While i believe they would work, i personally prefer to shoot plated projectiles from my rifles and lead through my handguns.
Scrubbing a ~5" barrel is one thing. Scrubbing a 20" lever rifle barrel is another!
45 Colt brass
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While i believe they would work, i personally prefer to shoot plated projectiles from my rifles and lead through my handguns.
Scrubbing a ~5" barrel is one thing. Scrubbing a 20" lever rifle barrel is another!
I'm shooting .45s Colt in CAS with NMVs, and '73 so I have to use lead only on our steel plates.
I have to do the occasional de-leading but that's the price I have to pay for my fun.
Brownells sold me a kit with brass mesh patches to help with that.
I have to do the occasional de-leading but that's the price I have to pay for my fun.
Brownells sold me a kit with brass mesh patches to help with that.
fingers284
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They wont work unless you do the modification to the front of the elevator ( can be done with a bench vise & a file but allow a lot of elbow grease & time to complete....mill machine will do the job in minutes). You have to slope the front face of the elevator enough that the next round rim coming from the mag tube doesnt catch on the flat elevator shell rest, it must be sloped enough that the elevator pushes that round back up the tube. The same procedure that must be done to.357 mag rifles to feed .38 sp cases only on an exaggerated scale.
Edited to add: If your toggle rifle still has the original length mag spring in it, you will find it advantageous to shorten it some ( just enough strength left to push the tenth round onto the elevator)...make it much easier for the mechanical action to push that cartridge back into the tube.
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Thanks for the input Fingers.
It's an E.M.F. short-stroked 1873 SASS special and I've seen too many others become Jam-O-Matics from too much tinkering.
It works better than I can shoot it anyway, so I think I'll leave it as it is.
It's an E.M.F. short-stroked 1873 SASS special and I've seen too many others become Jam-O-Matics from too much tinkering.
It works better than I can shoot it anyway, so I think I'll leave it as it is.
4600 casings in stock at budget shooter. I know these were out of supply and pricy earlier this year: https://budgetshootersupply.ca/product/starline-brass-45-long-colt-unprimed-100-bag/
hatman1793
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I mostly reload my 44mag brass to 44Special velocities, so my 44mag brass has lasted. After a friend bought a S&W 629 he began searching for factory ammo. Of which there was none, however I encouraged him to reload. I sequestered 250 of my lightly used cases for him but he refused acquiring them.
I ended up attracting some grief over the sale of those 250 cases. My original offer of fewer cases met with silence so I concluded that offer was dead. I topped up the quantity to 250 cases & resold them for $40.00.
I ended up attracting some grief over the sale of those 250 cases. My original offer of fewer cases met with silence so I concluded that offer was dead. I topped up the quantity to 250 cases & resold them for $40.00.
