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Seven and a half pounds is fine I suppose if you like HEAVY guns  , but mine is a trim 6.6. 16.5" and launches .510" 525s at 1865fps with all of the recoil you'd want. This is my load testing butt stock and I'm still fittng the front sight. I have to admit wild west's trigger is worth all of the money, and that is the only good thing I'll say about them. I haven't killed anything with it yet, but use it as a camp/fishing gun. I'd love to see what it would do on a buff!Cheers, Bob  DRSS "If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?" "PS. To add a bit of Pappasonian philosophy: this single barrel stuff is just a passing fad. Bolt actions and single shots will fade away as did disco, the hula hoop, and bell-bottomed pants. Doubles will rule the world!" | |||
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Hey Bob Well, my 71s are in fact 7.5 lbs, and heavy. But my Marlin Guides with 18 inch tubes are 7, also heavy. I have a 50 AK too--Not from WWG from SSK, it comes in at 6.5 even. It's stainless like yours. I have to take some photos of that. It's a nice gun, works too, although it is neglected. I think sometime PM and have a short discussion about WWG. That looks like the Cast Performance 525? I think we must test that bullet at velocity, I don't recall doing so, since I never took the 50 AK out, I really neglected load data on 50 AK too. About the time I did a couple of 50 AKs, I also had the 50 B&M AK .500 in the works and neglected the .510 afterwards and devoted most of my data to the .500. However, even then once I got the 500 Hornady up and running I neglected the .500 too. I have had too many cartridges and things I put in front of my lever guns. Sad to say, I have yet to take my .500 lever guns to the field yet! Shame! I am still backed up with other projects too. Michael http://www.b-mriflesandcartridges.com/default.html The New Word is "Non-Conventional", add "Conventional" to the Endangered Species List! Live Outside The Box of "Conventional Wisdom" I do Not Own Any Part of Any Bullet Company, I am not in the Employ Of Any Bullet Company. I do not represent, own stock, nor do I receive any proceeds, or monies from ANY BULLET COMPANY. I am not in the bullet business, and have no Bullets to sell to you, nor anyone else. | |||
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Same bullets I'm using in my .50 AK, but mine gets only 1,575 fps.......oh, and I use the same bullet in my .500 Linebaugh. We could test it at a variety of speeds.  "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Mike, I'll see if I can scare up a few for you. Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Rusty You saying you might have some of those 475 barnes lying about???? Wow, if that's what I understand, that would be fantastic! I would love just to see a few. Perfect for the 475 B&Ms! Thanks Michael http://www.b-mriflesandcartridges.com/default.html The New Word is "Non-Conventional", add "Conventional" to the Endangered Species List! Live Outside The Box of "Conventional Wisdom" I do Not Own Any Part of Any Bullet Company, I am not in the Employ Of Any Bullet Company. I do not represent, own stock, nor do I receive any proceeds, or monies from ANY BULLET COMPANY. I am not in the bullet business, and have no Bullets to sell to you, nor anyone else. | |||
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Mike, I'll check with the rifle's owner and see if he has any of the Barnes bullets he would part with. Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Rusty Thanks, much appreciated, would love to just have a couple of samples would be great! Michael http://www.b-mriflesandcartridges.com/default.html The New Word is "Non-Conventional", add "Conventional" to the Endangered Species List! Live Outside The Box of "Conventional Wisdom" I do Not Own Any Part of Any Bullet Company, I am not in the Employ Of Any Bullet Company. I do not represent, own stock, nor do I receive any proceeds, or monies from ANY BULLET COMPANY. I am not in the bullet business, and have no Bullets to sell to you, nor anyone else. | |||
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Dave, I also have a 45/70....in a Wild West that is Parkerized and has all the options except the take-down feature. But with an 18 1/2" barrel, it is already pretty much "taken-down" !!!! Can you say Garrett Hammerheads??? | |||
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Biebs: You're back! Did you kill anything over there in Africa? Did you buy that .577 yet? Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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I'm sure that he will tell the story of the hunt himself but to address the second part of your question, I am dragging him kicking and screaming  to visit Kebco and his litter of 577s.  NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003 Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow | |||
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Sooooo...Canada, in collusion with Barnes, is smuggling illegal immigrants into the country and arming them with 45-70's?   Good hunting, Andy ----------------------------- Thomas Jefferson: “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” | |||
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You go Doc! I want to have a friend with a .577 so I can shoot it Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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You go Doc! I want to have a friend with a .577 so I can shoot it [/QUOTE]If I did buy one, how would that give YOU a "friend" with a 577 ????? (Just kiddin!) | |||
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Biebs, if you ask nice, I will let you shoot my 1886 50-110 sometime. Rich DRSS | |||
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Cold Biebs, really cold ... NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003 Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow | |||
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Sorry Mike, no luck on the bullets! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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