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CAS City Classifieds / ISO 12ga coachgun - want to trade
« Last post by Ghostdevilguy on April 13, 2024, 01:22:24 PM »
I'm looking for a 12ga coachgun

I'm mostly looking to trade,
I have;
1941 turkish mauser
S&W no dash 586 with a 4" barrel

I would only consider trading the S&W for a nice one. I'm located in AZ and will ship
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The Darksider's Den / .45 Cowboy Special
« Last post by LonesomePigeon on April 13, 2024, 09:27:08 AM »
Yesterday I went to the range and one of my range buddies was there with a Uberti 1875 Remington single action revolver chambered in .45 Colt. It also had an extra cylinder chambered in .45 ACP. He said he said the .45 Cowboy Special fits perfectly in the .45 ACP cylinder and he was using it to fire the .45 CS. I did not know this was possible. Is it possible? Can you fire .45 CS from a .45 ACP cylinder? I keep thinking maybe I misunderstood my friend.
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Tall Tales / Re: April 1, Fooling around making the coffee & toast
« Last post by Silver Creek Slim on April 13, 2024, 07:11:23 AM »
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

'Tis 25 and sunny. High of 68 and sunny.

Slim
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The Darksider's Den / Re: A Poll about your bullets
« Last post by AntiqueSledMan on April 13, 2024, 04:28:01 AM »
Mako,

The picture of the tubing cutter isn't mine,
I just added it to show another method of putting s rolled crimp onto a case.

AntiqueSledMan.
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The Darksider's Den / Re: A Poll about your bullets
« Last post by Mako on April 13, 2024, 12:42:48 AM »
Mako, you could say this bullet is the 32-20 version for Johns 43-215C in relation to the 44-40. I'll probably contact Tom and see if he will add a description to it so people realize what it is. People are buying the original version John first put in the catalog without realizing we did an updated version.

Cliff,
That is good, like I wrote before, I hope to get something together we can compile and post adding it to the Dark Arts archive along with commentary.  A data base where we can send people and help them find the best bullets for what they are trying to do.  I know John wasn't averse to change, he realized he didn't have all of the answers and was always learning. So he would welcome improvements to anything he started.

There are so many molds in Tom's catalog now it is confusing and I don't understand why there are even some showing "0" sold.  Most people would look at the catalog and go for the 31-110C since there have been 29 sold not realizing the improvement with the 31-115D.  Your 31-115D is only a few thousandths from the max depth he would cut so there would be no need to make an analog of the .32 Big Lube mold, and you have a lube surface of .16 which is a good ratio to the bullet diameter.  I would assume it doesn't lead badly with the right lube.

Wasn't the Big Lube .32 caliber mold a lightweight bullets, somewhere around 80 grains?  I never paid attention to it, does anyone have the dimensions on it?  I think the only people who would be interested in it would be someone shooting the .32 Mag, the ogive on yours and Johns are better for feeding in a rifle like the Win '92, Marlin or Henry.  A '73 doesn't care what you have for feeding, but a loading ramp works better with the longer bullets.  The Snake Bite works better in my Daughter's Marlin and the longer ogive actually helps with guns intended for .357 mag.

I guess there are so many molds in his catalog because there a lot of people just want their "own" design which leads to the proliferation of catalog numbers.  Plus, Tom makes it easy to come up with a new design since they are actually all "one offs" anyway because the cavity profiles are CNC machined and he doesn't make "cherries" to cut the molds.  I for one will probably not have .44 design unless Tom will actually make a deeper groove that .03" for us.  There isn't any need, any variation would be to close to a couple that are already in the catalog to justify a different design.  The .38 is a different matter, there was nothing like it with a deep groove which we can get at .03", they all give up some of that depth in their designs.  I have recovered Snake Bite bullets and unlike the Mav Dutchman they seem to use most of the lube and I find them to be accurate out to longer ranges.

~Mako
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The Darksider's Den / Re: We're not at the grocery store, but "Paper or Plastic"
« Last post by Abilene on April 12, 2024, 10:26:48 PM »
Dave, you are shooting those out of an '87 though, right?  The silver base gun clubs would stick in a SxS I would think.

And on your AA hulls for annual matches, I'm surprised that your load would get a good crimp since it seems like the same load I use but I use 4.3cc of powder.  I do this in Remington hulls now but used to use AA's.

Mako, when I dropped my BP loads last year from 1 1/8 oz of shot to 1 oz, I started dropping a cheerio on top of the shot since the crimp would occasionally be a little concave without it and possibly leak shot.  Someone on the Wire mentioned he did that, and I already eat Cheerios so I had them handy.  :)
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DIY is pretty easy, just grind or saw off 1/8 to 3/16" and round the end a little then polish. 

I have one Pietta and changed the base pin to Uberti.
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Uberti, Pietta and other SAA Clones / Re: Uberti (Cimarron) Bisley
« Last post by Abilene on April 12, 2024, 10:13:26 PM »
Maybe someone will chime in who knows better, but I seem to recall a discussion a few years ago regarding Uberti changing from 2-piece to 1-piece grip frame on the Bisley.  The parts lists and diagrams still show a 2-piece but they could easily be out of date.
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The Barracks / Re: Reloading for a 03 Springfield
« Last post by Sedalia Dave on April 12, 2024, 09:44:29 PM »
For those shooting 13 grains of Red Dot.  What  bullet weight are you using and range setting are you using on the rear sight?

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