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The .45s are all "ballard" aka conventional, and they are ALL 1 in 38 twist. The Marlin CATALOG was wrong for many years (I thought mine were 1 in 20 until I did the "tightly patched cleaning rod test). Then I personally contacted the superintendent at Remington's Ilion plant to ask t...

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Yep, I'd give the "looser" rifle a whirl with head space gages just because.

Now that ya figured out the real issue with yer brass, you ought to be good to go

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2.040 is nominal OAL for .30-30. I still think ya got "cah cah" in the neck end of the chamber or at the shoulder. If I was a smith and had a .30-30 reamer handy, I'd give it a twist BY HAND in the chamber and probably come out with something. As mentioned above, black up a longISH case re...

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Full length sized empties fail to chamber? Have you got a way to look in the chamber? Might be something like a ring of brass from failed neck or other obstruction right at the forward bit of the chamber where the case mouth ends up???

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If these cases have previously been run through, and your sizing die have been set up for the other rifle, it MIGHT BE the other rifle has a slight bit of a head space issue allowing cases to lengthen a tad too much for the "tight" rifle to swallow???? With a '94, use of a set of head spac...

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Griff, That is somewhat true. When I went searching for a spring for the one I had, the fellow at Interarms told me that in the mid 70s they started doing some work and ASSEMBLING them here, but he claimed the bits were mostly shipped as leftover stock from Hamerli when they were forced to quit for ...

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A typical commercial slug is like a thimble, hollow and easily deformed. A round ball ends up with LOTS of bearing surface and is NOT hollow. The potential of busting up yer shotgun is real enough with heavy ball or solid slug loads (hence the deeply ribbed sabot slugs). In the old days, some shotgu...

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Hammerli did in fact make the Virginan Dragoon. I had one in .45 Colt. It was a beast of a gun, bigger than a Blackhawk, with buttery smooth lock work. The down side is it had .455 throats and a .451 bore. It would group with 260 grain Speer (old style) JHPs on top of OH MY GOD loads of 2400 that tu...

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I like em because they are so easy to use, I WILL USE EM OFTEN, so barrels don't get "bad" to start with. When dirty, I put em in a snap-lid container with hot water and a drop of dawn dish detergent, give it a shake for a couple minutes and let it set in the sun for a few hours before rin...

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Not for nothing, but the ACP-length Cowboy .45 Special used in a toggle link is also an odd ball, but in CAS circles draws lots of interest. Since we designed the Cowboy Carrier to allow it's use, our biggest problem has been getting enough factory replacement carriers to convert. We literally deple...

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In my head I can see it working with a 73. Still wouldn't WANT one, but it could work. My 24" 73 in Cowboy .45 Special holds 17+1. Unless I'm fighting a hoard of zombies, stick mag reloads don't impress me.

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Psst, want an EASY way to build a stick mag levergun? Start with a '73. That's right, a '73. You could delete the mag tube, carrier and carrier lifter arm, build an adapter to fit in the carrier mortise, and there ya go. Snap yer mag in the "well" where the carrier once was and crank away....

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I'd stopper the muzzle, fill the bore with Hoppes or kerosene, and let er soak a while, then pull a bore snake through it. It might be just fine with standard velocity loads or CB caps.

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Compared to a relatively simple semi auto, a levergun is expensive to make. Much as I like em, I realize the limits of the market for a well made lever. The problem with ACP is folks have been schooled by long cartridge rifles in .44 and .357, and expect the kinds of velocity increases compared to a...

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Crud is likely making it tough to cock. Stevens arms and tool company, no, they were not serialized, and yes, since they span the 1899 break by quite a few years on either side (it is the model of 1894, produced until 1913 or so) you can't get one considered an antique by federal law.

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David Clay of DRC can make you a 45 ACP lever, mine loves 200 grain SWC just like my 1911's. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/palmtreee/photo.jpg Very cool...how long ago did he make that for you? Also, the butt cuff...what is in the pocket? Guessing, a 1911 magazine to use as a speed loader?

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If'n you use BP or subs, all you need is some way to decap and prime em, and a simple wad seater. RCBS sells a 12GA shell holder (call them, it is not in the catalog) for $20 that works fine. To decap, I use a dowel drilled down through the middle and slip fitted with a decapping pin meant for a LEE...

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Not me. I just wanna see my custom Rolling Block finished. Beyond that, I'm gonna thin the herd some.

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Here's the problem as I see it. IF a '73 is properly fitted up, with the links over-centering upon closing the lever, it is a pretty strong action. The problem is, far too many '73s leave the factory with links a hair too short to allow them to fully over-center upon lock-up, and may even have wide...

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Some of the HV ammo stated on the box "not for revolvers and Model 1873 rifles". I did inadvertently fire a HV .44 W.C.F round through my 1902 vintage SA Colt. Thankfully, no damage to the gun or to me. :o HV .44-40 ammo was eventually pulled from production because of folks having issues...

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#2 looks like the housing from a blower or pump of some kind. Notice it resembles the proportions of a hair dryer.

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Here's the problem as I see it. IF a '73 is properly fitted up, with the links over-centering upon closing the lever, it is a pretty strong action. The problem is, far too many '73s leave the factory with links a hair too short to allow them to fully over-center upon lock-up, and may even have wide ...

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Handloading can easily push 250-grain cast bullets to 1400 - 1500 fps. As has been said, even at 900 fps, it will shoot clear through a deer, side to side, and keep on going.. At 1400+, it wil go end to end and out.. The 300 grainer is a hard fit for the '73, because of OAL limitations.. The old .4...

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Now there's some nice pistolas Mr. Roy. Might have to pony up for some myownself one day. Told ya the C45S would shoot in the Konverters

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The .45 colt with cast you gotta treat as if it will shoot a clean hole and stop, like GI hard ball. Now yer .45-110 is in the class of the .50-70 I had. A 450 grainer of WW alloy or softer will ball up and keep plowing through an amazing amount of material. Dave Higginbotham, RIP, said he'd taken 7...

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The first test I would do is remove the cylinder, cock the gun and press and HOLD the trigger Now push the hammer down tightly with your thumb and observe the firing pin. Does it protrude normally through the bushing? Does the hammer's last bit of motion feel normal or is there gritty feel or other ...

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Steve, tell the truth, nobody ever loaded anything in that "store window" you pictured

I don't want to know what I have in reloading (and casting) gear, but suffice to say the thought of a fire or other catastrophic loss gives me cold sweats.

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A sharp eye will notice this is a Stevens smooth bore, marked ".22 shot", designed for use with BB caps or actual shot cartridges, it has a bead front sight and no rear sight, and the barrel is longer than the rifled version. Circa 1900, give or take. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/...

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Light mainspring as CAS mod is popular. Could be yours 'sat down" on the job, making it JUST a shade less than perfect. Replace or shim the mainspring with a washer on the strut.

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My name isn't Orville, but I have built a fair number of large RC airplanes and designed a couple of em. if you stick to a flat-bottomed wing of fair size, and have a long enough tail with a big enough horizontal stabilizer and elevator to assure control, YES low speed "ground effect" flig...

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Secure the sight in a vise, upside down and using a center punch and hammer, make three or four punches equally spaced around the middle of the surface. Each punch mark creates a "donut" of raised metal that will snug up the fit. HINT: when shopping for used break in half guns, double shot...

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Build ya a rag wing plane andd tow it with a snowmobile. Be ready to die if it goes bad. A local fellow built a kit ultralight. His wife and kids watched as he took it off on it's first (and last) flight in the back yard. It pitched up, lost lift and nosedived into the ground, killing him instantly....

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LOWES sells little boxes of "fire starter wood", or as my NW FL friends would say "Fat lie-ter" for like six bucks a box (weighs maybe a pound), so yeah, there is a market. Who to contact is beyond me. Google up "firewood/forest products wholesale" for a clue maybe. The...

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My first bike, bought used in 1978 for $700, was a '74 CB360. I promptly rode it from upstate NY via I90-80 to CA. Eventually had RC engineering (Russ Collins then held the world 1/4 mile motorcycle speed record) hop it up with 13:1 pistons, a hefty cam, three stage valve springs, punched out to 405...

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Save on shipping and save buying more than you need by contacting (or just drop by) a cabinet making shop. These folks buy the stuff in bulk wholesale and may have plenty of scraps around that they'd sell ya cheap. I prefer the real deal and old fashioned contact cement.

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Earlmck is on the rabbit here. As in travel by elevator, timing is everything.

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At this point it would be the 1882 vintage S&W Double Action .32 top break, or possibly an English 12 GA double from "F. Williams", as their operations spanned the 1870's-90's. I did have an 1866 vintage Rolling Block, but recently sold it.

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Marlin isn't "gone" but it is no longer a freestanding company. Freedom Group (Remington, Bushmaster, DPMS, H&R, etc) bought Marlin 2 or 3 years ago, and closed the CT facility, moving lever gun manufacturing to Ilion NY. They stopped production of lever guns for a good part of 2011 to...

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It's a wood gassification stove. They do work, but like the "rocket stoves", they require constant attention to feed, and on start-up tend to puff back quite a bit. They work more or less like a car's catalytic converter, where very high temps in the "combustion chamber" burn the...

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As far as a Marlin FEEDING them out of the mag tube, if properly timed, it'd feed chunks of dowel cut to length. Neither the bullet or the rim is of much consequence IF PROPERLY TIMED. Feeding into the chamber is again a matter of timing of the carrier relative to the bore, but yes, they'd feed chun...

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First read Nate's post. The Brownell's tips are a pretty good fit. Second, if, like me, yer too impatient to wait for an impact driver to come to you, use the Hillbilly impact driver. I got real good with this method when I totally disassembled a 30 yr old motorcycle including screws corroded into a...

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I didn't oil the leather, but I did spray silicone on the lever. One went on a case hardened lever and the other on a stainless lever. Next gun I do I'm going to wrap the lever with rubber tape. The type that sticks to itself (We used to wrap baseballs with it when we were kids and couldn't afford ...

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They make heavy bolts with a big padded nose designed as a decocking device I guess ya just shoot it at the ground or some other safe place to unload the string.

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I have a little Barnett Trident II (Might be 80 Lb) crossbow pistol (Tina Turner carried one in Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome) and simply learned how to cock it and to set a bolt properly and shoot it. Hint, NEVER dry fire the bow or fire it without a proper bolt of the weight of the bolts supplied. D...

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Looks like a good stitching job. Did ya oil em first?

I sell hundreds of wraps and always recommend folks wet the leather well with whatever oil they'd use on the outside of the gun to inhibit the potential of rust on the lever.

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Some kids had em when we were scouts in the '60s. I had a "real" GI canteen from WWII surplus, just like the guys on "Combat".

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Wow. The closest I ever got to doing anything like that was the old Cox engine planes on a long string that just went in circles.....if you could get the motor to start. :lol: Anyone ever have one of those back in the 60's-70's? In the mid '70s, I labored a month of evenings to build a cox-powered,...

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I've built and flown em from 12 inch to 12 feet wingspan, and with motors up to and including a 3 lb motor making 7 hp. This kid was reallllly stirrin the pudding to make that plane continuously roll right off the deck like that (it takes constantly changing input to keep it travelling in one line w...

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For several years, ruger is death on holding inventory, holding parts for oddballs, (inventory costs em in taxes), and death on resetting machines for short runs of anything unless paid for up front by a distributor wanting a special run. They are after all a PUBLIC company, and as such, are ONLY in...

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One reason the 8MM gets a bad rap here in the US (aside from war history) is because the US load specs are dialed way back out of fear the loads will end up in the older, tighter barreled guns. Compare S&B loads to US makers. The European stuff is much stouter.

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