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Springfield Armory's 1911 MILSPECS had two variations, each with different fixed sight designs.

The "MILSPEC" had higher and wider fixed sights. The front sight was about 1/1O" wide and about...

I have more than one Springfield Armory 1911a1 MILSPECS, all 45 acp and "blued" ( non-stainless). Frames and slides are forged steel and milled. No castings. All of mine have a "NM" prefix on the...

Marlin Camp carbine?

https://www.guns.com/news/2019/06/27/forgotten-woods-gun-the-marlin-camp-carbine

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e8YPg1GQcB0

What did the raccoon do to you to shoot it? Seems like a wanton action.

What did the raccoon do to you to have you shoot it?

My wife had a co-worker (female) who has shot 22 deer with 22 shots in something like 24 seasons up here in Maine (where you are allowed 1 deer per year, whether it is by archery, firearms or muzzle...

Size to throat diameter.

Shoot the longest bullet you can cycle. Gives you the most bearing surface for rifling "bite" on the bullet.

I used to run the James D. Julia Auction House firearms division. One of our firearms consultants was the late Frank Sellers, who wrote the definitive book on Sharps rifles....

FWIW, cigarette paper is very high in sheet ash, about 25-30% calcium carbonate.

Calcium carbonate is added to the cigarette paper in high levels to slow and control the burn of the paper on...

An overlooked load is a 148 grain, .358" hard cast, double -ended, solid base , hard cast wadcutter at a MV of 850+ fps. It is called the "full charge wadcutter."

It meets the FBI penetration...

The Savage Palma rifle has a 1-13" twist, 308 Win-chambered barrel. You would like think it would be a great cast bullet shooter. Anyone have a chance to play with one shooting cast bullets? Would...

Fwiw, I think the 375 JDJ is a very interesting cartridge. Wish Marlin would have made a factory offering with it. Who knows, may the new owner, Ruger, will do it.

do a search for "fire lapping".

Shoot a couple of control groups with your "normal load", as baseline.

see if you have thread choke (lube your bore, oil/grease your bullet (ie sizing...

Give consideration of what style bullet you will shoot with your 1911( presuming it is a 45 acp). Roundnose? SWC?

Then look at the feed lip design of the magazine. The lip designs are:
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Hope Ruger makes the 1894 44 mag rifle with a quality barrel having: groove diameter of 0.429" with a groove depth of 0.004" (not 0.4315" diameter with 0.025" deep grooves as Marlin does), AND a ...

Do your bullets ( not loaded cartridge) fall through the cylinder throats, or do the need a push with a pencil? I seem to remember reading that some s&w model 25 had large throats ( .454"++). If...

4 inch S&W 629-3, small Pachmayr Presentation grips. It is accompanied by a JM-stamped Marlin 1894 44 mag with Ballard rifling (with 2.5x Weaver Japan mfg scope, very clear/sharp image).

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It has not been mentioned yet. You may have an issue of thread choke. The bore /groove diameter inside the frame (throat) may be squeezed down 0.001-0.002", as the threaded barrel is tighter in...

Sending PM

I have owned and shot 4" and 6" versions of the S& W 586 and 686 (no dash and -4 variants). Liked them, but ultimately sold them all.

I decided to keep and shoot my S&W 629-3 , 4" bbl, 44 mag. ...

Phosphoric acid is also in most soda soft drinks. I would bet you could use generic ( low cost) 7-up as a brass cleaner ( could use darker soda such as cola, but it may stain the brass, so use...

Keep it safe, simple and cheap.

Use vinegar (acetic acid), and a squirt of dish detergent (Dawn) as a surfactant (removes/separates small particles).


you don't even have to use vinegar full...

I vote 45 acp. The 1911 was designed for it / around it.

I picked up a Springfield 1911 MILSPEC (not the GI version which has the tiny front site and small rear sight). The MILSPEC version has...

Alternative load until you get your cast bullets squared away...

.308" Speer 170 grain flat point /32 grains Win 748.

Shoots near moa in my 30-30 Marlin 336a micro-groove ( 24" barrel, 1976...