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- Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loading & Range Report- Taylor's '76 .45-60 Black Powder
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3552
Re: Loading & Range Report- Taylor's '76 .45-60 Black Powder
Yep. Fg. Like I said, I'm trying to work with what I got. I've found that my .45 Colt revolver really likes Fg too. I just can't bring myself to shoot fake black powder, especially considering the cost. Cleaning up after shooting black is not at all difficult. I intend to work up loads for Goex Cart...
- Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Italian 1876 winchesters
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2040
Re: Italian 1876 winchesters
There is really no difference between the two. My friend has a Cimmaron and I have a Taylor's. They both have great fit & finish and both shoot very well. See this thread for a range report on my rifle:
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... f=1&t=8780
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... f=1&t=8780
- Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loading & Range Report- Taylor's '76 .45-60 Black Powder
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3552
Loading & Range Report- Taylor's '76 .45-60 Black Powder
I have been doing quite a bit of load experimenting with my Taylor's 1876 Winchester copy in .45-60. It has a 28" barrel and is fitted with a Marble's tang sight and a Beech front sight. https://i.imgur.com/6VARBIy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yoUUgcf.jpg I have limited myself to one bullet, a cast ...
- Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1894-1994 centennial price?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5761
Re: 1894-1994 centennial price?
I bought mine new about 2 years ago from a local dealer for $625. It had been there several years with a $825 price tag. No one seemed interested so he took my offer just to move it. These would be fine rifles were it not for the fact that they have the dreaded cross-bolt safety and a rebounding ham...
- Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Can you/do you hunt with your leverguns?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 7377
Re: Can you/do you hunt with your leverguns?
I always put in for the muzzleloader hunts here in the far north of California, but haven't drawn one since 1988. For regular deer season hunting I take 2 rifles, a left-hand Browning A-Bolt .270 for areas where shots may be over 200 yards, and one of my leverguns for everything else. I sometimes su...
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun Valuation Books and Their Veracity???
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1651
Re: Gun Valuation Books and Their Veracity???
I find it difficult to put too much stock in published values. I try to have faith in the judgement of the "experts" who publish their opinions, so I recently bought a copy of the 2008 issue of "Blue Book of Gun Values". My faith in the author's judgement was somewhat shaken when...
- Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Leverguns Forum Auction for Fund this Site
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6523
Re: Leverguns Forum Auction for Fund this Site
Although I rarely post, I check out the Leverguns site daily and have learned much doing so. I want to do my part to keep it going, so I am donating the following: A nice 1970 copy of Jack O'Connor's book The Hunting Rifle http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1/ironsite/TheHuntingRifle-OConnor.jpg A c...
- Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-Hot Rods, Muscle cars, street rods, post'em up
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5960
Re: OT-Hot Rods, Muscle cars, street rods, post'em up
It's not a hot-rod now, but my 1955 Chevy Nomad was when I first got it running in 1969. I put in a built 327, Muncie 4 speed, and 4:11 positraction. It would really smoke the 12" wide tires I ran on the back. It had a bright yellow paint job with black tuck-n-roll interior and was a pretty fas...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1948 Marlin 39A like new!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2506
Re: 1948 Marlin 39A like new!
A little over a year ago I decided I needed a Marlin lever .22 for shooting silhouettes. A local shop had a brand new one for $499, and a very nice 1955 model for the same price. The old 39A had an all-steel Redfield receiver sight, and of course no ridiculous safety button or "load" indic...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Silhouette Class rule change
- Replies: 7
- Views: 996
Re: Silhouette Class rule change
There is also a new ruling for the 200 meter Lever Action matches, the rams must now be set "light". Here is the ruling: "4.2 Target Setting (Cowboy Lever Action Only) - To ensure that full-size rams will be knocked down with reasonable loads, they should be set so that the center of ...
- Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Smokeless Powder in Black Powder cartridges
- Replies: 26
- Views: 24078
Re: Smokeless Powder in Black Powder cartridges
GREAT POST! Thanks for the valuable information.
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Shasta
- Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT ... powder measures
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2709
Re: OT ... powder measures
For years I have used a pair of RCBS Uniflow measures, one for low volume charges and one for high volume charges. With fine grain powders they are very precise, and I don't need to weigh each charge. With coarse grain powder I drop a slightly underweight charge into my scale pan, then bring the cha...
- Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Black Powder In An 1895 Winchester .405 Copy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 782
Re: Black Powder In An 1895 Winchester .405 Copy
Chuck 100 yd- Actual bullet alloy is unknown, but they rate a "7" on my Saeco Hardness Tester. Pure lead is "1" and linotype is "9-10". At "7" I think they are a bit hard for black powder. My rifle's bore slugs at .412, and the bullets are sized .412 with SPG ...
- Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Black Powder In An 1895 Winchester .405 Copy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 782
Black Powder In An 1895 Winchester .405 Copy
Yep. I really do shoot black powder and cast lead bullets in my '95 .405. So far it is not nearly as accurate as smokeless powder and jacketed bullets, but I couldn't resist trying black in that long, straight case. It is very near in size to the .40-70 Sharps Straight. I did not run them through th...
- Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 405 Winchester reloading
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5862
Re: 405 Winchester reloading
I've been playing around a bit using a Saeco 225 grain .41 Magnum cast lead pistol bullet in my current production Winchester 1895 in .405 caliber. I'm going at it differently though. I thought it might be fun to see if I could make some "express" loads using a light bullet and black powde...
- Sun May 04, 2008 11:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What kind of gas mileage do you guys get?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 9338
When weather allows, my go-to-work ride (10 miles one way) is a 2001 Honda Rebel 250. It will do 70mph with my fat butt on it and gets 65mpg: https://i.imgur.com/KmOkPZl.jpg Most other times I drive my 2002 Ford F250 diesel. It gets 15 mpg local driving, 18 mpg on the highway, and around 12 mpg pull...
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Black Powder Rifle Building
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2674
- Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT--Macho Shooter !
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7391
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Browning 65 218 Bee w/ 24" barrel
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3078
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where do you live and what do you do for a living?
- Replies: 106
- Views: 14757
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marbles Tang Sight- A Picture Disassembly Guide
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13934
Marbles Tang Sight- A Picture Disassembly Guide
The Marbles tang sight is my favorite as I really like the click-detent adjustments for windage and elevation. Frequently the sight they recommend for a given rifle does not offer enough elevation to suit me. I have solved this problem in several ways. One was to simply buy a taller-stemmed sight de...
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where do you live and what do you do for a living?
- Replies: 106
- Views: 14757
I am 57 and have lived my whole life in Redding, California, a fast-growing city (currently at 90,000 people) located about half-way between Sacramento and the Oregon line. In April I will have 30 years in as a city employee, currently as supervisor in charge of traffic signs and painting. Been marr...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT Any pipe smokers out there?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5942
I rarely smoke my pipe, but am a daily pipe tobacco smoker. I love a good smoke of pipe tobacco, but don't have the time it takes to properly enjoy a pipe full. Instead I buy cigarette papers and roll up a pinch of pipe tobacco. It smells and tastes great, and takes only 5 minutes to enjoy. The only...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lead Pot Explosion! An Innocent Mistake....
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5263
Lead Pot Explosion! An Innocent Mistake....
Well boys, it's not easy to admit such a screw-up after 35+ years of accident free bullet casting, but I sure had a close call recently. I was getting ready to cast some bullets, and had about 4-5 lbs. of molten lead in my RCBS pot (it holds 20 lbs.) I normally batch-melt my scrap lead outside in a ...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Optional sights for a Marlin 39A?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1596
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Bumper Sticker ideas
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3090
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-Real Big Bore
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17212
My older brother built a 2 bore flintlock muzzleloader a few years ago. It was quite a novelty and always drew a crowd when he brought it to one of our local black powder rendezvous. It was not allowed for competition (something about damaging the metal targets?), but we shot it at stumps and into c...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Redding, CA (far northern) GUN SHOW MARCH 1 & 2 (pics!)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1426
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Redding, CA (far northern) GUN SHOW MARCH 1 & 2 (pics!)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1426
Marlinman- Here is a link to local motels. Redding is a small city of 90,000 and none of the motels is more than 10 minutes from the convention center. The closest one is the River Inn Motor Hotel, only a few hundred yards away. There are lots of restaurants too! Come on down!! :) http://www.redding...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Redding, CA (far northern) GUN SHOW MARCH 1 & 2 (pics!)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1426
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Redding, CA (far northern) GUN SHOW MARCH 1 & 2 (pics!)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1426
Redding, CA (far northern) GUN SHOW MARCH 1 & 2 (pics!)
If you're not too far away from northern California you might want to attend the annual Redding Breakfast Lions Club Gun & Antique Show March 1 & 2, 2008 at the Redding Convention Center. It's not real big in size, but it does have quality stuff. No G.I. surplus vendors or flea mart booths a...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: gun storage
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2848
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Old West Action in Your Family?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 8418
My grandparents never talked much about any family history. I do know that my grandfather was born in Kansas in 1885 and moved around quite a bit, working various jobs and not sticking with any one in particular. The earliest picture I have of him was taken in 1911 somewhere in Florida. Grandpa is t...
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New puppy - PICS
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8435
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Post your review of the tang sights you owned.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3116
- Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT lets show some wood !!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4492
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT Berreta M/L shotgun?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 867
I remember when the over-under Beretta muzzleloaders first came out. They were quite a novelty among the shotgun shooters at the various rendezvous I attended in far northern California. I also remember that the fellows shooting them had problems with the lower barrel mis-firing. It was attributed t...
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: My Knees Got Weak & I Hadda Leave
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2891
- Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dumb question - does .32-20 take .32 or .30 gas checks?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1016
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cimarron 1876 Tang Sight
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4326
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cimarron 1876 Tang Sight
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4326
I don't recall the exact model number for the Marble's sight I used on my Taylor's Uberti 1876, but I believe it was for a pre-safety Winchester 1886. http://i.imgur.com/6VARBIy.jpg The mounting holes lined up perfectly. I also installed a Beach style front sight. http://i.imgur.com/yoUUgcf.jpg I fo...