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DPris

And for 25 years, I've obviously been doing it wrong. Never been paid a dime by Rem/Chester to review their products.
Denis

DPris

The Internet's no different from the gunmags in that respect- there's good content & bad content in both, you just have to use your noggin to filter it all.

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DPris

Good plan- the Internet never lies!

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DPris

As I've said before- today's gunmags are market driven, not reader driven. With the huge (and I mean HUGE) proliferation of products now available that weren't around during the "Golden Age Of Elmer/Bill/Skeeter", the orientation is products, not stories. Tacticool's where the market is to...

DPris

Might try Philco.

The Philco fridge in my grandparents' home was still running after a solid 50 years of service when it was replaced by a new model.
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DPris

We have a GE dishwasher. Worst one we've ever owned. Doesn't clean well, no matter how we stack it. Constant battle with plugged jets on the arms. The one it replaced (different brand) was 10 years old & still worked better when it was dying than the GE did when it was new. We're waiting for Ube...

DPris

YOU may not need adjustable sights, but I like to hit what I point at & I DO need adjustable sights. Go whichever way you want, I'm just laying out my experiences with the guns in question. The adjustables not only allowed me to quickly & easily zero at 25 yards to a specific load, they also...

DPris

I have a Tanker chest rig for my SP.
Don't do much feet-on-the-ground anymore, so the SP rides on the ATV up high where it doesn't tangle up in the harness.
It never gets heavy there.

For sheer weight issues, the Bearcat's the way to go.
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DPris

Have both here, four-inch eight-shot SP & the four-inch adjustable Bearcat. The SP is a great field gun & the problem with the heavy DA trigger pull is very easily solved by simply not using it. The small grip is easily addressed with Hogue or Badger aftermarkets. I've worked with both versi...

DPris

Number 1's already gone, and you couldn't have afforded it anyway, but Henry's building more.

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DPris

So order a Henry steel-framed 1860.
What're you waiting for?

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DPris

I think he intends to keep those 1860s in just the .44-40.
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DPris

Have one here.
Kinda nice.

I think they'll sell a few.
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DPris

Not entirely accurate. Marlin is far from over. They've re-organized management, spent a bundle on new equipment, developed drawings that had not previously existed, re-trained their Ilion people, and they ARE getting better. Marlin does not share floor space with Remington & does not swap worke...

DPris

They're in Jersey.
You're behind the times.

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DPris

Well-made, reliable, decently accurate, and the price reflects the costs of making that gun in the US the way Henry does it.
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DPris

Well....... Close. :) Actually, the Mosin's balance point (in full-length rifle configuration) is just about perfect in my hand for long periods of carry. My hand fits just right, clearing the mag completely on the bottom & resting just behind the rear sight on the top. Circumference at that spo...

DPris

Mag in way. Not fit hand. Not feel good.

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DPris

I must have been doing it wrong then; admittedly have not carried one, but that's because those I did pick up & heft had the magazine in the way & that largely killed the gun off for me.

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DPris

And I, despite the rep & following, can't abide the looks of those Savages.

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DPris

I think there's something to the awkward mag location idea, myself. It's a primary reason I never had any interest in the 95, despite my affection for leverguns. One thing that's always appealed about the classic Winchester levers has been their totability, with nothing in the way on the frame at th...

DPris

New .357 Big Boy Carbine, 16.5-inch barrel, three Hornady LEVERevolution 140-grainers into less than an inch last range session, 100 yards.

I'm tired of waiting for the Henrys to prove themselves.
Non-traditional, like 'em or not, but the things WORK!!!!!
Wait's over.

Denis

DPris

My '51 doesn't do that. I'd be very much inclined to say DON'T POLISH ANYTHING, since peoples' definition of the term can vary from a very light stoning (correct use of the term in this context) to heavy-handed material removal & dimensional/tolerance alteration with a Dremel tool, and they're n...

DPris

A locked bolt suppressed rifle will shoot quieter than an auto because in an auto some of the sound comes out the chamber as the bolt cycles.
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DPris

Thanks, still trying to decide what to do with this critter.
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DPris

They do look a lot alike in the dark...

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DPris

"I'm sorry sir, but I do not carry anything for the model 92."
Email.
I explained I was looking for older Browning parts to replace the current Winchester rebounding system, that was his answer & he referred me to Numrich, who's sold out on them.
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DPris

Thanks, I'll keep looking.
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DPris

Looks like no luck with Midwest.
Steve's been having parts problems with the Rossi stuff, nothing else to use in a swapout.

Any other suggestions?
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DPris

Thanks, knew about Steve, but did not know about Midwest.
Trying to like this gun, but I'll never like the rebounding hammer system.

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DPris

Anybody have a source for earlier Browning parts that might replace the current Winchester rebounding hammer/tang safety system on a new '92?
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DPris

Do it.
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DPris

Bingo!

Out here in the West, it's carbeen.

Anybody who pronounced it carbyne amongst my sagebrush would be considered an Easterner.

Wanno go for Colorado vs Colorado, now?

After that, we could do Nevada vs Nevada.

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DPris

No takers on the "carbine" vs "carbine" question?
Too esoteric?
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DPris

Good set-up. :) I have another one: Same scenario, but you get to ask each candidate for the role one single question. "How do you pronounce carbine"? One answers "carbine". The other answers "carbine". Which one do you recommend as the genuine authentic Western cowboy?...

DPris

I latched onto a thumbbreak in '76 & never looked back.

No way I would have ever worn that clamshell.
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DPris

You seeing one of the push-button breakfront hinged clamshell holsters yet?

I have one somewhere in the basement.
Never used it, consider it a curiosity.

Would not trust it, but did see Malloy (I think) use one on the show, so acquired it as a "specimen".

Denis

DPris

Can't speak for LA in the 70s, but before my Utah PD started getting cages in the mid-80s, if two officers transported a particularly squirrely prisoner the officer in the back seat sat behind the driver, specifically to keep the prisoner away from him if a scuffle started up enroute. You do your be...

DPris

One source I saw also mentioned declining ratings this year, particularly in the finale.
I can believe that, liked the show at first, but it just got too much soap opera in it & we quit watching.
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DPris

What I found in the case of an angle eject Win 94 is that the bigger Wrangler loop gives me more leverage & works better, for me, than a standard lever. The angle ejects are not as smooth or as light to cycle as the older guns, because of the rebounding hammer spring & bolt. I got to thinkin...

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We got to Hell On Wheels, SASS Regional, in Wyoming one year, a day after a shooter detonated his Uberti rifle magazine using lead-only bullets. He was experienced, never had a problem previously with his loads, certainly did that day. Went to the hospital for treatment of his front arm, but wasn't ...

DPris

You have the bullets, you presumably have access to cases with primers installed, look at what you have & see for yourself.
Put a bullet nose to a primer in a case & go from there.

Hard for anybody here to say for sure without seeing what you have.

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DPris

Griff,
Pretty simple, but you have to remember to pass through the borogroves & turn left at the corner of Lewis & Carroll to get there.

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DPris

Bronksknifeworks.com

Think this is where I got that from.
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DPris

There are knifemakers who use spikes, but I've long heard the steel isn't the best for knifery. Also pulling from the dim recesses of a very cluttered mind a distant memory of reading somewhere that not all spikes were created the same. Something about a difference in steel between those used on cer...

DPris

If the moderators will permit mention of a Kindle eBook, the story of the Marlin 1894C re-intro & an extensive product review of a new sample is available now (posted yesterday) at Amazon.

The Prisbrey Report, Volume 2014-1, Return Of The Marlin Model 1894C in .357 Magnum.
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DPris

Several years ago I had both eyes done "far".
After a lifetime of wearing glasses all the time, I no longer have to to do daily functions like TV & driving.

I wear reading glasses when I need to read.
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DPris

I'm aware of the Freedom Group's record & image, this is not my first rodeo in discussions with either their people, or industry reps in general. I have a wait & see attitude, too, but I'm passing on what I can on a forum that involves interest in leverguns. No hype. The re-intro of certain ...

DPris

And, at the moment, I lack permission to speak publicly about Marlin's future plans.

Have to leave it, for now, at saying I'm told they are very serious about restoring the brand & have plans for variations that should both surprise and appeal.

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DPris

Spent an interesting half hour on the phone with a Marlin rep today. First, my previous info that the stocks are outsourced was erroneous, all done at Lexington & Iion. Second, they are aware of the fit & checkering issues, working on those. Third, my sample was built in May or June as one o...

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