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My brother has a Freedom Arms .454 Casul he does his own reloads don't know what the loads are. He has to shoot it one handed with a slightly loose grip so won't tear up has hand. Forgot one time when it was cold out so gripped it tighter split his hand between thumb and first finger off to...

This fits in here I think? Back when I went through basic Ft. Ord with the M1 Grand they had us use them with the rifle grenade launchers twice!! OUCH my thigh hurt for three four days. For rifle 45-70 w/410 shells at 9yrs old. Shoot my friends S/W .44 mag with hand loads 10 grs unique heavy...

Funny how things are different and yet remain the same. My brother and I shot 410 shells in this one when we were little about 8 or 9 yrs old until the main spring swivel broke. Put it away for years, then my sister stored it for a while wrapped in towels in her like pantry with the water heater...

I concur totally with this advise. First gun I owned at 15 was a High Standard .22 long rifle semi auto target pistol long barrel. Best gun I ever owned fun and inexpensive to shoot dead on accurate. It makes learning to shoot easy. This was back in 1958. My son has it now and also loves to...

Ivan, thanks for the reply I actually picked up the Belden & Mull of ebay for $43 in the box appears there is no instructions. It is the one with the brass hopper tube. So after I receive it will take apart and inspect and clean and then will need to figure out how to use it. All the reloading...

Not going to alter the original rifle just clean and oil it a little re-oil the stock and put it back together with the necessary parts to make complete and operational. The extractor and main spring swivel thats it. That's why I got all the pieces to build one for just shooting so the...

Hi guys sorry for the delay in thanking all the welcome aboards I find it a little difficult to navigate around the site as I don't have a S & W gun. Best of my knowledge my great grand father was in the Union Army during the Civil War and afterwards I believe he got it after he got out later...

Hi Ivan, i have been watching the Lyman Ideal 55's on ebay in order to get one. I am new to reloading and will be reloading for one cartridge only the 45-70 trapdoor. I got the Lee press kit and the correct dies as recommended in the Wolf booklet. The press kit came with the perfect powder...

Hi skeet 028, your shooter sounds a lot like the one my brother built quite a while back took a 6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser re barreled with a Browning barrel in 6.5 x 257 Roberts improved, Parker-Ackley. With 41gr of 4895 and a 100 gr speer pt. gets 3000+ about 400 yrds out they turn red. I know as...

Hi new member from California here. Am retired and retired Navy also Vietnam era vet. US Army. Found this site thru Bing looking for info to clean a trapdoor gun stock. Have browsed the site some in the past decided to join so can post. I have two trapdoors one complete original 1879 rifle with...

cleaning trapdoor stock Hi all new member here was looking for info on cleaning a trapdoor stock I just picked up. Saw this tread and was hoping it was not closed. deadin that officers model nust be worth a small fortune now as rare as they are in any condition. I have now have two, an...