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Old Ranger

Petroleum based lubes tend to cause the fouling of BP to get real bad, real fast. Animal fat based lube will lessen the effect of BP fouling. As with a BP revolver. You can put regular gun oil on the basepin and it will get real hard to rotate the cylinder in a very short time. Animal fat based lube...

Old Ranger

Partner, I can't help ya with that scale issue. Might be best to contact Lyman and get their views on it. I often use a Frankford Arsenal Digital scale and have found it to be spot on in it's accuracy. I have noticed that it there's ANY air moving near it, it will change with the powder just sitting...

Old Ranger

Well all things come to an end at times, and sometimes even a good one. Yesterday I paid a visit to a GOOD store in town and they are kinda like a big outdoors shop with all sorts of stuff. Got their own coffee shop to boot....So I sauntered up to the gun part of the store and ran into one of the em...

Old Ranger

Ah, no worries. I've shot computers before. I can shoot this one too!

Old Ranger problem solving method: There is nothing I cannot resolve with a good left hook or a slug from a .45!

Old Ranger

Pitchy, I'm now getting spamed as a result of that issue. Never did get spamed before! Further, there are tons of temp files showing up in my unit that never were there either. Computer is now bogging down like crazy. Guess my system is now showing signs of illness...good ole Google and their spy st...

Old Ranger

Being an old retired cop helps me "find out things" that some overlook. Found that the dealer's brother is a long time local crook, and the dealer was in business with the brother for years before he aquired this shop. Some local folks I quietly interviewed stated that the dealer has been ...

Old Ranger

Well I figure he was either trying to get it for his shop real cheap and then sell it for around 6 bills or so, or.....his "Bud" he called was looking for one and was going to get it cheap for his pal. That's what I figure anyway. Either way he was sure trying to do a real rip off. But as ...

Old Ranger

Yeah, I do know the game. As I said, I was a dealer too, but also a cop at the same time. 80% of my customers were PD. Did tons of 1911 tune ups and tricking out, as well as custom work on revolvers and some long guns. In that time, be they cop or not, I treated all my customers like I wanted to be ...

Old Ranger

I seldom start a post as I usually am the quiet type for the most part. However, I was less than impressed today at a local dealer in town close to home. I have an '81 production Browning B92 in .44mag. It's right at 95+% or better. For the life of me I can't hit a flock of barns with it at 50 yds.,...

Old Ranger

I use the very same method that as JReed stated so well in his reply. Give or take 1 gr either way from the average you cast. By the way, is that the Lee 340RNFP mould? If so, that is the best mould I have for the 45-70. That mould cast some of the most accurate bullets I've ever used in my Marlin G...

Old Ranger

I don't have a clue as to what ya'll are saying about pixa-somethings and such. I did manage to open the picture I was going to use and it didn't go. But I kept going back to something about a "Skew"??? and would take 100% and make it 50% until it finally took here as an avatar. Now as to ...

Old Ranger

I doooed it! See, this is what I'm talking about with others helping each other. BlaineG, you gave me an idea on shrinking it in the program and it worked. I don't know a photo bucket from a galvanized one, but you gave me the idea with the shrinking it down. Thanks:lol: Now I can show my "colo...

Old Ranger

BlaineG, I would, but I don't know how to make it fit!! I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to computers stuff....now I can rebuild and repair most firearms out there as I was trained to and was in the business for years. But computers? Poofff!!! I'm lost in under 60 seconds! :lol: W...

Old Ranger

Been following this post for a bit. Was not going to say anything about it as I have not observed anyone getting "huffy" with another. but then again I don't read every post here. Perhaps I missed something, but I believe, feel, etc, that this is quite a civil forum and cannot compare to s...

Old Ranger

Wow, and I thought I was the only one with this issue! But then again anything with computers causes me to go into cranial overload! :lol: flightsimmer, I agree with you as it was impossible for me to use anything that resembled a picture, thus my little Viking smiley guy was the best I could do...M...

Old Ranger

Jason,

Well done sir! Salute!!! Very proud of how you included your son in the entire project as well. This young man will grow to be an asset to the sport if not already!

Wade

Old Ranger

Lighter loads of 2400 without a bit of dacron or even toilet paper to hold the powder to the rear of the case caused many detonations in my 45-70. Scarry stuff. I no longer use 2400 in this cartridge as a result of too many booming, case scorching, ball of fire the size of a beachball muzzle flashes...

Old Ranger

PB. An old DuPont powder. I thing it's made by Hodgen now. Fast bruner! But gives a nice pop in a 38.

Old Ranger

Nice rig there. Being an OLD police type, I still had my early rig from the old days. A Don Hume Jordan Border Patrol holster and a Sam Brown belt. Now that's old school! Too bad I can't do pictures. First off I still don't know how to do that here, and second I have no digital camera! But I like th...

Old Ranger

Ya ever try Win 231? I can shoot dozens of 45-70 and still have a pretty clean bore after a days shooting. Same with my .44 and .38's. W231 is the cleanest I've used to date in 50 years of loading my own. Others will say different, but this is only from the loads I've used. I have no knowledge of th...

Old Ranger

Thank you. You have answered the needs of many I'm sure. Been looking into the blued model with the large finger lever as it reminds me of a Win. 94 I had once in .32Spl. (miss that one!) and the Rossi in .357 was of great interest to me. Now I know it will do the job! Thanks again for taking the ti...

Old Ranger

Joe, I understand how the families often make a mess of things at times like this rather than pull together as they should. A sad fact of life. However, I can only try to share some of the loss from afar and hope that your wife and yourself will remain the rock for those that need someone to stand b...

Old Ranger

Pitchy, Ya know I've jumped several times in the army. Did a couple of HALO jumps too. Repelled from a hovering helicopter into the jungle a time or two with NVA close by. But you couldn't get me near that gizmo! I ain't got the guts for that kinda stuff! Rather be shot at again! :lol: I don't think...

Old Ranger

Well, My little computer will not function well enough to pull this vidio thing up and run it. As to respect to one's parents, I called my father and mother "Sir and Ma'am" until the day I buried them. I was raised to have total respect for them, and all others. Guess I am really from the ...

Old Ranger

Pitchy,

Bro' , never loose your sense of humor! That was a good one!!

Wade

Oh, and by the way, you look like a prospector that lost his pants in a card game and was trying to sneak home before the wife seen ya!

Old Ranger

Well Pitchy, my eyes are so trashed, that today I couldn't even hit at 50 yds with my Browning 92. The sights are so fuzzy, and then the target was a big blur too that I have decided to sell or trade the rifle, as I cannot stand having a weapon I can't use. It's that bad now for me. I sure hope you ...

Old Ranger

Hey Pitchy, I got my jump wings for jumping out of aircraft that were still flying right. I'll pack a chute and then I'll feel better

Rangers lead the way.....this time it might be out the door in a hurry!!

Old Ranger

Pitchy, True story: Back in the late 20's my dad, and one of his brothers, Ray, built a glider in the loft of the barn where they lived in Montana. Since Ray was younger, he was "elected" to be the pilot. Dad and the other two brothers shoved the glider out of the loft with Ray at the cont...

Old Ranger

Being in the "past 60" crowd, diabetic, and such has played pure hades with my eyesight. Have had regular bi-focals since around 1990, but iron sights are now real hard to see. My up close vision is gone...Can't see pistol sights with glasses on. Can't see the target past 40 feet with them...

Old Ranger

Today the Boy Scouts of America turns 102 years old. Scouting does a lad good and makes him a more moral and proper man as he grows up. As a former Scoutmaster of 12 years and an old Scout to boot....I say

SALUTE!!

Wade

Old Ranger

O.S.O.K., Yeppers, those are the grips I have on order. Should do well with that 56 year old pencil barrel M&P I have. Now as to the computer thing. Years ago when they installed computers in out patrol units, I asked what that thing was. I was advised that it was an "MDT". I told the ...

Old Ranger

As to seeing the target, this sight allows a far better view than a semi-buckhorn. Clear sight of the game is not an issue. While my eyes were "in tune" with this sight, I was able to quickly get on target with several hogs with the Marlin Guide Gun. The Marbles Bullseye sight does sit low...

Old Ranger

O.S.O.K., Well you got me off my duff and inspired. Here I was doing ok with the Pack's Gripper grips in place from an old duty piece I had way back when.....But I missed the feel of rosewood and so I ordered a set of Target Smooth Rosewood from Handgungrips.com. They're slightly less flaired at the...

Old Ranger

Those new grips just set that baby off right! Love rosewood grips anyway. Now you're gonna make me get a set fo my old M&P 4" pencil barrel! :D And those grips look similar to the ones that old Skeeter used to have on many of his Smiths. Again, they look great and I know that your shooting ...

Old Ranger

Perhaps I'm a stuffed shirt too. However, the forum that some are talking about left a very bad taste in my mouth. Little over a year ago they (that forum that spells different) had many of their members attack my little brother for using Tripple 7 in a 45-70 "because he was using fake powder&q...

Old Ranger

I went back to casting my own agaain. I tried some store bought bullets in my .44mag Browning 92 and in my Marlin GG in 45-70. Both bullets were bevel based and had that crayon hard lube in them. Got leading in both weapons at ANY velocity I shot them. My findings are as follows: 1. The lube that th...

Old Ranger

If my date codeing is correct that would make your rifle a 1988 production. Microgroove bores are, as the other's said, prone to wanting larger diameter rounds. Case in point; Had a .30-30 with a bore that miked out at a dead on .308". Shot .308" and .309" jacketed stuff all day, but ...

Old Ranger

John Baker, go easy brother and rest in peace.

Wade

Co.H 75th Ranger Reg.

Old Ranger

I had a similar problem with my GG when I got it a few years ago. I had used for the past 45 years, an Ideal (now Lyman) 457124, a 385 gr in Lyman #2, or a 405 in a soft mix of 1:30. With my old original Trapdoors and my Sharps, this bullet was my workhorse slug for years. Flash forward to 2009 and ...

Old Ranger

Pitchy, I was sitting here in front of my little computer drinking my chocolate milk as a nightcap before heading off to bed when I caught sight of your latest here. First off it took me about 10 minutes to clean the mess up as I was in mid-swollow when I saw the "Chief"! :lol: Then I had ...

Old Ranger

Shucks Pitchy, I like that set up. The little ingots are just what the doctor ordered for a ladle melt. Sharp thinking there buddy! You keep going and we're gonna have to create an award in your honor; "Pitchy's Handy-Dandy Gizmo Award". This, of course, will become the benchmark for all o...

Old Ranger

2ndovc, The ASM's are sometimes looked upon as a weapon of poorer quality by some folks, as to the other brands. I have found this not to be the case, and many are very well built and have great fittting and finish. That said, I can speak for my own ( I have three ) and the Dragoon I shoot does well...

Old Ranger

Grizz, No worries! I have that memory thing going on too....what the dickens were we talking about anyway? :lol: I don't have any trouble with the storing of my memories. It's when I try to pull that memory up is where I get into trouble! It's lost in my thick skull! :o Have fun with that sight. Let...

Old Ranger

Nice piece! Have a 2nd Mod Dragoon made by ASM that I got new in 1969. It is my most favorite BP revolver of all past and present. When I want to shoot something, and do it with style, I get my Dragoon. You're gonna love it I'm sure. They have a feel all their own that cannot be described, but once ...

Old Ranger

Had one of the Bullseye sights on my Marlin GG for a while. My eyes are a mess since getting up in years and diabetes added to the mix. The Bullseys sight was a real improvement for me. I have mounted so many different sights on this stubby weapon though I lost track of where I put that bullseye sig...

Old Ranger

Guys, I know that there are "good snakes" like the king snake and such, but I am not a snake person. Ever since I was a child I have killed snakes. Just like coyotes and hogs. A varmit is a varmit. When I take three steps out my door and find a copperhead in my path, Blamo! He's a dead one...

Old Ranger

Glad you found a keeper! A round butt with a heavy barrel. Not one you see everyday either. Good catch! Myself, I shoot a 1956 M&P model with the old pencil barrel. And as the others have said so well; the mod 10 is a real workhorse and just simply a good all round good pistol. Wish I still had ...

Old Ranger

That photo looks like it was taken inside a drained above ground pool! Now someone will no doubt say leave the weapon in there and fill it up again. But that's not me saying that. I'm just studying the responses thus far and that follows the pattern

Old Ranger

Well, would it help if I told you guys that the overnight low was 28? It just got warm by noon and me and the dog at work were out in the sun drinking coffee and enjoying the day in short sleeves... :D But I'm sure that by Sat it will be in the mid 50s! Then you can feel sorry for me :lol: And Pitch...

Old Ranger

Pitchy, Remember when I got myself that Browning B92 in .44mag., and then found out that it wouldn't cycle ammo loaded with Keith SWC's? Well, a bud said, load 'em like you do with a Keith slug in the .357 mag....Seat 'em on the front of the driving band like ya do for a short cylinder on some of th...

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