Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933

Cylinder gas ring. Arrow. Modern S&W Schofilds (and Uberti) are flat on the front so gases and dirt blow directly on the base pin.

Yes. The reproductions donot have a gas ring on the front of the cylinder and gum up with real black fairly quickly. Without a gas ring to block the blast the gases from the cylinder gap between the barrel and cylinder blow directly onto the cylinder base pin.

This map is the only time I have seen SASS release membership numbers. It would be interesting to see what they are in 2026.

You should read the prior posts as you suggestion has nothing to do with the topic.

Anyone who would try to ID powder from a photo is a (fill-in appropriate nasty term).

I shoot duelist and like the lower hammers. Difficult? My advice is always that "drop-in parts drop-in until they don't." Most of the time if the installer has basic knowledge of Colt style single actions they go in with relative ease. Once in a while they are a PITA.

I ordered two when AWA was at Winter Range years ago. They were early models and were not made by ASM. They were made by Mateba. Neither worked. I sent them back and forth to AWA several times and finally gave up.

Are you talking about the Divisional shoots?

Guys remember that the OP has "short stroked" Marlins so suggesting loading the rounds long is not necessaryily the solution. He has already noted that loading the rounds shorter helped. Short stroking a Marlin is not like short stroking a toggle link. The links are between the lever and the bolt. On a Marlin the lever is directly connected to the bolt. I have not messed with one for a number of years so I have forgotten some of the details but basically the only way to short stroke a Marlin is to limit how far back the bolt can travel. This requires altering the carrier so it will rise faster, etc., etc., etc. There are only a few smiths that do these conversions and they are built around a round of a certain length.

It leaves you following Lawdog's advise. First have a smith familar with Marlin timing check the carrier to make sure it is within specs. And look at any other parts that were modified in an effort to see if those parts have worn. After you are sure it is mechanically OK then experiment with different OALs and different bullet shapes.

If you have short stroked Marlins you should contact whoever did the conversion. When they are short stroked they are set up for a particular OAL.

Is he from Minnesota?

Why is it that when ever an animal does animal things the first thing that happens is they kill the animal.

Should have been charged with murder.

A .451 throat on a .45 is not undersized.

From the photos it looks like some of that pitting is deep. .45 Colt cylinder walls are pretty thin. I would be reluctant to grined off enough material to eliminate those pits and still have a safe gun to shoot.

I have cut down several of them. I started with a 28" and cut two inches at a time off until I got to 22". At that point the gun was pretty much perfectly balanced. I have cut some down to 18 1/2". It handles well but is a little butt heavy. The most popular length seems to be between 20" and 22",

So sad. I enjoyed his gun videos.

From the new map it appears California is no longer the premier SASS state.

Oh, .451" is about perfect. Original specs for the .45 Colt was for a .454" bore diameter. The .45 ACP was .451. After WWII the industry standardized the .451 diameter for both.

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Shotgun bushing charts are simply approximations to get you in the ball park. They have to be verified by weighing.

This photo shows an interesting bit of history. Some call this the Alaskan model reasoning the enlarged trigger guard was to accomodate gloves. Actually the enlarged trigger guard was to accomodate a lengthened trigger. See arrow. The purpose? These were purchased to issue to Philapino troops but many could not pull the trigger because of the horrible action. So Colt lengthened the trigger to give more leverage so the troops could shoot them and the larger trigger guard was added to accommodate the longer trigger.

The first time in 2012.

Yes, Ruger made a SxS. For those that have never seen one here is a shot. They were called the Gold Label. Very scarce. Now they are collector items.