Mojave Lever Crew - Roll Call!

[200Apples]

Horsewright

https://i.imgur.com/bGtvabf.jpg

Lookin' good!

That's doin' the MLC proud, and as a solid reflection of her spousal unit.

[SDDAVE56]

Last week. A few of my lever Rifles, a Colt SAA, and Uberti open top converson.

[pennstater]

Last week. A few of my lever Rifles, a Colt SAA, and Uberti open top converson.

Nice group of firearms there! Like the set-up and area also.

MLC

[BOBGBA]

...ON THE OTHER HAND...

I seem to be willing -and- able to perform any number of attempts to mess up an otherwise creampuff of a carbine...

I'll get out to the "shop" later and measure to see if there's *one*, or "two* squblicious, low-velocity slugs in the bore of my 336 Texan .30-30...

That rifle is kinda high-performance in that it just does not like any of my attempts at building reduced-recoil plinkin' rounds. Bob? are you listening? Bob was there for it's first squib (and the only squib I'd ever encountered, ever)... Although to be fair I am successful in that very endeavor using 235 grainers to build reduced-velocity loads for my Mark X .375 H&H... "successful", in that those loads actually work.

I guess 've been MIA from this thread. Looks like it was a great day out there.

I do recall that squib. What method do you use for getting them out?

[SDDAVE56]

Just me, and my two Rimfires in the Desert.

[200Apples]

Dave! Thanks for posting your pics. It is appreciated, and makes me want to get out there *every* week. If only "it" were closer geographically...



Bob! I had about 3 foot of 1/4" brass round stock. I measured to see exactly where in the bore the bullet is, and also measure to determine if there may be more than one. I had been shooting my 39A and standard velocity loads (40 gr @ 1050 fps)... and with the .22 there's even less recoil shooting CB Longs (32 gr @ 710), so I wasn't mentally tuned in to Squibville Radio. And you weren't there with your astute eye and great ear...

Trouble with these light loads was the formula was intended for lead projectiles, not jacketed, and at these very low pressures the jacketed fare just didn't have enough oo0mph behind it.

With this experience, I'm no longer seeking 1200 - 1500 fps jacketed plinking loads from my .30-30; instead I'll stick with the just-slightly-reduced loads (these would be +/- 1900 fps for 170s and +/- 2100 for 150s)... then work on acquiring the necessary lead pills for the even-slower plinkin'.

Back at the workbench...

I determined by measuring the depth from both the breech and the muzzle that there was just one bullet in the bore and then I simply used the brass rod 's own weight to tap the bullet back out the breech end, where it was closest to. There was progress during it's egress but as the bullet obturated, the need for the mallet appeared...

Viola! Swabbed the bore and it looks brand new. Gun is virtually NOS from 1968... you've seen it.

[pennstater]

Dave! Thanks for posting your pics. It is appreciated, and makes me want to get out there *every* week. If only "it" were closer geographically...



Bob! I had about 3 foot of 1/4" brass round stock. I measured to see exactly where in the bore the bullet is, and also measure to determine if there may be more than one. I had been shooting my 39A and standard velocity loads (40 gr @ 1050 fps)... and with the .22 there's even less recoil shooting CB Longs (32 gr @ 710), so I wasn't mentally tuned in to Squibville Radio. And you weren't there with your astute eye and great ear...

Trouble with these light loads was the formula was intended for lead projectiles, not jacketed, and at these very low pressures the jacketed fare just didn't have enough oo0mph behind it.

With this experience, I'm no longer seeking 1200 - 1500 fps jacketed plinking loads from my .30-30; instead I'll stick with the just-slightly-reduced loads (these would be +/- 1900 fps for 170s and +/- 2100 for 150s)... then work on acquiring the necessary lead pills for the even-slower plinkin'.

Back at the workbench...

I determined by measuring the depth from both the breech and the muzzle that there was just one bullet in the bore and then I simply used the brass rod 's own weight to tap the bullet back out the breech end, where it was closest to. There was progress during it's egress but as the bullet obturated, the need for the mallet appeared...

Viola! Swabbed the bore and it looks brand new. Gun is virtually NOS from 1968... you've seen it.

Chris, when we were talking about this last week, Mark and myself kinda thought that maybe four went down range, you simply couldn't tell where they hit. Glad it was only one and no damage to you or rifle. Win-win!

MLC

[bigbossman]

You guys might recall that I posted a link to the GunBroker auction I won for a long barrel Uberti SAA clone a while back. Well, I finally received it yesterday - the seller was, well...... interesting to deal with. Not bad, mind you, just stepped to a different tune than most. Anyway, the revolver is a real beauty in person. It's older, but looks to have not been shot much. I suspect that the grips are not original, for a couple of reasons - they are beautiful and not what I would expect on a factory gun, and the grip screws appear to be buggered up some so it has been taken apart.

Anyway - thought you folks might enjoy some pictures:

[ar15barrels]

the revolver is a real beauty in person.
It's older, but looks to have not been shot much.

3 minutes on Google says that Primitive Arms imported Uberti from the early-mid 1980's to maybe the early 1990's.

[bigbossman]

3 minutes on Google says that Primitive Arms imported Uberti from the early-mid 1980's to maybe the early 1990's.

Yeah - Dvrjon gave me the 411 way back in post #2395.

What's interesting to me are the slight differences between it and the newer Cimmaron Uberti one I'm comparing it to in the pictures. Slightly different front blade, slightly different receiver contour where the barrel screws in, no mention of the Colt patent date, and non serialized cylinder.

Can't wait to shoot it. I need one in 38-40 now!

[ACfixer]

Some things I know.

1. Levers are the sexiest rifles, no debate.
2. I now own ten, it's not enough. Family pic soon.
3. I absolutely need an 1873.
4. I'm sure glad I bought this 1975 Marlin 336 .30-30 with a period correct Weaver K4.

[Preston-CLB]

Ac, that's a real beauty!

Ya done good!

Looking forward to family portrait, too.
-P

[SDDAVE56]

Some things I know.

1. Levers are the sexiest rifles, no debate.
2. I now own ten, it's not enough. Family pic soon.
3. I absolutely need an 1873.
4. I'm sure glad I bought this 1975 Marlin 336 .30-30 with a period correct Weaver K4.

That is nice. I only have 5 lever guns. I want more. I do have an 1873 though.

[SDDAVE56]

[pennstater]

AC, that is one fine looking lever gun; beautiful wood and no Marlin perch belly fore-end! Hot damn!

MLC