Just when I thought I was done……they pull me back in!!

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Beautiful rifle! I love the sights! Been a while since I drooled on my key board!!
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Zee wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:47 am No, Enzo…………I ain’t playing Dress Up!!! I’ll do it in shorts and chanclas.
Yep…. Remember you telling me over 20 years ago you didn’t need any more guns, and since then you’ve uttered more that a handful of definitive statements that have faded a bit. When you ready and ll lend you a pair of my chinks. They should be about full length bat wings on you 🤣
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Need has left the building

Now that downsizing ?
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Wambli Ska wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:28 pm
Zee wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:47 am No, Enzo…………I ain’t playing Dress Up!!! I’ll do it in shorts and chanclas.
Yep…. Remember you telling me over 20 years ago you didn’t need any more guns, and since then you’ve uttered more that a handful of definitive statements that have faded a bit. When you ready and ll lend you a pair of my chinks. They should be about full length bat wings on you 🤣
What would I do with two Asians?
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Big Al1 wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:18 pm Beautiful rifle! I love the sights! Been a while since I drooled on my key board!!
Appreciate.
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JunkCollector wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 5:48 pm Need has left the building

Now that downsizing ?
We’ve been off the “need” reservation a looooooooong time.
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JunkCollector wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:31 pm I can tell by the pictures you are enamored with the rifle and rightly so.

Congratulations

I am a bit concerned though with you shooting it.
Perhaps counerweights on your feet so you don't fall over.
I’m going to drill and tap the Forend for an ARCA Rail. Then mount it to a tripod. 😎
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Zee wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:31 pm
JunkCollector wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:31 pm I can tell by the pictures you are enamored with the rifle and rightly so.

Congratulations

I am a bit concerned though with you shooting it.
Perhaps counerweights on your feet so you don't fall over.
I’m going to drill and tap the Forend for an ARCA Rail. Then mount it to a tripod. 😎
You still got a chunk of rail I made a couple years back, or do I need to make a new one? I can powder coat it brown to match the stock
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Zee wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:24 am
Chiro1989 wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:03 am Pictures on the monitor are WAY better than pictures on the phone, Jay better pimp you for an equally nice axis ;)
What says he already doesn’t?!?
Well, glad to hear he mimicked your negotiating skills😘
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Zee wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:31 pm
JunkCollector wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:31 pm I can tell by the pictures you are enamored with the rifle and rightly so.

Congratulations

I am a bit concerned though with you shooting it.
Perhaps counerweights on your feet so you don't fall over.
I’m going to drill and tap the Forend for an ARCA Rail. Then mount it to a tripod. 😎
I’m going to hunt you down and slap you silly if you do…
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Zee wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:25 pm
Wambli Ska wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:28 pm
Zee wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:47 am No, Enzo…………I ain’t playing Dress Up!!! I’ll do it in shorts and chanclas.
Yep…. Remember you telling me over 20 years ago you didn’t need any more guns, and since then you’ve uttered more that a handful of definitive statements that have faded a bit. When you ready and ll lend you a pair of my chinks. They should be about full length bat wings on you 🤣
What would I do with two Asians?
They make a nice bipod... :D
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Wambli Ska wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 8:56 pm
Zee wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:25 pm
Wambli Ska wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:28 pm

Yep…. Remember you telling me over 20 years ago you didn’t need any more guns, and since then you’ve uttered more that a handful of definitive statements that have faded a bit. When you ready and ll lend you a pair of my chinks. They should be about full length bat wings on you 🤣
What would I do with two Asians?
They make a nice bipod... :D
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That's a pretty one...nice grab! I believe I have some 535.grain Postell bullets out in the shed if you're inclined to try them...
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Very nice!
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Jayhawker wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 1:23 am That's a pretty one...nice grab! I believe I have some 535.grain Postell bullets out in the shed if you're inclined to try them...
Appreciate. I’ll start with some 405s and see how she does.
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LMLarsen wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 1:43 amVery nice!
Thank you, Sir.
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I shot a muskrat with a 500 grain bullet out of a sharps once. It was the funniest thing I ever saw! I aimed just below the waterline and “kerwoooooosh” a column of water shot up, the twisted body of a muskrat and fur slowly wafting down like a cartoon! My dad and I laughing so hard we were brought to tears!
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Jayhawker wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 1:23 am That's a pretty one...nice grab! I believe I have some 535.grain Postell bullets out in the shed if you're inclined to try them...
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Bigslug wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 3:39 am
Jayhawker wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 1:23 am That's a pretty one...nice grab! I believe I have some 535.grain Postell bullets out in the shed if you're inclined to try them...
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Nope.
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Are you going to try some BP?
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Wambli Ska wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:36 am Are you going to try some BP?
No.
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Zee wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:52 am
Wambli Ska wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:36 am Are you going to try some BP?
No.
Can't really argue that one too much. I will give black powder this: with the charges compressed - with or without wad stacks - and the load density figures locked in at 100% of available space, the velocity numbers can be amazingly consistent. The downside of course is that it's some crusty stuff that requires its own set of procedures.

AA5744 is likely going to be a very good friend for a substitution. It's a bulky propellant that gets used a lot for cast-bullet-intensity loads in big-ish cases. Been a good accuracy powder for me and Pops. 4198 gets reached for a lot in this sort of thing. The good news is that 3031, 4895, and Varget are also workable in the Trapdoor/Sharps range, so immediate shopping probably not necessary.

If you're mainly going to be killing the local ranch critters with it, you're probably good to go, and there are a bunch of good big meplat flying phone pole bullet designs to do it with.

If you're gonna go all Quigley, the short rear sight is not gonna cut it. I think you'd find playing that game with that rifle to be a real challenge - long lock time, long barrel time, vibrations from a massive, off-center hammer strike. . .welcome to the jungle, baby! :lol:

And, oh yeah: Melllllllllllt. . .
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There’s zero chance he’s gonna cast bullets. Besides, he’s knows a guys.
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As far as reloads with 405 cast, I've had great luck with 40 grains of IMR3031. I shot it in my trapdoors and is very accurate. Also had good luck with 5744 but that stuff is hard to find anymore, don't even know if it's still made. Just for giggles I loaded up some Pyrodex, 60 grains filled the case. It shot good, was easy to clean up in a single shot. But it smelled like an old sweat sock burning inside a construction site porta potty!
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