I was rereading "219 zipper, not a street address", and remembered where my motivation came from!! Paco planned to build a 6mm zipper improved, and I wound up with two 6x30-30 ackley's. I couldn't decide which model levergun to put it on either, so I got a ranger (ae, pre safety) and a gle...

ScottT- I used to have a link to a cavalry re-enactment site that showed we used a scabbard (boot) much like that for the trapdoor springfields. They were carried vertically, muzzle down, behind the troopers right leg, if I remember correctly. I would have to concur on the "Kinda hard on the ba...

OS- I'm about 65 miles West of Gillette. A few years ago I was speaking with a gentleman who had just retired from the West Coast and built a home here. After rattling off the issues he'd had with the various trades through the process, he capped it off by saying; "It's like living in a third w...

I think I got it now, the mount will not be spun, but mounted as originally designed, with all three screws. The change comes about in that you will only use the old front ring mounting holes to be the new back ring mounting holes, and the rear sight dovetail will become the new front ring connectio...

Handirifle- We've always had a scoped 94 or two around (Grandad's eyes went at about 50), and I grew up learning to shoot them "canted" so that the scope was directly above the bore. I shoot right and left handed, and actually find left handed to be more comfortable, and solider, with this...

My grandfather's only rifle was a Model 94 25-35, and during Dad's "growing up" years (born in 1936), every bite of meat they ate came from that rifle (Mule Deer, Antelope and Elk: beef was for selling, not eating, unless you were visiting the neighbors!) Dad recollected one elk hunt where...

Pullnshoot- I had an Trapper AE in 44 magnum that exhibited the same behaviour. After dismantling and reconstructing an older 94, I had the nerve to get very serious about ferreting out the issue. What I discovered was a loose screw that could only be accessed by removing the loading gate cover. The...

I recently aquired P.O. Ackley's "Home Gun Care and Repair" It is an interesting read. I don't have it in front of me, but he encouraged the home handyman in swapping Model 94 Barrels, and laid out a methodology with a good vise, a hardwood block, and a big ole crescent wrench. I haven't d...

I'm with Hobie and JDad. I've not sold, but bought a few rifles off of Gunbroker. The "Advanced Search" feature allows you to "weed out" reserve price auctions. Then if you sort by lowest price first, you can see in a few moments if there are any "real auctions" on what...

GTaylor, I am surprised you can chamber a reformed .30-30 at all without inside neck reaming or outside neck turning. In unreamed reformed .30-30 cases after firing my bullets were an iInterference fit. I had to inside ream the necks before I could use the .30-30 or .375 Winchester brass in either ...

Of course, they can get expensive as well - Dang "219 Zipper is not a street address" anyway!!

I have one of the recent runs, case colored, octagon barrel. Couldn't be happier! The problems; Won't feed resized 30-30, or 60 grain bullets, but will fire them single shot. I have no doubt that with a little fiddling, I can get it to feed the resized 30-30's, but at this point in time I have no n...

I love my boresnakes, but I'm with Shawn - They are the next best thing to the Otis system. If you were only going to own one, I would press the Otis. The cable has enough rigidity to help clear obstructions. The fact that the patches are removed after use addresses the concern of pulling the gunk f...

I have one of the recent runs, case colored, octagon barrel. Couldn't be happier! The problems; Won't feed resized 30-30, or 60 grain bullets, but will fire them single shot. Trigger was a bit gritty, but a "Bunkhouse Trigger Job", ala Gunblast (thanks guys!!), and the trigger is very usab...