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I bet he said does this angle make my butt look big

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Excellent write up nice conversions.

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Will pray for a full recovery.

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I've found several , I have 1993 master catalog ,not in there. I found the 1994 Christmas ,not in there. But I now for fact that's the correct year my Wife ordered my 1860 Army. A vendor sent me a picture ,they are in the 1996 master catalog for sure. My guess the 1994 must have been a special sales...

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Does anyone happen to be a catalog hoarder and have an old Cabelas main catalog from 1994 ? Or shortly after.
Trying to find the add where they first started selling the Colt Signature series blackpowder revolvers.

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Once a barrel has been overtorqued it has to be completely removed. Inspect the shoulder ,if it is upset (raised) it needs swaged back down. Once that's done hand tight it should stop against face and have at least 10-15 degrees of torque to top dead center .

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You stop tightening when it indexes top dead center extractor cuts lined up. Not until you can tighten anymore. He may have ruined the barrel if it was like what I showed and then he went past center. He upset shoulder , it can be swaged back down with a mirror polished blocks and good vice or press...

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Although this is 1892 carbine same thread detail as 1894. Photo shows ideal hand tight prior to indexing about 15 degrees rotational torque. Round barrels can be roll swaged to upset shoulder prior to install to increase torque. Octagons are a little harder to swage and will generally be noticeable ...

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Walt that's a beautiful bore and is Cold Hammer Forged
Not Microgroove.

As you can see the differance in my old JM Marlin 336 35 Rem.

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The 1894 357 is NOT micro groove it is Cold Hammer Forged over mandrel . Not Ballard either which is cut .

This is the best current barrel method available.

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About any firearm you get can and will need to be fine tuned to perfection. These rifles are working man's tools not high end custom guns. The beauty here is all FORGED frame, lever ,barrel etc. Made in USA !! Send the owner a personal email explaining your concerns and what you did to make it suite...

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IIRC 1956 was first year Marlin introduced microgroove rifling in all rifles. I have 1982 336 35 REM and 1990 883 both JM and both micro groove rifling.Id like to have the 44 in 1894 .
Probably send frame of for color case hardening too.

On my list near the top.

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Wonder how he would feel with the current Colt ownership?

It's just a a shame that legends like Colt and Winchester are no longer an Anerican made firearm.

Happy birthday Sam ,thanks for your contributions .

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Still is a testament of the accuracy of the handloads and great shooting.

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Jim, Your post didn't say how you fired these groups?
Looks like very fine shooting no doubt.

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If I was going to set it back I would make custom short rifle like Winchester did by taking 1" off rear of barrel. Re-set proper torque,shorten forend ,etc. If you cannot do this yourself you'll pay more for modifying than you could have bought a brand new Winchester marked barrel from Winchest...

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Did he torque it past center or is it just hand tight and went past center? You have to index to have some torque ,at least 1/16" -3/16" rotational prior to top dead center. You could use precision steel shim but you will see it at frame face . Look like chit. For me first step would be ca...

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I was going to say same, just buy a screw on ramp with dovetail sight . Put any sight you want in it.

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Too much dirt inside to tell anything

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I'll take a closer look,thanks

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Both ? they are different types, one is pointed,other is blunt .Grooves are also different.

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Can anyone identify these two mini balls recovered from New Market Battlefield years ago . Appear to be two different types.

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One of things I hate on New Models is bolt rides the cylinder. I remember seeing that wear line on an old Colt or Ruger ,you knew how it got there from someone not knowing how to cock and load One. Also main culprit on old Colt SAA's breaking hammer notches people lowering hammer from half or less t...

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Interestingly Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on same day July 4th 1826 , 50 years later

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One of the biggest misnomers and I've read it on Winchester forum where people in the know think these lines are folds in the metal where welding did not take .INCORRECT . No forge welding is done ,forging heat is just high enough to shape the ingot into the die. They start with a round hot roll bar...

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Striations generally refer to marks,scratches, done by some force either from machining,wear ,polishing,etc. The forging grain lines are just the end grains breaking down following the grain structure itself.Some of this is the coarse grain structure of these older steels. Some could be from the for...

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We always use marigolds around ours. The stinch of them keeps most varmints away.

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Michael I think you already have it from long ago . S/N 297917 1905 IIRC The catch is when I purchased ,actual traded for this rifle 30 years ago it had been rebarreled with a last of production round barrel . But the forend cap was that of octagon. This status is why I chose the rifle for a restora...

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I've seen a few on my zucchini, last year I had all we could eat black beauties , zucchini cake, grilled,fried .noodles you name it. I think I'll go ahead and plant second batch just in case.

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We have raised beds, to early to harvest yet .Can't plant here until after May 10-15. . I have tomatoes on vine half grown. ,cucumbers blooming, peppers about size of tic tac. Zucchini three inches or so . Couple more weeks should have Zuccini . All planted late May . Really too much intense sun thi...

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Nice , I love the muskets and quite often original 1873's can be found in near excellent original shape for reasonable money.

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I need to try some different target ammo ,the bores in these latter single sixes are .224-.225 .larger leaf moly coated target like Rem target or similier usually do better.

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Had the old 1892 out today for wipe down , really looked hard at tge forging lines , you can see now after nearly three decades of no actual use just yearly wipedown the charcoal bluing is starting to flake along these lines just like the originals did. Kind of puts a timeliness on this occurance.

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Well Fridays are the qualification day for me ,monthly shoots on Hawks BR Forum. Got the 1971 old model single six out both main groups were good but had one flyer in each taking keeping me from qualifying this month. Qualification is 10 shots under 6" at 25 yards Standing Offhand . Unsupported...

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I believe that is ECM rifling

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Most of the time I'll buy original parts if I can get them quick from ebay. But it's nice to know if need be quick trip to basement and voila .

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I admire your skills ! Nicely done. When you get it all fixed up how about a range report firing from a rest to see what the rifle is capable of please ? My guess it will shoot near one hole groups from bench , my 29's will. I'll try it maybe next week or so see. I usually shoot 25 yards standing o...

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I had been looking for a 1914 but they are either toast or very expensive. Picked this one up for $188 . And was pretty nice rifle Sans the few issues. The stock has a stuff repair that I'll make a Dutchman splice soon. Fired two more 10 shot groups offhand at 25 yards,it had potential .Nice wide tr...

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Has a nice bore with just a couple light patches of fine pitting. Good sharp rifling that took over 50 patches to get lead out.
I think it will be a shooter.

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Recently picked up a gunsmith special Savage 1914 pump. Action was locked. Fixed that issue easy enough ,simple pivot pin was missing .Quick fab and install spring that loose because of missing pin. Action works slick as a ribbon now. Second issue somebody put a hardware store screw in slide handle ...

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I don't know what hurts worse ,the mount or the pimp shined finish

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The simple fact how thin a Colt 45 SAA cylinder is would merit being very cautious if firing was planned. I think possible crack or other issue with steel is climbing to the top of this failure analysis.

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The other possibility that seems overlooked is the fact there could have been a crack in one of the chambers from a previous shooting and went unseen and the ammo used had absolutely nothing to do with the blow up. 45 Colt chambers there is only about .012 wall thickness at locking notch . Pre WW1 s...

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Delete,double post

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Mike wrote about this mysterious blow up several times. You have to read them to get a since of what happened that day. The .200 grain semi wadcutter bullet I believe played a big roll in what happened. He stated a "guy" gave him 200 count . What were they cast from ? Doesn't sound like a ...

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I don't believe a mis-aligned cylinder can blow a gun like that unless the powder charge is over-pressure. If the cylinder is far enough out of line to stop the bullet the firing pin will not hit the primer. It takes a pressure spike to break and bend metal. There have been numerous tests running o...

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I wonder how much age, and wear from firing countless black powder cartridges with corrosive priming, had to do with that failure. My guess it had a lot to do with the lighter semi wadcutter bullets he used . He states in the book it allowed him to use more powder than he usually did in 45 Colt. So...

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Better picture of Mike's SAA 45 ,this sixgun was a gift from Hank Williams Jr.

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If you read Kuhnhausens Colt SAA shop manual he shows a number of blown Colts and copies . Misalignment of cylinder to bore ,and even under powered smokeless loads have caused these .

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Mike speaks of the lighter bullet allowed for more powder capacity . So was he shooting blackpowder?
Did the semi wadcutter find a misalignment of cylinder to bore?

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