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The other thing powder coating does is increase the diameter of your projectiles, I have a 22 Savage Hi power model 1899 and its groove diameter is a nominal 0.228". This size of bullet is like rocking horse crap so my cast boolits as they come from the foundry are in the order of 0.225" diameter, two coats of powder coating brings them up to 0.2275" which is just right. I like blue also but as I use and powder both cast and jacketed bullets having a selection of colours is helpful in identifying what one has available. I can also vouch for the fact that leading is a thing of

I have a rossi R92 in 357 and it's been good so far, ditto my 1894 win in 30/30 and my 308 blr and, most recently, a 22 hi power savage 99. I think a great deal of the problems with lever guns arise because of b.s. on the internet generally originating in the US where they seem to have a thing about filing this off or polishing that up all to the detriment of the gun. I think a significant issue with lever guns is the attitude of the owners, particularly gen Z who seem to want to blame everything , but that's just me.

I joined this forum back in 2017 then promptly forgot about it. I'm an old fart, used to be referred to as a miserable old git just a few days away from my 80th birthday, so any thing that I may want to do will have to get done PDQ. A bunch of ailments have buggered me so I don't get out to hunt much but was an avid wildfowler for most of my adult life which my work enabled me to follow up and down the UK with travel and accommodation shareholder funded, which has got to be the way to do it. I've also enjoyed some game hunting in Scandinavia back in the 1960s together with a couple y