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S&B is loaded to hot Euro specs. And that's why I don't shoot it in my Rolling Block...

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That's actually why I was thinking .45-90. The loads I had for the 120 were mainly loaded to 90 level. The full house 120s bordered on unpleasant (to me at least) even in a 15# weapon.

Anyone wanting to touch one off out of a 6-7# weapon is a glutton for punishment IMO...

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fordwannabe wrote:I know I'm not going to work on those days!

I don't plan on it but I'm low man on the totem pole so I'll have to run it by the bossman.

SteveR wrote: ugly Susan Sarandon

That's redundant...

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A simple test to see if you really want to ream that chamber to 45-90 is to load some of the top end trapdoor loads to get a 500+ gr bullet to 1250+ fps. That's squarely into 45-90 bp velocity. .45-90 level BP loads out of a 15# Sharps repro were...not unpleasant. Out of a 6-7# Handi? I'm thinking ...

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Honestly, on the little 3" barrel, it more just for the novelty of it. You still have a very short sight radius. Then again, I wonder how one of the new fangled reddots would work. Wonder if I can figure out a way to mount one. :lol: Zip ties and JB Weld. If it works you can replace the zip ti...

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Attaching a shoulder stock to a cartridge-firing conversion C&B revolver immediately runs afoul of US law. Any such conversion with a barrel shorter than 16" is considered a "destructive device" and requires a ream of paperwork and a $200 tax to possess... Which is baffling since...

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As for the .450 conicals, Lee made a conical mold for cap and ball revolvers and thats the size of the front band they drop out as. The other bands are smaller to ease loading. To be honest, I have had better accuracy with round balls than I have with the conicals. OK, so it was probably more an is...

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Excellent...thanks!

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Pondering another project and doing some research. :mrgreen: I'm kicking around the idea of reaming a .45-70 Handi-Rifle barrel to .45-90. Why? I dunno, why not? :lol: I'm curious as to the most efficient barrel length when using BP only. Over at GBO someone posted the 32" Buffalo Classic barre...

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Is it cool? Absolutely!

Is it $500-600 (depending on the package you select) worth of cool? I'm not sure about that...

But it does have the neato-keen factor down!

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Doggone it, I wish I hadn't watched Mike's video, or this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TWrwsYAEaY I noticed he said he was using .450" conicals. Why .450" instead of the .454"-ish of the balls? Is it so the skirt can expand (I don't recall him saying they were hollow base Min...

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sore shoulder wrote: I'm beginning to think you don't take me seriously.

Sure woulda been nice if someone had brought some grenades!

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Here's Hank E. Dog (the E stands for Elthelbert :mrgreen: ). Mama was a Wheten Terrier and all we know for sure about Daddy is he was an international playboy and champion fence jumper. But we suspect Border Collie. :lol: He started out like this with the "Don't worry, he won't grow into those ...

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Well this has certainly turned out to be an interesting thread despite my addled original post! :mrgreen: FWIW, it's not going to happen anytime soon. Went back yesterday to check things out again and all they had was the SxS Double Defender. It's neat but not $440 worth of neat. Plus it was the dis...

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Zoe was more traditional in her taste, Jayne OTOH would have rocked that as a backup to Vera. :D http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/DarranSims/AGunCardLS-01.jpg http://www.impossiblepodcasts.com/wp-content/uploads/blogger/-qnfccI644OI/Tpyn1VJnYfI/AAAAAAAAAYk/mJltrAOooWY/s1600/Vera_weapon_Jayne...

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And someone needs to inform either The Australian or the Moros in the Philippines that abbreviating the name of the rebel Moros group may not be...polite....

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/c ... 6490932430

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30wcf wrote:
bulldog1935 wrote:this thread is starting to look like those ugly fat women videos.
yikes... :O
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You're trying to get sent to your room, aren't you?

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sore shoulder wrote:
awp101 wrote: I'm thinking Firefly would be a natural since Zoe used a Mare's Leg.
Zoe was more traditional in her taste, Jayne OTOH would have rocked that as a backup to Vera.

OK, I can see that!

That lever AR looks like it has a 7.62x25 mag. Interesting...

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OK, that's what I get for posting at my bedtime and starting in mid-thought... :lol: It wouldn't be my primary or secondary. Or even tertiary. I have those bases covered. What it WOULD be though is a nice party piece to break contact if it happened to be closer than the primary. I don't care how wel...

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The Mossberg has NO redeeming reatures, IMO. http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Mossberg_464_SPX_01.jpg Are you kidding? It would make an awesome prop for a Star Trek movie. If Borgs used leverguns it would be the Mossberg! :lol: I'm thinking Firefly would be a ...

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A trip to the local shop triggered an urge I've managed to keep in check for a while. A 12ga coach gun. They didn't have any 12s but they did have 2-3 20s. They even had one of those Stoeger Night Defenders (IIRC) that's parkerized with black stocks, fiber optic sights and a light rail underneath. I...

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From what I've read, the Kramer's removes the dirt while maintaining the patina and ground in character. I want to keep that character but I don't know how that 4 part formula will affect it...and I need a local source for bronze wool. Most places I've asked look at me like a monkey doing a math pro...

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Get one then order a Kirst conversion cylinder and it will then shoot .45 Colt cartridges. And that's just about as much fun as you can have (or in my case SHOULD have :lol: )! I had an Uberti with an R&D cylinder and it was an absolute hoot at the range. IIRC someone here bought it when I list...

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I just realized; I began basic training at Fort Ord 40 years ago in March. 3/22/1973. Boy, that went by fast! Time sure does fly. I was at Fort Jackson in June and out to the Presidio of Monterey (right near FT Ord) by September 1973. I guess you two really don't want to hear that while y'all were ...

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We were issued rubber earplugs. The kind with a cord that keeps them together. Probably the worst thing I ever did for my hearing was when I was tasked to work an M2 range and forgot them in my other jacket. After the third shooter it wasn't painful anymore, just a dull throb with each shot fired......

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Thanks guys!

I've been debating pulling down some calibers I no longer shoot to trade the primed brass and bullets for stuff that I do shoot. If it has to go UPS anyway I'm not sure it's worth the effort to break it down. A wink is as good as a nod, know what I mean?

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Cool! :mrgreen: That means the 1892 cartouche'd stock is probably the original stock. Thanks! JReed, Thor is an apt description. I just didn't expect it from 120+ year old springs. Hobie you're right, the rod bayonet idea just isn't a great one. Most of the others I've seen are triangular or crucifo...

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That makes sense on the marking, thanks! :mrgreen: For those of you keeping score at home, here's what I've found so far. Lock plate screws: Trapdoor Collector - $7/ea Trapdoors.com - $19/ea DGW - $3.50/ea Lodgewood - $8/ea (repro) Lock plate washers: Numrich - $3.85/ea Lodgewood - $25/ea (original)...

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You lucky, lucky boy!

The front sight and forward swept bolt handle do it for me...

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After being on the back burner for several months, I finally got the urge to work with the old girl today. I got the breech block assembled and installed, the mainspring reattached to the lock (don't ask :roll: ), and the lock plate and trigger guard installed. OK, more like setting in the stock sin...

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Can it go USPS or does it have to go UPS, etc like loaded ammo?

Thanks!

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Maybe something here looks like it? http://www.gungarage.com/maglink.htm

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BlaineG wrote:Everyone has "Their Special Purpose" in life....

For some of us, it's simply to serve as a warning to others..."Don't let this happen yo YOU!"

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It's been years since the Army used 20s. I like them better myself, but that's just me. Oly Eugene Stoner said in an interview that everyone was perfectly happy with the original 20rd mags until they ran into the Kalashnikov and it's 30rd mags then everyone started screaming for 30 rounders in the ...

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Grizz wrote:there they go, wasting tax payer's money again. ordinary rpg is more than adequate...

That was my thought as well...

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I keep thinking Euro and heel release. The old FIE/Titan pistols might be a good place to start looking.

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The other thing is that I was rear ended a couple of years ago and the body shop seemed to refit the lift gate without replacing the glass. The rear end was rearranged by 30 something mm so perhaps the door was wracked enough to stress the glass, and it got tired of spanning the distance. I think y...

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It's in Dutch, but you'll get the idea...

https://www.youtube.com/v/IQfZY5rvXX0%2 ... 6version=3

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I let my fingers type faster than my brain was processing. A 38 should have 2 gas vent holes placed side by side on the front ring and a 99 has a single hole on the front ring. The 6.5x50 was semi-rimmed (.466" rim) but I don't know if any bolt face work would have been required for the rimmed ...

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Thanks all! :mrgreen: I can see a reason to go with CS6 Design Standard since it includes ID, PS, etc. Another thing I'm going to have to take into account is computer costs. The desktop is a 32 bit version of XP, the laptop is a 32 bit Vista and CS6 takes the 64 bit Win 7 (or Mac equivalent) or hig...

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OK, I started back to school this month and my degree is going to be in Graphic Communication. The first class I'm taking related to that field is Basic Graphic Design and we are using Adobe InDesign. Later in the semester we will be using CS6 or Illustrator 6, I don't recall which. I'm doing this b...

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Many thanks for the enabling and a nice, classic looking rig! :mrgreen: For those that are curious, here it is: http://onfinite.com/libraries/1136758/18c.jpg http://onfinite.com/libraries/1136759/5f7.jpg I just bumped from the dead, hard to cut and paste on phone. Understood. I surf from the phone b...

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arjunky wrote:Out of my ariska 38-55 it got the most velocity with 270 grain hornady sp bullets.

Hang on a second, I think we're burying the lead here! You have a .38-55 Arisaka?!?!

I gotta know more about this!

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gak wrote:Looks like the guy did one thing right.

I wish these knotheads would quit doing things backwards. If you're that worked up, off yourself THEN figure out how to settle scores...

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What a bunch of cheesy responses...

That's right, why overlook the low hanging fruit?

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Thanks! :mrgreen: Someone on another forum mentioned they had a Japanese Type 99 rebarreled to the .350 Rem Mag. I immediately thought of a project grade 99 I could probably get for almost short money if it's still where I saw it. They've had it for over a year and the few of us that expressed inter...

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Nice! I have a Bee project sitting here as well... :mrgreen: John Taylor was mentioned over on the ASSRA forum so I gave him a call this morning (and interrupted his breakfast.... :oops: ). He can use a .22 Mag blank or sleeve the spare .310 barrel I have as well as welding and recutting the extract...

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I ran across something that caught my eye as a future project involving the .350 Rem Mag but what I know about the round wouldn't fill a thimble.

Could it basically be considered a short, fat, belted .35 Whelen?

Thanks!

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Before I post a WTB, I figured I'd ask if anyone knew of a source for Martini Cadet barrels in .22 Hornet? I thought ER Shaw used to offer the .22H but they no longer list one. I'd prefer a new barrel or at least one that started life as a Hornet as opposed to a converted LR barrel. And again, this ...

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But I believe I've read that "The Charge..." resulted in the end of the practice where one could just buy a commission as an Officer in the British Army -- whether brave, smart, experienced, or not (Or none of the above! In some cases...). Per Charles Messenger's For Love of Regiment Vol ...

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