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I didn't know they had a purely 86 model out. I had two of the 71/86 models and both were junk. I got a full refund on both and it was a relief to get rid of them. Pedersoli has extremely poor customer service and getting those guns fixed wasn't even possible. I contacted Turnbull to see if they wou...

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Urac wood glue is probably the best glue for making bows. It requires the bonded parts to be clamped together and placed in a hot box for 24 hours (an insulated box with a 200w bulb inside. For adding something to the wood, look at Gordan Glass. It comes in tapered sheets for bow making. At least it...

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I started shooting archery over sixty years ago. Back in those days there were no compound bows. My father learned how to make laminated recurve bows from scratch. We made all our own bows and hunted with them and shot field archery tournaments with them. I shot my first seventeen deer with a homema...

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Durable? They will tarnish as the clear coat finish comes off them. They can be polished and clear coated again if desired. I personally have no desire for this type of finish for that reason. I shoot my guns too much and it's handling them that causes this to happen. Shoot them a lot and it'll show...

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BenT summed it up pretty good. I've had truck campers over the years along with pull behind trailers and fifth wheels, (a couple of tent campers too), and by far the best has been the truck campers. My campground is pretty much where I end up at dark. If I were to get another one, a Lance would be m...

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We do our foodplots with a sprayer mounted on our four wheelers. We're all "old dudes" and there's no strain doing it this way. Have a wheeler? The sprayers don't cost that much.

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I've shot over fifty white tail deer with the .357mag and found that it works very well even on the largest white tail here in NYS. I need to add though that that is based on always taking a heart/lung shot and not relying on penetration alone for effect. I've shot deer with larger handgun calibers ...

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This would have a lot more meaning statistically if you shot something like ten each and published the range and average of each load. It takes the "randomness" out of the equation. However, it's a very good subject to investigate. It's difficult to make a statement on a population of 1 da...

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Griff is right on the money with his reply. I played around a bit with fillers just to see if it made any difference with a variety of powders. None of the powders that were used that weren't position sensitive showed any improvement in groups size what so ever. None, and I used quite a few differen...

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Don't shoot them in the hams or shoulders and you won't have a problem with meat damage. Any caliber will cause damage in those areas. Shoot them through the rib cage..aim for heart and lungs. Also, it over expanding use a heavier bullet. The Hornady XTP in 357 comes in 180g and shoots very well. He...

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I have to laugh as some of these answers regarding the 357mag. I've shot over fifty deer with this caliber out of handguns and I've never lost a deer and I've never lost any significant amount of meat from using a Hornady XTP JHP either. In fact, the only deer I ever lost with a handgun was lost wit...

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There will be no poor penetration with any of that ammo on deer with a 44mag. It isn't designed for a handgun, it's designed for a 44mag. I've shot enough of them with the 44mag to tell you for a fact that penetration will be the least of your worries. All you have to do is hit where you're aiming a...

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I bought a thousand about two months ago at the LGS and paid $48 for them plus tax. I thought they were taking advantage at that price. Guess not.

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I have a Win 1886 45-70 that Turnbull case colored for me, and did a little bit of other work also. I put one of their mounts on the gun and a Burris FF3 to see how it would shoot. Tell you what, it shot fantastic. I've got some pictures of it somewhere and if I can find them I'll post one. Anyway, ...

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I've owned so many guns in my life I can't even remember all of them. I'd guess well over a hundred....by quite a bit. I do remember that the one I regret getting rid of the most was a blued single six with both cylinders. I took that gun to the 1990 IMHSA Internationals and used it in the productio...

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Turnbull does exceptional work and stands behind everything they do. I've had two guns done by them and did have one minor thing I found after picking the gun up. They couldn't fix it fast enough. Doug and his crew are the best when it comes to customer service. I'd call them and tell them what's go...

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I too got the bug to have one two years ago. I ended up finding one NIB at a gun store in Pa. and bought it. I never had a problem with the tang safety but I did see one done over by Turnbull and decided to get mine done. I took it to them and had the safety removed, got it case colored, added a rec...

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"Flat" will never accurately describe any .45-70 load. Your key will be working up the most accurate load you can, then learning that load's trajectory by heart and either using a rangefinder or getting very good at range estimation. The latter is where I find most shooters, regardless of...

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If you can shoot that well on a deer you'll be OK. The problem is that deer and paper plates do different things to you when shooting. You'll need to have at least as good a rest on the deer as you do on the paper plate and you'll need to keep the adrenalin under control also. The fine motor skills ...

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I think the bullet on the right is a 158 xtp HP. I forget what I dug it out of. http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o65/Nath_bucket/SAM_0932_zpsb277c2d0.jpg Almost all the ones I've recovered out of deer look like the one on the left. I've found the 180g XTP's don't expand as much, probably because ...

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There are XTP hollow points and soft points in .357 That's it, the soft points were deep penetrators. The HP ones would burst quite a bit even on fox's! I never had any "burst" using the 158g or the 180g JhP on deer. I could see where the 110 or 125g might be a little too explosive if dri...

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There are XTP hollow points and soft points in .357

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I've shot over fifty deer with the .357mag and most were shot with Hornady 158g XTP bullets. I've shot a half dozen with the 180g XTP. I've shot most with the handgun and IIRC, seven with the lever gun. I strongly suggest using the 158g XTP over the 180g. You will get better expansion with the 158g ...

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I've been hunting on my property now for around thirty-four years and it's been interesting what my cameras have shown me. I have a total of nine cameras out almost the whole years, mostly just because I like getting pics of everything......bear, bobcats, deer, turkey, and trespassers. Over the last...

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I had a Burris FastFire3 on my Win 1886 45-70 for a while and it worked great. I could shoot very small groups with it at my personal range of 114 yds. I've used them on handguns and they are an excellent sight....reasonable price, durable, adjustable dot intensity, and easy to see. Here's a pic:

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I own a Win 1886 I own that I put a Turnbull mount on and a Burris FastFire3 with a 3moa dot. I've shot five shot groups with this set up at my own range of 114 yards that were around 1.5" and it did it on a regular basis. However, I ended up getting cataract surgery and now I can see 20/15 aga...

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Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

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I've been using trail cameras for around ten or twelve years now. I've probably owned twenty or so during that time. It's been my experience that every single one of them are poorly made. Most never made it a year. They don't use plated connectors in them and they soon quit working....two years at m...

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I just got back from a local gun store and got a pound of it. I can't believe the price gouging on this product. I bought some last year for $29.99 which was a rip-off. The year before I got it for $19.99. I just paid $34.99 for it. The eight pounder was almost $250. I guess everyone is gouging the ...

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I'm very sorry to hear of the loss of your father. Please accept my condolences. It sounds like he lived a good life with family who loved him dearly. God saw fit to give him a peaceful end to his good life. Prayers sent.

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I spent a lot of bench time last year working up loads with my 357max Browning Low Wall. Fortunately I have a large variety of powders, bullets, and primers on hand and did some extensive testing. I kept all of the results on a spread sheet for easy sorting of promising loads and components. I will ...

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The Win/Miroku has a rebounding hammer, the Browning/Miroku does not. The gunsmith lightened the hammer spring too much. Contact wither Browning or Numrich and get a replacement spring. FYI, you can send a few easy to remove parts out of your gun to Lee Shaver Gunsmithing and for around $35 he will ...

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My property borders Potter County in PA. I'm on the NY side of the line. I hunted my property on Monday in New York and probably didn't hear four shots fired all day on the PA side of the line. I hunted PA for around forty years and finally gave it up due to the declining deer population and antler ...

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They seem to have as much concern as General Motors has about quality and the CDC has about Ebola. Most company's put profit ahead of quality and Pedersoli released rifles of known poor quality rather than rework and test them before dumping them on the American public. I got two for two that wouldn...

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John, I'll give you the short answer and then I'll direct you to the most knowledgeable source that ever existed on the use of fillers. Fillers should not be any type of wad, ball, etc put into the case on top of the powder that leave any air space between the powder and the base of the bullet. Most...

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I had one of those guns back quite a few years ago. If I recall, they were load sensitive and stated so in the owners manual. I don't recall if it was "shoot one ounce only" or what. Also, they were also made in a 3" version I think. Does your receiver or barrel say what size shell to...

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I have been considering getting a big bore rifle and was thinking of an 1886 Winchester (24" round barrel with a half magzimagazine tube). My question is would I be better off with a Winchester or one of the Pedersoli 86/71s. I would probably put a receiver sight on it and maybe a scout style ...

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You might want to look in to how Pedersoli does it's warranty work in the U.S. I tried to own two Pedersoli lever guns last year and neither one would function as received, brand new in the box. The warranty shop was in Kansas and the gunsmith who did the warranty work lived in another state and tra...

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I've shot over fifty whitetail with the 357mag over the last forty years. I've also shot a few with the 44mag, 30-30 (TC), 7TCU, and a couple of others I had in the TC. The 357mag will kill any whitetail in North America if the shot is place in the vital. The only deer I ever lost with a handgun was...

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There is only one FDA approved accommodating lens being sold in the USA, that's the Bausch & Lomb Crystalens. I had them put in both eyes in June of this year. This lens works like your actual eye does by allowing the eye to change focus from near to far. If you are a shooter and need to focus o...

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Back when I was shooting Sportsman's Team Challenge we shot that event as one of our three shotgun events at a range in Conn. It was different. I don't think it was all that difficult. We had to shoot at 50 birds total for the three of us and we only missed one the first time and none the following ...

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Bill, AA5 is a great powder. I used a lot of it in my 38Super, 356TSW, and 9x21 when I was shooting Team Challenge. It was one of the most accurate powders in each of those guns and it metered like water. I wouldn't even hesitate getting it. I think you'll like it better than the Clays powder (I use...

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Great scenery there. I've always wanted to fly fish in Great Britain. I see the stream you're fishing is like many over there......no back casting possible. Were you allowed to wade? I know that's not done in most places either. Quite a challenge just getting your fly where you want it. Dry or wet f...

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Here's a like to Cabela's reloading kits. You do not need a tumbler to reload. You can shoot pistol brass forever without tumbling it. It just doesn't look "pretty" until it's polished. You can get into reloading for a couple hundred bucks and up. It'll pay for it's self in no time. http:/...

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I'm guessing you're not reloading? I'm in New York myself and getting all the XTP ammo I need is a simple case of putting some together. Might be something to consider.....?

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When we say deer, are we talking about down south 80lb German Shepard size whitetails or 150-200lbs+ whitetails up north here. I too am wondering about bullet design, a buddy of mine swears by jsp bullets, he tells me, too many of the hp's expand too fast when fired from carbine length barrels. I'v...

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I wish I could say that my 357 carbine was a leveraction, but it's a Ruger 77-357. I love the 240 gr xtp in 44 magnum, but can anyone tell me how the 357 does on deer? Maximum range and effectiveness? Treeman72, I have shot somewhere over 50 deer with the 357mag. The vast majority of them were shot...

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Miroku made Browning/Winchesters have virtually no throat.....none. Bullets with a blunt ogive will hit the rifling even with trimmed to length brass. Even the Hornady 350g bullets will cause a feeding problem. I own two Miroku made rifles, an 1886 and a High Wall. I took each one to Turnbull and ha...

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Here it is with both rings and the scope back on it. Not sure if the rings are too much or not. I can always replace them with factory ones (blued) if I decide it's too much contrast with the gloss finish.

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Rimfire, that gun is absolutely gorgeous! I think the difference in the coloring has something to do with the process they use. They use bone charcoal and I know they've tried different types over the years and have gotten different results. To be honest, I like them with a little less blue myself. ...

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