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Lefty Dude

Agreed, throats can be an issue with Colts. My 44-40 barrel grooves are .429 and my 44 special cylinder came in with .426" throats. I have a 44 caliber throating reamer and a friend who is a GS and has a Bridgeport Mill. We re-cut both cylinders throats and they are now .430". Also one pie...

Lefty Dude

I have a pair of third generations I got from the Custom Shop last year. Mine are 44-40 with seperate fitted 44 special cylinders. They are 4 3/4", nothing fancy, just colts. I can shoot 44 Colt, 44 Russians, 44 special, and 44-40's. So far I have loads for 44-40 & 44 special. Looking to ge...

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awp101 wrote:Anyone?

Another thought I had was maybe using a octagonal .30-30 bbl and having it rebored to .38-55?

This is the way I would go if I were doing same.

Lefty Dude

The VP slot will be the most important in History since Teddy R. was VP .

McCain has age to deal with
O'bama has a Jehad target on his back. They don't take likely too, Moslem's born into Islam converting to any other Religion.

Lefty Dude

I puchased on this forum, some 360 gr. LBT M (Marlin) .4595" bullets for 45-70. I have about 300 of them. They are gas checked, two grease grooves and a seperate crimping groove above them. They are flat nosed for tube loading. Can't find them in the one loading manual I have so I thought I wo...

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Looks like a good off hand group to me! I am also looking at 44 WCF molds. I am leaning toward a Lyman 427666 right now since it is a four cavity mold and it looks like it would carry enough lube for black powder. It is apparently a newer design intended for the cowboy crowd. I wouldn't mind a litt...

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Kirk, If you gave the bullet weight I couldn't find it, regardless of how big I made the type. By gum, I forgot to include it. I went back and edited the post to include the bullet weight. It was 200 grains. Thanks for mentioning that. If you get a mould, consider a bullet weight larger than the 20...

Lefty Dude

This coming Week End could be the largest run on Black Rifles this country has ever seen. If the SC rules the wrong way.

Lefty Dude

If you think about it, with the court's current "balance" - four solid Constitutional constructionists (Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Alito) versus four bed-wetting liberal judicial activists (Stevens, Ginsberg, Souter and Breyer), Justice Kennedy is now really the most powerful man in the ...

Lefty Dude

Lefty, don't forget the flat handled bolts. Can't remember the model numbers. They had both tube and clip fed. Then there was the Brazilian CBC (auto only). I can't say for sure, but understood Remington sold the original machinery to the Brazilians. Oh, and then there was the Mossberg Pinto and th...

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The Remington 66 lever action is as rare as hens teeth. My Brother has one, it must have been in the first group made. It has no model number or designation, not even 66. Very few were made and most are in collections, safe queens and never see the light of day. If you have one the piece is worth $7...

Lefty Dude

Try here:
http://www.buffaloarms.com

They also have dies, will make custom luber/sizers.

They list .311, & .312 on the on-line catalog. The product is very top quality.

Lefty Dude

Sweet! You bet I'm interested, Sixgun.! PM me with the price. I really like the fact that it locks up perfectly and has excellent internals. The refinished exterior ain't gonna bother me one bit. How ya gonna get it across the border legally ? And the register it in Canada. Your lucky it is a 5&quo...

Lefty Dude

I have both, and they all need a little TLC to make them run smooth & slick. As a reloader I prefer the Winchester top eject over the side eject of the Marlin. Also I find the Winchester much easier to single load from the top rather than the side, and I am a Lefty. I like Levers in any flavor, ...

Lefty Dude

Nice find Griff;

If ya need some load data for the piece I have several excellent loads I developed for my Cimarron 73 44-40 carbine. As you know factory 44-40 ammo can be pricey.

Lefty Dude

My brother just found his and I am looking for mine. Savage 99C lever in .308 Winchester, it is the 20" carbine version. This one was made in the early 1960's. He paid $375.00. It came with 3 extra clips. We have both been on the look out for this model at a good price. We both shoot lever guns...

Lefty Dude

Griff wrote:None of them hold a candle to the .32-40.

What Griff said.

Lefty Dude

Why is this brass shorter than standard ? My Son stopped by today to load some rounds, he has all Winchester in his batch. He brought along a box of 20 Hornady LE brass. He was expanding and belling the WW cases. Then he started with the LE brass, no bell on the case. I grabbed my calipers and measu...

Lefty Dude

I have one and they are real shooters. Is yours a three Screw like mine ?

Lefty Dude

There is a 94 26" 1912 32WS TD over on the SASS wire Classifieds for $1150.00.

I doubt it will last long at that price, looks like a nice rifle.

Lefty Dude

Current issue of Shooting Times reviews Mossberg's reincarnation of what basically looks like the Winchester 94 30-30 with some "upgrades". Has anyone here seen one? Just when I thought I didn't have any need for another gun ! Fortunately, my 82nd birthday is coming up in August and my wi...

Lefty Dude

I too, like Paco have found the PMC Zappers to be a very accurate round. Five years ago I dug out my TC 10" octagon barrel 22LR barrel to do some plinking. Decided to find out what 22's the barrel liked. tried all sorts of brands, had a box of 20 year old Zappers. The barrel digested them and s...

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If ya own a '73, ya ought to get familiar with the guts of it. If at all possible, have somebody walk ya through it. I literally learned in one sitting when a pard let me borrow his rifle and we installed the Cowboy .45 Special conversion carrier in it. Odd as it may seem, I designed the carrier, b...

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if you fire form in in one chamber will it fit correctly in another chamber? i would assume so if all chambers are machined to spec. They are not the same. close maybe. If you shoot 44-40's in both a handgun & rifle you may have a problem. I have my dies adjusted so they resize for my 73 Uberti...

Lefty Dude

It might be a good idea if ya ain't cleaned the piece in awhile to pull the bolt, clean the enerds and lube the Gun. To get the enerds out. There are two screws on the bottom of the receiver. loosen and remove the screws, they hold the springs for the lifter and the other is on the lever Cam. then r...

Lefty Dude

Griff wrote:Since I don't have any .44-40s, thanks for all the good info guys.

Your missing all the fun

Lefty Dude

When you buy 44-40 Starline brass it comes straight walled. When I get the new brass I tumble it first, then lube and size on my RCBS single stage press.( one time only) I do this before I reload the new brass on my Dillon SDB. If BH uses Starline brass then this would be the difference. BH uses a ....

Lefty Dude

There is a firing pin extension behind the firing pin. The extension is held in place with the FP by a small drift pin. I use my 1/16" drift punch to take it out. To pull the Bolt you must remove the dust cover, be careful you do not loose the dust cover pressure ball and spring. When you pull ...

Lefty Dude

Been having trouble with log in for the past several days. No recogonition at all.

Dumped my Cookies, and here we are. Worked for me.

Thanks, Guys.

Lefty Dude

I think Keith's longest shot was 600 yards.

1000 yards

Lefty Dude

You have a nice shooter there, very nice indeed.

Lefty Dude

The Powders I use for the 30-30 lead loads are; RL7, XMP5744 & SR4759. For jacketed I use RL7 In my Chek, CZV22 8mm Mauser I use SR4759 W/ a 190 gr. Gas Checked. Get that bore real clean, before ya shoot the lead bullets. Even with Gas checks they shoot better W/O copper fouling in the bore. Sho...

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CowboyTutt wrote:Mescalaro, I'm not aware of any competitions of this nature. There may be some, but I honestly don't know.

Andrew, I'm a pretty rusty pistol shot, and certainly no John Linebaugh! But I'm going to try and see what I can do!

-Tutt

Keith did his long range work with a 44 special.

Lefty Dude

Yes, it should be fun! I don't expect much from the first range session. I scrounged 20 cases and 20 undersize cast bullets. I have a variety of powders to try including the holy black so some of that will be burned too. There is a gun show this weekend so I will be looking for a mold and whatever ...

Lefty Dude

You also need to have the forcing cone checked & possibly reamed. Most Ruger's have Factory forcing cones cut for jacketed bullets. It only takes a few minutes to ream the forcing cone. We have a new Model Vaquaro in .357 and the forcing cone was non existant. When we tried the lewis lead Remove...

Lefty Dude

Well stated Tutt, and thank you for your service for our Children.

Lefty Dude

The only way I will ever melt old Batteries down is if everything goes to Hell in a hand basket & I have no bullets to protect my family & friends from the hoards of Scum bags. And of course some one beats me to the abandoned vehicles left to rot. Hey that is not a pretty picture, better mov...

Lefty Dude

Griff wrote:Whoa! Wait a sec... how's 'bout a 5 shot average for ES and SD? That single round mighta been a fluke!

Hi Griff;

Well I thought about that, but don'tcha just know I ran out of Sam Adams Lube.

Lefty Dude

Hey Lefty, Could you give us a little more info on that spit ball load? Weight of the spit ball? Propellant? Barrel length? This info could be of interest to some of us! BTW, Happy B-Day. "Spitball load & barrel specifications" Spit ball weight: 2/10 grain (verified on a RCBS 10-10 sc...

Lefty Dude

My Son gave me a Competition Electronic's Prochrono Chronograph for my B-Day. I have been borrowing a friends unit for years and always wanted my own. Well yesterday was the day, and now we have one. :wink: I set it on the bench this morning, installed the battery. Wishing I could test the unit in t...

Lefty Dude

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http://www.azcentral.com

At the top type in " After Raid "

Lefty Dude

Just wondering what the same people and public outcry would have been had jim jones took his 1000 + flock to eldorado instead of guyena and over 1000 commit suicide there? Also heavens gate of 38 suicide in 1997 in san diego. No huge outcry on heavens gate as none were small kids. Jim jones group w...

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You as tax payers are footing the bill to support those children in that Cult Compound. Every one of those Mothers are on welfare and receive checks every Month that the Men get from the Women. They use this money to expand there compound & perversion. They know how to work the system to there m...

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This Cult is no group of Angels. It is an off shoot of a very radical form of the LDS. We in Arizona know all about this group of fanitics. We have Warren Jeffs in a trial here in this state for his perverted sex & abuse against children. When the young boys reach a certain age they throw them o...

Lefty Dude

If the marlin is a 98, looks just like a Winchester 97. Be advised Marlin has suggested they should not be shot, there is a safety concern. They do not have a locking safety device on the bolt like the Winny. They have the nick name "The widow Maker". The Winchester 93 had the same proble...

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Frontsite; Don't you mean Gunsite ?

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Hmmm, this may be a reason for me to go back and look at an old Marlin 16ga pump... :D If the marlin is a 98, looks just like a Winchester 97. Be advised Marlin has suggested they should not be shot, there is a safety concern. They do not have a locking safety device on the bolt like the Winny. The...

Lefty Dude

http://www.rockymountaincartridge.com/page10.html Rocky Mountain Cartridge has instructions and reloading kits for brass shotgun shells starting at $35. Lefty Dude are you sure Magtech makes 10ga brass shells. I sure have not been able to find any from them. The ones I have found from two other com...

Lefty Dude

They make them for a 12 ga. only, no 16's or 20's.

And check the price, they be proud of those big dies.

I know, I am not shooting the proper ga. 12.

For you 16 lovers try here;

http://www.16ga.com

Lefty Dude

Okay, I'll raise my hand for the "dumb question of the day". I haven't reloaded shotgun hulls - just pistol and rifle. do you need special equipment to load a full brass shotgun shell? No special tools required. I have found the best reloading tools are the old Lee SG reloaders. You can f...

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