Thanks. When I shot t7 in my side locks I used Hoppes #9 + for patch lube with round balls.
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Forum: Black Powder Substitutes
Thanks. When I shot t7 in my side locks I used Hoppes #9 + for patch lube with round balls.
Forum: Black Powder Substitutes
Alox or some other lube or SPG?
In my Winchester single shot,not a reproduction, and the Shiloh's I mostly use Swiss and bullets I cast myself.Sometimes IMR 4759 or 5744 with store bought cast.
or...
Go to the Postal inspectors don't bother with the local post office.That may not do any good either.Once you say firearm or any part there of,or related to, your screwed. Unless one of the slugs...
Alan Harton is the single action man.He did the trigger work on my Bisley Blackhawk in 44 Special. and fixed some other single actions I have
He is in Houston off of US 59 and Beechnut 713-907-6031....
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have shot Lever action silhouettes with a Marlin 444 loaded with 245grs or so 429421 cast about 15 BHN and 17 grs of Unique.They were going 1500 something and went about 6 inches at 200 yards on a...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have Lyman reloading books from the present to before WW 2.There was no short brass listed until Lyman #49.I don't have #48 so I don't know what is in it.
Winchester changed the SAAMI specs in the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
My Uberti High Wall in 40/65 shoots great.20-1 RCBS 420 BPCR,.060 Walters veggie wad, 57 gr. of Swiss 2 F, R-P 2 1/2 primer in Starline 40/65 brass.Compressed enough to be seated to cover the lube...
Forum: Leverguns
Before WWII 30/30's were .307.After the war no one made barrels with that groove diameter any more.I shot a lot of those .307 bullets in several Marlin 30/30's,microgroove and otherwise. Till Sierra...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Welcome to recoil.The most accurate load in the one I had was a 500 gr. Hornady and 53 grs. of IMR 3031.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
There is a safety block that slides up in the frame when you squeeze the trigger guard.If it does not move far enough ,the hammer won't cock. It won't move far enough because the top of the trigger...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I know someone that use's a punch and I think ,from the looks of his loaded rounds ,a 4 pound hammer.Almost all of his ammo has a bulge below the crimp of his untrimmed cases.The completed rounds...
Forum: Leverguns
They don't teach "replace the springs for trigger jobs " in any gunsmith school.It takes less then 30 minutes to do the trigger on a 39 A.That includes disassembly , stoning ,assembly and trigger...
Forum: Leverguns
Why not have the chamber cut that length to start with?
2.085 is what I heard Jesse Ocumpah cuts his to but don't know for sure.
The .375 Win is 2.020.
My Marlin Cowboy takes the original chamber...
Forum: Leverguns
If you neck up 30/30 brass you will have a case that is shorter then the .375 Win.The ones I necked up and fire formed for my 38/55 are less then 2 inches long.And they will have much thinner case...
Forum: Leverguns
I use 27 grs of 4759 with a 300 gr RNFP @1400 fps from a Magma mould for chickens,pigs,and turkeys in lever action silhouette from my Browning 1886.I use 33 grs with the same bullet for rams @1700...
Forum: Leverguns
I have 15 Marlins at present.I have had about 15 others.I have never come across one that needed to be slicked up.Marlins are not quite in the same class as my Browning 1886.Almost but not...
Forum: Leverguns
The last 4 new Lyman moulds I bought were terrible. Out of round and undersize. I would rather buy some other brand then fool with them any more. The ones I have that are good have Ideal on them...
Forum: Leverguns
Who makes a mold that is close the Lyman 375296?I want to get a new mould or close to it.If their on ebay they may as well be on the moon.Got off the anti gun Democrat supporting site 7 years ago.
Forum: Leverguns
I had a similar experience with a Rossi 92 in 357. took it to the range the first time and couldn't hit the paper at 50 yds.Got a bigger piece of paper.about 12" left and 18" high at 50 yds.A...
Forum: Leverguns
A year ago last Feb.I ordered an extractor for a 1894.A few weeks ago I got an ejector in the mail.
Well ...they do both start with e and are close to each other in the gun.The...
Forum: Leverguns
If you try to use the old High Velocity loads for 92 Winchesters the brass will last about 3 shots and then seperate.You will
bend the toogle link with level 2 loads in the Lyman books.
Forum: Leverguns
Get the 1886.I wouldn't take 3 Marlins for mine.Especially the short ones.My 86 recoils considerably less then my silhoutete shooting friends Marlin Cowboy's.After 40 rounds of 300 gr bullets at 1400...
Forum: Group Buy Results
Put me down for a 2 cavity GC .311 diameter.
Forum: Leverguns
I bought a Rossi 357 a couple of years ago.Couldn't hit the paper at 50 yards.So I put up a MUCH larger target.2 feet high and 2 feet left.Sent it back to them.They sent it back with a taller front...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |