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The single-shot shotgun, including it's fowling-piece predecessor, without a doubt. Every family had one, it was versatile enough to use for all kinds of hunting, defense and even militia service, and was affordable. This was truly the gun that won the west. And the east.

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One model of the Williams Foolproof mounts in the dovetails of .22's. This is a first-class receiver peep sight.

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If you choose to use a filler to fill the case (totally unnecessary, IMO, with smokeless powder), be sure to add the filler weight to the bullet weight in determining the powder charge. Otherwise you might be in for a big, nasty surprise at the range.

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I've decapped a lot of .30-06 and .223 cases over the years using just ordinary sizing dies, never had a problem. For removing the crimp, I like the CH primer pocket swage, which I believe is about the same as the RCBS unit. Easy to set up, fast and effective. Available here: http://www.ch4d.com/ I'...

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Thanks, guys, for the info. This might turn out to be a false alarm--or maybe not. After posting, I did what I should've done in the first place, & called Rossi . They're sending me a replacement screw which should be here in a week or two. What phone number did you have for " Rossi "...

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Thanks, guys, for the info. This might turn out to be a false alarm--or maybe not. After posting, I did what I should've done in the first place, & called Rossi . They're sending me a replacement screw which should be here in a week or two. What phone number did you have for " Rossi "...

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Thanks, guys, for the info. This might turn out to be a false alarm--or maybe not. After posting, I did what I should've done in the first place, & called Rossi. They're sending me a replacement screw which should be here in a week or two. However, as the original one wouldn't work, it's possibl...

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I need a left-side cartridge guide screw for my Rossi 92 .357 Mag. Steve Young doesn't have one, sez these parts are hard to get since Taurus bought out Rossi. Anybody know where I can find one? If these can be had in extra-long, that'd be my preference. A gunsmith friend did an action job for me aw...

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The 94/22M is a great little rifle--I love mine. I use it for Pistol Cartridge Cowboy Silhouettes. I also have a Rossi 1892 I bought for this, but so far have ended up using the .22 Mag. Lotsa fun to shoot, zero recoil, accurate, ample power and I don't have to pick up brass. At my advanced age I re...

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[quoteHeck, if the feds did decide to enforce this law, they could make tens of thousands of arrests each deer season in just my corner of the state. It does make me think though, that how we as gun owners often say that we should not pass any new gun laws, just enforce the ones on the books. This i...

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I have to wonder, how does a state not violate an individual's rights by passage of this law when the federal government does? I'm no lawyer, but I'd guess it's due to the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, aka the "Residual Powers Amendment," which reserves to the states all powers not ...

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Hobie wrote:150 at 2500 is more realistic in the .30 AI.

That sounds more reasonable. Still, that's .300 Savage territory, and is still nothing to sneeze at.

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Looks like it would be very interesting. Ackley doesn't show one in his book, so you might have a first! And Ackley shows the 30/30 improved as getting 2700 fps with 150 gr. bullets. The 30/30 Imp. "...is quite decidedly a surprising cartridge" to quote Mr. Ackley. He attributes much of t...

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Here's a bunch of old-timey hunting pics with leverguns, mostly 1895s: http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/29202Elk_and_levergun_with_fancy_hunter_2_.bmp http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/29202Elk_by_1895.bmp http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/292021895_and_Moose.bmp These should all be titled "Hoo, bo...

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It'd be nice if they'd d&t it for the Taurus tang sight in addition to a scope. Even a receiver sight would be nice.

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Too bad things like this are never available in tall sizes.

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Too bad they didn't bring it back in a model 99.

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"You can retire to the Deep South where... 1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store. 2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural. 3. "He needed killin'" is a valid defense. 4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Joe, Mary Sue, Betty Jean...

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Full length resizing will no doubt make cases fit your case gauge better, but then they won't fit your chamber as well. Count me among those who never use a case gauge in reloading, tho I do measure case length & trim as needed. For target work in my bolt action rifles I neck size only, after th...

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My wish would be for a '92 in .327 or .32 H&R Mag., CCH receiver, 22" half octagon barrel and button mag. Only safety to be half cock, no rebounding hammer, tang sight.

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I think that for all it's other advantages the .223 is not cheaper to shoot than a .22 WMR, even with handloads. I can normally get CCI .22 Mags at Wal Mart for about $11 per box of 50. Primers & jacketed bullets, powder & the averaged-out cost of cases to load 50 rounds of .223 will come to...

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I have 3 of the Marbles tang sights, including one on a Rossi 92, and they do have windage adjustments. It's the Lyman, I believe, that lacks windage adjustment except maybe with the use of shims. I don't know anything about the Varner.

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Beautiful 94! My first CF rifle was it's twin; another .32 Spl. that my dad bought new, right after the war. He gave it to me a coupla years later. Sadly, it got stolen in a burgulary back in the late '60's. Still have the pre-64 model 70 he replaced it with in '49, though.

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I wrote earlier that I dimly recalled that Winchester had stopped making 2 types of small pistol primers. Couldn't stand the uncertainty, so I went to their web site to be sure of getting the latest info. I wuz wrong. They still make both magnum and standard sp primers, but make only one type of lar...

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The more I learn about this question the less I know. I have 5 reloading manuals going back to the early '80s, and they all say the same thing about primers--rifle primers are thicker, harder & hotter. None give primer pocket dimensions, but now I know all small primer pockets have the same dime...

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Actually, it wasn't a matter of simple thrift, tho saving money is always nice, it was the fact that I need only a hundred primers for a trial load. I have several thousand small pistol primers and ditto small rifle primers but no magnum sp's. Don't much want to buy a thousand when I only need a hun...

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Thanks, Hobie. That's what I wanted to know. Guess I gotta buy some primers--drat!

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Would small rifle magnum primers be suitable for full-power loads in my Rossi .357 mag. rifle? I know they're harder than pistol primers, but are there any other differences? For that matter, is the increased hardness likely to be a problem in pistol cartridges loaded for a rifle?

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Olive oil works well as a leather preservative. I learned about this some time ago from a gunsmith pard who's also a Cowboy Action shooter--they use lotsa leather!

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It's called Bluetongue (one word) virus, and can raise havoc with some ruminants, including deer. I've been told it did serious damage to the deer population here in Arkansas a few decades back (the seventies, I believe.) If this deer did have the condition, it's probably dead now. Here's an excerpt...

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The .45 looks to be an original 1911, not a 1911A1. Note the following differences from the later 1911A1's: Short grip safety spur No cutout relief on the frame, behind the trigger Long trigger Flat mainspring housing 2 of these 4 are common now in clones but none were used in the WWII era GI 1911A1...

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Marc wrote:That sure looks like a revolver frame in front of the second fellow on the left!

It sure looks like it. I had to raise the zoom level to 150% to see it, though. Good call!

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Tintypes were negatives, and hence always reversed. You see them as positive images only when the light hits them at the right angle.

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Wow! Now I know I'm gettin' old. Who'da ever thunk somebody would look fondly back on plastic shotshells? Any kind of plastic shotshells? I remember when they first came out. Big improvement over paper--wouldn't swell when wet. Haven't they always been completely made by machines? Not exactly old wo...

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All these solutions sound like a lot of trouble to me. My bolt actions are bore sighted thru the bore with the bolt removed; all others get one shot fired up close (about 10 yards) to make sure it's on the paper, then adjusted from there. I tried a bore sight once & didn't like it, especially th...

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Since I started with a 16" Big Loop .357 Carbine, my button mag conversion oughtta qualify as a half mag. ;) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1056072/DSCN0120.JPG http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1056072/DSCN0119.JPG I used my $1.29 hacksaw, to shorten the issue m...

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Since the full name is ".38 Smith & Wesson Special", it seems almost inevitable. There was already a .38 S&W, and they needed a name to distinguish the new round from the .38 Long Colt. Just a guess, of course.

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I've used MidwayUSA for years, and have never had a serious complaint. They're not always the cheapest supplier around, but neither is anybody else. It pays to shop around, and I do. Sometimes Midway has the best price, sometimes Natchez or Grafs or Champion shooters or...you get the idea. So far as...

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At my advanced age, I've been getting a LOT of mailings from AARP trying to get me to join. I've noticed this number has dropped to a trickle since I started tearing the "invitations" up & mailing them back in their enclosed, prepaid envelopes.

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Have you tried reversing the rings, i.e., exchanging them front-to-back & vice versa? Sometimes this helps, or so I've heard.

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I've never done it, but I'm pretty sure "sweating" is silver-soldering, and the resulting joint is much stronger than any soft soldered one. I think it's done just like brazing, except the solder is silver. Beyond that, anything I said would be guesswork.

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Tycer wrote:What use are you looking for? Of those bullets on Montana's site, the LBTs are my preference for just about anything.

For Cowboy Pistol Cartridge metallic silhouettes. I want to try some fairly hot loads in my .357 Rossi, hence the need for gas checks.

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Don McDowell wrote:http://www.montanabulletworks.com/357.html

Thanks, Don. That's exactly what I wanted.

Lloyd

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Anybody know a good source of gas-checked cast bullets for .38/.357, in the weight range of 155-160 gr.? I'd like to get a small qty. for some load testing, but don't want to set up to do bullet casting. The only source I've found wants more than jacketed bullets for them.

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Thanks, Joe. I'll see if I can find it.

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Nobody knows? Could this be just a matter of prejudice, as in some folks objecting to Henry RF's just because they're not 100% steel receivers, even tho they're one of the slickest LR's around?

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OK, somebody hasta educate me. I have a 39A that my dad bought in 1946, and it's the only one I've ever had, or even used. Also, the only experience I've had with rebounding hammers has been a couple of single barrel shotguns that my bro & I were given as kids. So tell me about rebounding hammer...

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Model 92's in Australia are hard to find with a good bore and in original unaltered condition.I like both the 25-20 and the 38-40 I would get the rifle that is is the better condition which sounds like the 25-20. You will look at sometimes 50 to a 100 92's before you can find one with an exceptiona...

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Model 92's in Australia are hard to find with a good bore and in original unaltered condition.I like both the 25-20 and the 38-40 I would get the rifle that is is the better condition which sounds like the 25-20. You will look at sometimes 50 to a 100 92's before you can find one with an exceptiona...

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game keeper wrote:Close up of my 1966 Antique Model 94.

That is one gorgeous receiver! But "antique 1966?" Man, you really know how to hurt a guy!

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