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Please excuse the original post. The heat treated hard cast were pushed by 2400 not Unique.

Went in to the local auto and metal salvage yard on the way by this past week to pick up any wheel weights available. They had not had any in more than a two weeks. I not only ended up with twenty...

No, I am not going to cut the throats on this one. I have on a couple of Rugers and had good luck. Along with lapping the bores, action jobs, etc, etc.. The Freedom Arms does very well with gas...

Thanks for the responce guys. I know that the boolits are a bit small, but expected bump up. Evidently too hard. I am having no trouble with the gas checked boolit and may have to stay with it if the...

I shot some purchased heat treated hard cast pb boolits that were given to me in my .454 and found quite a lot of leading beyond the forcing cone. The boolits measure .452 and are a slip fit to the...

The old Remington definately needs a bit of trigger work. Not being an auto fan, I want to discuss what can be done with the gunsmith without degrading the handgun in both trigger work and tightening...

I just finished a set of grips for my 83 that help me with midle knuckle cutting from the trigger guard. If you are creative, you can do the same and cure your issues quite easily. Try using some...

Set up today over a friends cono.. I played a bit more with the Tite Group, and it did improve the groups to a satisfactory level. Not great. I also loaded a 5.5 gr., and 6.5 gr load of Unique to go...

The number of posts listing Tite Group as a favorite is why I tried it. I do not want max loads in this old war horse, nor do I want puff loads as it serves a purpose as a guardian. Not a lot of...

Loaded 4.6 & 4.8 grains of Tite Group under a 200 grain SWC. Also loaded 6 grains of Unique under the same boolit for my old war horse. According to my Lyman manual, these loads should be about the...

Well after cleaning up the latest snow storm, I got a chance to try those new ACP loads today. Just a quick thanks for the help guys. No issues at all and a nice clean bore! I have not yet put them...

sundog, your posts indicate a lean toward the Colt. Do it. Life is too short not to. The price may be a bit higher, but the quality is there. It will only hurt for a few minutes when laying out the...

Nice! Looks like it means business.

I ended up seating the bullets front drive band flush with the case mouth. This seems to feed fine individually from the clip. I have not had time to test them out yet, but seems to be good. The 4.8...

Thanks guys. Appreciated.

The Lyman 49th Edition recomends three Lyman cast bullet moulds for use in the the 1911 and I happen to have the second. A 200gr SWC in PB. However it also recomends an OAL for this load as 1.235 (if...

Nothing sets off stainless steel more than the maples. I just finished a set of burl maple for my Freedom Arms model 83 and it sure looks dressed up and ready to go! I have a small stock of fidle...

I have a couple differant heavy weight boolits that I use in my FA83 that shoot very well and are suitable for about any type of big game. But I have not experimented with any of the light weights...

I have never heard about this magic gun, can you explain? Also wondering about the babbit material. It would be a heck of a source for tin if it is. This is about half inch thick materiial. I guess...

Thanks, that's more than I had for info before. Looks like I will take this back and swap it in for more ww.

Went to the junk yard to pick up some WW and asked about tin. I was told that what was in a barrel was tin. How would I know? How do you ID tin if it is not marked? I bought some, and according to...

Gunnut, does the XTP hold up to the spead? Have you used it on game?

I have been spending some time in past posts looking for an answer before trying something else. One of the things I had noted was that Freedom Arms recomends very hard bullets to prevent forcing...

It did occur to me that the bullet needed to be sized a bit larger to fit the throats closer, but I did test them for push through before loading them and it was a great fit. Besides if it were base...

I have been using a 300gr. WFN GC Lyman bullet cast of WW and water quenched over 12gr of Unique in a Ruger SRH for several years without leading. I recently replaced the Ruger with a new Freedom...