I had one and sold it like an idiot.Great little rifle.

Old pump rifles,for sure,especially since I have one on layaway.

Mine is a model 12 A in 22cal.I am still looking on the web for takedown instructions.For some odd reason I see a lot of great gun deals in this area,only problem is I seldom have the money.I depend on gun dealers that let me pay a little each month.By the way,there are 2 nice model 14s on gunbroker...

I just put an old remington model 12 on layaway,got it for $250.00 in nice shape,made in 1920.I would rather have a marlin 39 but around here they go for $350 or better.I was just wondering if some of you liked old pumps;they seem to have some of the appeal of leveactions;they have history,they hand...

So much for gun lovers being ignorant hayseeds!

Thanks,Pisgah.My Marlin I got for 80 dollars.A co-workertold me his brother was selling it,fired a few rounds thru it,got mad at a relative and clubbed a telephone pole with the poor Marlin,breaking the stock.Then he threw it in a mud puddle where the last two inches of brand new barrel got ruined.I...

Any Gordon Shirreffs westers,Louis Lamour,Ernest Haycox,of course.Deliverance by James Dickey,Mysteries by Knut Hamsun,Leverguns by Paco Kelly and Sixguns by Elmer Keith.Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come by Fox

Both fine looking rifles!Pisgah,any way you could give us more detail on the work you did on that beautiful Marlin?I have a new Marlin 336 that needs wood and a barrel and I envisioned it when done looking very much like yours.Course that would take a lot more skill than I have had as yet.Is that a ...

Welcome,Mountain Smith;you will like it here,good people.I'm glad you brought this topic up,I have thought about this subject for years,even bought an expensive AR15.I could have bought 2 new leverguns for the price And been 10 times better off.I trust the leveraction and I remember all the jams I g...

welcome!I'm new here myself,good people here.I agree with all of the above.I'm not prejudiced against bolt actions,the old ones look good hanging above a fireplace, but when it comes to fun there is no comparison.When my wife goes shopping at WalMart I sometimes kill time in sporting goods:all bolt ...

Terry,I apologise for taking you wrong.Guess I'm oversensitive today!

Hi Paco! Talking about guns and having Paco join in is like pretending to be Bill Hickok and the real Bill Hickok steps into the room!God bless you and yours!As far as my topic goes,i think i'm still mourning trading my 2 old Marlins in a fit of stupidity.Now,in the past few years prices have gone o...

Terry,go to pg.149 of Elmer Keith's book,Sixguns.He mentions a strong dislike for silver,nickel or brass studs on a holster and says they "only reflect sunlight and announce your presence far and wide on the range".He goes on to say that''WE NEVER CARED FOR NICKEL OR SILVER PLATED GUNS FOR...

I have to look through the book "Sixgun"to find it.Before the weekend is over i will.It was in reference to fighting another man in a shootout.

Eagles,welcome to the forum.I'm new here, too.Well,the rifle is very nice with just a few more problems to resolve.We live in a time of low morality and dog eat dog.It's everywhere.This new house of ours;i could tell you stories you would not believe.And it was with everybody;the excavator,the elect...

Elmer Keith said no gunman in the old west would have a shiny gun.Too easy to see.

YET HE CARRIED A NUMBER OF SHINY GUNS... PACO

Very well done!Your aging came out just as well as the gunsmith's did.There was a Foxfire book i wish i still had that described rust blueing techniques.The old timers used urine because they didn't have chemicals to initiate rust.I have a 336 i'm going to experiment with as soon as i study the situ...

Old guns have a great mystique and the individual history or imagined history isn't the only reason.Generally the wood was better{no polyurethane either},the blue was rust blue and the fit and finish was,as a rule,better.Even as a dumb kid in the early sixties this was very evident to me.My question...

That photo is scary!I had toyed with the idea of getting into reloading in a limited way that would'nt get me killed or maimed.Is trailboss a kindof blackpowder substitute in smokeless for blackpowder?In other words,might it be harder to have an accident with a forgiving powder that fluffs out and f...

shawn,i don't but i'll ask around for you.did you ever go to harpers ferry?the ghost tour at night is really worthwhile.a pretty girl with a lantern walks around with a small group at night and tells the history and ghost stories of notable houses.the town is completely deserted at night so you get ...

i live 25 min.from winchester va,1-81.I work every other sat. but with a bit of luck i'd be glad to meet you folks.

I would if it was me.You can spend 90 bucks on a gun or just blow it on bills!then when the bill is paid the missing gun will haunt you.It's funny,when i was a kid every 22 i ever had was a Marlin or Glenfield Mdl.60.I wanted a Winchester leveraction like the Rifleman had,naturally.But all my guns w...

Hobie,I live near Romney,wv.,a place that changed hands 60 some times during the civil war,up north 40 miles south of Cumberland,Md.I"m originally from Harford County,Md.,a place where you could still feel the past from 200 years ago when I was growing up and a kid could carry a gun walking dow...

many thanks,guys!I have a meager "arsenal"right now.A Charter Arms 44,a Armaalite ar15,a Marlin308express and aMarlin 30-30 with no stock and in need of a barrel I paid 80 bucks for.I think I will send this to Marlin to be rebarreled.Oh and a 1943 Walther in mint condition.A world war 2 ve...

My first post ever but a lurker for years.i love this forum,the nicest gun lovers on the net.i got introduced to Paco Kelly as a writer when i stumbled on his book "Leverguns,An American Heritage"What a fine book!I have read the book fifty times at least until the book is in rough shape.Bu...