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  1. I like cylinder for simplicity. If you want a...

    I like cylinder for simplicity. If you want a tighter pattern, shoot steel. Even tighter? Shoot tungsten.

    People successfully hunt hare , red fox and lynx with tungsten / cylinder here in...
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    This is a very good crimper. I'm a bit...

    This is a very good crimper. I'm a bit tool-a-holic... bought one five years ago,no regrets.

    https://i.postimg.cc/MHtkyYZd/Smart-box-2023.jpg

    https://www.omvshop.com/shop/smart-box/
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    Forum: Our Town

    I quote this all because I wanted to write almost...

    I quote this all because I wanted to write almost the same.
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    This was a good reminder: I need to update my...

    This was a good reminder:

    I need to update my two 3xC -battery Maglites to LED.

    I LED:ded a long D-size, (maybe six batteries?) about 15 years ago and like the solid mechanical construction...
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    For 9 mm I use any powder that I can not fit a...

    For 9 mm I use any powder that I can not fit a double charge with. VV N340 now.

    I'm loading 162 grn subsonics on a Dillon Square Deal.
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Silence for me. But the cat behind the door...

    Silence for me.

    But the cat behind the door...
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    Forum: Our Town

    The older I get, the more often I tend to hire...

    The older I get, the more often I tend to hire professionals.

    A gun safe or a piano, or a motorcycle from abroad like last year. Yes pro work costs but those guys know what they are doing, have...
  8. I've been offered a -57 Marlin 336 for almost...

    I've been offered a -57 Marlin 336 for almost nothing. I'm debating the brass issue here,too.

    Could this work?

    https://i.postimg.cc/Kz5SbX1q/Screenshot-20240117-141717-2.png
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Still so cold weather, ( -25°C), I don't want to...

    Still so cold weather, ( -25°C), I don't want to punish my car battery. So I have not handled the gun yet.

    Brass seems unobtainum and it's bothering me. The rifle comes with 200+ once fired...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Yep,they are Rugers. And with the tarnished...

    Yep,they are Rugers. And with the tarnished Marlin brand, I'd rather buy an honestly branded Ruger 336 or 1895 to separate it from "Remlins".

    I also think Miroku makes Winchester copies. If Ford...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Got a box of 180 Speers from Central Europe...

    Got a box of 180 Speers from Central Europe today.

    I guess this is a start, now I can at least make dummies to test the rifle action. Dies are in the shop but at least they exist.
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    Forum: Leverguns

    I was going to drive to the shop today,called...

    I was going to drive to the shop today,called first. My friend is not working this week so checking the 336 is delayed again.

    I'll show you a funny detail of my Aug 2017 made Remlin SBL. Someone...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    The plot thickens. I had basically given up on...

    The plot thickens.

    I had basically given up on this but I asked about the serial yesterday. It is R-prefix, meaning a 1957 rifle. And my LGS just "found" a set of Lee dies. I also found hunting...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Thanks for the replies,everyone. Yes in a...

    Thanks for the replies,everyone.



    Yes in a rational sense it does.

    I just happened to see that rifle, I have never seen or touched a 35 Rem gun. I do not know anyone who has or has had one....
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    Forum: Leverguns

    And this 358212 might work as a light plinker...?...

    And this 358212 might work as a light plinker...?

    I have many of the usual 358 pistol and revolver molds. This looks like a "normal" RN.
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Here is QL screen for the 358318. ...

    Here is QL screen for the 358318.

    https://i.postimg.cc/Pxs6Mtk5/IMG-20231225-171113-455-7.jpg
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Yes I keep reading akout short 336 throats. ...

    Yes I keep reading akout short 336 throats.



    It's a long journey here where I live. First I need to leave an application for buying a rifle. That's 120 € and caliber specific. I managed to get...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Thank you Quack1. We have a good selection of...

    Thank you Quack1.

    We have a good selection of our local Vihtavuori powders here. I have also made "plinkers" and subsonic rifle loads with pistol powders since the 90's.

    I just played around...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    How can Buffalo Bore make a 220 work? Fit and...

    How can Buffalo Bore make a 220 work? Fit and stabilize? Or is it that critical ten grains? I could make a jig for shortening the noses, making FN:s... These blunt noses don't scare me though. I seat...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    I made some test bullets with both molds. ...

    I made some test bullets with both molds.

    Merry Christmas!

    https://i.postimg.cc/dtjgqG17/IMG-20231224-212722-651-3.jpg
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Buffalo Bore makes 220 grn for 35. Obviously not...

    Buffalo Bore makes 220 grn for 35. Obviously not a mouse load @ 2200 fps.

    https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=638
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Thank you for your reply, Iamashooter2. MP is...

    Thank you for your reply, Iamashooter2.

    MP is good stuff,I have a dozen molds from them.

    But in this case,my existing mold should justify the gun purchase. :)

    I also have this nice revolver...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Lyman 358318 for Marlin 336 35 Rem?

    I bought this mold in 2001, thinking 35 Whelen. I even got dies and made Whelen ammo from 30-06 brass but never got the actual rifle done.

    Now, fast forward 20+ years,I was recently offered a 336...
  24. Forum: Cast Boolits

    Google took me here. I took a pic of my first...

    Google took me here.

    I took a pic of my first brass mold ever. I managed to contact Mr. Applegate around 2002 and he made me a heavy mold that still cycles in a Marlin 1895. This is My Precious....
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    Yes. And that gets easier every year because the...

    Yes. And that gets easier every year because the front sight is disappearing anyway...

    I re-learned to shoot everything with both eyes open in the 90's. A wide vision,no tension on face and a...
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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