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CraigC

I just got back from seeing it. I thought it was really good. Very well done and lots of great guns. The Colt 1851 and 1860 cartridge conversions being my personal favorites.

CraigC

That's just too much money, even if you planned on selling the original lockwork. The D&T ruins it for any collector and me too. Now that Clements is doing Bisley conversions on Old Models, I think I'll wait on a $300 beater that has not been converted.

CraigC

Rusty wrote:Sounds like a Ruger #1 to me.

Rusty <><

Only if it was scaled down to a more appropriate size. I just ain't gonna tote around a 9lb rimfire. A two-thirds or three-quarter sized #1 would be perfect for the job. Gotta get it down to 6lbs or less, preferably less.

CraigC

Bet it was a ROAD KILL :shock: They passed a law here in TN a few years back saying it was legal to keep road kill and eat it??? :oops: Papa Back in FL a few years ago I was working for a utility company and we were working fairly close to a roadkill doe. A concrete truck came by and the driver spo...

CraigC

Most the road hunters around here would never go to that much trouble.

CraigC

Junior wrote:My ~1976 SBH has two screws. What's the difference?

About three years.

CraigC

ScottT wrote:Craig,

If you shoot only that much, and concentrate on the basics, you will be far ahead of most folks who take a rifle out during deer season.

Ain't that the truth!

CraigC

Agreed, I'd definitely not shoot it anymore until it's completely checked out. It may be a total loss, i.e. a wallhanger.

CraigC

Ooooh, I like that one!

There's a free bump.

CraigC

It is unbelievable to me that so many are so willing to forget something so horrific. What are we to do?

CraigC

It's been raining here off and on. It's about 70miles to the nearest theater so I'm waiting for clear skies tomorrow or Thursday so I can go on the bike. Dad saw it last week and said it was really good.

CraigC

I even despise how most people refer to it. 9/11??? Have we really become that lazy that the only way we can refer to the worst terror attack in history as well as one of the worst tragedies this country has ever seen, a foreign attack on our sovereignty, with three *******' numbers??? It's no wonde...

CraigC

I know I'm not gonna make it and I know whose fault it is. Mine! Screwed around and waited too long to get my new reloading bench built (moved in Jan.). Then it got hot, real hot. Lots of procrastination. No excuse, I shoot at home. So far, I've only fired 100rds but I 'should' be able to shoot anot...

CraigC

I handled one for the first time two weeks ago and was surprised at how well it handled. Expected it to be way too heavy but was pleasantly surprised. Now I want one!

I'll have to look for that new Alliant .38WCF data.

CraigC

I can't seem to get away from a 240gr SWC over 10.0gr Unique. Gives me 1050fps from a short sixgun and 1400fps from a rifle. Runnin' full speed is not usually necessary. When I do, I like a 240gr GDHP over 20-22.0gr 2400.

CraigC

I would mount it in a sporter stock and install peep sights. I waited too long to go back for a really nice sporterized Krag last fall and have regretted it ever since. Would've been a great all-around rifle.

CraigC

You definitely want to handle a few before spending your money. I love the Pennsylvania and Kentucky long rifles but the few I handled were not as comfortable as the Lyman Great Plains rifle, which is what I ended up with. Mine is in .54 caliber with the slow 60" twist for patched roundballs an...

CraigC

I usually carry either an Old Model Single Six, a custom 4 5/8" Bisley .44Mag or a custom Ruger flat-top .44Spl. Although I'm becoming more and more fond of the Cimarron 1872 Open Top .44Colt I got late last year. Never had to defend myself against anything meaner than a big coon, which is usua...

CraigC

Handloader and Rifle are the only two I subscribe to any more. The new issue of Handloader has a great article by Pearce on custom sixguns. I buy the occasional issue of Guns/AH as well as Shoot! for my monthly doseage of Taffin and every issue of The Double Gun Journal I can find. Don't bother with...

CraigC

I'd definitely snap it up if it appealed to me. They're only going up as collectors acquire more and more of them.

CraigC

Beware the man with one rifle, he likely finished off a six pack for breakfast before he headed to the woods with his bore sighted rifle and the same box of ammo he's hunted with for the past ten years.

Cynical yes, but fairly accurate.

CraigC

I'll have to check it out, thanks for the tip.

CraigC

I'd have to have at least one, if the price is not out of sight.

CraigC

Good idea! I had just forgotten.

CraigC

From what I heard the wait for the tax stamps has dropped to four weeks. I've been thinking about a suppressor for a .22, just for kicks.

CraigC

Probably the same reason people still buy K-frame .38's like the models 14 and 15 instead of the M19 or 66. I've got both a 2" M15 in nickel and a 6" M14 blued and want 4" and 8 3/8" versions. Personally, I've got no use for the .357 and the two I own will become something more u...

CraigC

El Paso Saddlery has a great selection and the quality can't be beat. I have several rigs from them with Texas #2 belts including Threepersons, Austin and Californian holster styles. All good, comfortable designs. As was mentioned though, they do not age their leather. I might have to get one of tho...

CraigC

Sounds like it might be from the first run of the new Miroku, Winchester-marked `92's. Was it a 24" round barrel with a tang safety and rebounding hammer? Good price for a `92, not so good for a `94.

CraigC

The H&R's are great rifles for the money and their reputation is very good. I've wanted one for a while now, after reading AK Church's articles, just haven't gotten around to it. However, good as they are, they're fairly overweight for what I've got in mind. In the smallbores, with a light enoug...

CraigC

Rooks aren't that expensive. They're not bad when you can find them. I've just never had money when I did. They're usually much more affordable than comparable doubles and big game rifles from those big name London shops. I guess there's just not much of a market for such lowly centerfires. It's a ...

CraigC

Alright now, everyone starts with 0 feedback. Even the guys that have over 1000 transactions started out a nobody. Right now as a seller I have 0 feedback "glbrt352(0)". I am not incompetent, stupid, dishonest, shady, or anything of the kind just because I have not sold anything yet, and ...

CraigC

Hobie wrote:They should bring out the Cadets again, this time in .32 H&R.

Definitely!

CraigC

There's some good ones on that site, a few are pretty affordable, relatively speaking. I especially like this one from their hammerguns page. A rook rifle converted to a .410. With a 28" barrel it still weighs only 4lbs, 4oz! Something like this would be awesome! http://www.pantilesguns.co.uk/p...

CraigC

I still get a good chuckle out of "bullet tips".

CraigC

I use a lot of .22Short ammo. Nice, pleasant plinking round, no need for hearing protection. Surprisingly effective on game as well. My LR version of the 94/22 is a later model marked Long and LR only. It feeds Shorts about 75% of the time. My pard's came from his father that was bought new back in ...

CraigC

I've used Gunbroker for both buying and selling with mostly positive experiences. Study closely their feedback. I won't buy from 0 feedback sellers either and more closely scrutinize those with few transactions. One thing in particular to take note of is if you plan to use a credit card, some spell ...

CraigC

Nice rifles! That's funny, I was just looking at a little Martini Cadet chambered in .25-20SS on Cabela's site. That's a neat little rifle and a feather light 4lbs, 11oz. Definitely got me to thinking.

I'll look into the Remington #4 too.

CraigC

Blame it on Ross Seyfried but I think we need a new single shot. Something along the lines of the old British rook rifles. Long and lean with classic British lines, six pounds or less, chambered in the rimfires and small base centerfires like the .25-20, .32-20, .32H&R, .22Hornet, .218Bee, maybe...

CraigC

Good lookin' rifles! There's just something about the old ones that have seen miles of tender loving use.

CraigC

Griff wrote:Now you know that you'll have to post pictures when it comes in... then a range report...

Absolutely!

PS, I ordered the Lyman book too.

CraigC

Present and accounted for. Ordered my new Lyman Great Plains .54 frontstuffer and all the goodies that go with it.

It's threatening to cool off a little, time to do some shootin'!

CraigC

I have but one, a dinky little late model Winchester `92 Trapper. Neat little carbine that I haven't taken the time to get to know. Needs a peep sight.

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