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01-28-2017, 01:50 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Wish someone would give me a 89, have to buy all mine.
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01-28-2017, 02:59 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Thanks Paul, I'll start with 23 grains and do the Charlie test.
And nothing in life is free. The guy that gave me the Remington 1889 had two of them and I'm doing a strip and clean on the better one for him and gluing a few small stock cracks. The one I was given had a loose rib (repaired by me) no stock and barrels that had bores like a rough road. So we'll see. He came to the Vintagers shoot and I guess he had a new appreciation for the two hammer guns that had been rusting in his father's garage for the last 30 years or so. His father had always meant to throw them away. I told him he'll be shooting his this fall. |
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01-30-2017, 01:15 PM | #5 | ||||||
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George, don't know how you repaired the loose rib, but a friend had one loose at the muzzle end. He epoxied it back together [ acru-glass ] and then drilled through the upper and lower rib, tapped the lower and made a bead with a long thread. Screwed them together and trimmed the extra thread sticking out the bottom. Just a idea.
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01-30-2017, 01:38 PM | #6 | ||||||
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I did do a proper job on the rib. It was a simple solder job.
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01-31-2017, 07:46 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Using the published Alliant loading for 1 1/4 ounce lead shot in 3.5 10ga with Green Dot as a guideline I settled on 27 grains of Green Dot in the Federal hull shortened to 2 7/8", Win primer, SP-10 wad and enough 16ga fiber filler wad to get the crimp correct. Given the published velocity and pressure for the 3.5" loading I am guessing 27 grains is delivering 1175 to 1200 fps and somewhere around 8000 psi. I have shot this load through Parker, Remington and Lefever composite barrel tens without issue.
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01-31-2017, 09:56 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Thanks for that. That let's me know I've got a bit of wiggle room for the 1 1/4 oz. loads.
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