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Model 52B

We had 4'9" females in my unit who carried an M9 as a secondary weapon and managed to shoot it just fine even with small hands. I'd personally prefer a Glock 17 or M&P9 in the plastic crowd, or a CZ-75BD with short trigger set in the metal crowd. If SA guns were allowed, the HP Mark III wo...

Model 52B

I don't consider the HP superior to the 92, though nicely set up examples can be. Out of the box though, Berettas tend to have better triggers than factory military HPs, though the HP fits most people a bit better. The 92 is much larger than a 15 round 9mm needs to be, the grip is too thick, the sl...

Model 52B

Uberti makes an 1871 rolling block copy in .38-55. It's high on the list as they are light and handy little rifles. I've also seen Uberti 1885's chambered in .38-55, but they are no longer listed. Cimmaron however lists a .38-55 high wall and I'd love to have one of those as well. As for a Sharps, f...

Model 52B

I am a Hi Power fan and they are the only double stack high capacity 9mm pistol that fits my hand well. They point exceptionally well and with the magazine safety removed, they have fairly decent triggers that allow fairly quick double taps and controlled pairs. It's impressive that they were first ...

Model 52B

I'm a pretty big proponent of looking at completed sales on GunBroker to see what a firearm is probably worth. Condition is easier to compare in the pictures than it is with everyones varying interpretation of "condition" in a blue book, and there is none of the lag or delay that you find ...

Model 52B

I saw a shooter with a very nice 20" un-checkered 9422 XTR at our local range last weekend, but he left before I had a chance to talk with him and take a closer look. This morning I went looking for some .22WMR to feed my Single Six and I ran across what I think is the same very nice un-checker...

Model 52B

Well I have dry-fired unintentionally when I lost count and thought I had a round left and didn't. Nothing has broken yet. Just lucky I guess. I've done the same thing on CZ 453s and Model 52s, again with no ill effects. Provided the firing pin is: a) an inertial firing pin where the distance betwe...

Model 52B

It really varies by design whether you can dry fire a .22 LR or not, and even then there are some qualifiers to consider. For example, the Ruger Mk II and Mk III pistols have a retaining pin for the firing pin that serves as a firing pin stop to absorb the momentum of the firing pin and it also limi...

Model 52B

They didn't have nylon lariats back then it was all hemp, or rawhide. Not many folks today can handle a rope, there are some that have become fair hands with a lariat, but ropes not so much.. Thank you captain obvious. Strangely enough the old hemp lariats we had in the barn when I was a kid sure s...

Model 52B

A lariat is normally only about 35' long and fairly stiff compared to what most people consider to be rope. That greatly reduces it's utility for pretty much anything other than head or heel roping. You'd want some other kind of rope for all the other stuff. I suspect cowboys back in the day also ha...

Model 52B

I'd file down the front sight and be done with it, just touch it up with cold blue when you are done. Unless it's NIB, that won't hurt the collector value at all. Alternatively, I agree with the approach of just making a new L shaped peep for it, however it's more complicated than it appears given t...

Model 52B

The Model 92 was not discontinued until 1945, so it was still readily available in shootable condition at reasonable prices in the 1950's for studio use - much more so than the Model 1873. That in a nutshell is why the Model 92 was so common in film and television. However, beginning in the mid 1950...

Model 52B

Not really. First, 7.62 NATO cases are thicker than .308 Winchester cases as they are designed to be fired through full auto weapons that may have excessive headspace. The thicker walls reduce the chance of a head separation, but they also decrease the internal volume, making load development of you...

Model 52B

My preference for snakes is a .45 Colt with shot cartridges. The CCI cartridges give a very nice pattern about 12" in diameter at a range of about 6 or 7 ft. ---- But if noise is a concern, a Ruger Single Six is hard to beat PLUS you have two options. 1) Use the .22 Magnum cylinder with shot ca...

Model 52B

It really isn't rocket science to lightly tap the top portion of the dove tail down slightly to snug it up a bit, and all you need is to move it another couple thousandths of an inch snugger.

Model 52B

The 9422 Trapper is just about perfect for a .22 LR lever gun. This one was made in 2000.

Model 52B

Nothing much to add.

I use 9.6 grains of Unique under a 250 gr FNBP cast bullet in my .375 Win. It lopes along at about 1,250 fps with great accuracy an it's a pleasant load to shoot.

Model 52B

Once fired .30-30 brass cleaned and polished will sell for $20 per 100 for mixed head stamps, and $25-$27 per hundred sorted by head stamp. (Knock off $5 per hundred if it's not cleaned and polished.) Much higher and you start encroaching on the price of new brass - about $35 per hundred for Winches...

Model 52B

whichever components and ammo are more readily handy.... 375 most likely I'm not so sure. .375 Win ammo is very scarce as are actual .375 Win cases. Jacketed bullet options are limited but cast bullet options are superb. On the other hand, the .375 Win is a very slightly thicker webbed .38-55 case ...

Model 52B

I prefer the .375 Win over the .444. If I wanted something in the .444 performance class, I'd buy a .45-70. The .375 does a superb job of stretching .30-30 performance another 50 yards or so, and it's got a lot more potential with cast bullets and .38-55 type loads than the .30-30. It also does extr...

Model 52B

Here's my usual lever gun center fire range trilogy, with my 9422 thrown in to boot. 1978 Winchester Big Bore 94 in .375 Win 2012 Rossi 92 20" carbine in .45 Colt 1973 Winchester 94 in .30-30 2000 Winchester 9422 Trapper http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h470/SDBB57/E10DDAD5-6494-45D8-B73D-5B...

Model 52B

You're a lucky man on all three counts - great carbine, great wife and a great grandkid. There is not much more worth having.

Model 52B

I'm a big fan of the Model 52 re-issues. Here's four of my .22LR sporters - a Winchester Model 52R, a Remington 541S, aCZ 453, and a 1976 "Liberty" Ruger 10/22. http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h470/SDBB57/D0405970-092B-4FC6-8856-1273C75ADE14-20900-0000240E5EEEECBB_zps77fbba34.jpg Not p...

Model 52B

Here's my take on it. I take federal review teams to various parts of the country and canceling a reservation with 5-7 people for a full week over an issue like this does get noted by management, so make your customer preferences known. They need to be able to demonstrate the lost revenue of a "...

Model 52B

Griff wrote:The iron clad receivers will take a good CCH treatment. This is my 1979:

That looks great. Where did you have that done?

Model 52B

More than likely, SD state troopers carry M14s because they got them free from the government. 7.62 with the right load does a number on car bodies, but so do quite a few 5.56 loads (other than ball). Being from SD originally before going to work for the federal govt back east, and having worked fo...

Model 52B

Let's see, my military courses in prep for Warrant Officer candidancy school, told me that the Marines (by God and Chester Puller) are a subset of the Department of Navy, whose leader, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, report to the Secretary of the Navy, and are therefore Navy... and when deploy...

Model 52B

Cool pic, it is a Navy F-18 though. That's no squid...that's an aviator and F-18C from VMFA 232 - a Marine, the way God and Chesty Puller intended. :D In the picture above, you can just see the markings on the vertical stabilizers that are visible in the image below: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wik...

Model 52B

Cool pic, it is a Navy F-18 though. That's no squid...that's an aviator and F-18C from VMFA 232 - a Marine, the way God and Chesty Puller intended. :D In the picture above, you can just see the markings on the vertical stabilizers that are visible in the image below: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wik...

Model 52B

From that perspective, at that point what Custer needed was rapid fire repeating weapons, not a single shot carbine - and maybe close air support. And a little humility. His Crow scouts had warned him there were too many. Best rifle in the world can't help hubris. I think he was basing his plan on ...

Model 52B

Sharps Carbine or Springfield Carbine, it would not have made much difference. The locals were fairly well armed with pistol class caliber repeating Winchester rifles and carbines and had a great advantage at ranges inside 150 yards or so due to the greater rate of fire. At longer ranges the .45-70 ...

Model 52B

What type of straps would be used to secure it to the leg? A pair of standard rubber knife straps from any local diver shop or on-line retailer will work fine. Hmm, the inch markings made me remember the Abalone tool that Spyderco made for a short time. It has a folding blade that folds into what i...

Model 52B

I own a copy on DVD. I've read extensively about the Doolittle raid and submarine operations in the Pacific and I've never seen anything to indicate we had a submarine in Tokyo Bay during the raid. On January 7th 1942 the USS Pollack sank a freighter off the entrance to Tokyo Bay and the area around...

Model 52B

A few years ago Aqualung made a limited run of these and I bought one for those days when I go diving with one of my double hose regs. However, while the originals were discontinued in the 80's, you can still find them on e-bay pretty much any day for $10 or so. As long as the sheath is in good shap...

Model 52B

I used to live in an area with two well known high end rifle makers. I won't mention them as they are both reputable companies that make very good rifles, but I'll use them to shed some light on the truth about test targets. Both companies will charge you at least 3K for a rifle and will include a 3...

Model 52B

casastahle wrote:Hummm!
This thread seems to be lacking something.
Awe yes

A cowgirl

She sure has got big...guns.

Model 52B

That's very nice wood on that Model 52C Re-issue. If you get a chance go on over to rimfirecentral.com and show it. There is some interest in the nicely wooded Browning 52Bs and 52Cs ones with some discussion of serial numbers and how they came about, with a gentleman collecting information on them...

Model 52B

Model 52 B, Nice early NM BHs, I had a couple like that way back in the 70s. ( 1970s .... :) ) What brand and model # are those holsters? They are nothing fancy - Triple K, model 114 "Cheyenne". I grew up on a ranch where a pistol, carbine or rifle was mostly a tool and I still value prac...

Model 52B

Not Single Action Army pistols, but inspired by the SAA and in the same basic mold. .45 Colt Ruger Blackhawks in 7 1/2" and 4 5/8" lengths: http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h470/SDBB57/915e44c3-3632-46b8-b791-b6e851a6b526_zpsf9799154.jpg http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h470/SDBB57/2...

Model 52B

As noted above, I'd steam them out first. The holes were not drilled, the tack just pressed the fibers aside. It won't get it all the way back to normal, but it will reduce the magnitude of the problem. If you then re-finish with Tru-oil, tung oil etc, you can basically wet sand the stock over the r...

Model 52B

That's very nice wood on that Model 52C Re-issue.

If you get a chance go on over to rimfirecentral.com and show it. There is some interest in the nicely wooded Browning 52Bs and 52Cs ones with some discussion of serial numbers and how they came about, with a gentleman collecting information on them.

Model 52B

Yes, and no. The 100 yd group pictured above was SK Jagd Standard Plus. Wolf MT comes from the same production line and meets the same standards. It seems to shoot well for a lot of people, but it's still mid grade target ammo and how well it shoots varies quite a bit between lots. I've also had goo...

Model 52B

I think we're on the same page. You'd be hard pressed to find a Model 52 target rifle that weighs less than 9 pounds even without optics, so they'll bust the 8.5 pound weight limit as well.

The Model 52 Sporters pictured above both come in at 8.2 pounds with scope.

Model 52B

As much as I love the Model 52 Sporters, if you are competing at a serious level or planning on it, a Model 52 match rifle is old technology and you'd be better served by an Anschutz 54, Remington 40x, or maybe a Kimber 82G. Opinions vary a lot, but the arrival of the Anschutz 54/14xx series rifles ...

Model 52B

I own two of the Browning Re-issue Model 52B Sporters. Browing made 10,000 WInchester marked Model 52B Sporters and 5,000 Browning marked Model 52C Sporters. The major difference is a classic stock on the Model 52B, and a small comb on the Model 52C. This one dates from around 1997 and has exception...

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