Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933
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5 hours ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:
silver haired old fellow
Were you looking in the rear view mirror?
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You only need a bullet sizer if you are going to cast your own bullets.
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No one except you knows what "action work" was done. So based on what you have said the first thing to try is to tighten the mainspring strain screw to give the mainspring a little more tension.
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As Garrison Joe noted every decease in shot weight will have less recoil at the same velocity. Most CAS loads are very light and well below any published data. So they do not recoil as much in the first place and going from 7/8 to 3/4 oz may have no perceptible difference in felt recoil. Here is a recoil calculator. Leave the wad weight and powder charge as is and plug in your other data for a comparison. You will have to accurately weigh you gun as this is a major factor especially for light CAS loads.
http://www.omahamarian.org/trap/shotshellenergy.html
P.S. the calculator is decimal. So if your gun weighs 7 and 3/4 pounds you must write the weight as 7.75 pounds
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This comes up every so often. I have lots of firearms reference books and NONE of them say that 12 gauge Model 97s were ever chambered for 2 5/8" shells. They all say ALL 12 gauge Model 97s where chambered for 2 3/4" shells. 16 gauge guns WERE chambered for 2 5/8" shells up until mid-1929. I.e., up to serial numbers in the low 800,000s. 16 gauges were serial numbered along with the 12 gauges but only about 10% of Model 97 production was in 16 gauge. After 1929 the 16 gauges are all chambered for 2 3/4" The suggestion that old 2 3/4" chambers are shorter than "modern" 2 3/4" shells is BS. Shotgun chambers are measured by the length of the FIRED shell. 2 3/4" is 2 3/4" regardless of the crimp used. The forcing cones may be more abrupt in older guns compared to what is in vogue now. But the chambers are still 2 3/4".
P.S. Model 93s started with 2 5/8" chambers. However the last ones produced just before introduction of the Model 97 were also chambered for 2 3/4" shells.
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Take your calipers and measure the old sight. Most sights in the U.S. and those imported into the U.S. are a "nominal" .375 (3/8 of an inch). These vary widely and the chances that the dovetail in the barrel or the dovetail on the sight being a perfect .375" is low. Almost all require some fitting. Foreign guns or some U.S. guns may have something different. Only way to tell is to measure them. Remember do the fitting on the SIGHT as they are cheaper than new barrels.
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There is not likely to be more Trailboss so "replacement cost" is not really a factor. Remember the "one pound" cans of Trailboss are really only 9 ounces. So a five pound jug is almost 9 cans. The stuff will sell easily at $50.00 a can. So $450.00 for a five pounder would be a more than fair price.
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At Sunday's match it was 109. I was feeling a little weak during the fifth and sixth stages.
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Shotgun Boogie just got back from Germany and I went over to visit him. He brought back reduced power springs for the Miroku. They will be in a kit consisting of the trigger/safety spring, two carrier springs and a mainspring. He also had some solid firing pin extensions.
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You also got first hand advice from Ol Number 4 who is Mr. Slixsprings.
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Yep this is the time of the year when you have to make a tough decision - Swanson or Banquet.
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No because metric theads are like American threads. There are some standard coarse and fine sizes like 10-24 and 10-32 in the U.S. and 4 - .7 and 4 - .5 in the rest of the world. Then you have non-standard threads like Largo's 8-26 that were made for specific applications.
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Like everything there is a learning curve. You cannot use lead bullets with crayon lube as that will gum up the works. There are some bullets it does not like and you will get a few that are upside down. The 750 has some peculiarities and Mr. Bullet feeder sells parts to make the feeder work on the 750. The company is in Europe but they have an English language web site. https://www.doublealpha.biz/us/ Once set up you just pull the handle and go.
I have one on a Dillon 1050, 650 and even made a mounting bracket to put one on the new Frankford Arsenal X-10.
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4 hours ago, largo casey #19191 said:
I had a tap I needed a while back.It was a site screw for a 84 trapdoor with Buffington site.It was a 8-26.I found one for 150.00 but she gave me a better price.It was a shoulder screw so I needed to go back with the same.The only other people that use this thread size are Banjo makers.They have a hard time finding a tap.
Largo
Interesting but what does this have to do with the threads on a Uberti magazine tube or end cap plug?
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Bought some and loaded BP with them to see if it would make any difference. No different than any other primer with BP. 777 had some fouling problems with some modern inline muzzleloaders. The special primer was supposed to help with this fouling. With real BP it makes no difference.
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Nice story but like a lot of owner stories is BS. Serial number 1 was produced in about September of 1850. None were produced in 1849. By the time they got to serial number 1100 it was certainly no prototype. The notch on the top of the arbor ended at about serial number 1250. So it is a rare 1st Model Squareback but no prototype.
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I remember when the 170 degree rule was a big deal with cross draws and reholstering pistols. The ROC proposed a new way of holstering pistols. I found the old videos for those that want to learn a little SASS history. On paper and in the first video the "Circle of Safety" concept sounded good. Then when people saw the part two video it became jokingly referred to as the Cone of Death. Watch if you want otherwise skip to the next post.
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A lot of gunsmiths charge more if you stay and "help."
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18 minutes ago, Seminole Sam said:
I fired a few commercial upland loads and they were WAY more powerful.
You seem bound and determined to make loading shotshells as difficult as possible. That is fine, it is a learning curve. Remember the rules - Magnum and high velocity shotgun shells are not allowed. Upland loads are way OVERKILL for cowboy shooting.
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Who the hell knows?
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26 minutes ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said:
However, you will find crimps (if you have any) getting too brittle after many reloads. Some of us (me included) toss plastic hulls after a single firing with black powder.
OP you did not state what type of shotgun you are using - lever or double (pumps are not legal in BP categories). If it is a double shooting a hull until it has had multiple trims is not a good plan. Doubles cannot have ejectors so you must be able to shuck the empties. BP makes the case mouth real crispy real fast. I am like Edward. Shoot um once and toss them. Shotgun hulls are free or cheap and are EXPENDABLE.
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10 minutes ago, Erasmus said:
I've never measured what a 7/8oz shot dipper of 2F comes out to, but some quick googling says it's about 60 grains (4.0cc). Less powder would probably pattern even tighter.
Since it is still hot as hell in Phoenix and I am bored I just filled a 7/8 bushing with BP and weighed it. The only 2F I had around was some old Elephant brand BP. 60 grains +/- was pretty darn close.
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Jeep Brand Vehicles Problems??
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I had a Jeep Liberty (1st Gen) that was metallic white and had chrome wheels. It was gorgeous and I never had a problem with it. I gave it to my daughter and when she came out from work one day it was gone. No doubt now cruising around somewhere south of the border. As previously noted the big problems are with the plug in HyBrids. My buddies wife has a Grand Cherokee and it went belly up about a month ago. Biggest dealer in the Dallas area said they would not even be able to look at it until mid-November.