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Pisgah

A strictly off-topic reply, but your subject title spurs a pet peeve of mine. So, speaking as the grammar-indoctrinated son of an English teacher: The definition of "consensus" is "the general, or prevailing, opinion." Thus when you say "consensus opinion", you're sayin...

Pisgah

Oxpho-Blue is my favorite, followed closely by the Birchwood-Casey formulation. But to tell the truth, you'll find that where one will do a great job on Gun A, it may give mediocre or lousy results on Gun B. It has a lot to do, I believe, with the exact steel you're dealing with.

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To do a proper job, you'll need to dovetail the barrel for the tenon that the forend cap screws thread into. As for the front ring, you can leave it in place -- this is the arrangement on all the Glenfield 30a's I've seen -- or, you can dovetail the barrel again and install the stud arrangement used...

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In the past, I've had minor issues with both Lyman and Williams sights. I'm happy to report that both companies were eager to fix my problems for free.

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I have owned .357 revolvers for 40 years. Probably 2/3 of the rounds I've fired have been .38s. Some observations: -- Some revolvers will shoot the .38s more accurately than the .357s. -- Some revolvers can be made to shoot .38s as well as, if not better than, the .357s with a bit of load-tinkering....

Pisgah

A friend of mine inletted a small, round capbox, like that found on many caplock sporting rifles, into the butt of his 336. A neat, attractive and secure place to handily store his 2 spare apertures.

Pisgah

That isn't repair -- that is one fine little bit of restoration! Thanks for the pics and instructions.

Pisgah

They got off easy. Many years back there were a pair of brothers in the county who were infamous for trespassing and every kind of poaching you can think of. When finally caught dead to rights, their two fairly new pickups, a boat and motor, and several firearms were confiscated, and they got fines ...

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Man, that deal is just sweet all over, the kind of find I dream of as I make my regular pawnshop trawls. "Department store-brand" centerfires -- Belgian, German, and English makes -- are some of the best deals out there these days. Being all steel and walnut, and usually heavier than today...

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Some folks have said they've never needed a higher front sight with a reciver sight, and I do not question their veracity; however, I will say that I have installed peeps on eight different leverguns through the years and in EVERY case a higher front sight was required. Thus my only advice would be ...

Pisgah

>My Ma was always full of useful advice.

I recall hearing a fellow making a speech say, "I learned all I know at my mother's knee." He paused, then added, "It was heavily tattooed."

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Yep. Echo was nothing but a giant Mylar balloon, just like the helium-filled ones you can by at a supermarket. A communications satellite thta was nothing but a reflector. Amazing where technology has gone!

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About 30 years ago I had a cheapo Italian 1851 Navy .36 and hunted squirrels with it frequently. I couldn't begin to remember my load, but I doubt it was anything unusual. The sights were, of course, utterly lousy, but the trigger was ideal. On a good day, if I concentrated, I had a better than even...

Pisgah

I've seen the space station, as well, and remember very well in summer of 1961 watching the Echo satellite pass over. Several nighttime church-league softball games had play suspended that summer so fans and players alike could watch it sail over.

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I wish I had a decent camera, and that I'd been able to get some decent "before" pictures. The thing really looked like a total loss, had been neglected for years and looked like it had possibly received smoke damage in a house fire. I took it back by the local pawnshop where I got it and ...

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http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a296/pisgah/Picture0002.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a296/pisgah/Picture0003.jpg Take a filthy, abused Glenfield 30A. Spend a couple of days cleaning, stripping, and cutting, then refinishing wood and metal, and you have a 30A Shorty. This was a fun conver...

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Several months back I read a most interesting post, including photos, of a Marlin 336 or Glenfield 30A that had had the barrel cut to 16 or 18" and the mag tube shortened to a "button mag" configuration. For the life of me I cannot recall if I sa it here or on another forum, but I'd s...

Pisgah

Always swab oil -- any oil -- out of bore and chamber before firing a rifle. 99% of the time, at least, it's the right thing to do. Just about every rifle I've owned will trow the first shot or three wide unless the bore has been wiped.

Pisgah

For a finish that's just as tough, and better looking than Parkerizing, I like to brown the beater 336s I rehab. Takes a few days to get it done, but it's easy and looks somehow "more right" than Parkerizing.

Pisgah

I've bought parts from them for years -- never kept it a secret! They are good folks to deal with.

Pisgah

I have a 91/30 and a M39 -- love 'em both.

Pisgah

For anywhere in a gun's mechanism that requires oil, I have long been a convert to Singer All Purpose Machine Oil --- that's right, the stuff for sewing machines. Super-slick, enough viscosity to stay put, comes in a bottle with a handy one-drop-at-a-time spout, $1.89 for a 4 oz. bottle -- which is ...

Pisgah

Ysabel Kid ---- you've been *****(cat)-whipped!

Pisgah

I'll make a suggestion for those who might be looking for a new field. If you're just a bit computer savvy, and willing to learn, you might want to look into training to be a court reporter. Unemplyoed last year at age 55, I combed the Southeast for jobs -- applied for over 200 for which I was quali...

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I have heard that Remington decided to eliminate the Marlin bullseye as a cost-cutting measure, but reversed the decision when it was protested by Marlin employees and customers.

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It amuses me that so many people get exercised over the prices of things on Ebay. It's an auction, people! If you've had any experience with auctions, you'll realize two things-- -- Sellers have an inflated idea of the worth of their items, and buyers tend to get carried away in bidding for items th...

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2row, if I were you I'd check with Savage to find out their recommended loads before I paid much attention to what anyone else says. I know those guns are built for smokeless, but you can sure get into trouble much faster with smokeless than you can with black powder. Get some guidelines from the so...

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Before you leap into something: 1. Be sure the rifling is actually damaged, and; 2. be sure it is a problem. A friend picked up an early-'60s 336 that was cosmetically challenged for $100. He brought it to me to check over, telling me as he handed it to me that he had found, to his distress, exactly...

Pisgah

Clearly, you have built a graphic demonstration of how smaller caliber/higher velocity yields flatter trajectory! However, if you are going to wildcat this round how do you measure the water capacity of the case?

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I'm curious to find out how handloaders' efforts will compare to the factory stuff, both with the LeverE bullets as they become available and with traditional-style bullets. I don't think reloaders will be able to equal factory velocities, as part of the package is Hornady's proprietary powder formu...

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I've shot Wolf ammo extensively in my AR15 with no problems and decent accuracy. I have heard of problems developing over time with heavy use of the old lacquer-coated ammo, but I think the newer poly-coated stuff pretty much eliminates this potential. If you are stll concerned with that, the slight...

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Loading for best accuracy is usually not too hard with a C&B revolver. It is my belief that a good, tight ball/chamber fit is probably the single most important factor. I like the ball sized so that a thin ring of lead is shaved from each ball as it is loaded. Lubed wads seem to help in some gun...

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Thanks for the replies. The reason for the question is that a friend of mine wants to buy an AR-15 and he has different twist rate options. He asked me which twist rate would be optimal for the usual .223 bullet weights, so I'm askin' y'all. P Arguably, the best compromise twist rate is 1 in 9, whi...

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I've had very good luck through the years with the Remington Corelokt 180 gr. load. I have two rifles that love them -- an ironsighted 1939-vintage Mauser sporter that will shoot them into under 2" at 100 yards, and a 1952 Remington 721 that is a MOA rifle with either the 150 or 180 gr. loads. ...

Pisgah

Oxpho is one of the best cold blues, if not the best. Nothing is better for touch-ups. Full-gun reblues are trickier, but you can usually get good results if you stick with it. Regardless of what they say, I've gotten best results after degreasing and slightly warming the metal. Even so, it can take...

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Uberti has made a small-frame .22 single action for at least 20 years. About that long ago I had one, and it was a tight, accurate little gun. The only thing I didn't like is that the trigger guard was down-scaled along with the rest of the gun, and my sausage-like trigger finger had a hard time get...

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Many years ago, on a winter night atop a high ridge in western NC, in a wilderness camp, I awoke to find a skunk in my tent. I had a .38, but lacked the nerve to shoot it in such close quarters. I figured that even if it bit me I'd rather take rabies treatments than suffer the consequences of offing...

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I always thought it was a full house...

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Goat, I have a couple of vintage rifles I didn't want to alter for studs and swivels, so I improvised a sling. Wroked so well I took the slings off of my other rifles, and now use my homemade slings exclusively. I buy 42" super bungee cords at walmart, the king that look like giant alastic band...

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That is just a lovely, lovely rifle. Congratulations on a great find!

Pisgah

Contact your landlord with your complaints. Document your communication -- perhaps a copy of a registered letter, plus a receipt for the letter. If he blows you off, find a landlord/tennant attorney, show him a copy of your lease plus your documentation, and follow his advice.

Pisgah

It's been so long since I had someone else do it that I couldn't guess. I found out long ago that it is a dead-simple task that can be done quite professionally with hand tools as long as you take your time.

Pisgah

"Brass" is a very generic term. What is commonly called brass can be anything from dead-soft to harder than the hinges of Hades. True, even in it's toughest, hardest form it is inferior to steel in many, if not most, applications. But if you really look, you'll realize that there isn't a l...

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Not to be too nit-picky, but there's a question as to whther higher velocity alone is enough to "beat" the LeverEvolution load. Part of the deal with the LE is not only velocity but a bullet with a substantially higher ballistic coefficient. Factor that in, and the LE load might shoot flat...

Pisgah

With the exception of some cosmetic details, the Glenfields are, in fact, 336s. Every mechanical part is interchangeable.

Pisgah

chadbr wrote:Interesting numbers - what is "full patch" ?

Full patch = full metal jacket.

Pisgah

Yes. Generally, UPS gives no problems IF you go direct to one of their locations -- not a vendor who offers UPS service, but UPS itself. If you're dealing direct with UPS, ask to speak with a supervisor -- they usually know the law, and their own rules.

Pisgah

Climbing stands -- I don't use them. I have had one friend killed outright in a climbing stand fall, and another paralyzed from mid-chest down. Now, I won't tell anyone not to use one. But I will say that the stand can be in perfect shape, the user can do everything right, and there can still be a f...

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McCain's Presidential eligibility as native-born was settled long ago. The Court and, additionally an Act of Congress, established that McCain specifically and anyone else born under identical circumstances were legally native-born -- born of two native-born US citizens on a US military base or in a...

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Obama does not have a birth certificate in Hawaii. He has a "Registration of Birth", a subtly but significantly different, after-the-fact document that is often used to register people born outside the US in countries where birth certificates are casually regarded or nonexistent. As a youn...

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