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Stevie

There are two different tip sizes of firing-pins for original M1892 rifles. The earlier style has a fairly large diameter tip that protrudes from the bolt-face...the newer type is small. Maybe you are replacing the firing-pin with the wrong one?

I know too that dry-firing is tough on firing pin tips.

Stevie

A lot of the old westerns used M92 style rifles without handguards...I always supposed this was so the guns would look more like a pre-civil war Henry rifle. Then there was the movie 'All's Quiet On The Western Front'...the German rifles were pretty close...however the guns looked more like Turkish ...

Stevie

Yeh...the one leg of the lifter does appear bent. Did you actually take the lifter detent and spring out of the lifter and clean the hole and parts? The detent notches don't look too bad...pretty certain my .44-40 carbine is worn similar. I did take my lifter detent out and cleaned the hole and spri...

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Yeh..I think Sig will get it all sorted out as well. And as 30-30 reported Glock has the ability to provide a manual safety beyond the trigger lever. I think the Philippines had Glock design a manual safety like decades ago for whichever guv agency ordered G17 pistols. If I recall in the 1980's US p...

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Make sure the screws holding the left and right cartridge guides are tight....it really does sound like the lifter detent has an issue though if the lifter is dropping down trying to chamber.

Stevie

The Sig issue with 9mm ball ammo doesn't surprise me. I've fired both .40S&W and 9mm full size 320 pistol...The 9mm would leave live ammo in the dirt. It's not really noticeable during shooting....however when you pickup brass and find a live round or two on the ground it gets you to wondering. ...

Stevie

there are detent notches in the receiver and a detent plunger and spring in the lifter/carrier itself. I wonder if the notches are full of crud or the detent or spring in the lifter is weak/worn or missing? I brought a old Winchester 1892 carbine that was beyond rough back to life with money...work ...

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I own several reloading presses. A couple LEE's and a couple of the old Lyman 'Spartans'....My very favorite is a LEE 'Classic' I bought from Midway a few years ago. I will say that the Lee Classic is not the cheapest press on the market...and that the main reason I bought it was that it would take ...

Stevie

I believe TC gave up on the somewhat traditional guns after a fire destroyed the factory. JIMHO new in lines are not muzzleloaders. Or, shortly after being purchased by Smith & Wesson. I think the factory fire wiped out production of those cool TC87 switch-barrel rifles. From what I could deter...

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Just a simple question, or it seems to be one to me. Would you consider a caplock with a side hammer to be primitive enough for primitive firearm season, or would it need to be a flintlock? I am not trying to start a fight. I just would like to hear from the members on here about this issue because...

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At the gun-store the other day I saw a new looking TC Hawkin flintlock .50 cal rifle on the rack(they mix new and used guns together out where you can fondle them). Anyhow...I was sort of interested in a flintlock and already own a percussion TC Hawkin .50 and a TC Renegade .54..findin them both rel...

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I went to Acadamy or one of the sporting goods' stores looking for some factory 10 shot Ruger mags for my 10-22....All they had were 25 shot aftermarket mags. The clerk acted like I was crazy for wanting a factory ten shot mag! I couldn't find a factory mag anywhere close by and ended up ordering a ...

Stevie

Thanx for all the info! There are a lot of parts inside a M1897.

I guess I had never seen an earlier version of the 1897 shotgun before. The I watched the take-down video posted above...and in the youtube menu there is an animation on how the M1897 works....pretty cool!

Stevie

I've owned at least three of those over the years...should have my rear end kicked for trading off a deluxe model. I have a keeper now...the first Ruger 10/22 I have seen with a metal butt-plate and first standard carbine with a walnut stock. I think my walnut standard carbine dates to like 1974 acc...

Stevie

I don't think the one I looked at had any missing pieces...it had all the forearm screws and more or less intact...even the barrel/receiver take-down joint was snug.

It was lacking finish and dirty as sin tho...I can't decide if I need another 'project' gun or not.

Stevie

I built a 'Heathkit' or something like that brand as a kid....I had to run like a 100 meters of wire and hook to a barb-wire fence to get it to work...I couldn't get it to work on the house's ground rod and had to drive a copper pipe in the ground for a ground. Mine had a crystal crystal and no razo...

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Nothing that was unresolved...I have had a couple experiences with sellers on 'no reserve' auctions that I won for cheap...and then suddenly they 'don't have' the firearm or there is something 'wrong' with it. My guess both instances of that are that the guns did not bring what the seller expected a...

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I have been looking for a serviceable/original M1897 12ga for a couple years. Most I've found have seen the ravages of time and abuse...with cut off stocks...shortened barrels...various damage from trying to get them apart, etc. I saw one yesterday that wasn't priced too bad...had a decent looking b...

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Barrel...as in oil barrel...unit of measurement...but I guess it's used to mean gun barrel too.

Stevie

Odd things about shooting a percussion Sharps....I've always tried to be a safe black powder shooter...and one of the safety rules has always been not to leave any air-space in the load...as in be sure ball and powder are seated tight in the breech/barrel/cylinder. Fine and dandy with a muzzle-loade...

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I do think nitrated paper causes more bore fouling than non-nitrated paper. Using super-glue as cartridge glue as some advise...sometimes left tough to remove 'streaks' in the bore...for some reason Elmer's stick glue and nail polish don't. My biggest beef with the non-nitrated paper is grass fires!...

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More ramblings about shooting percussion Sharps.... https://www.ar15.com/forums/armory/Percussion_Sharps_/16-386845/? Here is another archived thread with some useful info...or at least info I found useful...there are some good pics of 'Sharps paper-cutter' cartridges here. Also a good pic of my sty...

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Stevie, the guru of all the makes of paper-cartridge Sharps performance is Charlie Hahn. Almost all the guys in the North-South Skirmish Association that run Civil War Sharps firearms rely on Charlie. Give him a shout: http://www.hahnmachineworks.com/ I briefly played with a Pedersoli many years ag...

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Yep...healing prayers sent

Stevie

Something I will say that's a good feature on this particular IAB Sharps is that it does not have the lever leaf-spring that requires the inlet in the forearm and the notch in the lower/front of the receiver. I guess that historically these areas could accumulate loose powder and potentially blow th...

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Ahh..Done with breakfast...will continue. Barbarossa is entirely wrong on his assessment of the IAB Sharps...I could hit the ground...the backstop...I could hit the entire planet Earth..and maybe even a barn door!...It was shooting with any sort of precision that was the issue... :shock: This not so...

Stevie

I got one of these early last year...a NOS IAB Sharps 1863 military carbine. I had always wanted a paper-cutter black powder .54 Sharps and got this one from a fund-raising silent auction at the Local Elks Lodge(my wife got a cool cast iron Chimenaya same auction). I will say that I had zero experie...

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I bought a Glock 20SF a couple years ago..just to see what 10mm is all about. Like the .357 mag there are all sorts of levels of ammunition for the 10mm. I'm not a big fan of super-duper extra big blast heavy bullet ammo you can buy from the specialty ammo manufacturers. Best as I could tell with se...

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I have not attended a gun show in quite a few years...but I used to go all the time..usually with at least some of the kids in tow and sometimes the entire family. Most of the shows had at least some booths/tables with lady stuff. Often the gun show would be pared with craft shows. Nothing like push...

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Yeh..that is a nice buy on that Gun Broker .44-40 sporting rifle! I bought a Rossi .44-40 carbine used a few years ago and paid $400(local buy). The Rossi I bought is quite similar to the carbine in the OP pics but probably an older Interarms import. At the time it was about impossible to find a .44...

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I'm NW of OKC...was 5 degrees this morning....no snow...no nothing but cold

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Hubert's Shoe Oil brought a 1888 vintage 'Wilkenson Sword Co' sword-bayonet scabbard that came from the Nepal cache back to life. Have used the Hubert's oil on several pretty dilapidated leather items with success. I honestly thought the big British bayo scabbard was probably too rotten to salvage.....

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I had thought Jamison was tied up with government contracts for 40mm grenade launcher brass...but then I didn't realize they had been bought-out by Captech. The only business I've done with them was for .577/.450 Martini Henry brass and it was not cheap at all! I actually found it cheaper to buy Ten...

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I do know that commercial vehicles and trucks need various licenses and fuel stamps plus whatever insurance requirements for state to state transport. These requirements vary by state. Best to have your ducks in a row...or cross state lines somewhere besides the main drag where the weigh stations ar...

Stevie

Besides tractors...my wife's 67 MGB is the only thing on the place with a manual trans.

Stevie

I've got one of those!...Mine has a shorter barrel but is aa late 40's/early 50's HD Military.

My pistol is somewhat picky about ammo...but works perfectly with Federal standard velocity lead bullets which is what I've read these were designed for.

Stevie

Probably piston packing in the cylinder...but could be the relief valve or pump itself could be shot. A weak pump will normally work better when the oil is cold and taper-off as the oil heats-up.... Most log splitters I've seen are closed center systems with gear pumps. The lever valve is a simple s...

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Probably depends on the state and the builder's criminal status...but for the most part..no I don't think it's illegal to manufacture yourself a gun. Now if you were to start pumping-out .22 derringers for re-sale that might be another story! There are plenty of folks that buy 80% AR receivers and f...

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If you have good pipes...the 'Liquid Lightning' will eat a clog...it's like 3000% sulfuric acid...smells bad....makes pipes extremely hot(so no old poly-butyl grey pipe)...read warnings on the bottle! It's way more potent and effective than any other liquid drain cleaner I've ever seen...in fact I'v...

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Hmmm..lots of excellent info for me! Hornady range brass...found it no sweat..in a baggy all it's own as I had segregated it a couple years ago...two full length Federal cases and 14 Hornady bass in TWO different lengths! Eleven of the Hornady .45-70 brass measure approx. 2.033"...but three are...

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Since 45-70 headspaces on the rim easiest 'fix' is to trim brass so you can use those big mutha's. Like Blaine said, you don't have to use the cannelure. Years ago some manufacturer made a tool to roll your own cannelure anywhere you wanted, if you can find a tool then you are set( if you wanted to...

Stevie

if you reload you could use Hornady leverrevolution brass or trimm your brass to that length ,then seat bullet to the crimp groove ,.if need to trimm shorter till it works ,,thats what i did with mine to get it to work I actually thought about the Hornady short brass as I have some of that(range sa...

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I've owned my Browning 1886 carbine since 2012 and really have not reloaded a lot of cartridges for it. Most of the ammo I've made has been 405gr hollow-base bullets from a LEE mold or purchased 350gr lead bullets I've bought. Those being 'trapdoor' level loads since I own and shoot a couple of thos...

Stevie

The only 'sporterized' military gun I own is a M1898 Krag somebody bobbed the barrel to 24" and cut the forearm off carbine style. It still had reminants of the original sights...but the front sight had been soldered on crooked and the Krag rear sight was suffering broken and missing parts. I r...

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Somebody made a run of 5mm Remington not too long ago. Probably Aguila..but may have been Remington or CBC? I own a Winchester Model 1903 .22 auto rifle....22 Winchester Automatic is the chambering...and I have not had much issue finding and buying that stuff...Aguila makes it in brown boxes.. and I...

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Draft animals are a science and skill and art unto itself...literally horse, mule or oxen power. You can ride a draft animal...but it's hard to pull a riding horse.

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Oh..I don't usually find much to gripe about on new commercial ammunition. I just thought it odd Winchester would turn-out new ammo in doinked-up cases. I'm not going to gripe to Winchester about it...I'm going to shoot the stuff up and use the brass!

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The constantly having to log in issue just mysteriously resolved itself for me! I noted last night I could leave the page come back and still be logged on. Is working today as well...huh..strange

Stevie

Thanx for the reassurances and advice....The auto charge scale to me is like cell phone to a cave man! I'll give the Trail Boss a try...for some reason I had it in my head that stuff might not work too well. Probably since Trail Boss didn't flow well through my trickler for whatever reason. I notice...

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Have never really researched the deal...but I suppose it's the plastic hopper and static charge that precludes the use of black powder in hopper equipped powder measures huh? About the only cartridges I load with black powder would be .577/.450 Martini Henry and I have turned a batch or two of .45-7...

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