Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933

The current crew in Washington seems to have forgotten the Iraq/Iran war from the 1980s. Iraq had tanks, planes and men. They thought Iran would be a push over. Millions of religious fanatic Iranians armed with rifles and other small arms died by the thousands but would not surrender. After eight years the Iraqis finally manage to negotiate a ceasefire. We keep hearng Iran's army, navy, airforce and missle defense has been "wiped out." Yet they are still firing lots of missles. Will be interesting to see what happens.

ALL 12 gauge Model 97s had 2 3/4" chambers. Period. It is non-sense to argue that roll crimped 2 3/4" shells are shorter than modern 2 3/4" shells. The shells are measured in their FIRED condition. 2 3/4" is 2 3/4". The forcing cones are less abrupt on modern guns but the chambers are 2 3/4". (16 gauge Model 97s were 2 9/16" up until the late 1920s.)

The only P Trap worth worrying about.

You could also try this and use some blue remover to remove the blue. https://www.ebay.com/itm/127657887261?_skw=USFA+screw&itmmeta=01KM8VXKDD8EW803556G12CP16&hash=item1db900c61d:g:DbwAAeSw1u1pftN0&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA4GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDGgFlRwWktt4n6jqHYnPIbJivHhb9gFaqCCjG0jgc66apd0xiytmRwOM%2B7WExeqcObn10pJ6bSFg0IyPOvIlbg%2FoEvE0M%2Ba8bc9453zmaHuBKE4TOxJCfBX2DU7gsxcuV%2BzV%2BrLWBx%2BG%2F4LKqN5Kzjn0EZ7ExQFe6Kq4%2FMFU4hMiK3vW9Uk3qZ0MuZAbmYiS8pAWYaropFhQ3QdJdLaSC7lnmJ6KzpWhtvM5pWiWjkAw7T1DwfKVIrYB8YTmXtafpWIhsHIhqYthNNLoFEqQWN|tkp%3ABk9SR-y29puiZw

Most likely a Uberti since that is what the original USFA's were made from. If you have another Rodeo you can measure the threads with a thread gauge. If it were me I would buy the following: This is from Taylor's website. You can bead blast the stainless and it will match pretty close.

Here is one video. Remember graphite is DIRTY. Wear old clothes and gloves.

What does this mean? New shot? Reclaimed shot? Misc shot you are not sure of? Crap shot is crap shot. You can tumble it with graphite but unless you have a lot of it it might be cheaper and easier to replace it with decent shot. P.S. Check YouTube there are several videos on how to graphite shot.

You could throw them in a box with mine so we would have one pile instead of two. I suspect that when I expire these will wind up in the land fill. I threw out a dumpster full of trophies last year.

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Yul what are you looking for? Measures come with a variety of spouts and pretty much all of them have the same threads except for the Walker. As noted a 30 grain spout from one vendor is not always the same length as a 30 grain from someone else. Track of the Wolf lists the spout as 30 grains. I no longer remember which spout came with it. Again what are you trying to accomplish? Some samples:

The Hornady is just a visual indicator. You have to look at the powder depth rod on each round for it to be effective. The Dillon is an aural indiator. If the sound is outside your hearing range or the battery is not making good contact you will not hear or get a sound. The RCBS is a mechanical blocker. No powder or to much powder and you cannot pull the press operating handle. EVERYONE sooner or later makes a mistake.

To give it a fair shot I watched three episodes. I will not be watching anymore. It is pretty awful.

You won't know until you try but a word of caution. A 1991 is not necessarily the same as a current production model. Lots of dimensions have varied a little since then. The barrel may or may not clock properly.

If it is 20 years old the spring (13) will have lost a lot of its tension. #14 is nylon and is frequently cracked and #15 is just easy to loose. So buy all four.

On this diagram I would replace 2, 13, 14 and 15.

This rod is what adjusts how far the black thingy inserts the case. Screw the rod up and the case goes further into the shell plate. They are just plastic they do wear out and they are affected by dirt and lack of lube.

COWTOWN COWBOY SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION To all our faithful Members over the years Due to a new proposed contract agreement with the Cowtown Range, I felt the new plan was not beneficial to the Cowboy Shooters Family, so chose to shut down the club at this time and retire. It has been a lot of great years together and I thank you all for being a part of it. Regards and shoot straight, Barb Wire…

Because it will be so long for the caliber by the time you seat it so it will fit the magazine it will be encroaching way into the case. Bottom line is you can do what ever you want.

The normal range for .25-20 is from 60 to 86 grains. When I said what difference does it make I assumed you were trying to load bullets appropriate for the caliber. Hopefully you are not trying to load spitzer bullets. Update. I just checked an old Lyman loading manual and it lists the Model 92 as being 1-14".

What difference does it make? .25-20 only came with a small selection of bullets.

I was just looking at the page numbers. Wow part 44 is the bottom of the powder measure. You aren't going anywhere without that. Maybe try EBay and buy the whole measure.

There is no page 18 or 19. I used a Grand for years. Trying to figure out what part you are talking about.

Was on Coumadin for 20 years. Finally my doctor switched me to Eliquis. No more going to the clinic every two or three weeks for a blood test.

Zak at work and play.

I have been barely able to function since I heard this this morning. A couple of photos. A HUGE, HUGE loss to the SASS community. Zak at his happiest when he was working on Winter Range and working with the Rough Riders.