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Mikenv: .379.
Duff: I hollered back, but you had the music up so loud ...

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Guys: The original Marlin -Ballard .38-55 specified a .379 barrel. Marlin's fine Cowboy is true to the original specs and because the big bullet makers chose not to fool with a proper .379 slug, the Cowboy has fallen by the wayside. Believe me, with the right diameter bullet the Cowboy is a tack dri...

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I wore out dozens of pairs of Redwing "Toughies" as a kid. (Anyone remember those, along with double-kneed Farah jeans?) But as an adult I have had trouble getting a Redwing to be comfortable. Something about the lasts they use. My current favorites are a pair of Double H Bullhide ropers. ...

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Bob: I'm not that Bill, although I have visited Raton a few times as a tourist. My understanding is that this gun is designed for pressure not exceeding about 30,000, and I will stick to the Speer and other data that limit pressures to about 28,000. Believe me, a 405-grain bullet going 1700 really g...

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hfcable: There is a barrel-regulating jackscrew that adjusts the right barrel. It's located forward of the front swivel under the rib. Remington does not even mention this in the manual that comes with the gun, but I plan to start working with it at the next range session. Some fellows are reporting...

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Not the best, but a photo nonetheless ...

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Guys, in response to a request for more on this new gun, here is a post I made at Accuratereloading.com on my first impressions of the SPR22: Picked up the Remington Spartan double .45-70 from my local FFL, where I had Luke at Pueblo Sports send it. It will be some time next week before I can get to...

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Took two Ruger sixguns along with some long guns to the range today, a BH in .45 Colt with 4 5/8 barrel and the new .41 BH with 6 1/2. I was mainly just plinking up odds and ends with the .45 Colt, but settled down to try for accuracy with the .41. I first shot some 250-grain WFNs from CPBC over 5.0...

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Thanks guys. OSOK, I have tried Speer, Hornady and Sierra 87-grain bullets, but not necessarily with those powders. I will give those powders a try.

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I have a nice old 99 with the 1:14 twist barrel, and am having a hard time getting under 2 inches at 100 yards with handloads and bullets of 100 grains or less. Anyone else shooting this rifle with this twist getting better accuracy? Bore and crown are perfect.

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Mike: Good for you for getting out and gathering some birds with a hammer double. I have a Husqvarna hammer double with 2 1/2-inch chambers that I need to break in. I have some Magtech all-brass shells loaded with black powder that I would like to try, but can't use lead shot on the local refuge hun...

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Shooter is the best kind! Do you know what the bore measures?

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It's the best time of year -- and the worst, because there are so many options. Archery deer and elk open here in Oregon on Saturday, and grouse, mountain quail and dove on Monday. At the same time, the Rogue River mouth is packed with bright 20- to 40-pound fall chinooks, not to mention thousands u...

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About 10 or 12 years ago, John McCain appeared in television ads here in Oregon to recommend passage of a ballot measure that had its origins among Democrats in our Legislature to "close the gun show loophole" and require background checks even between private citizens swapping deer rifles...

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WOW! You only get one bighorn tag per lifetime here in Oregon, and I would say he'll be happy with that ram for the rest of his days, even if he lives to be 100!

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1886: Please do post photos and especially range results. I had Chick Donnelly of Siskiyou Barrel Works build me a No.1 in this caliber about 12 years ago, and it is now somewhere in Alaska. At the time, I had trouble with dies, reamers and brass all matching, and I was much less experienced with bi...

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I will be right up front here. I make a 220-grain .379 jacketed softpoint bullet specifically for use in proper .38-55s, whose original bore diameter was .379. I spent the money several years ago for the swaging equipment after reading an article by Ken Waters decrying the lack of a proper bullet fo...

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Aren't Kerri and Misty something? I don't know why I am not as interested in men's volleyball ...

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Here's my prayer that he realizes somehow he has been saved for something special by Someone Special.

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6PT: I have a new 6 1/2-inch Blackhawk in .41 just like yours. Hope to shoot it this week. All I have loaded right now is some Trail Boss plinkers and some H4227 full powers using the CPBC 250-grain WFN.

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Russell, Remington, Catlin ... wonderful artists.
I also very much like many of the works from the Taos Society of Artists.
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Mike: It was just a smidge under two weeks from mailing check to opening package. Will report when I get a chance to give Paco's tool a workout.

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Mike: Any chance of sharing photos of your double rifle? I have a Remington Spartan 12-gauge double, and am happy with it for the money. It is strong and reasonably light and balanced. I hunted pheasants, ducks and sharptails with it in the Sand Hills of central Nebraska and was very pleased with th...

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I live in the country in a neighborhood of one-acre lots developed about 35 years ago, so I guess I am a guilty party. And yet, at least I will admit it. What really gripes me is these folks that blame the hunters for the loss of wildlife. Responsible hunting has NEVER permanently reduced wildlife p...

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I'll go $30 on No. 2.

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Little bundle of joy arrived by pony express yesterday, and although I haven't had a chance to use it yet I must say I am impressed by the design and execution. If it makes ammo even more accurate and lethal in my CZ bolt gun, I will be even happier. Thanks for a fine product at a very fair price, P...

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I used to be active way back when on the old Sixgunner site, but guess it is gone now. Have a new .41 Ruger Blackhawk 6 1/2-incher that I am just starting to load for ...

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I think he is right about asking the EPA to back off on the ethanol requirement. Feed prices are killing livestock producers and hammering the consumer.
I s'pose I would feel differently if I had 1,000 acres in Iowa corn, but I don't. I just have an F150 to feed.

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I often encounter the dirty bore thing, even in gun shops run by very savvy shooters. Funny thing is, I have cleaned out some dirty bores and been thrilled by what I found -- and disappointed as well -- but then I've been fascinated by buried treasure since I was a little kid ...

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Ben: I use IMR 3031 under my .379 220-grain softpoints, but load only to about 1900. A friend uses the same bullet and gets to 2300 using RE7 in an H&R Target Classic single, but it may well be stronger than an older lever gun.

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Bj94: Thanks for sharing. It's great to see a sweet-looking gal who obviously "sabe's the business" with heavy sixguns.

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Makes me even gladder I just sent a check for mine ...

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I have one in .250-3000, and as much as I admire the 99, it is just too heavy for the caliber. Now something that would handle a beefy .40+ caliber would get very interesting. By the way, you should have seen the look on the tracker's face when my brother uncased his .300 Savage 99 in Namibia last y...

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Jim: Good to hear of your safe return. I noticed that contrast between rich and poor when I was in Namibia a year ago. The rural towns were packed with capable men and women whiling away the hours of each day, hoping for a job that would never come. Discouraging.

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If it gets Europeans converted to drinking the "king" of rice beers, maybe it will lower the value of the euro against the dollar, which I call a win-win.

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Nath: Nice photo, with flash fill. Great shooting a good eating, I hope. Tell us about your dog!

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Great idea! Is it pushed, pulled or powered? Why oh why did I never learn to weld?

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I never trust three-shot groups, so don't ever shoot them. I was at the range Wednesday afternoon in 104-degree heat, and was shooting a Savage 30G Favorite in .22 LR and a CZ 452 in 17 HMR2, and barrel heating was not an issue. But then we shot a few clays with the little CZ .410 Bobwhite, and that...

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Love to hear what you fellows are shooting. I'm looking for a good load with the 117-grain Hornady RN, and anything else you want to share.
Thanks!
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Patrick: I'm with the others on going with one in .44 Russian or .45 Schofield. Good brass and dies are available at reasonable prices. The Smiths surely are a pretty gun.

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Oooh, Steve. Get yourself a CZ 452 in 17 MHR or 17 HM2. These things are scalpels ...

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Found one of these little 3/4-inch-tube beauties in El Paso blue, with a side mount. It's about the cvutest thing. Anyone out there have any experience with these old scopes?

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HAW! Printed that 'un out ...

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Most of you no doubt heard about my fellow Oregonian, Kent Couch, who achieved his goal Saturday of flying in a lawn chair lifted by helium balloons from Bend, Oregon, to Cambridge, Idaho. When he crossed over Hell's Canyon in that contraption, he must have felt the wonder of God's creation. Anyway,...

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Re Shelby Foote: We lost a fine American when he passed. I could listen to him read the phone book all day.

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Moody: I would love to hear more about your exploits with the 1842 and that big Lyman .69 minie.

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He wrote a book on dinosaurs for younger readers that I read as a kid. As far as his hunting exploits are concerned, he really put the early Savages through their paces. But I believe he also praised the .22 Savage High-Power as a big game cartridge. I have a 99 in .250-3000, but don't think I would...

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Those are good ones. My favorite Civil War film is Ang Lee's "Ride With the Devil," which tells the side of the Missouri Bushwhackers. There was a lot of meanness, evil and injustice inflicted by both sides in the Border Wars along the Kansas and Missouri borders, as well as courage and co...

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I have a nice old 99 in .250-3000, but with the 1:14 twist. I wish to heck it had the faster twist, but I can hardly bring myself to alter it, as it was gift from a beloved uncle who doted on the .250.

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Bigbore: There's ALWAYS room in this old world for one more bullet lube. I agree that a small, round tin would be fine for muzzleloading -- just like the tins Dixie sells their Old Zip in. I like my SPG in the hollow sticks for the lubrisizer, though.

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