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Thanks guys. The flex tip bullets interest me but I've heard some people were having issue's with OAL being too long to use in .307. I also wanted to try the 200gr .35 in my .356, but was concerned about having the same issues. SO can anyone verify that these bullets work in the Winchester rifles? A...

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Anyone have a chance to try this bullet out yet? I jsut picked up a box on the weekend, gonna load some up for my .307. I imagine they are built with the 30-30 in mind, but I think they should be ok in the .307 as well. I also got some 150gr PowerPoints,130gr Speer FP and 130gr Hornady Spitzers. I t...

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Living in Canada has it's drawbacks when it comes to gunsmithing,for sure. I'll see what Ican find around here.

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I bought a Savage 99F in .308 from a friend and picked it up today. Turns out I got a problem. To be fair,he warned me that it had suddenly become erratic in the accuracy department. I saw a slight crack in the tang area of the butt, a loose forend and a dirty barrel. I figured no problem, I'll get ...

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One area the levergun trumps the bolt for me is for bear defense in the bush. Went on a elk/moose hunt in grizzly country here a couple weeks ago,and I took along my BB94 .444 and my M700 .270. I figured since rifle season for elk was open the last few days,I'd carry the .270 during those days in ca...

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Nath- to make them jam what I do is work the lever till the round pops up on the carrier. I then close the bolt about 1/2 or 2/3 of the way before moving it back again. It's actually hard to do,so I slide the first cartridge into the chamber so I can see down into the action. If I work the lever bac...

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I think I may try to fix the .444 and take it. It took me a long time to work up the nerve to take my welder to the .356! It just got so bad that I had no choice,and luckily it turned out well. The .444 hasn't been nearly as bad so I've been putting it off. Question-whats the best way to remove the ...

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If I don't trust the .444 to be reliable,I'll probably take the .356. Like I said, most of the time we'll be bowhunting and the rifle will be for bear defense. The rifle will only be used for hunting the last few days if the bowhunting has been unsuccessful. I have no doubts about the ability of any...

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I'm having a hard time deciding which rifle to take on an upcoming hunt. We will be hunting close to Grande Prairie,Alberta. I will have elk,moose,whitetail and possibly black bear tags. The area has a pretty healthy population of Grizzly too,although they are protected. I am trying to decide betwee...

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Where was baseball mentioned in the Bible? In the Big inning. What kind of car did the Apostles drive? A Honda, the Bible says they were all in one Accord. Did you know there where cars and motorbikes even in the OT? Indeed, KingDavid was the first motorcyclist- "....and the sound of his Trium...

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Hey look,another Ed! Looks like us Ed's like leverguns. Your right,I should of used the receiver instead as it was a little shaky. I tried laying the gun across the corner of a table so that it rested on the flat bootom pertion of the reciever. Put a short rod across the rear sight slot and to my ey...

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xxclaro, The front sight IS tilted to the RIGHT as you look down the sights from the shouldered position . This indicates the barrel is not properly indexed. Looks to me like Winchester didn't tighten it all the way. Now to confirm this take a section of cleaning rod, or a short piece of dowel rod ...

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I am left eye dominant but shoot right handed.

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Alright, I got the .375 back out and had another look at it. To the naked eye, it looks okay at first. Depending on how I look at it,sometimes it looks like the front sight may be a bit canted,other times it looks like it's straight. One thing I noticed is that the little PW looking stamp on the bar...

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There is something wrong with that gun so I would recomend you send it too ME I will work on it for a few years an then send it back OK When I first read your post I initially thought you said "work on it for free" and I was gettin excited! Such a letdown...... You guys are awesome,so muc...

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I have a .375 Winchester Big Bore that has given me issue's with accuracy since I got it. I took off the factory rear sight and put on a Williams peep. To get it on paper I had to click it way over to the left,to the point that it is visibly way off centre. I finally abandoned the 220gr Hornady bull...

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Hay did you not know Grizzly bears are now under the protected animal act in Alberta as of yesterday :lol: Him or me ? I bought a 16'' Rossi For back packing fly fishing trips in 45 Colt with 300gr bullets going almost 1600fps it out penatrates a regular 12 ga slug on trees. I think the gun is abou...

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Anyone got length/weight for those rifles? They look great,and I'd be quite comfortable with a stout .45 load.

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Looking for a backpacking rifle and want something other than the 94 Big Bore .444 I've been carrying. I want the shortest lightest gun I can get in a caliber suitable for bear defense. To me that means at least .45 or .44 mag. What is currently available? Of course,reliability is a must. I really w...

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geobru wrote:Walmart had a couple of cases of Federal 550 pack today. $18.97 a box. Price has jumped!

Here in Alberta the same ammo is already over $30! Last year the same ammo was around $20,so I'm wondering what it'll cost next year.

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I understand what your saying, and actually agree. However, it took me a long time to find all 4 of these rifles with the straight grips and I'd rather try to keep them in as good a shape as possible. I hope to be able to get a dedicated backpacking gun at some point, probably a lightweight 12ga of ...

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I'm looking for synthetic stock and forend for a 94 BB with the straight grip. I'm having no luck finding them here in Canada,and can't find any online either. Can anyone help me out? I don't like the look of them at all on these guns, but I use my .444 when I go hiking in the mountains for bear pro...

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How is your arrow flight? If the bow is poorly tuned and the arrow is fishtailing, you'll loose a lot of your penetration. An arrow that impacts nice and straight will penetrate much better than one that impacts even a bit sideways. I shoot almost exactly the same specs as you do, and penetration is...

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Yep,Canadian Citizen.

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Hehe, yep,we are fashionable ain't we? But at least we're well armed. Guy with the camo shorts is packing a Marlin 45-70 stainless, his brother in the blue shirt has a .45 Colt Win94, with some hard cast Paco Kelly loads, the guy with the camera has a Rossi Puma .454, and I'm carrying my Win94 BB in...

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rjohns94 wrote:Very awesome. i really enjoyed that. Great Cabin, yours?

I wish! No, it belongs to the trapper in the area. He's actually the only one allowed to build any permanent structure in there. I very interesting man, named Basil Leonard. Quite a well known fella in those parts, and a very nice guy.

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Myself and 3 friends went up to the Wilmore Wilderness here in Alberta last weekend. I was a wrangler for a sheep hunting oufit up there about 6-7 years ago, and fell in love with the place. No motorized vehicles are allowed in, so it's remained quite prisitine. I believe Jack O'Conner shot his firs...

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I know they look odd, but I really want to try a scout scope on my BB94 375. It's given me fits with the peep sights, and I can't mount a regular scope as its a top eject. Has anyone tried this? Who is currently making a scout setup for these guns, and how do they attach?

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Thanks for the great info William. I don't recall exactly what my load was, except that it was Varget and I played with the OAL alot. I've heard alot of good things about the 130gr Speer, and am curious to try it. I'm still a bit cautious about it, as the shots can get pretty long and the bucks pret...

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Some time last year I asked for any info concerning the 150gr Barnes TSX FP in the .307 Winchester. I finjally bought some and loaded them up last fall for some deer hunting. Long story short, I got a shot at a good size(about 150-175lb) doe, at a distance of about 125 yds. At the shot he deer leapt...

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The entry was about bullet diameter, hard to tell becuase it hit the bone and made a bit of a mess. The exit was about 1.5, but took out a rib on hte way out too, so that may hae made it bigger.

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Yesterday evening I got a shot at a good size doe at about 150-175 yards. At the shot, she jumped high in the air and kicked her back legs out. She took off into the bush line and down a steep embankment. I looked for a blood trail but couldn't find anything before dark. It was going to be -16C over...

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Thanks for all suggestions thus far. I did email Barnes, and they had nothing for me,said they had no data for .307, so I guess I gotta keep testing. I'm looking forward to trying this bullet on deer this year, should be interesting.

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I recently loaded some rounds for my .307 Winchester using 150gr TSX bullets. I had Varget and BLC-2 on hand, but could find no specific load data for the TSX. I ended up using 43 grains of Varget and 44 grains of BLC-2 . I took them out and shot them over the chrony. The Varget loads shot at around...

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I just recently got a good friend of mine to get his first levergun, a Puma 92 in 454 casull. He love's it, and it shoots well, but he is experiencing some feeding problems. He is using factory Federal Fusion ammo, and the bullet noses seem to be jamming into the top of the chamber and getting quite...

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Excellent, that's exactly the kind of load I was looking for. No danger or detonation from the small quantity powder in that size case? I still have to get some dies for the this calibre, but as soon as I do I'll load some up. Much thanks.

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Thanks everyone. I thinks Hobie's right,must have read it on the old forum. Hobie, these .44/40 type loads you speak of, any chance you got data handy? I have a bunch of 250 cast bullets kicking around, I'd love to get them down to around 800 fps and just shoot small game and stuff with them.

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I'm curious, can one shoot .44 mag or .44-40 through a .444 Marlin rifle, much like one would use .38 in a .357? I have a .444 Big bore that I like to take intot the mountains with me for bear protection and elk hunting, but some mild .44-40 cowboy loads might work nice for grouse and general plinki...

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I know we have a guys here who have done some experimenting with a .307 Winchester, however I can't remeber who they are. I posted a couple of days ago about the Barnes bullets I'm getting ready to load, and I'm hoping to get some idea's about which powders to start with. I used to have a really acc...

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Yeah, a.358 would be great. Thought about cutting some down for the .356, but at their price I'm waiting for someone else to try first.

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Today I bought some TSX 150gr. FP bullets, which I intend to load for my .307 BB. Can I use regular load data for this bullet, or does one need to use specific Barnes data? I know the standard Barnes bullets used special load data due to higher pressure's, but am wondering if the TSX is different, d...

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Well, I guess I may as well tell you the whole story. No alcohol was involved, just stupididty. Yu see, I had been using a sheet of about 1/2 inch thick hard wax to make bullets for my .375 BB. I was having some fun shooting at things in the basement, seeing what kind of powr they had. A couple of m...

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I can verify that it works very well out of a .375 Winchester. I can also assure that under no circumstances should you let someone try to shoot a cowboy hat off your head. You will find that the wax slug can actually penetrate the felt and smack your noggin, leaving a nice welt.

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Well, sounds like this is going to be more compicated than I anticipated! I'm thinking of maybe making the shaft of spring steel and the head of a tool steel like D2 or something. I could slot the shaft and insert the head, welding along the sides of the shaft, adding support to the head. The Cold s...

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It seems no matter what the topic, someone here knows the answers to almost any question. So let me throw this out there. I am trying to build a Sambura style spear, and need to aquire the proper steel. This spear is essentaily a 3 peice design, with a 2 foot wooden handle, a 2.5 foot front end and ...

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I have a staight tube 1-4x on my .444 BB. Not that many rounds through it yet, but so far it's held it's zero perfectly. I guess we'll see.

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Okay, so a few days ago, with the advice of some of the members here, picked up a 8-40 tap to retap the front scope mount holes on my .307 BB. I need a drill bit to match the tap, but the catalogue I ordered from didn't specify a size. Does someone know which is the proper bit to use? Also, those fr...

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I had the exact same isue with my .356, and have had it happen once with my .444. I took my .307 apart and measured the cartridge stop on it, as it has never malfunctioned. Sure enough, the .356 was a tad short. I gave it a little zap with my Mig, and then filed and stoned it to the same configurati...

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Aren't you a pal

Thanks for the advice anyway,I'll see about getting those taps. I really,really hope I can fix it, I'd hate to have to sell it but I new I could count on a fellow levergunner to take it off my hands!

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