What spares are recommended?

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Re: What spares are recommended?

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Lumpy Grits wrote:My way has worked on the firing line, and not just for me.
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Yup, then you and everyone else ought to keep on doing what works for yous, and I'll keep on doing what works for mees.
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OLR, what did you find when you got the case out? Cause? Old brass stretching out?
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Gussy,
44/77 brass is pretty much unavailable unless one is willing to pony up $3.23 per case from Track of the Wolf. Mine is my go to rifle, and I'm trying to carefully preserve my brass. The case that "let go" was a donor, and by the looks of the raggedy separation, likely suffered failure from BP corrosion. All remaining ctg cases look fine inside and out.
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Re: What spares are recommended?

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OLReliable wrote:At the Quigley shoot this year, one of my cartridges suffered a case neck separation. Regardless of everyone else's experience with tight patches, snug jags, dental picks, etc., it wouldn't release. I was finally able to extract the orphaned neck by plugging the bore ahead of the chamber, heating up and pouring in a measure of 160-180F Cerrosafe, letting it harden, then driving out the whole casting and inclusion with a wooden dowel hammered from the muzzle end. In the future, I will keep a chunk of Cerrosafe in my possibles box should such an event happen again.

Last year, I got 3 (!%?!%!$) 45-90 separated cases at the Canadian Black Powder Championships, while it was raining.


I save my competition with this tool: a Trapdoor 45-70 extractor: very easy and very fast... just one minute to get it off, even if the separated part was half way in the riflings...

This tool is ALWAYS in my range bag...

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Re: What spares are recommended?

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EB,
Your 45 cal (0.459" bore) broken case extractor is an excellent tool. If only one were made for a 44 cal (0.446") bore, I would certainly give it a try.
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Re: What spares are recommended?

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Is there any case that will make a 44-77?
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Gussy wrote:Is there any case that will make a 44-77?
43 Spinach can fireform into 44/77. At one time BACO created cases from .348 win.
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OLReliable wrote:
Gussy wrote:Is there any case that will make a 44-77?
43 Spinach can fireform into 44/77. At one time BACO created cases from .348 win.
Is the .43 Spinach a vegetarian's gun? Probably a Dangerous Cabbage Caliber... :)
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BFD wrote:
OLReliable wrote:
Gussy wrote:
Is the .43 Spinach a vegetarian's gun? Probably a Dangerous Cabbage Caliber... :)
It's just à garden variety tube(r). :wink:
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Re: What spares are recommended?

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Not a spares question.....

The screw that secures the hammer and the hammer pivots on, seems to get loose almost every range session. Doesn’t matter how tight I tighten it.

Is lock tight suggested? If so which “grade”? Any thing to be watchful for when I remove the screw?

Thanks!

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TAA,
You can try wrapping some thread around the threads ( :shock: hmmmm, I wonder if that's why they call it thread!!)
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Re: What spares are recommended?

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Use blue Loctite, heatgun will always break it loose
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So, who are y' gonna believe ... me or Kirk ??!!
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