Tom Bullweed

It has a design defect with the frame-mounted safety, sitting under the shooter's right thumb and pushed down for safe, exactly opposite the great 1911.

I bought one 6.5 and one 7.7 in the late 1980s when Rose's sold milsurp guns for $50-$100. Neither was as fun or cheap to shoot as my many SMLEs or Swedish Mausers. Japan didn't have enough large hardwood trees, so the buttstock is a two-piece dovetailed situation. These were known to splinter or break during hard use.

Sirius XM has an oldies radio stories channel. The Gunsmoke show where was wanted for murder was excellent and something that would not have been on 1950s TV. The Noir stuff is good and makes a long trip fly.

I had a similar issue about 1.5 years ago with a Ruger Birdshead .32 Mag. Sent it to Ruger on a Friday; got it back the following Wednesday. I accepted Ruger's offer for shipping for $60 for two-way Fedup and the repair was at no cost. There is not a better company anywhere, in any industry.

possible over-rotation while sliphammering?

Nineteen yeas of shooting cowboy-action and I have not learned why anyone would use the pistol outside of its design, would take a chance on over rotation (forcing a go-around of the cylinder), or shoot the pistola in the least accurate manner. But then, what do I know?

The actions and success of Henry, Rossi and now S&W just show that Marlin should have been a profitable success. It takes to be profitable than a good product.

The .44 Mag is a popular option for those hunting Jan/Feb season with straight-wall cartridges. My question is why 9+1 when 95+% of CAS stages require ten shots? Very poor market research if you ask me...

Yep on a complete teardown. I would pay special attention to the loading gate spring and pawl/spring.

Shooting .45 OMVs, and .45 Colt loads (200 gr over 5 gr of Reddot or 5.2 gr of Amer Select), I can run a Nevada sweep in Gunfighter in about 4.5 seconds. I am not bragging, just making a point. I am an average shooter, shooting medium loads, and know that half of the shooters will beat me with their skills, not lighter loads. Extremely light loads will have inconsistent combustion and may stick in longguns.

I believe that we were doing better as a nation when we had a challenge or enemy that was not us, like a Great Depression, Axis nations or the USSR. After getting past all of these, we now just fight internally and turn the greatest nation into a circus.

EAA imports the Girsan .380 that is a copy of the Beretta model 86 tip-up barrel for about $450. It is not as well finished as the Beretta but it is not $1500 either. You load the chamber by pressing down on a lever that tips the barrel. Very safe. Does not require cycling the slide. Easy to unload also.

$500 each. Please provide an address and I'll send a cashier's check. I'll even pat for shipping. Nice guns!

That's what I do. Shoot early in the posse and reload at the unload table with a press and pre-made loads.

35caliber.com is a gunsmith that specializes in reboring lever guns to .38-55. He was mentioned in a Handloader magazine.