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That girl has some serious cahones. Thanks for the find!

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Thanks guys. I guess my Google Fu is a little weak these days as I couldn't find anything relevant when I searched. I do appreciate the point about the weight, and that is one of my concerns with the Rossi. I think I'll just have to try to handle both before I make a decision.

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I've been planning to get a 1985GS when I get the funds pulled together, but I just recently found the Rossi Rio Grande, which has a larger magazine and lower MSRP. I don't know enough about either action to decide which to get. Any education would be greatly appreciated.

aragornelessar86

OK, so after some more research, I'm starting to lean toward a mag tube type of front mount. Again, though, I can only find blued ones, no stainless.

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Hmm, I'll call Uncle Mike's on Monday. Getting kinda interested in the idea of making my own though... we'll see if I manage to resist the impractical urge. Nickel plated just won't cut it.

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I'm looking for a set like this one from Uncle Mike's where the front stud threads into the barrel band, but in stainless. Anyone have any ideas or will I have to make my own?

aragornelessar86

Yup, like everyone has said, gotta know more about it. The other issue when talking about strength is you have to look at all the different ways in which metals can be considered strong (tensile, hardness, etc.).

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Buy a Pendleton. Best gun safe available. Get the biggest safe you can afford, you'll need it sooner than you think.

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Love that musket version. :drool:

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I've loaded a lot of .357 and run it through my Rossi with no problems. Never crimped any of 'em either. Any time I had some shells that wanted to hang up I just worked the action quickly and crisply and they popped right in. I do know that my father-in-law had to polish the dickens out of his Marli...

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And another really bad idea for me to try out next time I take my shotgun out.

aragornelessar86

That's a beauty. If she shoots half as good as she looks you're a lucky man.

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When I shave I use a straight. I buy old ones cheap on ebay and restore 'em.

aragornelessar86

I got to play with one at SHOT and it was beautiful. The action was very tight, but smooth. It think with a proper cleaning and working the action some it'd open right up. I can't remember about the barrel, but I think it was half-octagon.

aragornelessar86

Actually, the gun that beat the Native Americans was the Springfield Trapdoor.

The gun that protected and fed the settlers was the shotgun.

The guns that maintained the peace and perhaps "tamed" the west were the Colt 1873 SAA and the Henry/Winchester '66/'73.

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I've got a .58 1863 Springfield replica and a Hawken replican in .50, and from my experience patched balls are much more accurate than minie balls. Could be the set trigger on the Hawken that makes the difference though. *shrug* In either case they're pretty accurate. I honestly can't remember havin...

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Hello, my name is AragornElessar86 and I'm a hoarder.

I hope my wife never finds this forum. I've got her convinced for now that I need all the guns I have.

aragornelessar86

Chas. wrote:How 'bout the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop where they film Pawn Stars.

It was pouring rain when I was there last and there was a line down the block to get in there.

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jeepnik wrote:Hmm, question the master will you. Just how many of your "inventions" will be around a century later? Have you actually created anything but warm, moist oxygen depleted air.

Haha!!! Brilliant.

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Really digging The Traveling Wilburys and Mumford & Sons (not Little Lion Man) right now.

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It's been dumping rain (relatively) here in San Diego all week. Of course, you have to remember that means we've gotten an inch or so over the past 5 days.

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Good luck! Can't wait for the pictures.

aragornelessar86

I can't imagine why the mainspring would just go out like that, but it could happen. OTH, do I understand that while the gun was set up the same in your tests, you were not using the REAL bullets until you actually got out into the field? Did you happen to change powders between your testing and you...

aragornelessar86

Interesting. Sounds to me like the mainspring. Now, you did say that with the the exact same setup you did a bit of load testing and didn't have this problem right?

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If you changed the nipple between your original tests and when you began noticing the blow-back then I can guarantee it's either the hole size or the channel shape. Also when you say that you can vary the load as much as 40 grains and you still get blowback that tells me it's an issue with the nippl...

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I've been drooling over the Puma M86 and wondered if anyone here has one and how they like it. I've seen a couple threads on 1886 copies but haven't seen any posts from people who own the Puma.

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LOVE THIS!

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darn I wish I could come. Too bad I'm in SoCal. We'd better see pics!

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I own a Puma (which I understood is owned or made by Rossi) 92 and it's solid as a rock, and the most accurate rifle I own.

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Thanks Cap'n. I'm looking at the Military model from Navy Arms, and they specifically state (and show) that it has sling mounts.

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I've been wondering this myself and all the info I find online seems pretty conflicting. It does scare me that they no longer maintain a website though.

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I'm going to be buying a Henry replica (Probably Navy Arms unless someone here advises me otherwise). I'm wondering if anyone makes a period-accurate sling? Advice appreciated.

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Never have gotten rid of a gun. I was about to thin the collection but then there was an "accident" in our household and I figure I'd better make sure I've got guns to pass along to the little tyke. My first gun was a Ruger Old Vaquero, 4.5in BBL, SS, .357 and a Puma '92, 24in BBL, SS, .35...

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All my life I have been a fanatic of westerns. Back 10 years or so ago (mind you I was in Jr. High then) I was able to convince my mom to take me to the Roy Rogers museum when it was still in Victorville, CA as we were passing through. I'll never forget seeing Trigger standing there, and there was o...

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I own a '97 4-Runner and wanted to do some mod work to beef it up as my desert rig. I went to the local mod shop and asked where I might find a front bumper/brush guard for the truck. The man explains to me that no one makes one because that model is equipped with airbags, and that if I put a frame-...

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