Ruff Kut
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Thank you sir!
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Looking for a bit of help here. My phone went south on me and it had all of my contact info in it. Any chance someone could shoot me a number for Snake Oil George?
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This is several years back now, that I attended a match I had never been to before. This was when very open anti-muslim sentiments were raging in social media. We all know that SASS is a predominantly white Christian, right leaning sport, however, my wife is neither white nor Christian (Thai/Buddhist). There were comments made that were far out of line for any kind of public setting much less a match which drew people from all over the country. Although I understood the remarks were intended towards middle easterners and Muslims in general, the wife was really hurt and took them personal. Do you know who was the first one to pipe up and say things were out of line? The tiny cowgirl with the huge heart. Rest easy Allie. You will be missed but not forgotten.
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I would not want to speak for the SASS rules gods. I know a few people that do shoot them and have not had a problem.
My view, and this is my view alone, is that:
1) the Stevens Model 44 began production in 1893. The internals are different than the 44 1/2, but externally they look identical. The 44 1/2 began production in 1903. I would argue the Colt vs Ruger Vaquero standard sets the precedence that outward appearance is the same so it is allowable.
2) H&R Buffalo Classics, I believe, began production in the mid 1990s and are SASS legal.
3) Someone would be a complete wanker to say it is not allowable.Here is a previous thread where it was discussed.
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Long Range, like everything else in this sport, is certainly impacted by what your pocketbook can support. They are not cheap, and they are not fast since each one is basically a custom piece, but if I was getting into the long range business all over again from scratch? I would give CPA rifles a hard look. They are more expensive up front...BUT...let's say you pay the money and get that 40-65 and a year from now decide you really should have gotten a 38-55. With a CPA That will cost you $500 and 5 minutes to change calibers. Maybe you want to step up to a 45-120. Same thing. Each additional barrel/caliber is another $500 and it can be swapped at the range with hand tools in a couple of minutes. I have a Sharps and a Roller. If I had it all to do over? I would have a CPA.
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I had a box of shotgun reloading supplies I picked up a while back. Like old old shotgun reloading. Felt pads, wax sealed overshot cards etc. I bought the box of stuff mostly because all of the components still had the original boxes. Great display stuff. It had a few odd brass rattling around in it.
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I shoot 44-40 or 44 WCF.
Has anyone seen brass that was stamped 44 CFW before? Was a first for me today.
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You are fine. Let er rip. Shoot them, and as you said, run a bore snake through after each stage. I shoot real black, not substitute. I use poly coated bullets with no lube at all. It is just part of my routine now to give a little blast of ballistol or WD before the stage, and run a bore snake after, and my barrel is spotless at the end of the day. Burn em up and enjoy them.
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1 hour ago, Cliff Hanger #3720LR said:
Some years back I bought PW.
As a commercial reloader, I was hoping to increase my production rate.
Set the press up for AA hulls and loaded some 10,000 hullls.
When the buckets were empty I started on teh STS hulls.
THis did not go well.
I spent a day and a half readjusting the press to load STS.
Things where fine until I went back to AA hulls.
Again, I had to re adjust the press.
There is a slight difference in the hulls and the primers. (diameter and a shoulder)
I did this re adjusting for about a year.
I sold the PW press and went back to what I was using originally.
Life became good again.
I will say the PW press is one of the finest presses I have used.
It is just too sensitive for commercial reloading where there are so many different hull the customers bring in.
Set the press up for your favorite hull and stick with those hulls.
Use other hulls for trading or selling.
Thank you Cliff Hanger! That is exactly the kind of response I was hoping to get. I would think after so many years and so many customers out there that PW tech support could have fielded that question. That is still kind of disappointing.
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12 minutes ago, Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 said:
I don't load on a PW press (I have a few 366s), but it kinda sounds like you don't have the primer seater rod low enough to support the inside of the Rem hull while primer is being pressed in. Have you checked the primer seater adjustment?
Good luck, GJ
It is definitely worth a check! I guess I should not assume things. Since it works perfectly on the Winchester AAs, I figured it was right. Maybe the Remington hulls have a thinner base? and need a lower setting? It is worth a shot certainly.
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I purchased a PW 800B. It took me a little getting used to, but it is a great loader. I have been through the entire manual, and have talked to PW Tech on the phone and still have an issue I can't figure out. The press will load AA hulls like a dream, but hates Remington Hulls. I am using Remington STS Primers and Remington STS and Nitro hulls. Old primer pops out fine, but the new primers only seat about half way , and then it caves in the base of the hull. The brass base is literally concave shaped. Has anyone had similar experience? Suggestions?
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See you there!
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1 hour ago, Hendo said:
How about these with them botas (spelling ?)?
My plain old Wranglers cover them up just fine. If you add on a set of botas? I think they would look spot on. Nobody can tell that these are not just another set of Ropers unless you show them.
I will put it this way. I feel strongly enough about how well these work for me, that I bought 5 more pair and put them on the shelf just in case they stop making them as I wear them out!-
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Skechers. Memory foam soles, soft leather, most comfortable things I have found.
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My issue is not so much my feet as my knees. It has made me very critical of what I wear to keep down the knee pain after a day on the range. I swear by skechers. Memory foam soles, very comfortable, and I make it through the day on my trashed knees. They average around $60. They even look like regular old boots when your pants cover up the short tops.
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On 2/18/2020 at 11:28 PM, Bramble Mountain Buzzard said:
Hey Ruff Kut, Are you going to come up and visit us this year?
Building a new house has put a serious crimp in my travel plans and shooting. I won't be making it this year. And to be totally honest I will not be returning to that particular match again. I will leave out names and locations, and just say the match where I saw you the most up north. It was made very clear to me that my Thai wife, as a Buddhist was not welcome at the match. The man who ran the show was quite clear it was for Christians only. Besides the fact that where she is not welcome I won't go, I am also kind of a big fan of ALL of our freedoms, not just the second amendment. Call me crazy, but I still support freedom of religion.-
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There is only one powder. Everything else is just a propellant.
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Best suggestions?
Numrich arms at: gunpartscorp.com
VTI at : VTIgunparts.com
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On 2/10/2020 at 8:29 PM, John Boy said:
Ruff, what makes Redding better than the Lee ?
John Boy,
It is honestly the difference between an amateur reload and a factory round. At least in my humble reloading it is. The Lee does a good job, but the Redding does a great one. As an example, I struggle with the Lee on the Dillon tool head. I have to max that Lee die out for all it is worth to get it down low enough to put a smooth roll crimp on the round. The Redding die is physically longer and allows much more room to dial it in the exact way I want it. I think that alone, the additional length and adjustability justifies going with the Redding. But the big thing is really the simple appearance and feel of the finished round. There is no heavy obvious roll crimp. There is no edge left that I can scrape a nail on. As the name implies, it makes a round where the "profile" simply flows perfectly smooth from the bottleneck of the case into the bullet. I might not be able to explain the difference well, but if I hand you two rounds, one loaded with the Lee crimp and one with the Redding? You can see and feel the difference.
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What nemesis says. I second that. I load everything on my 650. 45 LC, ACP, 38, 44-40 and 38-40. I have put hundreds of pounds of black through my dillon powder drop. If I am doing light loads I can add a second Lee powder drop to add grits as a filler.
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All I have ever shot is black powder. And for years I have thought my Lee crimp die was doing a decent job on 44-40 rounds. There are too many of you to list or thank by name, but every time 44-40 comes up someone says to get the Redding Profile Crimp Die. I finally did. What a difference! And so to all of you who have given that advice over the years, it has taken me a while to come around, but thank you all!
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I actually looked into this a while back and played around with a few different additives. Short story is nothing was really satisfactory. The problem is the burn rate of all of the mentioned chemical additives is so much slower than BP that you get minimal effect if any at all. If you throw these additives in a campfire? You will see some great color changes that show for a good while because they burn extremely slow. My experience was they simply do not have time to get a good burn going and show color from a shot blast. That was my experience.
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Great work and a great guy. SOG is one of the best out there.
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13 grains TB under a 405 is just a sweet 45/70 load at 100 yards. Almost no recoil, and I get good accuracy out of it.
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