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Sierra makes a 125 gr FN HP that is used on yotes to small deer. The Hodgdon manual shows 2 loads with a 130 gr bullet at 2480 and 2490 fps. Sam Fadala got 2709 fps from a 26" 30-30 using a Sierra 125 gr FNHP. He did not test this round in a 20" barrel. With other bullet weights from 110 g...

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Trapper length carbines in pistol cartridges are what New York City dwellers overwelmingly own if what I was told is correct. They are a burglar's nightmare as they are the shortest most compact legal weapon in NYC. If I lived there I would have a 16" 92 in 45 Colt loaded with commercial ammo c...

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I'd hate to be a yote that wandered into Bruno's world.

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Fox News covered part of the procession for the 4 slain officers in Tacoma, Washington. There were 20,000 LEOs from departments all over the country. I watched that and danged if my allergies acted up cause my eyes were watering out of control. I'm glad a LEO blew the perps brains out. To paraphrase...

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I would get the 45 Colt since you have a Blackhawk. Either gun will handle more than you will if your shooting session is Blackhawk only loads loaded to the max. Now if you had a New Vaquero or Colt or Colt clone I would say get the 454. That way more powerful rounds can't find their way into the Ne...

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The good and bad of the Marlin safety is that it allows you to cycle the action to unload the gun while on safe, but it also allows the hammer to fall from full cock and go click instead of bang if you are shooting at game and the safety is on. If the safety locked the hammer so it wouldn't fall whe...

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The good and bad of the Marlin safety is that it allows you to cycle the action to unload the gun while on safe, but it also allows the hammer to fall from full cock and go click instead of bang if you are shooting at game and the safety is on. If the safety locked the hammer so it wouldn't fall whe...

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Adirondakjack: Has anyone thought of using the Cowboy Special in the FA 97? It seems to me that it would be a natural as you could use longer/heavier bullets and stay within the limitations of the shorter cylinder. With the modern powders now available to reloaders, the large case of the 45 Colt isn...

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Could the barrel be set back and rechambered for the Cowboy Special exclusively? Could you use a 24" barrel for a 20" barreled carbine with a Cowboy Special chamber? I was thinking that it would be a hoot to have a large bore high capacity levergun plinker but with accuracy good enough for...

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I found a cartridge on Steves Pages named the .450 Revolver. It has a 0.510" rim diam and is 0.479" inside at the base and neck. It is only 0.693" long compared to the 45 Auto Rim which is 0.898" long. It's rim thickness is less than that of the 45 Colt at 0.043" vs 0.060&qu...

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Reminds me of the story about a checker who went on the loud speaker and asked for a price check for Tampax. The courtesy clerk missunderstood the request thinking she was asking for tacks. He responded on the speaker "You want the ones that you push in with your thumb or pound in with a hammer...

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I owned Captain John R. Hughes gold circle star badge for awhile, about five years. It had a gold wreath around the circle star. His was gold and five other Texas rangers had silver ones in honor of Capt. Frank Jones who had died in a shoot out on the border. They all made a list of the killers of ...

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I got stopped for blowing a stop sign like it wasn't there. I had pulled 3 16 hour shifts at the hospital from Friday 3PM to Monday 7am. I was in scrubs and told the officer I guess I was just driving HUA (Head Up A..). The officer just laughed and told me he'd follow me home to make sure I got ther...

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Buck Elliott wrote:No -- more like Grizz Territory. You can't be overgunned for those furry, fanged & clawed beasties.

So I wonder why the Puma 454 continues but the 480 Ruger Puma is dc'd? I think they both had their plusses.

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It also looks like a few of the reindeer got away. You should have shot the one with the red nose first and that would have slowed up the whole team.

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Don't you think that was a little drastic just because you didn't get what you wanted the year before?

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Don't you think that was a little drastic just because you didn't get what you wanted the year before?

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Somehow those two don't look like the "Halt or I'll shoot!" type.

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I live in the central CA and Cabelas is a better excuse to go to Nevada than any casino. Their mail order service is great, but it would still be fun to go to the store. I could bribe the wife with a show and stay at one of the casinos. Win/Win situation. LL Bean has great customer service. I once b...

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copyright law... an opened video or game software etc technically cannot be returned. When it is defective, it can be exchanged for the exact same titel... i make exceptions in my store... So if I bought a video of Mary Poppins and it turns out to be Debbie Does Dallas I can't return it? The movie ...

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I need money for all my gun projects. Maybe I should call the National Inquirer and claim to be Tiger's gay lover. I am not gay, but nowadays magazines will pay good money for bogus "news". I do not condone what he is accused of doing, but as others have said, we have more important things...

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Sure would like a nice little trapper in .475 Linebaugh! I got a Puma in 480 Ruger. In looking at the Grizzly Cartridge web site, the mv is only 100-150fps between the 480 Ruger and the .475 Linebaugh. I assume those are revolver barrel velocities. I would bet my 480 Ruger out of a Puma would be th...

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I do have to give him credit for using his own money and not charging taxpayers like politicians do. With his money he can define economic stimulus any way he wants.

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Barnes has their new 150 gr MRX bullet for the 270. It is basically the TSX with a polymer tip and a Silvex (tungsten) core. That should increase the spectrum of critters that would fall to the 270. With the tungsten core driving the all copper front through animals it should act like the Nosler Par...

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You don't need a router to open up the barrel channel. Get a round rasp and remove wood from the barrel channel. You can purchase tungsten powder and mix it with epoxy. I would think you could make it pretty thick. Bed the forearm just as if you were doing a regular bedding job. The tungsten powder ...

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I bought a Win Mod 70 Featherweight Deluxe in the only caliber offered by Davidsons, 270 Win. None of the other calibers were in the Deluxe version. I've lusted after a M70 Featherweight for about 35 years and this gun knocked my socks off with its looks. When it arrived at the gun shop every custom...

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OK! To be totally honest, my minimum is 2 gun safes with whatever guns tickle my fancy at the time. I have bolt guns, lever guns, EBRs, and shotguns of pump and semiauto pesuasions. I have more handguns than I need and not as many as I want. I have half of the second safe to fill and I am sure I wil...

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Buncha tabloid crrap, IMO. A man's life and his supposed problems are his business and no one else's. Why is it that people can't wait to tear someone down? :| With the 100s of millions of dollars Tiger makes off of endorsements he has to know that many sponsors have conduct clauses in the contract...

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A friend of mine was a sergeant in the Berkley, CA. PD in the late 1960s. I guy walks in and wants to fill out a complaint that his wife hit him in the back and it hurt. While trying not to laugh at the guy he asked him if he really wanted to file a report. So the guy shrugged and said no and turned...

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Is the alleged Marlin Jam just in the 1894 Model shooting pistol rounds or is it also attributed to the 336 and 1895 models firing rifle cartridges?

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I think his wife found out he had a few bogeys off the golf course.

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I always prefered straight grips on a levergun. That said I always thought that a tang sight would interfere with the way I grasp a straight gripped stock when shooting... with my thumb over the top. This subject made me think that a tang sight might work better with a pistol gripped stock. With my ...

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cnjarvis wrote:Joe probably had a priest bless the rifle and ammo and dipped the bullets in holy water.

He should have used silver bullets.

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AW GEEZZZ, you guys are a BAD influence on me... I was perfectly happy with my .30-30 Winchester 94s when I joined this site... now look, I have a .22 rifle and it appears that I need a air gun also! And, .38 Spls from a Rossi 92 do a good job on possums also. Noisier? Yes, but out here in the "...

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It saddens me as a retired nurse of over 20 years and the recipient of a kidney transplant in 1970 that the owner had to sell those antlers to pay medical bills. He had to sell something that meant a lot to him to do something honorable...pay his bills. What a novel idea nowadays. The scumbag who bo...

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I think they ought to place a few of those Red Neck Special Forces on a decoy tanker off the coast of Somalia. Tell them boys they get extra Boone and Crockett points for hitting a pirate with an RPG and a gift certificate good for a years worth of meals at the Waffle House if they sink a patrol boa...

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Wasn't he a member of the Village People? Macho, Macho, Man............

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The FN bullets from Beartooth have a larger meplat than their Keith style bullets. I would go with the larger meplat and more rounded profile of the FN bullets.

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I suppose if you were going room to room clearing out (killing) badguys the shorter barrel would be an advantage. To the average trooper a full sized rifle woudl be more advantageous. To make it easier to get in and out of a vehicle the collapsable stock would help. Now I will contradict what I just...

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Brush gun? I suppose you could use a gun for a brush but your hair would be frizzy from the powder burns.

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Too bad the statue wasn't a cow elk. Then the buck would have been frustrated but alive. Would the buck have been guilty of attempted statutory rape?

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Repairing or replacing broken parts is certainly OK in my book! I just would hate to see a nice old 94 converted to AI - it would ruin the value quite a bit too... And yes, to your question of there being a way to convert the rebounding hammer - I don't have the specifics but somebody here will. Na...

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Does anyone make parts to convert a 94 with a rebounding hammer to the old half cock safety? Regarding the pinned sight for the old gun, how about a compromise of a sourdough blade pinned in place of the broken one? Will that be ok? I guess if a Sourdough sight was OK for EK it should be OK for me. ...

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I have a 1894 30-30 manufactured in 1927 ( originally I thought it was 1917) and the barrel is marked Model 94 Winchester-Nickle Steel-30 W.CF.- Is this barreled action strong enough to be rechambered to 30-30 AI? Also the front sight looks like a bead front sight missing the bead in the back of the...

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I saw a real nice holster made in the US, and I think it was even written up on Gunblast, that looked like it would make a good crossdraw, concealed carry holster for a first gen Colt SAA 5 & 1/2" barrel. It was a bit like a pancake holster. I searched but cannot find it or recall the name...

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It could've been worse, I could've added these to the tally; http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g48/OTH_2006/TheShooterShop082406006.jpg Then again, I would've needed Griff's semi to haul 'em and the ammo. I've got to learn to part with some, over the last 55 years came across "deals" now ...

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I wonder if in these politically correct days if a restaurant could open with the name Beaver's and use pictures of the old Leave It To Beaver TV show. On the other hand, things have degraded to the point that a show these days called Leave It To Beaver would be a reality show starring Paris Hilton....

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Nosler has a new 223 bullet that is a copper jacket filled with granulated copper as a core. Sort of like a lead free Glaser. It might be what you want, just one small hole in, no hole out.

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The pink insulation gives the room a calming effect.

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I think there is a more recent version called "My 7.62x39"

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