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It was the patents that prevented other manufactuers from chambering their guns for the .45 Colt. The small rim didn't have much to do with it. I have lots of the old balloon head cases and have run them through my win 94, Marlin 1894, and a Rossi 92 copy with no problems. The biggest problem I had...

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It does seem kind of strange at first glance that it took so long for a levergun to be made in that chambering. We've got folks on this site that know a lot more about cartridge design history, collecting them and all of that who can set me straight if I get this wrong. My understanding (based off s...

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I fell into the chance to get one of the Mauser "new production" (I think I might be dating myself; it's got Interarms markings and they've been defunct for how long?) ones awhile back. Appeared unfired when I got it. I remember these being spendy by the standards of the day in Gun Digest ...

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Don't know how I missed this thread earlier and now that I've read it, I'm not sure what to pray other than for God's will be done. Sent.

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Wow! This topic went a long time between posts. Had to fire up the old desktop for this post because that's where the old photos are. I've got both a 64A in .30-30 and 64 Deer Rifle in .32 Special. In fact, my 64A was the first centerfire rifle I owned. Love that configuration and it's probably not ...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:28 am Memories and traditions are very important to me, more so as I grow older. Great post...

I couldn't begin to express my agreement with what gamekeeper said better than he did, so I'll just quote and leave it at that.

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It's good, for a certain definition of the word, to have verification on what I was told elsewhere. I do know that there were actually two sets in the Gun Library of the nearest Cabela's not too long after I got hold of mine and all four guns had some surface rust, but nothing like mine.

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This reminds of of another episode in my ongoing series of run ins with guns that could just about make you cry... Some years back, the classified section of another forum had a listing for a Marlin Centennial Matched Pair. These were sets of both a Model 336 and Model 39, factory engraved by one or...

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Couldn't see the images and followed the link, saw the first image that came up there and went, "Button magazine isn't that odd...what the...okay, let's see what kind of rear sight is on there." Just my opinion; someone was a big fan of something like the M1 Carbine rear sight and D&T ...

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I think I recall an article in Rifle magazine, probably in the mid 1980s, that talked about doing that conversion and how it worked. IIRC, it was one of those things where the rim diameter was close enough to not require bolt face work and that was a lot of the motivation to try it on an Enfield wit...

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It's interesting and looks pretty nifty, having a more or less Mannlicher stock, being takedown and a threaded muzzle for suppressor. It kind of gives me a vague old Mossberg vibe, but with enough differences to obviously not be one. If I ran across one for sale, it'd have to be priced pretty high, ...

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Just got home from work a few minutes ago. The 12 hour shifts aren't getting any easier as these bones get older!

Thanks for the well wishes and a Happy Birthday to the poor unfortunates having to share their birthday with the likes of me.

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I can relate (it'd just sound like whining if I get going on it, so no details).

Flint, you have my sympathy and wishes for a good resolution.

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Nice rifle. As far as the sling swivels go, I'm more of a bad example than a good source of advice. But honest, this time I didn't do it! Showing what removing the swivels CAN look like... I have a 1980 Golden 39M, bought used, that someone before me deleted the swivels and reshaped the forend. I'm ...

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Sent.

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Some of the younger guys think my books are old. :lol: Just because I bought them in the 1960's and 70's. I know what you mean, darn 1990 is 34years ago,But, getting old sure beats the alternative. ;) I was floored awhile back when someone pointed out that WWII is as far in our past as the Civil Wa...

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I enjoyed his writing and feel that he did a lot of good work to popularize and renew interest in the old stuff, starting back around the late '70s, near as I recall. I did meet him once and I will just hypothesize that maybe my run in was while he was having a bad day and refrain from speaking ill ...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2024 6:18 am Scott, I am so sorry. You have my prayers for wisdom -- and trust that what God wills will come to pass.

Prayers are going out and I'm stealing Bill's formatting because it sounds better than what I'd come up with on my own.

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Briefly owned a 52C with one installed.

The sight impressed me. That particular 52, not so much, as it didn't shoot anywhere as well as the best one I have had, which is still the last one standing after owning about a half dozen over the years.

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I had a Browning 1895 in 30-06 for over 20 years, but always admired the 1895 SRC after seeing this pic IMG_1449.jpeg Saw one of the Winchester 30-06 Centennial models when they came out after 2006 at a local Gander Mountain (GM is long gone now) but couldn’t get at that time. I sold off the Browni...

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I picked up a Rugerlin 1894 chambered in .357 a few months ago. It's only made it to the range once so far, but on that trip, it cycled fine with the Federal American Eagle 158 gr. SP .357 load, as well as cast bullet handloads using the RCBS cowboy mould design. However, as with all things anymore,...

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I was going, "That name seems familiar, but where from?"

Turns out that I have, enjoyed reading and got good info from his book on handgun hunting.

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Mine sounds like my very own personal swarm of mosquitos. Don't normally notice it much unless it's quiet or I'm trying to listen to something in the same pitch range. Audiograms show loss, especially on the high end and I do NOT enjoy listening to conversations in a roomful of others talking loudly...

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Some previous threads on this very site: https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11864&p=440819#p440819 http://levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11864&sid=fd618a44bab3ee14d042d8074e91a685 https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=66158&p=7...

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Ingenious. I don't know how you do it. If I had set out to do even just one of your many projects several years ago, I'd still be trying to figure out how the thing would work and not even gotten started making anything yet.

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My ex-wife simply couldn't remember all of the guns I had. Very convenient, that........ :D -Stretch Heck, I can't remember everything I have. :lol: Smuggled one in last weekend. Brand new Miroku/Winchester '73 short rifle in .357. I'd looked at it a few days earlier, looked around some on the Inte...

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and I will keep an eye out for a cheap "real" one. You just found one pard, PM me your addy and i`ll sent it to ya free of charge. Pitchy, That's an incredibly generous offer and I'm humbled again by how awesome the family here is, but I have to turn you down. The hunt's most of the fun w...

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Pitchy, where else would you find an audience who would recognize the names of those rifles and guns. I had no idea what an Evans was until I watched that Tom Selleck movie, Crossfire Trail. Yet, here is a book with instructions on how to work on it. Oh yeah, the bad guy had a Remington Keene didn'...

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Now that is a find! I'm going to have to look for a copy. I was just thinking the same thing. :lol: Edit to add: started looking and just like that, an electronic copy on the Kindle. It'll still be fun and more satisfying to have a physical copy, someday. And there's fun in the hunt to find one.

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Thanks! I woke up early, hit the bathroom and decided not to try and crawl back into bed. Only about 40 minutes until the alarm goes off and the timer starts running for getting in to work. Got out to the kitchen and discovered that Sweet Tooth had left a really nice card with a touching additional ...

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Shot the Broadway on Black Friday it was doing well for me until a firing pin gave up the ghost . My buddy ordered a pair of firing pins a pair of firing pin springs and a pair of hammer springs . Figured I’d get uhm all at once :wink: Sorry to hear about that. Seems like every few used guns, one c...

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I knew it! Could feel the shakes coming on from withdrawal...

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This topic gets me started on the memories. That's my excuse for such a long-winded post. :lol: Like it takes all that much to get me started. My Dad hunted with a Model 37 Winchester single shot for years, but always wanted a repeater. Put off buying one due to being frugal; having a family to feed...

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Thanks for the good wishes. Didn't do anything special for the birthday; pretty much just another day at work. Did chop up some bacon and fried it alongside some ground beef to form a foundation to a batch of country gravy over smashed potatoes for supper. Cauliflower alongside and finished up havin...

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Too many options still in play here. Got enough that haven't taken a deer for me yet that I doubt I'll get through 'em all before kicking off. Added a Model 71 to the stable early this summer and got a new Savage Scout from work for # of years put in there, neither of which is moving me along in a h...

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WOW!

Just, wow...

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Hate to confess it, but I don't stop in here once or twice every day like I used to and this is my first stop by since the B-day. Thanks for the well wishing. Didn't do much of anything that day. Played some computer games (yep, at my age, I finally got hooked on some of 'em. They do say there's no ...

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Leupold Detacho rings and base, not for sale for years. Jeff Cooper talked about the handiness. Sweet ol school mount. "not for sale for years." Unfortunately :( I've gotten a couple more Detacho mount sets since that earlier thread. Was especially happy to find one for my Remington Model...

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What brand scope mount is this? If so are they still available? How exactly do they attach? I would imagine a scout/EER type scope has to be used for this setup. Here, why don't you take a look at the thread that I posted my picture in in the first place: http://levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php...

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happy birthday...haven't heard from you guys in a while Been mostly lurking of late, when life hasn't been in the way. Wasn't even able to do more than peek in here on my birthday because of needing to get in the car and on the way to do the late antlerless hunt in WI. Didn't see any deer, nor did ...

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I don't know anything about this one, but it's sure small. Dainty, even. Looks almost like a kid's toy.

Buddy of mine found it at a garage sale. I ended up buying it off of him.

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<snip> A couple three years ago there was a case in northern Minnesota where a bachelor had a nice house on river front property and it got burglarized every time he left. Finally he "baited" the place. Drove his car off, hid it and walked back. Waited with a shotgun in the basement with ...

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Forgot to say, nice knife, Casastahle.

Those rounds that are laying with it are what? .308 with a really long/heavy bullet? 6.5 M/S?

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Got my order placed early last month. Only ~4 years to go before I get it! The knowledge that I've got this coming (eventually) has done a lot to keep me from buying this knife, that knife, yet another knife that I've seen in the meantime. At this rate, I'll have saved more money by not buying other...

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If it were over the other half of the week, I'd have offered. Probably would've dragged you to a bunch of gun shops over a large radius and likely would've ended up at the range for a while.

As it is, today was my second 12-hour shift out of three for this weekend and still have tomorrow to go.

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I've got a few knives that are probably big enough or have the right features to maybe qualify, but these are the first two I think of when the subject comes up. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q201/Molasses_photos/Sharpies/100_1529_zpscu8we4xx.jpg One is an Edge Brand Bowie. Apparently the manuf...

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The picture of the two Ruger Old Armies sure do have Ruger emblems. The two 'customized' revolvers don't have emblems or Ruger grips. They are 1858 Remington designs. This ^ There's no doubt at all that the brace of Old Armies in the one picture are exactly that. It's the highly modified pair in th...

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Aren't the two modified BP revolvers 1858 Remington rather than Ruger 'Old Army'? Don't see the three screws in the frame that the Ruger should have. Cylinder pin sure looks Remington. Just say'n. I was thinking Remmie from the first glance myself, but then the last time I called something in a pic...

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I'll second Chuck's recommendation of Packing Iron. It's got great pictures of many holsters (usually with the appropriate gun and could almost make it as a coffeetable book on that basis alone), but it also has a lot of old photos of people wearing/using the rigs back in the day. I'm shocked at how...

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Happy Birthday wishes to both of you!

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