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I don't recall the brand, but my pellet rifle came with 7 gr. pellets that allowed for very high velocity, but I found 11 gr. pellets far more accurate.

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I've done stock repairs like this without removing any wood. I simply scraped or filed the mating surface inside, then used my table saw to cut thin pieces of hardwood to fit inside the area. I epoxied them in place and used wood laid across the filler and across the outside of the stock so I could ...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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I own a number of Remington Hepburn rifles that all have rebounding hammers, and never had an issue with any of them. It's a great feature to avoid firing pins from hanging up or getting broken, and I'd never change them, although on a Hepburn it's a simple thing to do. It works, so no reason to mes...

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The answer is simple. There are still huge numbers of old rifles from the 1800's and early 1900s around that are chambered in the .38-55 Ballard that a hotter or heavier hitting hunting load might not be good for. It's a liability issue where makers don't want to get sued when a novice takes grandpa...

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While I don’t know what kind of velocity that load might generate, I know several guys who load their .30-06 down to .30-30 levels so that their kids can shoot deer without the heavier recoil. Makes good sense to me. I might would use 30/30 bullets to do that however. 30 caliber bullets for the 06 ...

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Two of my long time favorites, but I have more than I'll ever use up at my age.

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It doesn't make it weaker, but it can make it less accurate over time. Especially so if people constantly take it down and put it back together. The threads can and do wear over a long time if constantly disassembled. The Winchester takedown doesn't have a cam to tighten it as it wears like the Marl...

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If somebody gets to missing pennies they can buy two rolls of 50 each off the ads on TV now! Only $10 for a $1 worth of pennies!
I've got a water bottle about half full here, so I'm good for awhile!

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If my rifle gets cold enough to start shivering I let it lay under the electric blanket until it's cozy.

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I also got my December issue, and no idea when the change will happen from monthly to quarterly, or if there's any plan to go online. I got asked years ago if I wanted mine online and declined then. I still would as I like reading a hard copy I can grab whenever I want.

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Our gun club requires everyone to be an NRA member. So if you're not you pay extra each year for the club to sign you up! So I still get the benefit of my life membership saving me annual NRA membership each year. I did the American Rifleman for decades, then switched to the Hunter, but switched bac...

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A two fer! Nice work!

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Get ready for changes if you get the NRA magazines! The NRA just sent out an email to all contributors telling them to stand down and not send any new stories in as they're reworking their magazine and have laid off a number of full time editors, and staff! They also stated they're considering going...

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There were a few of us at work who, too young to retire, took the J&J one-and-done option thinking it was the least risky. I ended up with Covid anyway, along with some weird kidney function numbers for a while afterwards and sporadic fits of hypertension - which I never had before. The whole t...

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My son in law did 25 years in the Navy and was 45 when he retired. He got a job with a company during covid, and was told he had to get the shot before being hired. So he went and got it and reported to work. Within 2 weeks he became violently ill and went to emergency with all sorts of intestinal i...

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The finest kitchen knives my wife has ever owned, and loves dearly are her Cutco knives. She has a butcher block full of them and part of the set is 10 steak knives along the bottom of the block. All her Cutco knives are guaranteed for lifetime, and not the lifetime of the purchaser, but as long as ...

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Things have been hectic here the last few weeks. A few weeks ago I went to buy a Winchester 1885, which turned into buying 4 Model 1885's, which turned into all of them needing either one small repair, or some major repairs! The only takedown in the bunch needed an extractor, and it went away just a...

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Since Andy's latest fix the site has never run better! Fast to load, and fast to post or open threads! It's a joy to have it working so well!

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For most collectors I know, (myself included) it's the thrill of the chase. You know exactly what you want, and what a maximum is to pay, and then you spend years searching for it. Sometimes you find it, but it's either priced too high, been monkeyed with, or some other reason you have to pass on it...

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. Speaking of sabots, someday I want to try developing a 50 cal saboted load for my BHA 500 S&W; I see sabots for 30, 35, 40, 44, and 45 caliber pistol bullets. Like noted above with muzzleloaders, it might be pretty accurate. Part of the reason such loads may be more accurate than using a 223 ...

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My custom built Pattern 17 Enfield with a Douglas Premium barrel in .30-06 can easily keep 5 shots under 1" at 100 yds. But with Accelerators the same gun wont keep under 2" at 100 yds. My Remington 700 in .22-250 keeps 10 shots under 3/4" at 100 yds. easily, so I never saw a use for ...

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I have friends who have never fired any gun in their vast collection! That seems just nuts to me, as the first thing I do is start getting brass, dies, etc., and get one shooting ASAP! Some collectors just want to own the guns, and either don't reload, or wont load for obsolete cartridge guns. I per...

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Andy mentioned it was going to take the weekend to fix the site issues, so wasn't too surprised it took a bit more.
The Remington Society forum has been down at the same time, and is still down today! No idea when it will get fixed.

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Gun collections, and gun owners come from all walks of life, and thus somebody is always going to have more nicer guns, or do more exotic hunts than most of us do. In my younger years I was extremely envious of the various collectors who had vast numbers of fine old guns I wished I could own. I have...

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It's still erratic as all get out for me. Seems like it's better early mornings, but if I try in the afternoon it wont work. But sometimes even mornings wont work, so who knows what's causing it. I'm just grateful for the days it functions like it used to do!

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I had a box of Remington .30-06 accelerators and found them less than satisfactory myself. I also was given 250 .30 caliber accelerator bullets to try to work up loads with. I never got loads made up that were anywhere near as accurate as the loads I made for my .22-250 Remington. I think the issue ...

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Other than being put under for a few surgeries in the last 7 years, I haven't had any type of shots. Don't plan on them either.

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One thing that always makes me smile at Veteran's Day is something my dad told me long ago. He was born in 1904, so too young for WWI and too old for WWII. It was something he said he was always sad to have not served his country at war. But he added that it made him proud that all three of us boys ...

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Yesterday morning it was lightning fast. Then later it wouldn't even open. This morning it's back to fast again. It's like a car with a bad carburetor, and you never know when it's going to run bad or leave you stranded.

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The last recorded serial number for the 1886 Winchesters is #159337 in 1922. The last 1886 sold was in 1935 at #159994. So tough to pinpoint when yours ight fall within this 1923-1935 range.

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The new springs and extractors both arrived yesterday Springs from C Sharps, and extractors from a friend up north from me. Excited, so I ran down to my basement shop to fix the hammer mainspring, and fit an extractor! Pulled the hammer out of the breech block and unhooked one end of the torsion spr...

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I moved onto the 1885 Bremer with Pope .22 barrel to fix two glaring issues. https://i.imgur.com/bSLtFdtl.jpg One obvious issue is the lack of an extractor. Since the previous owner got tired of waiting after 8 years for this rifle to get finished, it seems the gunsmith wasn't quite done and he didn...

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Tried posting yesterday, but it was so slow it timed out again. I gave up and contacted Andy who said he'd look into it. Seems he did as it's running great again this morning.

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The Model 1891 was chambered for .32 Long, but the .32 Extra Long is too long to cycle through this action. It can also shoot the .32 Shorts, but don't confuse these cartridges with .32 S&W Long or Short as both are too large a diameter to chamber in the 1891 rifles. Originally these came with t...

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I was relieved to just now open the site and find it worked! It kept giving me notices like the site didn't even exist anymore for days!
Thanks for getting things back up and running again!

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You rust blued the lever ? The butt looks great! Yes, but to about 50% so it doesn't look too new. I know the blued actions were blued levers and CCH actions like this one were also CCH, but new CCH would look odd. There was basically zero finish left on the lever, but faded bluing looks better.

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Finished the parts and reassembled.

Buttplate.

Lever. Flash made the bluing disappear!

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Almost finished the lever and buttplate repairs! Just need some polishing and then I'll rust blue the lever, and put the buttplate in a sealed container with vinegar and salt to antique the finish and keep it looking old. I decided to return the lever to Winchester style instead of the Ballard type....

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I've collected older Marlins since the late 1970's, and even back then I couldn't find any pistol gripped 1893's for less than about $400 and they were usually long in the tooth and not appealing. I expected very little of this 1893, so didn't take before pictures sadly. I wish I had as it sure didn...

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Val, I'm surprised you don't have safe jaws for your vise! 1" copper pipe the length of the jaws, hacksaw that length, bring to red hot and quench in water. You can then peel it at the slice , hold in your vise and fold to shape. They hold parts and no damage. Easy to take off when you need to...

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Began restoration/upgrades on the first Bremer today. Restoring the prongs to the buttplate, and fixing the lever so it has enough length to operate easier. I had a couple repro Ballard ball & spur levers so I cut one up and tied it to the Bremer lever to see where to splice it before I cut or w...

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Still messed up, and either wont open, or opens extremely slow. Login took forever to even get to posting. Tried this reply several times before it went through!

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That 25-35 especially looks like a right sweet package! Have had a thing for that caliber for most of my life, and the high wall platform just sweetens the deal! I've owned a couple 1894 Winchesters in .25-35, but didn't keep them long. My first Marlin was a Model 1893 in .25-36M takedown, which I ...

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I've had all the issues described above the last 2-3 days. Sometimes had to shut off my internet connection and turn it back on just to get it to eventually load. Then once loaded I couldn't navigate the site either. Just now it finally worked great, but the site had logged me out, so logged back in.

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Never messed around with a High Wall, but the Bremer-Schoyen had a hammer/sear issue that caused the hammer to drop just as the lever was almost closed! So last night I tore into the action and discovered someone had used solder to build up the sear in an attempt to make less engagement. The solder ...

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As Jack Benny used to say: "Now CUT THAT OUT, Vall!" :lol: I have no control when it comes to old single shot rifles, especially by well known makers. I've wanted to buy a Bremer Ballard, but a Bremer High Wall with a Schoyen barrel was too hard to pass on. And the others were just too we...

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Very nice! I like that take down, bet that would be neat to take out for antelope or deer. I think you're right Gunny. It's a fairly heavy barrel, but still feels light. There's a dovetail under the barrel that likely had a sling swivel once, but oddly the buttstock doesn't appear to ever have had ...

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I headed over the Cascades Yesterday to buy an O.A. Bremer custom High Wall scheutzen rifle with a George Schoyen .38-55 barrel from a friend. After doing the deal he began bringing out three more High Walls! I had a weak moment and ended up bringing home all four High Walls! I didn't own a single H...

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I finally got around to making a filler for the lower tang area of the 1889 stock. I made it to fit the space with the stock mounted on the gun to make sure it would be a tight fit. A little taper on the sides of the filler so once I applied epoxy I could tap the filler in and it would stay on it's ...

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