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He told me this morning that he wanted to go to an estate sale in town. I didn't think it was worth the time but he insisted and I drove him up there like I always do because his failing sight. It wasn't 20 minutes later and I was loading up a small gun safe, suitcase full of M16 and AK mags, mint c...

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Just my $.02 worth, but whatever load you use, make sure the primer is seated either flush or below as a high primer can crack the back of the receiver. I have never seen it happen but my father told me about it. I use 47.7grns of H4895 behind 150grn hornady polymer tip and a LEE hand primer so I ca...

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marlinman93 wrote:Either stock up on wheelweights and cast with that as is, or stock up on pure lead and tin to mix your own.

+1. I also keep some antimony/tin solder for the times I need harder bullets and its easier to mix that way.

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Why is it that when somebody asks you to help get their winchester 92 back in one piece, its usually because somebody has ground everything inside, except the reciever, to a point where everything has to be repaired or replaced. I have been working on a friends rifle now for 4 months and had to repl...

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I ended up buying a 3-screw blackhawk in 357 today simply because I wanted it and actually had the money to afford it. SN puts it at 1968 but I did pay more than I wanted for it. I don't know what there bringing but I paid $400 with honest average wear and it was the cheapest firearm in the entire g...

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I had one of the 22mag levers from Ruger a few years ago. A local LEO wanted an old tractor I had just restored and having never seen one, I traded. I liked it. It was accurate and functioned flawlessly. That was all until I took it apart to clean it then I didn't like it so much. It was the sorryes...

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Like others said, you NEED both. I don't know a whole lot about the security six but a blackhawk in 41 for $300, I'd be begging my wife if I had one.

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Was looking around on the computer today and found a Winchester mold in good shape for a price I thought was fair enough. It is marked 32-165 so I thought it would work fine in 32 win spl. Has anybody used one and had fair luck with it? Somebody told me that this particular mold was designed for 32-...

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Looks like a crappy job :lol: Sorry, I couldn't resist. To be brutally honest, I wished I lived closer to some older encampments so I could dig around. The closest thing I have ever dug up was in an old building I bought years ago that had a hidden room all sealed up. When I broke through the wall o...

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It looks like your missing your right-hand cartridge guide. Whats happening is when you lever it, the lifter is throwing the shell all the way out because there is nothing there to catch it with. I have actually heard of that on one other commemorative. If you look at the last photo, there is a hole...

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I load a lot of 12's but I have never leaded any other size. My advise would be the same as the others with a manual. I use the Lyman shotshell manual as it has a large variety of different powders to choose from. What kind of press do you have? The best press for beginners and experienced that I ha...

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Interesting indeed. Instead of only looking at Norma; Winchester, S&B, and a few others made boxer primed ammo. I don't have any win stuff but I was looking at some Lapua and S&B and their both beveled. If winchester brass is not bevelled, I would be tempted to try it.

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Thanks for your kind words. It was an interesting repair to say the least. What I did was, after I found a piece of walnut to replace the forend, I got out the portable table saw, cut the stock right in the middle of where the lower band goes, and doweled it with 1/4" dowels. I had just 5/16&qu...

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I finished it and gave it to my dad as a present. Before: http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/cryingfarmer/kkwbefore.jpg After: http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/cryingfarmer/kkwafter.jpg I apologize for the sling being in the way but as you can see, it dousn't exactly match but I couldn...

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What do I wish? I wish it were 1909. This country was still free and there were lots of places open to roam. Joe +1000 I am a lot younger than most on this forum and I have already experienced the loss of some darn fine weapons that I have sold or traded off that I know I will never be able to affo...

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At one time, I held the record for the state of NM having passed hunters safety at age 7 with a 92% but I think that has since been beat. Does 3 yrs of Army count including 6 different deployments?

morgan in nm

There are some benefits to using a muzzle-loading rifle depending on where you live. Here in NM, the restricted muzzleloading season is early in the year so you don't have to put up with the overcrowded lands. Also, it seems that for muzzleloading, most of the individuals that go for it don't like t...

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Sad thing is that being an 870, all you would have to do is dry it, oit it, and it would probably shoot just fine

morgan in nm

Reminds me of a tea-cup Chihuahua we had years ago that hought it was the biggest thing out there. His name was Pepper too. What was worse was a neighbor had one of those Irish Wolfhounds that was scared of its own shadow and when little pepper would start barking and chasing, the wolfhound would ru...

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Went in today and they had no ammo but shotgun; just a bunch of empty shelves. I was wondering if they were going to quit handling it.

morgan in nm

Love to have that Stanley 2. I have a very bad habit of buying carpentry tools. One day, I will take a picture or two of them but right now it sits at around 500 planes, 1000+/- bit braces, saws of every form, and who knows what else. And by the way, I am the worst carpenter in the world.

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There has been a few good deals I have come across but the best was probably a pre-WW1 Winchester Model 12 that appeared nearly unfired (had one tiny spot in the stock finish near the wrist). An older gentleman had it on his table at a gun show without a price so I asked him for curiosity's sake wha...

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They have em in stock. Not everything mind you, they are completely out of small rifle primers - but they have a lot of other primers. You can't be picky as to the brand and or/pack. The hazmat fee is $22 - - regardless of how many you buy, so if you order say 5 boxes, thats only an upcharge of $4....

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O.S.O.K. wrote:I'd get a matching piece of walnut (close as you can get) and do the repair. That's the best bet save for having a new stock made = and the end result will be the same basically.

I'll try it. Would you use dowel rod or just glue to hold it together? Epoxy or titebond? I appreciate the help.

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Camera is currently not working but the rifle is originally supposed to look like a k98. There wasn't many built. The stock is a fine walnut, exactly the same length and barrel channel of a k98 but does not have the spring retainer groove on the upper band like the k98. I have been looking all over ...

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I could use a little help with something and I can't think of who else to ask. I recently acquired a 22 trainer, German Gustloff-Werke KKW, that a vet brought back. Unfortunately, he cut the stock down so it would fit in a duffle-bag those many years ago and I would like to find another one to repla...

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A 66 for 2400???????? I have not seen one for under 3.5 K in about 4 years. What condition? musket, rifle, or carbine? I sold, about 4 months ago, a 38-55 Winny in the 11xxx range for about 900-1000 (part of a swap for an 1873 so hard to figure actual price) at an ohio gun show. maybe I should head...

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If this is in the wrong place, please feel free to move it. Lever guns were outrageous for the most part but some deals existed. 94's in 38-55 were all going for around $1800 despite the conditions, while they had a 32-40 rifle in better than average go for $1000. Savage 99's were in the $700-$2000 ...

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I just got back from Amarillo gun show and they were selling Winchester primers for $30 per 1000. He had cases under his table. Naturally, even though I didn't need any, I bought a few bricks but he had plenty more. Another dealer had them for $24 per 1000 but he only brought a case and they sold wi...

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I have been fighting diabetes since 2007. Right now, I am taking 5 shots of insulin a day. I went to the VA hospital in Amarillo today for a checkup and the doctor showed me a chart that was made in 2001 when apparently they first discovered it but didn't tell me. I am one mad person right now. If I...

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My first levergun is a Winchester 94 in 30-30 made in 77 which I bought in 1991. I never got to play with the family winchesters when I was a lot younger. Those have since been sold, given away, or are now in a collection of a great uncle whom I don't even know. There wasn't any Marlins in my family...

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pretty cool. does it fold down? No, but the next one I make will. Yeah, it is a little on the tall side but thats the way I wanted it because my eyesight is starting to fail me some. I did try it at the range(out my back door at 70yds) and it shoots right on at the lowest setting. The old girl stil...

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Lets try this picture and see if its clearer.

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I was bored the other day and since I couldn't find the shape of sight I wanted, I made one. Sorry for the photo quality but my camera is not wanting to focus. I used an early winchester sight that somebody had already bubba'd up and welded some ears on it(I made a heat sink so I wouldn't lose the s...

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WOW, I just swallowed my snuff. You need to put a warning on the topic

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I am a little confused. Is it an 03 or an 03A3? What screw? Is it the one that goes on the elevator and its the elevator that your trying to get off? If thats the case, simply turn your windage adjustment until your "gear" threads are no longer engaging the sight then lift it straight off....

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I have to agree with the others about staying out of the gun shows. Years ago, when I used to go to over 100 shows a year, Lions club or some other organization would always sell salted popcorn and you wouldn't believe how slobbish people are. Another reason is that if your luck is like mine, you se...

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Nice Krag. Always wanted an original but had to settle for a nicely sporterized version that sure handles and shoots nice. On that 38-55, you might be pushing the velocities a little high. What diameter bullet are you using? I use .379 249grn bullets with 9.9 grns of Unique. Shoots very good for me ...

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Mescalero, good luck on getting that S&W back from your uncle

That is, if he is anything like mine.

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For me, cost is not the factor as some of those molds and sizers can get very expensive. Especially if it is not a weapon that gets fired a whole lot. The major reason is performance. A well seasoned bore seems to shot much better with cast than any jacketed bullet. Someone else mentioned also that ...

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Don't get many squirrels here in the high desert but I love rabbit hunting. No season on them just depends on what type of lice, ticks, or fleas you don't mind with your meat. I really like quail hunting. Going to try dove this fall as I have now got some land-owner permission. I don't hunt duck, ge...

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My dad was going to buy some land near Trinidad but he didn't because of a law that restricts water usage on land below 40 acres. I can't remember all of it but something like that you could have a house well but no outside hydrants of any kind so you couldn't water the grass or water livestock. Som...

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Around here, you see a lot of big poisonous snakes but like everybody else said, be watchful and you will be alright. In Clovis, NM, there was a picture of a rattler that somebody killed about a year ago that was a little bigger than the one from that photo you were talking about but I couldn't find...

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I actually have an answer for this one from a local post master because the same things happens to me all the time. I live in Eastern NM. If I order something from NY, it gets here in 3 or less days while if I ordered something in Lubbock, which is only 2 hrs away, it will take a week or more. I was...

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I usually like guns that aren't messed with, but I like that carving job! +1. I guess that would be called personalized rather than sporterized and that wouldn't make me run from it. Its been done nicely. I would sure love to know who did it as I have an old remington 241 that appears to be the sim...

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I need some edumacation "What is double red line"? Sorry I hadn't got back to you sooner but double re-line is when your loading twice the safe maximum of a particular powder for a particular caliber. For instance, in this one, the friend told me that he thought he was loading 11grns of a...

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Purty. I'd like one as a Pet to go with my Bobcat... :twisted: :wink: Had one when I was a lot younger and it was a very good pet IMO. A guy came through Amarillo and was trying to sell them in the 80's. Very loyal as long as you don't make him angry. Bobcat or Wolf?... Never mind... Same Same... :...

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Old Ironsights wrote:Purty. I'd like one as a Pet to go with my Bobcat...

Had one when I was a lot younger and it was a very good pet IMO. A guy came through Amarillo and was trying to sell them in the 80's. Very loyal as long as you don't make him angry.

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Several months ago, I posted a picture of the NV that a friend of mine blew up. If you remember the story, the guy loaded by accident double red-line and it held together for the first 2 rounds. Unfortunately, the ruger did come apart not due to the gun but the nut behind it. For it to hold together...

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http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/cryingfarmer/261892-1-1.jpg http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/cryingfarmer/261892-2.jpg I sincerely apologize for the delay on these pictures. I have been very busy but today, I had some off time and fixed my camera. For those of you who commented on ...

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