Guys, thanks to all...This is what I love about this site!

Mergus

Thanks guys....I had not considered Reloader 7, mainly because as a relatively new reloader I am unfamiliar with it. Why do you like Reloader 7 better?

Mergus

Every year the wife asks what she can get me for a Christmas present. Usually I tell her to get me a die set. This year will be a set of dies for 45-70 to load ammo for my Marlin 1895. I am in the process of looking into what is the right powder to by to use in moderate to heavy loads with 300 to 35...

Gentlemen, thanks much for teaching me about a whole world of reloading presses I never knew existed. Those CH4D presses are amazing.

Now that I know a little bit more about what I have, I may see if I can get some shell holders and put this thing to good use.

Mergus

Thats it! Of course it looks a little cleaner than the one I have.

Terry, do you know anything about the history of the press or the company? Maybe how old it is?

Mergus

I am in the middle of trying to clean out some of the massive pile of stuff I've accumulated over the years. Today's rediscovery was a heavily built reloader with a small oval shaped brand name of Dunbar in both the reloader and the 2 30-06 dies that are in it. This thing is hell for stout and must ...

The New Service Revolver is an interesting beast. I believe I read somewhere that it has the longest reach, that is from the back of the grip to the trigger of any double action revolver ever made. Coupled with a heavy DA trigger pull, many people with small hands find it a hard gun to shoot. I have...

Hi RANisbet....As long as were talking .30 carbine leverguns, I'll though in my 2 cents worth on an idea I proposed on Single Actions.com, that is a .30 carbine Auto Rim cartidge. The selection of .308 projectiles is outstanding compared to ones for .312 especially if one is talking about flat nosed...

Yep, by God, it is Hoffman's. I got the Airbob soles, and so far here in Vt, they are working out nicely. I'm waiting for the ice on Champlain to thicken up so I can take them ice fishing. To me, thats the real test of warmth for a pair of boots.

Mergus

At one point somebody, I think maybe Big Sky Danny, mentioned Huffman's boots as being good boots. After much online research I ordered a pair. I gotta tell you, these are nice boots. Just thought I'd mention how much I've enjoyed using something I read about here.

Mergus

Wow, what a great education in all things 38 WCF! Thank you all. The idea of a trim rifle (Win 92) appeals to me as does being able to hot rod it a little. I don't think I'll be shooting any black powder, and I having never handled a model 73, I didn't know they were possibly heavy. I am going to lo...

Thanks guys. I was unaware that the only 38-40 Marlins are the originals. I was kind of hoping that I'd here that Marlin made them 20 years ago or something like that.

Mybe I'll have to settle for an 1873 clone....

but I think I want a Marlin. Does anybody know if Marlin ever made the 1894 in 38-40?

Thanks,
Mergus

I don't know if this is even remotely possible, but could you have a gunsmith install a barrel band front site that would cover the ports? The muzzle would end up looking like one of the custom big bore pistols Hamilton Bowen does with a barrel band for weight with an integral front site. That would...

I'm a fairly new reloader, having only been doing so for the last 2 years, but I've been using Trail Boss since day one. I read many books about reloading before getting my first press, a Lee Anniversary Kit. Reading made me paranoid about double loads and I figured that a newbie such as I could ben...

Back about the time my second child was born, my wife and I decided to get a pair of goats to do just what you suggest, mow the grasssy field out behind the house. So we bought a pair of pygmy nubian nannies and a apair of cable screw in the ground tethers, and one rubber water bowl. I'd stake the t...

I think it was Mark Twain who once said he could not abide a man that only knew one way to spell a word.

I always liked that quote....

Mergus

Not that I have any experience in these matters, but I remember reading once where a guy who worked for Colt, named Fitz, worked the armoror's tent at Camp Perry and used to adjust the POI of fixed sight Colt DA revolvers by looking at the target and determining what was need in the way of adjustmen...

for Paco's Accurizer! I have been planning on getting one for some time and by God, now's the time. I can't wait to see how big of a hole I can blow in the mud banks of the river near the house.

Anybody have any Accurizer enhanced game taking stories they might want to share?

Mergus

Pepe Ray, thanks again. This thread is becoming more interesting and valuable to me with each posting.... I'm going to get some .260 cartridges and pull the bullet and powder and try the feeding test. You are lucky to have some decent gunsmiths around. The guy I've been using is going through a divo...

Pepe Ray, thanks for the reply. My Savage 99E (from what I can tell from searching the internet) is one of the economy models with spool magazine and the stained birch stock. The barrel is marked "High Pressure Steel" on one side and "308 Win" on the other. I know what you mean a...

Thanks Hobie, I will.

Mergus

I too have noticed that there seems to be large regional differences in the way people think and act. I'm originally from a nasty suburban nieghborhood of Wash DC. The area was dirty and each time I stepped out of my yard I was constantly looking over my shoulder to keep from being beat up. When I w...

In one of my earlier posts I mentioned that I am slowly refinishing a Savage 99E that my wife and I found amongst my mother in laws effects when she died. Several of you were very helpful in helping me diagnose a feeding issue, and for that I thank you. I am just about ready to strip the gun down to...

Airedaleman, thank you ever so much for that tip. Owing to my complete and total lack of knowledge about this particular model gun, I was not aware what what a cartridge cut off is/was. So I got out my 25 year old copy of the NRA Guidebook to Shoulder Arms to see what a cartridge cutoff is. And ther...

I wished I hadn't seen this thread....now I want one in 32-20. Lemme see, it should have a straight grip, low profile peeps, and a continental style raised cheeckpiece. That would be fun.
I really wished I hadn't seen this thread....

Mergus

Guys, thank you all very much. Hobie, thanks for the tip about the Campfire Savage site. I'm in Vermont. Its funny, but for a state that has a pretty healthy gun culture, there are few decent gunsmiths. I've seen ads in some of my gun magazines for Lock, Stock and Barrel. I'll contact him to get an ...

Hello all. Last year when my 84 year old mother in law died, we found a rusty Savage 99E in .308 amongst her things. It's birch stock had a piece busted off both the butt and forend, but the bore was remarkably clean and well preserved. I bought a box of Remington's reduced recoil 125 gr bullets and...

Firelapping??? I hadn't thought of that. Thanks much, I'm going to go explore Beartooth bullets right now.

John

Hello all. I finally had a chance to slug the barrel on my DU 1894CL. Assuming I did it right, the slug mikes out to .3055 in the bore and .311 in the grooves. While I found the whole process interesting, what really caught my attention was that the slug became much more difficult to push through th...

Hi Hobie. I was 18 in 1978 and an avid reader of all things Elmer....His ideas on big bores and heavy slugs absolutley convinced me I NEEDED a 45-70! The very first firearm I ever bought for my self was a Marlin 1895 with a straight stock, a 4x Weaver scope, complete with a mount that pivots off to ...

Gentlemen, thank you all for your replies. I am going to scrub the heck out of the bore and try to slug it. Having never done that before, can I assume that driving a soft Mag Tech bullet like the ones I load for my hand ejector .32-20 down the barrel with a dowel rod will work? Hobie, I checked the...

Hello all. Long time lurker here. I want to thank the group at large for all I've learned over the last couple of years hanging out here. But now I've come to a point where I can't figure out what is causing my 1894 CL in 32-20 to shoot so erratically. To be more specific, I won this rifle at a DU d...