles a royal PITA for those of you up there.

Ed

Kansas Ed

Run them on a lathe, not a mill. May need a sharp pointed small boring bar to get in flush with the case head, and reverse rotation. Should be a piece of cake. Do you have the dwgs for both cases? Not sure, but BA is in the northwest corner of ID and I suspect that shipments North are standard for t...

Kansas Ed

Not surprising...those mags cater to the uninformed and armchair shooter. I haven't bought one in probably 20 years.

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Kansas Ed

I've read your links and that is some good info Ed. I plan on starting to tinker with loads here in the next little while. Brass is hard to get up here north of the border but I do have some so I should be okay as I would imagine this brass so last for many reloads. I didn't realize that I would ne...

Kansas Ed

I'm planning my next expenditure :lol: Emailed Mike Hunter the other day about a conversion...but I need the basic rifle to start. So I'm now looking for an 1886 Browning Grade I RIFLE..not the carbine...Under $1100 without mods...like no added sling swivels or extra holes. Anyone see one out there?...

Kansas Ed

The 40-72 for all intents and purposes is nothing more than a .405 necked down about .003"...depending on groove diameter which ranged pretty widely. The nice thing about the 40-72 vs the .405 is that the .405 has a slightly thicker rim...about .013" per Winchester spec. and has a little m...

Kansas Ed

My interpretation of the post was that there was only DP markings on the rifle. He wondered later if there were another hole in the receiver due to the later post. If there were only the DP markings, perhaps people who are up on Enfields would know this, but the average shopper and shooter wouldn't....

Kansas Ed

I know we have a bunch of Enfield shooters on this forum, and this incident on another forum I frequent, brought to light something I didn't know and I bet others here didn't know. So everyone that shoots these old girls ought to read.

http://reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15345

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Kansas Ed

Unfortunately they are a pest around here. Federal laws prohibit doing anything with even rogue geese which are causing problems..even for the local law enforcement. One mean one camped in our neighborhood flailing kids dogs and adults in their yards, and went looking for something to whup...the cop...

Kansas Ed

Thanks for the replies. I was just wondering....I know that once in the shop they machined a box out of an Iron chunk to try some CCH. I don't remember the outcome though. Seemed to me the parts were packed in the mix, an Iron lid was put on, and the parts put in the hardening oven. Then it was dump...

Kansas Ed

I went on a binge a year or two ago and bought a Henry, and a 9422. The Henry had a poor action and a poor trigger. I mounted a scope on it to find potential with ammo, and it wouldn't hold a candle to the 9422. I tried several types of LR's and several types of shorts. Took the scope off and it sti...

Kansas Ed

Thinking about the discussion of colors in relation to Turnbulls work we had the other day, and I'm going through my foggy and sometimes disconnected memory banks trying to remember information from years ago. Didn't the original formula for CCH in the 1800's use Leather in place of charcoal? And wo...

Kansas Ed

In addition to the ones already named, a quick flip through Ackley lists the following: Wade Super Seven 7mm Express (Payne) 30 Howell 30/348 Ackley 8mm Express (Payne) 375 Express (Payne) 450 Fuller The Payne cartridges all had the rims turned down and extractor grooves added, but were based on the...

Kansas Ed

I saw a PBS show about a year ago where they were patching a hole in the wall. Once the drywall patch is cut to size, take a piece of lath board...cheap at any lumberyard...it's really just 2" wide board strips about 1/4" thick. Cut it about 6 inches longer than the opening. Worm it behind...

Kansas Ed

Ackley's books have a lot of .348 base case wildcats. IIRC, everything from .30 Caliber and up. Ackley had his own version of the 45 X 348, but if I remember right, he said that the Alaskan version was better. I think that the .35 version would be the cat's meow personally.

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Kansas Ed

While I admire Turnbulls' attention to detail, I've seen some 98% original Winchester '86's, and they never had the brilliant colors that Turnbull guns show. I guess you could say that Turnbull does it the way it "should" have been done? I admit, that is one beautiful rifle...what was the ...

Kansas Ed

I suspect that the RCBS pilot has a different sized mounting shank. I made my .348 Lyman pilot on a lathe, but I'm sure you could sand a few thou. off of the .35 caliber one and call it good. A drill press would give you more control over it, but I'm sure you could get by with a hand drill mounted i...

Kansas Ed

Well, I sure can't recommend the new Colts...they still have mine for rework....again...

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Kansas Ed

I've never had a problem with CH4D, but I've always ordered stock dies. Customer service now a days is non-existent. I'm sorry to hear that CH4D has slipped too. What makes me furious, is that if a company says they will deliver by X date, and don't they expect the customer to wait till they get aro...

Kansas Ed

Just for the record, the Peacemaker version I had was dead on for windage and elevation. It didn't need any kentucky windage. Joe Mine too. I've had mine for a lot of years...some ammo it likes and shoots to point of aim, others not so much. Find what does and stock up on it...and IMO $950 is rough...

Kansas Ed

Ohh...you've just started your load development :D I see that fine rifle doing much better once you find the sweet spot. Not that the current load is lacking...just that you can't keep from tinkering until its much better. :) . You've got me hankering for another '86...maybe a 45 cal this time. Keep...

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