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In the movie, that is the gun Christopher Lee built for her. Robert Culp brought her to him to build it.

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Historical records and some modern day examination of bones of cavalry men show that many suffered from serious back problems as well as lower joint damage from riding. I read an article somewhere that discussed this malady in U.S. military history.

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I do not know anything about this particular conversion replica. But since it is a modern gun it should be safe with any standard 45 Colt load. I am assuming it is 45 Colt caliber. Some of the after market conversion cylinders on the market for original guns, and modern cap and ball replicas, state ...

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Brad Johnson does do work on '86's. But I believe you will need to sell your Ferrari to pay for his work.

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Three times 1939, 1966, and 1986.

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Complete saddle rings are available from several places. There are four different kinds though. The early ring stud has different threads than the later M. 94 ring studs. The early rings that are reproduction are not threaded all the way on the stud and are difficult to install unless you have thick...

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Crazy. I was watching a bolt peep far a W. 71. Buy It Now is $595.00!

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The advice given to try living there before you buy is very important. The wife must give her approval before a final move or both of you will not be happy. My wife and I moved to our current city in Oregon from California and lived there for two and one half months. You will get a feeling for the p...

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Mostly single shots. Winchesters?

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Seems to me to be a good way to ruin an antique firearm. Looks like a good way to protect a modern one though.

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Hi Nath, I love the English english language. I am a fan the English shows, Top Gear and Bad Girls on BBC America. The words they use as opposed to the words we use to describe something is great fun to figure out. I read your post and got carpet fitters - carpet layers, torch -flashlight, copse-sta...

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What is Duracoat? There in a M.1895 Winchester on Auction Arms that is "Duracoated"

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Unfortuntely we lost Ben Johnson in 1996. He was one of the finest western character actors in Hollywood. He won an Oscar for his supporting role in "The Last Picture Show".

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Hi JohndeFresno,
Neither Steve McQueen or Chuck Connors had 30/30's. Both their guns were Winchester Model 1892 in either 38/40 or 44/40 caliber.

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What I said.

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Hey, alnitak, what a great find! So, my memory isn't as bad as I thought. Stembridge was my first choice as originator of the gun. But the article says different. I do remember the flap by the ATF. Now that I look closely at the picture, I don't think I ever worked on any of those three guns. Can yo...

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Thanks guys for your input! Jeff Bridges??

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My personal opinion would be that there would not be enough business to keep a gunsmith busy. Just the cost of equipment and overhead alone makes it an iffy deal. Possibily a retired 'smith could set up there if he had his paid for equipment, but I doubt anyone would do that. Not near enough populat...

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The gun was a Model 92 Winchester. I believe he had "30/30" or 45/70 shells in his belt. The gun actually would have used the famous 5 in 1 blanks in filming each episode. If I remember right, my mind is slowly fading away, the bluing shop I worked for blued this gun. I seem to remember ta...

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I would put the metal plate on. Then I would get an inexpensive rubber slip on pad to use when I take it to the range. The pad can be then used on any of your other rifles too, but you still keep the original look of your guns when it's off.

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OK guys have we decided yet that we want Tom Selleck to be Rooster Cogburn in the remake of True Grit? Wilford Brimley is too old. Or who? This AM I taped and watched "No Country for Old Men" a film by the Coen brothers. I tape everything since I can't stand to watch a film in real broadca...

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At my next to last house I installed a generator. It was only 4500 watts, 220 volt, but would carry my forced air heating system electric requirements, the refrigerator, the TV, microwave, and a few lights. I installed a separate small breaker panel, 30 amp, and wired those circuits to it. I then ha...

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Wouldn't it be neat to take a metal detector through that meadow and maybe find one of those 5 in one blanks from the Winchester in Wayne's hand. You could get a pretty good start by looking at the video to plot the location in the film where they rode. What would that little piece of brass be worth?

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From Shelby's Wildlife by Wyss. The competition Cobra put out 485 H.P. and 480 LB/ft at 3500 RPM. In another part of the book, 550 H.P. was a possibility with long life. I owned an original 289. Those cars are approaching $600,000 today. I bought my '64 from Shelby's L.A. dealership in 1965 for $450...

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Almost certainly a silencer.

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Chances are good your local library will have manuals for cars and trucks. Mostly generic, but you might find what you need there.

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It's raining on the central Oregon coast. Low 40's to low 50's. And like Steve Collins said, it's typical. Yesterday about 2 1/2" at our house. Makes you really enjoy it when the sun comes out in the spring. We love it here.

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The frame will have the gate serial number stamped on it under the grips. The gate/frame serial number does not match the serial number of the gun because those parts were finished before the serial number was applied, and the factory needed to keep them together before the final assembly.

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The lack of case hardening usually denotes a refinish. But the gun COULD have been a special order all blue gun. I do doubt that. What is the giveaway is what looks like dished screw holes, especially on the right side. Also, the stamped rampant colt and barrel lettering is well worn which would hav...

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I'd say $750.00 low, $1500.00 high.

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Hey Cowboy Tutt, I used to live about 20 miles from one of the larger receiving facilities for wild horses in north eastern California. Over the years they had many roundups and sold many mustangs to private parties at auction. I thought it was a good idea to help with range management, as several o...

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I'm sorry the topic "it's a wonderful movie" got down to a Hollywood liberal , green, political theme. But since it did I will add my .02 cents worth. Why are we getting inundated with Hollywood "stars" telling us what's wrong with our country, our society, our government, our tr...

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kimwcook, you got it right.

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Let's look at this from both sides. We are ONLY talking about a NEW gun here. You should have made sure the dealer knew it was a new gun and not a used one. It's all the difference in the world to him. He would then have had the option of selling you the same gun, buying through his wholesaler, for ...

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It is against Federal law to ship any kind of ammo through the U.S.P.S. ! You are stuck with U. P. S. (Unlimited Parcel Smashers) and I do believe they also get a surcharge, but I'm not positive on that though.

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I looked in Williamson's book. I did not find anything about removing locking lugs on any gun he tested. He did try to blow up an '86 with 60 gr. 3031 and a 250 gr. jacketed bullet! It did not blow!

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It's possible that some of the book's stories are difficult to put on film.

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Didn't Snooky Williamson do a missing locking lugs test on an '86. I'm going to look that up.

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I have some info from a 1952 book by James Serven. ---Between 1873 and 1891 the (U.S.) Ordinance Department purchased approximately 37,000 caliber .45 "Single Action Army" revolvers most of which were fitted with 71/2" barrels. Later a number of 71/2" barrels were cut off to 51/2...

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I had one of them pancake holsters once, but my dog kept licking the maple syrup off and ruined it.

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Almost all brass framed rifles will strech over time. Usuing light loads will slow that stretch down, and the receiver will last for years. Hot rodding this old design, just due to the design itself, is not recommended. If it were me I'd leave it 44/40 with a new barrel as this is more the the tradi...

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Absolutely right Fweidner! Harry Carey Jr. is one of my favorite actors. He has written a book that all John Wayne, John Ford fans should read. The title is "Company of Heros, my life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company". Published in 1994. It puts you into those 30's, 40's, 50's an...

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I want to believe he's also got a couple of jugs of "shine" hidden in the tobacco too.

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Baron's Den, I'll remember that.

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My wife and I have been making several trips to Eugene, Oregon during my current post cancer surgery checkups. Afterwards we go over to one of the malls (Valley Center) for her to do some shopping. I usually sit in the mall and people watch. They have a gunstore called Mazama (I think) in the mall. ...

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Since nothing is left to make it a collectable piece, I would put it on Gun Broker, or our parts listing on Leverguns, and any other place you can think of. There might be someone out there interested. You might have better luck selling it outright and trying to make an outright purchase yourself th...

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The half cock hammer notch does work with the single or double set trigger. A broken half cock notch may be your problem.

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I see it's based on the '86 action. Was the action created from scratch, or was it a '71 or '86 action with custom wood and barrel?

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-10% might not be enough. Since the powder is unknown, the safest thing to do is discard it. You are only talking a few bucks here. I certinally wouldn't want to take the chance on destroying a $1000.00 + gun in order to save $3.00 worth of powder.

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This time of year I think a lot about all our wonderful young men and women overseas fighting for our safety here at home. Whether or not we all believe what we are doing over there is right or wrong, don't forget that they are putting themselves in harms way for us. If you can, try to let them know...

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