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Kansas Ed

We've been playing quite a bit with a couple of Lyman 21's the last couple of years. They don't call 'em Climbin' Lymans for nothing!! We haven't had much luck with getting them to print very good groups so far. Not sure if we are having rifle or sight issues as of yet, but are suspecting the sights...

Kansas Ed

I had one of those foot-in-mouth moments that day. I was working as a bartender in a local bar at the time, and walked in the door to a room full of people sitting in stoney silence. I walked in, looked around the room and spouted: "Sure is quiet in here...who the hell died." One of the ol...

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I can't gripe about the federal rebates...I will just use them to offset the ever rising State and Local tax scams.

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IIRC the New Frontier had adjustable sights, while the Peacemaker had fixed. That being said, I have the Peacemaker model 22LR and can't say enough good about it. It is very accurate when you have found the right ammo (mine likes CCI Stingers). The action is very nice, the only point I didn't like w...

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You are aware aren't you that the belt-buckle guns had a stud on the back side which is necessary to keep it in the buckle? A normal FA mini-revolver won't work as-is in the buckle. See photo..

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The email I got said that this was family day in West Virginia....if so, I'm moving to West Virginia!!!

http://www.planetvids.com/html/Tons-Of-Guns.html

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Kansas Ed

By not voting you are voting (by definition) for the "greater" evil. I thought conservatives believed in personal responsibility? How is a non voter responsible for the votes of any or all other voters? How is one who votes for a candidate who is "unlikely" to win responsible fo...

Kansas Ed

IIRC the "Army" never used the Henry during the Civil War. Any Henry's which were purchased were done so by the individuals/companies out of their own pockets. I believe that I also read somewhere that the cost of lever action repeaters was prohibitive for the military, as compared to the ...

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Swampman wrote:I
At any rate long barrels just aren't worth the extra effort/pain. In a lever gun anything over 22" is just because you like it. I personally prefer the 18" barrels.

I disagree with that statement. I believe that the major benefit to longer barrels is the longer sighting radius.

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Kansas Ed

Hmmm....see I was under the impression that all XTR's were factory checkered. Is this not so? I know our two top eject .375's were built in 78 IIRC, and both are checkered.

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While looking at the 307 thread, I noticed that it was stated that Winchester never made the BB in Ranger configuration...I know I've never seen one, so assumed it was probably correct. But then a few minutes ago I ran across this. http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=89843781 So what's up...

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Like Nath said, the rim might give problems. If you found a model 54 Winchester Chambered for 30-30, that would be the easiest conversion. You could also perhaps look at converting a P14 Enfield, or a SMLE but that might get pretty expensive. I get my hackles up every time someone talks about bolt g...

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I've also read where Styrofoam anywhere near scales will impart static electricity to the scale.

Kansas Ed

Yep, the Browning and Winchester are "Lawyered", the Uberti is to the original design.

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Kansas Ed

It occurred to me on the drive home from work today that there is sure a lot of candidates out there who are "neck and neck" in the race. All of them are contenders...Romni, Thompson, Guliani, Huckabee... and then on the other side, Edwards, Clinton, Obama...I'm thinking " wow I've n...

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It occurred to me on the drive home from work today that there is sure a lot of candidates out there who are "neck and neck" in the race. All of them are contenders...Romni, Thompson, Guliani, Huckabee... and then on the other side, Edwards, Clinton, Obama...I'm thinking " wow I've ne...

Kansas Ed

I have an 1894 made in 1915. Full Oct. bbl, full mag, Crescent BP. I tried so many loads with this rifle trying to make it shoot that I finally gave up. Bore was very good to excellent, rifle condition was very good. I took it to a couple of shows determined to trade into something else, but couldn'...

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I would say one of two things are happening here. 1) You are contaminating your primers when you are priming your cases. 2) Your Hornady One-shot is contaminating your loads. When I first started reloading (about 25 yrs ago) I had a series of misfires with some 25-20's. I was using CCI primers, and ...

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A Very Long Engagement starring Audrey Tautou is a love story based upon finding her missing fiancee after WWI. It is in French but subtitled, and well worth a watch. I think it captures the mud and terrible trench conditions of the war quite well. Blockbuster around here carries it in their foreig...

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I bought one in 22 Hornet, and the fit and finish were good on mine. I don't like the wood color particularly, but I can change that. It was a shooter right out of the box, though the trigger was a might heavy. I did a little work to that to get it better. I recommend the Marbles Tang sight, as I am...

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I've had numerous handguns in my life, but only 3 were Colt. I've owned a total of 4 1911's of different makes...the only one I would never get rid of is the Colt. I've owned several double Action revolvers, and the only one I wish I still had was the Colt King Cobra that I traded for my wifes 25-35...

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That's great! Thanks for posting. I may file that away for future use...

BTW, I didn't realize until about an hour ago that "Dam* the torpedoes, full speed ahead!!" was a Civil War quote...

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"It has seen better days,could be considered a parts gun. " can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Posting a picture or two would go a long way to getting a more honest answer from folks here. I've seen people turn up their noses at some guns which didn't show to...

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In the Andy Griffith days of law enforcement, you would be thanked by the authorities for putting her down. Unfortunately the Andy Griffith days are over. I'd say you probably have a 25% chance of getting an Andy Griffith type....75% of getting a Barney Fife....

Shoot and walk on...

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Kansas Ed

I've never owned a 7MM Mag, but my 25-06 will probably never hunt deer again while I have it...coyotes yes, but probably not deer. It just ruins too much meat and makes too much mess for my taste. I'll stick with something slower and heavier thank you.

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Kansas Ed

Standard coloring on the 76 was a blued receiver with case colored lever and hammer. So I think they did a proper "restoration" with that. You do have 2 gripes IMO, and that is that your original sight is missing, and the round barrel is now Octagon. As for the crown, you laid down an ulti...

Kansas Ed

March of 1989: 44 Mag. 15.0 gr. of Blue Dot behind a 180gr Hornady bullet. This was about 2.4 grains below the recommended starting load. Showed a series of random pierced primers. Heavier loads showed fine. I will chalk it up to detonation until proven different. And I have never used anything othe...

Kansas Ed

According to Madis:

"Caliber 348, which had been developed for this model, was the only cartridge for which the Model 71 was chambered except for experimental models."

I think it would be interesting to see what chamberings Winchester tried in those "experimental" rifles.

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Kansas Ed

No complaints from me. Great people, great product, and less than half the price of RCBS (whom I will never do business with again)

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You might look at Hawk's selection of bullets. They are premium bullets but offer several different jacket thicknesses. I do know that in my 405 Win, the .025 jacket expanded on shoulder shot whitetail, but the .035 jacket didn't seem to. When I lived on the WY/ID border I carried the .035 bullet in...

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While the Madis book indicates that the '92 produced 80% of the rifles in 44 WCF, it seems that for some reason the rifle configuration is hard to find. I have '92's in the rifle in all other calibers, but the 44 keeps eluding me for a reasonable price. Oct. Bbl, Crescent BP, and Full Mag is rather ...

Kansas Ed

While not on the "entertainment" category so to speak, P.O. Ackley's "Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders" has lent me many an hour of enjoyable reading. There are two volumes btw. and an enormous amount of interesting information in them....matter of fact, they reside on my beds...

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MM93...that is a slick .44-77. Keep us posted on the results. For me, I will be using one of 3 rifles this season. #1 1886 in 40-82 with a 265gr Leadheads GC bullet at 1489 fps. #2 1895 in 38-72 with a 265gr Beartooth GC bullet at 1693 fps. #3 1873 in 38-40 (special order 30" bbl) with a Speer ...

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Hornady 1-shot is a spray on lube. And I intentionally get it inside the case necks for easier sizing. Even though it says that it "Will not harm powder or primers" I believe they meant that it won't contaminate them after it has thoroughly dried...some of our loads obviously hadn't enough...

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71fan, We recently experienced a wide spread in SD with a tried and true load in our 38-72's. I'm talking about 200 fps extreme spread. Traced it back to the Hornady 1-shot lube we were using. We didn't give it enough time to dry after sizing, and before loading. I think I would load a fresh batch ...

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71fan, We recently experienced a wide spread in SD with a tried and true load in our 38-72's. I'm talking about 200 fps extreme spread. Traced it back to the Hornady 1-shot lube we were using. We didn't give it enough time to dry after sizing, and before loading. I think I would load a fresh batch i...

Kansas Ed

Once on Ebay I was bidding on a 66 Lemans. I took it up to a more than reasonable price (likely much more than it was worth), only to lose it by $100 bucks at the last minute. I emailed them and asked to be considered if the buyer backed out. After about a week it showed up in auction again...with a...

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By the way Ed, Low Walls in .22 schuetzen configuration are pretty unusual. Even factory special sporting rifles built on the Low Wall action are rare. Pretty neat that you've seen a few, as most folks rarely see them!-Vall Now I'm questioning what I thought I'd been seeing! But believe me, I will ...

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Almost snorted my beer on that one

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Thanks for the explanation. Wow...100 yd matches with the .22 short. Shorts are my favorite for squirrel hunting, but I believe 100 yds would be a little out of my ability

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Good deal! Nice rifle...but that snow reminds me of the time I thought we were going to freeze to death elk hunting the Caribou Forest in Idaho, just west of Freedom...yuck...even after 8 years in that country I never got used to that cold..

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Just curious...but I have seen quite a few lo-walls chambered for the 22 short. Some of them in configurations similar to your Ballard. So what type of competition were these used for??? There seem to be some pretty elaborate rifles out there chambered for the short. Nice Ballard MarlinMan... :wink:...

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Harry, We've been working with 2 different 40-82's as of late. Both have tight chambers, and I have to take the case neck walls to .008 to chamber smoothly with the bullets we use. We have been using the Forster hand neck turning tool to do this, and their .405 dia. pilot is perfect. Just size the b...

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http://www.mountainmolds.com/

Found these last night. The bullet design program makes for something really interesting. I really like the idea of being able to custom design my own mold. I may start casting now after looking at this

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Usually these things are the figment of some internet humorists' imagination, but I'm happy to report that this one is quite true.

http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/dammed.asp

The rest of the story is almost as funny as the letter....

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Nicely Done!!! Quite the rifle there. I use IMR-4064 as most on here also do. Don't like the Hornady bullet, prefer the Barnes Original if you can still find them. If not try the Hawk bullet. I like the 220 gr. slug personally. As for dies...Redding hands down. CCI Bench Rest primers. Ed Have fun!!

Kansas Ed

Thanks OS....I kept thinking that the other forum would come back in a couple of days...

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This oughta bring a smile to your faces...

Big Bore Rangers??

Anybody seen these molds/interesting site.