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My Winchester 1892 44 Magnum has a 1:26" twist. I haven't tried a lot of bullet weights yet, but it seems to do well with standard and heavier weights. I do have some lighter bullets to try, I just haven't loaded them yet. It won't chamber the Lee C430-310-RF though because it has a short thro...

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I forgot to mention the groove diameter on my rifle is just a touch over .429 (I don't remember for sure without getting my notes, but I think it is .4292).

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I don't think I've ever seen factory ammo for sale anywhere in person. I did a little searching and you can find it online. I didn't know that.

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I have a current production Winchester 92 in 44 Magnum, and I have a Winchester 94 30-30 from 1971. My 92 is a rifle with 24" barrel and shotgun butt, and the 94 is a traditional carbine with shotgun butt. The 94 of course is lighter and easier to carry being it's a carbine. Both are comfortabl...

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Vegetable tanned leather will not corrode brass the way chrome tanned leather will. It's more expensive to tan that way which is why the other is more prevalent. So, you could have a bandoleer made but with vegetable tanned leather and it would resist verdigris. Also, nickel plated cases will resis...

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Vegetable tanned leather will not corrode brass the way chrome tanned leather will. It's more expensive to tan that way which is why the other is more prevalent. So, you could have a bandoleer made but with vegetable tanned leather and it would resist verdigris. Also, nickel plated cases will resist...

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Thank you! All of the rifle options have the lawsuit safeties, I wish they didn't, but they do and I negate them on my Marlin rifles, not sure how a guy would "fix" the Winchester. Turnbull fixes the safety and converts it to half cock notch. https://i.postimg.cc/mgQWRTJc/IMG-3694.jpg The...

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I do not. I could probably figure it out for my 30-30 as I keep a record of how many times my lots of brass have been fired. Ain't got a clue for most others. I had a rough guess of 7,000 rounds on my 45 1911 before I sold it. My 22's, it'd be mighty hard to track. My cousin and I put a 500 round br...

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My Winchester 1892 44 Magnum has a 1:26" twist. I haven't tried a lot of bullet weights yet, but it seems to do well with standard and heavier weights. I do have some lighter bullets to try, I just haven't loaded them yet. It won't chamber the Lee C430-310-RF though because it has a short throa...

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I had my Blackhawk like always. We visited another church for Easter. Our church had a sunrise service, but the baby kept us up most of the night, so we ended up going to a service at 11:00.

I do really enjoy wednesday night bible study.

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I saw that.

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Happy Birthday!

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Happy birthday Jim!

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1894cfan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 9:17 am And here I am, stuck with my blued and walnut '77 39a!

Marlin 39 is a fine gun. My 1892 above is walnut as well!

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I don't know of a place, but I'd think there would be someone that would be able to do such an analysis.

What makes this the best lube you've used? Better accuracy? Less leading? Easier cleaning?

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kaschi wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:00 pm The loading gate looks 86ish.

True, but a loading gate does not necessarily a levergun make! lol, it came to be quickly.

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My friend has a BigHorn in 500 S&W and a Winchester 1886 in 50-110. The BH is smaller in the receiver, more trim, with a shorter throw. It feels more like a 92 to me than an 86.

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. I'd rather have ten guns that might have cost $3,000 each, than fifty that I bought for 'only' $800 each, and in the end would have spent less money anyway. I learned that lesson late in life, so I have a bunch of 'decent' guns, but few 'excellent' guns. I could have met my lever-action goals wit...

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This made me chuckle - "Feeding is more of a suggestion than a feature."

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Those 39's are nice guns. I carried a Smith 4006 a while, that's the double stack 40.

Heck, I carry my Blackhawk all the time now. I'm about the most comfortable with a New Model Ruger than I am anything else, so I figured why not?

For an automatic, a 1911 is hard to beat in my estimation.

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Thanks Jim, that was great.

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All those old 1881's had really nice trigger pulls, and the .45-70 caliber 1881's usually had a very short front silver blade sight. That sure describes mine. That's good to know. Maybe I won't have to replace the front after all. The the ammo I ordered should be here tomorrow. They made the Model ...

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I'm only 41, but I have occasionally had a bit of a shake. I have found that stopping coffee helped tremendously, but I since have started drinking coffee again, but in much smaller amounts and not every day, which also helps.

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Yes, I know it's close. My guess is that it'll feed, based on what we did with my friend's rifle. Yeah, I am aware of the Barnes bullets, thanks. We're both primarily interested in shooting cast, but not opposed to jacketed. He has some of them, but forgot about them when we were visiting, but he's ...

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I've never forgotten I owned a gun, but I've forgotten plenty of ammo and brass.

Jim, you got that Single Six story posted somewhere? Sounds interesting.

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Neat to get a gift like that. I'd say you have about 2 options, scour some local gunsmiths for a bolt and takeoff stock or find a rifle for a donor that was somehow damaged, such as with a plugged bore. Some hole in the wall gunsmiths might have a bolt and stock on a shelf somewhere and be more inte...

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We were able to get the cartridges to load with the bullet seated deeper, and granted it was right at max, though it's not the length it's the ogive hitting against the inside of the receiver. I've ordered a bullet mould that I think will work well. I expect this one to feed through the loading gate...

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I was able to visit with my friend, and help him work up a load based on Snooky's data. We did use that MBW 420 grain bullet, but in order to feed through the loading gate we had to seat the bullet to 2.710 and crimp just past the driving band on the ogive. With this, we worked up to 62.0 IMR 3031. ...

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I hadn't thought about twist rate either. I've been thinking of working up a round ball load, or a light bullet load, with Bullseye. The Lee 311-93-1R looks like it'd be a winner for a light 30-30 load. My buddy uses the bullet in 32 acp. I got held up with not having a correct top punch when I mess...

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I've not owned a 1851 yet, but I think it's the best looking cap and ball revolver ever made.

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Nice. I occasionally make it to Lousiville or Lexington, but not much farther. Now that Whittakers is closed I don't have any need to go to Owensboro.

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Oldncrusty wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 10:16 am
Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 7:49 am Drooling over your Marlin sir!
Thanks Bill. I'm still in disbelief myself, and wondering how it ended up in KY.

Where in Kentucky are you? I'm in Hardin county.

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That 92 is pretty nice too.

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Good information.

I've shot a buddy's Winchester 73 made by Miroku, but I haven't had much experience of my own. I liked his enough though that I'm wanting one of my own though.

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Nice looking Marlin. Not something you see a lot that's for sure.

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I've had several late model Winchester 94's with rebounding hammers - I think I've had 4. There was one that gave me trouble with misfiring, and replacing the firing pin solved the issue when shortening the lower strut leg would not. I don't mind a rebounding hammer, but it's a slight annoyance for ...

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Dang. I didn't know bullets could do a 180 off of wood. When I was a very young adult, there was an old bowling ball out there in the field. I decided to shoot at it one day with my 22 rifle. I did, and I heard a whir go by my right ear. I don't know if it was the bullet or a chunk of bowling ball. ...

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All of the screws are metric, except for the top screw hole for the tang sight which Turnbull added.

I don't particularly like rebounding hammers, but I'd rather have a rebounding hammer than a safety.

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Thanks for sharing his obituary.

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On my Turnbull finished Winchester/Miroku 1892 there has been some significant changes. They shortened the lower leg of the strut, cut a proper half cock notch in the hammer, welded the rear end of the firing pin, removed all of the associated firing pin block guts. They have left this part in the f...

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I do love the 30-30 myself. It's such a balanced round. Enough power, but not too much recoil. Not to mention, the cartridge just looks right.

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Dang that looks rough.

I didn't know that about the bolt thing, thanks. I have a couple small plates that I just hang from shepherd hooks, but I keep breaking the hooks.

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Yes sir, I'll be looking for a copy as well.

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I even got a second Simply Rugged Sourdough Pancake holster for my Single Six, so that I can take it for small game.

Here's my Single Six, laying on a pistol rug my late mom made for it.

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I've done a bit of testing with my Single Six, and so far it prefers Aquila HV. I haven't tested a bunch, but it will hold 6" at 75 yards, and I've been able to hit my 6" plate 6x6 1 time with it, normally I can go 5x6 so I must have a chamber that's a bit different, though at that distanc...

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Simply Rugged Sourdough pancake hoslter is the most comfortable holster I've ever worn. I carry a Ruger Blackhawk daily, and 90% of the time it's IWB. The IWB tabs on the holster allows the gun to find a comfortable spot, and not just be wherever the belt forces it to be. You should reconsider and g...

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Thanks for sharing that too. There is still a bit of money to be made from pelts here.

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Interesting find. Everything thing big bore is hard to find right now it seems. My buddy has been waiting for 2 years for Starline to make 50-110 brass. He has 19 pieces that are getting worn out. He shoots his 1886 a lot.

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I had not read that, as I've not gotten a chance to pick up any of your books. Thank you for sharing Jim, that was a very good read.

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