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I should use them but dont. I have strong astigmatisms and dry eyes which fluctuate how well I see at any given time and with heat and swamp moisture I get tired of them fogging up and getting dirty. I stick to red dots these days, or should I say 'red crooked L shape slashes' which is what I percie...

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Yes not sure where I got 600 from, probably because woodleigh lists it. My first choice was actually one of the modern 1860 spencer repros in 56-50 which would also save a few dollars. Checked into the cas forums and it can be pretty hit and miss apparently. One fella reviewed 7 guns and only consid...

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i got a lot of respect for hardworking doctors, they earn their salary. What I'm not that crazy about is the salaries the top surgical specialists pull. Everyone assumes yeah they are on a couple hundred K, try into 5-10 million dollars a year. They charge 100K to put a cochlear implant in a deaf ol...

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its impressive what the alaskan can do. I think the 535 grain woodleigh was made for the 500 jeffery though,... factory velocity was 2400fps. Same calibre as the 500 nitro of course and they can interchange bullets but 500 nitro's traditional loads were 2150fps with the 570grain and 600 grain bullet...

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AJMD429 I searched your old posts thanks. Also where you answered one of my earlier threads on the 500's power levels. From what I can gather top loads should someone want to pursue them will break 4000ftlbs. its knocking on dangerous game rifle territory. I am so tight fisted with money I just wish...

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You fellas arent much help in me saving money

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Looking to add a bigbore lever action to my very small collection. I looked at 50-95 in ubertis and the spencer carbine but decided they are a bit hit and miss with chambers etc. So less traditional, but the 500S&W is on the radar now. Just considering the advantages. Its a 50cal, which smaller ...

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I'm not a big fan of tattoos dead or alive

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anywhere around 6" for me, calibres being 357

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Folks just wondered if one can use the same data for plated bullets as for cast? Looking to try some 158gn plinking loads with small charges of clays. I normally play around sub 3 grains with this powder but being plated I'm assuming I should err a little heavier to ensure bullet exits barrel?

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I hear you folks. I went through a phase of 375 and 416's myself but never really got the hang of the guns, or the financial requirements to feed them. many years later I find big leverguns more interesting.

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thanks scrumbag. Good heavens, a tank brake on a pistol cartridge seems a little over the top.

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was wondering what the 500 S&W is capable of with 20-22" barrels, whether there is a souce of heavy loads out there. Purely for interests sake I don't own one.

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I like the orginal star wars trio. The latest ones seem like a teenage soap to me.

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To be honest with our NZ friend, even in the US the 50 states and 3000 counties there have vastly differing laws. You didn't see folks getting into shootouts with police or storming city hall each time either. Even after the latest massacres some states had changes. Fact is you got to win these batt...

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amazing work, I own an Excalibur matrix but prefer the traditional look. Not a fan of all the tacticool stocks modern crossbows have.

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Some of my favorites. When projectiles expecially shotguns hit folks and sends them flying through the air. Should also be sending the firer flying backwards if it could do that. Also when some alien or monster has bullets bouncing right off it but then someone succeeds in driving an axe or metal st...

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Thanks fellas I will go and pick something up. 765x53, well hornadys data is lower than hodgons, also if you are chasing gallery loads you may be going lower than published load data.

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My collection will look pretty pathetic along side you guys. But these are all the long arms I use these days. Rossi 92 357, a little chiappa double badger in 22LR/410, and a crossbow taken down in the corner. The safe is a generic brand 11 gun safe bolted to the wall with solid 1/4" steel all ...

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I remember reading a 1/4" of ply board is equivalent to human skull. Apparently the army considered a bullet that can penetrate 1/2" pine as potentially lethal but I dont know if this referred to the skull. Not sure if either measurement is fact though or urban myth. From google the thickn...

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punt guns I had heard of but had no idea these multibarrel pieces existed that far back. wow!

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Looking to work down some low powered loads with hodgon clays behind 158 grain cast bullets in a 24" barrel rossi. I'll probably go all the way down to getting them stuck just to assure myself where that is so I can stay away from it for working loads. Wondered what size dia dowel and whether t...

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probably more of a cowboy action question, but I see them working their short stroked 1873 real fast. I understand its not a great idea to run full house loads through a gun so worked, for example not using factory 357 in them. I was also wondering if these mddifications decrease the life of the act...

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what a great thread!

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AJ I also thought there was a site that cut the same barrel down. I was mainly interested in what I would be giving up at 16". Finding a specific load for a specific rifle not in my interest. For instance, 24" barrel, why not just take my 35 Rem., 2200 from a 20 barrel. Essentially gives ...

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I thought one of those 'velocity versus barrel length' sites used single-shot Contender or Encore barrels and cut them off inch-by-inch, and part of their reasoning was to not violate laws when they got below 16" if the cartridge was a 'rifle' one. Doc Some do. The most quoted site these days ...

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interesting idea Doc like one of those german drillings. I think the shotgun is also marketed as the Akkar mammut barrel in Turkey or maybe akkar actually sells it to chiappa
https://www.akkar.com.tr/mammut-312-tri ... guns-2-515

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When I was in the game one of the main arguments was classic or modern. At one end of the scale was british calibres/british styled guns, followed by american calibres in classic styles etc, preferably CRF( controlled round feed) and the other end was synthetic stocks in new calibres with push feed....

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if something goes bump here it will probably only be 4 legged animals. I would probably unfold my chiappa 410ga/22Lr if needed which has a flashlight under the barrel. The 410 has a 5x000 buck load, no horde stopper, but no fun to get hit by either.

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NZ has limited sctructures to resist what's coming. They mostly only had good gun laws like Australia because everyone left them alone. Now the crunch comes it isn't just their leaders they are fighting, the real push comes from international lobbying, UN, world media, even US politicians lined up t...

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resurrecting these old designs by alfa proj revolving rifles.. https://stateofguns.com/long-barreled-revolvers-1807/ Despite it looking sort of funny I sort of like it, dont judge me. :D One thing I was wondering even in 22LR is reckon it'd be noisey? The barrels are 20" but that cylinder is pr...

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A note on the .357, the optimum length for velocity in a rifle appears to be 16" according to the velocity by the inch site. I believe that's where I saw the data. Problem with BBTI is they use different makes of gun to test the data. Their 18" barrel 357 is a stoeger buntline for example...

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This is an easy choice for me because I already made it. My only rifle is 357 rossi 1892, and I will say any 357 handgun with it. Curious as to how you only have one rifle. Ive been downsizing the last few years and its getting harder each time to decide which one to sell next....... todd/3leg Well...

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I'm a big fan of trying to get to your young mans weight again, also regular exercise. Getting the blood pumping loods the system with good hormones. You also get an extra veinfull of the good stuff anytime you look in the mirror and see results or get a compliment. All natural, natures strongest me...

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I have grave concerns politicians dont even run the country anymore. I think bankers have been pulling strings since WW2 but they needed the hard case generation to die out to start making overt moves with this craziness. Turn everyone into irrresponsible jellyfishes.

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This is an easy choice for me because I already made it. My only rifle is 357 rossi 1892, and I will say any 357 handgun with it.

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oops pete already mentioned adler

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I know Adler does a lever 410 as well. There are a lot of lever shotguns from turkish manufacturers these days. Adler, Uzkon, pardus etc. Not sure what is going on in turkey but they love their lever guage guns.

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I spent some time removing safes for a living. The fact is most safes aren't...safes that is. What you get mostly is a 1/4" steel box with a lot of internal trimmings adding to the weight. You need to check the actual steel in the doors and walls. The thick 'composite' door often is thin steel ...

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I used to shoot old school books inside the house with a 22LR when I was growing up. Developed a healthy respect for how well that little bullet can penetrate.

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great thread here! Another fan weighing in, not as much experience as some above but about 30 years use anyway. I don't bird with them but they are common farm guns where I am. A 410 is light enough for anyone to handle, easy fo snakes and pests. I also use them for dispatching trapped hogs, even bi...

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I have tinnitus pretty good but no balance problems thank heavens. One thing about guns is the loudest types still get through hearing protection. 40decibels is about the most you can block by covering the ears, even with two sets on, because vibration still gets through the skull and teeth which yo...

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at 25 yards an updrill, failure drill jeepnik mentioned and the box drill which is same drill but for two targets.
Also a snapshot starting standing, kneeling and then prone at 50 yards. Also teaching myself to shoot left handed at the moment. All just for fun.

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This forum should be required reading for those considering lever actions.

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Thanks for that folks I am going to get them. Now as to what to do with my old set, sell or keep them as spares...

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I've only used regular steel dies for my 357 (lee 3 die set) and was looking to get the 4 die carbide set. Do these really work without lube? Anyones life improved switching to these? I dont load huge volumes but up for making the job easier if its worthwhile.

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Well I think that the mortality rate has declined, but as the doc says the incidence rate is higher due to those modern influences he mentioned. But anyways, probably not the best forum to post about it. Was just frustrating seeing other fellas and their kin suffering here. And I hope didn't upset a...

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Although it can strike at any age, cancer is predominantly a disease of old age. Live long enough, and you will develop some form of cancer. It may not be what kills you, but it'll be there. In 1900 the average lifespan of a US male was 58. Now it is nearly 80. Cancer has always been there; it just...

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Plenty of people are telling us what causes it - we just don't like the answers, so we ignore them.... Smoking causes lung, throat, esophagus, tongue, bladder, ureter, kidney, among others. Plastics leach out chemicals known to cause breast cancer and possibly prostate cancer. All the 'make-it-easy...

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The countries I saw in Africa all had strict gun control laws but no control of guns. It seems the the less freedoms the people had, the worse they behave. Very hard to convince folks back home of this though who beieve passing stricter gun laws means better behaviour will result

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