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Fellow over on Castboolits.gunloads.com does cylinder work to even out/open throats using, IIRC, a Sunnen hone. Goes by DougGuy.

Heard those Stainless cylinders are harder than Woodpecker lips!!!

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Drove up to Wyoming. Didn't think it would be that bad on the interstate, but it was packed. Made it part way to Casper and stopped at a rest area. Took 10 min. to get to the bathrooms(for guys) and at least double that for the ladies. Headed back towards Colorado and found a place to park and waite...

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Treat everyone with respect. Till they lose that privilege by their actions. What Grandad taught me.

C.T.----have a cousin that lives in Willits----small world

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I would think around $500 for the barrel, contoured, threaded and chambered and about the same to get it installed/blued. I might be low however, so I would budget $1500 and if it comes in less, then great!!

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Was up in your neck of the woods, recently, kind of. Penn side not to far from Erie Beautiful country. Did get snowed on a bit.

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Sorry for your loss, hope you had many a good years with her around

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I have shot 180 xtp and 180 Rem SJHP thru my Remlin 357mag with good groups @100yds and they work well in my Rossi too. I drive them pretty fast with 300-MP powder

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Glad to see you quitting. Mom was a heavy smoker and died when I was 18. Dad (Step) was a heavy cigar smoker and quit when he was in his late 60's, but developed throat cancer anyhow, about 5 years later. I never did smoke (inhaled a lot of secondhand smoke though). Only non-smoker in the family. Do...

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Gonna need a bigger reloading press and a custom mould and lead pot for that Warthog round. Not to mention a BUNCH of wheelweight lead to feed that thing!!! Powder/primers are another story

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Wheelweights will work fine. Even something like 96-3-1 pb/as/sn will work fine. You can even drop them hot from the mould into cold water, to harden them somewhat.

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Heck, I would just love to fly the plane, much less let a few rounds off downrange.

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S&W 624

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Favorite?? Eagles
Lots of other that I like, but Eagles all the way here!!

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Don't forget the Beretta 45 acp carbine

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If you decide to get rid of that 32 mag cylinder, please keep me in mind!!

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Finally took out my '92 to see how it shoots. Won't tell you how long I have had it and not shot it, but its been years since I bought it. It looks too good to not have been refinished, but what the heck, bought it as a shooter. Its a 32-20 RBFM. Shot at a chunk of clay pigeon at our 100yd berm and ...

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Sounds like TraderVic and I are similar. Some days I feel a lot younger (but not many) and other days a lot older, especially when I do something stupid. Wife asks me what she can do for me and I tell her to turn back the hands of time on my body at LEAST 20 years, 30 would be better!!

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Was wandering the show before the doors opened and passed by a table with brass. Never know what you will find, but never expected to find what I did!! There in a 30 cal can was some 25-20 brass!!! New, no less!! At a price I was willing to live with. My 1892 will be happy now :) They had some 60gr ...

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Have a gun show here this weekend. A number of 92's here at the show. At least a dozen. Saw one 25-20 go out the door and there are a couple of 32-20's and 38-40's. One of the 38-40 was really nice. Might have followed me home, but don't think my other 38-40 would have appreciated the competition. A...

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Seen a number of them here in CO. Granted not a lot at one show, but over the years seen probably a couple dozen. One I regret passing up was a 25-20 with a sewer pipe for a barre and not much finishl. Could have been re-lined/refinished. $200. This was about 5 years ago.

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Try applying some lube to a few powder coated bullets and trying that out. I did in a 35 whelen I once had and was suprised that it did indeed shrink the groups down a bit.

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You might seat the gas checks with your .358" die and then powder coat the bullets. Should bring up to .360-.361" and might improve things.

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708 , 356 , 405 , 445 and 454

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Sixgun Well, I will say "Thank You"!!. Also been casting/loading for the last 45 years or so, but I keep an open mind as there is still a lot I don't know. Thats why I come here, because of the vast amounts of knowledge here and a good attitude towards others so inclined Rockrat is my Harl...

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Like 'jimT' it depends on how bad it is and how much of it is in the book.

Now TV, I just laugh at how stupid some things are

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Thanks for the hint of using a 45 colt seating die. Will try that. Been thinking of ordering a LFCD. Will expand/bell using my 44mag expander. I will get there UPDATE----Found a Lee 44 special seat/crimp die, but crimp part of die was smaller than the bullet diameter, so was seating bullets way down...

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I have a few moulds that cast at .433". Plenty of belling on the case mouth. I think there is not any clearance on the neck of the seating die, for the neck of the case, so instead of running the case into the die, it just stops when the case neck enters that portion of the die. Kind of like if...

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Sixgun---you are spot on, it was .431". Figured I needed a .433" cast bullet for the mirco-groove barrel. Bad thing is, my dies were designed for smaller bullets and crush the case about half the time, when trying to seat the bullets. Not enough clearance between the neck and case. Thinkin...

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Picked it up. Will get pics soon. Still has the Marlin sticker on the forearm. I am wondering if the thing is unfired or if fired, durn little. No box though
What have you found to be the bore/groove dia. on the 44-40 guns?

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Have a chance to pick up one of these recent made guns and wondering what they are worth? 97% or so.

Thanks

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Godspeed Ron, you will be missed

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and IIRC, EAB (E. Arthur Brown)

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Guess they will go after car makers and brewerys next with the precedent set by this

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Think our LGS might have a box or two, I can check on them if need be

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Same here. Hope he is doing well

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I just figured on the 218 Bee brass, so it could also be turned into 25-20. Oh well, keep watching at the gun shows.

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Emailed them about making 218 bee brass. They replied that they are not doing custom jobs right now and would not even consider the 218 BEE as they said the 32-20 was tough enough to make and the 218 BEE brass would be even worse. Thought you guys might want to know.

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Prayers for you and your family.

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Long time, probably 40 years

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Prayers up for continued healing.

Keep missing him at the Tulsa show. Hope to see him in the Fall.

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I run mine thru a taper crimp die until they chamber.

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Have had a NF 44spcl that went down the road. traded it on an 1892 in 38-40, kind of rough outside, but bore was near mint. Had a new nickled 44-40 5.5" that I never shot and it went down the road. Only one I have left is a 1st. gen. in 38 spcl that I had "redone" by a fellow named sc...

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338ME XLR or 356Win XLR.

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Might get a hold of Manson, JGS, or Clymer and ask them if they will send you a print of their AI reamer.

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Picked up some 380 today for a decent price. First I have seen around here somewhat reasonable.

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I quit GB after problems when trying to sell my 338 mxlr. I look to see what things are worth or selling for, but haven't bought anything. Had a revolver I really wanted, but refuse to give them any more money.

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I think the least I paid was 69 cents for a box of 50. Built a gun rack in shop class that had a drawer and it held 12 boxes of 22's. I thought I was rich in 22's if it was full. In my early 20's, I would stop by Otasco when they had 22's on sale and buy a case or two. Remington in a brown box and P...

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Pretty sure it was, as I think I saw a box of them for sale at one time, long ago.

Too cold here to be messing with water jugs, maybe come later in the Spring!!

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Along the lines of the question on the Nosler bullets, I picked up some of the Silvertip 44 bullets at our last gun show and was wondering about using them also in a 44 special? Would they expand at around 1000fps or less or do I just need to use them in a 44 mag or 44-40?

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Probably would be marched out in handcuffs with the TV crew filming the whole thing. School cancelled because of the "trauma" inflicted on other students/staff.

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