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By the way, if anyone is interested, S&W released about 3,000 without the lock this summer.
I think they are from pre-2000.

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Holy cow, Hobie! It's almost midnight there!
Go to sleep!

Thanks for the helpful advice, on the 158 gr.
I'll work with that bullet.

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Well,upon further research, it looks like (from an old Lyman manual) that it is not for the 38 special, but is for a 38 S&W or .35 caliber firearms. so nix that particular mould.
How about the other two?

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I have this mold: Lyman 357446 (162 gr.) and I am getting a new 642-1 38 Special revolver. Aluminum alloy frame and steel cylinder/barrel. Is this bullet too heavy for the J-frame 1 7/8" snubby? Nothing in my recent load data books. The other molds I have are 358156 HP (155 gr.) and 358342 (142...

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Just like the Ivory soap advertisement. "It Floats" I've found a few floating at about the same time that the valve stems, rubber grommets, nails and all the steel come to the surface. The zinc melting temp. is higher than lead, so the zinc wheelweights are still intact. If you want, sort ...

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bronyaur's wife and kids missed the 156 turn-off and still turned around to connect with me at "The Giant Artichoke" restaurant, in Castroville, Ca. on their way to Monterey. We traded 3 lbs. of the IMR 4227 for one bottle of a nice Mendicino, CA Chardonnay ( my wife correctly pointed out ...

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I used to get them free or for a six pack. Last time I went to a tire shop a few months ago, the guy pointed to a 1/2 full 5 gallon bucket and said, "you can have it for $50. :shock: I left without the weights... :cry: A week later I contacted a retired commercial salmon fisherman that was movi...

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I've started the long term project of collecting lead. I pay two local garages 30 cents a pound for used wheelweights (I had to in order to compete with the scrap companies). I've been melting them down on my camp stove and pouring it into a muffin pan. Each muffin weights about 2 pounds. So far, I...

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IMR 4227 is an excellent powder. It's burn rate is pretty much identical with 5744. I use the two powders interchangeably for the same load. I use it for small to medium capacity, straight-walled cartridges that were originally black powder cartridges. Has a lower pressure spike than ffg for the sa...

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Congratulations on your new friendly location.
Once you are out of the metropolis, things aren't quite so anti-gun here in "Kahleefornia" (Governer's pronunciation.)
Now, do your part to help keep California condor free.

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Thanks for the good tips, Charles!

bronyaur, the PM is still stuck in the outgoing mailbox at 3:43 PM!

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bronyaur
PM'd you, but it seems stuck in the outbox.
I'm at our pad at Lake Tahoe and am leaving for Santa Cruz in a few minutes.
I'll see if your PM gets delivered to you, in a few hours.
It's been what, half a year?! Thanks for remembering.

Ray

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When MSN was my homepage, I customized it's content too all NRA and pro-gun stuff!

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No worries; the technology is still years away. No rush to buy more guns unless you need an excuse to give to the wife for another purchase. Nothing happening with that for a few years for sure. They are scratching their collective heads until their heads are bleeding; trying to figure out how to do...

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Hey now! :D Show us a picture of your Marlin 92. I have one. I take it yours can shoot centerfire and rimfire? :?: Oklahoma Dee http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f179/otteray/marlin92and39-1-1-1.jpg ] Yes, I reload with trimmed brass or shorts. Great out to 50 yards, or so, with my late dad's heele...

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Hey, followed the advice and now it functions great!

Thanks, folks.

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JReed wrote:WOW that is some fine work. Wish I had the time and talent to do stuff like that. My hat is off to you on a fine job.

+1
I sure would like to have the creativeness and immense patience it takes; to make one of my old beat up Marlins look that beautiful.
Sigh...

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Save yourself a lot of frustration and headaches, in the future, and order your old Marlin parts from http://www.wisnersinc.com. The correct screw is $3.25. If I blow shortening the screw, that's who I will contact. Thanks. I've used both Numrich (many times) and Wisners (a few times) in the past a...

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I got lots of 80 grit! I'll give it a go tomorrow.

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Okay, I do have a orbital finishing sander. Then I just need to get the right grit paper.
Thanks.

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I ask 'cause I don't want to booger up the threads.

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I had a broken cartridge guide spring in my 1892 Marlin. The flat spring sits up in the top inside of the receiver, just behind the chamber. The screw had been replaced with silver solder or something, years ago. I removed that. Anyway, I sent away to Numrich for the spring and screw; the spring fit...

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So, who sells Blackhorn 209 around those parts, don Tomas??
If they sell it in Monterey County, that's a good excuse for bringing the wife to the area for lunch.
Maybe go shooting at the Laguna Seca Range...
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OtterRay, Give that new Blackhorn 209 a look. It's expensive as all get out, but seems to work well in my original trapdoor. See you for sand dabs at Rappa's or Calamari Siciliano at Abalonetti's... Tom (Monterey Bay born & raised) Actually , I'm in Santa Cruz on the northern most end of Monter...

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While I understand it to be a bad idea to use a filler or wads with 5744, anyone recommend techniques for the other powders mentioned here?
I read in Handloader a few years back, in an interview with the powder company rep, that wads can cause barrel ringing with 5744.

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Be sure to stay with cast bullets in your 1893 also! That's soft steel, and jacketed bullets will not be good on the bore. Good point!. That's why I sold all my jacketed bullets to Hobie not so long ago! :D I cast most of my calibers with lead wheel weights or softer, using the Old West Bullet Moul...

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I have about 60 unused cartridges of the older, longer length 38-55 (Dominican brand) and an unopened can of Goex FFG Clear Shot from a few years ago.
I'd like to try that combination, too.
Ever use that powder in the '93 or a 38-55?

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Thanks for the information. I recall reading somewhere that with powders like 5744 and SR4759, that using 40% of the useful case capacity duplicates the original black powder load (Adobe Walls' Billy Dixon re-enactment article?) In the 38-55, 40% of 55 gr = 22gr. This is also close to what Lyman has...

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Early smokeless powders were very erosive to the soft steel barrels that had served well with BP up until then...In the early days Hi Power smokeless powders were the kinds used in military cartridges and in sporting rifles designed for new smokeless calibers..It was found that nickel steel barrels...

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Also, let me add that "Cartridges of the World" states not to use velocities over about 1500 in old Ballard and Stevens single shot rifles.

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I noticed in a couple of old Marlin catalogs (June, 1897 and Jan, 1905) that the "black Powder barrel should not be used with "High Power Smokeless " powders. These books also state that there are low pressure and power and high pressure and power powders. Am I correct in thinking tha...

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Right on!
I got some Marlin '93 38-55 "Black Powder" Barrel reload thoughts (cast 255 gr w/5744) to share with you sometime soon; just to make sure I'm headed in the right direction!
Glad you are back!

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Thanks for all I've learned from you about shooting!

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You won't need a copper bullet if you hunt outside of the condor area. That leaves you about 3/4 of the state to get a hawg.

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Don't blame it on us native Californio's! My family has been here since the late 1800's and we believe in the God given rights as expressed in the Bill of Rights!Everyone could help us here by boycotting movies starring gun-grabbing socialist stars- those are the people that are buying up Montana, C...

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Spoiling will be initiated in just a few days!

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Jreed, those smiles are so broad, I'll bet their cheeks hurt!
This is why I like this high class place!

Anybody know if Jeff Quinn, John Taylor or Paco have spoken about youngster's rifles in past articles??

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Ysabel Kid, what kid wouldn't be super-stoked to own custom rifles like those you decked out in total coolness!
I'll bet the "glee and joy factor" was pretty high when you presented them!

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Folks that are not selling to Calif. are doing exactly what the sociaist elite gun-grabbers here want. Stop guns from coming to California legally. They think they have beaten us here, they know it and are rejoicing and now are coming to your state. Look at the condor lead ban here, that everyone la...

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I figure if I save up for a year, I could get them next year and the rifles would be a lot less expensive than in several years. Pink stock! A girl would love that. A Henry? Something like that'd be a good choice if daughter has a boy. I'll have to go to their website. You think that they are better...

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My son in Bend Oregon, called to tell me that I just became a grampa (first timer), so I need to start saving up for something for new grand-daughter to learn to shoot with! Yeah, at 8 hrs 17 min old she will have to wait a few years. I started shooting a .22 at about 8 years old, no problem; Daisy ...

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OS that's pretty good shooting with your S&W Model 24. You can't go wrong with 2400. My favorite powder for all my Magnum (357, 41 and 44) reloads. Do not have a 44 Special but one day I got to buy one. This cartridge has spirit. Otteray, did you get the velocity readings out of a Super Blackha...

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Bullard4075 wrote:At the car wash.

But I do vacuum it out first.

Of course, you get the spray wax job, too, right?
Only two 50 cent tokens more for 5 seconds of wax!

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Are there any well documented cases of labs being a threat to life or limb? I've owned a few and have had contact with lots of dogs. Labs are just plain not aggressive, in my experience with them. I'm sure that when the door burst open they totally freaked out; but who or what on earth would not? If...

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Just picked this one up. Shot these 3 of the first four rounds at 15 yds off hand. :D No idea I could still do this. Obviously I am thrilled with this new gun. My attempt here at being artistic. Second of the four rounds hit the metal target hanger and fragmented on the top of the target. I stopped...

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I try to avoid cleaning from the muzzle or using a rod. Guess it's a personal choice. Both ways work good, or can both ways can screw up the steel, if done willy-nilly. I pretty much only stick a rod in my bore to remove an obstruction or else if I have to use JB Compound in a crusty neglected bore....

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I offer my sympathy for the loss of your father.

The Model 62 30 Carbine trigger plate is not metal and can crack if care is not taken during disassembly/ assembly.
I cannot find a replacement for this part, but superglue seems to work, so far!

Thank you very much for your bravery and service, sir!

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Divine intervention led me here.
I was searching for Cabbage Patch Dolls and that stupid purple dinasaur for target practice.

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Glad to see so many fellow Californians here! You will be well out of condor country there. That lead salted bovine was actually probably the one that Fish and Game shot (with lead bullets) to feed the poor hungry prehistoric worthless buzzard that couldn't find it's own darn food! Best Wishes, from...

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Nice score!
I know where there is an old original Daisy Red Ryder to go with it- in 35' of seawater 100 yards offshore where my stupid brother-in-law dropped it overboard while handing it to his son with arm outstreched past the gunwale of the skiff...

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