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EdinCT

I have shot this bullet at targets for 45 years and always pulled Jacked 180 gr soft points and loaded them to 1650 fps or so for hunting and they worked great out of a 92 rifle. Not so easy to find soft points any more. How soft do you think I need to cast these to get expansion at 1450-1550 FPS wi...

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My grand parents were all born within a year or so of 1900. They kept a large garden canned most everything they ate and never got too excited about turmoil in the world. Gramp went to work for his Dad in 1913 because a man quit the saw mill and his Dad said the family needs you. you have all the bo...

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45 years ago I knew a very fine lady who kept a Ithaca 72 loaded over her door. One day a woodchuck was in her garden and she shot him 3 times through the chest with great speed. That made an impression!

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Gramp always used a staff and he drilled a 1/4 inch hole at eye level and would peer through it for longer distance, he said it helped get a clearer focus. My father who had cattle when he was young used to say every cattlemen needs a bull arrogant idiot cane for the auction. And it was made from a ...

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One thing I forgot to say was they included a Hornady .410 crimp starter with mine. It works pretty darn good!
I hope you have fun with it.
I also was surprised when I loaded some 00 buck and saw the patterns at 20 yards. Up close its serious medicine!

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I bought one and it works ok. My main beef is that the shells are a little swollen near the crimp with 3 inch shells and my Armscor PAS 410 pump gun doesn't feed them slick.(tight chamber) That said I can load one for hunting with factory loads behind it and if I shoot well I just load another after...

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My Dad had a friend who was in WWII and he told me that during the war US GI's went the the town halls in Germany got the registration lists and went door to door and collected all civilian arms up. They then put them in the road and ran them over with a tank!! He said if you saw the drilling they d...

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Thanks Gents I worked it away this year I was off due to the virus distancing for 6-7weeks (I have COPD) but went back to work this week. Also got the wood pile pretty much spilt and stacked.

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I also have a 32 that's promised to son #2. Its nothing fancy a 94 carbine made in 1964 the worst of the worst if you ask folks. Its a tack driver and deer killer supreme! I changed the lifter out to a forged style just because I could and the sheet metal did bug me but worked fine. I shoot a cast L...

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That is refreshing! I have to wonder how CT got away with forcing people get a permit to buy a gun or ammo. Constitution state it isn't anymore!

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Prayers for your Brother and and his family.

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I have an original 1892 rifle and Marbles the aperture is much smaller OD. I really found it great for hunting when I was young with good eyes. Did a hunting style aperture come with it? I bought a replacement from these folks and am very happy with it if you are interested. http://www.aperturesnmor...

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I am a little envious of your skill and rifle! I have never shot a flintlock but shot cap locks for fifty years, I need to fix that.
It seems like when I have the money none are to be found and when I find one I have no money!

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I had a Belgium rifle in 308 for 10 years and it was a good rifle. It shot 1 1/2 inch groups with Remington 150 gr pointed cor lokt's. It had a trigger that I could hear the take up on and while it wasn't overly heavy it was long. Once while hunting I stripped the gear on the lever and had to have i...

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NOE has a 180 and a 200 when in stock. I have thought a 200 with a gas check would make a great rifle bullet.

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If your up to it you could check out the price of a liner ,drill it out and epoxy the liner in in a caliber like 357 or 44wcf.
Then rent a reamer and finish ream it by hand.
People here have done that.

EdinCT

Congrats on a beauty! I have used the 7/57 for 30 years and it always got it done.

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I am impressed by the CCI quiets with the segmented hollow points. Shot into a gallon milk jug full of water at 25 Yards and I did get three exit holes. I used to shoot opossums on the porch with cb longs but they always walked off aways and I think there brain must be the size of a pea. I did get b...

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Mine was in a box for a 86 Winchester, all I needed to modify was to cut the rear screw down so it didn't project out of the bottom.

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I have a Fox Pro electronic and get a coyote once in awhile. You need to play the wind and make it count because the yotes are real fast learners fool them once and they don't come back. I have had best success with bird distress and house cat calls in New England. Blaine you were on the right track...

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You have my Prayers. I think you had better gently tell Sis that your Mom made you executor and she should not divide anything until you get there.

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Sorry for your loss. In the twinkling of an eye we will be together with our loved ones.

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Praying for a speedy recovery. Praise God sounds like she was lucky it wasn't worse.

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I was given a Model 40 super sporter I think by my late father inlaw. He said his son had no interest and he wanted me to have it. It was a great shooter always shooting around 1 1/4 at one hundred yards. Well my brother inlaw moved to upstate New York and wanted to go deer hunting so I gave it to h...

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I won a few hundred bucks in a check pool at work when I was young and bought myself a Remington 541S and unlike 6PT it hasn't left. It is a amazing rifle! I also have a 39A that does well but if I was forced to choose the 39A would go before the 541S. My Dad give me is Remington Model 4 rolling blo...

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Mossyoak how do they shoot? It seems like the slug will expand and have to contract again. I remember a women and her 999 that could really lay the shots in. She was making cans jump at 40 yards and my Dad said He couldn't believe it shot better that his colt. I no its not worth it but have to wonde...

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Was shooting a H&R 929 and it shot terrible. It looks almost new but when opening the crane I noticed the barrel lead is so large that I could slide a loaded 22LR 1/2 inch into it? My buddy was looking for a trapping gun but I am not kidding You would need to get close to finish fur with this si...

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I just replaced my extractor with a Wiesners. Mine was a spring steel one and I replaced it with one of these which required about twenty min on a oil stone to fit it but works well.

http://www.wisnersinc.com/rifles/

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I have used this one for 4 years with complete satisfaction.

https://www.mod94scoperail.com

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I can remember paying around 4.00 a box when they looked like that. They sure worked well also!

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Wow I hadn't thought of those in years we had one like it when I was young and Gramp next door had a motorized one. For years after it was gone he said it was the best cutting lawn mower ever!

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Once when returning from a squirrel hunt at dusk with my youngest son we heard the chicken's putting up a fuss. I walked over to see what was going on and there was a bunch of half grown skunks chasing them in the run I really laid the lead down and killed about 4 of them with the 39a Marlin. The ne...

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Not a full auto guy but it sure looks fun. The farm next store had a helper that had a Larc M19A BB sub that he terrorized varmints with that used a freon can. He told that the local kids would spray paint his picket fence in front of his house every time he freshened it until one day he let a burst...

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I stopped there a few weeks back and saw those pre 64's for under 500. I was tempted but had just spent major cash going to my youngest sons wedding. I told myself I didn't lack lever guns but don't have a 30wcf. 15 years ago one would of come home with me!!

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Congrats ! Being a Grandfather is the best job I ever had.

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Nice Pitchy! I remember building a two story building with my Grandfather and he always used a large lead plum bob to plumb his walls. It's dead accurate. Also watched a man I worked for clamp a set of peep sights on a 6 foot level and he marked all the batter boards to level the deck for a home. I ...

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Kirk, as usual its a beautiful rifle and photo. What are the components of your load ? I have always pulled soft points from old factory rounds and loaded them to about 1650 fps for hunting and they killed with authority in a 92 Win. In the book sold by Fur Fish and Game magazine 50 years a hunter a...

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Good friends are a blessing. Glad you got some time with Paco, those grips are stunning!

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Ok I am late to the party again but have to ask, I see 3" # 4's loaded and wonder if they really are useful. All I can think of is maybe fox and raccoons in the hen's run for 20 yards max. Anyone use them ?

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If you are a foot high at 25 yards and your sights are 12 inches apart, you will need to mathmaticly figure how many times your sight radius would fall into your shot distance, (in that case 75) then take that number and divide it into the distance you wish to lower your point of impact.(12/75-.16) ...

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I agree with Pete the limb saver has worked well for me with a light 45/70 and bear loads.

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I have have good results with the NOE 235 gr gas check.I purchased the mold with changeable nose pins so I can cast HP, Cup Point and Flat point. http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=52_229

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Pitchy, you ever see Mrs Winchester's house see wouldn't let the builders stop building and she had many such doors and stairways. Most likely she was a little special in her old age

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Pitchy, My cousins grandfather who came from Ireland at the turn of the last century could really lay down the hay. He always had a stone in his side pocket and every few minutes he would stop draw on his pipe and make a pass on each side of the blade. It never looked like he was working hard but af...

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Nice job Pitchy! I have two in the barn but must confess I don't recall ever using one personally,. I did use a 30" Swedish metal bow saw when I was 10 years old or so. Dad would send me to limb with the axe and bow saw the trees they dropped. I also remember my cousin's Grandfather who came fr...

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Sweet I love that vintage look color case receiver. Give us a range report when you shoot it please.

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I like it! Don't you wish you had a buck for every ton of hay ever moved with one.

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Pitchy I am late to the party again. I have one in my barn that came out the gable end until 15 years ago or so. I saved the track I took down. I also had a bow off the the side about 15 feet up the gable end barn wall. My dad knew what everything was and how to use it.( There was one in the dairy b...

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I thinking a man could still get it done with any of those! Looks like a good time and good shooting. I have a 38 wcf that is a fine shooter even with a frosted bore.

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I read somewhere that they were being sold down under because the laws hadn't banned them yet and the law makers were trying to add them to the ban list in that country. I always thought a lever shotgun would be awkward to reload from the shoulder and figured that's why the Winchesters didn't,t stan...

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