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by airedaleman
Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Chiappa Cloned Marlin 39a Deluxe ? ?
Replies: 27
Views: 3687

Re: Chiappa Cloned Marlin 39a Deluxe ? ?

The checkering pattern on the forearm is awful!

And what is the "superior wood" with which the deluxe model is stocked?
by airedaleman
Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 100% Levergun Content: Mary Fields
Replies: 11
Views: 2353

Re: 100% Levergun Content: Mary Fields

Its wishful thinking --- but i wish the youth in the black community (and white community , greatness doesnt have a color) today would spend more time researching people like this lady, - George Washington Carver, Tuskeegee Airmen , Jackie Robinson etc etc than whatever antics "Puff Daddy"...
by airedaleman
Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Remington R-51 Production Update
Replies: 21
Views: 2895

Re: Remington R-51 Production Update

From the link you posted: Anyone for a full-auto 12 gauge? :D Two serious issues here - first a shotgun that doubles or goes full-auto is pretty scary - it will be hard for most to control. Secondly, there is already a court decision supporting the ATFE's stance that if you have a firearm, (even a ...
by airedaleman
Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Brady died today
Replies: 26
Views: 2506

Re: Brady died today

Some mean-spirited stuff here. I'm with you, Bill and I'm done with this lashup.
by airedaleman
Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
Replies: 25
Views: 3670

Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!

Sixgun wrote:Hombre,


Save the brass----6

That Kynoch ammunition is Berdan primed. This shouldn't pose much of a problem for a Swedish shooter though.

Great rifle, Hombre. Have been taken with them ever since I read a story by Lucian Carey
in True, The Man's Magazine 60-odd years ago.
by airedaleman
Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help with B&L scope mount question, please
Replies: 4
Views: 866

Re: Help with B&L scope mount question, please

Thanks, Chuck. B&L products were out of my price range 50-odd years ago. (B&L full page ad on page 2 of the February 1952 shows the Balvar4 at $80! Mounts were another $25. That was serious money back then...
by airedaleman
Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help with B&L scope mount question, please
Replies: 4
Views: 866

Re: Help with B&L scope mount question, please

Thanks, Pete. I've already looked at Gibbs' website. Kind of surprised at their prices for Balvar5's. (According to the range in price, the scope accounted for 2/3rds to 3/4's of what I paid for the gun!) My gun's got the better mount with the plunger actuated QD feature. The whole rig is something ...
by airedaleman
Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help with B&L scope mount question, please
Replies: 4
Views: 866

Help with B&L scope mount question, please

Recently picked up a nice old (1970 mfg) Savage Model 110C in 25-06. It came with a Balvar5 scope in a one piece B&L mount. First time in the 60-odd years I've been messing with firearms that I've encountered the B&L mount. Am I correct in assuming that one loosens what appears to be set scr...
by airedaleman
Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Purty brass
Replies: 19
Views: 1256

Re: Purty brass

Nice brass, nice rifle. Appears to be a first- or second-year 336, correct?

One of my boys' pals gave me a HUGE Dillon vibratory cleaner. I toss my loaded cartridges in to polish them, and then rake them out with my fingers; gives me kind of a Scrooge McDuck thrill...
by airedaleman
Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Free E-Book by Hudson Maxim
Replies: 4
Views: 1174

Re: Free E-Book by Hudson Maxim

My grandmother was a cook for several summers at the Maxim estate in Lake Hopatcong. My father, who was a little boy at the time, often mentioned seeing the one-armed Maxim, and I think his stories had some influence on my interest in firearms. (of course, the fact that Dad was a hunter with more th...
by airedaleman
Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How come...
Replies: 13
Views: 1359

Re: How come...

"A couple of amped-up meth freaks..."

Like Bill in Oregon said, "...move on."

Nothing to see here.
by airedaleman
Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How come...
Replies: 13
Views: 1359

Re: How come...

AJMD429 wrote:I think they did, in the 'Politics' section, last week....
Last week? Occurred this past Sunday. Do not see anything in the Politics forum (which I checked prior to asking, How come?)
by airedaleman
Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How come...
Replies: 13
Views: 1359

How come...

No one has commented on the rampage of two anti-government lunatics in Las Vegas?
by airedaleman
Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 95 in 30-06 - since when?
Replies: 26
Views: 3362

Re: Winchester 95 in 30-06 - since when?

Possibly the worst blow to the 1895 was the occasional use of 8mm Mauser ammunition in them by returning WWI vets. Belive Sharpe mentions this in The Complete Guide to Handloading.
by airedaleman
Tue May 27, 2014 1:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 25 Rem
Replies: 10
Views: 2513

Re: 25 Rem

Full box? What appears to be a modern styrofoam insert is marked 19 rounds. I'd shoot them and check out your 141. Don't think those cartridges have any real value beyond that (and of course once fired as cases to reload.)
by airedaleman
Fri May 23, 2014 10:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester Self Loader
Replies: 10
Views: 1907

Re: Winchester Self Loader

Check out http://vintagesemiautorifle.proboards.com

LOTS of info there about the rifles, ammunition, and reloading dope..
by airedaleman
Mon May 19, 2014 10:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How about .410s?
Replies: 35
Views: 4203

Re: How about .410s?

Pete44ru wrote:.

It surely does - apparently a custom installation by an unknown (real) gunsmith.

Image


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Thanks, Pete. Classy work by a genuine 'smith..
by airedaleman
Mon May 19, 2014 9:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How about .410s?
Replies: 35
Views: 4203

Re: How about .410s?

Pete44ru wrote:.

My latest .410 - a Remington 11-48 autoloader, 25" bbl, MOD choke.

Image


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Pete, does that gun have a tang safety, or am I seeing things?

(Handsome little gun, by the way.)
by airedaleman
Mon May 19, 2014 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: gun leather: ammunition loops in slings etc.
Replies: 47
Views: 4542

Re: gun leather: ammunition loops in slings etc.

Grizz wrote:

I carry extra ammo in my pocket 'cause that's what they're there for . . .




Grizz
Hear, hear!

I do think that Enfield is unique...
by airedaleman
Mon May 19, 2014 9:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: gun leather: ammunition loops in slings etc.
Replies: 47
Views: 4542

Re: gun leather: ammunition loops in slings etc.

The rifle is gorgeous. Stick with simple slings that are designed for function. Stay away from really wide slings or really heavy slings. Generally, it is impractical to carry ammo on the sling, as it can make the sling uncomfortable, the ammo can get in the way when carrying, the ammo can get dama...
by airedaleman
Mon May 12, 2014 11:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Savage 99
Replies: 8
Views: 1843

Re: Savage 99

Pete44ru wrote:.

+1


Looking through all those pics was probably the biggest waste of time I've experienced in 30 years.



.
AMEN!
by airedaleman
Sun May 11, 2014 10:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Savage 99
Replies: 8
Views: 1843

Re: Savage 99

What a rat. 61 pictures and $600 for that? EG wood stuck on a post-mill E(conomy).
"X" probably marks the spot.
by airedaleman
Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thinking on buying this
Replies: 24
Views: 1732

Re: Thinking on buying this

Val Forgett brought crates - literally - of these and other fine English sporting rifles into the States from former British East African colonies back in the mid-60's. I pulled a somewhat tired higher grade Lee-Speed out of a cosmoline-filled crate and walked out the door after laying out 25 bucks ...
by airedaleman
Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question on Marlin 1893
Replies: 8
Views: 1943

Re: Question on Marlin 1893

What is the serial number?
by airedaleman
Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Original Henry, Model 1866 and Sharps
Replies: 18
Views: 2009

Re: Original Henry, Model 1866 and Sharps

Pete44ru wrote:.

Double WOW ! - That factory-engraved Winchester '66 is worth some serious change ($$$$$), for sure !



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And the engraved Henry probably even more...

(And they don't need no steenking white cotton gloves!)
by airedaleman
Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 22 LR slamfire in a BL-22
Replies: 10
Views: 1559

Re: 22 LR slamfire in a BL-22

Remington bulk ammunition?
by airedaleman
Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt Single Action In 44 Magnum
Replies: 55
Views: 4843

Re: Colt Single Action In 44 Magnum

By the way, white COTTON gloves to handle antiquities and such like; latex is for crime scenes...
by airedaleman
Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What ever happended to Wind?
Replies: 18
Views: 2871

Re: What ever happended to Wind?

EdinCT wrote:I think he posts over at Marlin owners now.
Aye.
by airedaleman
Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Rifleman
Replies: 34
Views: 3516

Re: The Rifleman

Blaine have you read Rourk's "Something of Value?" Oh, yes......I've read just about everything he wrote.. The Honey Badger is brutal...I've heard tell that there is a compilation of his magazine articles, and some newspaper reporting, as well. The Honey Badger is semi-autobiographical...
by airedaleman
Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Rifleman
Replies: 34
Views: 3516

Re: The Rifleman

wvfarrier wrote:I've been watching the show and I noticed something. He is one helluva self righteous busy body. He is constantly sticking his nose in other people's business.
Absolutely awful show, any way you look at it.
by airedaleman
Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: History I didn't know about
Replies: 7
Views: 1699

Re: History I didn't know about

Check out the movie "Matewan." Based on actual events, filmed in West Virginia. You'll hate the Baldwin Felts thugs and cheer Sheriff Sid Hatfield (who was subsequently murdered on the steps of the court house in a neighboring county.)
by airedaleman
Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey, my Honey Badger post.
Replies: 25
Views: 2483

Re: Hey, my Honey Badger post.

Read The Honey Badger by Robert Ruark and get his take on the beast and its human counterpart...
by airedaleman
Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Time Machine - Colt's response to SAA problem April 17, 1963
Replies: 20
Views: 4875

Re: Time Machine - Colt's response to SAA problem April 17,

Found the letter from Colt. Now all I need is a way to contact lemeatm, and get it to him...
by airedaleman
Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Is This Rifle?
Replies: 26
Views: 3758

Re: What Is This Rifle?

casastahle wrote:Looks to me a Savage model 99.
Looks like he has cartridge belt and a knife in his lap.
Not your run-of-the mill EG, either. Look at the checkering...
by airedaleman
Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Military gun collection
Replies: 42
Views: 5318

Re: Military gun collection

Griff, the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was NOT armed with Model 1895 Winchesters. They were issued Model 1896 Krag carbines, much to the chagrin of volunteer infantry units. The volunteer infantry were issued Trapdoor Springfields of various vintages and black powder ammunition. Leonard Wood...
by airedaleman
Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another vote for TERRY
Replies: 82
Views: 6903

Re: Another vote for TERRY

All of this is remarkably entertaining...
by airedaleman
Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are you shavin with?
Replies: 66
Views: 6769

Re: What are you shavin with?

I never shave a whisker from off of my horny hide... I just pound them in with a hammer, and BITE them off inside! Actually, I use a Gillette safety razor I bought 55 years ago. Cracks me up to see one rack of double edged blades among the myriad whizzbang blades. My best friend, one of the most hy...
by airedaleman
Sun Dec 08, 2013 1:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Custom Marlin rifles
Replies: 10
Views: 1653

Re: Custom Marlin rifles

actually, the more I look at it, the more I think it has to be a 94. There is no screw for the trigger bar between the trigger and the front of receive on the left side. Both 93s and 95s have such a screw but 94s do not. I was looking for a 94 a while back, but I can't recall exactly what this was ...
by airedaleman
Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 87 year old rescued from New York
Replies: 10
Views: 1256

Re: 87 year old rescued from New York

Handsome pump gun, and it's only 12 years older than I am. An easy-to-come-by B4 or B6 would look better on it, I think.

Pump 22's are the cat's ankles. Enjoy!
by airedaleman
Sat Nov 30, 2013 12:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Stripping a Henry H0001 stock
Replies: 13
Views: 1971

Re: Stripping a Henry H0001 stock

Any commercial stripper will do just fine.
by airedaleman
Fri Nov 29, 2013 7:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report: Winchester 1906 .22 Slide
Replies: 10
Views: 1230

Re: Range Report: Winchester 1906 .22 Slide

Slick little rifle, FatJack! Now you'll have to find an 1906 Expert, with the bucket handle forearm, pistol grip stock, and nickel-plated receiver. Bought one of them for my father back in '64 - 25 bucks!
by airedaleman
Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Savage model 340
Replies: 40
Views: 5444

Re: The Savage model 340

I have a 340C manufactured in 1953. It's a 222 Remington and wears a Weaver K10. Gun will shoot 5-shot 1" groups at 100 yards all day long, with anything put through it. Years ago, I had its progenitor, the Stevens 325, the 30-30 with a butter-knife bolt handle and 22" barrel. Handled like...
by airedaleman
Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New 6.5-06 SCORED !
Replies: 41
Views: 3529

Re: New 6.5-06

These sound like the 256 Newton - or are they more "modern?" '
by airedaleman
Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: UP-DATE: .22 RIMFIRE, bought some TODAY...
Replies: 31
Views: 2777

Re: UP-DATE: .22 RIMFIRE, bought some TODAY...

I grew up amongst a bunch of Spanish American war, world War 1 and 2 , and Korean Vets. They all cherished the constitution, and they all owned guns. Most of those guys probably didn't fire 20 rounds of ammo a year. But they all fed their families on game meat. A very few shot trap , and handgun co...
by airedaleman
Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 336A question
Replies: 20
Views: 1237

Re: 336A question

The 35 is D&T and I have an old all steel 4x weaver scope I was gonna get rid of, but I think it has a new home. Now I gotta find an old mount that fits the 35, from back in the day. I might as well have it all from the same time period. Anybody goty any ideas where to get that old scope mount?...
by airedaleman
Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 336A question
Replies: 20
Views: 1237

Re: 336A question

airedaleman, as you said, the bolt's cross section of my other Marlin, a .35 336RC, as well as the one I THOUGHT was a 36A, is in fact, round. So to make double darn sure, I pulled my receipt out of my strong box, & sure enough, the top line on it says "Marlin 336A", NOT "Marlin ...
by airedaleman
Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 336A question
Replies: 20
Views: 1237

Re: 336A question

This may be an extremely minor point. I think the model is a 36A, not 336A. Marlin may have offered rifles with these characteristics later in their mfg'g history with the 336A designation, I don't know. The reason I know it's a 36A is I bought one at Cabela's Gun Library a few years ago for $300. ...
by airedaleman
Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pics-old Winchester '94
Replies: 20
Views: 1949

Re: Pics-old Winchester '94

Interesting old SRC with gum wood furniture. Had one just like it (had the orignal ladder sight and ring, too) back in the early 60's. Love the 25-35.

Wonder why the flat milled into the front of the receiver?