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by windy
Mon Aug 28, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is your most useful levergun?
Replies: 77
Views: 3978

Re: What is your most useful levergun?

32WS model '94 16" Wrangler; a bit of a handful with full-deck Hornady Lever ammo, but I load it down for small game with a small dose of Trailboss powder under a Nambu bullet so it's a twofer gun. Depending on what' I'll most likely encounter, I carry one size in the chamber and the other next...
by windy
Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Win Mod 88 in .308
Replies: 9
Views: 369

Re: Win Mod 88 in .308

Would be around here. What kinda mounts it got? Or are you an "au naturale" guy?
windy
by windy
Sat May 27, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: would you pick a 357 pistol or a 45 colt for a gun fight
Replies: 48
Views: 2270

Re: would you pick a 357 pistol or a 45 colt for a gun fight

Lemat revolver. Win it or duck away in the smoke.
windy
by windy
Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 44 Special.
Replies: 29
Views: 1702

Re: 44 Special.

I took a C.A. Bulldog up to Alaska for the pipeline; figgered if a moose or a griz put me up a tree, I could take my time and drop 'em with a full load of 44 Specials. Then when I got there, I found the trees on the north slope to be a bit lacking in safe-climbing diameter and decided the issue 12ga...
by windy
Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Any thoughts on the new Marlins?
Replies: 25
Views: 1547

Re: Any thoughts on the new Marlins?

I still haven't seen any reason at all to buy a new one when the old ones are still available, much better, and cheaper. My 336A Ballard-rifled 30-30 will be one of the last rifles I part with, and with the lever-E ammo it's like shooting the 300 savage I sold. Shoots everything from 100gr half-jack...
by windy
Mon Apr 24, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking at 7.62 SLR/MSRs. Opinions, thoughts, experiences
Replies: 25
Views: 933

Re: Looking at 7.62 SLR/MSRs. Opinions, thoughts, experiences

Large surly black bear. I was younger and dumber then--I think dumber, I know younger--and my new bride and I had a crazy young black & tan bitch that was very protective of us (another story) and she decided to take him on. darned bear just decided to stay and eat her, so I started shooting, at...
by windy
Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking at 7.62 SLR/MSRs. Opinions, thoughts, experiences
Replies: 25
Views: 933

Re: Looking at 7.62 SLR/MSRs. Opinions, thoughts, experiences

I never thought the M14 was much of a fun gun, but I went to the .308 when I got out for a deer rifle since uncle sugar had given me so much familiarization with it. BLR, naturally. I'd never want an M14 for self defense, as I hate to think how many neighbors' walls it'd go through, and the E2 was n...
by windy
Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you could have just one Rossi 92 ...
Replies: 33
Views: 1716

Re: If you could have just one Rossi 92 ...

They makin' one in 25-20 yet? That'd be my choice--that or 218 Bee.
windy
by windy
Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Warning! Life Philosophy ......
Replies: 11
Views: 626

Re: Warning! Life Philosophy ......

So how do they feel about limb bacon?
windy
by windy
Mon Oct 10, 2022 6:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 35 Remington
Replies: 27
Views: 1441

Re: Marlin 35 Remington

I had a 336A "H" prefix that I loved, but parted with it for something I needed more--probably vehicular. Still have 2 boxes of Remington 200gr, 2 or 3 boxes of reloads (Win Silvertip and Rem Core-loct 200's) and a bunch of Rem bullets, if you want to contact me. I'd swap for anything in 3...
by windy
Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 1885 In 25-35
Replies: 35
Views: 2105

Re: Winchester 1885 In 25-35

Lovely; my favorite caliber too--I have an 1894 Deluxe, a Savage 1899 takedown, and a Martini Cadet in 25-35. The 99 and the Martini are 1;10" twist, the Winnie is in the original 1:8". Hard to say which shoots 117gr best; I think the 1:10's are better with the 100's. They all shoot the 11...
by windy
Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: did someone say "Mariners" ?
Replies: 7
Views: 482

Re: did someone say "Mariners" ?

Love 'em!!!! And lookie what our farm system done brought us--a switch-hitting catcher that can hit the cheap seats from either side of the plate! Not to mention young J-rod, who I hope is gonna spend all that contract money right here in the Great Northwet! GO, M's!
windy
by windy
Fri Sep 02, 2022 6:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: INCIDENT AT THE CHURCH
Replies: 10
Views: 860

Re: INCIDENT AT THE CHURCH

We lived on the edge of a subdivision with a sheep pasture out back, across the chain link fence around the development. Then the pasture got sold, and 4-plexes went in, and soon dope deals started going down in the backyards of the 4-plexes. I got a friend to deliver me a couple of big fir rounds a...
by windy
Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Old guy issues...
Replies: 17
Views: 1078

Re: Old guy issues...

Prescription Finasteride (5mg) works for me; took me from 3 times a night to one or, sometimes, two. My urologist says there's one more step he can take, short of cataclysmic, but this has worked for the last 5 years or better. I'm 77 now; born a week after VE day. My 94's and my 99 still get to go ...
by windy
Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shotshell Prices...
Replies: 17
Views: 1064

Re: Shotshell Prices...

I shoot reloads for trap but finding components is crazy hard these days. Wish I'd bought more brass hulls; I'd be shooting BP and making my own wads; never mind the smoke! Found an off/on source for reclaimed shot--hope there ain't a lot of steel in there. Got enough 6's to get me through grouse se...
by windy
Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun logic
Replies: 35
Views: 1869

Re: Gun logic

Children, I had to take the polio vaccine --even though I'd had polio--or I wouldn't have been allowed to go to school--any school. I also had to get a smallpox vaccination, or same restriction. When I wanted to go to college, I had to get a chest x-ray for TB to go to a state college. These draconi...
by windy
Fri May 27, 2022 11:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: any 4Runners onboard?
Replies: 64
Views: 4236

Re: any 4Runners onboard?

Mine has the V6; the only time I got stranded from a malfunction (other than between the driver's ears) was when my computer's ground wire got loose--made for intermittent starting. It fooled a couple of pretty good mechanics before one of them accidently touched the wire itself and it abruptly roar...
by windy
Tue May 24, 2022 7:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: any 4Runners onboard?
Replies: 64
Views: 4236

Re: any 4Runners onboard?

4runner's got good bones, good heart. Rocinante, my '95, has still a bit under 300K, so just about broke in. The roads (!) I rattle around in keep it flexible; I added a winch last year to satisfy Mama that I'll keep makin' it home, or at least to some place where there's cellphone coverage--yes, th...
by windy
Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Truck Gun
Replies: 46
Views: 4493

Re: Truck Gun

I've got an old Stevens model 59 bolt-action 410 with a cherry-stained hand-whittled fir stock in my rig--ugliest gun in the great northwet! It'll put three slugs into a 2" group at 60 yards all day, fits me so well I can break 15 out of 25 clays with it at standard trap (I only hit 20 or 21 wi...
by windy
Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I need a Martini
Replies: 15
Views: 4226

Re: I need a Martini

I gotta say, hoss, that you'll wanta take it everywhere, if you get one. One of the cheapest ones out there is the 32 special conversion, which was one of the most common; they don't shoot well as 32 specials, but loading 'em to 32-20 specs by using trail boss powder and cast bullets--or Mrs Hunting...
by windy
Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Buffalo Bore 30-30 190 grain
Replies: 23
Views: 7203

Re: Buffalo Bore 30-30 190 grain

If it was an Eskimo doing the shooting, then he'd have to count that shot as a "miss", wouldn't he?
windy
by windy
Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Buffalo Bore 30-30 190 grain
Replies: 23
Views: 7203

Re: Buffalo Bore 30-30 190 grain

About the whale--it's my understanding that native Alaskans don't shoot whales to kill them; if they did, the whales would sink and be lost. They shoot to wound them, weakening them so they can't stay down as long, then chase them down, get alongside, and put a harpoon in them with a barrel or two a...
by windy
Mon Jan 30, 2017 12:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hornady 25-35 110 gr FTX
Replies: 25
Views: 5826

Re: Hornady 25-35 110 gr FTX

slim, my 25-35 has a 1926 serial number, but it had a damaged 38-55 barrel on it that I changed out for a 26" 25-35 I got off ebay. don't know how old the barrel was; it was dark in the grooves (still is) but had lotsa crisp rifling. shoots as well as I can, or better; the rifle has the double ...
by windy
Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hornady 25-35 110 gr FTX
Replies: 25
Views: 5826

Re: Hornady 25-35 110 gr FTX

OK, it's here; shot some and it feeds, shoots and extracts flawlessly. Groups as good as or better than anything I've found or reloaded. I know some reload data matches the speed the factory advertises, even with the old 117gr roundnoses, but I've always had extraction problems with those. Not with ...
by windy
Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hornady 25-35 110 gr FTX
Replies: 25
Views: 5826

Re: Hornady 25-35 110 gr FTX

thanks largely to the 'net, I've got lotsa brass and bullets fer my old (1926) 26" oct-barreled 25/35--75gr fn', the old rem 87gr rn's, a few 100gr nosler ptn rn's, and, of course, the old 117gr wins, rems and hornadys. I've dug up factory-loaded winchester in three different box-types, remingt...
by windy
Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Care To Comment On Washington AG's proposed Gun Ban?
Replies: 17
Views: 2400

Re: Care To Comment On Washington AG's proposed Gun Ban?

I tend to disagree with the "all or nothing" policy--in my 71 years of experience, it too often comes out "nothing". but you fellas go on thinking that way; I enlisted back in '65 to give you that right....
windy
by windy
Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting survival rifle....
Replies: 15
Views: 2221

Re: Interesting survival rifle....

I have one of the chiappa "double badgers" in 22 rimfire and 410, and it's a small-game wonder--if you don't use the 410 too close (it's super-full choked). surprisingly, the popular 410 sabot slug hits within 2" of the 22lr at 40 yards--and at that range, the slug will take out the n...
by windy
Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Load from Disk help for 25-35
Replies: 18
Views: 2325

Re: Load from Disk help for 25-35

Not to be stirrin' up old troubles, but I gotta mention the great results I been gettin' with that new CFE 223 powder in my 26" 1894. 26 grains under that Hornady 117gr RN gets me a no-pressure-signs load that shoots as tight as the factory Winchester gray or white box and prints 'em just about...
by windy
Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 7x57 Rimmed?
Replies: 13
Views: 2832

Re: 7x57 Rimmed?

I bought some Norma brass for mine, and resized some 6.5x57R brass (full length, not just expanding, as the shoulder is different) and the resized RWS 6.5 works better in my 7x57R/12ga combo than the Norma 7. I don't think I'm getting quite the full case resized using my regular 7x57 dies with a 303...
by windy
Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .32-20 Marlin ??
Replies: 17
Views: 1770

Re: .32-20 Marlin ??

i picked up a 92 win in 32-20 last year; got it cheap 'cuz it was beat--stock broke but with a home repair that wuz tight, receiver looked ball-peened--but the bore looked great; no pits or frosting, lands & grooves looked fine. couldn't make it shoot any better'n 3"@ 50 yards, even after i...
by windy
Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 1894 CL 32-20?
Replies: 24
Views: 5783

Re: Marlin 1894 CL 32-20?

I love my '92 Winnie, but she don't like cast boolits, nor very long jacketed ones. the other extreme ain't much better; those 71gr copper-coated rn's don't shoot fer sour owl spit. so far, only reasonable results are 85gr hollowpoints over 11.5gr of 2400 or 10.7 of 4759, but I've gotta keep those w...
by windy
Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cabelas Gun Library find Marlin 32 Special
Replies: 32
Views: 3843

Re: Cabelas Gun Library find Marlin 32 Special

i have a 336a in 32ws, too; a 1950 model--no mention of "dl" on mine. you might wanta give the leverevolution 165gr ammo a try; hornady boys reported they got 2400 ft/sec out of their 24" test barrel. that's just about 300 savage performance, where i come from. mine got some pretty ni...
by windy
Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interest in 22 hornet...
Replies: 36
Views: 4144

Re: Interest in 22 hornet...

i'd like to say you can get the same out of a 22 savage hipower, but i haven't done enough messing around with the lighter loads to back it up. still, for a levergun, the savage has lots of promise, provided you have one that hasn't been taken down too often and gotten sloppy. my friend mike nesbitt...
by windy
Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage Ammo. Prices. Wow!!
Replies: 12
Views: 1651

Re: Vintage Ammo. Prices. Wow!!

now if that ain't pornographic, i ain't male! now im tryin' ta figger how to blow that pin-up up to wall size. i can almost smell them boxes.
mind yer topknot!
windy
by windy
Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: tight chambered winnie
Replies: 5
Views: 1173

Re: tight chambered winnie

hey, thanks, smokewagon; a friend gave me 1000 pcs. of cleaned & resized 30-30 brass for my 32 specials. don't really need more'n 3-400 of 'em fer 32's. that'll give me some to experiment with. i expect it'll be a bit more involved than just using an expander ball for these, though; would 3-5 gr...
by windy
Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: tight chambered winnie
Replies: 5
Views: 1173

Re: tight chambered winnie

thankee, shasta; now all i gotta do is find me a neck reamer. like i said, i'm serious about this old gal; i'll go as far as she takes me.
mind yer topknot!
windy
by windy
Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: tight chambered winnie
Replies: 5
Views: 1173

tight chambered winnie

howdy, y'all. i'm just getting started with a new/old toy, an 1894 deluxe 38-55 that was made in 1926, damaged, and (almost?) never fired. i'm finding indications that the chamber is quite tight--when i reload my once-fired brass, i don't have to resize it to load a .377 bullet tight enough to not n...
by windy
Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Master Guide Hal Waugh and bear stories.
Replies: 4
Views: 2063

Re: Master Guide Hal Waugh and bear stories.

thanks, don reminds me of a yarn a trucker told me up north of the brooks one night. seems he met a grizz--brown, whatever--starting across a one-lane bridge. he dropped it into low & low and just inched across. the bear backed up, one step at a time, getting madder and madder. at the end of the...
by windy
Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MUZZLE LOADING SHOTGUN
Replies: 16
Views: 2285

Re: MUZZLE LOADING SHOTGUN

of them two, i'd say th' mortimer'd be better fer ducks; it'd handle the heavier waterfowl loads better. that other'n looks nice & light; probly too light fer a lot o' duck huntin', but it'd sure be my choice fer them dang chukars--them hills are gittin' too steep to pack a heavy shootin' iron a...
by windy
Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Krag in .308??
Replies: 20
Views: 3694

Re: A Krag in .308??

still got a one-lug bolt, i'm thinkin'. don't think i'd wanta shoot it with full-deck loads, even if it is a norwegian, and much tougher than th' local variety. nice smooth actions, though, and i love that thar loadin' tray! mind yer topknots! windy "sonny, whar i growed up, "magnum" ...
by windy
Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MUZZLE LOADING SHOTGUN
Replies: 16
Views: 2285

Re: MUZZLE LOADING SHOTGUN

i like a double fer hunting--takes a long time to come up with a "foller-up" shot with a single barrel. that said, i carry my flintlock trade gun fer grouse 'n rabbits more often than i carry one of th' three doubles; it's just cooler, and way lighter than my double flinter. i pack a light...