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Colt Firearms / Re: New old Colt
« Last post by Dave T on Today at 11:41:52 AM »
Abiline,

Great ol' six-gun. I'd treat her with respect (nothing but black powder) and fix her enough to run well and be safe. If you can get her into shape she probably aught to be shot more frequently than once a year. Maybe 4th of July, your birthday, or any other excuse you can come up with.  (smile)

Dave
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The Powder Room - CAS reloading / Re: Reloader 7 in .44-40
« Last post by bear tooth billy on Today at 10:50:12 AM »
On a burn rate chart, fastest to slowest, it is#71 out of 142. 23 gr. will probably about
fill the case.


                              BTB
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The Powder Room - CAS reloading / Re: Shelf life of APP ?
« Last post by bear tooth billy on Today at 10:37:29 AM »
I'd load 1 round and shoot a steel plate. 1. Did it go off and clear the barrel.  2. Did it ring the steel like
a fresh reload. Then either shoot em' or use your spare time pulling bullets.


                                        BTB
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The Barracks / Re: 2024 Atlantic Division After Action Muster Report
« Last post by Niederlander on Today at 10:25:01 AM »
Awesome!  Sounds like a good Muster!
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Bird Cage Theatre ( Videos ) / Re: Old West YouTube Channel---Arizona Ghostriders
« Last post by Major 2 on Today at 10:18:53 AM »
Teddy Roosevelt is one of my most admired Presidents.
In his last years, still the adventurer he fished the 10,000 islands on the west coast of Florida.
He stayed and my Grandfathers Seminole Hotel in Ponta Gorda. 

This photo was taken on one of the stays, the Jordan Auto he is in was my grandfather's.
Here as Roosevelt arrived, my grandfather and grandmother are standing near the post at the hotel entrance.

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The Powder Room - CAS reloading / Shelf life of APP ?
« Last post by Major 2 on Today at 09:57:33 AM »
I had a about an oz. of Shockley's Gold in pre- opened OEM plastic container packed away.
It was at least 7-8 years old, though its lid was tight it had laid on its side for several years.
The powder was clumped and kinda stuck to the inside of the bottle.

I know I loaded, several 100 44 special and some 44 Russian from that bottle.
The Russian were all fired, but I still have several boxes (50 each) of the Special.

I wonder about the storage life of the loaded rounds.

So, as a test and a lark I decided to sacrifice the 1 oz remained to a POOF test.
I had to kinda shake and rattle the bottle to loosen it up.
Poured it on paper towel and wrapped it up, then place it on a Newpaper page, lit the newspaper and backed off.
It took about 45 seconds to reach the powder pack and POOF    
no compression of course, so no bang, but plenty smoke.
Certainly, not scientific or even safe really, but I was 30 feet away.

I'm thinking it still had some life.
I have another un-open sealed can of Shockley's Gold, bought at the same time (7-8 years) 

I'm thinking my 44 Special are fine as is the sealed can... what do the sages say ?
 



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Colt Firearms / Re: New old Colt
« Last post by Major 2 on Today at 09:34:17 AM »
I side with the Mike; I believe I'd do the tweaks.

The old girl is deserving of some TLC ...IMHO

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Tall Tales / Re: May we move on, for coffee and chat ?
« Last post by Silver Creek Slim on Today at 09:16:40 AM »
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

'Tis 58 and overcast. "Partly sunny in the morning  then cloudy with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent."

Slim
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Tall Tales / Re: May we move on, for coffee and chat ?
« Last post by Coffinmaker on Today at 09:03:37 AM »

That first cup really hist the spot.  Got the AC fix'd yesterday for less than a Grand, so dodged a bullet there.

Current forecast is for reasonable temperature but rain for every day next week.  Boo Hiss.  Make everything green though.
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Colt Firearms / Re: New old Colt
« Last post by Coffinmaker on Today at 08:55:26 AM »

Were it me/mine, I'd first check the End Shake to see if the cylinder bushing needs shimmed (fail to fire).  Teflon on the Base Pin ain't a bad idea at all for a "little use" CAS player.  No reason at all not to get it out and play with it.

Depending on just how much you want to play with it, maybe a little money into it to fix the Barrel to Cylinder gap and permanently fix the base pin wobble.  Being a [arts gun you already know it's not financially worth a full restore.  Fun gun fer CAS for sure!!
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