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  1. Forum: Leverguns

    .357 magnum Rossi 1892 carbine magazine problem

    I have tried to load the magazine as normal with other lever guns, but can’t get more than 4 rounds in. First round goes in OK. Succeeding rounds hang up as if the nose is catching on something. By...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Yes indeed. I gave my M94 .32 Special to my...

    Yes indeed. I gave my M94 .32 Special to my daughter. It is very accurate with cast bullets. Go for it, make cases out of .30-30s if necessary
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Mine might be older, it has that crappy finish....

    Mine might be older, it has that crappy finish. But I did have that same feeding problem. The lifter has a kind of stop sticking forward to position the round. I cut that back an eighth of an inch as...
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    Get a case of hardball also. Where you are, you...

    Get a case of hardball also. Where you are, you may need it, and keep your magazines filled. Just saying.
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    Forum: Rimfire Area

    OK, I got a group with the Hornady 30 gr v-max...

    OK, I got a group with the Hornady 30 gr v-max from a Marlin M983S bolt action rifle. It’s cold, so 25 yds off the back porch, 5 shots into 0.45 “ with 4X scope.
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    Really like all these reminiscences. By the ‘70s...

    Really like all these reminiscences. By the ‘70s I was out of the Marines, married with kids, trying to make a decent life for us in an up-and-down economy.
    The gun I still wish I had been able to...
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    Forum: Rimfire Area

    Triplebeards - those are nice groups. Its been a...

    Triplebeards - those are nice groups. Its been a long time since I skinned a squirrel. Wife was a city girl, and won’t eat them, but if there is no other protein (politics being what they are now),...
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    Forum: Rimfire Area

    Did some 25 yd shooting with the 30 gr Vmax ammo...

    Did some 25 yd shooting with the 30 gr Vmax ammo today. Does not group in the Ruger Single six. In the S&W M&P it groups as well as the 40 grain, but is fully 2 inches lower.
    My daughter shot her...
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    Forum: Rimfire Area

    Received the ammo today. Ordered 1Feb, delivered...

    Received the ammo today. Ordered 1Feb, delivered 6Feb. Clarksville TN to Belfast, ME UPS.
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    Forum: Rimfire Area

    Haven’t got this ammo yet. But my daughter bought...

    Haven’t got this ammo yet. But my daughter bought a Smith & Wesson M&P in .22 WMR caliber, and brought it over for me to try it out. It has a 30 round magazine. I loaded 20 rounds of CCI 40 grain TMJ...
  11. The Ruger #3 single shot will also accept the...

    The Ruger #3 single shot will also accept the longer brass. And, as DanLee says, make it out of .30-30 as we did when the caliber was new. 6 gr. pistol powder, cornmeal on top to fill, a dab of wax...
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    Forum: Rimfire Area

    .22 WMR ammo - 30grain pointed

    I have a Ruger single-six and a Winchester 9422 in this caliber. The ammo I have is 40 grain softpoint, and maybe a part box of 50 grain around somewhere. I took a look at the Hornady 30 grain, and...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    A number of people have no idea where the bullet...

    A number of people have no idea where the bullet can go. I had been shooting, then watch the only others, a couple, on the range. He had spotted an iron plate at the 100yard berm, which had been shot...
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    Fiocchi prints that right on the box. For .38...

    Fiocchi prints that right on the box. For .38 special, they make 110 gr @ 1100 fps, 125 gr @ 1050 fps, 158 gr @ 850 fps, 148 gr @ 750 fps.
    The gun is an old police Smith and Wesson model 10, fixed...
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    .3i80 and .38 special range report

    Intro: it’s cold, weather is wretched with snow, rain and ice here in mid coast Maine, and I’m old. So, I don’t get out to the shop to do reloading very much.

    I know this is about cast bullets,...
  16. Thread: Bisley SBH

    by 26Charlie
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    I have said tat the Ruger Bisley grip is Ruger’s...

    I have said tat the Ruger Bisley grip is Ruger’s best kept secret. I have both Super Blackhawks. Far more pleasant to shoot the Bisley. ( .41 Magnums)
  17. Thread: Long Gong?

    by 26Charlie
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    Forum: Rimfire Area

    I would want a really good observer on the...

    I would want a really good observer on the spotting scope.
  18. Forum: Leverguns

    Patriot Ordinance Factory new Tombstone 9mm lever carbine

    The article on this gun appeared in the January 2024 Rifle magazine. Art Merrill is the author. I will let him tell about it.

    Here are my thoughts/questions:
    1. Is this in reaction to the...
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    It would seem to me, you could load up some...

    It would seem to me, you could load up some pleasant shooting loads in the 8mm06 brass with a cast bullet, maybe 20 gr 4198, and develop a useful CB load at the same time as fireforming the A I...
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    Laminated stocks: Some years ago I bought an M1...

    Laminated stocks: Some years ago I bought an M1 from DCM. It was a return from the Philippines and the stock, front hand guard, and rear hand guard were all different kinds of wood, which offended my...
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    Forum: Our Town

    First gun bought new: Ruger .44 magnum Blackhawk,...

    First gun bought new: Ruger .44 magnum Blackhawk, 1959. Had to be 21 to buy a pistol, so I ordered it by mail from Chicago. Lived in New Orleans at the time so had it sent to Gretna, general...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Lots of good advice here, and results are good....

    Lots of good advice here, and results are good. I’ll just add an anecdote. I was visited by my two youngest granddaughters, who shot my M39A off the back deck at 50 feet targets. Their 10 shot groups...
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    IIRC, SR .308 cases were introduced at the behest...

    IIRC, SR .308 cases were introduced at the behest of benchrest shooters. There was a story in the Rifleman about a guy who chartered a week long hunt in Alaska, dropped off by plane, and took his...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Marlin .41 magnum carbine range report

    Posted a report under Politics called Ammo is available about buying .41 magnum online, which was an experiment - 230 grain CBs. Tested in the carbine, they grouped in groups cutting each each...
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    Another thing to watch out for (if you are...

    Another thing to watch out for (if you are handling the primers) is that the tiny bit of grease or oil on hands has a way of getting into the primer, which will kill it. A fellow once came to the...
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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