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Pitchy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:21 am Got the wood sheath finished.

What material did yo make it from ?
Looks great Pitchy

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Thanks for the pics of your knives bcraig i like your wood sheaths. Ray that movie is where i got the idea, here`s the full size version. https://i.imgur.com/IWleA2wh.jpg A neck knife a guy made and gave me. https://i.imgur.com/5wrvhI6h.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jzruBCJh.jpg A knife i made from a she...

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Pitchy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:22 am Great idea.

Thank’s
It is cheap and works great.

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. That’s cool. How did you find the right place to put the spring to get the tension just right? Trial and error with a clamp? Thank’s I just figured the spring would do the most good placed close to the top of the gate,then just a natural angle where all the slack was taken out and drilled the hol...

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I was having trouble lifting the the Loading gate as I have neck and back Issues and saw some of the commercial gate assist but some of them are upwards of $200.00 So I made this one and all the Marerials was only about 50 Bucks delivered from Home Depot and Lowes. The springs are Garage door opener...

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After looking at a bunch of old Native American knives it looks like they carried knives that look like modern kitchen knives like these made by Old Forge company. https://i.imgur.com/7dVXWPRh.jpg?1 I really like the stylr and utility of the old knives,got a few Old hickorys You can sharpen any old...

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Do you typically get any expansion and exit on a broadside shot ? Yes and yes. They expand even from a revolver. But I’ve never recovered one from a deer. They punch a pretty good wound channel and exit. Sounds pretty good to me, for point blank to 75 yards at the max. I ordered 2 boxes of them Alo...

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Couple things not making since , one the mag tube edge is protected from the counter bore it sits in.Rounds never touch the tube edge. The follower steps down and passes through the smaller bore . Yes I saw that after taking the Magazine tube off If your hitting tube edge it's either damaged/dented...

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I could easily live with Federal American Eagle 158 gr soft point ammo and kill any deer in Texas within 100 yards or so. I shot a few deer with a handloaded 180 gr XTP loaded long and pretty hot but I don’t know that it was worth the extra effort when the Federal soft point works so well. Do you t...

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Type of rifle arguments aside, I am most likely to have a pistol at hand. That's why it's called a "hand gun" .. :D The purpose of the pistol is to aid me in getting to my shotgun or rifle, which ever is closer. The pistol may be a revolver (percussion or metallic cartridge), a derringer ...

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I have Killed a couple of deer with an ar-15 that I put together but put it together using a 6.8 ARP barrel and a relatively lightweight aero Precision Lower,A two stage trigger from Larue.Used Hornady 120 grain SST ammo and Killed a Doe and a small buck. The 2 deer I Killed with a .223 were killed ...

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Any of yall keep an old car or truck in case of one or more EMP's ? I have sorta kinda thinking about it but I am not a mechanic and the most elaborate job I have done is changing the automatic 4whd hubs on a Ford Ranger ,I am thinking it was a 1986 model from Automatic front hubs to Warn lock in lo...

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And to think that all this could have been avoided by just answering the question of how to make the saftey harder to turn !! :lol: Said in all good spirit of course. >>> of course. I only said what I did because you seem to not understand that a safety that is "harder to turn" is not saf...

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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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I went ahead and picked up a couple of Boxes of the HSM 38 special 158 Grain Cowboy Action Lead RNFP that was on sale at a local Sportsmans Warehouse. I am thinking that they will be Subsonic from the Rossi 92 16 inch Carbine but Even if they arent they will definetly be Subsonic from my Smith 6 inc...

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Would you go with a steel follower or an aluminum Follower ? Thanks Jim I have always used steel. Didn't know anyone made an aluminum one but I never checked .... I found one Made by 'Ranger Point' but upon closer look although it fits The Rossi 92 they dont have one in 38 /357 So Stainless it will...

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it's smart to make the safety into one that can't kill you. a "safety" that can change its location is an invitation to sudden death. suppose i am in the woods and get charged by a 1500 pound bear, and i forget the safety, which i will if i do not use the "safety" every single t...

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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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On my older Rossi '92 the safety was removed from the top of the bolt and the bottom was ground off it with a bench grinder. Enough metal was removed so that even if it got turned somehow it could no longer block the firing pin. Next, metal was removed off the top of the "plug" until it w...

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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. 2.jpg 3.jpg 4.jpg I tried Aperture sights Several Years ago ,I tried the Skinner on a Marlin 30-30 along with an Ashley front sight and l liked the Semi Buckhorn ...

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I know that most of you choose to remove the safety switch on top of the Rossi 92 but for now anyway I am going to keep it on top of mine But how do I stiffen up the operation of it so that it does not turn off and on so easily ?

Thanks

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I think it might be difficult finding what you are looking for in factory ammo. A soft cast HP at subsonic speeds will do what you want but not only will you need to reload, you will also need to cast your own bullets. Mould makers like MP-Molds and NOE should be able to provide the style of mould ...

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I had the very same problem with a new 38/357. I was working up bullets and lengths, trying them in the rifle for function. Well sometimes I could load one leaving the rim extend out so the second would push in. The second one had a problem jamming itself. The first bullet went in but second hit so...

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Might have a burr on the mag follower or in the tube itself. Possibly a small dent in the mag tube under the forearm is putting a bind on the follower, or the tube might not be perfectly round, but a bit egg shaped and is binding the follower. I would pull the mag spring and follower and run it dow...

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Kudos for the hands-on approach. I always figured I should be able to disassemble anything someone assembled, and I learn by using my hands . . . but I'd like to mention a trouble-shooting principle that helps me, and that is to never change two variables at once.... trouble shooting requires syste...

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I had the very same problem with a new 38/357. I was working up bullets and lengths, trying them in the rifle for function. Well sometimes I could load one leaving the rim extend out so the second would push in. The second one had a problem jamming itself. The first bullet went in but second hit so...

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Did the feeding issue exist before you cut the spring? Did you put the cut end up or down into the follower? Put the cut on the muzzle end. I agree you should check the mag tube, follower for dents, bumps, dings and burrs. Get a dummy round or three and completely color case and bullet with a sharp...

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Might have a burr on the mag follower or in the tube itself. Possibly a small dent in the mag tube under the forearm is putting a bind on the follower, or the tube might not be perfectly round, but a bit egg shaped and is binding the follower. I would pull the mag spring and follower and run it dow...

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Might have a burr on the mag follower or in the tube itself. Possibly a small dent in the mag tube under the forearm is putting a bind on the follower, or the tube might not be perfectly round, but a bit egg shaped and is binding the follower. I would pull the mag spring and follower and run it dow...

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Might have a burr on the mag follower or in the tube itself. Possibly a small dent in the mag tube under the forearm is putting a bind on the follower, or the tube might not be perfectly round, but a bit egg shaped and is binding the follower. I would pull the mag spring and follower and run it dow...

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Highly complicated. It’s new. Solution is to shoot, clean, repeat. Now that you have re-engineered it don’t complain if either spring fails later. Two of the biggest mistakes shooter make is to alter a firearm before it’s broken in and failure to keep it clean. That is rediculous I suppose if I had...

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I have a New Rossi 92 38Special/357 Magnum When I am loading it sometime the Rounds refuse to push forward at all and feels like it is pushing against something solid. I have not fired the gun yet ,just as a function test. Does not seem to matter whether it is with 38 Special 158 grain round nose am...

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I also chase low velocities in 44 and formerly 357 magnum carbines for low noise. Light loads of fast burning powders I found 150-200fps was typical going from pistol to the carbine barrel . One surprise was the Remington UMC 38+P 125 SJHP which runs about 950fps from a pistol but chronied at just ...

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Haha nice! Yeah, bud light ain't too big a seller around here anymore. It's mostly been replaced by Miller Lite (been my cheap beer for years) and PBR. I keep hammering on Yeungling to send their beer up here. I can't believe they don't. They'd probably have to build another brewery to keep up. I f...

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CB runs on the 11 Meter band, just above the 10M ham band. these two bands are subject to "skip", which means that sometimes it's easier to talk to someone 3000 or more miles away, and not be able to hear your friend on the other side of town. marine band and other commercial radios work ...

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OldWin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:48 pm Yup. I agree.

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Funny Stuff !!

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I have a Uniden in my Jeeps. Around here, all the guys have them in log trucks and woods equipment. They are very tough and hold up to vibration and reasonable amounts of weather. With a good Firestick antenna, and having it well matched in, I get great results with it. Can these Uniden of this rug...

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I have a Uniden in my Jeeps. Around here, all the guys have them in log trucks and woods equipment. They are very tough and hold up to vibration and reasonable amounts of weather. With a good Firestick antenna, and having it well matched in, I get great results with it. Can these Uniden of this rug...

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I am going to do some searching online and see if I can find an animation on How the Rossi 92 Works,is the Rossi 92 similair enough to The Winchester 92 that information for one is information for the other ? Thanks Yes sir. It's a good copy. Some Winchester 92 parts fit the Rossi's. I found this o...

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COSteve wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:19 pm 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.

Yes ,I get your point

Thanks

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I think that is a Good Idea and I am interested in the information that you get from your post.

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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 l...

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Depends on the load as to what will happen. Here is an interesting fact! I reload my own! I was playing with 44 mag cases and cat sneeze loads. I was using a 300grgc LFN with 5,5grs of WST powder. The velocity out of my 7.5" Redhawk was about 750fps and out of my 24" barreled Marlin was, ...

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I'm curious about what you are interested in? It doesn't matter what a load does in anyone else's gun, it only matters what it does coming out of your gun. May I suggest you just go shoot it at fire wood and jugs of water and buckets of gravel and sacks of sand, and find out for yourself what your ...

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Closest I can give you is a 158LRN over 3.5 Bullseye. 780 f/s from a Model 14 (6"), 990 from an 18" Marlin. All I know about this ammo is it uses Titegroup Powder supposedly chrongraphs at 840 fps from a 5 inch barrel and uses a 158 grain RNFP bullet Brinnel Hardness. Supposedly it is onl...

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1-44 special -40.JPG I loaded 25 of these the other day with 6.0 gr. Bullseye and made it to the Range this morning. Shooting 15 yards they hit about 12 inches low so I put an aiming point on the target and shot at it. This is typical of how they shot. IMG_5553.JPG Velocity was fairly low ... 700 -...

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https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/27275 I am not going to buy a chronograph just for chronographing one brand of ammo, other than wanting to know the velocity for that Particular Ammo I neither Have nor Need a Chronagraph. https://www.selwayarmory.com/hsm-38-special-158-gr-roun...

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I called them today and the guy I talked with did not know the velocity either but did say the brinnel hardness was 15

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Make sure it cycles. You don't want to have some hobgoblin shooting at you when you are fighting a jam. No doubt! But truth is I always Have a couple of pistols on me as I believe highly in a New York Reload unless I am sitting my old Butt in a Bathtub of hot water to help my back and neck ,then th...

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Bruce in WV wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:29 pm XTP bullets feed very reliably in my Marlin 1894, like my practice RNFP’s, and are designed to expand at very low velocities, as low as 700 fps in the 38’s and 750 fps in the 44’s.

Thank's

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