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    1886 50 EX (50-110) are prone, to not being able...

    1886 50 EX (50-110) are prone, to not being able to handle wide meplat bullets. If you review Accurate's catalog, you will find the nose/meplat profile tends to be smaller. Look at 51-320E in...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Look at the Accurate Molds 40-190C flat base. The...

    Look at the Accurate Molds 40-190C flat base. The crimp groove is in the proper location for 1873's and 1892's. Personally I prefer the 1873's. As far as smokeless powder loads. They work well in the...
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    Sage Outdoors, will have 50 cal Gator checks. He...

    Sage Outdoors, will have 50 cal Gator checks. He sells standard height and a taller one. Great vendor to deal with, along with reasonable shipping!
    Rick
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    348 WCF converted to 45-75 cycles and ejects with...

    348 WCF converted to 45-75 cycles and ejects with ease. Takes a couple of firings to fully form. The 1876's chambers I load for will not accept a case formed from 50-90 or CBC 32 gauge brass. Base...
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    Standard Model 1895 Winchester calibers included...

    Standard Model 1895 Winchester calibers included two 40 Calibers. 40-72 WCF & 405 WCF. In 1908 Winchester dropped 40-72 as a standard caliber offering. A number of barrels remained and were available...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    The RCBS 300 grain RN FP. It's a gas checked,...

    The RCBS 300 grain RN FP. It's a gas checked, grease groove bullet. 1-14 twist barrel. Shoots very consistent groups at 100 yards. Recoil is easy on you.
    Rick
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    Living close to Bruno's Shooters Supply in...

    Living close to Bruno's Shooters Supply in Phoenix. It's amaziing the selection of powder they currently have. I guess I'm spoiled in that regard.

    About the time I started casting for 348 W a...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Had a 200 grain RCBS mold. It did very well with...

    Had a 200 grain RCBS mold. It did very well with F210 and 53.0 grains of H4831. LBT Soft Blue Lube. Look at 15meters post above. 54.0 of H 4831 with the Lyman 350447 187 grain bullet, was the most...
  9. Thread: 50-95 1876

    by Rick B
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Very nice large frame Lightning. Original Colt...

    Very nice large frame Lightning. Original Colt Lightnings had some incredible workmanship. Hand polishing and bluing was superb.
    Rick
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    Kai, the smallest groups in my experience, were...

    Kai, the smallest groups in my experience, were the result of a gas checked bullet. The 300 grain RCBS bullet sized .4595 with a Gator gas check from Sage Outdoors. Shoots extremely tight groups in a...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    In regards to cartridge brass. Jamison 45-75 WCF...

    In regards to cartridge brass. Jamison 45-75 WCF cases are prone to splitting in the shoulder after 7-10 reloadings. I would recommend annealing the shoulder/neck area after every 2-3 reloadings. In...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Between the Cabelas, Bass Pro and Sportsmans...

    Between the Cabelas, Bass Pro and Sportsmans Warehouse, it's made it difficult for the smaller shops to compete. Bruno's is the exception. They are best resource for barrels, actions, powder and...
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    Forum: Our Town

    Sticky: Thanks to everyone for the hard work to get the...

    Thanks to everyone for the hard work to get the CB Forum back on line. Speaking of Forum layout/ appearance and readability. I dislike the V Bulletin format of the CMP Forums. If were going to loose...
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    Wikipedia article is wrong. Winchester introduced...

    Wikipedia article is wrong. Winchester introduced the 50-110 in 1887, the second year of production. Rifle caliber markings on the barrel were 50 Ex. 50 Ex (50-110 WCF) loadings drove a 300 grain...
  15. Thread: 1911 Magazines.

    by Rick B
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    The bottom magazine with the Colt Pony and the M....

    The bottom magazine with the Colt Pony and the M. Is a Colt Factory supplied magazine made by Metalform. They are well made magazines.
    Rick
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    Congratulations on your latest acquisition That...

    Congratulations on your latest acquisition That Rifle will be hard to surpass. Would be really interesting, to see the original invoice price and shipping records. When it comes to 1886 Winchesters...
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    Very nice accumulation of various 38-40's. Thanks...

    Very nice accumulation of various 38-40's. Thanks for sharing the picture! One can only imagine all the incidents and experiences, they were involved in.
    Rick
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    Some reloaders use 4227. However it can be...

    Some reloaders use 4227. However it can be position sensitive. Unique does not suffer from that issue.
    Rick
  19. Lyman's 49th reloading manual actually has a...

    Lyman's 49th reloading manual actually has a comprehensive article by Brian Pearce that included the 45-60 WCF. This is the only reloading data for the 4 factory chamberings in the 1876 Winchesters,...
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    Owned two 1886 33 Winchesters First one came and...

    Owned two 1886 33 Winchesters First one came and went in the mid 70's. When I aquired the second one about 15 years ago. I did a little internet searching and found an article by Mike Venturino where...
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    Forum: Our Chapel

    Prayers sent.

    Prayers sent.
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    Current thread on the Levergun Forum on this...

    Current thread on the Levergun Forum on this site. "This Thing Will Kick". Member hard88cast had John Taylor, an active Forum Gunsmith. Build him two 50-110's in the last year. Donor rifles were...
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    Very nice job on the proportions. Shortening the...

    Very nice job on the proportions. Shortening the forend really helped in keeping it aesthetically balanced. As John mentioned a new barrel band for the mag tube was milled. Feeding issues need to be...
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    Poll: Who needs a scope, when you can shoot ten shot...

    Who needs a scope, when you can shoot ten shot groups like that. Outstanding group! Thats a good looking bullet by the way.
    Rick
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    Poll: Winchester produced no 1876's in 1895. The last...

    Winchester produced no 1876's in 1895. The last ten years or so they manufactured less than 400 cleanup rifles total. 4 of those ten years they produced no 1876's at all. Once the modern designed...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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