Rancho Roy
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How many rounds would you put through your '73's before you would feel the need to do a deep clean?
Depends on caliber. I started Cowboy with 38-40......Would clean after 30-40 matches and the insides always looked like it was just cleaned! Now I shoot 38 Special. After one match the insides are a mess.....But I can get through 3-5 matches before a thorough cleaning. Until then, I simply turn rifle upside down in a gun cleaning rest and spray the dick'ins with RemOil and let it drain out. A blast or two of air from my compressor and I'm good to go! A quick bore patch or two if the spirit moves me....
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To make 38-55 brass from 30-30, just shoot 30-30 cartridges in your 38-55 chamber. There will be zero accuracy but the cases will form to your chamber perfectly. We did this all the time for the 7mmTCU in Thompson Contenders for Silhouette shooting. Fired 223 ammo in a 7TCU barrel.....
All vintage 38-55 need a bore slugged and a chamber cast. There are two lengths of 38-55 brass and the groove diameters are all over the map! Usually .379-.380 bullets will give good results in just about any 38-55.
Starline offers both length brass
Up until 1929, the 38-55 was the benchrest record holder.....Then the 222 Remington came out.....
Although 375 Winchester brass will easily chamber in a 38-55, do not load it! Bad things will happen in vintage firearms. Never understood why they didn't make the 375 cartridge just a bit longer so it wouldn't chamber in a 38-55....Infact, 375 brass is actually a tad shorter than 38-55!
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Bought some .379" cast bullets with gas checks and never looked back.
Can use Gas Checks in Cowboy Long Range matches.......
I stand corrected...Can Not be used in Match rifles/Revolvers.....That's where I got confused
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I use .381 in my Uberti 1885.......Shoots fantastic......9g Unique with 3/4 x 3/4" toilet paper wad stuffed down to hold powder against primer...under any 250g bullet. Recoil like a 22 Magnum and shoot lights out to 300 yds! I and others using my loads have won many competitions with this load in various 38-55 rifles. Pull trigger, eat a ham sandwich and wait for the "ding!"
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Thanks for putting on a great match. Was my first time and won't be my last. Shooting against some amazing shooters, I decided to go for a clean match as I didn't think I could compete in this arena. I got my CM and then my name was called for a category trophy. I was totally blown away! Easily one of the highlights of my SASS shooting career! Big and close is just so much fun! Wish more clubs would realize this......Thanks again!
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I've been winding down my collection for a few years now. 95% is sold on GB. I use my local gun dealer who photographs, posts, ships...all I do is drop them off. He gets 20%. Well worth it as I've yet to sell a firearm for less than 50% more than I paid for it. And many have sold for WAY more than I expected. Not as good of an investment than the stock market. But show me any other sport equipment that returns 2-3x(+) what you paid for it after using it for 20+ years.
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Which one and where?
Heritage Arms in RI hasd a shelf full two weeks ago. They said they will be getting it regularly now.
Last week I was at Cabelas in Hamburg PA and I couldn't believe the reloading supplies! Federal small and large pistol primers stacked up on the shelf for grabbing! Huge powder inventory.
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I think Unique's gotten about as scarce as Trail Boss....
It just recently showed back up on shelves here in New England. A fantastic all around powder that can be used in just about everything from 38sp to 38-40 to 44-40 to 45ACP to 38-55 to 45-70.....a great Cowboy powder
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Certainly in in Wild Bunch?
Mossberg 590 Retrograde 12 gauge
20” parkerized barrel.
MSRP $688
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I'm in!
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I'M IN! Looking forward to it!
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This is what it says on the web page.....
"April 11-13, 2023 Belton Gun Club 153 Range Road (153 P-19-15) Belton, SC 29627"
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Are there still openings available?
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Wet Tumble Discovery....Did a bunch of black powder shooting yesterday. I usually clean my brass in a wet tumbler with a dash of Dawn dish detergent, Lemshine and stainless steel pins. I was in a hurry and had no Dawn or Lemshine available, but I did have Hornady "One Shot" Sonic Cleaning Solution. I put a couple table spoons full with about three cups of water and I forgot to add the pins. After two hours of tumbling the brass came out way better than anything else I ever used! Amazing how clean the inside was. And no PITA separating the pins from the brass! My new GO TO for brass cleaning!
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Thank you! Good info. And yes, I should have put the components in order…
Thanks Doc!
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1 hour ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:
Use real BP.
Difficult to find here in MA...Need to take a ride to NH or Maine
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An interesting point about powder charges ....Weight vs Volume.... I shot Benchrest Rifle for many years. No one uses weight for their incredibly accurate charges...Most use a Culver scale that throws by volume...Trickle charging to obtain PERFECT weight in a modern rifle cartridge is a waste of time......Always made me laugh seeing new BR shooters adding two or three specs of powder to a 6BR or 6PPC cartridge....
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35 minutes ago, Still hand Bill said:
Black powder is confusing as it’s a weight, but that weight is volume. Modern equivalents are less dense and get measured by volume that is equivalent to the same weight in real black powder. Get a Lee dipper set or a black powder measure for loading muzzle loaders. Once you get the volume correct, then measure the weight and use that if you want to measure by weight. Say 60g of black powder, and you are using APP or Black MzL, it may only weigh 45 grains for the same volume.
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank You!
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60g by volume
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Another question......How many wasd is too many? To get a good roll crimp on a 2.75" shell, I need two 1/2" and an 1/8" ( 1 1/8 oz Shot)
Here is what I'm using
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Confirm volume weight with a scale
Are you sure? 60g of Pyrodex by weight is way more powder than Black by weight. (Here in Massachusetts getting real BP is very difficult. I have a few pounds but I'm using it in long range rifles)....Pyrodex is MUCH lighter. And we always used the substitutes by the same volume that we would use for Black....Black Powder is just about the same, weight and volume....70g of BP by weight is just about 70G by volume. Not so for the substitutes....
Very confusing....
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8 minutes ago, Hoss said:
Track of the wolf sells a nifty booklet on loading 10G shotguns. Well worth the price.
I bought it a couple years ago....Do you think I can find it now!...
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I just starting to load Black Powder 10G shotgun shells. A few folks sent me their pet loads....They are specifying powder in GRAINS.....Is it weight or volume. Was salways volume with muzzle loader rifles..... But before I do something stupid....Gotta ask!
Questions about .38-55
in SASS Wire
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THANK YOU! I stand corrected! Now I'm going to use gas checked bullets as all my "buffalo" rifles shoot much more accurately when using Gas Checks