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Henry McCann

Thanks for the knowledgeable replies. I'm learning a bunch from you. I'm starting to appreciate the differences from the old steel to new aluminum versions. I love lever actions. I have had my share of Winchesters, Marlins, Savages and Browning reproductions and still have 8, not counting the two BL...

Henry McCann

If anyone has any information on how to do this, I would really appreciate it. I could have 4 bolt actions re-barreled for the prices I have been quoted, by the very, very few gunsmiths that will do this. I have searched the internet without any luck at all. I have heard that for the newer BLR's, th...

Henry McCann

I have owned 8 Marlins and still have 4 in .35, .32, 30.-30, .444....I love them. My dad bought 2 BLR's in .308 and .358 that I have used for 30 years. Handy, accurate fun rifles. The .308 is now my sons. Shot his first deer with it a couple of years ago. Dad has promised me the .358 when the time c...

Henry McCann

I would love levers with 24" to 26" barrels readily available, in blued and walnut. Anyone with a hacksaw can make a barrel shorter, but it's sure tough to stretch them.

I would love the Winchester 71 configuration with more calibers available, like the .33 Winchester.

Henry McCann

Blaine, You can say over and over it's only a movie, but the liberal, green, hate America message is sure getting out there. Look at who voted in Obama...who despises the military, the 2nd Amendment, thinks we don't need traditional energy scources, and also thinks that astronomical debt means prosp...

Henry McCann

Thanks much...looking forward to reading all about it!

Brett

Henry McCann

Is there somewhere in the archives, where you have discussed in some detail your levergun design? Is it based on the '86? Completely new?

Would love to hear some details, or read where you have posted before.

Thanks much, Brett

Henry McCann

A Winchester or Marlin carbine is pure perfection in it's handling, size, weight and especially aesthetics. They are touch stones with our past; to a simpler world, where values like honesty and integrity, if not lived, were at least given lip service. When I carry my 1949 Marlin 336RC in .32 Specia...

Henry McCann

Browning '86 with early Winchester pistol grip, shotgun buttplate, tapered octagon 24" barrel, 2/3's magazine, CCH, very, very nice walnut and checkering, in .50-110. Or a Browning 92 with all the above, except a button magazine, in .45 Colt. I chose Browning/Miroku for the very reason I would ...

Henry McCann

Kirk, Gorgeous pics and stunning rifles! I'm green with envy. :mrgreen: I own or have owned Winchester 71's, 64's, 53's, 65's and Marlin 336A's and 1895's and .444's. I love a 2/3's magazine or a button mag. Maybe the button mag '73 that Paul Newman carried in Hombre, started it all many years ago, ...

Henry McCann

Probably my Browning 71 at first, then one or all of these four...Three early 336A's. (Two in .35 Remington and one in .30-30.) Or a 1949 336RC in .32 Special. My son will be using an early steel BLR in .308 and my dad a steel BLR in .358. Or his Marlin .444 or his Winchester Big Bore in .375 Winche...

Henry McCann

Thank you very much for your posts...I will use the bullets and powders recommended!

Henry McCann

I didn't read them al, so apologies if these have already been used. When asking my dad on how it was going? "Better than pounding sand in a rat hole!" "Better than being beat over the head with a dead rabbit." A great grandfather when mad would say. " Berry paycar!" Wh...

Henry McCann

I'm going to reload for the first time...these are the two cartridges. I have a 24" barreled Browning 71 and two 336A's in .35 Remington, also with 24" barrels. I've read about lots of loads and powders for these cartridges, but I need to start simple. Can I get by with one powder for both...

Henry McCann

Thanks for sharing the link...Many years ago I read Mila 18, a fictional account of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising by Leon Uris.

Though fictional, Uris did a great job of research. I would recommend the book to anyone that is interested in this story.

Henry McCann

Rarely see 99's and if you do they are way over priced. Like $850 for something that looks like it was buried underground. Marlins not very often...336's run about $400. Winchesters are always high. Post 64, $600 and pre-64 several hundred more.

Henry McCann

Buck, just like the rest, if I was rich I'd be happy to back you. As you said, "We can dream can't we?" I know not many like the BLR, but my dad and I have used two BLR's, a .308 and a .358, for 30 years and really like them. What I would like, and it would be easy to do, is longer barrels...

Henry McCann

Yeehaw!!! One beautiful rifle!!!

Henry McCann

The first one I bought for myself was a 1949 Marlin RC .30-30. Which led to owning 8 Marlin levers at one time. Now I'm down to four. It took me a long time to buy a rifle for myself as I hunted with my dad and he had everything from a .257 and .300 Weatherby, to BLR's in .308 and .358, a Winchester...

Henry McCann

My dad has had a BL-22 for over 30 years. It has had, conservatively, 20,000 rounds through it without a single hiccup. Great little lever .22...congratulations!

Henry McCann

Another vote for Van's Gun Blue...has worked very well for me everytime!

Henry McCann

Very Nice...I really like the looks of the shorter magazine and pistol grip. Congrats!!!

Henry McCann

jd45 and edwardyoung you have PM's.

Henry McCann

edwardyoung,

Thanks for the offer, but not at this time.

Henry McCann

Kind of a quirky movie...I did like Viggo Mortensen as Hitch.

Henry McCann

Thanks to all, especially Steve...I definitely have some options to think about. Steve, let me decide how serious I am about this, in regards to the lever and lower tang. As much as I love the look of a PG, 2/3's magazine and 24" barrel, that 94 of rangerider7 with the button mag and straight g...

Henry McCann

Henry McCann

I have a current post about 92 replicas...You being the aficionado on such rifles, here is what I've been thinking in the way of a 92 in .45 Colt. I have owned a Winchester 71 and still currently own a Browning 71. I have also owned a Winchester 64 and currently own 3 Marlin 336A's. (The early ones ...

Henry McCann

Old Ironsights,

Thanks for the information...They may still make them, but on their websites they didn't show any.

Thanks again,

Brett

Henry McCann

Who still makes a 92 replica...I've checked Navy Arms, Chapparral, EMF, Rossi with no luck. I'm probably missing the obvious, but would appreciate the help.

Thanks!

Henry McCann

A little fancy for me, but I like BLR's where many here don't. The only wish I have for BLR's are the option for longer barrels. They are just a little muzzle light for me.

Henry McCann

FTX bullets, the .338 Marlin, new pistol ammunition in the .45 and pistol defensive rounds. Interesting!

Henry McCann

It surprised me...I watched it a few days ago. Maybe I just wasn't expecting much, but I enjoyed it. Laughed out loud more than once.

Henry McCann

Thanks Hobie...I will/would have filed on the blank, but then I dimpled my barrel trying to use a piece of oak instead of a brass punch, so who knows?

Henry McCann

Good news! I bought a brass punch and it worked like a charm. The right tool as suggested by your posts worked great.

Last Spike,

I'm not sure what size dovetail blank it needs? I didn't measure the sight when I took it off last night.

Henry McCann

Sounds like a brass punch is needed. I was using a small piece of oak and a hammer, so as to not mar the sight or barrel, but it wasn't strong enough. It broke and I ended up putting a tiny ding in the barrel. Who said I was bright? Thanks to all who have responded...I will put your good advice to u...

Henry McCann

Danny,

Thanks much...it just must be a little tighter than I thought.

Henry McCann

I have a Browning 71 and want to remove the rear sight, as I'm adding a Williams FP. I thought the sight slid out to the right as you're looking down the barrel to the front sight. Is that correct?

Thanks for your help!

Henry McCann

I would have to say it's the rifle...I shoot leverguns with peep sights, because they make me smile. I like getting as close as I can, before dropping the hammer. (That probably comes from loving to bowhunt with recurves and longbows) I also use rifles that have sentimental value. I have a 70 year o...

Henry McCann

My dad has owned one since 1973 and it has accounted for at least 1500 gophers and has had an estimated 20,000 rounds through it. Figure 100 gophers a summer on the ranch since then and my 1500 estimate is low. Never a single jam or hiccup and it's accurate.

Great lever action .22!!!

Henry McCann

Joe, if we all followed you, no one would own anything more than a bolt action in .30-06. But, it sure is fun to own and shoot various rifle actions and calibers.

I've never been a .338 fan in spite of it's many virtues, but for many this will probably be a great caliber.

Henry McCann

44/40,

She could not be cuter! Sounds like she is already a sharpshooter.

Henry McCann

Thanks for your example of integrity!

Henry McCann

Thank you! It brought tears to my eyes thinking of my Irish grandmother, who passed away ten years ago.

Henry McCann

As with everyone else...thank you for sharing a story and pictures that puts this post in the top 5% of all posts ever on this site!

Henry McCann

Got to love a rifle like that!

Henry McCann

Hobie, I'd love that configuration, but a 28" cut to 24", shotgun butt and 2/3's magazine clone of the Winchester 71 would also make me smile.

Now both, and I would smile 24/7!

Henry McCann

I have had very good luck with Van's Instant Gun Blue.

Henry McCann

Gerry,

Sacrilege, pure sacrilege! The 71 is perfect as originally designed. Can you tell I love the pistol grip?

That said, I would love to own an '86 extra light in .33 Winchester, which is what you have recreated in form if not caliber.

Nice work!

Henry McCann

Just a few of my favorites... The Cowboy and the Cossack-Clair Huffaker Mackenna's Gold-Will Henry Yellowstone Kelly-Henry writing under the name of Clay Fisher HMS Ulysses, The Secret Ways, South By Java Head-Alistair MacLean Mila 18-Leon Uris To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee Another vote for, &quo...

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