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Posts posted by Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933

  1. I am no longer familiar with who does SKB work east of the Mississippi.  Go to the FAQs and look at the Cowboy Gunsmiths thread.  Solicit some suggestions on who is ACTUALLY doing SKB work and check the list.  You should only need to send the barrels and no FFL is needed.  It can go USPS, UPS, FedEx as it is just a part and not a gun.  As you have found out for a one shot repair the cost of materials is about what a lot of smiths would charge for the repair.

     

     

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  2. I do not post much any more but want to make sure you do not ruin your gun.  Do not use silver solder as the heat required would melt the solder holding the barrels together and probably ruin your barrels.  Welding is also not a good repair method.  The barrels are soft soldered.  For the repair use soft solder or at most use low temp Hi-Force 44 from Brownells.  This is a fairly common problem with SKBs and Johnny Meadows, Boomstick or any of several other SASS smiths that work on SKBs should be able to fix it.  In all candor Briley might not even do the job once they see SASS hacked barrels and funneled chambers.  Plus the cost would be high.  Here is the typical set-up.  First photo is the separated lug.  After the part is cleaned and retinned and the joint fluxed the lug is placed in the barrel.  An iron rod is placed on either side of the lug and the barrels wrapped with soft iron wire.  These act as heat sinks.  Apply heat to the area and the solder will melt and flow.  The repair usually does not require reblue as the temps are relatively low.

     

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  3. Was reading this thread and went over to the local Cabellas today.  The gun I wanted was sold but they had this little fella.  I have some of that modern made Brazilian .41 ammo so I figured what the hell and bought it.  When I got home and checked it out more closely it was sort of a good news bad news situation.  The barrel address was unusual as it was stamped into the side ribs rather than the top rib like most other Remingtons I have looked at and owned.  Upon further inspection it dawned on me that it does not have an extractor on the left side.  Turns out it is a very early 1st Model.  That may be good news.  However this means this one was made in the late 1860s of low quality steel/high quality iron.  The Brazilian modern made smokeless ammo has more pressure than the old BP rounds so not safe to shoot in this early model.  It is in better shape than the photos tend to show and was a hell of a deal for $190.00 plus tax.  Everything works and the top hinge (a weak point in the originals) shows no sigh of cracking.

     

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  4. With a "Kirst Konversion 1851 signature series Colt Navy" the issue is not the forcing cone.  51 Navy bore diameter is .375".  .38 Special and modern .38 Long Colt use .357/.358 bullets.  You do not want hard .357 bullets rattling down a .375 bore.  Most people use soft lead hollow base wadcutters that expand to fill the bore.  There are also a few bullet makers that offer other bullet style hollow base .38s.  Here are a couple of examples.

     

    https://www.precisiondelta.com/products/38-cal-148gr-hbwc-ml/

     

    https://www.bearcreeksupplybullets.com/bulletselection

     

    https://www.hornady.com/bullets/handgun/38-cal-358-148-gr-hbwc#!/

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  5. 14 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:

    It adds 5 seconds to the start of your browsing session; if your time is so valuable that you cannot afford the extra 5 seconds, so be it.

     

    My browsing session is 30 seconds during commercials many times a day.  Right now once logged in I stay logged in.  My question was is this going to change?  I have numerous sites I visit.  The only ones that have two factor authentication are generally those having to do with money.  Banks, IRA, retirement accounts, etc.  I have never run into an enthusisst or hobby site with 2FA.  How valuable my time is is no one's business but my own.

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