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Did you smooth down that side rail? Yes after the second one broke, also cut a slight bevel on the hole where the "tail" slides in and out. Have only put a couple hundred rounds through since the change so I don't know for sure if it helped. The ejector is a cheap,brittle, cast part that ...

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remtech - were you addressing the problem in the original post or the problem I described?

The original problem where you can't top off the mag tube with rounds in the gun.

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The .357 mdl 94AE does have it's own distinct lever. The only difference is the addition of the hole to attach the cartridge block. I put a lever from an old 30-30 in my .357AE because it was .025" thicker than the original that rattled around in the link like a piece of junk. In fact there is...

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The Cartridge block is missing or broken on your rifle. It is a small sheet metal part on the end of the lever that stops the cartridge in the .357 from coming all the way on the lifter. Only used in the .357 and will cause exactly what is happening to you. Part is not shown in the diagram but is U3...

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Easy enough to prove or disprove. Take a primed case and put it in a vise. Take a hard cast ,soft cast whatever cast round nose and put the nose against the primer. Now hit the base of the round nose sharply with a hammer. I have tried this many times leaving the imprint of the primer in the nose of...

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Everyone seems to want a plastic pocket gun right now. Yes and I'm lovin it! I picked up an unloved S&W 15-1 last week for $225! Might have been an old cop gun. Was carried a lot with some blueing wear(no rust) target stocks worn from carry and just calling to me from the case in the LGS. Gun i...

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Nice shooting! That's one that should get hung on your man cave wall.

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Go here, plug in the numbers and compare.http://handloads.com/calc/recoil.asp

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I have the Ranch Dog mold and load for my Keltec .380. Great bullet, it's what I use for carry and practice. I load on a progressive press and it's no different than any other pistol cartridge. I've put over 1500 rds through the Keltec to date. These little guns are not fun to shoot but they also ar...

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On my 94 Winchester with a Williams FP sight with target knob and 20" barrel. One turn equals about 3.4"@100 yds. There are 20 clicks in one turn and 3 clicks equal 1/2"@100 yds.

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Another alternative to BC shims is to purchase a cheap set of feeler gauges from Harbor Freight etc. Cut off what ever thickness of shim you need from the gauges.

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Something to consider when loading acp brass for Ruger cylinders. Semi Wadcutters will have to be seated so the the front shoulder is even with the case mouth, basically all in the case. No big deal with 185 and 200 gr target bullets but might get a bit dicey with 250/270gr swc's. There is no taper ...

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I think COSteve nailed it. You are not going to get a 1 lb difference in stocks if they are all carbines or all rifles. The weight is in the steel and the size do the hole in the barrel makes a big difference. A ruger single action with 4 5/8" bbl in .45 colt weighs 39 oz. the same gun in .357 ...

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I have fired at least 15K of CCI SP over the past 5 years and 3K LP with no misfires. In that same time frame an additional 5K of Federals and Mag tech again no misfires. Remington bulk pack .22's purchased about a year ago are garbage. Many misfires and very noticeable differences in report volume....

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Last year I did a test with my Browning T-Bolt .22 at 50 and 100 yds. with peep sight and 4 power scope shooting a number of groups at both distances. At 50 yds difference between scope and peep between .1-.2", advantage scope. At 100 yds next to no difference laterally but vertical was general...

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I had a Lipsey's 92 in .357 about 5 yrs ago that I'm pretty sure was made by Rossi and I measured it and it was a 16" twist. I also owned a Rossi single shot rifle they made on a .410 shotgun frame and it too was a 16" twist. That was purchased new approx 10 yrs ago.

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I was lucky when as a young man I went to Merril Lynch to buy some Ryder Rental stock ( I researched in 1965) and the advisor talked me out of it and sold me Detroit Edison instead. I lost over half the money that I put into Detroit Edison and Ryder climbed like a homesick angel in the same time fra...

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Merit makes a Master lens disc aperture that is adjustable and you can install a + diopter lens in it that will help sharpen the front sight. B. Jones sighting system has lenses for the Merit and Bob Jones is very helpful in getting you the right lense for what you want. I have a .6+ diopter in my M...

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I think as far as gas operated auto's the Beretta 390,3901 are the most dependable. I have a 390 that I shoot sporting clays with. It currently has over 70,000 rds through it and lives in the trunk of my car between weekend shooting sessions. I live in Buffalo NY so it gets pretty cold soaked in the...

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For many many years I did nothing with my riding lawn mower over the winter. It would be a little balky to start in the spring but it always finally fired off and ran. One fall I decided to try Stabil so see if it improved the spring start up. Next spring mower would not start period! Drained the tr...

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If your 870 is a slug barrel I'm pretty sure they were imp cyl choke which is just a bit tighter than Skeet 1 and the same as Skeet 2 choke in 12 ga. I'd save my money and shoot it as it is. Buy some shells and practice, that will get you more birds than the screw choke will.

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My Ruger GP 100 will shoot .38 spl loads very well but the same loads in .357 cases are better. OTOH in my Winchester 94 .357 mag rifle I have a strange anomaly. The chamber on the gun is excessively long and the throat is an abomination that is .4" long funnel after the long chamber! Despite t...

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When I first started to work at AA the Lead mechanic took me for a ride in his Aeronca Chief. Two things stick in my mind about that flight (fresh out of A&P school). We stopped at a gas station to get a gallon of "Gulftane" gasoline cause the tank was empty and we needed to fly to the...

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I have purchased 2 Braztech Rossi's in the past couple years. Fit, finish and reliability good right out of the box and still is many thousands of rounds later. I changed out the ejector spring and trigger return spring for smoother action but that's just me. The gun operated fine with the old ones ...

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Tycer, I did not actually weld it. A friend tig welded a blob on the end of the cartridge stop and I ground and shaped it. I used my drill press, chucking some different sized round grinding stones as basically a poor boys mill. I put the part into my drill vise to hold it and then maneuvered the pa...

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Not only does it snap off but it gets easily battered from recoil and then passes rounds under the lifter. The one on the left is a new link after about 100 rds and you can see the imprint of the cartridge head on it.The one I welded is still going strong, well over 1K rds to date. http://i285.photo...

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Both my Rossi 92's feed .357 SWC's,.357 wadcutters(but not .38 WC's) and the Lyman "Kieth" 358429 bullet just fine. I do not crimp the Keith in the crimp groove. Instead it's taper crimped about halfway up on the front drive band so they will feed from the mag tube. That bullet has been my...

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I put a cheap 2X BSA edge on my 92, only weighs 8 oz. I bought it for load development and liked it so well I've kept it on. Bought it on sale at Midway for $30. An inexpensive red dot would also be light and work well.

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I had a K9 a few years back when I went through my 9MM "phase". Great gun right from the "getgo". I put over 3500 rds through it in about a year (mostly full power cast loads) and it never missed a beat, very accurate also. Thinking very seriously about one of their .380's for al...

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They only missed one thing in the video. They should have shown the killer getting the gun to take with him.

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[quoteWhat's wrong with fouling shots? Do you go out to the range and jump right into a match without testing your guns, sights, scopes, ammo? Do you go hunting without verifying that your sights are still "on". Do you believe that not cleaning the bore of your .22 RF is acceptable because...

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Some cast bullet shooters ( I'm one of them) rarely clean the barrels on their guns. My lever guns (.357) get shot regularly and unless I happen to try something different and get leading or accuracy starts to degrade I don't clean. The barrel is not going to rust, it has a coat of bullet lube in it...

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The Greenhill formula as I understand it was based on artillery shells. For rifles it's a very rough guide. An excellent example I've run across personally is two different 158 gr bullets by Lee in the Rossi 92 with 30" twist. The Lee tumble lube SWC 158 gr is stable and very accurate out to 20...

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One of the interesting things about the 727 was it's trouble free operation. At Fedex the 727 had the highest dispatch reliability of all our aircraft. Newer aircraft such as the DC10 and MD11 weren't even close. Just before I retired the Airbuses got close but they were a heck of a lot newer. Not a...

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Thought I'd post a picture of my favorite airliner. I started working on these at American Airlines in 1967 till I was laid off in 1972. I came back to them in 1980 with Fedex and retired in 2005. I've seen just about everything you can on a 727 and I think it's one of the best airliners Boeing ever...

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I have 2 Rossi Braztecs a 20" and 24" in .357. I shoot nothing but cast bullets and both guns are accurate. For lower velocity rounds they like the Lee 125 RNFP best at about 1200 fps and the Lee 158 TLSWC at about 1100 fps. These will both hold 3moa accuracy out to 200 yds. For serious wo...

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The general rule is you size to the throats in a revolver. You are fortunate in that your throats are bigger than your groove. That said it is no problem to be .003-.004 over groove size with lead bullets. I own a Ruger Super blackhawk .44 mag with .434 throats and .429 groove. I shoot .433 bullets ...

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You want .359 bullets, or at least .358 and NOT hard cast if you're talking cowboy loads! I'm speaking to lead bullets here.

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Bullet stability can't always be done on a calculator or just using length. With my Rossi's and their 30" twist two bullets in the 158 gr range are an example. The Lee 158 gr TLSWC is longer than the 158 gr RNFP but at 1150 fps it is accurate out to 200 yds (3-4 MOA) while the shorter 158 RNFP ...

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retmech, your data is intriguing. I have not beenable to get within a 3 inch circle at 100 yards yet, except for using factory FTX and a scope. For you cowboy low velocity shooting in the Rossi I would recommend the Lee 125 RNFP bullet or the Lee 9MM truncated cone bullet(120 gr 9MM). Both are very...

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I have played with a couple Rossi's and a Winchester 94 in .357. The Sweet spot is dependent on bullet weight, profile and distance you want to shoot. The Rossi's are 1 in 30" twists and the Winchester is 1 in 16" twist. My experience as follows. With .38 spl wadcutter loads all 3 guns are...

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I am mainly a shooter, it's a sickness I've had since I was a young boy. I used to love to hunt pheasants and still would if we had any around but we don't. I'm 69 now and don't really want to kill anything but that's just me, I have no problem with people who enjoy hunting. On the weekends I go and...

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I have one on my Rossi 92 24" octagon .357. I've been using it for a couple of years now and think it's a great value. I shoot a low velocity load (1100 fps) on metallic animals and constantly change the zero with the range I'm shooting at. The sight is dead nuts repeatable every time and all t...

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Pitchy--Thanks for the heads up on this item. I was a 43151E from 61-65 around B47's and Huey Crew chief in the Guard from 74-80 so I plan on giving this a shot. I've got a whole field of crickets in my head.

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There's on manuver, can't remember the name, where you sort of tumble and spin at the same time. Once was enough on that one. But It's called a Lomcevak. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SrF5On5xIk Oh and yes I pushed a lot of jets over the years, off the gate, into the hangar but I don't think that...

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I'm a long time Firefox user but find myself starting to use Chrome more often. It seems to be a bit faster and more content is on the screen.

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And the 3 stages of adulthood, tri weekly, try weekly, try weakly.

I like that one!

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I do not have any of their molds but comments over time on the cast boolits board indicate the quality level is high. You might want to ask that question over there. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/

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Bought a P3at about a year ago and it failed after 23 rds. Keltec sent me a call tag for shipping on their dime and I sent it back. Got it back 2 weeks later and now over 1000 rds later it's still going strong. Other than the initial failure( trigger somehow failed to cock and release the hammer) it...

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I don't have a short barreled revolver but I have chrono'd a lot of .38/.357 pistol loads in both 6" pistols and 20-24" rifles. Five grains of Unique behind a 158 gr cast bullet runs right at 900 fps out of both my 6" revolvers and 1100 fps out of the rifles. With 296 I use 15 grs beh...

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