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so... 1st some back ground info... I bought a new Bisley flat top 44 Special for myself, for Christmas... I have many others, but this is my 1st Bisley... it was finally warm enough ( & Mrs. was at a quilt retreat ) that I'd try to shoot it this weekend... I've been loading for close to 20...

so... I'm looking to load practice & SD loads in 44 Special, to shoot out of my 396... ( I already know about reloading liability when used for self defense, & know the 396's are starting to sell for close to Colt prices ) that said... I want to start loading for my 396... so far I think...

specifically the Norinco 213, & the Tokarev T-54... anyone own both... any idea what the chances are that the parts would be close enough than some may interchange??? reason for my question, is my retired machinist buddy while cleaning out his shop, found a frame & slide he'd stashed away long...

so I do like the 32 calibers... I have many 32 S&W & 32 S&W Long guns, I have a pair of Single Sixes in 32 H&R & a lil J Frame in 32 H&R... I hand load, & can load the H&R hotter than factory, if I wanted... I have a 357 Maximum, & understand shooting the "l o n g" Cartridges, however for...

Before Christmas I ordered one of the flat top 44 Special Bisley revolvers, through my local dealer... on the 23rd of December I placed the order, & it was an in stock item... a week later I called... local dealer tells me they haven't ordered one from them in a while, & had to do a new credit...

so... it's funny the journey we travel... I started out looking at double action 22 revolvers... came across a couple Tauri... so I went to their site to see what they currently offered... ok... same old... clicked the "what's new" button... & I was both amazed & dismayed at the same time...

anyone one else out there have one ??? feel free to post pics... I had room for one more single action, & I like the 44 Special cartridge, & don't have a Bisley in my collection yet, so I thought I better get one before they are gone until the next limited run... they come with 4-5/8" barrels &...

38 Short Colt, & 38 Long Colt... these are going in my Navy conversions... & I 'm already loading smokeless in the Long Colt, & will likely shoot mostly smokeless, but I'd like to have some black powder loads for fun days at the CAS range... would you load... Long Colt only, with both black &...

as I've built up my brass supply over this last year, I've run across calibers that either had ammo boxes of different colors, or ones that would be difficult to replace, & I buy all new ones ( my OCD goes crazy if I have 3 colors of plastic ammo boxes for the same gun ) on my boxes I usually...

may have seen my wadcutter thread in the revolver section... as I was going around looking at different wadcutters available I came across these Berry's plated DEWC bullets, http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/23319 ... & thought it might make an interesting load perhaps a...

so I have one of the Air Weight J frames in 6 shot 32 H&R magnum...( it was NOS & discontinued when I bought it ) it was my 1st revolver for CCW after I got my permit, many, many years ago...& as a carry newbie, all I could get at the time was a cheap nylon holster, & it repeatedly fell out to...

I'm not sure if this has been discussed or beaten to death ??? but I'm thinking about loading cast lead bullets for practice with a lot of my revolvers, that I use to "just shoot" but which "could" be carried for self defense as well... on most snubbies, adjustable sights aren't an option, so...

amazingly light... this one came with adjustable sights... I almost walked out the door with it... but the new owner ( sold just before I walked in, wouldn't have been very happy :) ) but I ordered a 2" hammer version in 38 +P instead... but it was the same price... ( the 3" one I saw, was...

I've been buying a lot of brass lately... this weekend I was processing ( decap & wet tumble & sort by headstamp ) 100 - 25-06 cases... I usually dump the tumbler in a big bowl, & pluck them out 2 at a time, & shake any pins out, inspect that none are lodged in the flash hole, inspect & sort...

... for self defense... just for fun, & purely academically speaking... lately I've been on a most definite "non magnum" kick, with some "fun" guns... with my custom Blackhawk in 25 ACP, & my 51 Navy conversion cartridge guns... I've been loading, & scaling up the tiniest of charges... in...

... & anyone out there that can date one ??? I have a 12 ga I've done quite a bit of custom work to... 1st off I added a premium recoil pad, then bought a used Poly Choke, & cut the barrel, so that with the Poly Choke, it's the same length as the stock when folded ( still easily legal length )...

my buddy made us each a Contender barrel in that caliber, before I got rid of my FN 5.7... & now Federal has some ammo ( actually pretty cheap ) on sale at Midway, & I bought 5 boxes for my builder buddy, for some of the work he did on my Navy's we were yacking yesterday, when I dropped them...

I'm getting ready to load some 38 Long Colt for my conversion revolvers... purpose will be for occasional CAS use... 1st off, I can't really find any smokeless load data for 38 Long Colt, but my retired mentor buddy suggested looking at 38 S&W data, & going a max of 10-25% hotter... I'm...

chambered in 38 Long Colt :) haven't fired them yet... need to work on getting some cartridges loaded

I'm curious really how durable to wear is case coloring... I have a pair of 51 Navy's that have been converted to 38 Long Colt... with a custom cylinder & recoil plate... instead of using / building a loading gate, the shield & frame were slotted to load the new cylinder... doing it this way...