Abilene, SASS # 27489

Those stocks have been rarer than hens teeth. Is yours cracked or broken? I laugh every time I see Dragon Hill Dave's TTN, the stock is in several pieces but he has it wrapped with rawhide and it somehow still works!

Yeah, I fit most of them, too.

I was merely doing a public service by showing how these old unarchived posts can show up. But I guess while we're on the subject, this is before/after on a Thunderer grip. Citristrip, Minwix dark walnut stain, then Ballistol for the oil finish.

Could someone have been using those high-brass Express hulls to reload their CAS shells?

El Hombre Sin Nombre hasn't visited the Wire in a year and hasn't posted in 4 years. Maybe he will be alerted to your post.

Thanks! Much better than Alliant's online data which shows maximums only. I found the manual very quickly online and downloaded it. https://www.alliantpowder.com/resources/catalog/alliantpowder-reloadersguide/offline/download.pdf edit: dang it, I take it back. That one I found has "Cowboy Action Load data: but it still just shows maximums. Here's the 2005 manual that Dave showed above, but this resolution is not very good: https://www.castpics.net/LoadData/Freebies/RM/Alliant/Alliant_2005.pdf Okay, finally, ignore those above two links, this one has good resolution: https://marvinstuart.com/firearm/Manuals/Reloading/Vendor Supplied Load Data/Alliant Powder Reloaders Guide - 2005.pdf

I remember that article.

Well if you are going to wear it out and about then you need a bowling shirt to go with it.

Just some heads up for those still looking. Starline has their 38-40 brass on backorder status right now, and Midway has Starline 38-40 and 32-20 in stock. Also, Natchez has Federal SPP for $69.99/K which is the lowest I've seen in a while.

Lowes doesn't carry that any more. Searches show DuPont making a couple of different silicon with teflon sprays, one white and black can and one red and black.

When I was doing a search on the Wire a couple of 2017 posts came up including this one, and doesn't say archived at the bottom. So I guess this is how some old posts get revived by un-archived ones showing up in Wire searches. You may now ignore this thread, as all the photobucket pictures are gone anyway.

Hmm, has anyone made a gun cart from a (non-riding) mower?

Long ago I loaded some 45 Colt in new unsized brass and you could twist the bullet in the case.

This is a reach, but...resizing was never mentioned. You ARE resizing that once-fired brass, right? Not accidently using a .45 sizer die which decaps but doesn't touch the case? It could happen.

Yeah sure, but if you just buy the new revolver then you don't have to mess with all that time-consuming cylinder swapping back and forth.