Ranch Dog, I am not following your commentary about the Rio Grande's hammer spur. It clearly has a spur on its hammer, and it looks exactly like it should. Could you please elaborate? Shawn Sorry Shawn, I worded that wrong. I meant to say that the fellow complained that he could not find an extensi...

Gaucho Gringo wrote:Can you post a link to his post advertising his bullets. I went over there but did have any luck finding him. Thank you

Sure

http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/inde ... #msg951375

This is not the only size. He has several, just ask. He is a really nice guy.

Well stuff, I mixed up my forums. He is GAR on Marlin owner's forum. I have been bouncing around to several forums, and messed it up.

Thomas Garcia from Georgia. He may well be a member here too. Sorry about that.

I just wanted to post about a forum member and a good experience that I had in dealing with him. I am fairly new to the use of cast bullets other than wadcutters in .357 target loads, so I had a lot of questions for Mr. Garcia. He answered them all and was very patient. I am looking forward to the s...

Hey Jim, thanks for suggesting this site some time ago.

I was playing with this when I was at the folks. Somehow sitting in the garage decapping and sizing is pretty relaxing.

I have everything at home now, so I can mess with it more once I get it all set up.

How do the Hathorne #W312BC Hathorn Classic Cowboy boots compare to Olathe boots? I have only personally worn the packer style Hathorn. I can tell you that in my opinion the Hawhorn will be a better off the shelf boot in terms of quality of workmanship and materials. Order from Drews and see. They ...

I tried a few out and discovered that the SWC in 158 has a long shoulder that engages the lands and makes chambering difficult when the bullet is seated at the crimp groove. Any reason I could not seat them a tick deeper and use a factory crimp die by Lee? The other option is to hold on to the *&...

Drew's got some nice looking boots. Thanks. They do. They can build ANYTHING your heart desires and be high quality at a fair price too. I made a living from the back of a horse for quite a while before deciding to go back to school. I wore out lots of boots and found you get what you pay for to a ...

http://drewsboots.com/handmade.htm Depending on your purpose, these are about as good as it gets, and they are fully rebulidable and customizable. You can get any height, color, vamp or no vamp, upper style, toe bug or no bug, stitching on uppsers or not, sole, heel, spur ledge, etc. that you want. ...

Thanks to all! I will start with unique. I have a 1980s lyman that has loads close, but they suggest gas checks which makes me concerned about leading if too fast. A chronograph is on my list, but it would be a while. The carbine in. 357 sounds like a great idea. Thanks again, and if anyone has anyt...

I would go with 8 grains of Unique and see how that does with your 158 grain boolits. The 35 Rem is a smaller case. You should get something like 1500-1600 fps with that load - a very good plinking load. The 125 grain bullets would be fine with 10 grains of Unique IMHO. It's always advisable to use...

Well there is always the old standby of "10 grains Unique" and any light bullet for a nice plinker. That would make a nice place to start, (and probably stop with the cast bullet, which will likely begin to "spray" a bit at above 1500 fps if it is a plain-base bullet) The jacket...

You can use the data from any bullet weight heavier than the ones you have as a starting point without worry of overpressure. Running the bullet too fast will cause them to fail so the data for the heavier bullets should keep them in reasonable velocity. Read this: http://www.leverguns.com/articles...

Ya better get a book............I don't think anyone here would give you any wrong info, but you better be able to see it in print too. I have a Lyman and a couple others. $30 can make you safe. Also there are some loading info on line from many sources. But again, it's nice to double check with a ...

I have inherited a large quality of .357/38 handgun bullets. They are jacketed soft point of 125 gr and cast swc of 158 gr. I have read about using these for plinking rounds or varmint getters, but I can't find any data for powders and starting loads. I have also inherited a large quantity of powder...

Got to disagree with Terry on his post to some extent when he says that after the invention of the receiver peep sight the tang sight was dead. In fact, the tang sight has two significant advantages over a receiver mounted peep sight that many older shooters find absolutely essential. 1st - the tan...

I say throw it away and get a tang sight. I, too, disagree with Terry. Tang sights will never go away, and they are used on rifles with HEAVY recoil. Ever shoot a Sharps 45-120?. I had one on a H&R Buffalo Classic http://handirifle.com/images/BuffaloClassic/Soulelongshot.jpg It worked perfectly...

For cheek weld, there isn't really a good answer, and one reason high mounted see thru scope mounts aren't very comfortable and practical if you want a quick handling gun. It becomes more of an issue with heavier recoiling guns. One thing you might try is using 'chin weld' instead of 'cheek weld'; ...

I was talking about the barrel mounted sights. My issue seems to be getting my head high enough to sight consistently with a solid position when the ladder is up aways. The bloody nose was from my thumb one time and the cheek is from the comb of the stock because I just can't weld tightly with my he...

I need a little help with a ladder sight. I am new to these and seem to be having a hard time getting a good, steady, consistent sight picture. What is the best way to position my head/face to shoot this sight well when raised? How do you get a solid cheek weld? So far I have given myself a bloody n...

No one has mentioned Monte Walsh as a serious western and fairly recent too!
EDIT: I guess it was a remake though.

I have an 1886 with a ring. I like the look, but the thing tinks over when I shift hands. I can see it doing exactly that at the wrong time. I have laced it with leather to keep it quiet, but what I would really like to find is a sling designed for carrying a rifle like this as originally planned......

Catching insects and raising them works pretty well for reptiles and amphibians, but be careful. Certain ones can be an issue. If you are really into the critters, I am sure you already know, but things like lightning bugs can kill them.

Jeff

I agree about thinning the wood. If I ever find a set of damaged funiture for one at a reasonable price, I will try to do that myself and add a limbsaver too. I love the rifle, but am still unsure about the ladder sight. It keeps sliding down in recoil. The front blade is a nice fine sight, but hard...

Thanks to all. Any idea what the thread pitch would be? Do metric bolts have different pitches?

I think I will pass on bedding stuff though. I could see myself messing that up big time.

I would like to find a nice plug/screw to fit the hole that would be left if I remove the ring. I just don't like it klinking around. I will hold onto the ring if I do it, but I would prefer it this way for hunting. If I can not find one, I might just wrap it with leather lacing. Any suggestions on ...

I have the same issue as well. Is there an adjustment that can be done to prevent this, or is it just the nature of the beast?

Thanks