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Lead Monger

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  1. Pietta base pins work in an Uberti and Belt Mountain pins work great also.
  2. Agree that assistance is always offered for the physically impaired to participate. That is not the case here. This is a political situation.
  3. This happens at my club all the time. An adult is routinely allowed to use a 410 shotgun. The 410 will not reliably knock down the shotgun targets so the targets are brought closer to the firing line. Sometimes in line with the pistol targets at about 7 yards. Now everybody gets sprayed with birdshot. Move the shotgun targets to 10 yards or beyond and the backsplash is greatly reduced or eliminated. Again the 410 shooter is upset because some targets may not go down. Never a problem with 20 gauge or larger.
  4. There is extremely light recoiling ammunition available for the 12 and 20 gauge and light weight firearms to handle those gauges are available as well. What’s the point in reducing the caliber requirement? Where does it end? Why don’t we just shoot 410s and rimfire?
  5. I’ve just begun to play with the Cowboy 45 special using a 45 Colt sizer and a ACP taper crimp seater. A 180g RNFP on top of 4.0g of Red Dot works pretty well.
  6. When casting 405, 500 and 535 g bullets I have much more consistency using a ladle. Most of the smaller bullets I cast get pored from the bottom of the pot with acceptable results.
  7. PGW Super Short stroke kit with light weight carrier and lightened springs.
  8. You can also look at Slippery Bullets sight. They list a few 38 cal bullets without crimp grooves.
  9. Plus 1 to Cholla. However. There has been recent discussion on the CZ Sharptail and slicking that double up for our game. It’s a really nice shotgun. Outside hammers will be a little bit slower but the CZ Hammer classic is a very nice gun as well.
  10. I was loading .32 S&W in new Starline cases a couple weeks ago. Using Remington primers I had no problems at all.
  11. Any recipe for venison you like should work fine. Caribou recipe as well.
  12. I have removed the stock so I can shorten the length of pull for my wife. This is the last opportunity I’ll have too mess with your head. This is the overtravel with a rod length of 3.630” and the second pic is the other side at 3.631”. Easy does it.
  13. This is very interesting. I have two of the Cimarron 1878 12 gauge 20” hammer guns in the house. Wife and I use them as backups mostly. These are maybe 2 years old, have not been shot a lot and have functioned without complaint. I have lightened the springs also. The odd thing is these guns are marked Cimarron with no embellishments and blued not case colored. The only other marking is on the water table. Stamped in is Daudsons Armoury Peshawar, Pakistan. I wonder how many sources Cimarron uses for the same model?
  14. Keep the 535 and buy another mold for your rifle.
  15. If this helps. My final number for the cocking rods after squaring and polishing both ends is 3.630” and 3.631. This gives about 0.025” over travel. Looking at your pictures I would knock off about 0.002” at a time and check the operation. Remove both rods when checking so one doesn’t interfere with the other. I think you are within 4 or 5 thousandths and it does make a difference in how the action hangs open.
  16. I ground the wide part making the spring thinner. I polished the sides smooth but did not narrow them. It is important to keep the spring thickness uniform as possible so the entire spring does the work. A thin spot will do most of the flexing and fatigue early. If memory serves, those springs have some taper. Maintain that taper.
  17. I used a drum sander on a Dremel tool to thin both legs of the springs on two different CZ Hammer Coach guns. Very successfully. Use long, full strokes the length of the spring. Do not allow the spring to get too hot to couch. I used an electronic trigger pull scale to test the spring strength before and during the grinding. You can use stones to polish the springs and remove scratches. One leg of the spring controls the hammer force and the other leg is for rebound. If the rebound leg is too strong it can cause light strikes and FTF so both legs have to be worked together.
  18. If you look closely at the interaction between the hammer, cocking rods, sears, hammer spring guide rods and firing pins you can see clearly that; 1. The cocking rod length has nothing to do with where the hammer comes to rest after firing. The rod only controls how far the hammer is pushed back when the action is open. 2. The length of the hammer spring guide rod and the firing pin spring control the position of the hammer after firing. The guide rod is adjusted to allow the hammer to rebound slightly so the firing pin can retract under the force of its spring. If the hammer is held against the receiver wall the firing pins will protrude through the breech face.
  19. I like to use double A plastic hulls with 50g of GOEX 2F and 1oz of shot. Easy to load. They fall out of the gun and it doesn’t make me cry when they get stepped on. A regular star crimp works just fine but you can trim and roll crimp the shells if you like.
  20. I just don’t see the problem here. If you want to shoot a revolver in each hand you have to use each hand. All the time. Practice, practice to develop the muscle memory and the proficiency will come. No matter which shooting style you choose, practice is the key to being accurate, smooth and fast. Please don’t create another category.
  21. I shoot Double Duelist all the time. Sometimes my week hand throws a bullet way over there but most of the time it shoots where I’m looking. The strong hand flubs once in a while also. Practice, practice until that doesn’t happen. Double Duelist should be more versatile than single when you think of all the different scenarios and transitions. And practice some more.
  22. Pedersoli Quigley Sharps in 45-120 to handle the light work.
  23. Received a box of Cowboy 45 Special brass from Starline today. Can’t wait to give it a try.
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