The Original Lumpy Gritz
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1 hour ago, Last Call Saul said:
I just picked up a Bond Cowboy Defender 357/38. It's pretty heavy to coxk.... anyone slicks them up?
1911 hammer springs work in a Bond.
Trim as needed.
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Our primary Doc is a D.O. with Cox Health.
Very happy with him.
Never had a D.O. until we moved to Missouri.
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Use a dab of copper anti-seize on the threads.
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Wonder what the battery life is?
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16 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:
Not cheap....... I could build this for under a $100 bucks here. If you buy one of these, do ya just whack it in the back of ya truck? -
And the used ones are even cheaper
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Hint, never take your Rolex to any jewelry store that is not Rolex certified.
Yes, they will record the serial number and it goes to the main Rolex data base.
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1 hour ago, Dapper Dave said:
Opening this gun is STIFF...egads it's stiff.
Ken Griner will fix that.
Let him do it! You'll thank me later.
Love my Longhunter CZ and it opens easily.
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1 hour ago, Calico Jack said:
I will take a gander at it and do some more research.
Is the Dillon 550 the “buy once, cry once” path for reloading?
Yes, best CS ever.
Been run'n a 550 since 1987, load 14 calibers.
The 550 is the KISS of all progressive presses.
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2 hours ago, Smokin Gator SASS #29736 said:
For someone starting shooting matches it's pretty easy to set up a single stage press and load a few hundred rounds per month. Buy your shotshells.
That gets old real fast!
Look hard at a Dillon 550.
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1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
Those shown above were the first few I did with the new pre-crimp die. I ran 48 all together, (I fumbled two hulls in the pre-crimp station and they couldn’t be salvaged) and it generally worked very well.
These are made up from a number of different components because a perfect wad for this load wasn’t readily available. It took a few extra steps to assemble them, (I experimented with several different combinations to get the stack right) so I really can’t give a useful report on the time required.
The adjustable charge bar is fantastic!! I was able to set the powder drop for a consistent charge in a matter of minutes. The same is true for the shot drop! I checked weights at random intervals, not exceeding ten shells, during the run and half a dozen times each before I built the first shell! Ballistic Products sells the one I’m using and I highly recommend it.
Before I did the full run, I built half a dozen shells using the old six fold pre-crimp die to test fire the load. This gave me a chance to test the load and to run the automatic primer feed and depriming and sizing stations when I reloaded those six shells. I’m more than satisfied!
NOTE: I tried to skive the used shells so that I could change the crimp. It wasn’t really successful as the six fold crimp remained after skiving, so those shells were not as pretty as the rest.
I think I will order another bag of fifty primed hulls and make up fifty more rounds. I have plenty of the rest of the components and I can use the experience. It’ll take me a year or more to use ‘em up and I SHOULD be able to locate the proper wad in the meantime!
Great write up and pictures, TNX!
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Buffalo Arms Company is showing. 45-110 in stock
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You SURE about .45-110?
Don't see it listed.
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5 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:
Hmm... Good question. I never really watched it. Are you suggesting that the mag spring might be weak?
Yup, and dirty/rusty inside of the tube.
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23 minutes ago, SouthwestShooter said:
Been using Choice since they started SASS/COWBOY loads. Great ammo, and I believe they have gone back to federal primers. They passed out a coupon at EOT...I think it's for 15% and is SASS2025 I think. WINDY...
Her ammo works in a '92, I've seen it first hand.
You should at least call her.....
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2 hours ago, The Rainmaker, SASS #11631 said:
I, also, have a good amount of Starline brass, some of them I bought shiny new. I find that since I started wet tumbling (hot water, car wash and wax, a scoop of Strat-O-Sheen and a small squirt of Lemishine), I'm getting more splits than I ever have. Its frustrating to punch out brass from my pistols, that I know can't have more than two or three loadings on, and find a big ol split in the side. I do like how the brass comes out using wet tumbling but the splits are garbage. On a side note, my daughter had a squib with one of her .38s in her Marlin and when she inspected the brass, it was full of "tumbling mud". Take the extra second to look down into the case; you don't want to have to drive that slug out of yer barrel! PITA!
Make sure none of your tumbling components contain Ammonia.
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Get ahold of Scarlett Darlin. She's a SASS ammo maker.
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1 hour ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:
Oh, I cleaned the tube when I got the gun. Wasn't really all that dirty to begin with.
How strongly does the magazine feed ?
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2 hours ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:
There were a few failures to feed. A round did not come out of the magazine a few times. It never jammed, but once or twice it "felt" a little clunky. But not all the time.
I wonder if the well documented magazine liner would help.Why not do a heavy duty clean on the magazine tube, follower and such?
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2 hours ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:
Okay
NICE!
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Well stated!
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If the timer wouldn't 'read' a round from a rifle. Then is sure as heck wouldn't 'read' a handgun.
Up your load some and keep shoot'n!
Please post pictures of the rifle.
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1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
Yeah! The case gauge says the rounds were good. This gun has been a pain in the butt from the beginning!! Those same shells dropped in and out of my two TOZ66 hammer doubles without issue!!
I’m not sure that an exorcism wouldn’t be the next step!!
It’s not a big deal with the Baikal. I have quite a few other 12ga shotguns of various descriptions.As to the 10ga, my new smokeless load is probably as soft as a cylinder bore 12ga with Featherlight AAs! The “regular” Black Powder load might be even milder! I should probably explain that the gun is an artillery piece! I think it weighs eleven pounds! (That’s only a very slight exaggeration) 😎
Try the hone and follow up with a tight fitting mop and lots Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound. Use a low speed on your drill motorfor this.
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1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
I made it safely!!
My rifle/pistol loads are really hot! They’re a handful in the Blackhawk, but if I do my part they’re accurate and NASTY effective! My Black Powder load is just exactly what it always has been. The Dillon 750 is producing the same exact everything that I am used to. All “A”s on that ammo!
The ‘92 carbine is pretty nice! It can use some smoothing out, but I expected that. It handles those screaming .45s well and is pretty accurate! I cut a six inch scrub sapling practically in half with five rounds!
The 10ga double will need the chambers polished. The brass shells still don’t quite drop out like they should, but the new smokeless load is a winner!! “B” for the gun. “A++” for the new ammo combo! I will be running fifty new ones later this weekend and ordering another 50 primed hulls the first of the week!
I took my 12ga semi automatic just to try a couple of rounds of some #1 shot 3” shells. They worked fine! The magazines still need a little tweaking, but there’s enough there to cycle the bolt and reset the trigger. “B-“ for the gun. “A+” for the new shell combo!
NOW! The 12ga shotgun I took is a Baikal hammerless that I got from my brother-in-law when he passed. It has been to two very competent local cowboy gunsmiths, one who passed away before he finished it and another to complete the work. I have used it a time or two on a couple of stages and except for not opening like it should, it has worked pretty well. That damned thing refused to cooperate at all! It chambered the first couple of the paper shells, but wouldn’t quite close and latch. The shells had been full length sized and they dropped back out without issue. I put a single shell in the left barrel and it worked and fired fine. I dumped the shell and tried the other barrel and it refused to close again. I dumped that shell and dropped in a couple of standard AAs and it closed and fired the right barrel but not the left!! I loaded a couple more reloads and it fired them okay, but the next pair both showed light primer strikes the first time and then fired on the second try. All of these were smokeless rounds and the gun was cleaned thoroughly just last night! I got pretty frustrated and parked the shotgun with a promise that it’s going out to Johnny Meadows as soon as I can get it in line! That gun gets an “F-“ !
The ammo that I got to try was fine! I reckon I’ll get out one of my trusty hammer doubles and see how the rest of the samples do on another day! I’ll the staff I got to try a solid “A”
Having been laid up for so long, I was ready to call it a day and get back to the house under the A/C!
SURE WAS GOOD TO GET OUT AND BUST A FEW CAPS!!
Do you have a case gauge to confirm SG shell fitment?
A brake cylinder hone works well on 10 & 12 gauge chambers to clean them up.
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Pistol Front Sight
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Get some low-temp silver solder from Brownells.