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That's good to hear samsi. Thank you. Scott probably had bigger fish to fry and overlooked my query.

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Scott, if you had a chance to handle one of the Uberti 1894s, I'd be interested in hearing what it was like. Thanks

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Scott: If you remove the upper handguard, the caliber designation should be there. Without digging mine out, it's marked on the left side of the barrel as either "30 Army", or "30 US".

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It DID happen in the last couple of yrs when Pedersoli brought one to the market. So now you can have one! IDK what the quality is like but there are a few youtube videos on them. It's called the "86/71 Droptine" or something along that line. While I'm no mindreader, John Browning probably...

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I've shot only one deer with the 25-35 using the old Remington 117 gr CLSP ammo. Shot it quartering away from me at 60 yrd in the dusk. The bullet entered the left rear quarter and went all the way into the front right quarter where it turned into Remington's "deadliest mushroom in the woods&qu...

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@ High Desert Hunter: Turnbull's price for that kind of work is in the $800 neighborhood.

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Love the Hornet! A most magnificent groundhog pounder. Received a Ruger Number 3 chambered for it as HS graduation in 1977 (still have it including the original box showing the cost of $165). It sports a Leupold 2-7x33 compact scope. That little gun came with a plastic buttplate which was the only t...

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The loading gate looks 86ish.

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All of my levers have straight grips except these: Win Model 71, Browning 65, Browning 71 and Savage 99. For me it's simply that I find straight grips more "aesthetically pleasing" on MOST lever actions. One lever I'd still love to own is a Big Horn Armory Model 89. If given the choice bet...

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I'd love to see and handle a Uberti 94. There doesn't seem to be much info on them out there. There have been a couple of videos depicting them but seem to be Uberti promotional videos. One US video I ran across by "Adventure Cowboy" trying a 38-55 version of it is all I could dig up on th...

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The new Miroku/Winchester 94s are not my cup of tea especially for one main reason: The Angle Eject. Back in about 1983 when the AE hit the market, the 94 was still intended to compete with many other rifles by making it to be a scope compatible arm. In the meantime, the lever gun has taken a back s...

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Midwest Gun Parts has been sold out of both the hammer and trigger for quite a few years now. Back in around 2015 or thereabouts, they still had them in stock and I grabbed one of each for converting a new production 1886 to the original lockwork. Regret now not having bought a couple more for other...

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Forgot to add the other evening that BHA has a video series called "Off the Bench". One of the episodes tells how they developed the Model 89 action around the 500 S&W cartridge. It also shows how a block of steel is machined into a functioning action. Pretty impressive company.

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So far Big Horn Armory hasn't made a Model 89 or Model 90 with a straight grip. I'm hoping they will though at some point. A lever action carbine with a pistol grip just looks odd, to me at least.

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IMO the Ruger Hawkeye is the best US made bolt rifle on the market for four reasons: Controlled feed, claw extraction, one piece bolt, three position wing safety. I have several Hawkeyes, the latest being one of Lipsey's special runs in 35 Whelen with 24" barrel and open sights. A beauty to beh...

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Wow, 6 million is a lot! I never would have guessed the Model 10 would be number 1 as far as the most produced handgun goes. I was of the understanding that the Soviet Makarov pistol was the world's most produced handgun having been made in (at least) the USSR, East Germany, Bulgaria, China and poss...

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I was hopeful for the rebirth of the 9422 in both 22 LR and 22 Magnum, but that's probably not going to happen now. Ruger/Marlin is supposed to be reintroducing the Model 39 but their centerfire leverguns are getting the priority as far as production is concerned.

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I've never seen or handled a Chiappa 92. How do they stack up in terms of quality?

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It seems that Taylor's and Company is now making a Model 1873 in 9mm called the "TC73". They showed it at the SHOT SHOW a couple of weeks ago and IIRC, it is made here in the USA. Just thought I'd pass this info along for those who desire a lever gun in 9mm.

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There was an interview with well known guide and gun writer in Alaska named Phil Shoemaker who shot one with a 9mm S&W pistol at point blank range. He shot it multiple times and the bear died but he said it was a pretty scary experience.

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-10 in PA tonight with about 8" of snow already on the ground from yesterday's storm.

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They need pinned barrels and old style firing pins (on the hammer) also to be historically accurate.

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Nice tool. I have a similar one for "44 WCF" in great condition but have never loaded ammo with it (yet anyway). As for "replicating sitting around the campfire in the 1890s loading for the next day's hunt", if you want the full effect of that romantic notion, do it some evening ...

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Unfortunately technology costs money, lots of money. In the dog eat dog world, the manufacturers try to outdo each other to build a better mousetrap, and in so doing, have managed to raise the price of pickups up into the 40K range, even upwards of 70K or more with all the bells and whistles. What &...

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Yes, Unrepentant Sinner is a top read.

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That was good. I ran across it that series a coupe of weeks ago. The one on Colonel Charles Askins was especially good.

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^^^. Let's compromise: Lives to 100, THEN TRIES to hang himself, and fails doing it........

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That's a nice find. From what I understand Ruger is supposed to resurrect the Model 39 next year. Has anyone else heard this? If they do, I'd love to see that little 39 TDS with the straight grip and 16" barrel in their catalog.

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Speaking of Model 92 conversions, I'm sure some here have seen them converted to 45ACP also. My cousin had one in the 70s. It functioned well and we had a lot of fun with it and a bunch of WW II era ball ammo. The carbine was rebored from a 44-40, (the original barrel was used in the conversion). Ad...

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Ysabel Kid wondered why nobody ever made an AR15 for the 30 Carbine round. I believe back in the late 80s early 90s, Olympic Arms did offer one. Personally I've always thought that the Ruger Mini 14 would be a good home for the 30 Carbine.

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The crescent steel buttplates don't bother me either. I'm glad the manufacturers still put these on some of their models to keep them historically correct in appearance.

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Thank you! That's what I was hoping to hear even though the Dragoon doesn't appear to have as robust a loading lever catch compared to, say, the 1860 Army, which is totally different in design.

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For those of you shooting these Dragoons, how well does the loading lever catch prevent the lever from falling during recoil? I realize this was a problem with the Walker which preceded them. My only experience with blackpowder revolvers has been solely with 1850 Navy and 1860 Army models.

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Yes, it was definitely made in the USSR. I have a sealed spam can of it. Whether or not other countries made it I cannot say for certain but believe East Germany made steel cased 22 lr. There was a video I remember watching about the East German AK 22 trainer variant called the MPi-69. It was a post...

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^^^ Good point^^^ It really is the world we live in. People are so self absorbed that they can't see the woods for the trees.

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Welcome to the club of being rich! I achieved that goal by becoming a multi-millionaire in the 80s. Had 3 million Italian lira which was about $1500

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I've been doing the same with American Rifleman magazines. Right now there are all the complete years from 1975 through 1990 in my stash along with a bunch of Guns & Ammo and Shooting Times also from that era. It's amazing what a wealth of knowledge AR Magazine had to offer back then with in-dep...

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Mike is one of the best writers of all time. I've been reading his material since the early 80s when he wrote articles in Shooting Times. One of my fondest memories was when he wrote that his dad was a police chief in a small West Virginia town. He'd let Mike and a school friend borrow a department ...

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@ 1894cfan: if you've caught glimpses of the news in the last couple of days, you'll see US flags being burned there now....... and flags from another place (fill in the blank) being flown with pride.

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Thank you for posting this, I can hardly wait to see Part 2!!

Now that is one pretty 1886. Uberti makes so many versions of the 86, some carbine length, some with and without the tang safety. This is the nicest of them all IMO. Would love to see this one in 444 Marlin.

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^^^ Meant to add "got rid of the color case hardening" to my previous post.^^^

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Yes, there are a couple of different things Uberti really could have/should have with this carbine (depending on if they wanted a SRC or an Eastern Carbine). Shrapnel pointed out the barrel band location and he's exactly right. If they had wanted the traditional SRC look, they should have moved the ...

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The debate about which cartridge is better than another reminds me of the ongoing articles in Guns & Ammo and Shooting Times from the 70s and 80s when one of the cover feature articles always seemed to be "What's better for deer: 270 or 30-06?" And then at the end of the article, the l...

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Looking at some Pedersoli leverguns on their website, it seems that the tang safety is not present on all models. As much as I hate tang safeties like probably most traditionalists, at least Pedersoli left the half cock in the mechanism and does not employ the rebounding hammer as found on new Winch...

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If you're asking about taking game with a 45-70, I have not taken any. Never took my 45-70s in the woods on a hunt.

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Not to take away from the Prvi 44 Magnum ammo, but something I encountered with Prvi 45-70 is that the recoil pushed the bullet deeper into a few cartridges. Fortunately, I only bought one box so my 1886 Browning turned into a single shot for the remainder of the the 20 rounds. Anyone else experienc...

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That 1952 ad with the "Texan" carbines shows them with rounded levers. Mine is later and has a squared one like the OP's. When did Marlin make this change over?

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Agreed about pistol grips on lever guns. The only ones I actually don't mind is the Win 65 and Win 71, although if there were a choice between pistol grip or straight stock on either, I'd take the straight one every day of the week.

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Yes cas, you are correct! Ben Forkin it was indeed.

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Someone did that conversion with Marlin 94s. A while back, maybe like 20 yrs ago or so, Shooting TImes or Guns & Ammo had an article about it. Someone here mentioned Gary Reeder's name, it may well have been him.

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