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I'm psyched about the 327 Fed. I agree that the name isn't the best as there are now 2 .32 mags, but i guess we can now go by .32 H&R and .32 Fed I have 2 .32H&R handguns and love the round. I can't wait for ruger to come out with a single action revolver in .32 Fed. I'm thinking that if you...

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Thanks for all the advice so far guys!

JimT what powder and how much do you use in those loads.

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Hey guys, A little while back, I asked for advice on either a ruger nm blackhawk in 41 mag or a ruger security six in .357 mag. well I took your advice and I'm getting both. I've got the 41 now and will pick up the 357 soon. I decided on a new blackhawk in 41mag with 6.5" barrel. As ammo is pre...

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must be a southern thing, because i certainly cannot relate - especially for breakfast!!????

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no the play in the cylinder is just a little rotationally, i dont think thats a big deal. there isn't any front to back. i had to look up what end play meant.

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I just saw the new movie APPALOOSA. it was good and there are quite a few leverguns in it. and a double barrel 8 guage

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thanks for all the great advice guys! i wonder if i could possibly convince the wife that i should get both of them. maybe I could get both and see which one I liked better and then sell one............eventually

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Yes, I think I will offer a little more on the security six.

if he decides to hold on to it, i'll look into the .41

Thanks for all the great advice. I think i was mostly wondering what people thought of the .41mag - in case i need to go that route.

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Reloading is not a problem. I currently load for the 32 H&R and am ready to load for 30-30,32ws,32-40.

also, whatever handgun i get will not be shot a tremendous amount. i really only shoot enough to be ready to hunt.

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Hey guys, I've been thinking of getting a handgun for general use, truck, woods, etc. I have a 32 H&R but wanted something a little heavier. A friend of a friend has a ruger security six w/ 4" barrel in 357mag that wanted to sell, but now might be having second thoughts. He was throwing aro...

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hondo, yes, check under your barrel. I have a 32/40 made in 1925 and it has the MNS stamp under the barrel. I'm also about to start loading for my 32/40 also, haven't shot it yet. I have some 5744 that I'm going to try with cast bullets and i'm going to try some 3031 with jacketed. Good luck

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Hobie, Do you mean in Virginia? I know they have them in North Carolina. We had a grad student who spent some time in NC with a closed population that they were protecting and monitoring to increase numbers. I hadn't heard that there were any around here - except for that guy who breeds red wolf hyb...

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definitely most shots would be between 25 and 75 yards

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wow, thanks for the great info guys!

Maybe I'll shoot for between 1800 and 1900 and see how she does.

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I know that hornady and speer both make .321 jacketed bullets. does anyone know what the lowest velocities either of these bullets will reliably expand at is?? I'm shooting for 1800 fps and am wondering if either of these would work well in deer at that low of a velocity. I know that Hawk makes a .3...

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Sweet! I love those guns. My dad has one that he got when he was 14 or something. I used it to win a 4H competition when i was about 14. It made the judges smile, because there were a lot of kids with match looking rifles decked out with fancy sights and stuff and there was me, this poor country kid...

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I love the .22 mag. THe ammo is definitely more expensive than regular .22 ammo, though which is a bummer - seems like its more expensive than the .22lr than it should be though to me. I read an article by Paco declaring the .22mag as the perfect survival type rifle - with proper placement you can k...

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Very cool, thanks, that will be helpful.

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Thanks for the tip,

I have noticed that Midway's shipping prices are high! I usually go in on orders with a friend to offset the price, but we'll check out brownells.

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Hey guys. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me the correct front sight height for two winchester pre-64 guns. When looking at replacement front sights on midway, there appears to be about a million diff heights and bead diameters. 1. This is my dads (it was his dad's). It was made in 1899 and origina...

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Very cool post. I'll have to check under the barrel of my 32-40 built in 1925. I would be good to know what type of steel the barrel is before I start to load for it. Does anyone know the different pressures that can be loaded in the different barrel steels? Not that I know what pressures the loads ...

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GunSmith, thanks for all of those tip on the 32-40!!! Ysabel kid, I didn't do the work, a gunsmith did, but I like the duracoat - I don't love they way it looks on an old winchester - but it seems really tough. yeah, he did a good job filling those holes - I think he just threaded some plugs into th...

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Buck, thanks, sounds simple enough - i'll look into that.

ceb, yes, that gun was my uncle's and my dad says that it has brought lots of meat to the table

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I thought i would share some pics of a couple poor old abused leverguns I inherited a couple years ago. I got them back from the gunsmith a couple weeks ago in better condition. I have a couple questions that you guys might be able to help with. Both guns were in real poor shape when i got them - th...

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Hobie, I have an old co2 crosman in pieces in my shop - i think its a 116? I love airguns. Crosman, benjamin, and sheridan pneumatics are my favorites. I have a 1377 that I got in 1985. I've converted it to .22 cal w/18" barrel and then tuned with a flat top piston. it shoots 650fps with a 14.3...

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Looks like I'm in the minority. I hang em head up and then skin and butcher them that way. dressing is always done in the field wherever the deer dropped.

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We've always butchered our own. My dad worked at a slaughter house for a little while when he was younger so he's really good at it.

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ok, so if its not low pressure, then a headspace issue? What are the implications of that? Like I said, its a brand new barrel so it should be in good condition, although maybe not installed correctly in terms of headspace. here are some pictures of the brass in case that matters. the primers are ba...

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That is very interesting. So if I reloaded some rounds that were at a slightly higher pressure than the factory rounds, you think that the primers would not bulge. The gunsmith did install a brand new barrel on this gun that I bought off ebay before they stopped allowing such things. So, I'm assumin...

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ok, that makes sense,

oh and sorry. when i said "thanks for your help with the primer bulging issue" I meant, thanks in advance - I still want help with this

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Well, I finally got my guns back from the gunsmith. The 32 special (Winchester 94, 1948 manufacture) turned out pretty good. The 32-40 still needs some work. I'll bring that up at some other time. I went to the range this past weekend and shot the 32 special and my marlin 336 30-30 (2002 manufacture...

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oops, sorry guys, yes, the other kit was supposed to be the anniversary kit http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=423081 its $15 cheaper than the other one. I read through the descriptions and it looks like the only diff is: anniversary kit comes with 'safety prime' and th...

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Hey guys, I'm going to start reloading soon, and I'm picking out a kit. I'm going to stick with Lee because my budget is very limited and because I've used this brand before at a friends house with great results. can anyone tell me if there is a difference between the two below kits and advice on wh...

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J. Miller, Most likely a garter snake or a ribbon snake, both species are variable and both have several subspecies, some of which frequently have red stripes. There is a species that lives in the southeast us coastal plain called the rainbow snake that does have red and black longitudinal stripes -...

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I LOVE Colombo!! He is one of my heroes. I love how all the cocky jerk bad guys think that he is a bumbling idiot when the whole time he is on to them.

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6pt, Was there a man there by the name of Mark Thomas? Looks a little like Santa Claus but with a bigger beard? He is a blacksmith/silversmith/engraver/flintlock rifle maker that apparently makes some pretty amazing things. Anyways, he is my neighbor and a very nice guy. We live west of Dayton VA at...

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6pt,

Was there a man there by the name of Mark Thomas? Looks a little like Santa Claus but with a bigger beard? He is a blacksmith/silversmith/engraver/flintlock rifle maker that apparently makes some pretty amazing things. Anyways, he is my neighbor and a very nice guy.

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Well, it looks like I'll be getting my old winchesters back from the gunsmith soon! One is a 32 Win Sp. and I'll be shooting factory stuff in that at least for now. The other is a 32-40 and I'll be handloading for that one. I already have the correct brass and dies and some 5744 powder, I just need ...

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Thanks Hobie, Yes, you are right, Jon seems like a nice guy and I don't think is a crook, nor do I think he would do anything out of spite. And no worries, I would never do anything brash, its just not my nature. I feel really bad about the situation, and I think that primarily the issue is that he ...

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Thanks for all the help guys. Looks like I should be able to find another mag tube no problem. I guess I should just go ask for my box of gun parts and have someone else reassemble. I'm kind of worried about it though. What if he tries to charge me for the dissasembly and stripping that he did. Or w...

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I'm in Virginia

There is another gunsmith in town.

Maybe it is time for me to cut my losses and just get my guns from this guy. He's had them since March 2006 and I was originally promised them June 1st 2006.

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Duff L Bag, Yes, I've been under the impression that he's been jerking me around for a while now. He's had the guns for over two years, and every time I go in there is another story about something thats holding him back. Currently both guns are completely in pieces in a box on his floor. I can't re...

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You can take a regular tube and cut it down on the receiver end to the length you need. Your gunsmith should be able to do this on his lathe. Good Luck :) :) Yeah, I didn't understand what the problem was. He said that he couldn't find one "anywhere" and that it HAD to be from a 32-40 rif...

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Hey guys, It's been a while since I've been on here, and I see that sometime in the last year or so, that ebay no longer allows many gun parts to be sold. I need a half mag tube for an 1894 rifle (posted in the classified section) and I don't even know where to look now. If any of you guys can point...

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