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Alphawolf45

I bought the hammer spring and ejector spring from Steve's Gunz. I made new trigger return spring. And of course I polished it up slick while I had it apart. Not only does it feed and extract smooth but it has a fine 1 lb trigger pull.. I didn't buy the CD because I have had a Winchester 92 apart se...

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Some years ago I was hiking/camping alone thru a Wilderness area, miles from the nearest road. Two incidents will stay in my memory forever. One is that while walking through dense weeds I stepped on a rattlesnake which was not a problem as my next step was quick and quite a ways down the trail :lol...

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Now I have to smooth it up and get some lighter springs so looks AND CYCLES like an original 92. My .357 Rossi that I bought new a year ago....New springs and smoothed up the action and fired it a couple thousand shots. It is slick and nice with a 1 pound trigger pull. Now I am fixing up a 'real' W...

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My club wont shoot another silhouette match till mid January.. This thread and that picture has me envious. I enjoy reading about it almost as much as doing it. .Keep threads like this coming, surely I am not the only shooter suffering withdrawal symptoms.

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Wow.. I messed with coal and anvil for a few years and never achieved half that talent .Beautiful job.

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Interesting thread. I have had mine apart several times in the 3 or 4 months I have had it but overall I haven't had any major issues as you are having.. I have the one continual issue that the hammer screw works itself loose every hundred rounds or so...I don't like the stock finish much but I can ...

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The arid climate kept it in good condition.. Many receivers offered on Gunbroker are pocked with rust pits and yet did not stand outside for a hundred years- probably a humid barn in Ohio or some place...Had I found that rifle I'd rebuild it and shoot it.

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Here see picture shows the full scale chicken used at 200 meters in BPCR match atop the half scale ram shot at 100 yards in CLA. I like the close targets in Cowboy lever action silhouette b'cause I can see them much clearer than the targets in BPCR.. Old eyes. Those are the "easy" chicken...

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Here see picture shows the full scale chicken used at 200 meters in BPCR match atop the half scale ram shot at 100 yards in CLA. I like the close targets in Cowboy lever action silhouette b'cause I can see them much clearer than the targets in BPCR.. Old eyes.

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Which of the silhouettes in Cowboy levergun silhouette are considered the most challenging? The little chickens at 40 yards or ? In the black powder cartridge rifle match that I been shooting the toughest critter is the chicken offhand at 200 yards. But 'course that's a 12 pound rifle...I would gues...

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I often wonder what it was that Annie Oakley had that let her outshoot everybody else. Confidence No I don't believe that. If confidence alone can succeed then we have no worries for Americas future because Americans are raising hordes of confident youths that have no skills ..---Give that loser a ...

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I often wonder what it was that Annie Oakley had that let her outshoot everybody else. Eye hand coordination? Far as I know her rifles were standard off the shelf nor did she have sponsors providing specially loaded ammo..

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The second year my club insisted I run them as NRA Registered matches and it pretty much killed the participation . Why? I only shoot NRA registered CLA silhouette and I rather like it a lot. It is a ton of fun. I'm not much of a fan of matches that are fast and loose with rules and tend make thing...

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Topic is interesting to me since I just got the Rossi and my first match is next month. Am I right that for a persons first match whatever he scores is the class he gets? That puts pressure on a guy to do exceptionally well in his first match unless he just enjoys working up from the bottom classes....

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I have a .22 insert for my Pedersoli 1874 Heavy-Target model in .45-120 Sharps. These guns are fun to shoot. :D I am going to try building one of them .22 adaptors today for my .45-70 Highwall...I think- even built by guy who don't have one to copy- it should be accurate enough that I can get some ...

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I have a Marlin 1892 in .22 ..Geeze all these years I thought the 1892 version in .32 was a rimfire.. Centerfire would be pretty decent little rifle.

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. OT - It's good to hear from you again, Alphawolf45 - It's been awhile. Happy Holidays, to you & yours. . I read on here almost everyday. I don't say much as I don't have the guns and trigger time that a lots of you fellers have. I picked up the new Rossi today.. Had I built it the gun would h...

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retmech Ten in a row turkeys would be fine shooting at any distance.. The only 10 I have gotten is 10 pigs in BPCR off sticks.. I have considerable difficulty seeing turkeys at 380 meters with iron sights...But- now I will brag about this--- a few weeks ago a friend and I were shooting at full scale...

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Accurate .38 Special Loads? Not in my rifle. I haven't yet gotten started in this sport yet so I'll make a statement followed by a question mark so that folks can jump in with comments without feeling need to spare my feelings.. Given the size of the half scale targets I believe that a class AAA sh...

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Sixgun I hadn't really considered shooting this .357 in the longer big bore matches.. Indeed one man at a match I watched did tell me he used his in the rifle caliber matches...I guess I will try it. The targets are very close as compared to the BPCR matches I have been shooting. Just that pill sent...

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Griff wrote:
Alphawolf45 wrote:Griff
I bought the rifle version with 24 inch octagon barrel...
Generally, far easier lever gun to accurized than a carbine.

Griff I never even considered a carbine.. This is a rifle sport isn't it?

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Before buying your mold I would recommend finding out what bullet weight your rifle likes. My Marlin is only happy with heavy bullets like 175 - 180gr. I bought a 175gr Accurate mold and use it for pistol caliber CLAS with trailboss powder and rifle CLAS with LilGun, 2400, or 2205. A 175gr bullet a...

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Griff
I bought the rifle version with 24 inch octagon barrel.. When I get it I will take your advice and check it for pinch points/free floating barrel. I am not squeamish about tearing it down for modifications.. I enjoy gun work.

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[quote="Silhouette shooters shoot a lot. I know I do. [/quote] Sixgun You mean you practice on your own and/or compete in many different types of matches both in and outside of your home range?... Reloading/Shooting .38 Special/.357Mag would be easier on your body and pocketbook than the .45-70...

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Alphawolf45 , Yes, most shooters are happy with 3" @100yd. and consider that accurate. The .38/ .357 is not a bench rest cartridge and if you can get inside of 2" with it at 100 yd. you are doing just super. That's minute of critter - even 'yote - and that's all that really matters for a ...

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Alphawolf45 , Yes, most shooters are happy with 3" @100yd. and consider that accurate. The .38/ .357 is not a bench rest cartridge and if you can get inside of 2" with it at 100 yd. you are doing just super. Thank you very much Chuck . I did not know that. Now let me hope to do that well....

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AW45; Nothing I have shot out of my Puma 357 has not been not accurate. Have used Unique, 2400, HS7 Blu Dot and red Dot with with everything from 125-180gr bullets in 38 and 357 brass, from 600-1700fps. Tho I did learn 3grs of Unique and a 148gr WC doesnt like like to make it out of the barrel ever...

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What shoots very well in my Marlin Cowboy .357, is the Lyman 357665 and 11/4759 which is pretty much a capacity load in .357 Magnum brass. Other loads that do almost as well ....5.0 / Titegroup or 6.0 / 231. Have fun! w30wcf Thanks w30wcf . I have 'nuff Titegroup for 'bout a 1000 rounds so I'll try...

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In order to get started in pistol cartridge silhouette matches next year I have ordered a Rossi levergun in .38/.357 ..I reload but I have no experience trying for an accurate levergun load.. Bullet length is limited by what will feed through the action.. Is it possible to find a bullet that will cr...

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Over the last 16 years I have trained all my dogs to push a button to go in and out of the house.. Just saying that dogs are easily trained when it is something that they want to do.. Yeah I would/will buy one of those if it actually has made it onto the market. I have a blind male dachshund that is...

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Nice that you have a wife who will go shoot with you. I'd be proud if my wife could hit a basketball most of the time at 100 yards.

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I finally set the FM radio in the front of the shop where it gets fairly good reception and run speaker wire from it 60 foot back to a remote speaker in my machinery room...Metal building and florescents lighting is rough on radio reception.

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Are there really folks here that don't like anything but leverguns? ..I'd like to see the build .

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The way I say it- IF I live another 20 years this one is the best one of the bunch and don't waste it.. What I hate worse of all about getting older is losing all my close friends that have now died...And then there is my wife who is turning 60, a much different person than the girl I married 30 yea...

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Excellent story. Read it to my wife. We have 3 miniature dachshunds. Have seen ours go after copperhead snakes and one time chased after a coyote that I scared out of the yard. Got to watch them weeners as they will tear into something they cant whoop.

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I enjoyed reading that. Would have been interesting to see the boogered barrel threads. How is it that the threads in receiver were not also ruined?

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Alphawolf45,I have always enjoyed all of your builds, if you can please pu it on from start to finish like the others. It is interesting for us here. JerryB This gun building hobby is a personal challenge for me. Rather easy work if have an example gun to copy but gets crazy working from bad drawin...

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Building guns from barstock is my hobby. Had started building a Sharps per drawings of a model 1874 when I happened on the pictures of the Lyman 1878 and love its lines.. Now I am building something as similar in appearance to the Lyman as I can manage. I may show it on this forum when its finished ...

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We get drain gnats in the house. They flit about my plate of food while I am trying to eat.. I hate it if my wife leaves any food uncovered in the kitchen. Don't want flies anywhere near my food... Back when I drank bourbon the gnats would drown themselves in my drinky, funny I'd fish them out and f...

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Why do you like it? Because its rare, or?

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I read on here several times everyday.. This is my favorite generally guns forum on the net.. I have not yet seen any bad behavior from anybody. .. I have swapped messages with quite a few members.. Just an excellent forum. I wouldn't change a thing. Does disappoint me a bit that the pictures that b...

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FatJackDurham wrote:What do you mean "brass BP" and "ML BP"?

I have wondered the difference between black powder cartridge and muzzle loading black powder. Reckon why the cast lead bullet s'posed to be pure lead for muzzle loader but 20 to 1 for cartridge BP?

Alphawolf45

Thank you for posting the drawing. In a future project I'll need to make the lower tang and trigger for a #1 Rolling block . I may use this drawing ..Just finished making double set triggers for a Highwall..I am working up enthusiasm for set triggers. Wow! Did you do all fabrication? That would be ...

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Thank you for posting the drawing. In a future project I'll need to make the lower tang and trigger for a #1 Rolling block . I may use this drawing ..Just finished making double set triggers for a Highwall..I am working up enthusiasm for set triggers.

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Also, most people dont have symetrical vision anyhow and few of them are upset by it. We just adapt. What you cant do is have them so far out of sync that the brain just stops using input from the worst one, like "lazy eye" back in the 40s & 50s. My eyes are badly out of symmetry.. I ...

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Finished up to be a very handsome gun.. What is the competition you are planning to enter with it ?

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I used up a bottle of Pilkingtons and don't want any more of it.. I like Laurel Mountain Forge Brown and Degreaser. Don't have to degrease with acetone.. Gives a nice black finish as good as Pilkingtons but faster in my experience... http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/metal-prep-colori...

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I've never seen a hardware store sell numbered or letter or metric sized drills.. Anything that isn't common has to be ordered.. Can usually find anything like that very reasonable on Ebay..Saves a lot of time and burning gas to just order from Enco, MSC or get'em on Ebay.

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It Tastes good.. It feels great. Then a guy starts talking up stuff that is so embarrassing when you've finally sobered up...I been there myself a bunch of times.. Some folks handle it well and others should never touch the stuff.

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I seen that.. Completely amazing the precision accomplished so long ago..

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