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    Childhood dreams become reality

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    Speaking of old........ when I was young, I pronounced 'Dyslexic'....... (are you ready for this)........... LESDISTIK.

     

    P.S. - they had to invent the .22 rifle so that I could shoot up all the .22 ammo I buy.   😀

     

     

    ..........Widder

     

     

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    Childhood dreams become reality

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    Posted

    Psychologist, thru years of various studies, have concluded that a high percentage of childhood dreams turn

    into professional reality when the child grows up.

     

    For example, if your son or daughter played doctor during their childhood, its a good chance they will enter the

    medical profession as an adult.

     

    If your child likes to keep animals such as cats, dogs or even lizards and frogs, it a good chance he or she will

    be a veterinarian (Petinarian).

     

    Personally, as a child, I always dreamed of having a BB Rifle and as a teenager, I wanted a .22 rifle.   I always enjoyed

    shooting my grandpas and uncles .22 rifles when we visited in the country.  I now shoot .22 pistols and rifles all the time.

     

    So now, we can understand why TN Williams is such a big BOOB!  😀

     

     

    ..........Widder

     

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    Question - when can you touch SG loads?

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    As for an RO III manual, its in its initial stages of being finalized....... BUT, its not gonna be a 'manual' per'sey.

     

    I've been given a preliminary copy to proof read because of my xtroynary reeding skeels.

    Actually, I gut my copy in the male seemingly cent from PWB, although their seem two bee 

    sum nanner split drippings on it.

     

    ..........Widder

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    Waiting on the Fireworks to start

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    Way back when (I was in High School, mid 60"s), it was reported that Israel had adopted what they called the

    "Samson" doctrine.

     

    Basically, it was a doctrine that stated if they ever thought they were about to be annihilated, they would take EVERYONE

    with them.

     

    Personally, I don't know if this is true....... but I would sure hate to be a surrounding nation if things get nasty.

     

    ..........Widder

     

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    How many rounds to ‘Win’ ??

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    This is just my opinion.

     

    I would rank actual 'rounds fired' to get 'good' as a lesser priority than other aspects in our game.

     

    I know some champions, and some of them spend more time working on transitions than the amount of

    ammo they fire.   Actually, their 1 and or 2 shot drills are included in their transition work.

     

    Another key element..... your health and abilities, including eye sight.   You could be the fastest shooter in the game, but

    if you can't get from point A to point B real fast, your chances of winning are greatly diminished.

     

    And heaven forbid we neglect the MENTAL aspect of our game and reliable EQUIPMENT needed.

     

    Shooting is fun, wether it be with our single actions or semi-auto pistols.   But the number of rounds 

    sent down range does not necessarily equate to number of belt buckles acquired or wins.

     

    Thats just my opinion.

     

    ..........Widder

     

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    Out of the Rabbit Hole

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    Its not just the lunies and crazies we have to deal with in our government,

    but sometimes we have to deal with them here on the SASS forums.

     

    All we can do is be patient.  And be glad that the rest of us are sane...... 😀

     

    ..........Widder

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    ?Ideal projectile for .32 H&R Marlin 1894 & Single Sixes?

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    Posted · Edited by Widder, SASS #59054

    Longfoot,

    I'll try to share my personal experience with the .32 Marlin 1894  and the .32 Rugers.

     

    MARLIN:

    its a great rifle.  I been shooting one for nearly 10 years or more.   And, I have worked on nearly a dozen

    of them.  The only 'factory' problem I have encountered that was a bad gremlin is the size of the

    'PORTAL' hole.   The portal is the hole in front of the receiver where the bullet passes thru from the mag tube to the

    carrier.

    On every .32 Marlin I have worked on, the 'portal' was at minimal SAAMI specs from the factory and needed opening

    up a few .000's.   Because this hole diameter was of minimal size, sometimes the rim of a .32 case would get stuck inside 

    of it.   A good size for this hole is when the body (not the rim) of a .38 special case will freely fall inside this hole and freely

    fall back out.  Use an UNSIZED case.

    The timing on the Marlins is very gracious and everything from OAL of  1.310 up to 1.400 works great without jamming

    or feeding issues.   Anything longer than 1.400 don't have room to sit on the carrier correctly and the nose of the bullet

    can bump the edge of the portal when the carrier rises.   A little caution is advised when loading anything longer

    than 1.400.

     

    RUGERS:

    Great pistols.   I don't work on pistols so the info I share only relates to my personal pistols..

    The 'THROATS' of my chambers were cut a tad short and some of my reloads would not fully seat in the chambers

    using certain bullets and certain OAL.    Your mileage will vary so check out your reloads depending upon bullet

    styles.

    My 100 grain truncated flat nose bullets with OAL of 1.400 seated fine.   But my 78 grain round nose bullets

    with OAL at 1.325 did not.   Bullet design was the issue until I opened up my throats a few .000's.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Best regards

     

    ..........Widder

     

     

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    watchin perry masson ,

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    I like Perry Mason also.  Normally, I watch him at 9 a.m. and 11:30 pm here in E.TN.

     

    The name on that pistol grip was 'Bolar', if my memory serves me correctly.

     

    On a side note..... I really like feasting my eyeballs on Della.

     

    ..........Widder

     

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    If you could fly...... ?

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    Posted · Edited by Widder, SASS #59054

    If you could fly....... ya know, levitate and zoom around in the air by yeowndangself,....  and you had no other super powers

    to protect your skin, eyes, etc......... HOW FAST could a feller fly without burning up his skin from friction burns, etc.....or how

    fast could he fly without having some protective clothing?   I figured about 50 mph for short periods of time.

     

    If you could choose a super power, what would it be?

    I think I would want to have the ability to become invisible.   No matter what you did, good or bad, nobody would know

    you were involved.   Just imagine the places you could go, things you could see, scare the heck out of your enemies, etc.....

     

    ..........Widder

     

    Marlin 1894SS 38/357 Missfires

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    Posted

    High Spade Mikey,

     

    One more thought.

    Do you know if those misfires actually had a firing pin 'kiss mark' on them or no mark at all.

     

    I ask because its possible that if the hammer didn't make full contact with the firing pin, your CROSS BOLT safety

    could be slightly shifting.  Its an odd occurrence, but its still something that could cause this effect.

     

    Just a thought.

     

    Best regards

     

    ..........Widder

     

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    Marlin 1894SS 38/357 Missfires

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    Posted · Edited by Widder, SASS #59054

    And..... I vote 'A' for good reason:   the front of SOME springs can start to crawl over the collar of the hammer

    strut.   The washer prevents this.

    Even 1/2 of a coil can effect primer ignition, especially when its an older and weaken'd spring.

     

    Longhunter has good springs as well as the Palo Verde spring kit, which are very good spring kits.

     

    Because you've never experienced this situation before, I would not mess with the rear of the bolt at this time.

     

    There is a slight possibility that the 'cuts' in your firing pin might be off just a few .000's and not allowing the

    firing pin to move forward that last little movement.  This can be remedied by slightly lengthening those

    'scalloped cuts' a little at their rearward stopping area.   BUT, if your primer strikes look good and solid, 

    there is no need to mess with the firing pin.

     

    My guess is what Tell said.

     

    Best regards

     

    ..........Widder

     

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