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Spencer Shooting Society / Re: Ref. 'Still Fighting My .45 Spencer'/ The Fight is over !!!
« Last post by Macon Due on Today at 05:00:48 PM »Oooops, I forgot my 2nd picture.
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Spencer Shooting Society / Re: Ref. 'Still Fighting My .45 Spencer'/ The Fight is over !!!
« Last post by Sedalia Dave on Today at 04:48:16 PM »Great news 
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Spencer Shooting Society / Ref. 'Still Fighting My .45 Spencer'/ The Fight is over !!!
« Last post by Macon Due on Today at 04:41:44 PM »Howdy all
As I write this I am still grinning. After what seemed an endless uphill battle with my Cimarron .45 Colt Spencer ,it is now as it should have been from the start. When I got it back from it's 2month + vacation, back to Cimarron it was about 85% reliable feeding. After getting Tom at Accurate Molds to make me a custom mold I tested it with 7 dummy rounds a total of 6 times for 45 rds. The noses were getting a bit beat up but I only had one slight 'bobble' and it fed with just a tiny lever jiggle. Today I took it to the range with 'Tom's' bullet loaded cartridges. I ran 5 magazines full thru it without the slightest feeding problem. This was working the lever normally, working it semi slowly, hesitating at the bottom of the stroke etc. No matter how I worked it the feeding was flawless. Not needed was the "working a Spencer with authority, tipping it down to feed or up to eject, holding my mouth a certain way" or any other antics. It just worked like any other quality rifle. To say I am pleased would be an understatement. I am going to try to attach a couple of pix but doubt I will be successful in that.
Macon [ pleased as punch ] Due 29445
As I write this I am still grinning. After what seemed an endless uphill battle with my Cimarron .45 Colt Spencer ,it is now as it should have been from the start. When I got it back from it's 2month + vacation, back to Cimarron it was about 85% reliable feeding. After getting Tom at Accurate Molds to make me a custom mold I tested it with 7 dummy rounds a total of 6 times for 45 rds. The noses were getting a bit beat up but I only had one slight 'bobble' and it fed with just a tiny lever jiggle. Today I took it to the range with 'Tom's' bullet loaded cartridges. I ran 5 magazines full thru it without the slightest feeding problem. This was working the lever normally, working it semi slowly, hesitating at the bottom of the stroke etc. No matter how I worked it the feeding was flawless. Not needed was the "working a Spencer with authority, tipping it down to feed or up to eject, holding my mouth a certain way" or any other antics. It just worked like any other quality rifle. To say I am pleased would be an understatement.
I am going to try to attach a couple of pix but doubt I will be successful in that. Macon [ pleased as punch ] Due 29445
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STORM / Re: 1866 uberti stains on brass receiver
« Last post by Abilene on Today at 04:27:05 PM »I only have two ‘66 muskets and plan on letting them patina. I do however tumble and polish my brass as it makes them easier to find. Please don’t use sandpaper on your rifle.
And as a dedicated brass picker, I thank you!
I used to polish my '66 back when I shot Cleanshot (APP forerunner) as it would make stains and blotches on it I didn't like. Later started shooting real BP and let it patina. I have in the past used the technique of taking a patch with BP fouling on it, get it damp, and rub in on the brass. Gives it a bit of color, not much.
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The Darksider's Den / Re: What revolvers, rifle and shotgun do you use in matches?
« Last post by King Medallion on Today at 04:17:27 PM »2 Uberti Remington 75's, Uberti 73, all in 44-40. and a Stoeger 12 gauge SxS.
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Tall Tales / Re: May we move on, for coffee and chat ?
« Last post by Major 2 on Today at 03:21:08 PM »Yeah, same same, pissed attitudes Reeps non-compliance in other areas.
Then icy atmosphere that follows, tends to thaw.
Then icy atmosphere that follows, tends to thaw.
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Tall Tales / Re: May we move on, for coffee and chat ?
« Last post by Delmonico on Today at 12:45:28 PM »It not "the initial LOOK" I'm afeared of, its "ICED Pissed" atmosphere that follows
That never lasts long here. Pissed people seldom get the extras they want.
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Shooter's Meeting / Re: Tell me about boots.....
« Last post by Griff on Today at 10:19:38 AM »It might have been out of fashion after 1914 for a clean cut cowboy but when you look at true 19th century photos of working cowboys, wearing pants inside the boots was the norm and it actually still is today if you go to a farm or ranch where people are actually working.i think that's far too wide a generalization. Most working cowboys I've known, maybe only a few hundred or so, in my 70+ years are of the "never run when you can walk, never walk when you can ride" mindset. Stable work is for the youngsters, stable hands or tho7e that're still developing their saddle & rope skills. Wearing pants inside or outside the boot is more a statement on style than practicality. It's also driven by regional influences on style and personal taste.
It only makes sense just as we wear our pants inside our rubber muck boots or even our leather work boots today when working in the mud or around livestock. Mud and manure wash off of boots easier than out of pants and cowboys of that time were wearing those same pants for weeks or months at a time. Plus thorns and sticker bushes don't snag leather boots like they do pants.
Hmmm, my born in 1914 Montana Cowboy/Farmer father claimed only Roy Rogers and Texans stuffed their pants in their boots. On the outside keep stuff from getting into the boots. If mucking the muddy shitty stable pull pants up and stick on the notched top so they don't fall down and get dirtyMighta also been your Dad's way of sayin' "drug store cowboy". But hey! id I've get 10-11 rows of multi row stitchin' on my boot vamps, why not show it off?
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Tall Tales / Re: May we move on, for coffee and chat ?
« Last post by Silver Creek Slim on Today at 10:18:39 AM »Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 72, sunny and humid. High of 82 and sunny, 50% chance of rain tonight.
Slim
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 72, sunny and humid. High of 82 and sunny, 50% chance of rain tonight.
Slim
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The Darksider's Den / Re: What revolvers, rifle and shotgun do you use in matches?
« Last post by Coffinmaker on Today at 08:44:58 AM » Well OK 
I'll have to give the "nod" to Griff. After all it be some apparent he be several days older-n-dirt.
Although, we both have a preference for Revolvers that load from the FRONT and Brass Rifles that ALSO load from the FRONT
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