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Ben East killed his first polar bear with a 99, in .300. He said in his book "Bears" that he had thought the .300 Savage adequate for all his big game hunting until that day, but no longer held that opinion. It's a pretty interesting story - the bear died right at the tips of his boots.

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"If you can find a Marlin lever gun that ISN'T tube fed I'd like to see it."

Did the Marlin 62 Levermatic have a tubular magazine for those .256 Winchester and .30 carbine cartridges?

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My favorite .22 is a Savage 19 NRA match rifle. My grandfather taught me to shoot with it, and it has been mine since he died in 1972. The other RF rifle is a late model Marlin 39a, and it does most of the hunting. I recently acquired a 12" match barrel for a Contender, to break it in and pract...

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My favorite is an old Bianchi thumb break in a basket weave pattern. It was made for a 6" S&W K-frame, but it fits my Colt Old Army just as well. It's forward canted a little, just enough to make the draw of a 6" revolver easy. Some of those others are real pretty, though. Oh, yeh, pro...

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Does it have the detachable magazine or the rotary?

Either way, you done good.

In a perfect world, we would spend our days hunting with Savage 99s and fishing with fly rods, and our wives would love us for it.

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Been hearing that line all my life. I'm only surprised he left out the 16 guage.

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Andrew, I think you just might have a levergun. That Old Army in your pic has a lever doesn't it?

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I think Winchester's costs were just too high. They offered a limited run of Model 92s a couple of years ago, and they were priced around $900 - $1000. You could buy a Marlin or Rossi for less than half that, or even a Browning B-92. Heck, I paid less for a 92 made in 1895. I heard they lost money o...

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There are some pretty hot handloads too, for a strong rifle like a 53. 100 years ago cartridges in .32-20, .38-40 et. al. were sold in two powers: the black powder or equivalent performance, for pistols and weak rifle actions like too Winchester 73; and the "HP" or high power loads for mod...

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Sika, just send that Buckeye to Ruger without the .32 mag cylinder and have them put in a new one. Have the new one rechambered, and you're there.

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Next one? Not until he's made meat with this one! THAT is when it gets really good, to me anyway. There's a hunter in eastern MO who not only shoots a self bow, he makes his arrows with native cedar, turkey feathers, and flint he finds and knaps himself. He dropped a deer a few years ago, probably t...

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S&W haven't dropped the .41, they just dropped the blued models. The 657 is alive and well. I dunno , I just looked through S&W's entire page and I couldn't find the model 657 in there anywhere ! Bummer cause I had thoughts of getting one ordered . Had one a few years ago and like a DA I tr...

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S&W haven't dropped the .41, they just dropped the blued models. The 657 is alive and well.

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Great pix. Although, those aren't weeds, they're wildflowers!

The more it rains, the more I like living in the hills.

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Those were excellent pistols. This one, on the other hand, is 50 years old and has actually been used as a target pistol I would guess from looking at the trigger stop. It may well have had enough lead put down it to sink the Bismarck, be loose as a goose, and need a lot of work to put it right agai...

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Speer is hand and glove with RCBS too, or used to be. My old Speer manual specifies RCBS for everything, and contains photos of the founders of both companies.

Nothing against Speer or RCBS, but Lee isn't part of their in crowd.

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Deerskin clothes weren't fashion items at all, they were how you survived the winter when you didn't have wool, Gore-Tex, etc. You made the suit yourself (or your squaw did) with the hair on the inside, and wore it all winter. Deer hair is hollow, which is how deer survive the winter, and insulates ...

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Supply and demand, Hermann.

The .357 was less popular than the .44, so they made fewer of them, which means there are fewer for the collectors to bid for. For exactly the same reason, the Ruger Redhawk .357 brings collector price. Not many shooters want a 4-lb .357, so few were made.

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My favorite pistol (that I already have) is a Colt Army Special .32-20, 6". If I get to keep a shotgun too, I'll keep the Savage 99F .300 for the long gun. If not, I'll keep the CZ 584 combo gun, 12 ga. over 7x57R. The Duke got by with a rifle and a pistol, and one kind of ammo, but he wasn't a...

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Lot of good rifles there. How about: Daniel Boone's flintlock Davy Crockett's caplock Browning's 1885 Winchester (make mine a .30-40) John Wayne's 1892 Winchester Savage 99 Marlin 39 Mannlicher-Schoenauer full stock carbine in 6.5x55 Remington pump in .35 Remington (the old one with the spiral mag t...

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This sounds like a trip to remember forever!

I've heard elsewhere that RSA doesn't allow semiauto guns into the country. If that's true, the "any rifle or handgun" thing might need to be modified a skosh.

Would it be a good idea to take a shotgun for bird hunting?

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.44 mag also. Might try the .44 this summer, just to see how it does. Or might not. I generally pack a .300 Savage when I expect to need a little range anyway.

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world when it was introduced, in 1906. It comes recommended as an excellent (possibly the best) eastern deer/bear/hog rifle by Jack O'Conner, Don Zutz, and me

You got a good deal. Enjoy.

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I haven't seen one in several years, but they used to have a section on how to load BP cartridges without tools other than what you make out of nails etc. Basically decap, reprime, add BP, and thumbpress a round ball. Never tried it myself, but have done something similar to use up some leftover .45...

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BP is usually lowest in the AM. High BP in the AM is a sign of sleep apnea, and you may need a sleep study. Do you snore a lot? Remember the club cab pickup ad where one guy was sleeping in the cabin and everybody else was sleeping in the truck? Not funny. That stuff can cause brain damage if your o...

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collision insurance will be invalid as soon as you rig something like this up.

Remember the Hindenburg? AllState does!

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Made by Sauer in Germany, handled a lot like a Colt. Out of production, but they still are available on the used market in .44 and in .357. I never shot anything but .44 special in mine, and I really don't think a pistol that light with a plowhandle grip would be any pleasure to shoot with .44 mag. ...

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Look on his web site. He lists several loads in .44 mag and by each tells you what to shoot it in. Same for the .45-70.

I don't remember the url but just google garrett ammunition and you'll find it.

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Recommended by Jack O'Conner, Don Zutts, and me.

Gopher it!

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Kind of like those skivvies girls wear that say "Sunday", "Monday" . . .

You can't expect a man to hunt with the same rifle all through deer season, can you? Sounds almost unsanitary.

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Best part was spending a whole day with my brother.

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a 3.5" bbl and shoots right to point of aim with those fixed sights. Cimarron doesn't guarantee that, but this one does it.

An old Texas Ranger said if you can't kill a man with 5 rounds of .45 Colt you should just throw the gun in the river and run.

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Might make a difference.

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Factory ammo for the .38-40 is loaded to black powder pressures and performance, and I would feel undergunned on a hog hunt. Better ammo for modern rifles (of which the 1889 is one) was commercially loaded 100 years ago, but no more.

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I think chameleon camo is a good idea. Blend with the surroundings.

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BTW there were no .44 mags in 1955, except on the drawing board.

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SN 21148***

Straight grip, no safety, so it's not new. Chambered in .44 mag, so not an antique either.

Anybody have a lookup book?

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didn't shoot 500 rounds a week like some of us do. Accurate, and little recoil. My wife's grandfather ran a truck stop in SW Missouri in the old dirt road days when there were no telephones and the sheriff's cars didn't have radios. His protection was a Colt Army Special .32-20 and a Louisville Slug...

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I suggest you stay with the .38 special. But I wouldn't recommend the Winchester 94 because there are better choices in shorter actions. My pick would be a Marlin 1894 Cowboy Competition (CBC) in .38 special. A .357 Marlin will cycle .38s, but the CBC is specifically chambered for that round and is ...

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The ".44" C&B revolvers (Colt and Remington repros) are actually .452 or .454, but they are called .44s for some reason. A lot of dealers, who aren't BP shooters, don't know the difference so they call their ROAs .44 cal. In a logical world, the ROA would be called a .46 and the others...

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and barrel? I've always kind of wanted one of those, and wonder if it would work.

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from Cabela.com for $50 a pair. Lil' Skeeters are cheaper, but I don't know offhand who carries them.

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I would buy a Marlin 94 CBC (cowboy competition). That is the slickest factory rifle I have ever handled, except a '66 Winchester repro which isn't strong enough for hot loads. Heck, get two. A .45 for medium game and a .38 special for small game.

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fertilizer. You still have the primered cases and bullets, all you need is a can of H110.

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already have a customer for a shooter.

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She inherited it from her father, who inherited it from his father, the original owner. One heck of a nice pistol - had hardly been fired when I got it. I ran into a store that was closing out its .32-20 ammo for cheap, so I got a shopping cart and bought it all. I'm about out of it, so I've bought ...

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Look at his other auctions. He has a .22 Henry for sale also, and it has the stock on right side up. Most people who are swifter than I am would have noticed the incongruity.

He says he fired the .44/.45 200 times like that. From the hip, I presume, unless his real name is Jim Peckerneck.

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I don't know anyone who uses a 200 gr. .300, but I can see some limited use for short-range penetration, like on a bear or hog hunt in brush. My old Speer manual (no. 11) lists some loads for THEIR 200 gr. spitzer, but none of the loads get more than about 2200 fps with max loads in a 20" bbl. ...

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I have a .44 mag Redhawk and like it, but I wouldn't want to try to conceal it. Drop it in your pocket, and you'd better be wearing either suspenders or clean underwear. An N-frame Smith is lighter, but still a lunker. Qualifying wouldn't be a problem, just load it with .44 Special or CAS .44 mag ro...

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