Sept 1st, 1860

[RanchRoper]

RR, I doubt very much that those guys with bolt guns and scopes think you're nuts. If anything, I suspect some of them are jealous, but I'll bet a lot more of them are just plain curious to see someone still shooting in the old way. So rare to see, anymore. Hold your head high, cowboy. That kind of shooting is a thing of beauty.

Yes, I do think a tang peep and set trigger on that 1885 will let you stretch out to 200 yards, no prob. Might want to develop some hotter loads, though, to flatten the trajectory and for sure, an 1885 can handle any kind of 45 Colt load.

That's interesting on the loads for the 1885....been looking at some loads for it already. I have loaded some 250 gr a little hotter and marked the box "1885 only".

[JEBar]

I clean the barrel quite often, every couple of sessions. There is lead, but after a couple of wet barrel mops and a patch or two I can get clean dry patches. The chamber gets dirty though, and needs to be cleaned out thoroughly. However, I popped the side plate on the toggle link action not too long ago and it was pretty darn clean in there. Just oiled it and put the cover back on.

info appreciated .... you've done an excellent job of finding and producing a load that really works well in your firearms

[dasmoeturhead]

Meat on the table shootin.