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Offline Logan Kibodeaux

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45 Long Colt Spencer not working right.
« on: July 13, 2014, 11:44:48 PM »
Hello, I just recently got a hold of an armi sport spencer repro in 45 long colt.  Having a hard time extracting fired shells.  I have been told that the rims are small on 45 long colt and it is just the way it is.  I was wondering if it would feed the 45 Schofield cartridge and be safe to shoot from the rifle?

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Re: 45 Long Colt Spencer not working right.
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2014, 04:41:56 AM »
Logan,

I'm not familiar with the colt Spencer models. but maybe these links will be of help to you . . . go to this thread to see the links:

http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,44815.msg557290.html#msg557290

Also, you might try doing a search on SSS -  45 Colt Spencers and see if you get more hits.

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Re: 45 Long Colt Spencer not working right.
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2014, 09:08:22 AM »
Hello, I just recently got a hold of an armi sport spencer repro in 45 long colt.  Having a hard time extracting fired shells.  I have been told that the rims are small on 45 long colt and it is just the way it is.  I was wondering if it would feed the 45 Schofield cartridge and be safe to shoot from the rifle?

I had a similar extraction problems with my .45 Colt Chiappa Spencer carbine.
I was using both Winchester and Starline brass with 5.5 grains of Trail Boss and a 250 grain bullet.
When I reduced the loads to 4.0 grains of TB, the problem went away.
Since I'm only using it on shorter ranges, shooting paper or steel plates, it's not a problem.
Good luck and enjoy.
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