Researching the Colt 357 posts below..

WB
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 12:41 (2767 days ago)

Boy I don't remember this. Competition Arms Competitor outlined in red. Looks like a cross between a RPM and a Merrill with the 1911 grip and hammer (not the Merrill Sportsman). They also did away with the thumb hold down safety lever. I've never seen one! I bet some old target shooters may remember them.

I had a Competitor outlined in green. They were a rotary "cannon" breach design. I didn't like their spring extractors. I also had a cheaper version called a SSP-89. Magnum Research marketed a version called a "Lone Eagle" too. They were all recalled I think.

Don't look at the 1996 prices, they were sketchy even then. The production data is mostly still useful but tehy did and still do make editing mistakes.

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If my memory is right that Competitor was too close

Gary Reeder
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 17:42 (2767 days ago) @ WB

in design to the Merrill (Rock Arms, RPM etc) and was never actually produced in lieu of a lawsuit. I could be wrong on this as that was several years ago.

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I have a lone Eagle in .358 win. Works well

Tom S
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 17:55 (2767 days ago) @ WB

Have the RPM in 6.5 Rocket which is essentially the 6.5 JDJ. Accurate but a pretty sharp snap with that metal grip and angle of grip.

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I loaded some .358 Rocket for a friend but

WB
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 18:48 (2767 days ago) @ Tom S

forget what it was exactly. I think it was on the .444 brass. I had a 7mm Merrill but was lukewarm on it, it was just a .225 Win. necked up. I even made some brass from .30-30, lots of work though.

At the Y-O I found that my 7mm GNR would chamber a 7mm JDJ but the SSK/JDJ would not chamber my 7mm GNR cartridges. I just had to see. Both did great in the field. Good shot placement and the 7mm does the rest.

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