Thanks, that makes sense. Shot show, wish I was there. more fun than here

bob

Find a used Marlin 1895 Cowboy....be tickled to death for half the money (or way less) I thought about it (95 cowboy) as I have a 94 cowboy in LC that is a fine firearm. But honesty the Marlin does not even come close on fit and finish. Plus the super strong 86 action is a thing of wonder. I know I...

Thanks. So far mine goes bang every time. Trigger pull is kinda heavy for me. If I was gonna get a trigger job, thought I'd go whole way. Anyone know a good Lever smith in North Texas? I have a guy but he doesn't work on lever guns. Called Turnbull left message and contact info. Nothing, no call bac...

What did they charge to convert the Win to the old style half cock and eliminate the tang safety/rebound hammer? I'm thinking of doing the same to mine. Bob Pick up the phone, call and ask for yourself! I really don't type that to hurt your feelings Bob, believe me. But jeez folks, see what I mean?...

What did they charge to convert the Win to the old style half cock and eliminate the tang safety/rebound hammer? I'm thinking of doing the same to mine. Bob I sent the second one back and purchased a NIB old stock Win/Miroku 1886 and it has performed flawlessly so far and shoots great. I sent that g...

They are a handsome gun. I had one for a short while. It was flawed in the same way others experienced. The factory (and Cabelas) jumped over backwards to please me, but in the end I didn't have time to wait to have it repaired. I returned it for a Winchester hi-grade and am really pleased with the ...

Went to the range today, thought I'd try a new bullet in the Marlin. Loaded 22 gn 4227 using a pb lazer cast 250. Your result will vary. Work up please.. It did well shooting roughly 2-2 1/2 inch groups. Not bad concidering it was breezy today. Since I was shooting a PB cast bullet without a gas che...

I wasn't clear. A little background, I am on a sizable deer lease in central Texas that I have 12 month access. The cowboy with my Speer 260 gn hollow points is a great deer setup. I have 100 rounds left from my stockpile. It's getting to be my pig season. The Speer is not the best round and I use a...

I'm having a blast with the Marlin. I have it shooting well and have a keeper. Trigger needs some work is all I really "need" to get solved. But I'm shooting up my supply of Speer bullets and can not find them anywhere. So I'm saving the remainder for some hunting trips I have planned. A f...

There is a great "accuracy" style gunsmith in N Texas. Don Starks at S&S is fantastic at bolt guns. He built a number of my F Class long range guns and my Benchrest guns. He worked with Speedy Gonzales at S G &Y. He built both my Jarretts, the Catbird and 300 Jarrett. But alas he n...

I do have one question. I know and respect all the signs of pressure from brass to primers, to extractors, to sticky extraction. I see nothing of any consequence at all. Everything looks mild, though I'm shooting what would be concidered very hot. I'm near my max and the primers look like low press...

I was shooting Speer 260 hp. i'm guessing .4511.

bob

I finally got around to testing 45LC in my Marlin Cowboy. I only had a 25 yard range to shoot on so the results are preliminary as far as accuracy. The gun shoots very well and my 22 (4227) grain load put all rounds of a 5 shot group into a small knot will all rounds overlapping with just a little s...

I have always believed the selection of powder should include the concept it should nearly fill the case. Then it's easy to tell if you have an off charge ( double charge overflows - short charge is easily apparent upon inspection). I hate throwing pistol powder because it often fills just a small p...

While one can do no harm weighting each charge, it does take time. In benchrest we throw charges blind between sets at the range. No one has a scale in use. I have adapted my techniques to all rifle reloading. My Harrels is amazing consistent IF, my motion in dropping powder is consistent. I learned...

Having seen none of the current reciever sights in production, I'm afraid My opinions may be misinformed. On another site it was recommendet to search out a vintage Redfield. If I can figure which varient/model fits, I may just do that.

Bob

This gun is coming together. Load development has yielded a good load. Powder, bullet and gun are working to produce **** fine results. I will likely experiment further, only because supply of additional Speer 400 gn bullets is not out there. Down to my last 25. A few for sighters, rest for hunting....

Winnie I think,

Look at hammer, looks like the one on mine.

Bob

Griff, good post. This gun has an unusual history. I bought it new in 2004 +/- and originally shot cowboys loads in it matched up with a Colt Cowboy. I had thoughts of doing the cowboy thing. But I was heavily involved with X-course and Long Range at the time and never had time for the western shoot...

Did my day at the range. Took both the Marlin in 45LC and the new Winchester super light in 45-70. The Pedersoli was returned for a Winchester.

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Took the new 1886 to the range. All I did in advance was clean the barrel and do a cursory check of the action. Barrels was clean enough, perhaps some dust from storage. The action has some dried grease and I cleaned it as well as I could without a complete breakdown of the action. The manual says t...

I get being safe with hot 45 LC loads. My fear is using one of my loads in a handgun. I may be the reverse of many, as my big bore hand gun of choice is a 44mag. I can buy 44 mag ammo off the shelf (in normal times) and be assured of not mixing ammo. I do need to mark my hand loads, "caution ri...

The gun will be used for those oversized vermin we have in abundance around our way called "pigs".

I have plenty of guns to use, but thought I'd enjoy the challenge, as I mentioned I've recently drank the lever gun cool aid.

Bob

I agree that normally the books are the way to go. In the case of the 45LC, the books are all about shooting pistols or cowboy action shooting, mild loads. I think by using slower rifle powder loads, the initial pressure spike should be lesser, and the push longer. My dilemma is no reference other t...

One of the articles published on this site was regarding using "rifle only" 45 LC loads in various lever guns. I recently drank the cool aid and bought 2 lever guns after a lifetime of shooting, competing and reloading with bolt guns. I bought a Marlin Cowboy (2005) and a Pedersoli 1886/71...