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I believe this is them, Stallion. The problem is I’m not home and the guns are. I’d be willing to take $800 for the pair and I’ll split the shipping. I won these at a shoot and since I shoot Frontiersman I really don’t have a need for them. I’ll be back home at the end of the month if you can wait that long.

Do they have to be Rugers? I’ve got a pair of Ubertis NIB. If you’re interested PM me

If I could get my hands on a Handi in .38-55 for a good price I’d be all over it.

Thanks @Tommy Reb that’s some good information right there.

Background: I recently purchased a Winchester 94 in .38-55, I am at least the third owner. The rifle was made in 1979, so no safety. The front sight is a ⅜ dovetail that at some point was changed to what looks like a Marble’s that is just about ½ inch tall. The rear sight is a ramped buckhorn, looks to be original. Question: I already know that the front sight is too tall for the buckhorn sight. My question is what would be the best sight for shooting Cody Dixon/Plainsman matches, keep the buckhorn and get a lower front sight, get Lyman 66A or get a Marble’s tang sight? With either of the last two choices I realize that I may still have to change the front sight.

Thanks that sounds good.

Really looking forward to being back after having to miss it the last couple of years. I just hope all the possum and chicken feet won’t haunt me.

WTB looking for about 5 pounds 3FFG BP FTF at either MS State or TN State match.

I got .38-55 brass this week, all nice and new and sparkly, now to load them with BP and get them all dirty.

You’ve gotten some great advice by some of the best out there. I’ve been shooting Frontiersman for the last 4+ years at first using Remingtons, then ROA’s. Your load looks good, since I hate to carry extra stuff to the loading table, I use the back of the Polish Capper to make sure the nipple is seated, one less thing to remember or forget. Here’s a couple of things I’d suggest, put nail polish on the chamber you don’t load, I also put a little piece of rubber over the nipple to that chamber to keep me from loading it. When you clean your cylinders the nail polish comes off easily and you can then rotate which chamber will be the no load chamber for the next time. Another thing, since I don’t charge my cylinders the day before, I use a grease cookie over the powder/under the ball, it’s been shown many times that grease over the balls blows all the grease off after the first shot. Doing this pushes any powder that’s on the chamber wall down, chain fires come from the front of the chamber not the back. Another thing you might want to check your mainspring, ROA’s aren’t known for spring issues but if the main springs are wearing out you’ll start getting light hammer strikes. Welcome to the world of Frontiersman, and remember Keep your powder dry, your nipples clean and your balls tight.

I guess I’m boring, my email and alias didn’t turn up anything. Not doing social media helps.

From my limited experimentation I found that using excessive force could easily cause the case to bulge. I’ve put 70gr in a case and did 1 hard compression, bulged some of the cases, I thought if I continue to do this (even with annealing) the cases won’t last long. If it were me I’d split the powder up, using a drop tube add 20gr or so, then compress 2-3 times, then repeat.

BP has many advantages for CAS, one powder can be used for all guns, working up loads is easy, and BP is readily available. Cleaning guns is basic and “how to” is well documented. There are 2 additional benefits 1: the smile it puts on your face; 2: keeps the skeeters away 😁

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Are these modern guns or antiques? If it’s an antique you don’t want to push them too hard, you don’t want an action failure. Originally the trapdoor used a 405 gr bullet with a reduced powder load. The reason I say this is because the length of the bullet, the shape of the bullet and the chamber length come into play when developing a load. Use of a filler would be determined on the amount of space between the bullet heal and the top of the powder. The first thing I would do is figure out which bullet you want to use, get some then using an empty unprimed case set the bullet in it without a crimp. Try feeding the case into the chamber and see if the action will close, if it doesn’t the bullet will have to be seated deeper, keep going until the round will chamber and the action will easily close. Then it’s just a matter of measuring how far the bullet is seated, the remaining space would be filled with powder and filler if needed. I’d also recommend getting a powder compression die, you’ll be surprised how much it will compress. Once it’s compressed you’ll know exactly how much space you have or don’t have. After you’ve got a few loaded try them out for feel and accuracy. Be prepared for a big smile once the smoke clears!

Another good'n. Thankfully it’s not the set of Rust!

@Santee do you do all your own research or do you have others that help out? Asking for a friend.

Today we can’t even get the young kids to write in cursive more or less those beautiful examples of penmanship. @Santee thanks for all the videos over the year made quarantining easier.

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