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Now I've got the bug for a Schofield replica from Uberti with a five inch barrel.

What's stuck on your mind to get?

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Heidi Klum?!?!? :wink:

"High caliber" for sure!

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OK, now for a serious answer to that...

A nice replica Trapdoor Carbine in .45-70 to shoot with replica blackpowder loads. :wink:

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92 winchester in 38-40 24" Octagon
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Same as Old Savage. Been my holy grail for ever.

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You got pics? Here's one I came up with from Buffalo Arms.

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Not me. I just wanna see my custom Rolling Block finished. Beyond that, I'm gonna thin the herd some.
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I went for 'quantity' on the leverguns, and am now distilling them down to the bare-essence ones I consider 'essential'.

Now I need to go back and do that with bolt-action guns.

Never liked the semiautos enough to get all that serious there, but once in a while I do yearn for the old bolt-guns.
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Hmmmm if I had to step out on a limb and pick a couple not inexpensive items I'd like to have , a couple Parkers come to mind !

GH grade damascus barreled 10 gauge and 8 gauge as well as a fluid steel VHE or better 28 gauge :wink:

I suspect I can pick up the three (depending on the grade of the 28) of those in good shape for about $35,000 :o
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AJMD429 wrote:I went for 'quantity' on the leverguns, and am now distilling them down to the bare-essence ones I consider 'essential'.

I hear that !

I was at almost 100 Marlin's a couple years ago and got it down to maybe 20 or so !
Now I'm back up to about 26 or so and I'm thinking i may sell off some of the duplicates and all of the second model 444's !

That would be about a dozen I think to put on the chopping block !

I am thinking about keeping First Models one from 1964 , one from 1965 , a pair from 1966 , one from 67 , another from 68 , one from 69 a trio from 1970 , a pair from 1971 , the 444T from 72 and finally my 2001 rifle for the 400 grainers !

That would leave me with 14 444's a 44 MAG and a 45-70 . Sixteen Marlin's should be a plenty !
Well maybe add a nice 39A Mountie from the 1960-1968 period :wink:
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I kinda like the "Heidi Klum" idea Old No7! :wink:

IIRC, Noah Zark has one just like this (a 5" Schofield, not Heidi).

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hightime wrote:Now I've got the bug for a Schofield replica from Uberti with a five inch barrel.

What's stuck on your mind to get?

Owen
yessir,WOOT [ want one of those ] i really NEED the uberti schofield and i NEEd those fellows to produce the merwin and hulbert replicas that i sent in the deposit on.
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And I NEED one those those gorgeous Ruger #1s in 303 Brit.
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Oh yeah, Merwin and Hulbert!! Do you get three barrels with it?

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hightime wrote:Oh yeah, Merwin and Hulbert!! Do you get three barrels with it?

Owen
ordered it with : 3 barrels, two sets of grips [ including ivory] , and cylinders fitted for 44 special and 44/40!!
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Just went to their forum. It doesn't sound good. Have you heard anything promising?

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hightime wrote:Just went to their forum. It doesn't sound good. Have you heard anything promising?

Owen
John Taffin put down a deposit also.. i would figure they would get one to him ASAP
i am thinking it will never happen.
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hightime wrote:Just went to their forum. It doesn't sound good. Have you heard anything promising?

Owen
John Taffin put down a deposit also.. i would figure they would get one to him ASAP
i am thinking it will never happen.
We had a customer about 18 months ago that wanted a M&H from these folks and he was standing in front of me with money to send them . But he wanted me to call and see what the deal was !

After talking with the guy who "said" he owned the place I wasn't overcome with enthusiasm for these folks . He was trying to say his quality was as good if not better then Shiloh . Now maybe it is and maybe it isn't but based on the amount of itmes he'd produced I wasn't in a buying mood for what he said . After I got off the phone I told my customer what he said and what I thought . I also told him NOT TO SEND a deposit .
I hope for your sake it works out since you've already sent them money !
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I got a hankerin for this a custom allan boxlock action muzzleloader in 62cal

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Too many centerfire I don't shoot. Enough .22 long guns, but, maybe a Stainless Single 10....For sure, a Shilo Sharps, maybe in 38-55, 405 Win, or the traditional 45-70.....
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very nice looking muzzleloader.
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A 1886 clone by Browning in 45/70, and a Stainless Ruger Bisley 44 mag. :mrgreen:
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Pedersoli is supposedly making a Winchester 71 in .45-70. I have yet to hear of any being on this side of the ocean. I think it would go great with my Browning 71 in .348.

I'm with you on the Schofield. I've been looking for a Marlin Cowboy in .38-55, but the prices have been around $1500 for the ones I've found.
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$1,500 Wow. Although $900 for the Schofield is pretty hard to take also.

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I could do with a Merwin & Hulbert in 44-40. I loath the thought of giving a deposit to the new company on the off chance that they'll ever make any revolvers at all. Fascinating gun though. If they do ever make any, I will surely jump in for one.
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A Winchester 9422 Trapper and a Finnish M-28 Mosin/Nagant. I just got a beautiful Browning 1886 45/70 SRC that I'm itching to shoot.
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Rimfire McNutjob wrote:I could do with a Merwin & Hulbert in 44-40. I loath the thought of giving a deposit to the new company on the off chance that they'll ever make any revolvers at all. Fascinating gun though. If they do ever make any, I will surely jump in for one.
I suspect you can get an original M&H if you keep your eyes open for a little more money and ALOT less time !
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My collecting is back on my brain. Schofield and a Spencer. This is crazy. Am I ever happy? When is enough?

I can't wait to see those in the stand together. Like these.

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6pt-sika wrote:
Rimfire McNutjob wrote:I could do with a Merwin & Hulbert in 44-40. I loath the thought of giving a deposit to the new company on the off chance that they'll ever make any revolvers at all. Fascinating gun though. If they do ever make any, I will surely jump in for one.
I suspect you can get an original M&H if you keep your eyes open for a little more money and ALOT less time !
It's funny how regional things can be. I'm in Central Florida and I've never even seen one at a gun show down here. Yet, if I drove up to a show in the Carolina's or Virginia I bet I'd see a few here and there. I've seen a few on GunBroker, but I'm not savvy enough about M&H to buy one online. Even in person, I wouldn't know what I was doing. But they sure are interesting guns. They seem to be pretty advanced for the time they were manufactured.
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Rimfire McNutjob wrote:
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Rimfire McNutjob wrote:I could do with a Merwin & Hulbert in 44-40. I loath the thought of giving a deposit to the new company on the off chance that they'll ever make any revolvers at all. Fascinating gun though. If they do ever make any, I will surely jump in for one.
I suspect you can get an original M&H if you keep your eyes open for a little more money and ALOT less time !
It's funny how regional things can be. I'm in Central Florida and I've never even seen one at a gun show down here. Yet, if I drove up to a show in the Carolina's or Virginia I bet I'd see a few here and there. I've seen a few on GunBroker, but I'm not savvy enough about M&H to buy one online. Even in person, I wouldn't know what I was doing. But they sure are interesting guns. They seem to be pretty advanced for the time they were manufactured.
We've had a couple in the shop here for repair .

And if my memory serves I saw a few at the Baltimore Gunshow the last two years .
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A Ma Deuce or a 1921 Thompson.------------Sixgun
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A 1928 Thompson, a .32-40 Highwall, a .45Colt LowWall, a .22 1911 like the new Browning baby 1911, a .22 Colt Peacekeeper... and the list goes on! :P

Mainly I want the time and money to finish my 1894 Marlin project like I envision it!!!!
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Thompson? Ya mean the chopper? Ya I want one of those too.
Hand me that chopper. Cows? I hate cows more than coppers. Oh George not the livestock!

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While a Thompson would be nice to have I'm not sure after having handled one recently that I'd want one !

We have a customer that bought a 1950's era Thompson recently and we have it in our shop safe while waiting for his ATF license to arrive . I gotta say it ain't the most well balanced or comfortable thing I ever put to my shoulder .
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6pt-sika wrote: I gotta say it ain't the most well balanced or comfortable thing I ever put to my shoulder .
6pt.,
I agree, but........there ain't nothin' like it. Shooting M-16's, M-2 carbines, Hk's etc. get boring to me but 'ya can't get enough of a Thompson. Back in the late seventies, this class 3 dealer in the South (Georgia?) had a mess of Thompsons for sale, including 2 that were documented as being taken from Pretty Boy Floyd. The tag?--$3500. M1-A were $750 and I tried to buy one but the Pa. State Police would not sign off on it. I was just a punk 24 year old and I did not know enough to get a lawyer.

Ah! Probably just as well as I used to drink and smoke weed in those days. :D

Two months ago I had my hands on the only Colt M1-A Thompson ever made. It had an experimental serial number---X1 My bud has it now but he don't want to shoot it.
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Sixgun wrote:[Ah! Probably just as well as I used to drink and smoke weed in those days. :D

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USED TO ? Don't tell me your a quitter - :lol:


back on point --- i have had my eye open for a HK91 at a certain price point for a while (real HK, not cetme or PTR) -- if one crosses my path , i may have to make another decision that will make my wife very unhappy

Like OS and Joe, i also would like a couple of new 3rd Gen SAA's in the 3.5" Shopkeeper version and a 7.5" version for me though

There is already a space in my safe reserved for a 3" barreled Python (if i can find one in the elusive $1200 price range that is)

LEverguns so far for me have always been targets of opportunity -- i dont go out actively looking for any specific model because my actual "needs" are covered there, but i do want an 1895 someday and one of the neat little takedown Miroku 92's in 45 Colt as well -- modern shooters are fine for me with those, -
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I am done....unless I could find a real Sharps 1874 I could get for a steal!
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