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Pillar, the mold you are thinking of is a nose pour mold. I've never used one but have read they are a bit more demanding to work with than a base pour mold. Not sure if anyone offers them as a standard line or if you would need to order a custom job.

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A lot of the talk here has been based on the US understanding of freedom and rights. We are not citizens, we are subjects of the British commonwealth. The only rights we have are the ones they see fit to give us. We don't have our rights enshrined in a constitution. We don't have a right to form a m...

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I've been shooting a .357 rifle with full snort silhouette loads for the past 10 years, all with CCI small rifle primers I started with a full load of 2400 and a 175 grain bullet, then moved to 2205 (4227), and now use a 180 grain bullet and an over the book load of Win 296. My current load is doing...

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Could be a family pet. I doubt even a well fed wild snake would be that docile if some kid was rough handling it like that.

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Definitely want my undies in a dark brown camo pattern if I turned around and found him sitting by my chair

Bear didn't appear to be too worried about the cameraman.

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Very popular for lever action competition shooting here in Australia. I had one in 222 and was silly enough to let it go, wish I hadn't. All the ones I've seen here are in short action, mostly 222, 223, and some 308. I've never heard anyone say they had a problem with accuracy. Mine would shoot sub ...

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What is a standard dowel size in the US?
A .357 is 9.1 mm, or 3/8".
Here in Oz 8mm is a common dowel size, that's 5/16". That should be plenty big enough.

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I've got a keg where my sixpack used to be, but even without that, I think I'd find a gun shoved into the inside of my pants darned uncomfortable ( even without the threat to my two little boys). A normal semi - low slung holster is something I can wear all day, and have done so many times on the ra...

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The problem with using a battery is that the system will run a lot longer. I was hoping to use just the solar panel so that the water only runs for the 5 - 6 hours a day that the sun is shining on the panel. My gardening system doesn't need water all day or even every day, as it is a double bucket s...

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Is there somebody on here with a bit of solar knowledge that can help me out. I'm setting up a hydroponic bucket gardening system and want to automate the watering system. I've ordered a 12 volt, 5 watt water pump which is supposed to be solar compatible, but it doesn't say what size panel it should...

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I got a used Marlin 32-20 10 years ago and someone had already altered the sight when I got it.
What they did was file the top off the buckhorn and square the U to make it a little wider and a little more open, just like a handgun rear sight.
Works perfectly and I wouldn't change it for anything else.

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At 1 hour, it's a long doco, but it was worth watching. I'm inclined to think the homeless attract the soup kitchens, along with all the other "do-gooder" programs. All those programs attract funding, whether by government or by well meaning but misguided philanthropists. You get a few hom...

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“Cows on dairy farms are deprived of everything natural to them. They are constantly re-impregnated throughout their life and every time they give birth, those babies are taken away from them as early as a few hours old,” Greer said. Takes a special kind of imbecile to trot out this kind of garbage...

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Dang, I miss the good old days when one of our members would have supplied pictures of some of those hourglass figures

I had the hourglass problem when I first started to reload for my 32-20.

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I like the 357 the best and in the best words of Judge Smails, am no slouch with it. That sounds like the answer to me. If you like it and you are good with it I'd use it. I doubt the pig's been born that could walk away from a 357 round loaded right and fired from the right distance into the vital...

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I tried it in LibreOffice Calc and got, 12345678987654300.00

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I don't use lube normally, but if I'm doing a big batch of nickel cases I will because nickel is tougher than brass. It does make them slip through the die easier, so less strain on my arthritis.

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The barrel band on the carbine might put pressure on the barrel and could effect accuracy. Take a look at the butt plates, the one on the rifle will leave a more impressive mark if you pull the trigger with the stock in the wrong position on your shoulder. If I wanted MOA at the range I'd go with th...

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There must still be one or two people in the animal protection racket with a couple of IQ points left between them, otherwise the real peanuts among them would be advocating the idea that we need to employ nannies for our pets when we go out.

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I would have thought the ten round mag capacity would have been an easy fight under the second amendment.
How can you form a well armed militia with restricted magazines?

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Looks great from the outside, but inside (anyone know where the puke smilie went

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Not sure how much interest there would be from Australia. At $1699 US, the price converted to AU dollars would be $2144. Add to that a 10% goods and service tax, plus the usual rip off hikes that occur whenever anything gun related comes to us from overseas and I don't see us having any change out o...

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Thank you for posting. Most definitely on my to-do list along with a loaf of homemade rye bread.
Son's got plans to put up a batch of homemade sauerkraut real soon too.

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Not sure what the laws are in the US, or in individual states over there, but here in Oz they are starting to look at the legitimate use of cannabis as a medication. Some years ago my wife had a couple of nasty car wrecks which resulted in nasty whiplash injuries and a history of chronic pain. I obt...

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It all comes down to your individual firearm. Every gun will have its own likes and dislikes. This thread could run into thousands of responses, and 9 out of 10 might say they prefer Winchester, but what good is that to you if your gun doesn't shoot well with that brand of ammo. I've had several 22s...

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If he couldn't handle the weather in England he could have looked at other options. He could have stayed in Africa. He could have got himself an office job. He could have used his little pea brain and dressed appropriately. I know if I was going outdoors in England I'd be wearing warm clothes, becau...

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Well that didn't take long.
Sixgun's suggestion to adapt something else got me looking for something else.
I've got a set of RCBS cowboy dies for my 32-20 and once you get past the .311 sizing shank the mouth flaring section goes out to about .500.
It adds an extra step in the press, but it will work.

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I'm also a fan of the 357, although mine is the 1894 CB with the 20" oct. barrel.
I do like the look of that Redfield receiver sight on yours. Mine wears a Lyman, but for good looks I'd switch to one of those Redfields, if they were less like hens teeth over here.

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I've got a bit of a problem. My brother's 357 Rossi likes it's bullets at .360. My Lee flow thru expander opens the cases well enough for my .358 bullets, but at 360 the cases are starting to shave the HiTec coating off the bullets more often than not when I seat them. Should I get someone to turn a...

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The 30-30 you can also add the 219 zipper and Donaldson wasp if you want a varmint cartridge. If you already have a 30-30 I'd look at either 38-55 or 219 to give you either a varmint cartridge or a game cartridge depending on what else you currently have in the rack. I don't know of anything that yo...

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Good looking Rossi. For the front sight there is another alternative to cutting a dovetail in a thin barrel. Blokes over here at the lever action club use a barrel clamp to mount Lyman globe sights to their BLR rifles, so they can slide them off when they use a scope for hunting. No reason you could...

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Not forgetting the other disadvantage of our side of the hill, which was mentioned in the thread about retirees getting out of bed.
Pee at 4am, dump at 5am, and wake up at 6am.
You've got so much to look forward to kid, enjoy it

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At 45 I was as fit as a Mallee bull.
At 60 I feel like I've had the stuffing stomped out of me by a Mallee bull.
It all comes down to the live you've lived, if you've lived a hard life, it's gonna catch up with you sooner or later.

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You would probably be tomorrows bear scat if you'd been standing on that second cage.
Most animals would probably bolt for the bush as soon as the door opens, maybe bears hold a grudge when you stir them up.

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That would make a fine black powder gun.

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Yeh, Bill in Oregon, you are probably right, and I think we've had them here in Oz since the first sailing ships came here. The problem is, they have now become a huge environmental issue, and are committing wholesale slaughter on our native wildlife. I Googled feral cat populations here in Oz and o...

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If you haven't already read this article, it's very informative.
Read it before you open up your chamber as he strongly recommends against that option.
https://www.starlinebrass.com/articles/ ... -55-Cases/

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Having shot quite a few feral moggies with a .22 and seen how hard some of them are to put down, there's no way I'd want to face a lion from a few feet away, even with a 4 bore elephant gun. I bet if America had cats in the 1700s Daniel Boone would have found a nice moggy skin hat much more comforta...

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earlmck suggests that a compressed load of 296 would be needed to get 1800 fps with 296 and a 158 gr bullet, but I doubt that. My brother can clock 1700 fps with 14 grains of 296 with a 180 grain bullet, which is a good 2 grains under a full case load of powder with that bullet. Before the flame thr...

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Can't help you with the 158 grain yet as I haven't started to load them yet, but a hitech coated 180 grainer with 14 grains of 296 will do right at 1700 fps out of a 24" Rossi, 1625 fps out of a 20" Marlin, and 1550 fps out of a 16.5" Marlin. To get 1700 fps with a 158 grain I'd proba...

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I haven't worn wranglers for about 30 years, but seem to recall there was quite a bit of depth between the belt and crotch area.
You didn't buy a pair of those hipsters the kids wear, did you?

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Sixgun has shot 500 meter high power silhouette with his, but there are a whole bunch of people shooting 200 meter cowboy silhouette with the 30-30. I've been tempted to get one but I find my 357 can do everything the 30-30 can at 200. I did actually consider getting into the high power matches, and...

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If it's leaving the cases in the chamber that would be the extractor, not the ejector. If the gun is from the early 1900s the extractor may be too, and it will probably be showing its age. I think you have two choices, look at the extractor and see if you can reshape the hook to catch the case rim a...

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What I did notice (as queried in my previous post) is that at 1.50", a 158gr. bullet looks deeply seated. Does the bullet have a crimp groove in it? If so, seat to the crimp groove, that's what it's there for. The crimp is essential in a tube fed rifle to stop the bullets either backing out of...

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Gamekeepers right, that would probably have been fatal here in OZ as well.

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Hey Scrondar RNFP is the bullet that most lever guns do best with, but don't let that stop you from trying the swc if that's what you have on hand. If your rifle feeds them smoothly and shoots them accurately then they make a really good paper puncher, and a very good hunting bullet too if you are s...

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If it wasn't for the big puddle between us I'd come over and join you. It's only a little puddle Joe, and you can fly over it these days :lol: If we turned this into an international match we could take it in turns to fly over the puddle to shoot the annual championships. Heck, it would have to be ...

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I used Trailboss for a couple of years in mine and found velocity was just too slow for my liking. Don't let the " crud ring " throw you off trying the 38s. It isn't a serious issue that can't be solved. I had a member at our local club come to me one day and tell me he couldn't chamber 35...

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My brother just shot a gold medal in his grade at the lever action rifle national championships in Albany, Western Australia, using 38spl in his Rossi. I assembled the loads using Accurates 36-125-O which is a TC profile, and 5.4gr of ADIs AP70N powder, which is about equal to Unique. The load is ac...

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Back in the 70s I owned a 12g poachers gun. The forearm was inletted with a groove big enough for the trigger guard to fit into. This made the whole gun fold completely in half, but it was still 30 inches long, because that was the barrel length. You'd need a pretty deep trench coat pockets to hide ...

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