Not to tell you your own hopes and dreams but:

Numbers 1 & 4 could be done fairly easily; but 2 & 3? IMHO, It would be easier, cheaper and more aesthetic to re-barrel a straight stocked 1886 to .348

just my two cents,

Many parents these days are just plain too LAZY to follow through with what it takes to disipline a child properly. They are more concerned about themselves. It takes a lot of time spent with a child to raise them right, IMHO. Too many parents just won't do it for the effort it takes. :cry: Too tru...

replacement springs are available for the 'lever retention button'. They usually come in sets with a reduced power mainspring for competition tuning. Check Brownells.... (or ask Kiowa)

I can't recommend anyone personally but, have you tried contacting the SASS club there? I guarantee they know somebody that can make a levergun run. Go here: http://www.tejascaballeros.org/ They list their contact person as: President: Michael "Texas Heat" Raiford, ph: 512-219-8280, email:...

I've been a SASS shooter since about '94. I still enjoy it as much now as I did when I started. As far as the "dress code", the requirements are pretty minimal. You can pretty much do as little or as much as you like. I'm always amused by IPSC shooters who make fun of cowboy shooters dres...

I am very pleased with the Timney drop-in trigger module. Match grade all the way.

Thank you, I had overlooked the sticky.

I'll be closing my account. And that of my AT&T mastercard (owned by Citi) http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/citicorp-refuses-to-process-firearms-transactions/ More importantly I will write Citicorp to tell them WHY I will refuse to do business with them forevermore unless the poli...

I just showed my wife the picture of your basement. What a mistake! Now that she knows we're behind the curve she wants to play catch-up!

Well, what did you expect. Bill died. I'm surprised it took this long. Have you seen the newest abortion. A pistol made on a 10/22 receiver. Ole Bill must be rolling. Won't be long till all they make are the ugliest (this from a Glock owner) auto pistols on the market. They want the police market. ...

All within the last month; what the heck is going on?

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5431368.html

http://blogs.chron.com/dougpike/2007/12 ... _at_t.html

http://www.caller.com/news/2007/dec/20/port_shooting/

Gentlemen, This is being discussed right now on WWL 870AM, in New Orleans. You can listen on-line, too: www.wwl.com The authors of "The Great New Orleans Gungrab" are on the air. Shawn That MP3 I listed is an interview with the same author - again, please download and listen - let's get t...

Friend Texican, The "salts" had better have been removed from the bluing before it leaves the bluing shop or it will continue to rust and be a brown mess in no time. The bluing salts are killed in a bath and then soaked in oil to make sure it dont continue to work. :wink: I didn't think t...

Quote from the story:
"But such operations veer dangerously close to entrapment, say lawyers, civil libertarians and defendants who've been caught in sting operations."

OK, so I would expect that from the defendants, but those naughty lawyers and civil libertarians...

Here's a link to a MP3 download for one hour of Tom Gresham's Gun Talk radio program, talking in depth about the NO Gun Grab. I've read about everything in the gun rags (including NRA's 1st Freedom) and didn't hear about the things mentioned in this one interview. Please, please download and listen....

Forgive??? rob :D 8) :wink: To the others: As for the one piece pin, it's like an instant action job; great for CAS. As far as safety goes, it would appear that a two piece pin is only two pieces until the action closes (then they line up). Use the push button safety to block the hammer or don't ke...

holds 4 +1 Actually, with mine, I can get 7! First load 5 in the magazine, then place another on the carrier, then push the last one into the bore and close the action. Ready to go. [Note: the hammer will be back on a live round at this point]. With its 18 1/16" bbl it makes for a compact 'str...

As far as the square bolt thing: its just a round bolt with the corners left on. The Marlins in rifle cartridges have the corners knocked off. (Buy American) This is absolutely not true. A round bolt Marlin 336 action can easily handle 50,000 CUP loads and though some folks push them so to their hu...

Anyone know why WD-40 isn't good for guns? From what I've heard, as a penetrating oil it can remove the 'salts' from the bluing and thus make the finish wear faster. I don't know if it's true or not but that was enough to keep me from using it on guns. Having said that I generally use a combination...

Thanks, Pard. That helps. During this conversation, I thought of another reason that early SASS'rs used a lot of Marlins: Availability. I bought the Vaqueros when they first came out in .44 mag because brass for .45 Colt was scarce! The Marlin CB wasn't even thought of, and the Italian '73's and suc...

I'd just like to know who would take the time to answer an internet poll with 'undecided'.

How does that thought process work?

Perhaps I'm not speaking plainly.... I'm pretty sure we're saying the same thing. :? For Marlin 94's: Square bolts = pistol calibers (.454 and up not included) Round bolts = rifle calibers (and hot rods from WWG) Each sufficient for their intended purpose. For the Winchester 94's - I'll take your wo...

None that I'm aware of. I broke down and bought one and haven't had any problems with it. That may be because I purchased it from Coyote Cap - he's stood behind the work he's done for me, so I figured he'd stand behind the 87, too. So far it's holding up very well and it's fun to shoot.

As far as the square bolt thing: its just a round bolt with the corners left on. The Marlins in rifle cartridges have the corners knocked off. Please don't take this a technical statement; it is only meant to imply that for the intended uses (i.e. pistol calibers with square bolts, rifle calibers w...

In my experience: I've fired nearly 30,000 rounds through my Marlin 1894CB 24" barrel in SASS competition, each of which was a 125gr TC clocking about 1350 fps. It's had an action job and a one-piece firing pin installed. It still feeds like a dream, cycles as smooth as a buttered BB on glass a...

Easy. Send the gun sans cylinder back to Ruger to be fitted with a new 30 Carbine cylinder. Then send one of the cylinders to be rechambered to 32-20. :-) Then send the gun back to Ruger to be fitted for another new 30 carbine cylinder and send IT out to be rechambered to 32 H&R. Three cylinder...

I started with an OM .30 Ruger for NRA Hunter Silhouette years ago. Loved it! Have had several since, each has been spectacularly accurate. Then I found this one at a gun show and every few years I send it out for something else: It had already been cut to 4 5/8" and had the top strap and front...

Yep. I've grown up a bit since; I've always carried spares (foam plugs) and I'm no longer shy about speaking out on such matters. We want to keep shooters happy and active - we need all the friends we can get.

Back in '05 right before graduation, I was Pres. of my college's Rifle and Pistol Club. Every year the SBA (Student Body Admin) had a contest for the best Christmas tree submitted by a campus orginization. Each tree is displayed in the Grand Hall where the annual Christmas party is held. These pics ...

I just came across this article link from http://www.handgunlaw.us and it's the first article I've seen to address a question that I've had for a while. http://gemini.tntech.edu/~cpardue/pregnant.html I was pretty active in Cowboy Action Shooting a while back. As glad as I am for the family friendly...

Having own both pre and post safety 1894's in 357 - I'd say get it. My experience is that the older models are more likely to feed the .38's but both old and new feed 357's well. I believe that Marlin changed the design of the carrier a couple of years ago to help this on the new ones.

Texican