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perry owens

Really nice job on the woodwork. Not sure how well your system would work here in the UK as our CAS rules require guns to be transported with the actions open. I have designed a cart for a winter project but I need to become more proficient with a router before I start. Our range is muddy year-round...

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Any day now the press will report a drive-by fruiting.

Perry Owens

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Perry Owens, I really like the looks of the little carbine at the bottom. Did you see the movie Zulu? There was also a sequel to it with Burt Lancaster. I believe the Martini was used during that time period? Don Yes, "Zulu" is a classic movie. Almost as good and on the same theme is &quo...

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Never owned a bolt action and don't plan to, but I do have a few military rifles. http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/Collection-1.jpg From the top: 11.15mm Austrian Werndl. Used by Austro-Hungarian army and also issued to German reservists during WW1 577/450 Martinii Henry. Used by Bri...

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I know some of you are aircraft buffs as well as gun buffs
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Perry Owens

perry owens

Windows Movie Maker for XP and Movie Maker Live for Win7 are free to download from Microsoft. They are pretty basic but will give you some feel for editing so you can determine what facilities you really need, according to how ambitious you want to be. The shooting videos on my YouTube channel (perr...

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Great videos Pitchy - keep 'em coming. I am a compulsive video poster myself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URv7USxqFIc
Any chance of some more black powder smoke in your productions? Slam-firing 6 black powder loads in that '97 would make an impressive clip!
Perry Owens

perry owens

A Dillon RL450/550 hybrid, Lyman Orange Crusher and two RCBS Rockchuckers. Oh, and the Lee Loadmaster used to hold the door open.
Perry Owens

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Every couple of months someone opens a manhole, cuts through the telephone cable, chains the end to the towhitch of a stolen 4 x 4 and hauls out a few hundred yards of valuable copper cable. The thief makes his drug money and our district is without phone and internet for a few days. The high price ...

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I use a set called Premier Plus. Here in the UK they cost £30 a set but you get 5 different lens colours and an insert to hold prescription lenses. http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/premierplus.jpg A local optician fitted a pair of single-vision prescription lenses for £30. They are c...

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GPS Test works fine on my Motorola Defy

It's a freebie from Chartcross.co.uk.
Perry Owens

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Hey Nath, Ever thought of doing what the government did and converting the musketoon into a Snider? That way you could reload with shot, ball or bullet in seconds. I have most of the bits if you wanted to give it a try. http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_1028-1.jpg Don't know what ...

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I have one in 40-65 http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_1026-1.jpg And one in 38-40 http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_0701-1.jpg Sometimes I use them to reload for my original Winchester 1886 and 1873 using a lead pot over an open fire and black powder. The decapp...

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So let me ask this cos I really don't know the answer: What is the strength level of the Colt Burgess replicas? Nice rifle, I'm temped to go get one. I need something new and different. Joe It's a toggle link design, with a single toggle link working inside the bolt, unlike the Winchester twin link...

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The Burgess doesn't need a dust cover as the massive bolt completely covers the opening in the reciever. The sliding loading gate works well as the nose of the round pushes the gate open. One "fault" of the original Burgess was that it did not have a Winchester-type lever safety to stop it...

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Has his hi-viz vest on so he's obviously very safety conscious.
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Good gunsmiths are a rare breed here in the UK so I am gradually acquiring the tools and know-how to do my own repairs and modifications. Next on my list are taps and dies, which brings up a few questions: did the US gun industry adopt the UTS thread standard introduced in 1949? If so, is it still u...

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I use this on the mice that live in the compost bins

Quick to get into action and plenty of firepower.
For longer range I have a scoped Crossman 1322.
Perry Owens

perry owens

Back in the '60's some hippy friends bought a small farm in south-west England and asked me to take a look at the lump of cast iron that was lying in their stream. Turned out be a Green and Carter hydraulic ram. We resited it and cleaned it out and it has been pumping their water to the farm ever si...

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I like the buffalo horn on my Old Army's

Perry Owens

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Any chance you could sell it to someone in the states since it was never offically accepted over there? I wouldn't feel comfortable selling it to someone who might drop a 3in nitro shell in and have it open on him. It is still legal to use an unproved gun, just not to sell or give it away. I might ...

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When I lived in New York in 2008 I bought a Stoeger Supreme coach gun as I knew they were not available in the UK. When I got back to England I sent all the guns I had acquired in the US to the London Proof House. At that time the Stoeger had never been fired but it failed proof because it was "...

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You can download a free alloy calculator from the Cast Bullet Association. It's an Excel spreadsheet that allows you to calculate the various weights of lead, tin, wheelweights, solder,linotype etc that you would need to mix to produce an alloy of known hardness. To find a copy Google "bullet a...

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There must be a version of Parkinson's Law that says "Reloading equipment expands to exceed the space available for it". Here's my half of our double garage at present http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_0975800x600.jpg I friend gave me all this stuff so I feel obliged to ...

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I have always made my own labels for my CAS shotshells

Guess I should start work on some rifle cartridge labels as well.

Perry Owens

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Perry, We have the same problem here in the states. Good gunsmiths and honest politicians are all but extinct. That broken lug looks like a case of metal fatigue or maybe it was too brittle and just fractured. Your fix looks good to me. Not sure I would have had the nerve to solder on a breach bolt...

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My Euroarms 1873 carbine suddenly stopped ejecting - the cases would pull halfway out of the chamber and then stop.When I stripped it down I found that the little lug on the bottom of the bolt had disappeared http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_0945640x480.jpg Up till now I hadn't a...

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I have always done my own plumbing and electricals. Back in the '80s when I designed and installed my pumped water heating system I wanted a multi-zone controller but they weren't commercially available. Fortunately I had some microprocessor expertise so I made my own, and it's still working after 2...

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Accurate Molds sells them: http://accuratemolds.com/order.php
I make my own out of drill rod on a small lathe but I have heard of others who use aluminium rod and a drill press and file.
Perry Owens

perry owens

Target Shooter, the UK based shooting magazine now has an updated web site at http://www.targetshooteronline.com/ ( if the direct link does not work try this one http://www.targetshooter.co.uk/ ) You can read the current and past issues online but have to pay a small fee if you want to download them...

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I anneal all my big-bore or fireformed black powder brass every 3 or 4 firings to stop it splitting. Here's the posh way to do it: http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/d16c476a.jpg A dab of Tempilaq heat sensitive paint turns from yellow to black at 650F. Once you get a feel for the righ...

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I've had over 15000 views of my little YouTube vidio on shooting my original Spencer and some respondants asked for info on making the conversion. I had to wait in all day for a repairman yesterday so I used the time to make a video about fitting the centre-fire breechblock and fabricating ammunitio...

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For something a little different take a look at the Uberti Burgess: http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_0638.jpg They make rifle and SRC versions in 45Colt. Fit and finish on mine are great http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_0640.jpg The action was silky smooth out...

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Erasmus Blakeslee was commander of the 1st Connecticut Cavalry http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/Blakeslee-1.jpg His invention made the Spencer probably faster to reload than the Henry but rate of fire was still hampered by the need to cock the hammer each time before cycling the acti...

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When I saw mav's thread on gun drawings I thought it meant drawings of guns, not drawings for guns. It reminded me of a set of pencil drawings of Colt revolvers that were published by San Francisco Gun Exchange back in the '50s. There were six drawings, each of a famous Colt revolver, by an artist c...

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Lots of good tips here guys, thank you. I am familiar with annealing and drop tubes from my other calibres and will try them on .45 Colt. I would have got a 44-40 but they are not available over here so I am going to have to make this work. I have to use BP for CAS because I shoot Frontier class but...

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Perry, What powder charge and bullet weight were you using? All that soot tells me the pressure wasn't up high enough to expand the cases. Joe 35grains FFg under a 250grain RNFP Big Lube bullet. Compression about 1/8in. It's hard to get any BP except cheap own-brand from one importer. It's so dirty...

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Took my Uberti Burgess to a CAS match at the weekend, its first outing with BP loads. I had misgivings about BP in .45Colt and my worst fears were realized - blowby was terrible: http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/brass2.jpg I had used different makes of brass to see if any one brand w...

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On balance, a day best forgotten. Started well with the family going off to cheer my son on a 50 mile charity bike ride, leaving me free to go to our CAS club meet. Heavy rain and partial flooding meant that wellingtons replaced cowboy boots but shooting in the rain is the English norm. During the d...

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Mr. Owens, The americans could use a better explanation of " traveller ". Before my gig in England I had no idea such a thing existed or could exist. A nasty bunch they are. A popular definition of "traveller" is someone who opts out of paying anything into the system but maximi...

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It appears that Yorkshire Bitter does not make a good anaesthetic. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8577572/Wart-blasted-off-with-shotgun.html Our UK members might be surprised at the very light sentance imposed but this guy is what we call a "traveller" - a polite name for itinerent bene...

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Jamieson brass is "only" $68/20 from Buffalo Arms.Most Martini Henrys need a bullet diameter of .460-.470 so ordinary 45-70 bullets give disappointing results. If you don't have the correct dies you can sometimes get away with just neck sizing with .480 Ruger dies. As with all black powder...

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Jamieson and Bertram make 577/450 brass and you can get brass and bullets from Buffalo Arms. If you get into shooting it a lot the cheapest way to get brass is to form it from 24 gauge Magtech brass shotshells. You can get dies from CH4D. If I might offer two notes of caution: Make sure it really is...

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Favourites to fondle are my vintage Winchesters, but favourite to use is my new Uberti Burgess

Slickest out of the box action I have ever come across.
Perry Owens

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Perry, I know this is simplistic but can't you folks get on the stick and elect some folks that will end your insane gun laws? Do the majority of English people support your restrictions? Thanks, I don't mean to sound rude I just don't understand how you accept it so willingly. Maybe you could send...

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gak wrote:Not sure of the dimensions, but Mares Leg/Ranch Hand types?

The Chiappa Mares Leg is legal in the UK but at UK£875 (US$1435) I don't expect to see many.
Perry Owens

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Perry Owens is it legal to have a detachable shoulder stock with a 24" pistol? Yes, provided the pistol has an overal length of 24in without the detachable stock. If it forms part of the 24in then the stock has to be permanently attached. Sawing off the wrist brace can get you 10 years at Her ...

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Nineteen inches needs a set of wheels on the front :). I think I'd go for a 12" (or 12.1 if necessary). Within reason, it's amazing how much buntlines *don't* weigh--not that much more perceived than a 5.5" or 7.5"...that is if they're a bigbore! A friend has several in the 9.5/10&qu...

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One of the few remaining legal ways to own a revolver in the UK is to get what the law calls a long barelled revolver. The gun must be not less than 24in overall with a barrel not less than 12in. Some of our CAS shooters use the Uberti Cattleman fitted with a 19in barrel. Here is Pam, alias Annie 'O...

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Nath, You need to use 11 or even 10gauge wads with those cases to get a good seal. I have a little video on YouTube that shows how I load them for CAS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lOw6pcf1ag A couple of weeks back I converted some Magtechs to use shotgun primers for a guy in Bristol who was deve...

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