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Offline Rowdy Fulcher

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #40 on: March 28, 2010, 12:34:09 AM »
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Thanks for the pictures . Looks like you really enjoy Vintage Hunting . What's the plan for this upcoming season .

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #41 on: April 25, 2010, 07:14:31 PM »
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Did we have any Spring Bear Hunters get Lucky .

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #42 on: May 18, 2010, 08:15:56 PM »
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Deer season is just around the corner . Do you have your Rifle ready . And what about your hunting knife , hope it's good and sharp .

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #43 on: May 19, 2010, 05:28:56 PM »
Heck Rowdy, Deer season is at least 4 months away.  Let's enjoy Summer first! ;)

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #44 on: May 20, 2010, 08:31:59 PM »
I hear in some parts of the country....folks like to get their deer early  :)

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #45 on: May 20, 2010, 09:27:46 PM »
That is called "Gunny Sack Huntin but you have to have a Farmers' tag to be able to do it!! ;)
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #46 on: June 17, 2010, 08:21:39 PM »
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Has any Lucky Hunter taken any Wild Bores this Spring .
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #47 on: September 11, 2010, 02:12:12 AM »
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Hunting season is just days away . Have you tune your rifle in ? Who's planning on  Hunting with a  76 this Hunting Season ?

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #48 on: September 11, 2010, 08:48:01 AM »
Rowdy I will definitely use my '76 in 45/75 this year. Holding the 45/60 in reserve, since it has already bagged a small doe. Trimmed down the food plots last weekend, but it was just too wet to meander into the woods and check stands. We've been clobbered with rain this summer. At least the well won't dry up anytime soon!  ;D Good luck down in your neck of the woods. I'll post pics this year if I have any success with my '76. 

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #49 on: September 11, 2010, 09:39:16 AM »
For what it's worth, I plan to deer hunt this year with a 28" Uberti 1876 in .45-60 that I bought a couple of months ago. I will also be using black powder ammo. Also plan on trying my hand with my .45-70 Marlin 1895 cb and .54 Lyman great plains rifle. Hopefully I will get something with one of them. :P

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #50 on: September 22, 2010, 11:49:39 AM »
I have an original Winchester 1876 in 45-60. I have been researching to reload some BPC rounds to kill big game and was wondering what ya'll recomended. I already have some 4570 brass cut down to size and some 255 grain lubed bullets. Hoping to purchase a die set for my reloader this week or next and get started.
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #51 on: September 22, 2010, 01:42:07 PM »
Woody58;  Check out whether the rim thickness of your brass works in your rifle.  I believe that .45-60 brass was made with thinner rims.
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #52 on: September 22, 2010, 05:41:07 PM »
    What's the diameter of your 255 gr. bullets? 255's are usually for Long Colt. You need .457 or .458.

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #53 on: September 23, 2010, 07:06:45 AM »
The 255 gr bullet is 452. I was told by a gunsmith that it would hurt to try them. I have also been told that the the original 1876's were in the .454- .456 range. I would like to find out exzactly what the diameter is but the gunsmith said that he would have to remove the barrel to slug it. Not really sure i want to disasible.
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #54 on: September 23, 2010, 07:25:28 AM »
the rim of the 45 70 case works fine in my gun... of course that is an empty case. May have to do something to them after that have been fired. I have read that the rim maybe to thick but since it's working fine i may wait and fire a couple and see how they eject. As of right now they fly out pretty good. What is ya'll opinion on shooting a small bullet? What would happen to the accuracy with a bullet to small?
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #55 on: October 17, 2010, 06:24:37 PM »
Antelope is open and deer and elk next Sunday, been hunting antelope and deer with a 44WCF Uberti 1873 for several years now with good success.  Got the BP loads down, got the accuracy thing down.  Need to lighten the trigger.  The gun is very well built in every way, BUT, the trigger is too heavy.  I'd like to lighten it.  Suggestions please....

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #56 on: October 27, 2010, 09:37:51 AM »
The 255 gr bullet is 452. I was told by a gunsmith that it would hurt to try them. I have also been told that the the original 1876's were in the .454- .456 range. I would like to find out exzactly what the diameter is but the gunsmith said that he would have to remove the barrel to slug it. Not really sure i want to disasible.

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The bore size of the original 1876 is .457.  I have seen the .454 number in Cartridges of the World, but it is an error.  When I first started loading for my original 45-60 I sized some down to .454.  It shot a 12 ft group at 25 yards! ;D
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #57 on: October 27, 2010, 09:47:09 AM »
WOW!!! Not bad for an old gun.

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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #58 on: October 27, 2010, 03:21:58 PM »
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I can't help but to interject a point here about what you said about slugging your rifle barrel and what that gunsmith told you about having to remove the barrel to do that.  I have slugged alot of barrels over the years some being lever guns and never did that.  I just get a good coating of gun oil in the barrel, get a nice oversize soft lead slug and tap it in the muzzle and then push it down the barrel till it comes out in the breech.  Now if the barrel IS out of the action then you can slug the breech and the muzzle which are the two points that need it anyway.  I also made a tool to insert in the breech for slugging the breech.  with that in then it is a simple matter to tap it out from the muzzle.  I hope this helps. ;)
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Re: Vintage Hunting and the 1876
« Reply #59 on: December 26, 2010, 09:35:26 PM »
Howdy Pards
Hows the Hunting going . I didn't have any luck . My son got a nice Doe , I was proud of Him .

 

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