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    M. De Land replied to the thread Rip off.
    It was just a scalper trying to make a buck.
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Conical for Walker.
    I've pulled up the tensile, yield and hoop strengths of 4140 heat treated and 8620 carbonized (case hardened/colored) which are the...
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Short arbor discussion.
    Well Mike I'm glad your services are available and love the discussion and exchange of ideas along with a good argument testing our...
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    M. De Land reacted to 45D's post in the thread Short arbor discussion with Like Like.
    Well, that's exactly the way we did it when WE all started!! We bought wedges because we beat them to death, the cylinders "over...
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Short arbor discussion.
    Well if your a new shooter and don't have the money for a tuning and the gun works fine out of the box which most of them do. ur
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Conical for Walker.
    He most likely had a casting inclusion in the cylinder steel. I've seen these in 4140 barrel steel before and although the barrel did...
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    M. De Land reacted to rodwha's post in the thread Conical for Walker with Like Like.
    indeed it was an ASM.
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    M. De Land reacted to 45D's post in the thread Conical for Walker with Like Like.
    I think it was an older Walker, possibly an ASM ? rodwah probably remembers. Mike
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Short arbor discussion.
    That is absolutely true about not needing a lathe or mill for tuning but it sure is a bonus for time , accuracy and effort . Now for...
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Short arbor discussion.
    I've always said it's a good fix to any open frame gun but not necessary to good accuracy. With the Walker I'm beginning to think it...
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Conical for Walker.
    Good picture and information ! I would have loved to examined the blow up and question the shooter. I wonder about the load and bullet...
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    M. De Land reacted to rodwha's post in the thread Conical for Walker with Like Like.
    Well, Well, I had created a short and heavy bullet with a huge meplat for my Ruger that someone tried in their Walker with 52 grns of...
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Short arbor discussion.
    The thing I like about Beliveau is he never insists his way is the only way but still sticks to his own ideas until they can...
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    M. De Land reacted to Ed C.'s post in the thread Short arbor discussion with Like Like.
    Depends on how consistent you are in setting the wedge. With the short arbor fix you remove that variable from the equation. While...
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    M. De Land replied to the thread Conical for Walker.
    I'm thinking while looking at the seated ACP bullets that the length is about right but all that room around the nose area could be...
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