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    Springfield Armory Garrison 4.25" Problems

    NONE. So far. Sorry for the title, but I had to make a splash entrance. I just picked this gun up a week ago. I have a thing for carbon steel blue handguns. I like 4" N frames and I like commander sized 1911 style guns that are blue carbon steel with 70 series triggers. (I'm sure I will be...
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    1873 Drifter 45 auto

    Shot 12 rounds today. Perfect function. These revolvers use a cylinder pin bushing. A new one came with the 45 auto cylinder. It was a perfect match to the one for the 45 colt cylinder. The two cylinders were the same length also. The difference was that the 45 auto cylinder needed to have...
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    1873 Drifter 45 auto

    Happy Friday to you all, A year ago, or so I purchased a Taylor's 1873 Drifter 45 Colt revolver. My shooting buddy has an 1875 Outlaw 45 Colt which prompted me to get a single action also. I have two Smith and Wesson revolvers that shoot 45acp and a Les Baer 45 auto and thus wanted to get a...
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    Identity and Date of Manufacture of S&W Revolvers

    Good afternoon, I have a: 4" Barrel 44 Magnum Adjustable Sights Square Butt 6 Shot 29-2 Blue S/N N130678 I think also 3t's according to friends Thank you in advance
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    How often do you USE the handgun you carry in the woods?

    I started taking my 44 mag with me on my morning walk because someone said that there was a cougar sighting in our neighborhood, then someone showed a picture on their security camera and it was some 50-year-old mothers out for a walk and now I just go for a walk.
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    Colt King Cobra

    So I had a Ruger Vaquero 44 magnum that I was trying to sell and didn't have any luck so I bit the bullet which I really didn't care too much about the gun anyway and I took it to the local gun store and traded it in on something that I thought I would like better like a double action revolver...
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    DA 22 with worst trigger

    I love my model 18. Had the charge holes polished. What a pleasure to shoot.
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    Revolver barrel porting

    I had one of those. I can't imagine porting will help. It us very loud and will just be louder. But no, I have no suggestions other than magna port.
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    416 Rigby

    Sweet. I have a ruger number one 458 win mag. Never fired a factory round yet. 5744 and lead bullets are downright fun. I even shot a whitetail 15 years ago. Haven't had any elephant issues in our neighborhood either.
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    Smith & Wesson 625 .45acp performance center

    I have loaded and fired thousands of 45auto with 200g lswc and 5.5g 231 and never had bullet creep. Always crimp .469-.470 and all ammo works flawless in my les Baer and my 25-2 and 625-3. Always have seated and crimped in one station and not one issue.
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    Load manuals, how do use it?

    I have about four or five different reloading manuals and I know some guys use them as reference only but I tend to read them from cover to cover and what I've discovered is there are a lot of hidden bits of information in other places of the load manual that you wouldn't get if you only use it...
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    My initial impressions of the Lee pro 6000

    Hey folks, my last post was a mess. I did in on my phone and got all kinds of weird spacing, etc. Sorry, it has been corrected.
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    My initial impressions of the Lee pro 6000

    Stefan A, like most people I started out on a single stage and for me it was in 1997. Then I got a Redding turret press and then I took the plunge and tried an inexpensive Lee load master probably around 8 years ago. I primarily load 45 Auto on it but I do a few other calibers in the switching...
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    My initial impressions of the Lee pro 6000

    I was loading 45acp on my 6000 yesterday. I used the case feeder and only had to place a bullet manually. My load speed is between 9 and 10 seconds per round. No errors in 350 rounds except I ran out of primers twice and had to regroup. I love the 6000.
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    255 gr for .45 acp

    I guestimated and ran with 6.0g of universal for my 625. I didn't have my chrono but they felt less recoil than 230g HST +p factory ammo. They thumped the steel plate with authority.
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    9mm LSWC or 38 Super LSWC

    So I don't own a gun for either of those two calibers. I do shoot a lot of 200 grain LSWC in my 45 auto. I've been reloading since the late '90s. I have never seen or heard of a lead semi-wad cutter for either of these two rounds. You see them for 38 special, 357 Magnum, 44 magnum, 45 Colt, 45...
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    Lee 6000 Personal Experience

    I started out with a Lee single stag press in 1997, got a Redding T7 around 2002, a Lee Loadmaster around 2014. When the 6000 came out I wanted to wait to see some reviews and finally decided to get one. I think Lee nailed it. The Loadmaster has its quirks but the 6000 is awesome. I am only...
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    S&W Lew Horton versions

    I have a beautiful 24-3 44 special, 3" tapered barrel, perfect lock up. Amazing blue. I bought it in approximately 2006 for $545.00. Approximate build date of 1983. I have hogue Cocobolo grips on it. I don't think I'd sell for any reasonable amount.
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    Why do folks like SA revolvers still?

    For me it has little to do with how it shoots points aims or anything like that. I actually much prefer the look and feel of a double action Smith & Wesson revolver. However once I held an Uberti replica and saw how well it was made I thought to myself I have to have one of these. It's fun to...
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