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Good evening Oh the joy of being a Tanker... getting paid to shoot machine guns & main gun rounds & not having to buy ammo ! I was gunning an M60-A1 at Ft. Hood at a Suger Loaf range. We were the first vehicle down range. 1st target was an old PC that the engineers forgot to fill with sand. ...

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Thanks Wrangler... I will do so.

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Good evening I apoligise I was not able to get back sooner. I tried to reply this A.M. but something was not working. First the 414 Supermag (1.6" case length) was another of those cartridges developed for shooting steel (Elgin Gates). The 357SM (alias Max) was iffy at 200 meter rams. The 375SM...

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Good evening How much interest would there be in a 414 Supermag Marlin Lever action? I wonder how many units would have to be ordered for Marlin to do a SPECIAL RUN ? All they would need to do is a different barrel as the 414 has the same case head as a 375 Winchester or a 38-55 basicly. No matter, ...

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Good morning I did not see a caliber mentioned.... BUT here is a BAREST EXPENSE OPTION. You will need a hammer but a rock would work. If this is pistol or rifle you only need a nail (16 penny is GOOD) with the tip turned down to enter the flash hole and drive out the old primer & a washer to hol...

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Good morning I have a Marlin, a 1873, and a 92 Winny in 38-40. By Far the 1892 is my FAVORITE. It will take any SANE load I put to it and with a special "mold" I have a 240 grain bullet fires nicely. It carries better in my hand and is a bit lighter than the Marlin with same Barrel length....

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Greetings 2 months back I bought a Rossi 45 Long Colt with the old interarms stamp on it. It was unshot in the box. It shoots well (favors a 265 grain Lee flat nose) & is slowly wearing into the typical 92 smooth action. Mine is Blue but has descent wood and fit. Should you buy it a simple good ...

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Armor 71-74 M60A-1 One of the best direct fire systems installed in a portable sewer.
All you active vets remember to duck & God keep you safe and bring you home.

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Good evening I have been shooting Round Ball out of 12 guage for 20 years. Got started because there were large Crocks on some Amazon River tributaries eating children and regular forster slugs would bounce off the neck armor at 5 feet or less. Found a one page article in an old Ideal reprint (1903)...

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Good morning I bought a "Used" new in the box Rossi 92 (Interarms) 2 months ago in 45 Colt. That little rifle can be one powerhouse real fast. I settled on a 260 grain Lee flat nose plain base cast with 50/50 (ww-pure) with 9 grains Unique as my plinker load. 19 grains of 2400 with the sam...

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Good morning
38-40... that fine smaller cousin to the 44-40. No two better cartriges roamed the west or east in the short action lever guns. I have both in Marlins & Winnys. They are just pure fun!

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Good afternoon I cast my own & have for many years. I do think the majority of "leading" or "flame cutting" is a direct result of to small a bullet. I shoot lintype (even water dropped lintype) down to pure lead in pistols (and rifles) and it looks to me a proper fitted bulle...

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Good morning LOADS... I got my Puma 45 Colt about 4 weeks ago & have to say it is a fine tool to haul about the woods and get kayak rides. I have tried 3 different CAST ( I make my own) and the best with all loads is from a LEE mold #90358. THis is a 264 grain (Lee calls it 260 and maybe so with...

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Good morning Well if I was ready to SPOOK deer and maybe take the chance I would never see them again.... But a whistle, smack your hands together, cough, yell "hey", two rocks smacked together... they all are about the same. I hunt river bottoms mostly with a recurve bow and do not want t...

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Good morning You did not mention Bullet weight--- I would not try this with any bullet under 180 grains. I would also use a Magnum Pistol primer. BUT I do not think I would start with 3031. I have fired alot of 296 in 357 with 180 grain cast GC and it does well. BUT 3031 is many steps down the slowe...

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Good morning My first was a Marlin 336 in 32 Winchester Special. My uncle had it for some time and ONLY shot Browning. So one day my dad shows up at home and says son as many fox as you shoot with that old Iver Johnson maybe you should think about a rifle. So I bought that Marlin (1967) and never sh...

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Good morning
A 45 Colt is one of my "Gonna find one" this trip up.
Mike in Peru

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Good morning
No reason a 38-55 should not shoot as well as any cartridge... How I like a 38...
Mike in Peru God Bless ya´ll

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Good morning
I will have to write the jap made Winnys are 1st rate work ! I have 2 and thay are THE BEST.
Mike in Peru

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Good afternoon If the barrel has rifleing at it is fed boolits that fill the bore it should shoot far better . I have 2 winny src 44-40 (1893 & 1907) here in Peru. They both will not fire factory worth a hoot at 50 yards.. paper plat ! But with my FAT cast loads (.442+ ) they shoot 3" at 70...

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Good morning VERY NICE !! But makes me wonder if they were ever shot.. carried.. used ?
Yep I am a shooter... hunter... Mike in Peru

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Good morning I would head to the Manufactueres site and see what they chamber thier actions in. Should give you a good idea what the manufacterer thinks thier action can withstand. IF a Sharps Model 74 action is as strong lets say as a Model 1885 .... What was Mr. Browning thinking? Manufacturers ge...

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Good morning & CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!
Mike in Peru

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Good morning Every American should live outside the Borders for some time to understand the IMPORTANCE of Guarding and Keeping our Written Constitution and Bill of Rights. I live where the "Rules Change" and there is no reasoning involved.... Reading here about the changing attitudes of pu...

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Good morning Those olds pictures are GREAT ! My Thanks Pardner ! :D Being an owner/shooter of the weaponry in the foto I would agree on the choice IF I was hunting 2 legged game in that time period. The 1881 is a HEAVY piece of artillery to haul about day after day. The 1886 Winny not nuch better. L...

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Good morning I cut off a 1892 44-40 SRC Winny made in 1893 some 6 years ago here in Peru. It already had been drilled on TOP of the receiver for a local built scope mount.. so no real loss. The origonal muzzle was cleaning rod wollered out so a 45 ACP bullet would enter. Shot 6" patterns at 20 ...

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Good morning Remington Small Pistol primers have a Flame temperature and Burn time somewhat less than is needed to proprly ignite LARGE quantities of slow burning powder. Such as 296 H110 4227... Also the brass material used in this Remington primer is somewhat thiner and under MAX Magnun pressure m...

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Good morning KirkD
That is one fine looking S&W ! Thanks for posting the picture.
Mike in Peru God Bless ya´ll.
He Is Risen !

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Good morning Being here in Peru I do not see or hear about these mishaps. First I rejoice the shooter survived. I Pray he heals without any complications. Second this is a good visual example that even a Marlin will let loose..as any firearm. Stuff happens in life. I have been around casting /reload...

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Good morning Being a caster I will continue dropping my own and happily firing them off. My dad was a police officer years ago and had the complete freedom to carry whatever he thought would keep him alive on his Colt 38 special. I was just a little feller then and have no idea what it was. At least...

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Good morning Unless the Henry is now made of STEEL then I would think the marlin has the edge on Longevity. I am limited on imformation here BUT I have not read about any Marlin 44 Mags wearing out. Brass is Brass. Steel is steel. I have no dought if One each rifle was fed the same diet of Full powe...

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Good morning I shoot 38´s and I would tackle any critter IF i had to. But the old 38-55 cartride was and still is down loaded so the old Stevens ,Ballard and other WEAK rifles of time past will not blow up. The New Built STEEL 38-55 can take any pressure the 375 rifles will take. NEW made Federal an...

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Good morning
There must be a simple solution to the berdan primer. Swage the Berdan pocket, solder in a plug, drill the vent hole, then drill the primer hole small and swage it to final fit.
Just an idea sitting here ...
Mike in Peru God Bless ya´ll

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Good morning
OOOOHHHHHHH They are all black !!!! You bunch of shady people. 30 days and I can wrap my mits around my M1A and lock a 20 round magazine of 7.62x51.
But I still have my 41 mag Marlin laying next to my bed each night up NORTH there.
Miie in Peru God Bless ya´ll

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Good morning Dad was a police officer and every Saturday morning he went with his "Partner" to the Benton Harbor Police range down on the dunes of Lake Michigan to practice. His Partner had a 22 rifle and I was sent down the line with a handful of ammo to pop cans attached to the wire. Dad...

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Good morning #1 the 30-30 just will not make it. Your outside head diameter is .419 and by the time you get to the mouth the brass would be to thin. It would be a start from scratch new brass draw. Results would be a cartrige that barely out performs the 375 Winchester. The 405 never achieved what W...

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Good morning
I have been sending this to every person I can think of who is NOT yet a memeber
NRA LIFE Mike in Peru God Bless Ya !

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Good morning I have lever guns here and up North ... My goal is Excelence ! I just keep at it until I feel "That´s all it can do"... then I will carry it about the desert (here Peru) or the Illinois river bottoms and Know what I have in my hands. If it will not stomp a ground hog at 50 yar...

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Good morning Well you caould always callenge yourself and chamber a .375 barrel in 38-72.
Mike in Peru God Bless ya !

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Greetings from Peru. Yes this is a 1892 Winny. Down here everything that loads powder (any type) is liscensed ( Has to be renewed periodicly) and serial#. A part can be shiped via small pachage (under 4 pounds) without much problem. I am headed NORTH for a couple months so I can return with any part...

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They lost the right to "me first" when they adopted 3 kids. At that point, leaving them is selfishness... not the other way around. God asks for personal sacrifice, not to sacrifice others or tempt fate... Matthew 4:7 seems to apply... (as do motes & beams...) Maybe I do not understan...

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Good morning My Winny SRC 44-40 (1907 vintage) has a ROUGH bolt face and enlarged firing pin whole. The face permits the primer to back out and the enlarged pin hole permits a bit of metal to flow into it.. not much but enough so a bit gets shaved on ejection. #1 Should I bush the pin hole and mig w...

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Good evening Well having read the above I figured to throw in my 2 cents. When my wife and I married we both were in agreement we would be missionaries. When a person trusts in Christ as thier personal Savior God promises things are gonna change in their life . Diferent attitudes,desires,future pla...

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Good evening Well having read the above I figured to throw in my 2 cents. When my wife and I married we both were in agreement we would be missionaries. When a person trusts in Christ as thier personal Savior God promises things are gonna change in their life . Diferent attitudes,desires,future plan...

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Greetings And above all else a heavy 45 bullet can thump hard any preditor that comes within that 50 yard security area. Flip that lever and there are another 8-10 rounds ready to roll. I walk the desert down here with a lowly 44-40 and I fear NO predator.
God Bless Ya´ll

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Greetings I have not seen any footage but as we all know Shot Placement is everything. Buff have been shot with alot less successfully. I am not a Buff hunter but I do know anyone can fire that perfect shot and for some reason the results just do not happen. That Buff may have had a heart off center...

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Good morning I have been here in Arequipa, Peru since 1986. My first center fire rifle was a Lever action 32 Win Special bought in 1964 so I have always been attached to them. About 10 years ago I saw (and bought) a Winny SRC 44-40 1892 lever action (27,xxx) the first lever action I encountered here...

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Good morning If this is a lever JUST to compete then go with what is winning. BUT if this is a lever to use use daily... walk about the woods (for me high altitude desert) hunt, and maybe home defense... get some thing that starts with a 4... I have been toting a 44-40 down here in Peru many a year ...

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Good morning Sounds like loose primer pockets...But I write this for all reloaders .... 1st Do you NOT have a reloading manual that discusses pressure signs ? Every Reloading manual I have held has a "Pressure Sign section". My dad was a reloader so I grew up around it. I was 35 when we ar...

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Good morning
My first lever was a Marlin #336 in 32 WCF. My Uncle had it and wanted to sell it and a me 15 year old kid picking apples in Michigan had an opportunity to get a real rifle (1966).

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