Quote from: Treeman on April 24, 2024, 02:15:02 PMThree months ago I was in a large local gun shop. I asked if they had a Chiappa spencer. He pointed to one hanging on the wall behind the counter. I'd missed it. He said it was new but had been hanging there for like 6 years. He said they'd sold a few and had them come back for repairs so they'd not put this one out to sell. It had been relegated to a wall hanging decoration. It still had the 2018 price of $1800. I told him to give me a deal and I'd buy it and never bring it back for repairs if there were issues. He gave me a handful of snap caps to try there in the store. They would not recycle reliably. That was good for me because he sold me the rifle for $1200 or so. I brought it home, read a lot here and loaded up a bunch of ammo. I used 255 grain hard cast Keith bullets from Missouri bullet co in my loads. Got them loaded at exactly 1.6 inches and started shooting. Trigger measured at 6lbs right out of the box. The first 100 rounds I had quite a few feed issues. I just kept shooting and learning how to manhandle the lever. Now that I have about 500 uno online rounds through it it's as smooth as glass. Took at least 150 rounds to get it to this point. The only issue I had was feeding the very last round from the magazine. I clipped a couple rings off the spring and that cured that issue.

A great opportunity has come to you, I wonder what will happen next??

Spiffing work!

Hmmm. LessieHoeger reported.

Obviously, the state is a Southern culture cornerstone, but the way some institutions label it is really strange. My work considers Texas part of the American West region, same as California, which tickles me a lot. A friend's company labels it part of the American East region. I've also seen people lump it with the Midwest because of its time zone. Colloquially, the funniest option was dividing the state at a 45 degree angle on the map, and the area on the left is the Southwest and the area on the right is just the South. What's the state to you?

Lyman 51 lists 73 winchesters as a group 1 Rifle (weak action reduced pressure loads)
200 grain JHP start load zUniqur 7.6 gr 865 fps max load 8.5 grains 981 FPS.

I would not shoot 8 grains of unique and a  225 grain bullet out of my Miroku 73. 

Do not believe a deer will know the difference between a 200 JHP and a 225 grain flextip but the rifle may well find the 225 grainer a bridge too far.

Quote from: Echoplex on March 28, 2025, 02:19:46 PMHi I have a Spencer Taylors reissue in 56-50 just wondering if anyone here does reloading for this
calb. I think I have a about 60 empty cases I got from buffalo arms when they would sell the reissue
56-50 ammo thanks Rob

Check Out the Spencer Shooting Society sub-group. Lots of good information.

Just bought a USFA Rodeo L535 nickel plated
From a coworker paid 800
I would like to post some pics if I can figure out how?

Thank you Abilene.

USFA is same parts as Uberti. Vtigunparts.com or any of the uberti importers.
 
Yes, you got a great deal. 

Hello all I recently purchased a USFA from a coworker it is a nikel plated Rodeo model with a serial number L535. I believe I got a pretty good deal at $800 but there's a catch there is no bolt in the pistol. I was wondering where I could purchase one?
I would like to post some pics too