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I used Krylon Fusion spray paint on PVC pipe. They say no preparation needed but it worked better when I roughed up the surface with 220 grit paper.Think I got it from A C Moore.
Perry Owens

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As you are probably aware there is already company offering something similar http://www.myholysmoke.com/About.html
My shooting buddies have agreed to load my ashes into shotshells for use on the clay ranges at Bisley, but not just yet.....
Perry Owens

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Perry, Sorry to hear the Burgess didn't work out. I've read of others on SASS Wire that wonder about them... but I was loathe to speak of something I don't own, nor heard definitive issues. Bending firing pins... shoddy metallurgy. Hope you like the 1873 Short Rifle, I'd like of the "Border Ri...

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Well you're very lucky, they wouldn't give me a new one without a fight. My new Uberti Burgess was plagued by light strikes from new. It went back to the importer who found that the firing pin was bent. Uberti said it was because I was using reloads but finally sent a new firing pin. That pin lasted...

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Tycer, I think I may have confused you with the terminology I used. The tip on the link has already been welded and reshaped, what has broken now is the little spring steel part that screws to the lever, as shown in your last photo.MWGW call this the cartridge block http://www.midwestgunworks.com/pa...

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Tycer,
That will be every useful as I don't have the broken tip for reference. Even if I manage to find a new one I can try to repair the old one as a backup.
Perry Owens

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I don't much care for the 1894 action in pistol calibres but someone recently gave me a broken one for free, so I feel obliged to get it shooting. It's a .357 and the cartridge block is broken - rounds just slide under the carrier when the action is cycled. UK Winchester importers aren't interested ...

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Perry, it's a 44-40. From " Gunsmithing Guns of the Old West " by David Chicoine, page 301:... "As you continue to draw the finger lever back up and it comes into the fully closed position several things will occur; the carrier is pulled back into the down position, the cartridge is p...

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Not how it happens with my 1873's, either originals or Ubertis... The cartridge rim barely touches the extractor at the top of the lift http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_1261-1.jpg The extractor nose pushes the shell forward as the bolt closes http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f29...

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Southern England - no place I'd sooner be.

Sure our gun laws suck but I still have 7 leverguns in my safe and get to shoot every week.
Perry Owens

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Following your progress with interest. My 1890 vintage 1873 in 38-40 needs a reline but there is only one guy in the UK who relines bores and he won't do it. I wanted to do it myself but it is illegal to export a barrel liner from the US without an export licence, which costs $300+, so with the line...

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I emailed him a question as follows: Dear inspirationpisces, Your 4th photo shows that the cartridge support lug has broken off the bottom rib of the bolt. Will this not affect extraction? His reply: Dear perryowens, The rifle cycled just fine. I am not sure. The part has seen better days. I was hop...

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The rib on the bottom of the bolt should project 0.065in from the bolt face. It is there to support the rim of the case as the extractor pulls it out. The projecting lug has broken off so the shell will fall clear of the extractor hook. The extractor itself is incorrect and the slot looks like it ha...

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The London Olympics supremo is Lord Coe, the very same Sebastian Coe who, as President of the National Pistol Association, sold British pistol shooters down the river at the time of the proposed handgun ban in 1998.I will never forgive that cowardly weasel for failing to champion the sport he was el...

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I have a similar crimper from a UK supplier. I don't load slugs but use it to reload once-fired shells with black powder. The trick is to let the crimper spin in contact with the shell for a few seconds to heat the plastic up, then bring up the pressure on it. I have a short video of it in use on my...

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To answer the question accurately we would need to chronograph your load through your rifle to determine muzzle velocity. What I can tell you is that a 350 grain bullet with a MV of 1600 ft/sec would have a muzzle energy of 2706 Joules.
Perry Owens

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Looks like a bunch of battlefield debris from Rodesia or some such... G3s, AKs and some Sten? parts...? An art critics opinion...... "Made from decommissioned AK47s and other instruments of death from the Mozambique civil war, it takes the physical remains of war and transforms them into the c...

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An exhibit in the British Museum, London

Not very comfortable but a good talking point.
Perry Owens

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"It's a typical Channel 4 anti-establishment biased documentary in my view." Since I'm in the US I'm not familiar with Channel 4's agenda. Do you regard part (or all) of the documentary as untrue? No, there are some technical errors but nothing which is patently untrue, but the programme ...

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This film was made by the British Channel 4, but was not allowed to be broadcast in UK and Ireland". I wonder if that might not be because of the way the British expressed their gratitude to the poles at the close of the war. Not so. It was broadcast in Britain on June 29th 2010. It's only blo...

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What I do with berdan primed Magtech brass shotshells is drill them out from the inside with a 15/64 drill, taking out the anvil and spent primer in one shot. You might need to rebate the primer pocket a little with a larger drill to allow the 207 primer rim to seat all the way. Easier to do if you...

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What I do with berdan primed Magtech brass shotshells is drill them out from the inside with a 15/64 drill, taking out the anvil and spent primer in one shot. You might need to rebate the primer pocket a little with a larger drill to allow the 207 primer rim to seat all the way. Easier to do if you ...

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Apparently the firing pin holes could erode to the point where the fired primer would flow back into the hole. Bushing the hole would cure it but in your case it was very badly done. A more common way of doing it was to silver solder a steel shim to the bolt face, but that would also alter the heads...

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harry wrote:Perry do you have a good pelt market?
Harry

I wouldn't know about that - Nath is the fox expert on this forum I think.
I don't have any pets or livestock so foxes don't bother me. I don't feed them but I
don't have any urge to shoot them.
Perry Owens

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Urban foxes are a growing problem in the UK, thanks mainly to the misguided townies who feed them. This one, shot the other day, is a record 38lb 1oz http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/fox_2158239b.jpg I shall start paying more attention to the three that wander through my garden every...

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Don't have any experience of the repros but I do have two original Spencers and they are very critical on cartridge overall length and the shape of the bullet ogive as the upper breech block has to cam the following cartridge back into the magazine as it closes. Might be worth asking the question ov...

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Looks like a second model Maynard carbine in .50 calibre. It uses a large rimmed brass cartridge that was claimed to be reloadable 100 times. Maynards were used by both sides during your Civil War and were well regarded once the tape primer system fitted to the first models had been ditched. Dependi...

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I have a 4 litre capacity tank with a 150 watt transducer and 100 watt heater that I use to clean brass fired with black powder. The brass has to be decapped for complete cleaning and I soon found that a conventional decap/sizing die swages the fouling on to the case, making it much harder to remove...

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The Burgess action has some features that might promote drag. The ejector is a strongly spring-loaded annulus surrounding the firing pin and the firing pin itself has a U-bend in the middle to clear the toggle link.The point is, the gun cost the equivalent of US$1700 and has never worked properly fr...

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Before Christmas I posted about the problem of light strikes I was having with my new Uberti Burgess rifle. Well, after 6 weeks at the importers I got it back, fitted with a new firing pin and mainspring. I took it to the range this weekend where it managed to fire 20 rounds before the old problem r...

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hightime wrote:Thanks for the links. I'll go back and read them. Is Armi the only clone?

Owen

Larry Romano is a US maker of Spencer clones. His products are top quality but priced accordingly.
Perry Owens

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If I were to get a Spencer clone it would be the 56-50 because it is an original calibre, but I already have two original Spencers and the wife is getting suspicious. There is a dedicated Spencer forum here http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?board=35.0 Starline make 56-50 brass that cycles t...

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Army ranges are an increasing PITA these days, what with shooter certification cards, RCO qualifications etc. At one of our coastal ranges we even have to pay for a guy to sit in a boat off the coast to warn off small boats. Have you moved closer to Farnham GK? If you wanted to do some real levergun...

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If you are loading with black powder the above posts have it covered. Since I posted my YouTube video I have switched to using this hot melt glue gun for sealing. http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_1068-1.jpg It comes with three nozzles and the longest reaches down into the shell t...

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I can't add to the technical discussion but I can input my experience. I acquired a used 1873 carbine in .357 magnum by Euroarms of Brescia in 1989. Since then it must have fired upwards of 30000 rounds of handloaded ammunition - my standard load is 15 grains of 2400 under a 158 grain lead RNFP, ave...

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I have a Lee Shaver globe foresight on my Shiloh Sharps. The level is inside the globe, which helps reduce glare.For the tang sight I chose a Ukrainian-made Soule sight from Parts Unknown in Canada. It's machined from solid, has graduations on both sides of the staff, a central elevation screw and H...

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I have a Marbles tang sight and a Marbles folding barrel sight on my original 1873. Up front I have a Beeches combination sight. For CAS I fold the tang sight down and put my thumb over it - don't even notice it's there, I use the folding sight and the front blade. I use the tang sight and post for ...

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I'm no expert on the subject but I used to paper patch bullets for my Martini Henry and Werndl. I slugged the bore and figured what size bullet I needed, usually 0.002in over bore size. I then measured the diameter of available bullets and found a patching paper that would bring the bullet diameter ...

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Springfield Defender in .45ACP Glock 22, 40 S&W S&W 629, .44Magnum, 8 3/4in barrel, gold lining Pardini race gun in 9mm Ruger GP100, .357 magnum Ruger Single Six, stainless 2 x Ruger Vaqueros, 45 Colt 2 x Uberti Cattleman, 45 Colt Not really let go - stolen by my government in order to stamp...

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June 4th is the Queen's diamond jubilee and schools will be on vacation the previous week. Hotels will be impossible to book so best avoid that time or stay outside of town and get a train in. We also have a sporting event starting July 27th called the Olympics so hotel prices will ramp up exponenti...

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Normandy airports are at Cherbourg, Caen, Deauville, Le Havre and Rouen. My sister lives in Normandy and says that flights from London are not common. There is an airline called Cityjet that flies from London City Airport to Deauville. They have a web site. You might consider taking the Eurostar tra...

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I use Jerrows Inletting Black because it doesn't soak into the wood like some layout blues do. For sanding I use one of these http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/6500412.jpg The belt can be used vertically or horizontally. I fit mine with zirconium belts and discs so I can use it on met...

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You can get a 100 watt step up/step down transformer from Amazon for about $20 - I used them when I moved my electrical equipment from the UK to the US. Depending on how the motor is wound it may or may not work, but if it does rotate it will run 20% fast. The foot control is probably just a rheosta...

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I could send them as .jpg files but not .pdf's. They are about 1.8mb in size.
Perry Owens

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I have spent time in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow, Helsinki, Stockholm, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, Brussels, Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta, Rio, Cape Town, Montreal, Chicago, Sydney, Melbourne and others long forgotten, but I have to say that NYC is the most vibrant, dynamic and fun city that I have ever vi...

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I have spent time in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow, Helsinki, Stockholm, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, Brussels, Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta, Rio, Cape Town, Montreal, Chicago, Sydney, Melbourne and others long forgotten, but I have to say that NYC is the most vibrant, dynamic and fun city that I have ever vis...

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Stoeger Coach Gun Supreme Fired only 50 rounds black powder from new. Sent to London Proof House - failed. Sent to top gunsmith to fix - failed proof again. After failing proof for the fourth time the gunsmith and proof house agreed that it would never pass because of the poor design of the locking...

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..but it does have a crank http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/Gatling-1.jpg Limited edition Gatling Gun in 45-70, made by Colt. This would be legal in the UK as it's not automatic. It would be worth the $50k price tag just to see the expressions on the faces when I turned up at Bisley ...

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bulldog1935 wrote:think .357 - they're almost twins (not interchangeable, of course, but near-identical performance)

I second that - here's what happens when you fire a .357 in a 38-40.

Perry Owens

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http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/Perry1943/IMG_0645-1.jpg My 1890 vintage 1873 is a 38-40. The barrel is pitted and with black powder it will only group to 2in at 50 yards. I am trying to get it relined but there is only one gunsmith in the UK who could do it and he is not interested. I use i...

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