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That's neat work Ray!
I love how so many on this Forum are innovative and not afraid to launch out into the unknown.

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TraderVic wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:29 am Jim, is the Ruger Bisley a 45 ? I've always liked that revolver..

41 Magnum
started life as a Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum
completely remodeled and rebuilt by Bowen Classic Arms

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Like Grizz, I approach rifles having shot, plinked, hunted and generally played with handguns much more than rifles. To this day if I am going hunting I reach for the handgun. When Paco gave me his octagon barreled Rossi .357 I was very grateful for the gift, but it felt like it had a lead anchor on...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:50 am Maybe Jim you are starting a Top Break revival........

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I was shooting the H&R with some test loads and it locked up on me. I could not move the hammer forward or backward. Taking the gun apart I found the spring on the cylinder hand had broken and gotten into the lockworks. While messing with it I over-stressed the mainspring and the end broke off. ...

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Long before the Federal Government became dictators, Winchester produced the Model 92 with 12", 14" and 15" barrels in addition to the standard rifle and carbine lengths. The short barreled 92's are very rare. This one is well documented and went for almost $75,000.00 at auction. 1.JP...

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Without you watching them have someone load one cartridge into the chamber and make it safe, then hand it to you. The magazine will be empty. Fire the shot. Have them repeat it. Do not watch them. Fire the shot. Do this a number of times and at various times have them hand it to you without a cartri...

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MUCH easier to use when seated in a car or pickup.

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Well?……I’ve seen plenty of components…….action Jim!…..we want a.c.t.i.o.n……did you get her smoking’ yet? I dropped off, among other things, a mint…mint Colt P.P. made in 1920 in 38 S&W and a 90% Smith top break in 32 S&W made in 1882 last month to be sold……I figured whatever I need to do wi...

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"May you always do for others,
And let others do for you."

-Bob Dylan .. Forever Young-

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Thank You!

So far ...
Bear Creek 96 gr. RN .361" for old top-break revolvers

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Loaded with 2.7 gr. Bullseye

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Bear Creek 124 gr. 9mm bullet loaded with 2.5 gr. Bullseye

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Here's why I believe in karma. I sent Jim the box of 38 S&W brass a few days ago. Today out of the blue a buddy dropped by to give me a gallon zip lock bag of brass he picked up at a range. All various cartridges. As I started sorting it all out I noticed a dang 38 S&W case. By the time I h...

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4t5 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 6:35 pm Maybe Pitchy can make a schofield with that open top L frame you have there.

I don't know whose gun it is/was ... but if it were mine I would send it to him and let him!

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Elmer maintained that "Super Blackhawk" was a poor name for the gun and that it should have been called the "Dragoon" which fit as far as I am concerned. For me the grip is much too large and too awkward. If I have any other single action grip than the Colt SAA/Ruger XR3 grip it ...

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4t5 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 6:16 pm How HOT can an L frame be loaded?

They can be loaded up until they do what this S&W did.

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It may be in his book ... I am not sure. It was posted on the old Sixgunner.Com website many years ago.

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Ted told me he had some 38 S&W brass when I had asked for a few pieces. I told him to send me 5 or 10 .. whatever he could afford to part with. I am not planning on shooting the old gun that much. So today these show up!

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Again Ted .. THANK YOU!

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While living in Mozambique, I was visiting back here in States and was given a really nice take-down recurve of 45 pounds draw. I took it and plenty of arrows with me back to Africa and while there I practiced every chance I could. I got to where I could keep my arrows in a 12" circle at 50 fee...

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Again, it probably has been posted before. It is one of Paco's from the old Sixgunner.Com website of years ago. It Starts in 1935 by Paco Up until the year 1935 the word "magnum" was used primarily with Champaign bottles that were larger than the normal quart sized. That year Smith & ...

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but there may be some now who have never seen it. Full Circle Enough has been written about the .357 that I have no need to rehash old history. Suffice it to say that the First Magnum impressed people from the beginning and that it still has a place in one's battery today. No collection of handguns ...

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Bill, I know this goes against the grain around this place, but the best groups I've gotten out of my .44WCF Vaquero is with 9 grains of Unique and a 200 gr, JFP. I'll get flamed for this, but sometimes the widely praised and hallowed cast bullet isn't always the answer. Enjoy your new rifle! jb 8)...

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If you need any more let me know. I have been saving up my empties to reload but haven't acquired any bullets yet. I've got dies etc., just no bullets. I just saw this tonite... I spent yesterday in the shop with my trailer and driving home from New Orleans. Anyway, if you need/want more... Thanks ...

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Jim, was there any lead spray at the forcing cone? .375" starting diameter certainly is significantly larger than the .359" recovered rounds. Granted, they weren't trucking along, and the soft lead helps, but I was curious. No. The balls are sized down in the cylinder throats before they ...

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Thank you Sixgun. I am gonna load some modern black powder loads for the old thing.

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Old No7 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:56 pm Hey Jim:
I will take a look later tonight; I'll see what I have here.
Will let you know............
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Thank you but I don't really need any more. TedH is sending me some ... I don't need but a few. It ain't gonna get shot that much. I do appreciate the offer though! Thanks again.

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I got to messing around with the old H&R this morning, wanting to shoot it. I had noticed weeks ago that the 9mm case is just a tad shorter than the .38 S&W case. I pushed a .375" diameter round ball on the end of a 9mm case and dropped it in the chamber. Lo and behold it was the exact ...

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Thanks but this is a Light Load Only gun as far as I am concerned.

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Yes I have Sixgun. I have a few .38 Specials cut down for some distant past project or other ... and I will use them. I have another thing or two that I can do also. This gun is not the gun to see if you can get .38 Special power. The loads will be light loads of Bullseye or else black powder. And n...

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Thank you Ted!

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Jim I've enjoyed the resurrection of the popgun. I know I have at least one box of new casings in my stash, maybe two. They were for a project I dropped almost 40 years ago. Casings depend on how much hurry you're in. I go in for a shoulder replacement tomorrow so it could be two weeks or more befo...

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The following is outdated and is no longer needed ... thank you all!

I would like to have 5 or 10 cartridges .... fired ones would be great. So far I can't find anything online. I can make cut-down .38 Specials but would like a few of the real thing.

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Thanks Sixgun.

I have a set of original grips ordered. I will get them on post haste once I have them.

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I shall!

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The H&R is back together and working. Thanks to Sixgun's suggestion I took a Bic lighter apart and was able to make a return spring for the single action sear. Now all the gun needs is a set of grips which I will order this week.

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I agree with Rockrat. You could restore that thing but it would take at least another cylinder and barrel. Perhaps more. I am not sure why anyone would drill a hole in a bolt stop? Unless that one was bulged by an overload ...... If you can get it for $200 or less you can afford to put some money in...

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Thank you 3030! I am enjoying this sixgun after quite a few years. I am glad it inspires others also.

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Colt stocks on an old model car with Ruger…… :D All my Rugers wear the XR3 gripframe. It is almost a perfect fit for Colt SAA. I grew up on the SAA and that is my favorite feeling grip. The Old Model Rugers are my favorite also. I don't care for the New Model action or feel. The only New Model I ha...

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BAD NEWS Sixgun!
The Biden Library burned down. Both coloring books were a total loss.

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I'm pretty fond of those dovetail sight Sixes myself. Do you have the rear sight filed down? Seems to me they usually shoot high. No. I filed down the front sight a bit to raise the POA at 20/25 yards ... all I did to the rear was widen the notch so I could see the front sight better. I had the Sup...

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I never minded hunting with mine. I hunted the mountains all around our place. Of course I let the horse carry it and me.

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Somebody will be on youtube testing it out fairly soon I am sure.
Groundhogs at 20 yards?

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:50 pm I am finding that here in the Big Country, there might be just a couple of days a week with winds less than 10-15 ...

Early mornings usually. Lately it's been windy day and night.

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The wind was blowing today .. gusting to 10/12 mph which did not help with target work. But I weathered the gale and shot the Forgotten Single Six with 6 different kinds of .22's to see how it did. Shooting 20 yards .. resting the barrel and holding as steady as I could in wind. All at 20 yards. Agu...

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or you could read this:

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Ha! That looks like my tool!

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I dunno ... I've pushed a few PULL doors in my day.

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THANK YOU SIXGUN!! You said you fixed some guns with a spring from a BIC lighter ... and I have 3 of them sitting on my reloading bench! I ran out to the shop and got my BIC LIGHTER DISASSEMBLY TOOL and sure enough! The correct diameter spring PLUS it's long enough I can make 3 return springs from i...

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OH BOY! A Bic lighter! I never thought of that one. I will have to check and see. It's a very small diameter spring that I need. But thank you for the offer. I will let you know.

So you can't have a CCW license? Do they know about the RG in your boot?

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 12:35 pm Jim, looks like the rifling took. Are the grooves .360 or so, as with so many of the old .38s?

The bullet is a 9mm .... .355" ... the barrel seems to be fairly tight for a .38 S&W ....

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