What a magnificent find, and in such good shape.
Type: Posts; User: smithywess
Forum: Leverguns
What a magnificent find, and in such good shape.
Forum: Leverguns
Buckshot,
What a beautiful rifle, and in a wonderful calibre. Thanks for showing.
Forum: Leverguns
I have always put great faith in what Dave Scovill (editor of Handloader) and Ken Watters have had to say. One of the biggest disappointments in trying to achieve accuracy is to use underbore...
Forum: Leverguns
That's a very nice rifle indeed with the retention of some nice case colour on the receiver. The bluing on the barrel and tube are wonderful too. The stock doesn't look like it has many dings and all...
Forum: Leverguns
My 1st Generation Colt is pre 1898 and only good for black. I think your idea of Unique is good for the handgun. Again, I think everyone should be concerned with pressures/velocities when they...
Forum: Leverguns
I think your rifle is doing very well. You would have a problem improving your groups from those you describe. The use of P.S.B. with underbore bullets produces great results. I would agree with you...
Forum: Leverguns
Quite a few of us have been down this road before. Nearly all rifles in these calibres that were chambered for blackpowder loads i.e. prior to about 1905 were all overbore and your rifle is another...
Forum: Leverguns
Careful using dacron, or any filler, with any powder faster than 2400.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I've often wondered if water quenching from the mould really makes any significant difference. Firstly, using a Lee hardness tester i've never been able to convince myself that there's more than a 4...
Forum: Leverguns
andym79,
Good shooting. I was waiting for you to do that with your load of 4227 ! It's a great one in the .38-40. Did you slug your barrel and if so what's your groove diameter...
Forum: Leverguns
Brownell's wouldn't even ship me a Marbles tang sight !!
Forum: Leverguns
sparky 45,
You'll enjoy it. New empty brass is available from Starline and I believe Remington. In a modern rifle like yours you'll have no difficulty getting a bullet to bore match...
Forum: Leverguns
Fourarmed,
This is a topic which interests me but doesn't seem to do the same with others. I collect and shoot vintage Marlin leverguns in most calibres. Some of these were...
Forum: Leverguns
Only an ex-wife could leave an ugly looking dent like that in a nice rifle.
Forum: Leverguns
Why not leave the buckhorn sight for close ,fast, work keeping your tang sight lowered and zero a Lyman or Marbles for 150 yards. Use the raised tang sight for those longer shots when you'll take...
Forum: Leverguns
Your bullet, of whatever alloy, using smokeless powder, should be one to two thousandths of an inch greater than the slugged groove diameter measured with a micrometer. That you've improved your...
Forum: Leverguns
Hunter 64,
No you don't need to take the barrel off. The throating reamers I used (supplied by Pacific Tool and Die) are turned by hand through a 'T' handle which screws onto the...
Forum: Leverguns
hunter64
Your group with the .381" sized bullet wasn't too bad but if you want to chamber .382" bullets which your rifle would do well with you'll have to ream the chamber throat with...
Forum: Leverguns
Bob,
This cartridge was designed originally as a blackpowder round and the bullets were crimped on the ogive in front of the front driving band to prevent the bullet from moving forwards....
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Bob,
Give me a day and I'll check my specs.
Forum: Leverguns
Here's a nice Marlin for $1100.00 Canadian dollars. Not sure if this would come through your 'Homeland Security'. It's had an action job and has a nice 24" barrel which would give you more velocity,...
Forum: Leverguns
Thank you Kirk for another great write up on a terrific rifle in great shape. Tremendous photography. I have enjoyed this fine calibre (.32-20) for a long time as well. My little Marlin Model of 1889...
Forum: Leverguns
Well done Kirk. As usual a very fine write up. I sure like those Accurate Molds and your bullet is a dandy with just the right weight and obviously the correct diameter with those results. Since I...
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 |