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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2850 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Stevens Tip up in 38CF Reply #15 - Feb 28^th, 2013 at 8:09pm	Print Post
	Interesting thread. Sometimes see these for sale and was not sure if ammo would be easy to come up with. Sounds like they are shooters. Will keep my eyes open for one. Have one in .22 LR that I had relined and have one in .25 Stevens with an excelent bore. Don't shoot that one much.


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32 ballard xl Full Member Offline Stand on your hind legs, and shoot like a man. Posts: 129 Location: Akwesasne, New York Joined: Feb 20^th, 2011	Re: Stevens Tip up in 38CF Reply #16 - Feb 28^th, 2013 at 9:52pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Feb 28^th, 2013 at 6:52pm: Or for fun get .38 cal. muzzleloader balls and set them on top a charge of 3.5 grains of Unique, using Lee liquid alox to "attach" them to the case mouth. Makes a fun plinker load for .38 or .32 Longs. I make up a box of fixed ammo this way and let the alox dry overnight. I also used it at the range with a re-decapper tool and just a single case. Fun to play with in my old Ballards. Thank you for reminding me about that. Back in the day, re-loading manuals had reccomendations for round ball gallery loads for the 75 foot serious shooting galleries (as opposed to carnival style "shooting galleries"), as well as "collar button" gallerie loads. But I really like the round ball idea. Allows you to work on your off-hand technique all winter, once you have a repeatable load worked out. Perfect way to utilize my old dairy barn ( )

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rustyrelx Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 474 Location: Wallace Idaho Joined: Oct 9^th, 2007	Re: Stevens Tip up in 38CF Reply #17 - Mar 1^st, 2013 at 1:28pm	Print Post
	32xl Yes I was aware of the case. I just asked about bore. One solution I have used is to obtain a mold for a .36 cal replica pistol. They come out at .375 and are much lighter in weight plus have a grease groove. In my Remington I can even use pre loaded cartridges. Don rustyrelx


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32 ballard xl Full Member Offline Stand on your hind legs, and shoot like a man. Posts: 129 Location: Akwesasne, New York Joined: Feb 20^th, 2011	Re: Stevens Tip up in 38CF Reply #18 - Mar 1^st, 2013 at 2:10pm	Print Post
	Great minds must think alike...I cast a bunch of round balls and conicals for my faux 1851 Navy. Perfect for play-time with 38 Long center fire and 38 Ballard extra longs. I have not done as well with .31 muzzloader balls and conicals in my 32 Long. I think the balls may be too light.

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harry_eales Ex Member	Re: Stevens Tip up in 38CF Reply #19 - Mar 1^st, 2013 at 2:34pm	Print Post
	mwhite49 wrote on Feb 27^th, 2013 at 9:10am: I think this is an early one and worth keeping and restoring. It has a 34 inch long barrel. I did not know they made them that long. The blueing on top of the color case makes it looks terrible. But that can be fixed with a new color case job. Mike If your going to CC Harden it again, don't forget to anneal it first. Harry


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MAD MIKE Oldtimer Offline Posts: 655 Location: So Cal Joined: Oct 31^st, 2006	Re: Stevens Tip up in 38CF Reply #20 - Mar 1^st, 2013 at 10:13pm	Print Post
	I believe all tip up rifle frames were factory nickel plated, tip up pistols were blued or nickeled. ...MIKE...


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Kermit1945 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 980 Location: In Flux Joined: Aug 31^st, 2011	Re: Stevens Tip up in 38CF Reply #21 - Mar 1^st, 2013 at 10:35pm	Print Post
	That's what I thought. Might look really good CCed though.

	"Speed's fine, but accuracy's final." Bill Jordan "Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly." Mae West
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