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Yep. Fg. Like I said, I'm trying to work with what I got. I've found that my .45 Colt revolver really likes Fg too. I just can't bring myself to shoot fake black powder, especially considering the cost. Cleaning up after shooting black is not at all difficult. I intend to work up loads for Goex Cart...

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There is really no difference between the two. My friend has a Cimmaron and I have a Taylor's. They both have great fit & finish and both shoot very well. See this thread for a range report on my rifle:

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... f=1&t=8780

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I have been doing quite a bit of load experimenting with my Taylor's 1876 Winchester copy in .45-60. It has a 28" barrel and is fitted with a Marble's tang sight and a Beech front sight. https://i.imgur.com/6VARBIy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yoUUgcf.jpg I have limited myself to one bullet, a cast ...

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I bought mine new about 2 years ago from a local dealer for $625. It had been there several years with a $825 price tag. No one seemed interested so he took my offer just to move it. These would be fine rifles were it not for the fact that they have the dreaded cross-bolt safety and a rebounding ham...

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I always put in for the muzzleloader hunts here in the far north of California, but haven't drawn one since 1988. For regular deer season hunting I take 2 rifles, a left-hand Browning A-Bolt .270 for areas where shots may be over 200 yards, and one of my leverguns for everything else. I sometimes su...

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I find it difficult to put too much stock in published values. I try to have faith in the judgement of the "experts" who publish their opinions, so I recently bought a copy of the 2008 issue of "Blue Book of Gun Values". My faith in the author's judgement was somewhat shaken when...

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Although I rarely post, I check out the Leverguns site daily and have learned much doing so. I want to do my part to keep it going, so I am donating the following: A nice 1970 copy of Jack O'Connor's book The Hunting Rifle http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1/ironsite/TheHuntingRifle-OConnor.jpg A c...

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It's not a hot-rod now, but my 1955 Chevy Nomad was when I first got it running in 1969. I put in a built 327, Muncie 4 speed, and 4:11 positraction. It would really smoke the 12" wide tires I ran on the back. It had a bright yellow paint job with black tuck-n-roll interior and was a pretty fas...

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A little over a year ago I decided I needed a Marlin lever .22 for shooting silhouettes. A local shop had a brand new one for $499, and a very nice 1955 model for the same price. The old 39A had an all-steel Redfield receiver sight, and of course no ridiculous safety button or "load" indic...

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There is also a new ruling for the 200 meter Lever Action matches, the rams must now be set "light". Here is the ruling: "4.2 Target Setting (Cowboy Lever Action Only) - To ensure that full-size rams will be knocked down with reasonable loads, they should be set so that the center of ...

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GREAT POST! Thanks for the valuable information.

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For years I have used a pair of RCBS Uniflow measures, one for low volume charges and one for high volume charges. With fine grain powders they are very precise, and I don't need to weigh each charge. With coarse grain powder I drop a slightly underweight charge into my scale pan, then bring the cha...

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Chuck 100 yd- Actual bullet alloy is unknown, but they rate a "7" on my Saeco Hardness Tester. Pure lead is "1" and linotype is "9-10". At "7" I think they are a bit hard for black powder. My rifle's bore slugs at .412, and the bullets are sized .412 with SPG ...

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Yep. I really do shoot black powder and cast lead bullets in my '95 .405. So far it is not nearly as accurate as smokeless powder and jacketed bullets, but I couldn't resist trying black in that long, straight case. It is very near in size to the .40-70 Sharps Straight. I did not run them through th...

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I've been playing around a bit using a Saeco 225 grain .41 Magnum cast lead pistol bullet in my current production Winchester 1895 in .405 caliber. I'm going at it differently though. I thought it might be fun to see if I could make some "express" loads using a light bullet and black powde...

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When weather allows, my go-to-work ride (10 miles one way) is a 2001 Honda Rebel 250. It will do 70mph with my fat butt on it and gets 65mpg: https://i.imgur.com/KmOkPZl.jpg Most other times I drive my 2002 Ford F250 diesel. It gets 15 mpg local driving, 18 mpg on the highway, and around 12 mpg pull...

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I started a left-hand .54 percussion Hawken fullstock back in the late 70's and quickly realized I did not have the necessary skills. This was not a kit gun. The various parts were purchased from several sources advertised in "Muzzle Blasts", the official magazine of the national Muzzle Lo...

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The most memorable big kickers for me: A Shiloh 1874 Sharps #3 rifle, caliber 50-140. I was shooting a 650 grain bullet in front of 130 grains black powder. Shooting offhand, every shot knocked my glasses down on my nose and my hat fell off! I went 13 shots before I decided that was enough "fun...

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A local shop has one NIB priced at $995. The book of gun values he had laying right there on the counter showed a NIB value of $719. I offered $725, he said not less than $900. It's still there.

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Modoc Ed- PM sent regarding your question.

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The Marbles tang sight is my favorite as I really like the click-detent adjustments for windage and elevation. Frequently the sight they recommend for a given rifle does not offer enough elevation to suit me. I have solved this problem in several ways. One was to simply buy a taller-stemmed sight de...

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I am 57 and have lived my whole life in Redding, California, a fast-growing city (currently at 90,000 people) located about half-way between Sacramento and the Oregon line. In April I will have 30 years in as a city employee, currently as supervisor in charge of traffic signs and painting. Been marr...

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I rarely smoke my pipe, but am a daily pipe tobacco smoker. I love a good smoke of pipe tobacco, but don't have the time it takes to properly enjoy a pipe full. Instead I buy cigarette papers and roll up a pinch of pipe tobacco. It smells and tastes great, and takes only 5 minutes to enjoy. The only...

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Well boys, it's not easy to admit such a screw-up after 35+ years of accident free bullet casting, but I sure had a close call recently. I was getting ready to cast some bullets, and had about 4-5 lbs. of molten lead in my RCBS pot (it holds 20 lbs.) I normally batch-melt my scrap lead outside in a ...

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Mine is a 1955 rifle I purchased a year ago. It came with a very nice Redfield receiver sight. I usually prefer a tang sight, but this Redfield does just fine.

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This is my bumper sticker:

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My older brother built a 2 bore flintlock muzzleloader a few years ago. It was quite a novelty and always drew a crowd when he brought it to one of our local black powder rendezvous. It was not allowed for competition (something about damaging the metal targets?), but we shot it at stumps and into c...

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And a THANKS! back at you Tutt for you excellent thread reporting on the SHOT Show. Very interesting and informative. Keep 'em coming!

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Marlinman- Here is a link to local motels. Redding is a small city of 90,000 and none of the motels is more than 10 minutes from the convention center. The closest one is the River Inn Motor Hotel, only a few hundred yards away. There are lots of restaurants too! Come on down!! :) http://www.redding...

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BTT- Anybody planning to go?

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If you're not too far away from northern California you might want to attend the annual Redding Breakfast Lions Club Gun & Antique Show March 1 & 2, 2008 at the Redding Convention Center. It's not real big in size, but it does have quality stuff. No G.I. surplus vendors or flea mart booths a...

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I store most of mine muzzle down. The safe is carpeted so it doesn't harm the muzzles. I find it much easier to slip a rifle out without banging the stock on the other ones if I'm handling it by the stock.

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My grandparents never talked much about any family history. I do know that my grandfather was born in Kansas in 1885 and moved around quite a bit, working various jobs and not sticking with any one in particular. The earliest picture I have of him was taken in 1911 somewhere in Florida. Grandpa is t...

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I'd name her GoLab Girl and for short call her Go!
Sure is a nice lookin' pup!

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I have a Taurus tang sight on my Taurus lever action .22. The "clicks" are rather soft and it has a sticky spot about half-way up on the elevation adjustment, but for the most part it works OK. My 1907 vintage '92 Winchester wears an original Lyman tang sight. There are no "clicks&quo...

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Uberti 1876 .45-60 from Taylor's:

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I remember when the over-under Beretta muzzleloaders first came out. They were quite a novelty among the shotgun shooters at the various rendezvous I attended in far northern California. I also remember that the fellows shooting them had problems with the lower barrel mis-firing. It was attributed t...

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Just this afternoon I entered my favorite shop just as a fellow was closing a deal on a new $350 bolt action .22 rifle. He was tickled to death to be getting it without having to put up any money. All he gave the shop in trade was a mint 6" Colt Python!

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Use .30 caliber gas checks. I size my .32-20's at .311.

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kimwcook- The Beach sight was from an estate. It is one of the repos available from Buffalo Arms. I believe they run around $70.

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I don't recall the exact model number for the Marble's sight I used on my Taylor's Uberti 1876, but I believe it was for a pre-safety Winchester 1886. http://i.imgur.com/6VARBIy.jpg The mounting holes lined up perfectly. I also installed a Beach style front sight. http://i.imgur.com/yoUUgcf.jpg I fo...

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