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BTW, I have a system where I prep my necked brass for reloading which starts out with tumbling and inspecting then, then lubing them up. That's followed by a run through my Case Prep toolhead which resizes, decaps and trims them all at the same time. Then another tumbling for 15 minutes to remove th...

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As I said, we have large mule deer (I have 4 in my back yard right now down for what looks like the night) and large elk and moose that are usually taken at longer range due to the topography of the hunting areas in the state. So, a higher energy, larger caliber round is considered the humane way to...

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Did the Colorado Fish and Game actually write "... a muzzle energy at 100 yds ..."? Yes. Here is an extract from the 2023 Colorado Big Game Regulation Brochure: "2023 Colorado Big Game Hunting Laws * Legal methods of take ………………………………..14 1. CENTERFIRE RIFLES a. Must be a minimum of ...

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The whole argument for suing a .44 Mag or .45 Colt for deer hunting is interesting, however, in my opinion it's pretty much an eastern half of the US argument. Out west we have longer range shots and mostly larger deer so many states have enacted rules against small calibers plus minimum muzzle ener...

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Yes, our range is private so our board makes up the rules and we luckily don't have any of those money gouging ones you see at 'for profit' ranges that I avoid. Also, I've got some favorite shooting spots in both the Rockies and out in the prairie where I always pack out anything I bring in.

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Nope, no cannelure but I use a Lee Factory Crimp die rather than a roll crimp on both my .357 mag and .45 colt and after well over 10K of them, I've never had an issue with bullet setback.

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Sooooooo, I've decided to load up some .45 Colt loads for my leverguns. :D I think I'll break out the Unique, some nice Berrys 200 grn plated RN bullets I also use in my 1911, open up a brick of WLP primers, dump some Win brass into my 750's Casefeeder and crank out some fun times. With my recent go...

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I was at our range last Friday and the range was quiet with only 1 shooter so I checked out the different areas for brass and came back with 21 lbs. of brass from the bins. That makes a total of over 124.5 lbs. of brass I've collected over the past few months from our range. As I always do, I sorted...

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And, don't forget about China, India and Indonesia. They are busy building thousands of coal fired power plants and combined, are far and away the largest polluters both air and water on the planet. They have shown ZERO interest in cleaning up their act and the western nations can reduce their combi...

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While I handload my own and I've got are great results, if the OP is only limiting his choices to factory loads, I would suggest that he take a look at Buffalo Bore .357 Mag Heavy loads. https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=100 If one scrolls down to the last entry on the pag...

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That is really strange. Yesterday I happened by a gun shop called Machine Gun Tours in Denver and hanging on the wall was an AR with one of those bolted under the barrel. We talked a bit about it saying that it might be handy hunting as you can take your meat animal and cook it all at once.

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Has anyone ever really used a handgun to fight their way to a long gun and transitioned it into the fight? Sort of I guess. In the Army I was a Tank Commander and in 1968 I was stationed in Cu Chi. One day we came under fire and I was out of my tank at the time discussing our plan with some other T...

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Plaintiff argues that Chevron Deference Violates the Constitution, Argues FPC to Supreme Court. They contend that it is a flagrant case of executive branch overreach to the max!!! https://www.ammoland.com/2023/07/chevron-deference-violates-the-constitution-argues-fpc-to-supreme-court/?ct=t(RSS_EMAIL...

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I'm a walnut and steel kind of shooter, not a plastic and aluminum type so it's natural I'd shy away from those. While I have an AR, it sits alone and unused except for the occasional trip to the grasslands where I take it. However, it's a walnut stocked, scoped A4 'Appleshooter' and I use it exclus...

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Well, they make a Rossi 1892 in 454 Casull with a SAAMI spec pressure of 50,000 CUP so I'm thinking that .45 Colt Ruger will be a piece of cake for it. Seriously, the Model 92's action design is super strong and it will do fine with a Ruger only load.

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Slime robbing stores are just that, slime. The only way to gain control of law and order is to enforce it. Violently! I say start dropping thieves in their tracks and leaving their bodies there as a warning to others to act like humans again. I know what I'm proposing is extreme but the situation is...

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Funny thing. I have a cup every morning except when I don't. It's weird. I don't have craving for caffeine if I don't have a cup of coffee. Sometimes if it's hot I'll have some orange juice and most of the time I'll just have water. I guess I don't have an 'addictive physiology'.

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I have tried the Aperture sights years before and they just did not work for me like I told Jim. I am going to try the factory sights to see if they still work for me ,If not I will try the Aperture sights again. Thanks The secret to an aperture sight is how close it is to your eye. The Depth of Fi...

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And you guys are reloaders :shock: :shock: :shock: ....... :lol: yeah it happens to me too. Another reason to have a Dillon XL750 with a casefeeder. Auto indexing, auto primer feed, auto casefeeding and my Akro Bin bullet bin is right next to station #3 so I only have to remember '1 bullet' for abo...

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I wouldn't mess with trying to make it "better" ... with my old eyes the aperture rear sight on the bolt is the best solution. I too opted to replace my plug with a peep sight on my carbine. Besides the obvious advantage of an increased sight radius of over 27%, 22" vs 16" on my...

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You bet, however, I'll never find another deal like that, ever! I keep my eyes open for those uninformed or rich shooters who still leave their brass on the ground but a good find is harder and harder to come across anymore.

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Law enforcement rents our local range for their training. They are usually very good about policing things up - (unintentional pun - sorry! :D ), and on this occasion they put all of their 45ACP brass in two cardboard cases that the original cartridges came in. And then forgot to take them with. Th...

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200 rds! And I thought I got a big score. Congrats!

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So, I finished up loading only a few, 50 ea of the Winchester 150grn SP bullets, as I couldn't decide what I wanted to load with the others. I'll use those I loaded to try and keep sharp with my bowling pins. So, I have 207 pieces of fully prep'd Win .30-30 brass all ready to load when I decide what...

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Taking a bit of a break as I'm hungry for a snack but it's going very well. I've case prep'd all 257 pieces of .30-30 brass and I'm now tumbling them to get the lube off. I'm surprised that only a few needed trimming so cranking them through my 750 with the casefeeder and trimmer on my case prep too...

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Yesterday afternoon I had a couple of errands the wife sent me on and one took me right past our range so I stopped in to see what was what. It was quiet and I looked around the different ranges for any brass that might catch my eye. (We handloaders have been accused of looking down at the ground mo...

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Their load in their Rossi won't necessarily translate to your load in your Rossi. That was my point. However, the same ammo in the same make could get you close.

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I load .357mag for my Uberti SA 7.5" pistol as well as for my 20" carbine and 24" rifle using TiteGroup, Unique and Lil'Gun. The velocity results in the different platforms are not linear between the powders. Why? TiteGroup, like Unique is a fast burning powder developed for pistol le...

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Try that Caldwell Recoil Shield in the Mag, Mag Plus or even the Super Mag Plus if you need one. I find it's actually fairly comfortable once you get it on. Mine has a adjustable nylon strap for around your chest and also an adjustable strap with a velcro tab to attach the back to your belt. It keep...

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It sucks getting old, gets in the way of shooting :( Tell me about it!! At almost 76, my shooting shoulder has developed a bit of arthritis in it and shooting my leverguns with their small, thin metal buttpad with the sharp edges has become painful. Funny thing about that is my heavier calibers don...

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I'll direct you all to Steve of Steve's Gunz for any further comments as he's is the expert and I got my information from him. Hopefully, he'll see this thread and reply.

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If you've never taken the cover off of the receiver on a Uberti '66 or '73, it's hard to imagine that the pins are as small as they are. Here's a couple of pictures a Uberti '73. The one on the top is with the action open and on the bottom of it closed. There are two sets of toggle links, one on eac...

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I think you are missing the point of the cautions. I talked to Steve of Steve's guns at length about this when I was considering getting a Uberti '73 in 45 Colt in early 2013. As the actions in the Uberti 1860, 1866 and 1873 clones are the same design as the 1876's action, just designed for smaller ...

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We were at 93 deg yesterday with 25% humidity (on the high side for us) and even sitting in the shade of our big tree in the back that's just too warm for my liking. Today we're supposed to be cooler at 92 deg with lower humidity so it will feel much nicer. We've decided for dinner we'll have Prosci...

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I use to go there on business all the time and unlike Texas where the humidity can really pump up the feel of the heat, Phoenix, like Colorado has a dry heat so it's considerably more tolerable. My daughter lives in Austin and anything above 90 deg and I'm miserable. I've played basketball in an out...

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Doc is spot on. I have 1st - Marbles tang rear sight with a .042" target aperture ( https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1005873468 ), 2nd - Marbles fold down rear sight ( https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1005904476?pid=986064 ) 3rd - Lyman Globe Front Sight ( https://www.midwayusa.com/product/10...

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Thanks again for your help.

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Thanks JimT, that's the article I downloaded. I combined both links into a single word document to keep on my computer. If you 'control click' a picture it enlarges in a separate window for much easier viewing.

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At almost 76, I could be called 'old school' as well, however, I find Steve's DvD the best at explaining the process. That said, I also have some word documents with pictures showing and telling you how to dissemble and reassemble the Rossi that I found many years ago on the web. Send me an email an...

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The video I got from Steve in 2009 shows how to dissemble and reassemble your Rossi including all the tricks needed to do the job simply. Did you look at the DvD from beginning to end first? I find watching the whole thing made it easier to understand where he was leading you as you watched it a sec...

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Steve has a plug to fill in the hole left by removing the safety as well as the peep sight. I have the bolt peep sight on my 20" carbine (started out with the plug) and the plug on my 24" rifle as my rifle has a tang mounted rear sight. I replaced the rear sight on my rifle to one that fol...

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I've got two Rossis, a 24" rifle and a 20" carbine in .357 and they are hands down my favorites. With a tang rear sight and target aperture and a globe front sight on my 24" rifle, popping bowling pins at 200 yds is a snap with both 125grn and 158grn handloads. Both bought new in 2009...

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NKJ’s DVD on slicking up and improving the Rossi 92 has a lot of good and easy and inexpensive suggestions. He even sells the parts if you want to do it that way. I used Steve's DvD and parts to slick up 3 Rossis, a 20" .357mag carbine and two 24" .357mag rifles back in 2009 when they wer...

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I run a bore snake through all my arms after I fire them, both before and after I crank the air compressor to 100 psi and blow out the action thoroughly. The air compressor is very effective in cleaning out any carbon deposits and/or other grime. I then check that the action still has grease/oil whe...

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Sotomayor's dissenting opinion of the SCOTUS 6-3 ruling today concerning the 1st Amendment is factually incorrect and just shows that the left doesn't care about truth, facts, or individual rights. They demand group think, their way or the highway. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sotomayor-dissent-...

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JimT wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 6:44 am I heard that the Spiro Agnew Presidential Library burned down. Both coloring books were lost.

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While I agree that nothing will likely be done, the fact remains that Branden is the first crime boss (that we know of) to be elected president. The average Joe in the US knows it, even the foaming at the mouth liberals do too, though they refuse to admit it. Branden will go down in history as both ...

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There is no doubt that Biden has gladdened the heart of Jimmy Carter by usurping his title of 'Stupidest and Most Inept President'. Of that there is no contest. But I was thinking that Biden has actually pulled off a feat never before attempted by any president in the history of the United States. H...

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