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I've never shot a deer with a 223, but I'm sure it is far superior to a bow and arrow. It also has more muzzle energy than a 44 magnum. I've yet to hear anyone make the arguement that a 44 mag was inadequate for deer. Really? How tough are they? You'd think with all the new magnums being introduced that they keep getting tougher. Seriously, has anyone hear made a good shot on a deer with a 223 and lost the deer?

I don't know Joe from Adam and have never been in his store. I don't intend on spreading any rumors about anyone. I was trying to point out the fact that his posts in this thread seemed a bit arrogant and rude. I doubt he meant to come off that way, and I was hoping he'd think before appearing that way in front of his customers. I tried, unsuccessfully it would appear, to help him. I often sound like a jerk when not trying to, and appreciate it when someone points it out in a courteous way. I wish Joe the best and hope his business booms.

Fair enough!

I have always assumed this. I hope that you respond to such offers with a polite "thanks but no thanks" instead of the spill you gave earlier in this thread.

SO you're saying that if I am in your shop and see a gun I like but think is a bit overpriced, you'd rather me leave your store and not come back than to make you a cash offer on the gun? You do realize that I will likely tell all my hunting buddies about the bad experience in your shop as well??!!?? It is your business, but I sure don't understand the mentality. If I go in a gun store once and recieve attitude from the guy behind the counter, I never go back. I also relay the experience to many other potential customers.

This doesn't happen in deer season!!!

ALL gun laws suck!!!!! "...the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

His and hers. The top one is an Inland. The bottom is a Blue sky Productions rebuild with a Winchester reciever.

It looks like a 99g. You'll usually find a u shaped crack in the stock, on top, just behind the tang. That's not just for the g, but for them all.

Don't be surprised if it simply says 99.

There are a host of variations and model designations in the 99 series. They were even made at three different addresses. There were takedowns, muskets, carbines, engraved, deluxe models, and even a two barrel set complete with a .410 shotgun barrel!

The takedown models are more desireable, yet less accurate, on average, than the non-takedown models. You wouldn't be wanting to part with it would you?

I'd prefer to have it in it's current condition, cleaned up, of course. You rarely get you're money back on a refinish. You'd be better served to sell it and buy a nice original one. I'm guessing $300-$500 depending on the severity of the pits.

Models This might help. Is that a takedown lever on the fore end? That is a fairly desireable rifle, even in that condition. I'd clean it up with 0000 steel wool and oil. Clean the barrel and have fun with it. I have 3 right now, and have yet to own one that wasn't accurate. I love 99s!!!!

I'll try one. Thanks for the tip.

Less than 1 minute. I bought a 101 Savage from a table at a gun show, turned around, and bumped into a man who wanted it worse than I did. As I had two more at home, I let him have it.

An auction area would be a great idea.

I might be the only one, but after attending a Bob Pope show a couple of years ago, I can vow that I don't enjoy hearing some a--hole like Steve Gill on the PA system the entire time I'm there.

...to answer your qusetions, 1)If the mouth of the shell doesn't touch the step in the chamber, the shell is held in place by the extractor. Not a good situation. 2)Case OAL does affect pressure and feeding. I'm not sure how it affects handgun cartridges, but I find a big difference in accuracy in rifle cartridges using the same loads with different OALs.

Mugster is correct. The auto cartridges headspace on the mouth of the case. If your case is trimmed to the correct length, you shouldn't have any problem with headspacing. I have found that straightwalled pistol cartridges rarely ever need trimming. Rifle cases need trimming regularly, as the higher pressures and the working in the sizing die stretches them. Most rifle cartridges headspace on the shoulder, save for the magnums, which headspace on the belt.

www.midwayusa.com is a good supplier of all things reloading at better prices than Cabelas.

You won't see that big a savings on rounds like 9mm or 45 ACP, as they can be had at a reasonable price to begin with. Where you really save money is on the odd caliber and big magnum rounds. I can reload 218 Bees, for example, for about 25-30 dollars per hundred. Price some loaded ammo, if you can even find it, and you will see real savings.

Ever made any homemade explosives? Blow that sucker out of the ground!!!!!!!!

The brass can be used almost indefinitely. You can also cut costs by reloading lead bullets instead of jacketed ones, more if you cast your own. Picking up brass at the range is cheaper than buying it. If you buy it, once fired is much cheaper than new. Short of that, it isn't that much cheaper....especially if you count your time. The main reason I reload is to get loads I can't buy already loaded.

Birchwood Casey makes a metal finish called Plum Brown. I used it on a pepperbox replica, and was quite pleased with the antiue look of it.