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by Carlsen Highway
Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .257 Roberts
Replies: 23
Views: 2119

.257 Roberts

This thread actually starts further down below:
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: DNA lineages in the Cherokee
Replies: 38
Views: 5520

Re: DNA lineages in the Cherokee

We are all living history. What I have read about the people of Iceland was interesting, being a reltively insulated group until recently etc. The men are all of Viking Norwegian ancestry. Nearly all of the women are Gaelic Scots. Those Viking raiders based themselves out of Iceland and raided up an...
by Carlsen Highway
Fri Dec 26, 2014 12:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Realistic number of cartridge cases w/bullets and or loaded
Replies: 16
Views: 1603

Re: Realistic number of cartridge cases w/bullets and or loa

You guys will probably think I am nuts - I have got: 36 x .44/40 80 x .30/06 of 180 grainers 29 x .30/06 of 150 grainers 50 x .257 Roberts 15 x .303 But I really only shoot at deer, so that's enough for the rest of my life really :lol: But I need more .44's, going to have to get a box of bullets and...
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone got a Win 94 in the following sn range?
Replies: 19
Views: 2183

Re: Anyone got a Win 94 in the following sn range?

Don't have the serial number on me but my one dated at 1952 was not factory D&T.
by Carlsen Highway
Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rossi carbine cartridge guide screw
Replies: 4
Views: 329

Rossi carbine cartridge guide screw

Okay, like an idiot I was taking my .44/40 carbine apart, for no real reason other than I wanted to lube the insides because it might rain a lot on my next trip, and when I was screwing the cartridge guide back into the receiver, the screw kept going round and round - and it turns out I have strippe...
by Carlsen Highway
Mon Dec 22, 2014 4:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which 92 clone?
Replies: 23
Views: 2466

Re: Which 92 clone?

I just voted with my money and bought another Rossi carbine in .44/40 two weeks ago. Lovely little rifles. The Browning 92's ones are rare here, (never seen one in person) and cost way too much compared to the Brazilian rifles. And really, I have had three Rossi's. I dont know what kind of class of ...
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Installing a 3 Leaf sight without drilling and tapping...
Replies: 6
Views: 797

Re: Installing a 3 Leaf sight without drilling and tapping..

Nicely done. That looks like an excellent rear sight too, and at a pretty good price. I would think about that sight for one of my rifles.
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Dec 14, 2014 5:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What sort of pressures are our old-style cases built for?
Replies: 16
Views: 1450

Re: What sort of pressures are our old-style cases built for

Shoulder location seems the greatest threat to brass. My 32 Special isn't too bad but my 303 is really something. The early lever cartridges had long necks and short chamber necks. I often wonder if this is about shooting ammo prone to fouling or in trenches. I once thought it was not an issue beca...
by Carlsen Highway
Fri Dec 12, 2014 3:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Review discussion...
Replies: 24
Views: 1624

Re: Review discussion...

In any reloading I have done for rifles in either chambering, the .30/06 has come out on top by 200 fps, regardless of what the loading books say, and that is with 125-150 grain bullets as well as heavy ones. I think there is a too much talk about how you cant tell the difference between them, or th...
by Carlsen Highway
Fri Dec 12, 2014 3:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What sort of pressures are our old-style cases built for?
Replies: 16
Views: 1450

Re: What sort of pressures are our old-style cases built for

A timely meditation on pressure and brass cases, coming as it does at the same time I am reloading and about to test some more .44/40 HV loads.
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Dec 09, 2014 5:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .44/40 and Titegroup
Replies: 12
Views: 2665

Re: .44/40 and Titegroup

Thanks for your considered replies. I have already used 24.0 grains of H4227 with 200 g XTP's in two other Rossi .44/40's with success; my question arises because I really only have two choices of powder for this cartridge where I am - either H4227 or Titegroup. And so I wondered about Titegroup. Al...
by Carlsen Highway
Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Let's not forget
Replies: 15
Views: 1031

Re: Let's not forget

My grandfather was at Schofield Barracks on the 7th December 1941. He was in the 25th infantry and later went to Guadalcanal and the Phillipines.
by Carlsen Highway
Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .44/40 and Titegroup
Replies: 12
Views: 2665

.44/40 and Titegroup

Does anyone load the .44/40 with this powder? (This is for 200g jacketed bullets in a Rossi 92)
I am interested in making hunting loads of around 1500 fps in a carbine.
Is there anything to recommend it over H4227 other than economy?

Any experiences of interest.
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I NEED THE WISDOM OF THE GROUP.
Replies: 42
Views: 2377

Re: I NEED THE WISDOM OF THE GROUP.

When I get that feeling, I go and buy another .44/40 Rossi 92. I just got my fourth this weekend.

Other times, at the very least if there is nothing else, I will go and rescue/buy another old .303 Lee Enfield. Don't know why. Like adopting an old dog.
by Carlsen Highway
Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: China
Replies: 17
Views: 1340

Re: China

Norinco bolt action .22's are fairly popular here simply because they are cheap, and even the Chinese cannot screw up a rip-off of a pretty good Brno design. Otherwise their stuff is pretty low grade. I was nevertheless, as the poster above, tempted by a Bush Ranger in 7.62x39 (basic bolt action) bu...
by Carlsen Highway
Sat Jun 08, 2013 4:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Post-64 Winchester 94s
Replies: 16
Views: 4352

Re: Post-64 Winchester 94s

We are splitting hairs here, and I agree it all depends on the indiviual rifle, but I have owned pre 64's and post, and of the post 64 years I will buy anything made in the 1970's. I think that decade was the best of the later rifles. I don't mind the scintered metal receiver (unless some fool has t...
by Carlsen Highway
Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 bullet recommendations
Replies: 34
Views: 4441

Re: 30-30 bullet recommendations

The 170 grain Hornady will work well for you.
by Carlsen Highway
Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 bullet recommendations
Replies: 34
Views: 4441

Re: 30-30 bullet recommendations

Image

150 grain power point at 95 paces
by Carlsen Highway
Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 bullet recommendations
Replies: 34
Views: 4441

Re: 30-30 bullet recommendations

I have used the 150 grain Winchester Power Points and Hornady Interlock round noses on big red deer stags with perfect success.
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WDM Bell, elephant and the 6.5X54
Replies: 25
Views: 6199

Re: OT: WDM Bell, elephant and the 6.5X54

Actually, he died in 1954 I have discovered. And the quote about going to back to Africa and using a Winchester 70 in .308 comes from his own article that he wrote about "Small Bores and Big Bores" which was published the same year. He liked the Winchester plainly and wrote favourably abou...
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Westley Richards Falling Block pics
Replies: 14
Views: 1212

Re: Westley Richards Falling Block pics

I am quietly weeping. Thank you for posting those pics. Please put more up and tell me a story about this rifle.
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Well heck ya i can rope !!!
Replies: 10
Views: 638

Re: Well heck ya i can rope !!!

I learnt to do it when I was a kid. I used to rope the neighbour's dogs by the leg. Got pretty good at it. Never roped anything off a horse though, would love to try, though I havnt been ona horse for years.
by Carlsen Highway
Sat Sep 08, 2012 4:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need help from the Aussies on this board
Replies: 5
Views: 885

Re: Need help from the Aussies on this board

Kirk, Australia or NZ? We got a lot of '92's in NZ as well. You would be lucky to find a specific rifle - what year was it made? The trouble is what with all the gun buy backs and hand in's in more recent times, you also have to contend with all firearms being handed in for the war effort in WW1 and...
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for folks who often switch between iron and scope si
Replies: 30
Views: 1533

Re: Looking for folks who often switch between iron and scope si

I had a Husqvarna 1600 .30/06 that I switched between a 4x scope and a receiver peep sight. With the scope it would do exactly one inch groups with just about any load I gave it. For comparison, with the receiver aperture sight I did regular 1 - 1.5 inch groups at 100 metres. Not enough difference t...
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report: 44-40 Model '73 with tang sight (photos)
Replies: 10
Views: 725

Re: Range Report: 44-40 Model '73 with tang sight (photos)

Kirk, thats a great post, and I love the photo of the '73 with the saddle. I think you enjoy photographing old guns just like me. I also like the cut off your jib with the work you do on open sights, I enjoy messing with them and shooting iron sights also. I have recently rediscovered the bead front...
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Carlsen Highway
Replies: 7
Views: 298

Re: Happy Birthday Carlsen Highway

Thank you gentlemen, I appreciate it.
Weather is cold and rainy....no suprise. Was intending actually to go to the range but will go later in the week. Loaded up a bunch of .30/30's just for the occassion of turning 42...
by Carlsen Highway
Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New kid - new 94
Replies: 20
Views: 2505

Re: New kid - new 94

I'm in the 'seventies '94 club too... I am a bit ambivalent about receiver peep sights nowadays...I used to accept that they were more accurate and faster to aquire a target as everyone always says, but I found with my last two .30/30 '94's, that I was getting the same sized groups at 100 yards with...
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Never chatted with a Paco Kelly's member I didn't like.
Replies: 24
Views: 1089

Re: Never chatted with a Paco Kelly's member I didn't like.

Levergunners dont have the need to prove their manhood on the interweb. 'tis known.
by Carlsen Highway
Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It's been 42 years today since I got married.
Replies: 35
Views: 1918

Re: It's been 42 years today since I got married.

Congratulations! For us, we're just kids. Just gone 15 years. Interestingly, when we first got married, the wife went to town to do some name changing, as women have to, and took the marriage certificate. It rained that day and the ink ran on the bottom part of the certificate. So now you can't read...
by Carlsen Highway
Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .30/30 Brass question...
Replies: 17
Views: 1015

Re: .30/30 Brass question...

It occurs to me - wouldn't the crimp automatically take care of differences in neck tension?
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting the Win. 94 video.
Replies: 11
Views: 609

Re: Shooting the Win. 94 video.

Yup thats running real smooth I blasted some today with 25-35, 38-55, 45 colt & olugly the 270 put a rec. sight on olugly trimmed it up real nice now have to find a taller front sight as its 16in. to high ollogger Just an aside - OLLOGGER - I am pleased to find someone else who shoots a .270 wi...
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .30/30 Brass question...
Replies: 17
Views: 1015

Re: .30/30 Brass question...

Thanks for your replies guys. I have a bunch of all kinds of brass but have stuck religously to one headstamp that I have the most of out of habit from my other rifles, it suddenly occurred to me that it might not make much difference with a low pressure round like the .30 WCF. I have used a Lee cri...
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .30/30 Brass question...
Replies: 17
Views: 1015

.30/30 Brass question...

How much difference does it make reloading mixed brass in a .30/30 (Win94)?
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Zealand--via--Google Map
Replies: 9
Views: 1463

Re: New Zealand--via--Google Map

Never lived there but traveled from the Bay of Islands at the top of the North island all the way down to Invercargill at the bottom of the South Island back in the early 90's. We were visiting some friends who lived in Hamilton and I must admit, I fell in love with the place . . . . and the people...
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More levergun opinions needed
Replies: 33
Views: 3560

Re: More levergun opinions needed

I would leave it as it is. I can't see what you would gain messing with it, there are plenty of other rifles with full mags underneath... That rifle plainly had a lifetime just the way she is. That kind of configuration was popular back in those days - at least in '92's anyway where I come from, you...
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thought I was going to die... so I tried to kill as many
Replies: 23
Views: 3460

Re: Thought I was going to die... so I tried to kill as many

Blaine, plainly you don't know a thing about Maori people. I am not sure why you bring up NZ considering the US record, I rather think you should be crying in the corner just at the thought...but perhaps you have NZ people confused with Australians and the Aborigini's, in which case I forgive you. I...
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thought I was going to die... so I tried to kill as many
Replies: 23
Views: 3460

Re: Thought I was going to die... so I tried to kill as many

I disagree, the Gurkhas have had quite a few VC's awarded. The CGM is their equivalent of the DSC. Not sure how much they're paid but it in Nepal is basically a fortune, and they are HIGHLY regarded among British and any other allied forces, I've spoken to a few Gurkhas and mostly their Brit suppor...
by Carlsen Highway
Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thought I was going to die... so I tried to kill as many
Replies: 23
Views: 3460

Re: Thought I was going to die... so I tried to kill as many

I hate to suggest it, but a white man might have got a VC. And how much is he getting paid - last I heard the Ghurka troops in the British army were getting the equivilent of a "decent" wage in Nepal, Something like $200 a month. Meanwhile doing the same job alongside the UK troops.
by Carlsen Highway
Mon May 14, 2012 6:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Antipode Map--other side of world
Replies: 21
Views: 1239

Re: Antipode Map--other side of world

Ha! Spain. Somewhere near Codova.
by Carlsen Highway
Thu May 03, 2012 7:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Seller & Bellot
Replies: 31
Views: 3499

Re: Seller & Bellot

I thought I would just mention related to the last post and brass in the 7x57mm - I also have come across 7mm Mauser brass issues with fitting in the shellholder, and it seems that the European made brass is to a different size than the US manufacurers; Sellier and Bellot and Prvi Partisan, (made in...
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Seller & Bellot
Replies: 31
Views: 3499

Re: Seller & Bellot

It probably wont last as many firings as other brass, but you can get by with sellier and bellot.
by Carlsen Highway
Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Seller & Bellot
Replies: 31
Views: 3499

Re: Seller & Bellot

I have used Sellier and Bellot in a number of calibers and it has averaged as probably one of the more accurate factory brands across the board, despite how cheap it is. The bullets they use are very hard though, when used on game.
I have reloaded their brass and done just fine.
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Firearms errors in books
Replies: 35
Views: 3031

Re: Firearms errors in books

I just read a war book, about the war in the Pacific, with some Aussies and American soldiers doing stuff behind the lines in Papua New Guinea, and all of them were carrying "Mills guns" around, and when they used them, it sounded like he was describing a sten gun. Now,I have never heard o...
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First deer with "new" Winchester 94
Replies: 34
Views: 2061

Re: First deer with "new" Winchester 94

Yes, I am very pleased with the rifle. And I got it for a song too... :D My 1952 pre'64 only shot slightly less well than this one with tailored handloads, (I say "tailored", but it took one afternoon to settle on it.) so I wont hear anything about Winchester leverguns not being as accurat...
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First deer with "new" Winchester 94
Replies: 34
Views: 2061

Re: First deer with "new" Winchester 94

I was using factory Prvi Partisen 150grains.
I have the set up to reload for the .30/30 again, and a whole bunch of Winchester Powerpoints on hand which is a fine performing bullet in my opinion, but the rifle shoots so well with this Serbian factory stuff that I havn't got to it yet.
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First deer with "new" Winchester 94
Replies: 34
Views: 2061

Re: First deer with "new" Winchester 94

This is on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand; about four hours drive away. This is what she looks like, although the receiver is showing more wear on the blueing and where some old rust got taken off than the photo suggests. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c271/Carlsen/WINtwo.jpg
by Carlsen Highway
Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First deer with "new" Winchester 94
Replies: 34
Views: 2061

First deer with "new" Winchester 94

Well, I got this old thing last month, and posted earlier about how it turned out to be probably the most accurate .30/30 I have ever met....looks like a beat up campaigner on the outside, and nothing special pedigree-wise - a 1979-'80 Winchester. But it will shoot one to 1.5 inch groups with the st...
by Carlsen Highway
Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rossi 92 Butt Stock replacement
Replies: 8
Views: 9409

Re: Rossi 92 Butt Stock replacement

I have swapped the carbine buttstock with a crescent rifle one on Rossi 92's and they are interchangable.
by Carlsen Highway
Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your best lever action deer picture
Replies: 39
Views: 6220

Re: Your best lever action deer picture

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c271/Carlsen/MoaningBastardonthehill.jpg At ten paces. The stag was a gnarly timbered character I had been after for four years running. With an Old BLR in .308 and a weaver 3x. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c271/Carlsen/SIX.jpg But I like this one too, because...
by Carlsen Highway
Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Final goodbyes when we leave this earth.
Replies: 100
Views: 7018

Re: Final goodbyes when we leave this earth.

I have explained to the wife that when I die, I have left instructions to the effect that a parade should be organised up the main street here. Doesnt have to be much, but get the classic car crowd out, the ballons, the marching girls and some bagpipes, the local school kids can make flags and carry...