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My thanks to all who posted here. Some pretty astute stuff, but so far, no answer to the basic question "was there choke in Winchester's 1873 barrels bored smooth for shot?"
NMLRA Guy

I BELIEVE Winchester made their 1873 "rifle", probably on special order, bored smooth to use 44 WCF (44-40) shot cartridges. Union Metallic Cartridge and Peters Cartridge Companies and likely...

Leadhead: Still waiting for an address to send you $75 for 311331 NOE mould
...NMLRA Guy

$75 Postal money order in hand. Need info on where to send it to Leadhead 500 for 311331 NOE
NMLRA Guy

Leadhead: I will buy the 311331 aluminum mould if you will walk me through how to do it. Long time since I've done this...
NMLRA Guy

In talking to Mr Lee himself, many years ago, he said he makes the "bore-riders" smaller than .300 because he gets more flak from those who stick the bullet in the chamber/throat and extract only the...

My sincere thanks for the response. A bit too snowy/cold to pop any off just now for my taste.
NMLRA Guy

Ghost: The primers were/are not "degraded". They slipped out of their containers and got mixed together in the bottom of the drawer they were stored in. Your post on the other thread listing 4.6...

Poor storage of primers resulted in a several hundred loose primers of various makes at the bottom of the bin (Norma, Winchester, CCI, Federal, Remington, RWS etc). They are a mix of rifle and...

My most recent run of bullets was for an 8.14 x 46R. I load for a lot of odd-ball cartridges, this being less odd than many. My 8.14 is in a stalking rifle with double set trigger and aperture...

Oh my! Gotta do some remembering here. I was born in 1935. Was given my first real gun in 1939. It was a Model 1865 trapdoor 50/70 with bayonet. I could not lift it! We played with it by...

Been retired 18 years this month. I recommend it! I do some shooting, some loading, some writing. Just got my third gun book in print. Be 83 next month.
NMLRA Guy

My oldest gun is a circa. 1799 flintlock fowling piece in nineteen gauge and very long barrel. NMLRA Guy

I'd speculate it was IMR and I would GUESS but will not say that as mild as this load is, any of the 4227s would do. Gopher Slayer is right on. THat is a target load and a fine one!

While I don't agree with those who won't use smokeless in trapdoors, I certainly respect their opinion. Rifle cleanup with black powder is not all that tough. Put a rubber band around the action to...

My son worked in a shop that had three-jaw and four-jaw chucks. These were big enough that a chain-fall had to be used to change them out. Ergo, they learned to use the four-jaw chucks...

When I was active in Black Powder Cartridge Rifle shooting, I loaded lots of ammo in .40-63 and .40-65 calibers. Also, some in .45-70. You HAVE to clean the cases BEFORE you store them for loading....

Momma told me a MANY years ago about her friend. Her friend was given a rather nice but plain hat pin. Well, a hat pin is useless without a hat, so she shopped for a hat. Once in hand, she needed...

Does anyone KNOW when you need to use gas checks and when not, what it REALLY does? My mentor Elmer Keith din't use them. Why do I need them??

Useful and interesting info.

Sigh: I learned some of this the hard way but never recorded it for myself, let alone for others. Thanks for a useful thread.

I never loaded the 9mm round but a friend did. i think with a 115 grain Lyman bullet and six grains of Unique. Don't think he ever cured his leading problem. I suspect too hot a load. He was...

I cannot top that story but a close friend, John Musser, now gone to his reward, got interested in Luger pistols. THis was about 1950. He ordered a Lyman pot for the kitchen gas stove and a mould...

It is hard to find a better mould for the .30-30 than the 311041

Brings back an old memory: A half-century ago, I usta help my buddy, Harry Connolly blue guns. One day he got in an '86 Winchester. It was my job to polish the guns. We used only abrasive cloth,...