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Hahaha, 8yr old thread....nothing wrong with the 30-30 one bit. Nor, nothing wrong with the 308 Winny either. The 30-30AI (in my recent discovery) is FANTASTIC in a strong action, as in the TC...

Does anyone have one these light mounts (Lever Light Mount V2) for your lever action rifle? If so, how do you like it? Im plan to order one once they are back in stock....

AWESOME bullet! Some 357 cylinder being shorter you will have to crimp over the front driving band and thats recommended per Lyman cast loading manual.
In my experience with said 311 bullet in...

I appreciate eveyones help and input, thank you

I had this rifle out again today and it ran flawless. It ate 30rds flawlessly! And man is it fun to shoot. What a great purchase!

I now wish I bought two of the MP-454-640 molds, lol

I took some advice friend a friend/forum member and tried some shorter dummy loads. I for got I had a handful of Hornady brass that was already .050” shorter than normal. So I took a normal sized...

A little update....so far the rifle shoots my preferred bullet MiHa 454-640 very well and the same powder charge as my Vaquero, which is what I was hoping for. I havent tested different bullet sizes...

Gotcha, makes sense. So to correct that you/I could just take out some the the “spring” in the loading gate? By straightening the flat spring arm??
Correct?

Im not sure. I mentioned the spring because there is a lot of spring outside the magazine tube when the magazine cap is out.
How do you tell for sure?

Anyone know how much you can cut off the magazine spring and still let the rifle feed right? Its pretty heavy and hurts the thumb loading it.

I just got done with a complete tear down, polish, stone, clean and reassemble. Its starting to cycle my preferred bullet but still dragging a bit. But its an improvement. The short ammo is cycling...

I havent had a chance to check accuracy yet. I think, and I havent looked yet, but my cast bullets are already sized for my Vaquero and Blackhawks. The barrel is a microgroove and the rifle was made...

Moving that cartridge stop, does that require machining/cutting the carrier?
I made some dummy rounds with some Hornady XTPs, 3 of them. Kept the OAL to 1.6” and it wont even load the first one. To...

Well, my Marlin is a 20” round barrel that arrived in immaculate condition! Im not sure if it was ever shot before now.
So far it DOES NOT cycle my prefered MP-454-640 ☹️☹️
I does cycle the LEE...

Im proud to say I finally found my 1894 45 colt of choice. Hope to shoot it in the next couple weeks....��

WOW Jeff, that article is a game changer!

Oh hey! I like the sound of that! Would you mind sharing some of your loads in a private message?
I also have that NOE 280 mold now that I think about it.
Have you modified your rifle in any way...

Thanks Baltimoreed, the OAL of my 454-640 is 1.650” ����
Im not opposed to running Schofield brass, just not ideal. Hhmmm, now choices to make.

Im interested in buying a Marlin 1894 in 45colt. The plan is to feed it one of my favorite cast bullets, the MP-454-640. I also would like to feed it the MP 308 Keith/Catshooter, LEE 255RN, and the...

Welcome back Messybear!

Yes, its gonna be HOT! BUT the bays have a pavilion type top. So we will be shaded for the most part.

To the top

Great! Glad you plan to attend.

Lie??? WHAT??
You dont have to be from North Alabama to attend! ����

Would there be anyone interested in getting together at a public range and do some shooting, “six-gunning”? Forum member “Iwsbull”, aka Bryan, and I thought it was a good idea.
We are looking at...