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KirkD, Just got to add my congrats! Looks almost identical condition to my 1908 vintage 1892 Win. in .25-20. I had never had much experience with lever actions before, I brought my 1892 home and WAS AMAZED at how that rifle lent itself to HITTING stuff. It was bang HIT, bang HIT, over and over and s...

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Is that an apple that little guy is eating?? I'm an apple grower out here in Washington State and it's no wonder that little fella's so healthy!!!

Great pics, put a smile on my face!

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That really is a great buy and good to hear the report from Otterray. I was wondering about the quality of the loads. Sounds reasonable. Does anyone know if they were loaded with XMP5744??? Sure want to keep the pressure down with my Marlin 1881. Sure would be tempted to buy some but I'm not shootin...

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Ben R. and Don Tomas, Just want to thank you guys for the links and information. I will have to digest all of that for a while. I'm learning bullet casting and black powder reloading all at the same time. Bit of a learning curve. Got a Shiloh coming in about 18 months but thought I'd start learning ...

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505Steve,

Yep I sure do agree with the above, YOU DONE GREAT!!!

Love the .38-55 cartridge, hopefully that Winchester has a 26" barrel. I see on the silhouette range the 26" Winchesters and Marlins shoot VERY well.

All the best!

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Ben Rumson, Looks like you know way more than average about Trapdoors! Hopefully with KIRK D's permission I can jump in here to increase my knowledge. Couple of questions: 1) An old local guy was selling his personal 1884 Trapdoor a few years back. I bought it cuz the bore was excellent and he is a ...

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Mike D, Remember I'm that apple/pear grower up here in Wa. State. I thought I remembered you were the fruit grower from California. This was the first I'd heard of you being sick. Sure am sorry to hear that. Hope the worst is over for you now and there will be good times ahead. When you get out ther...

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Gamekeeper Jr. I enjoyed your post and you did a fine job of taking that fox down with open sights in low light conditions. Always appreciate your young eyes. I'm only in my 40's and my eyes are going downhill. I have a silhouette match this Saturday, if I do well I FEEL YOUNGER!! I've also got a Ho...

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A few years ago Marlin Firearms Company had the old Marlin Talk. Then Marlin did away with that and some guys set up Marlin Owners. One of the times I believe either when Marlin Owners was down, or just after Marlin Talk had been terminated, poster marlinman93 suggested I check out Levergunners. Tha...

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Fill me in a bit on the USFA Remingtons. I didn't even know they were making these. I've got a couple of their SAA and they are excellent!

Is the .36 Remington the same grip size as their .44?????????

Griff what is the reason you are going with .36's??????????

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Handirifle,

Marlinowners is working again for me now. Good deal!!! Hope it all works out for you.

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Griff, Thanks for taking time to answer my questions so completely. All I have for cap and ball is an old Italian 1851 copy. Has the round trigger guard and I can see right away that I love the squared trigger guard and especially when it is silver plated. I'll have to pull out my Colt book and see ...

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Griff, Very informative post. I don't know much about cap&ball revolvers so a couple of questions. 1) Do you normally use just the round balls? 2) How much FFFg powder usually. 3) After the powder is in the chamber describe the bullet and lube combo that works best. 4) Do you stick with 1851's c...

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Homefront,

That was hilarious!!! Now if that is a typical example of Pennsylvania women, I'M GLAD MY WIFE MOVED OUT OF PHILLY WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD!!!!

Thanks for the laugh!!!

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Turner, I have an 1893 Marlin BLACK POWDER barreled .38-55. The load that works really well for me is using the Meister .380" 245grain bullet on top of 20.5 grains of XMP 5744. This load is mild enough to easily shoot a 40 round silhouette match with. I bought one of those BULLET TEST TUBES fro...

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86er,

That truely is a great Easter story. Pass on our thanks to the anonymous giver. What a fantastic way to make a kids year and to pass on the joys of shooting. And thanks to you 86er cuz I know you will be giving the proper training to that boy. That in itself is a mighty fine gift!

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I can't get on it right now either. Bummer!

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Old Ironsights, That is pretty doggone sweet. You gotta feel a bit sorry for those animals trying to make it thru winter. Good of you to share the corn! I let the deer chew on my apple trees a bit. I deer fence the blocks they would damage the most but the older mature trees I let them eat on to hel...

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Griff, You're the guy that drives the nice Pete aren't you??? Be careful out there!! I've got a buddy that drives a 2000 KW hauling apples once a week from Wa. St down to LA then vegetables back up to Spokane Wa. I have nothing but admiration for you truck drivers. I've got a 1986 Peterbilt 359 with...

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Ravenman, Hey thanks for posting that link to MO.!! Jdad, Good advice regarding the .22 Mag and silhouette and the .32-20. Right now I'm shooting an original 1892 Winchester in .25-20 and it works perfect. My only problem is that during the busy farming season I can barely get enough time to handloa...

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Swampman, Thankyou kindly for your fine answers to my questions. I shouldered that 1894M for the first time and was quite impressed. Casually think about getting one for my 15 year old boy to shoot lever action silhouette with. We will see what the present owner of this 1894M will do with it, sell i...

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Griz, I'm not sure what your piledriver is. I assume you have another post profiling what that is. I do know this, I fired a tracer out of a 50BMG here at my orchard from around 800 yards into a north facing slope. I failed to account for the fact that the north slope had mud on top of still frozen ...

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I'm looking for information on the Marlin 1894 chambered in .22 magnum. 1) What years were they made?? 2) What was their reputation like?? Seems to be a pretty large action for the .22 magnum. Any feeding problems??? 3) How often do you see them for sale??? 4) Was there only one configuration made? ...

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Rihmfire, Thanks for eating all those WA. ST. apples! Just don't eat any foreign ones!! Only Wa. State ones now, well maybe N.Y. and Michigan are OK, but just not as good! Maybe I'm biased. Every time I might scape together enough to start saving for a Winchester another good Marlin comes along!! Al...

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Marlin 1894 Cowboy in .357 for sure!!

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Buy more Washington State APPLES AND PEARS!!!! We still grow a lot of them here in Wa. and I need to buy a few more old Marlins!!! If we had a REALLY GOOD year maybe I could even get an original 1886 Winchester that I've been wanting for a long time!

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Great story!

Iron sights never cease to amaze me, whether it's my M1A or my Marlin 1881, know your rifle and focus on that FRONT SIGHT!!!

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YK, Thanks for that. I've visited the grave of my great great grandpa in Bedford county Virginia, a Confederate soldier. Grew up on my Grandma's southern influenced cooking. I married a Virginia girl, she grew up a stones throw from the Manassas battlefield. My southern roots go deep. Grandma's fami...

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My 1908 vintage, round barrel 1892 Winchester .25-20 shoots EXCELLENT with 11.3gr IMR4198 behind the 86gr. Remington JSP bullet. Shot 1000's of these rounds in silhouette and can't wait until the pistol cartridge matches begin in May. My bore is a little rough but the jacketed Remingtons just shoot ...

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Jengel,

Now that is about as cool as it gets!! When did this old boy start in to collecting all of those wonderful items???

It would sure be interesting to hear some of the stories about how he found like the sign for instance. If you hear any more details, fill us in!

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mm93, What a great find!!! At a great price!! Maybe some of you Colt boys could help me out. My grandpa was a freighter over the Clockum pass here in Wa. St. about 1910 and family lore says he carried a Colt double action .32-20. Now they made a Police Positive and an Official Police or something li...

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Good info.

I'm using the same RockChucker RCBS press that I've had since 1980 when I was 17 years old. Still nice and tight and 1000's of rounds loaded but I WILL commence to pay better attention to that primer ash grinding compound. Good heads up and I'm glad RCBS service was good!

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Needs more Marlins to keep that Model 39A company!!!!

Great to hear that it is better up in your state! It made me sick to hear what Australia gun owners went thru. Your country has similar people to here in the U.S. and deserve to preserve your freedoms.

Nice collection!

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Very sad indeed! Thanks for posting about this. Good reminder of the importance of how we live each day and to appreciate our families cuz we don't know what tomorrow holds.

Condolences.

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Neil,

Thanks for the info. I probably should have known that.

Boy I'd like the SC version best, I do believe. I have a 1948 vintage RC that is a KEEPER for sure. Mines in .30-30 though. It is so smooth I can hardly believe a cartridge was chambered when I work the action.

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Neil, Great looking little carbine, and Ballard rifled too! I always have my eye out for a late 40's early 50's Marlin in .35 Remington so I can understand you being happy! I know RC stands for Regular Carbine but what does SC stand for??? Maybe Saddlering Carbine?????? Fill me in on what SC stands ...

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Jdad, How do you ever find a good gun to buy down there when old mm93 is running around buying all the good ones????????? That would be super fun to shoot the pistol cartridge course with M1 Carbines. What is a decent score??? Man with issue sights and no sling I bet I would be hard pressed to score...

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Rick, Thanks for your thoughts on the Shiloh. A lot can change in the 2 years I'll be waiting for my Shiloh so it's good to hear another endorsement that it will be worth it. Thats cool you living in Austria. My dad fought the Germans all the way from North Africa with the 3ID and ended the war in S...

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What a great dad!!! I know somewhat of the feeling, I coached Little League baseball for a few years. But even then I wasn't isolated with them!!! Good luck and pack a LONG FUSE!!!! You are making lifetimes memories for your son. My 3 year old just threw up about an hour ago. WHAT NEXT!!!! Could be ...

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Jdad, THAT IS WHAT I NEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aren't you still trying to pick a favorite out for small bore lever action silhouette????? I will be VERY interested in what you end up with. I'm in the same process now. I bought (for my 3 yr old boy of course) a brand new Golden 39AS and thanks to m...

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Terry Murbach, What do you mean by "TRACTABLE"????? Enlighten me a little more because this is so dang important! Sixgun, You surely know your stuff and I'm listening! I also have fired a few thousand rounds of XMP5744 in my Marlin 1881 and 1893, also my Trapdoor. I have always had HIGH RE...

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Rick, Thanks for your thoughts on the Schofield. I have one of the S&W's just like yours in the wood presentation case. Very nice revolver for sure, the checkering on the hammer on mine is too shallow but maybe I'm too picky!! I notice that you have several revolvers there (3) that shoot .45 S&a...

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Rick, I have to pass along my compliments too. Boy, you are WELL set up!!!! I'd have to agree with the others, that engraved 1873 Winchester is super pretty. Just has an elegant look to it. Which one of your Schofields do you like best and could you elaborate on how you rate them in fit, finish, and...

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Thunder50,

Don't know much about the Savage but Marlin 336's are a GREAT carbine and I think the $249 would be a good deal especially for a .35 Remington.

I wouldn't go $299 on the synthetic stock though but that is personal taste.

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Never thought I'd be on Hillary's side in ANYTHING but Obama makes Hillary look harmless!!!

Bad taste and all they both PUSH me over to McCain!

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1886, I'm right with you pard. Marlinman93 has helped me countless times. I'm still honored to be shooting his old 1893 Marlin .38-55, in fact will be using it in the match tomorrow. I won the last 2 matches with it, I do my part but that rifle GOT ME OVER THE TOP!!! Mention Ballard or old Marlins, ...

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I was PROUDLY born and raised in Washington state but I love to see that TEXAS pride and my hat is off to you Texans!! My favorite Texans: 1) GEORGE W. BUSH: Unfortunately got the chance to meet Bill Clinton twice, would give my eye teeth to meet George W. Bush! 2) Old Texas Ranger CHARLIE GOODNIGHT...

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Now that was an interesting discussion and I learned alot from all the posts.

Never knew a one piece firing pin would smooth up an action. I understand the safety factor of the 2 piece though.

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Cable, I'll definitely look forward to pictures of your sweet old 1893 Marlin!!! I only have one 1893 but it is one of those KEEP FOREVER guns. I shoot it all the time in long range lever action silhouette. Mine is in .38-55 and that rifle and I have done really well together. Got another match this...

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Bullard, I only have 2 magazines for my Ruger 77/22 Hornet and like you I have had trouble with both of them. First I blamed it on just slightly over length cartridges but later ruled that out as the cause. Then I wondered if since they rode around in my work truck with lots of dust and abuse that m...

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