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CZ93X62
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Hey, now--black rifles need love too.
That 1866 is a gorgeous machine. Leverguns weave a spell over you. All of them. So do S/A revolvers. Both are among the least-modern of modern firearms, but once the bug bites you you are infected and incurable. I have gotten close to 1895 Winchester originals in 30-06 and 405 Winchester for fair (if decadent) money, and I came VERY close to snagging a pair of repro Rising Sun 95s in 30-06 and 30/40 Krag. I need more lever rifles like a snake needs a mountain bike, but they are quite hard for me to say NO to.
That 1866 is a gorgeous machine. Leverguns weave a spell over you. All of them. So do S/A revolvers. Both are among the least-modern of modern firearms, but once the bug bites you you are infected and incurable. I have gotten close to 1895 Winchester originals in 30-06 and 405 Winchester for fair (if decadent) money, and I came VERY close to snagging a pair of repro Rising Sun 95s in 30-06 and 30/40 Krag. I need more lever rifles like a snake needs a mountain bike, but they are quite hard for me to say NO to.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
The backup sights on my RH are the Ruger optional express sights. I'm mainly a hunter, so they appeal to me. Gold bead is getting difficult to see, with my aging eyes. Recently, swapped it out with a replaceable light pipe sight. Now, I have a choice of florescent red, green or white.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Went out and started knocking down more hay yesterday under a clear blue sky. An hour into it and I ended up with about 1/4" of "partly cloudy". Rain, rain, rain. The good news is I'm suffering through a bad summer chest cold, one of those "it hurts to swallow/cough/breathe" types where you hack up chartreuse gobs of nasty stuff. I highly recommend it as it makes everyday arthritis seem like a walk in the park.
The better news is that the deal myself and another farmer had made with the ex-NJ neighbor to do his hay has apparently been breached and a 3rd guy seems to be doing that hay that is friends with myself and the other farmer. Ouch? I dunno. Not such a big deal for me, more of a big deal for the other guy. I hate dealing with those people anyway, but if you make a deal you should stick with it.
The better news is that the deal myself and another farmer had made with the ex-NJ neighbor to do his hay has apparently been breached and a 3rd guy seems to be doing that hay that is friends with myself and the other farmer. Ouch? I dunno. Not such a big deal for me, more of a big deal for the other guy. I hate dealing with those people anyway, but if you make a deal you should stick with it.
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L Ross
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Indeed, that "wee tit" can break off and tie up your rifle/carbine in a match, just as mine did when nearly new. I soldered a chunk of brass on the back of the ladle and dressed it down to function. It has been there for years. My favorite load is to take the 195 grain version of the 358430 and put it on top of 21 grains of 3fg black in my 1866 carbine. I'm pretty sure if I had to go get a deer with that gun, that is the load I'd use. It seemed to hit cowboy targets very hard and made the timer guy cough and choke and make snide remarks about our ammo.
Pistolero
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Well, .38 Spl was originally a BP cartridge, so you are going back to it's roots.
Making the timer guy choke and cough sounds like a good enough reason alone to do it.
Second day after PT, starting to feel like I wasn't run over by a truck. But back to PT
tomorrow. No pain, no gain.
I may take a friend's Marlin .30-30 to the range, see what I can do with it after recrowning the muzzle.
Bill
Making the timer guy choke and cough sounds like a good enough reason alone to do it.
Second day after PT, starting to feel like I wasn't run over by a truck.
But back to PTtomorrow.
No pain, no gain. I may take a friend's Marlin .30-30 to the range, see what I can do with it after recrowning the muzzle.
Bill
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RBHarter
West Central AR
Wow I missed a bunch .........
The monkeys were made of wood but when they went to sea it was shortly discovered that wood held water and lead to rusty balls . They were changed to brass to allow drains and touch points vs full contact bowls . When the ships began sailing the Fringe of the ice in the north Atlantic the brass monkey would shrink faster/more than the balls an they would fall off . I guess I always heard the balls off the brass form . Voracious reader in my youth .
Rendezvous . That's about all I have to say about that .
I love American English . We can raise a barn to make best use of the sun's rays . When it get too buggy to store the buggy we can raze it and start over .
Don't you dare make me write about the rights of wright whales right handed .
You ever read about Reed , Reid , or Rieds red reeds ? (I like this one because even the writer isn't sure which one that first read is) ( you just went back and read it the other way )
When you're done on the phone in Hawaii and you say aloha does the conversion start over or end ?
Found a cheap fixer upper single family home about 25 miles north on just shy of an acre . Room for just one family and owned by just one family since it was built in 1964 . We bought it for less than the concrete we've been laying away for to build . It's really just lipstick and rouge on this old girl . Great bones , tight dry roof , rock solid raised floor , and no visible bugs . Hopelessly 1963 kitchen , I like it . One wall change and it will be a comfortable mostly open flow home .
If we don't like it after a yr or 2 we can double maybe triple our money so I can live with the parts I don't like for a while .
The monkeys were made of wood but when they went to sea it was shortly discovered that wood held water and lead to rusty balls . They were changed to brass to allow drains and touch points vs full contact bowls . When the ships began sailing the Fringe of the ice in the north Atlantic the brass monkey would shrink faster/more than the balls an they would fall off . I guess I always heard the balls off the brass form . Voracious reader in my youth .
Rendezvous . That's about all I have to say about that .
I love American English . We can raise a barn to make best use of the sun's rays . When it get too buggy to store the buggy we can raze it and start over .
Don't you dare make me write about the rights of wright whales right handed .
You ever read about Reed , Reid , or Rieds red reeds ? (I like this one because even the writer isn't sure which one that first read is) ( you just went back and read it the other way )
When you're done on the phone in Hawaii and you say aloha does the conversion start over or end ?
Found a cheap fixer upper single family home about 25 miles north on just shy of an acre . Room for just one family and owned by just one family since it was built in 1964 . We bought it for less than the concrete we've been laying away for to build . It's really just lipstick and rouge on this old girl . Great bones , tight dry roof , rock solid raised floor , and no visible bugs . Hopelessly 1963 kitchen , I like it . One wall change and it will be a comfortable mostly open flow home .
If we don't like it after a yr or 2 we can double maybe triple our money so I can live with the parts I don't like for a while .
Drat . . . Gun show this weekend and only 5 minutes from home and I forgot all about it.
Well now I know. Went this morning instead of yesterday. Kind of a waste, smallest show I've ever seen there. Also the lowest attendance. They have in the past always advertised on local radio, in the paper and signs around town but none of that this time. I guess they were saving money.
Nothing there I couldn't live without, just mostly the usual gun store guys and a few private tables and many empty tables. Not a bullet mold in the place. Almost nothing reloading wise although there was a couple of tables selling old stock powder, mostly opened cans. I don't buy opened cans of powder. Didn't see any of the usual outrageous prices on anything but didn't see anything that could be called a deal either. Normally a leather guy at the shows that makes/sells all manor of leather goods from belts to bags, you name it. I was thinking of a new wallet but not this time. Oh well, if I didn't go I never would know right?
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
The Big Reno Gun Show in years not long past had a guy at one table that had moulds for sale, along with a few other reloading tools. I have located 3 or 4 out-of-print Lymans and Ideals from him, at fair prices. It has been a few years since I last attended BRGS, and on my last visit he and his table weren't present. FWIW, EVERY ONE of those old tools cast wonderfully.
smokeywolf
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Old craftsmanship and old Meehanite have a lot to do with that.
Pistolero
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Tested my friend's son's Marlin 336 at 100 yds. Got a 1.5" 5 shot group with Fed 150 gr that shot 2.5 - 3" before recutting the crown. I call it a win.
And tested a 9mm 1911 mag that I had modified. His "won it in a pistol match " Springfield 1911 9mm chokes about 1 or 2 per mag with factory ball. Mags are parallel lips, rounds are nose diving, Wilson brand mag. I opened the lips with a file to let the round rise as it comes fwd, as JMB intended for .45 ACP. We put two 10 rd mags thru it without a bobble.
Good start, but he will test it more. If successful, he will mod the other mags.
And tested a 9mm 1911 mag that I had modified. His "won it in a pistol match " Springfield 1911 9mm chokes about 1 or 2 per mag with factory ball. Mags are parallel lips, rounds are nose diving, Wilson brand mag. I opened the lips with a file to let the round rise as it comes fwd, as JMB intended for .45 ACP. We put two 10 rd mags thru it without a bobble.
Good start, but he will test it more. If successful, he will mod the other mags.
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smokeywolf
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Swapping out light switches. Getting rid of the old, dingy cream colored ones and going to nice, clean white.
The 3 way switches tried to best me but I beat them easily. The one 4 way tried to win but I got it on the second try.
Good news is we discovered what one switch in the entry is for. Downstairs outside light. Been bugging my wife for 18 years and we finally know.
Still have a bunch to go even after doing 13 today. Damned switches are everywhere! Haven’t even looked at outlets, yet.
The 3 way switches tried to best me but I beat them easily. The one 4 way tried to win but I got it on the second try.
Good news is we discovered what one switch in the entry is for. Downstairs outside light. Been bugging my wife for 18 years and we finally know.
Still have a bunch to go even after doing 13 today. Damned switches are everywhere! Haven’t even looked at outlets, yet.