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I actually breech seat one of my Ballard #3 rifles that was sent to Stevens to be re-bored to .25 Stevens RF. It's the only way to shoot it a lot and not have to use those silly adapters. I use the...

I only have one .22 mold, and it's a Brooks I got for my .22WCF barrel. Not a fan of casting those tiny bullets, so I don't shoot that Pope barrel much.

I load my .22-250 down below maximum also, but still fast enough to take ground squirrels at 40 yds. I use my shorter range cartridges down to .22LR for closer work below 200 yds.
I like...

I'd personally never waste any time trying to load and shoot cast bullets in my .22-250 either. Yes, you can drive a Ferrari slow, but why would you putt around town loading it up? Just get a VW bug...

My favorite varmint cartridge, the .22-250! I've owned one since the late 1970's and shot thousands of rounds. Never had one on a Ruger though.

I had an original Stevens 44 that was factory chambered in .38-40 WCF. A lot of people told me if it wasn't already loose, it would be eventually. It was very tight, and after years of shooting it...

Headspace should never be determined by the relationship of the breechblock to the barrel gap. The fact yours is correct in relationship to a chambered cartridge rim is great, and what I'd want to...

So far I haven't seen any mention of which .25-20 the OP's rifle is yet? No sense in choosing a chambering until he says which it is.

It can handle medium level .38 Special, but what's to keep someone from chambering a .38 +P in it someday? I don't take chances when reworking old guns as no way to control how they're used after I'm...

The #5 or #1 actions are plenty strong enough for most .45-70 loads. Not the crazy hot loads, but medium level smokeless loads are no issue. I load smokeless in my old BP #1 actions and my Ballard...

Winchester did indeed screw this up, and did so when they came out with the .375 Win. which was a shorter case. So they just arbitrarily decided to make all their .375 W and .38-55 Ballard cartridges...

Thanks again! I am tickled to death to have been able to buy this pistol!

The bore of ,458" is much too large for a .45 Colt chambering. Why not just finish it as it was intended by chambering it to .45-70, and fitting some new stocks to it. If you can fit and finish semi...

I use standard primers, but not an issue using magnums if you're not pushing the loads too hot.

The question is which .25-20 is it? If it was the .25-20 Win. it would likely be marked ".25-20 WCF" so it might be the .25-20 Single Shot Stevens cartridge, and if so I wouldn't reline it and...

I use a turkey seat for seated off cross sticks. They're just tall enough to allow me to get down and back up gracefully, but not so tall as to require taller sticks. I have a pair of very short...

Looking forward to hearing how it shoots!

I shoot my heavier single shots off the bench, or cross sticks. A rifle over 10 lbs. isn't easy for me to shoot offhand anymore. Bad shoulders.

Which pistol action? The early 1865/67 or the later 1871 and newer? Does it have the hump on the back of the frame above the grips like my 1891 action pistol?

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Which model? Is this the one based on their version of the #2 Rem. action?

Looks like the perfect choice for a Remington carbine for a reline! Should be a really fun shooter that wont beat you up.

That's always an issue when traveling far for a hunt. It's never going to be ideal unless your drive home is just one day.
Where we elk hunt is an 8 hour drive, and our biggest concern is the trip...

Montana,
I'm a big fan of the .40-65 Win. with a 410 grain Snover bullet at around 1350 fps. It's very accurate for long range work, and pretty deadly on game at typical hunting distances.

Although the .45-70 is a big cartridge for deer, it does well, and doesn't usually do as much damage as a .30-06 can do at equal distances. I expected more carnage and meat loss than what I actually...

For a number of years after I stopped being a deer sniper at long range with my bolt action rifle, I started hunting with my old Marlin lever action rifles. I think the first was my 1881 Marlin in...