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Scott Tschirhart

It would not shoot jacketed bullets any better than cast. So I don’t think it was intentional. These bore scope photos are of my own rifle but I’ve seen several others that look the same. I don’t know how they even got this way.

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Only accurate rifles are interesting.

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An iron sighted levergun can be quite accurate and useful. Thanks for taking us along Jim!

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Thank you Andy and everyone who helps and participates here.

I have a Project that I need to discuss with Andy.

In the meantime I drafted and filed an Amicus Brief with the US Supreme Court recently. I was honored to be asked to do it. Oral arguments will be in early December.

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I had a little leading in the throat after the cutting. Following up on Mic’s suggestion, I polished everything up with 000 steel wool followed by 0000 steel wool wrapped around an old cleaning brush. Fired 80 rounds on Sunday and fine tuned the sights and locked them down. No leading issues. I’m ve...

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Here is the result at 50 yards:

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John Killabrew came up with the idea of hand reaming that portion out so that there would be a smoother transition into the lands.

John sent me the reamer after he reamed his rifle.

Here are some photos taken during the process.

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As you may recall we were shooting patterns, not groups, with various loads in the Shootists 40th Anniversary carbine. It seemed like everyone who owned one was having the same problem. They just would not shoot. I saw a number of bore scope photos that indicated that in the transition between the c...

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The passing of an era.

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JimT wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 5:24 pm I was a much better shot when I had 1 or 2 big bore handguns, 1 rimfire handgun, 1 rifle and 1 shotgun.

I have more than I need. My wants are very simple.

But I agree. I was much better when I had much less.

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Good shooting Jim.

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The Old Hickory line of carbon steel knives are just what you need. Unfortunate I think they have been long discontinued.

BUT you can occasionally find them on EBay.

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I don’t go anywhere else.

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My doctor said that his entire team of physicians had to take the Covid vaccine…..no choice at all.

BTW, I feel back to normal. That was no fun.

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Some of that .327 ammo is hotter than a wood stove!!!

It’s a wicked round in a Single Seven!

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It’s great to see a dog get turned on like that.

My little Hunter has turned that corner.

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Outstanding!! Congratulations to both of you!

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Interesting comparison with my most commonly loaded .45 Colt cartridge.

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Looks like 20 gr is it!

I can go up but the groups suffer.

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The velocity readings are very tight

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6 rounds at 50 yards
20 gr LilGun under a Bear Creek 380 gr bullet

The three on the right are from the right barrel.

The three on the left are from the left barrel. Right at 1400 fps.

Getting very close.

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I just realized that I have not changed the tooling on my Dillon for probably two years. It just stays set up for .45 Colt.

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:43 am Videos like that make me feel how unlucky I am to live in England especially now parts of the UK are more third world than British....

I feel for you my friend. My wife so wants to visit there, but I’m
Not sure she understands how your country has changed.

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And every time I taste a Lone Star, he comes to my mind.

He taught me to ride, to rope, to face my fears in a way that still accompanies me today.

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Been carrying a J frame every day since then.

https://youtube.com/shorts/RivxKlerxis? ... mO-tOKPHdZ

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He taught me more than any other man and I still miss him.

Oscar Tschirhart was my grandfather.

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This year my doctor told me to take a number of shots. So I went down to Walgreens and took the following: Flu Pneumonia Shingles (I passed on the Covid) This morning I was going to go deer hunting but I feel like I wend a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson! Seems like I hurt all over. Anybody else ha...

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Thank you!

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My three favorites are.45 Colt, .45 Colt and.45 Colt!

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piller wrote: ↑Wed Nov 05, 2025 11:25 am H4227 is another one to try if you have it on hand.

I have some test loads with HS 6 and I have a pound of 4227 on the shelf.

But my shooting schedule has slowed down during deer season.

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Jim you are making me itch!

I have a .41 that Bowen built on a .357 frame Old Model that I really haven’t messed with.

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John Killabrew cleaned up the transition from chamber to lands in his and it looks like it solved the problem.

The reamer is on the way to me now. I’m only charging one thing at a time until it shoots.

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The transition between the chamber and the lands look like they were mashed. I think they will clean up with areamer.

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Mark is a great guy. One of the best.

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Looks like it did the job. I’d rather have that rifle than one of my AKs

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You wouldn’t believe how many loads I went through to get this gun to regulate! It is somewhat velocity related but there’s a lot more to it. Different powders result in different points of impact.

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Dove season is over and it was the best dove season I have ever had.

I kill every bit as well with my .410 as I ever did with a 12 guage.

No doubt about it. I’m sold on the.410.

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Mine is in .223 and it seems to shoot most ammo into the same group. I put a 1.5-5 Leupold on it and that seems like the right scope.

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If my pants are on, I’m packing iron. Generally a J frame these days but on weekends it’s generally a Colt or USFA .45 SAA. But the j frame is still in my pocket.

But I have Jesus regardless of whether I’m wearing pants.

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Making some good progress. But it seems like different powders with similar velocities sometimes do not regulate

This was a right and left at 50 yards leaning over the bedrail of my pickup. Good enough for most uses.

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I need to re-learn how to cast. It has been a while.

I’ll take advantage of the better weather.

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I’m splitting a few .45 Colt cases but only God knows how many times they have been fired

This was the first time I had chambers so rough that they impeded extraction

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BTW .480 isn’t much bigger than the.45 Colt so the .45 Colt hones work just fine.

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I was working with a .480 Ruger that had very difficult extraction (like beating the cases out of the chambers) with loads that were clearly not high pressure for that cartridge. I got the chamber honing tools from Brownells and after 20 minutes I was able to hone the tooling marks out of the chambe...

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I love the way the action and barrel are machined. And it mounts perfectly for the sight to be dead on for my eyes.

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This is quite familiar. Patterns instead of groups.

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I think these little carbines look so good. Like a little Square Bridge Mauser and control round feeding.

Any other fans around here?

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This is a simple design but brilliant.

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Everything about mine leads me to believe that it should shoot well. At this point I’m just frustrated with it.

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My 4 inch Redhawk shoots better than the Ruger/Marlin carbine.

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