Thanks Steve, I think I can see that. I've read of troubles in some bolt rifles in getting the short mags to feed, and the proportions are about the same. I looked up this morning the OAL of the .454 (already available in the Puma) and the .221 Fireball. Since the .22 version is already shorter than...

I don't think it's going to work too well with out a rim I've never owned a 92 or others of its ilk, so it's not obvious to me that a rim is essential for feeding. My first reaction is it should be possible to shape the 92's cartridge guide so that it functions like the guide on a 95 Win (but I've ...

Very nice, thank you.

One rather experienced African hunter, John Taylor, wrote he used open sights even as he aged. He had his guns sighted with the rear sight well down the barrel, towards the front sight. By reducing the distance between the two, he could keep both in focus. The loss in sight radius was more than comp...

My thanks as well. Signing off, to return to the old forum.

Hobie wrote:You can do that here as well.

http://sixshootercommunity.com/levergun ... d=newposts

That seems to do the trick. Thanks Hobie.

With this version, I like the greater number of threads displayed by default. With the old version, I liked being able to display only threads which had changed since the last visit.

Well done and well put.

Some internal parts on my No.1 were very plum in color. There are many possibilities. Some alloys may tend to this. Some bluing chemicals contain copper and/or other metals which themselves can impart a color. As mentioned above, it could be impurities trapped from the casting process. It may be bro...

J Miller wrote:It's ... been around a very long time.

My reference says 1934. I can't think of another rifle powder that's been in production longer than that.

Shiloh's reply goes along with a quote from Venturino I find in my notebook: A French gray finish is accomplished by giving the receivers (and buttplates) their hardening process and then literally erasing the colors. French gray is popular with buyers when the rifle receivers are engraved, as it sh...

At 24", there will still be several hundred psi left to accelerate the bullet. (Were there no pressure at 24", there'd be no report.) Perhaps with a jacketed bullet, drag on the bore will be such that it might actually decelerate by 30", but I doubt it. With a lead bullet, I'd guess y...

Sorry, no first hand experience, but I can offer results from the QuickLOAD simulator. For reference, QL predicts 170 gn FN bullets will, from 24", go about 2200 fps and 150 gn FN bullets will go about 2375. Both estimates are close to factory specs. For a fictitious 200 gn FN, it predicts 2000...

Some friends of mine were in France last month, and they had the opposite experience. The people in Paris were very friendly, and those outside Paris were rude. In general, I've found it helps a lot if you start by speaking in the language of the country. No matter how bad you speak it, it smooths t...