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Being an NRA Lever Action Silhouette shooter, all my levers wear Marble's tang peep sight:

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I can vouch for John Taylor:

https://www.levergunscommunity.org/view ... ilit=liner

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This is one I made a few years ago for the Lever Action silhouette shooters at Hat Creek Rifle & Pistol Club in Burney, CA. Rifle actions are closed for the photo. Open actions and empty chamber indicators are safety requirements for racked rifles during a match. https://i.imgur.com/kysl96j.jpg ...

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At Hat Creek Rifle & Pistol Club in Burney, California, we shoot NRA Hunter's Pistol Silhouette on the first Sunday of the month year-round alongside our Lever Action Pistol Cartridge Rifle Silhouette. NRA Smallbore Hunter's Pistol Silhouette is shot on the second Sunday each month alongside our...

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It's really great that you have that ability to shoot some levergun silhouette. Maybe some of the other shooters will take notice and try it for themselves! At my home range, Hat Creek Rifle & Pistol Club in Burney, CA, we have a robust NRA style lever action rifle silhouette program covering al...

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I turned 71 last December. Still enjoying reloading ammo and shooting metallic silhouettes. This June will mark 48 years of marriage.

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 4:01 am As much as I love Squirrel hunting it can get a bit tame, perhaps a hybrid tigersquirrel would keep me on my toes.....

Or one that shoots back....

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Speaking of primers, I witnessed an interesting occurrence a few weeks ago. My silhouette shooting partner was firing a Marlin .32-20 and had a round that popped the Winchester Small Pistol primer but did not fire the round. Inspection revealed that the primer (loaded on a Dillon 550) was seated in ...

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Thanks guys! I turned 71 today and spent most of my time reaming out a bullet sizing die for my .405 Winchester. I did take advantage of the sunny weather and drove my '55 Chevy Nomad to a nearby gun store to see if any gunpowder had come in. Nope. None of what I need yet...

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I have a BSA Bore Sight kit from Midway. It is inexpensive and gets the job done:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1008838342?pid=766064

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I was having a tough time finding affordable .405WCF brass. I finally discovered that Graf & Sons had Jamison .405 in stock for $23.99 per bag of 20. If anybody needs some you better hurry, there's not a whole lot of it left!

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/pr ... ctId/21467

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I will spot you to 25 brand new pieces of brass. PM me your mailing address. For me, it's a matter of "paying it forward". Back in July of 2018 I was burned out in the Carr Fire, another of California's disastrous wild fires. I managed to save most of my guns, but lost all my ammo and relo...

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The fires in California are pushing critters into urban areas looking for food & water.

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A little cheaper. I think the cost of raw materials has gone up that cases are super expensive anymore. -Tutt https://opticsandammo.com/product/hornady-405-win-unprimed-brass-50-mfg-8691/ Thanks for that link Tutt, but they are not accepting any new orders so it's still unobtainium for me. Shasta

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Next time you talk to them, ask them to make their .405 Win. brass again! Not sure why they stopped as it was a good selling brass for them, and still in high demand! I strongly second Marlinman's request. I have not fired my .405 in over three years since I lost all my brass and ammo in the 2018 C...

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Another lefty here, living with Kalifornia restraints but in a very RED county with a Second Amendment friendly sheriff not afraid to issue a concealed carry permit to law-abiding citizens. For every-day carry I prefer my Springfield Armory XD Compact .45ACP with a 10+1 round capacity (Federal Hydra...

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A good friend called me this evening with a heads-up on an anti-hunting and fishing ballot initiative up in Oregon. Even the libs controlling things here in Kalifornia haven't gone this far!: https://www.sportsmensalliance.org/news/potential-ballot-initiative-in-oregon-aims-to-end-all-hunting-fishin...

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I recently saw a Pedersoli double flintlock 20 gauge shotgun that an acquaintance had purchased and I am very interested in getting one: https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/en/product/classic-deluxe-side-by-side-flintlock-model-cal20-cyl-mod It seemed to be very good quality and very attractive, but it...

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I have several flinters: https://i.imgur.com/pdSx3Ve.jpg Being a lefty, I had my first flintlock rifle custom built by Art Knolty back in 1983. It is the top rifle in the picture. It is a full stock early Hawken style with a 36" .62 caliber 1-66 twist Green Mountain barrel, L&R lock, figure...

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You are doing some good shooting there. If I had to go 8 months without shooting I would go insane! I assume from the number that your bullet mould is from Accurate? I too use Reloder 7 (25 gr.) in my 44-40's with Accurate mold #433205C. I am a bit puzzled as to why you did not want to adjust your s...

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I used to carry a Ruger SP101 with the first two rounds loaded with shot capsules, then three hollow points when hunting in this snake infested county. It worked very well to dispatch rattlers or finish off a wounded deer. What with the stupid new Kalifornia hunting laws that require non-lead ammo f...

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The rifle has arrived. Now I need a reciever sight and I am set. You can't go wrong with a Providence Tool Company copy of the Lyman 21 receiver sight. It is a steel copy that is exact to the original and is available through Buffalo Arms Co. I do a drill-tap-thread on their fixed aperture hole and...

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Jerry, I'm sorry this virus has taken such a toll on you. My older brother is having the same breathing problems and loss of strength after having contracted Covid. I think you are most definitely doing the right thing with the airgun practice. That ought to help build back strength. In the meantime...

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Our late member Jack Kort aka w30wcf wrote an excellent article on black powder in the 44-40 that may be helpful to you. Here is a link:

viewtopic.php?t=62009

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Not many pay any attention to Patriot's Day. Mine was one of the very few homes in this neighborhood with one of these displayed:

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Wow! You did a great job on the Chevy. :mrgreen: I would not have had the confidence to stitch up an interior. That requires a great deal of sewing and fitting skill. The diamond tuck looks perfect for that car. And I like the more traditional higher stance. Most rods now days are slammed to the gro...

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You do indeed have much to question. I am primarily a cast lead bullet shooter and I do cast my own. The above link by Mr. Taylor takes the jacketed bullet/cast lead bullet cleaning discussion to perfection. The difference is you can shoot jacketed bullets at much higher velocity than cast lead. But...

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Try The Gun Works in Springfield, OR:

http://www.thegunworks.com/custprodgun. ... Option=yes

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While a 28" barrel would be a plus in my book, the Browning barrel is 24".

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I have a Browning 1895 in .30-40 Krag that I bought used back in 2003. I modified it slightly by adding a Providence Tool Co. copy of the Lyman 21 receiver sight, a taller front sight, and a set of quick detach sling swivel studs. It shoots 180 gr. Sierra boat tail bullets very well. I have killed f...

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I have a large cast iron dutch oven for smelting lead (it survived the fire with just a bent wire bail handle) and I did buy a new propane turkey fryer for heating it up. My cast iron one pound ingot molds also made it through the fire. I had a very large supply of cast lead bullets (around 400 poun...

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Shasta you have your work cut out for you! Have you thought about a sawzall ( reciprocating saw) to cut the ammo can blocks into smaller pieces? Still be a lot of work but you wouldn't have to pick up those heavy cans. Yep, I tried using a Sawsall with a metal cutting blade, but the fine teeth quic...

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I have a bit of a different bullet casting story: It’s been well over two years since I lost my home and all my reloading stuff as a result of the Carr Fire here in Shasta County, California. I was able to salvage a few of my many bullet moulds, and most of my bullet casting lead. The majority of th...

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You could make a chamber cast very inexpensively:

https://www.levergunscommunity.org/view ... =1&t=35095

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Reminds me of the old joke that a bison is what an Australian washes his face in.

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You got yourself a really great old rifle! :D I like that you kept it original. A lot of them have been heavily sporterized over the years. My own '03A3 has a two groove barrel and it shoots cast lead bullets very well. As for scoping them, it can be done without being sacrilege. I used the USMC sco...

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Biggest black powder load I'm comfortable with? In a shoulder-fired gun, my standard load for my custom made .62 caliber Hawken flintlock is 120 gr. FFg under a 342 gr. round ball. It's the top gun in this photo: https://i.imgur.com/pdSx3Ve.jpg As for uncomfortable, that would have been the 300 gr. ...

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That looks like a Smith & Wesson logo to me, but I don't know if they ever made holsters.

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Well, after only 14 years my 30-30 cartridge case head that was super-glued to the end of the cross-bolt filler bolt went AWOL. Silver solder would be a much better bond here, but I really suck at soldering. I made up a new cut-off cartridge case head, cleaned the two attaching points, and went with...

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In the early 2000's I was wanting a 94 Winchester in 38-55 caliber, but the originals were out of my price range. Winchester came out with the angle eject Legacy model with a 26 inch octagon barrel in 38-55, complete with a factory installed Marbles tang sight, so in 2005 I had one on order at my fa...

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Here is a link to a good read on this forum:

https://www.levergunscommunity.org/view ... CF#p790500

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My favorite (and most accurate) .22 is a late production Winchester Low Wall that has been re-barreled with a 27" heavy target barrel topped by a Montana Vintage Arms 6x 30" scope. https://i.imgur.com/RQaNwBc.jpg?1 It shoots very well with CCI Standard Velocity ammunition. I use it for Sma...

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This is a very long rehash of one of my posts from the old Leverguns forum, but I thought it was worth updating and re-posting the story of this very fine rifle. Back in 2006 I bought an unfired Winchester 1894-1994 commemorative rifle. This version is a 30-30 with a half-round barrel, checkered pis...

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I have had both and I much prefer the Marbles as it has windage adjustment while the Lyman does not. I fit most of my leverguns with the Marbles. If you want a real Cadillac tang sight get the Montana Vintage Arms vernier.

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Welcome to the Leverguns forum. Here is an article that may help you:

https://gunsmagazine.com/featured/winchesters-model-64/

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Looks like things are changing at the National Rifle Association:

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/n ... york-texas

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Several years back I was in the market for a mild recoiling left hand bolt rifle to shoot NRA High Power Silhouette. I settled on a Savage Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor and mounted a Vortex Viper scope on it. It is easily the most accurate rifle I have ever owned and is not picky about what bullet is us...

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I solved my wintertime brass drying problems with one of these:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1016298842?pid=304424

It works great but does take up a fair amount of shelf space when not in use.

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I just love using anti-gun Paypal for a pro-gun cause, and Leverguns.com is one of my favorite websites. I appreciate all that you do!

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Back in the early '80's I read about using aluminum foil between the nose halves of a cast lead bullet mould to enhance expansion of a cast lead bullet. I used the method on some pure lead Lyman 457125 cast bullets intended for hunting with my Italian made Palmetto Gemmer 1874 Sharps in .45-70 that ...

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