I been threatened by members of my Posse to Brasso my Henry.   By Gawd Woodrow thems fightin' words!

  HoKay Deacon 

Based on some of yer own comments, electing 45 Colt would be a mistake.  The larger straight walled pistol cartridges WILL NOT obturate (expand) to seal the chamber under normal circumstances.  You WILL get Blow-By and it can get nasty.  With 45 Colt, especially Uberti with their "generous" chambers, you only have two choices for true happiness.  First up, Anneal your cases.  You said you don't want or intend to do that so go ahead and shoot yerself inna foot.  Next up is to fire form 44-40 cases to 45 Colt.  The thinner case mouth of the 44-40 case will seal the chamber nicely.  The cases will look some wonky at first firing but don't worry about that.  You do have to run a 45 expander die CAREFULLY thru the 44-40 case.

As an aside:  there are those who recommend a real BIG bullet and a real HEAVY load to fix the Blow-By of the 45 Colt.  Hog Wash.  That practice may mitigate it a bit but won't do anything but waste lead and powder and still leave ya with Blow-By.  Annealing and 44-40 cases are the only two effective solutions.

Next up is .38.  I'm not gonna say anything.  Just scroll back up and re-read MAKO's stuff.  Says it all and more eloquently than I.  Just pay attention to cartridge OAL in ANY '92.  And . . Get Steve Young's DVD and spring kit for the '92.

It appears that even the scalpers supply of Unique is drying up, and apparently, from what I have read, Alliant has suspended the production of all commercial powders due to a  shortage of guncotton (nitrocellulose).  I use Unique for a lot of things, but what I really need a very close substitute for it is for my .45-70 Cody Dixon loads.  In my Trapdoor carbines, with a 300 grain bullet, any load over 10-11gr of Unique shoots over the 50 yard target at the lowest sight settings.   I have read that Universal and/or Universal Clays might be close to Unique in terms of speed/pressure.  Any thoughts?

Howdy Ironbadger,
I just checked https://stevesgunz.com and everything is fine on this end. This is on a Windows 11 laptop with McAfee security. Note that on the "Store" tab, the following message appears:

"Steve is currently experiencing some health issues.
He will be back in touch with his customers as soon as possible.
Also, shipping has slowed down during this time.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sari Young, Steve's wife"

I wish him well.

an excellent Winchester 1873 Short Rifle chambered in 45 Colt, sometimes referred to as 45 Long Colt or 45LC. Polished blue with a 20" barrel, bore is bright and rifling is crisp. Beautiful walnut furniture. The previous owner bought it to shoot Wild Bunch matches but since 38 caliber is legal now he no longer needed a 45 Colt rifle. He stated he used it for 4-5 matches and round count is about 250. Action is smooth as silk and the factory links are about the same as a 3rd generation short stroke kit that some shooters have installed in the Uberti 73's.There is a scratch on the left side plate, it's not deep but I mention it because nobody like surprises. Other than that it's like new. Ships in original factory box with manual.
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