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She is 13 years old, shooting a handgun at 500 yard targets. I don't recognize the break action she's using. I think my longest shot with a handgun was about 50 yards with a Ruger Mark I in my late teens ... back when I could see that far with open sights. She's a bit more of an advanced shooter th...

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More likely he was being careful with the weak toggle link design of an 1873 than weak rifling. Probably. He made a point to talk about how shallow the rifling was ... I might have assumed that was related. But didn't a .44 WCF leave the barrel of a rifle at over 1000fps even with black powder back...

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Seems like the young lady in the burgundy pants was garnering excessive attention.

Is that McPherson in the red "Black Hills" shirt? If so, tell him thanks for my books and the extra copy of Replicating Billy Dixon's Long Shot.

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I never quite got the need for that particular Winchester sight. I also wish he'd have tested at 1100 fps or so instead of 750 fps. I suppose he had to accommodate the weak rifling.

What I do love though, is the Sheard Triple-Leaf.

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I think those guys probably kept the Hercules 2400 line running overtime.

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Much to my surprise, that cartridge is listed. I have never heard of it. What does your load look like?

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I ended up with the 6 liter DK Sonic ( DK-600E ) from Amazon with the must have drain valve. It's got 300 watts of heating which still takes a while to get a gallon of distilled water up to 60 degrees Celsius. It uses 3 transducers for 180 watts of ultrasonic power mounted under the bottom of the ta...

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Definitely need to slow the bullets down... either by more distance between them, or slower velocity. Plus, can't imagine how even 8 or 9 Bhn bullets would fuse. Need to use pure lead. I think they were working on dropping the charges to slow things down late in the video. For example, they we too ...

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That was pretty interesting. I suspect they needed unalloyed lead for the bullets to better approximate the result of the original in the Smithsonian.

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My father had me clean the guns after every shooting outing. I still do. Perhaps not strictly necessary, but I'm still doing it his way.

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Love that Steven't Tip Up. I had a shot at a nice one at one time and I was too late.

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I've got a lot of .22's ... hence the moniker Rimfire McNutjob. My favorite in the handgun area is the 6" Colt Diamondback. Smooth, accurate, and well balanced. That almost sounds like a beer description.

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:21 pm
Walt wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:40 am Hey Kid, what's the tool on the left side under your pinup gal?
It's a off-gun loading tool for a black powder revolver cylinder. Doesn't usually sit there - but I was rearranging some stuff!

What's the super long brass up above the gold 40 S&W container?

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That's about perfect. Was it a video that you grabbed a frame out of or did you have a camera capable of high speed multi-snaps or something?

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Sounds like she's crushing it. It reminds me that young people have way too much energy ... she seems to fit the profile.

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Looks like he took pretty good care of that rifle. I love the old theater-wide-screen scopes from back in the day. Yeah, I don't think I'd mess with it either. Are you going to put a few rounds through it ... you know, just to make sure?

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Sixgun wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:00 pm
Rimfire McNutjob wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:53 pm
Interesting sight on that model 25. Looks windage adjustable.
Yessireeeee, it is indeed and a takedown too…and as Monte Hall says, “It can be yours, IF the price is right!”

Looks Redfield-ish up close. Nice.

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Sixgun wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 2:21 am ….both are pretty much 98% guns with a model 25 in 25-20 on the bottom, same condition. All have original tang sights.

Interesting sight on that model 25. Looks windage adjustable.

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765x53 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:52 pm The 1886 Lebel used a solid brass bullet. Maybe we are over thinking the subject.

But was is leaded brass.

This thread has reminded me to go check and see if Bismuth shot is even still a thing. I might need to lay in for some to put away for later.

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Nice. Does it seem like the lube ring has ridden up a bit on the bullets in that last picture or is it an optical illusion?

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I used to live down the road a short way from Collectors Firearms in Houston ... if that's the one we're talking about. They were always pretty good with me, but that was, of course, in person.

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As much as I'd like to think otherwise, today I would probably have to lean toward "nope". And not from a man on the ground perspective, but more a leadership perspective. I'd love to be wrong on that though. I often am wrong ... just ask my wife.

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I ended up sending Mic a check for some of his color hardbound versions instead of using Amazon. I figure I'd rather he got it all instead of just getting a fraction from Amazon. His site is down now but if anyone wants to get any of the books directly from him, you can use the link below to see an ...

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Yeah, Remington made about a billion pump guns in 30 and 35 Remington. They are everywhere ... or they used to be anyway. I would assume a Marlin short rifle in 35 Remington would a great gun to have. Especially down here in Florida where the shots are not far but the brush is thick.

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I think all of the 35 Remington fans passed away in the 1980's.

I'm sure to pay for that remark very soon.

The only thing I know about it is that it needs RCBS shell holder #9 ... an oddball.

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I can see how speed would be a challenge. The faster you shoot, the harder it is to see the target through the smoke. Are all three of your Patterson's running well? I thought you had mentioned having issues with one in another thread.

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I think they call it seasonal and then run some about every 7 years. I got my last few bags in the 90's and haven't had to look for any since. There's plenty up on Gunbroker I think but it's going to be at least $2.50 each. I'm going to call this one your best bet. UPDATE: Well, I was wrong. It seem...

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I assume you have a set of shell plates organized in those bins behind your press. Mine are in a holder that some guy up on eBay prints with a 3D printer in what is approximately the RCBS green color. I've found there are a few cool widgets that people who are handloaders are producing with their 3D...

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I see you have a dedicated powder measure for what's likely are your most used toolheads. Are those case activated or does Dillon use a linkage to throw powder. I'm Dillon illiterate ... as you could tell from my question about the trimmer die in another thread. I also see you're into primers in the...

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You must have bought the phone based probe. I've got the one with the handheld display. But at least you got it running. Which one did you end up going with? 5.5mm? 3.9mm?

Oh, and don't forget to take your WORKING chrono to the range next time. We're all curious.

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Anyone have the book ordering info? The site appears to be down. I need to order the color hardcovers of some of his stuff. I have the hardcover of Metallic Handloading and it's one of my favorite books on loading.

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I got the Teslong MS450 off of Amazon for $85. I needed to run a wire where I couldn't see. The head is too large on mine (8mm dual lens / 0.315") for a lot of stuff in the gun world but they make a 3.9mm single lens camera that you can add on for $65. They also make an add on 5.5mm dual lens w...

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Was that a 300 grain bullet you had loaded up yourself? Did you shoot black in it or some reduced load with 5744 or something of that sort?

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Interesting how proud the spring cover base is to the receiver. I wonder if that's to accommodate the cartridge size.

There's actually a No. 15 up on eBay right now starting at $700. Nice looking sight, but I can see what they mean by not folding down out of the way.

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I wonder if the "shorts" could be interchanged with the Schofield rounds. I think it probably caused a mess with the government when their .45 ammo wouldn't interchange. Maybe the shorts were an attempt to alleviate that problem? If the .45 Colt were shortened, wouldn't it then chamber and...

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The Lakeland show used to be the show to go to in central Florida. It was only twice a year and sponsored by the Lakeland Rifle and Pistol Club ... not a typical gun show promoter. It seems to have shrunk from what it was 10 years ago and is now held in a new location. Still, the tables are manned b...

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I managed to hit two guns shows today ... Lakeland and Orlando. The Lakeland show was a classic blued steel and walnut gun show with classic guns and a few black rifles. Sadly, there was very little reloading material there compared to years past. But this was a show with lots of 1885's, older lever...

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Having just watched the first few minutes of the GunBlast review. I guess I miss his brother at this point.

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I think it's the brass and the unshrouded ejector that turn me off. Both make me feel like the gun is devolved. The unshrouded ejector just says 'cheap' ... yet, it's got a $928 MSRP? The cylinder latch seems small for no apparent reason ... there seems to be room for it to have been a bit larger. A...

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 7:55 pm Was he willing to sell them at the original price?

They had these super old stickers on them and I believe they were all below $20 but I don't recall exactly what they were.

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I ran into something strange after dinner this evening. I decided to drive home through Sanford, FL on French Avenue which I haven't done in some time. It's a lot of dollar stores, pawn shops, and coin laundries. One store caught my eye though ... Guns'N'Comics. I had to stop and see since there wil...

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I took a long lunch trip to Tavares, Florida today for Thai and decided to take your advice and go a bit farther to Lady Lake where they have a Sportsman's Warehouse. And there on the shelf was a pound of Red Dot that I've been coveting.

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horsesoldier03 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 8:08 pm ... I do have another source a bit further away that runs about $10-20 more than Natchez. ...

Natchez appears to have OK pricing but I think they make up any of that lost margin on shipping charges. My last order with them was $65 in shipping/hazmat ... which was crazy on a $290 order.

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Get Dillon Mulvaney to carry one when he traipses around getting chased by a dragonfly and they will sell 4 or 5 of them. You win..... :lol: :lol: :lol: Really paints a picture in your head doesn’t it? A can of Bud Light in one hand and a Henry revolver in the other ... wearing a tutu and dancing t...

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Wow ... 12K LR. Now I feel like I'm on the edge of running low. When I had that program running back in 2009, I loaded up and shuffled a bunch off to friends. I think I was paying about $160 per block of 5000. The good 'ole days. I've got a fairly even spread across LP, SP, LR, and SR ... 23K in all...

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For those of you running low, Natchez has some Federal LP primers in stock. Federal GM150M. It seems like primer availability is getting tight ... except perhaps for small pistol. I thought it was actually beginning to improve and get more available? For the last few years it's been a real drought ...

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This video popped up for me on Youtube so I took a look. This Cinnabar guy does some interesting stuff. I enjoyed watching the '86 rebarrel. I suspect many of you have seen him but I'm just starting to get back into my gun stuff so I've been finding new-to-me things like this.

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This seems to be the reason N105 is being killed off ... "The list of Vihtavuori products on the chopping block is much, much smaller. The list ONLY consists of N105, N32C (Tin Star), and N530. All of the other powders listed will continue to be imported. The reason for these three being discon...

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For those of you running low, Natchez has some Federal LP primers in stock. Federal GM150M. It seems like primer availability is getting tight ... except perhaps for small pistol.

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QL has that bullet #1625 at 0.991". But there are sometimes errors in their data.

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