I cut 4” off the magazine spring and installed an aluminum follower. It helped a lot.

@@mkshffr4936 yeah, if the government takes these lever action rifles designed in the late 1800’s then we know they’re up to no good.

@@oceantri True enough but I am not sure how that relates to SASS.

@@mkshffr4936I wasn’t sure what SASS stood for so I researched it. Thanks for introducing me to the Single Action Shooting Society. I thought it had something to do with government. I was way of on my comment.

@@oceantri No worries brother. Glad I could be of assistance. 😊

@@DustinBroughton-nc7ty oh it goes! It just doesn’t have the range I would like. Otherwise, it has a bunch of power and torque.

@@jesusanguiano420 I can’t remember, I’ll look when I get home this afternoon.

@@oceantri ok thank you

It is at Lake Don Pedro. The Wilderness Area. Electric motorcycles are allowed.

If there’s an unspent cartridge in the chamber that you want to remove simply open the lever it will extract the cartridge. Then leave the lever open if you don’t want another cartridge to do into the chamber.

@@oceantri Would it be possible to partially unload a cartridge through the loading gate, thereby blocking the action from picking up a new round, and THEN empty the chamber? I tried asking Ruger this but they just referred to the manual.

@@hannesgreen638no it will eject the round in the chamber. If you don’t want to load the next round you’ll have to leave the lever action open.

1300 but could be more nowadays if you can find them in stock.

Got mine at my local gun shop.

Yeah, these classic kits are a good tool to introduce the basics to the new hand loader. Hopefully, if they get into it they’ll step up to presses.

@@oceantri Yeah, I was one newbie that wasted $120 on that cheap stuff and wish I would had spent the money on a decent press. Now I got stuff sitting on a self that I would not give to some one as to do them that way.

I’ve never had any of those issues you mentioned with the Lee Loader. After about a week of hammering I got tired of the noise and incorporated an arbor press which worked great made it quiet, faster and more accurate. I used it this way for several months. I eventually bought a Lyman 8 turret press and love it.

@@oceantri An Arbor Press would have helped tremendously by being able to apply a steady even force. But why not start with a decent single stage press (or a turret) from the get go, so that one does not waste money on something that will just end up collecting dust? I ended up getting the Buchanan Precision Machine Hand Press with the Hornady L-N-L quick die change bushing system in it. That was $300 dollars, of which the $120 [spent on the cheap Lee Loaders] would have come in handy to help pay for the better equipment. Instead that $120 is just collecting dust while rusting away on a self.

We live and learn.

Barely, the first 1/2 inch of the bolt pushes the hammer open then the rest of the bolt clears the hammer by a couple of millimeters the rest of the way.

Barely, the first 1/2 inch of the bolt pushes the hammer open then the rest of the bolt clears the hammer by a couple of millimeters the rest of the way.

I use Frankford Arsenal de-priming and priming hand tools. My press is the Lyman Brass Smith 8 on a Lyman stand. I also have the Lyman Universal Case trimmer and Powder measure.

No, these are polymer coated lead cast RNFPs from Gallant Manufacturing.

These vary between 300-405 grain bullets with 14-15 grains of Unique. It’s my go to plinking round since I can’t find TrailBoss.

You and me both!😊

Thank you!

I like it. I use it for local riding and trails. It was acting up the first few months. The techs discovered a terminal connector pin was bent and not making contact. It was fixed under warranty and haven’t had any issues since.

@@oceantri thank you for the response