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Back in 19, I got an average of 2424 f/s in my Sharps 30/30 with a 34 inch barrel. 10 shots went into 1 & 3/4 inch at 50 yards with no leading. This was with an Accurate 155 gr. plain base bullet...

OK Froggie:

It's yours.
Either one will work for me.

PM me your info and I'll have it in the mail Monday.
Cheers,
Stew

I'm looking for a .377 neck expanding plug.
Also, I could use, but don't really need is an extra .30/06 sizing chamber.

I have some .25/20 dies, a .300 Savage seater, a 7x57 neck resizer, a .313...

I have a Cadet reformed to .357 and it works OK.
The round has to go straight into the chamber, but the lever wants to close a bit from full open.
I have to hold the lever full open with my pinkie...

There's lots of .303 Brit brass in Canada.
It's often thrown away on the range.
Only the true gun cranks reload it.
It's easy to find, but you southern folks would have an interesting time getting...

Several decades back, Al Miller, was testing the effects of sizing in a half dozen rifles.
Reporting in Handloader magazine, he found that in all cases, he got the best accuracy with the least, (or...

Hi Dan:

Yes. I'd still like a set.
PS. Your in-box is full.

Thanks,
Stew

I'm looking for steel handled sets in .25/20 repeater, .250 Savage and .375 H&H.

I have for trade .218 Bee, .22 Hornet, .22 K Hornet, .30/40 and 8.6 x 56 (9 mm. M-S). All steel sets.

I need a .377 neck expander plug. I have the die body. TIA.

I'm looking for a steel handled set for .250 Savage.
My trading stock is sets in .218 Bee, .22 Hornet, .22 K Hornet, .30/30 and .30/40.

And, they can be very accurate.
With condom bullets, which I use only rarely, I've fired two 5 shot groups at 100 yards that were in the 0.6 inch range.
This was in a BSA .222 and an elderly steel...

I need a .377 neck expander.
Also, looking for steel handled sets in .303B. .38/55, and .38/56,
Also a solid set of steel handles of almost any cartridge, since I plan to open it up to take...

OTOH, I've had very mediocre support from RCBS and had a few lemons from them over the years.
Lyman has been very good to me.
Back in the eighties, I traded for a Lyman 225415 that was used. It...

In fact, in the 1980s Ruger produced several thousand .303 Brit. No.3s for the Canadian trade which were in exactly this configuration and shoot splendidly with either .303 British MkVII or MKVIIIz...

A chum has one in .32/20, at least that was what the seller said it was, and one fits the chamber.

From C Sharps Arms in Big Timber, Montana.
They're the only ones who make an 1875 repro.
I have one in .30/30 already, but it has a stubby 26 inch barrel.
Also, one in .38/56 with a 30 incher...

OK, lads:
I bit the bullet and ordered it this morning.
34 inch, half round, light contour, 12 inch twist.
Six to eight month wait. Also another six to eight weeks to cross the northern frontier...

Pl. remove. duplicate.

I have two steel handle boxed sets for trade. One is in .222 Rem and the other is in 8.6 x 56. No, I don't know what cartridge that is.
Both sets are in VG shape however, the 8.6 has no decapping...

I already have 1875's, one in .30/30 with a 26" barrel and it is a gem. I also have one in .38/56 with a 30 inch barrel that's only seen a few rounds. It was -31 this morning with wind chill of about...

I"m thinking of ordering my dream rifle.
I like the looks of a skinny long barrelled single shot, and the .30/30 is an excellent C/B cartridge.
So, I'm thinking of an 1875 Sharps, with the long...

Oh Al:

You see things so clearly!

The neck expander is marked 356 and that's its diameter.

The neck resizing die measures .369 with my plug gauges.

So, perhaps it's a mis-labelled 9 x 56...

The 8 mm. cartridge isn't 8.6 mm, and the cartridge is rimmed. The priming chamber in this set is for a rimless cartridge, the same size as the .30/'06.

A recent find. A steel handled set marked 8.6 x 56. The box and two of the dies are marked 8.6 x 56 as well. There is no reference to any 8.6 cartridge in Cartridges of the World, or on the...

If you live in an northern area, a broken hockey stick works well.
They're scattered around hockey rinks in the winter.
It's what I've used for decades.