There have been some good trip reports on that general area on the American Adventurist forum. Likely many on Expedition Portal forum also, but it can be a bit overwhelming in the enormous content. A search there may turn up information. Thanks for the tip! I don't remember hearing of either one so...

I haven't done NEAR enough exploring in the SW.... Enjoy your trip. 8) Post lots of pics..... :D Heck, I LIVE here and I haven't done near enough exploring :D . It's a big place with lots and lots of nooks and crannies. About as far as I've made it into southeast Utah is the Henry Mountains north o...

Keith wrote that there was a definite good reason to use the term long colt, but his point of reference was the early decades of the 1900s when there were several variations of the 45 govt/Schofield, and a version made for DA revolvers with slightly wider rim. In todays context, it would be tough t...

I had no idea this is a competition, but I'm happy for you that you feel you've won. Obviously that is very important to you. I do hope you are happy with your prize! :D That is why you fail. All life is a competition. Learning things is a goal. Like the fact that Colt never marketed a gun in .45 L...

I've got a 94 AE Trails End in .44 mag that I bought new in 97-98 and it has been a great gun. It probably rates as my favorite shooter next to the .22's, and it's been shot thousands of times in both .44 mag and .44 special combined. I've had no issues with it whatsoever, and I'd put it up against ...

Prior to this thread and these pics I'd never seen any 45 Colt cases marked 45 LC or anything similar. Doesn't mean they are right, but now I need to get some for my cartridge collection. Anybody got some empties they'd be willing to sell me> Joe I've got a big ole' pile of range pick-up brass to g...

So think of me what you will, believe me or not, I'm long passed worrying about what others think of me. I'll continue to use the .45 Long Colt label because it suits me..... and these fellers: I win! :D ....'cause I think you do care :) You can call it the wrong thing to your hearts desire, becaus...

The wife and I are heading up there next week for our anniversary for 4 days, and that's a part of Utah I've never been to. Anyone know the area, been there, and know of any cool, interesting, "off the beaten path" less touristy sights to see? I read up on Wayne County, Utah, and there are...

Can you please post a pic of the headstamp of your .45 Long Colt brass? Ask, and ye shall receive.... (Hey, I don't manufacture the stuff, I just read the scribble printed on 'em! :D ) 45 Long Colt.jpg45 Long Colts.jpg45_Long_COlt_Bear_Load__05994.1355510130.386.513.jpgarmscor_45_Long_colt_ammo__57...

Never seen .45 Long Colt brass? How do you know it isn't ACP? :wink: I never heard of .45 Long Colt +P+! But I'm old! I owned my Colt New Frontier back around 1980, so a couple things could have happened. I may have had a gun with an oversize chamber..Colt had a spotty reputation for quality back t...

I agree with Galloway. However, each caliber is also limited by the cartridge. From a reloader's standpoint, given that .45 Long Colt cartridges are thinner than either .44 mag or .357, one would see cartridge failures, or perhaps even harm to other parts of the gun, well before one would reach the...

Rusty wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:05 am Welcome C Lee,
That's a good report and a great perspective. Every gun we own doesn't need to be capable of winning a gold medal in the Olympics
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Thanks!

I did forget to mention, though, that the pistol is also just great fun to shoot!

Thank you all for the warm welcomes! Up early this morn because I just got back from taking my son to work. He's got a summer job for an environmental clean up outfit and they are working a job in Jal, New Mexico, which is about a 9 hour drive from here. They were on the road at a little after 5AM. ...

I agree with Galloway. However, each caliber is also limited by the cartridge. From a reloader's standpoint, given that .45 Long Colt cartridges are thinner than either .44 mag or .357, one would see cartridge failures, or perhaps even harm to other parts of the gun, well before one would reach the ...

Welcome to the forum. I think you will find that this levergun forum is pretty "brand neutral" with respect to what folks post about and shoot. Sure, we all have our favorite brands and models, but being a levergun comes first. (some of us actually shoot non-leverguns, but do not spread t...

I'd like to see the Ruger 96 again. I don't own any Ruger rifles but I'm a Ruger handgun fan. Got a few. My dad was a Ruger collector starting in the 1970's so I was raised around them. My big gun regret of the last 15 years was not figuring out how to make the deal on a Ruger 96/22 I'd stumbled on ...

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:00 am It's No. 241, and may there be a thousand more!

Indeed!

Howdy Navajo!!! Good to see you here! -C. Lee Thanks Lee, I been laid up with a concussion since day before yesterday. I fell off a ladder and I'm all beat up. I had a seizure up there trimming limbs... Didn't hurt the saw though lol. Holy Moly Navajo! I'm glad to hear you made it out of that with ...

Howdy Navajo!!!

Good to see you here!

-C. Lee

Howdy, I'm happy to be joining you this fine Independence Day! My name's Lee and I live in Farmington, New Mexico. Been a "levergunner" since about the age of 15...and that was many, many decades ago! Started with a pre-64 Model 94 .30-30 but my dad had a Savage 99 300 savage before that. ...

I live in New Mexico but up in the Four Corners area. I've got a backcountry vacation place a few hours south, but still quite a ways from Alamogordo. Been here since 2002, and as far as guns go, New Mexico is pretty "gun friendly". Lots of public land/BLM land and pretty much all of it is...

Howdy! My first post here! I own a Heritage Rough Rider as well, bought it just a few months ago. Mine is the 6.5 inch barreled version, with both Long Rifle and Mag cylinders. I've shot it quite a bit with each cylinder (many hundreds of rounds with .22 long rifle) and though it's mechanics won't w...