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I have the same gun and the barrel slugged at .313. I use .314 ,100 grain bullets with Tite group and it shoots great. I have other Ruger single sixes that slug at .312.

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I am not sure what position that your trigger is stuck in. But I would start by removing the stock and taking out the hammer and trigger springs. You did not say if your action would open.

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Hats off to your Dad, he did good with you, with the time that he had. Cheers!

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Savage has a new lever rimfire also. Once they hit the store I will need to take a closer look at both of them.

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Thanks Gents! I did have a great Birthday weekend with family and friends. I am 60 now so I can start claiming a Senior discount at places. :D My birthday present to myself was a Steven 555 in 20 gauge, 26 inch barrels, perfect grouse gun. I am amazed at how heavy the 12 gauge is getting after carry...

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Get your forend cap and tenon first. Then put that on and take your forearm measurement. Pre or post 64 cap will work. The pre 64 has a screw on each side of the forend cap. The post 64 has one screw that goes all the way through. Some people were getting the forend cap from Uberti, used for their c...

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That snub nose has the cool factor, but it won't put much spin on the bullet. I am curious about the range report. I am surprised you haven't converted to house crocs.

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Just baled 400 small squares today. That's the end of first crop. It has been raining every other day since the first of June. It has been a royal pain trying to get haying done.

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I've had mine for a couple years with no issues. I bought it when I got my 6.5 PRC to help dial in loads.

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I have learned so much from his writings over the years. A true master of his craft. He will be missed. RIP

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My friend has one of those and says it's a hoot. He takes it up to his hunting cabin and runs forest service roads with it. There is no petals. This was the next step in getting a smaller dirt bike. But he still has his KTM. The wife and I got E-bikes last year and can cover more ground with them, s...

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Nice score. That is my favorite deer rifle. Anchors deer nicely and the stock works well with the scope. I have an older Burris 2x7 x 32 on mine.

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My friend rebarreled a Marlin 1894 44 Mag to 50 AE about 20 years ago. I am not sure if he had to do and modifications to the extractor. It functioned fine.

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They offer those services in Wisconsin. They use thermo cameras and are still able to find a heat signature after 24 hours. They can tell by the heat signature if the animal is dead or alive. Once found they cannot give you the coordinates of the deer. They have a screen set up on the truck tailgate...

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That sounds about right to the response I would get at my house. After 35 years she is used to it.

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Lexol conditioner does not discolor leather and is my go to for maintaining leather. I like Black rock if I want it to shed water. I use that on all my saddles, it has a waxy coating.

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Just dive in head first, into the 32 pool. When I would shoot 32 S&W Long in the Ruger SS. A little lead would build up in the cylinder. When you went to load 32 H&R, the cartridge would not chamber all the way. Minor cleaning would fix it. I did have a bunch of 32 S&W that I got from bu...

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Can't wrong with the Toad Wart 200. It has just enough power that you can't get into trouble with. When the kids were little, one would sit in front of me and one behind me when we checked hay.

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Francis is one of my favorites. I will have to look into articles. Thanks

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Thank You. Too hot and muggy to shoot today. Best to stay inside and have cold one.

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My father had the same gun, which I have now. I remember when I was 16 and my Dad was watching the Packer game ,he let me take it out deer hunting. One afternoon was enough. Compared to my 30-30 , this was a tank. The Korean war steered my Dad to the use of auto loaders. That is what he liked. But a...

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Hats off to her.

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I am not excited about it either but I seen a youtube review and it is actually polished blue unlike their rifles. So they got that right.

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I have fed my Browning 1895 standard pressure loads for 20 years with zero issues. They would of not sold it if it couldn't handle off the shelf ammo. It likes 180 grains the best but I picked up a bunch of Hornady's 165 grainers to play with this summer. It is one of my most accurate lever guns. I ...

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30-30 why ? It defeats the whole purpose of a light handy carbine. I never understood why they didn't bring back the 33 Winchester with these replicas. It uses .338 bullets and can be made from 45-70 brass so it is not stretch for an ammunition manufacturer to make it. It just shows you that these a...

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Real men carried these hunting because the weight becomes obvious after a short while. I've killed deer with mine but I find the 1895's lighter and better balanced for carrying. So I am going to work up a cast bullet load per Jacks suggestions and use it to shoot steel plates out the back field. I h...

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I have the Marlin in 32-20 and a Henry in 327 Federal. I could never find a Marlin in 32 H&R that wasn't over priced. The Marlin is more appealing and less bulky. I never found a good load that worked well in both in the handguns and the leverguns. I use the 115 grain in the rifles and 100 gr bu...

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If you were going to hunt in one of the states that limits straight wall cartridges to 1.8 inches. What do you have in the house that you could go hunting with? I have a few. Leverguns 327 Federal 357 Mag 44 Mag 45 Colt Semi Autos 350 Legend, Yes I built a AR a few winters ago , haven't shot it a lo...

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You didn't say that Clint Howard was in it. I'm all in now!

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That is awesome!

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I look forward to reading Craig Boddington's article on it. He is a lever gun guy and I am sure he excited about this. The 35 Remington is great at killing deer and so should this.

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The flatside is lighter and balances a little farther forward than the later model because of the lighter receiver. That's interesting. I had assumed the later 95's were scalloped in order to reduce the weight of the receiver in areas where the strength was less critical. You're saying the earlier ...

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I hope she has a less painful speedy recovery.

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I am finishing up on the 1895 project in 30-40. This one is made in the 2nd year of production. I bought this a couple years as a project with a cut down butt stock, the barrel was shortened and a ramp side was soldered on. It had been reblued at one time , even though it was worn the metal was in g...

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I didn't like looks of the raised comb of my 356, but once you put a scope on it makes sense and you will embrace it. I have a 2X7 on mine and it one of my favorites. It knocks down Wisconsin Whitetails better than any other cartridge I have. It has racked up the most dead in it's track kills for me...

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them poor guys that hunt bear with hounds have a ton of bad luck with wolves OPEN SEASON ollogger The guys I know won't go to Cheney road any more to train their bear dogs. They have been losing too many to the wolves. If the state would just manage the wolves with a hunting season, like they manag...

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It's good to see the 25-35 still putting meat in the freezer.

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I was brought up as a 1/3 of cord was a face cord. I go through about 2 to 3 full cords a winter. I just logged my property so I have plenty of tree tops to cut up. I like popular and maple for early fall and in the spring. Red and white oak for when it gets cold with a little elm mixed in. I have L...

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Ben T my brother has some land in Ludington & he is big on trail cams, lots of bear & wolves, few bob cat & a few deer, borders that big block of county land on county N, north of lake EauClaire ollogger My friend bow hunts over there in the county forest off Cheney road. Last year him ...

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Just curious how the wolf population is in your state. I hear them occasionally in the evening. It is usually after the coyotes start yipping and then a big old howl, and then everything goes silent. Trump had the wolf delisted and Wisconsin had a spring wolf hunt in 2021. The goal was 135 wolves I ...

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Nice Buck, nice picture. That reminds me of back in the late 80's my buddy had a Marlin in 32 Special. He killed a lot of deer with it, as well as me with my 30-30 Model 94. I moved up to a BLR in 308 and he got one in 30-06. We stuck with our Lever roots.

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I was looking at doing that conversion to a Browning 71. I was going to do a 50 Alaskan B&M. Instead of .510 bullets it uses .500. You have more bullet selection because of the 500 S&W uses .500 diameter bullets. My buddy was going to sell me his Browning , but the timing was off because the...

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I also have a few boxes the 265 grains bullets. When they came out with the gummy tip bullets, Hornady went all in on those.
How far north in Minnesota are you hunting? Just wondering how the deer numbers are with the wolf population.

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Meat in the freezer! Let that rifle cool off and pick up the next one. Then repeat.

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Yes the 444 speaks with authority. It is a great cartridge for woods hunting. I like the 35 calibers for hunting but the 357 is at the low end of the scale for power and shot placement is crucial for a clean kill. I shot a deer with the 357 in a revolver and it doesn't get the penetration to kill cl...

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Ours starts next weekend, that cold front is going to be here for a few weeks. Opening day is looking to be a low of 12 and a high of 25. I prefer to be in the 30's. 356 BB is my favorite deer rifle but I have been cycling through some of my other rifles. Last year I shot a deer with the model 71 so...

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10/22 and 96/22 barrels are inter changable, I added a threaded barrel to mine. But the 96 has the hole for the barrel father down from the top of the receiver. So if you get a Williams peep sight set for a 10/22 the front sight is not tall enough for a 96. I love the 96/44. I would like to see Ruge...

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My favorite two hunting books are by Francis Sell and are very affordable. They were written in the 1950's and are worth picking up.

Small Game Hunting
Advance hunting on Deer and Elk trails

He refers to stand hunting as ambush hunting. I learned a lot about still hunting from his book.

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I stand corrected, the rim size on the 30-40 Krag is the same as the 35 Win. I had it confused with a different brass conversion. Let me know if you can't find any. I can probably part with some 30-40 brass to get you shooting.

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I used 30-40 krag brass for mine before I got some from quality cartridge. It is about a 1/10 of an inch too short. I believe the rim was a little big, but just chuck it in a drill press and touch it with a file. I had no problems with the 30-40 brass. The nice thing is that it takes .358 bullets. R...

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