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Camel73

How did you source your parts?
I remember reading about your build, well, a while ago now... Good on ya for gittin er done

Camel73

To me a little thoughtfulness goes a long way...

Cheers to you both!!

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Outstanding... I love it.

Is that the fish hook that's up with the original Colt 1862 Police cap and ball I'm guessing?

Great work man!

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Are you not going with the hickory backing?

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Kibitzer here, ha. Oh, this is very interesting... Way to go Grizz. I was at yo-yo depot just today lookin at red oak boards, all paranoid about the grain lol (it'll be my first). I imagine 'ol whats-his-name snapped a few along the way. With my luck lately i'll probably have to whittle mine down wi...

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Grizz wrote: I learn by breaking things, not by reading about NOT breaking things, so . . . onward thru the chips and shavings . . .

Lol, that seems familiar somehow...
I'll be checking that build out too

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A second 38-55... Just enjoying a different flavor? I think the commemoratives are built with a little more attention. I'd really like to get shooting ours too but it's 'ol grand Pooh-Bah's rifle so, gotta light a fire under his butt first. When we did shoot it, we both noticed it seemed to kick les...

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Thanks for the heads up on the ebay borescopes... Was thinking of clicking one up tonight but maybe I'll wait on that...

Glad to see things are getting worked out, literally. Your patience and determination look like they're paying off. Happy days...

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Hey Jack, That 53 is wonderful! Nice combination of a fine old rifle tweaked to work in way that doesn't do anything permanent. If only everybody who gets their mitts on nice guns were so thoughtful. Eric Eric, Sorry... so sorry, lol... but it just wasn't in the cards for my baby. Not a nice rare c...

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It's nice to read some traditional archery stuff here... JerryB, I've seen a lot of ribby deer here and very small ones also. If our precipitation keeps up winter kill could take a toll this season. Nice to see that you're making it out there. jmiller, you should give us a topic write-up on how you ...

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Southfork, I believe it's the same as mine - half cock safety. I haven't handled it in a few years, other than for this pick and we were in a hurry to boot. I actually wanted to play with the lever to compare against mine since I did all the work on it (can be levered with one finger) but never got ...

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<--- This guy... green with envy! On both accounts - bullets and retirement.

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PriseDeFer wrote:Wax. Wax goes with primers. Shoot indoors etc.

Could you please elaborate? Not exactly sure what you're meaning...

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Lol, I had to edit that. I was under the wrong impression, badly. I guess it'd have to be over 20 years ago now, I got to having coffee with a guy who built race motors and was somewhat of a specialist on engine heads. I was bad for throwing my free spirited ideas at him but he always took it well. ...

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The whole primer thing is interesting for sure.
I read a guy pushing a ball out with just a primer, might have to try that.

Not sure why I'm into the "how low can you go" phase... A lot of fun for half the lead and way less powder I suppose

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Eric, no worries. I'm poor and frugal so I thought fire forming might be the way to go

1886 and Chuck, the 38-55 is the one on the far right. A Winchester commemorative...

As far as I reckon now, all I need are 38-55 dies.

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I'm going to use my brother's blood test containers...

Question: These are the only numbers I could find on this trail boss container. Is this the lot #?

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Hi Kirk, I'd have to say - I've also enjoyed the times I've run across your posts.

What is this blog thou speaketh of? I'm always up for some "edgy-ma-cation"

Edit- Good work sir!

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As much as I didn't like those .310's i think they shot better out of my rifle, ha. The .312's did ok close up but at 50 yards kinda tend to spread out more than the other. Had fun learning and experimenting though :D http://i.imgur.com/GJZ7pIk.jpg Crazy squirrel.. we cant shoot reds up here, lucky ...

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Just remembered! My brother has blood test containers like the film kind for his diabetes.

As for the loading, I just like the fact that I can do it out where I shoot as I please. Relaxing, satisfying, labor of love I suppose

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Oh boy... I think it's time for a new knife

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Kirk, I can't stop looking at that buffalo horn Damascus blade! So nice

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I just googled water injection in engines.. lol - not what I thought. In fact just the opposite. I am unlearned for sure... working on that. :oops: My point still is - adding water to that wee candle instantly turned it into a violent torch almost 3 feet high. Not sure why or how, but it happened an...

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Get "photo resizer" app on your phone. It's free and too easy to use. 600x800 or visa versa is max I choose.

Good luck with that!

I've been following your thread... hope you get things figured out

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I'm using beeswax. On this batch I've seated the ball flush with the case mouth. I wipe it out where there is about a 1/16" of wax around where the ball and case meet. On the first and next batch I can't do that though... Gotta seat proud - .310 vs .312's so I just rub the beeswax on the ball. ...

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Has any anyone put tea light candles out with a bit of water before? I stopped doing that after the second time the wee little candle turned into a firey torch about 3 feet high, not kidding. I tried to make it do that a few times after and never could. Scary for sure and makes me second guess h2o w...

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Man, I wish.. too much red tape here for a hand gun to be fun. :evil: Get caught once and you're screwed. As for load data, I suppose - just learning as i go. And not only for me... It's all here. The reason I'm doing it this way is because I wish I had something like this to glean from when I first...

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Lol, good one.

What got me thinking about all this was the condensation thing, being up north here. Bringing the powder from cold to warm. Maybe just a thicker container... Just trying to think out loud with you guys on this... And, well, a bunch of other things it seems, lol

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Hello all,
I've been running subsonic rb's through my peep sighted '94 30-30 and was going to treat it like a .22. Basically not clean it till it started going haywire..
Thoughts on this?

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Lol Powder horn sounds awesome! Now if I could only find some buckskin clothes... no really, I think I could pull this off - I've even got long hair to boot!

Oh ya, and one of those Everlasting Ballard time capsule deals... that would be cool...

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No range day? I feel for you. Looks like you'll just have to live vicariously through me till then :D This morning after running a bunch through the chrony (6 @ 1.5grs - avg. 660ish fps, variation of 60fps) I decided to shoot offhand at 10 out to 25 yards. They just wanted to go right. Even loaded u...

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Well, not much selection at the place I went to but tic tac's will do fine.

Wouldn't that thin plastic condensate just the same?

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Just got back from my little range..
I generally only load 1.5 grs per case so a little goes a long way. I'd say about 1/3 of that little tin for 25 shots this morning. Leaving to hit the candy store as I'm texting. Hopefully there is something I like in the container I choose.

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Lol, was just thinking that same thing 10 minutes ago.. needed a taller container to keep my decapping pin with the ram prime. Just finished popping and priming. Put a bunch of paper towel around the sides and bottom (top too) inside of my tin.. it'll do for today. Off I go!

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Ysabel Kid wrote:
Camel73 wrote:Just came in from a walk. It's getting chilly!
Very jealous! Still hot and humid here!

Now I'm jealous. I love hot and humid! Ha... I think we're in for some huge snow this season, and big winter kill. Lots of young small skinny deer I've seen..

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Oh ya... Right. Thanks again 6.

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Just came in from a walk. It's getting chilly! Which got me to thinking maybe that metal container will sweat, going from cold to warm, bringing moisture to the powder? Hmm, I think for my purposes plastic will be better. No prescription bottles round here... Might have to peruse the candy aisle nex...

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Usually I backpack out to a nice little spot I've got about half an hour from the place to shoot so I try to pack tight. I'll prime my cases at the cabin, then load them with different charges when I'm out there, depending on what I'm trying to accomplish at the time. Ive been using this excel mint ...

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I mentioned fireforming only because it seems I wouldn't need as much stuff to do it... Blow out the case, add powder and bullet, and shoot. I would inspect the cases of course and not use any that were, not the same as the others, kind of thing. They would for sure only be used in the one rifle so ...

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Raining today so I got to looking at the brass I've been using for my sub rb loads. Noticed rings around all of them... Is this bad? Then I compared it to a 170 factory load and noticed two big tongues of soot going down opposing sides of the neck pretty far.. Anything I should be worried about? htt...

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Yooper2, thank you also... I dont believe I would have run across that particular starline article without your suggestion.

If anyone else has read it.. is that really the deal or what?

Thanks all for posting...
The more detailed info the better

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Why I brought that up was because I thought I'd just look at the starline offering and saw two different case lengths. So I googled that and found this article: http://www.starlinebrass.com/articles/Loading-with-Correct-38-55-Cases/ I'm basically new to all of this.. and learning lots all the time, ...

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I see... two different ways...

Do you guys do anything about the "case neck too thick" thing? Or is that not an issue when it's brought from a 30-30 case?

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I think I would like to try this.
The 38-55 doesn't get taken out too often, and will be even less at $75 a box.

I've never fireformed before...

Any advice?

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w30wcf, I was thinking about doing the slight crimp also, but thought it might do weird pressure things so I decided against it.. I flare the case mouth with a couple taps of a small hammer onto a duct tape centered punch, so when I chamber them they kind of have to be squeezed the last half inch in...

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Lol! and the barrel brush? Man did I laugh.
All joking aside... Hope the tune up went well.

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Went out again this morning. Shot some 2.0 gr loads but thought, na.. still to loud. Made up some 1.5ers and got this http://i.imgur.com/pqXueSh.jpg Sure, 1 flier but still 3/4". Couldn't duplicate it though. The rest came in at 1 3/4" - 2". Then I tried a smidgen less than 1.5grs and...

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Malamute - Yes sir, twas you.. and a smokin deal that is.. compared to, I think it was $16+ for that hornady box. Stupid.

I wonder if something like that would be held up at the border for any length of time..

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Lol... I'm on my second bag of popcorn

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