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I don't think I ever paid much attention to the wood on any of the rifles I purchased (2 new) until early 1980 when I was shopping for a new hunting rifle for a fall hunt. I was waffling between either a Remington 700 ADL or a BDL when the sales clerk offered me a selection of BDLs they had in stock...

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Have a great 40th! Safe Travels.

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marlinman93 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:54 amThat came out great!

Ditto!

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I'm a little loathe to say as it might jinx me... but... it's been working perfectly for me. Whenever it doesn't... I wonder if it might be personal... But I'm sure YOU have nothing to fear along those lines!

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Well said Doc!

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Being a lefty roper, I carried my rifle on the right side, butt forward, sights down if hunting, or butt to the rear & sights up if rope work was foreseen. Never level, Butt always higher than muzzle. I usually carried a "rifle" thus no saddle ring, never had the habit. But was never t...

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The screw in photo is either worked its way out, or sheared/broken https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/rossi-rifles/rossi-r92-44-magnum.cfm?gun_id=103126753 My point exactly. In the view from the right side, the mag cap screw can be seen, either as result of poor manufactu...

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Buyer beware of design flaw!!!! You can call it a design flaw, but I'd say someone neglected to maintain their gun properly. On a carbine there's a slot cut in the mag tube that should engage eath band screw, plus a mag plug screw that engages a hole in the underside of the barrel. Yes, a steady di...

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It's my understanding that Winchester was already developing the mid-size smokeless cartridge and wanted a smaller, lighter action than the 1886. A "new" action for a "new" cartridge, if you will. And quite obviously successful as it is likely the most popular long gun not adopte...

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If you look at the internal of almost any post top eject '64 Winchester mdl 94, you'll see the same plum coloring.

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Not a #3, or 44Mag, but 86er did some testing of Buffalo Bore 45Colt +P in my Miroku 1885. What his conclusions were are unpublished as far as I know. I mostly use it for my side match "Plainsman" rifle. But did work up some ~1200fps hunting loads using 5744 & CFE. They're a little les...

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Quoted the wrong post I ran into this with the Browning 1886 45/70. My dummy load would not chamber! Eventually I realized that it was the fired, un-resized cartridge without a primer that I used to set the die height in the press. It turns out that Miroku made an exact copy of the saami spec chambe...

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I have two Rossi R92s, both .38/.357 "K" series serial numbers and Interarms era from the 1980s. I purchased the first in early 1987 for my wife, the 2nd in 1988 for my son's 10th birthday. I then proceeded to slick them both up in accordance with how I'd been told by fellow shooters... Th...

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My very first car was a 1950 Ford Woody... A true lead sled. Flat head V-8, paid $25 for it. Oh... wait, this is a gun related forum... my bad!

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COSteve wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 9:37 pmSeems like every other day the forum is off-line in that I can't log in.
WTF?

From time to time, I have the same issue... I'm sure it's personal... or not, since I'm not the only one affected.

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I have one mdl 94 Trapper in .30-30 that stays loaded, another carbine that's the same... my carry 1911 is carried for months on end... but then I've long since switched out all my old VN vintage mags to Chip McCormicks.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 7:11 am Not sure what to think.

Ditto. But... I'd say return the part, do the thing with the review... I would say that the vendor doesn't seem like a business person... or knows how to conduct themselves as such.

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Winchester 94AE Trapper, 1985 was the first year of the 45 Colt in lever actions. Joe And the second was the 1873 Sporting Rifle by Uberti in 1986 imported by EMF. I have one of the 1st 5 rifles imported. I've used it continuously in cowboy action since I bought in in 1987. In querying the web it j...

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I like it! I always find it very satisfying to finish a project, learning something new along the way.

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Ray, I've been getting that same message, yesterday & today. I finally just said forgetaboutit and skipped logging in... went and looked at a recent post, and when that page opened up, it showed me as logged in. Weird.

P.S. And glacially SLOW!

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I'm sorry... Pearl Milling Co syrup ain't quite as good as Aunt Jemima's was... and why is gasoline without the added ethanol more expensive?

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Congrats!

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If you happen to have a need of some brass or ammo there's an on-line auction coming on 6-4-2025: https://bid.sslfirearms.com/?display=gr ... ion_id=355 Some line items are rather large, others not so much.

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You're a better man than I... It seemed that they would knock on my door Sunday @ 0830-0900 after I'd worked a 6 - 2am shift, arriving home between 3 & 4. After several consecutive weeks of this I just answered the door in my skivvies and a beer in hand. I guess I presented too much of a challen...

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I put it in another thread, but... back when my eyesight was such that I could see target details and was able to shoot confidently, I did that anal bench rest accuracy reloading drill with my .30-30s for my target rifle. I had 100 rounds of Federal once fired cases from the same lot of ammo. I then...

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Don't feel like the lone ranger... I've had my eyes tested for many years... starting out in applying for a scholarship with the Navy @ 17. They told me my eyesight was 20/15. When I was in the Navy, I had it tested around age 22, it was 20/17. I couldn't tell the difference. It stayed like that unt...

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I got my 1st 30-30 in 1972 and started reloading for it in 1973 after returning home from VN. I've used 3031,BL(c)2, RE7, 4320 & 748. My 1972 mdl 64A has only had factory ammo run thru it. Usually Federal PowerShok 150s. When I built my custom mdl 94 target rifle I wanted a load that would mimic...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 8:20 am...while September 16 means nothing to them...

Why that's the day new Chevy's come out!

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I dont think it is correct, I think that trigger interlock mechanism was part of the original design. Yes, it was. I have both pre- & post '64 rifles and carbines and there isn't any consistency that I've found whether a pre or post '64 is more difficult to completely close the action and relea...

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It seems as tho' those two loads are pretty dialed in!

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Enjoy it... I'm semi-retired... and beginning to think that by staying driving is putting my actual retirement farther away!

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Winchester Obsolete parts and repair sites can be found on their website under the "support" tab. Your "google-fu" needn"t be all that strong!

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SNOW? Climbing? My elevated blind has regular steps... walking? That's what the rifle rack is for in the golf cart! Huge difference in my hunting in my 70s vs even my 60s!

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They keep sending me stuff too (I turn 61 in May). I will NEVER join them, no matter how much I could supposedly save. I've send their flyers back with a terse message explaining why I will never join their pathetic anti-gun/anti-freedom racket, and where they can stick their flyer. Yet the keep se...

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I've won several bottles of TB and have given them all back. It's not a powder I find useful. But... that said, I've read about it's use and the often suggested method of finding a starting load is to mark you case where the base of the bullet will sit, fill the case to that point, weigh it, multipl...

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Scott, the more I look at that little Trapper, I'm more than a little tempted to take the Cowboy45Special modified carrier out of my 17" Project Marlin and go back to 45 Colt. But I still kinda like the idea of having the option to use either cartridge. But, I still haven't had the metal finish...

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I've found no problems with my semi-buckhorn on my 16" Trapper out to 300 yards. rear sight.JPG and paired with the factory front sight, seems just about perfect. front sight.JPG Keeps the slim, svelte profile I like in a saddle scabbard or the sleeve in the back of the seat in my p/u. DSCF0024...

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Old No7 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:43 am-> That, my friends, is how we practice COLD bore shooting in Maine.[/i]
Testing the gun & load is one thing -- sometimes you gotta test the nut behind the trigger...
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"Maine," day before deer opener... brrr... sounds cold... can I get a third option?

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I have one I bought for my son in 2005, imported by EMF. 20" bbl, pretty stout chuck of steel for an octagon bbl!.

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Hmmm... I wonder which would be more in keeping with the spirit of the match, vs. strict adherence to its parameter: using my AWA Lightning rifle in .44-40; or, using my Uberti 1873 Sporting Rifle in 45 Colt?

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While I generally like to shoot my 1851s in cowboy action matches... the possibility exists to shoot a match in CO this weekend on my way to Denver. Since amenities like running water are in short supply in my less than well equipped RV (aka The Black Rose), I'll be taking my SAAs and shooting smoke...

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Late November, 1970, my new bride & I were honeymooning at the Colorado River (CA/AZ border) and decided that a trail ride in the AZ desert sounded wonderful. During high school she'd been an "exercise girl" at a training stable in SoCal. I'd been a part time cowboy on a ranch during m...

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Congrats. Nice carbine. I'm intrigued by the rear sight. How it adjusts, is the brass distracting from the rear, etc.?

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Nope... I'm with OldWin... I seldom even calculate what my fuel mileage is on my personal cars or trucks... Oil changes & lube jobs are done once a year... needed or not. Sometimes, after driving in a hard rain, I'll relube it between scheduled lube jobs. My 4WD dually has just over 101K & 2...

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wvfarrier wrote: ↑Mon Apr 14, 2025 5:04 pmThat is fearsome

My shoulder hurts just reading about it.

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I got to feel me a Pre-War and see what this is all about Its gonna feel like a late 80's Browning/Miroku......my guess. Cuz those feel good! I'm straying away from post-64 quickly. Here's an old thread that answers many of your questions: Winchester 94 Timeline? . Can't believe how much of that st...

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