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Great report, Kirk, and great shooting with that stunning old 1876 Winchester. My Ubert 1876 is 120 years newer than your original, but I doubt it could shoot any better than that!

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I was just wondering, how many rounds do you other handloaders fire to determine whether or not any given load is a keeper? How much testing do you do before you write a load off? As for me, I shoot strictly handloads with handcast bullets (except of course for .22 LR). When trying a new load or a n...

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Thanks, for the good advice . But I think its better to have the shotgun hooked to me, thats why the saddle ring? Just remember that anything heavy attached to you will hinder your ability to swim if it becomes necessary! At least if your shotgun is attached to the boat you won't have to lose it to...

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Makes me think of the scene in the movie Second Hand Lions where the two old characters were "fishing" with their shotguns. A shotgun ought to work pretty well on those jumping carp!

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I duck hunt with a Browning BPS that has a sling installed. When I'm in my boat I just tie a light piece of nylon rope to the butt end of the sling and attach the other end to the boat. the shotgun is still readily available and can be used even though it's tied, amd I don't have to worry about los...

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I duck hunt with a Browning BPS that has a sling installed. When I'm in my boat I just tie a light piece of nylon rope to the butt end of the sling and attach the other end to the boat. the shotgun is still readily available and can be used even though it's tied, amd I don't have to worry about losi...

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Our local muzzleloading rifle club just gets together several guys who need powder, then order it by the case and divy it up when it arrives. The hazmat fee and shipping cost is averaged in. Last time cost was under $15 lb.

Here is one source we have used:

http://www.powderinc.com/

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rbertalotto wrote:Shasta,

Excellent article you wrote..........Thanks! It's bookmarked for when my rifle comes in.

I'm not the guy who wrote the article, but I'll join you in noting it is an excellent article. I too have it bookmarked for future reference.

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Canuck Bob, I responded to your PM, but for the sake of others who may have similar questions I'll post the response here too: To answer your questions, well, I have 13 lever guns equipped with the Marble's tang sight, so yep, I like 'em! All are the old style. I did recently purchase one of the new...

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I have a couple of the Japanese Winchesters, and they exhibit exceptional fit and finish. The only real drawback of these rifles is their tang safety-rebounding hammer system. It makes for a very heavy trigger pull, and can result in an occasional failure to fire. I have modified mine to eliminate t...

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Here in the far north end of California a Winchester carbine of that vintage with good finish would fetch a minimum of $400. There are several Model 94's in the local shop, newer post-64 ones priced from $350 and pre-war versions to $900 depending on condition. The latest Blue Book of Gun Values quo...

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Ask and ye shall receive... https://i.imgur.com/9wD3Koq.jpg https://i.imgur.com/8Cs1lTm.jpg Installation requires drilling & tapping a small hole (I believe it was 4mm) just in front of the tang screw. I think you could actually leave out the 4mm screw and just use the single tang screw if tight...

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Being a newly-manufactured rifle, the smartest thing would be to send it back for repair, but if you're like me it's easier to just fix it yourself. With the feeding problem you describe, it sounds like perhaps the carrier is lifting too quickly. Try working the action very slowly so the carrier doe...

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These are commonly referred to as "bulb horns". Most have a polished brass finish, but yours appears to be nickel plated brass. They usually have a very pronounced "trumpet" bell on the end, where yours appears to have only a slight oval, indicating to me it was either designed t...

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A shop here has one new-in-box, and they are asking $1,250. If I remember correctly I paid around $725 for mine when they first came out back in the nineties, so if you can get one for $750 now days that's a good deal on a great little rifle.

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I don't know if my experience will help, but some years back I bought a Model 94 Winchester rifle with a half-round barrel in 30-30 caliber for a mere $125 because it had a noticible bulge about six inches back from the muzzle. You could actually see it on the outside of the barrel. The bore had qui...

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An as new Browning 1886 carbine came into a local shop a few months back and I struggled mightily with myself about buying it. I loved the look and feel of it, but me being blessed with a very full gun safe, the wife was against the idea. I already have a USRAC 1886 take-down .45-70, and recoil is i...

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I like my Ruger Bearcat best as a .22 sidearm, but if I'm rifle hunting I often just stick a North American Arms mini revolver in my pocket. Works great for finishing downed game you don't want to blast again with the rifle!

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A friend has an old 1885 Winchester High Wall that was originall a 38-55, but someone in the past has relined to a centerfire .22 caliber and the new caliber is not marked anywhere on the rifle. I decided to make a chamber cast to find out what it was. Ordinarily you would use Cerrosafe, a metallic ...

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Quite often I come across old logging and mining sites. I've seen collapsed and abandoned railway trestles, boilers, a logging arch, a stamp mill, and lots of rusty cans and broken glass where the camps were located. I once came across an area where a small plane had gone down. It had been mostly cl...

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Wow! Nice truck! Being a life-long old car enthusiast, I can appreciate the care and work you are putting in to keep your Chevy on the road. You are doing a great job! I look forward to seeing more pictures.

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One of the gun racks at our club has been showing its age, and since it held only seven rifles it often is inadequate for the number of shooters we have. I decided to build and donate a new rack capable of holding fifteen rifles. Here's what it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/rGM6jAr.jpg Of course I...

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I had a great time shooting Cowboy Lever Action Pistol Cartridge silhouette today at the Hat Creek Rifle & Pistol Club near Burney, California. That is until I got started on my last group of targets, which was the Chickens. I was using my Cimarron Deluxe 1873 in 32-20, and after taking my third...

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Well, since I still have it after aquiring it 41 years ago, I guess I'd have to say the best vehicle I ever had is my '55 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad. It only gets driven in nice weather, and I rarely put more than 1,000 miles per year on it. https://i.imgur.com/c5RM9GB.jpg My real workhorse is a '02 Fo...

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Thanks for the comments guys, and especially you Marlinman93. A local gun shop estimated value at $2,000, but this rifle is of such exceptional quality that I suspect it would fetch a great deal more than that. We will be participating in a local gun show this weekend, offering several dozen quality...

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Hey guys, I'm trying to help a friend find information and determine value for a custom-made Ballard rifle It is thought to be a No. 4 1/2, originally chambered for a centerfire round, but rebarreled to .22 Long Rifle rimfire. Note in the picture how the bore has been offset at the breech to allow t...

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It was downright cold this morning at Hat Creek Rifle & Pistol Club east of Burney, CA. Well over a foot of fresh snow on the ground, but the sun was shining for five die-hard silhouette shooters. We had a great time! :D https://i.imgur.com/Egii0bh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/a5UuHtj.jpg SHASTA

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OK guys, I did a little more experimenting. I loaded a .45-60 round with just the TP filler and intentionally left out the powder. When I fired the round there was no noise other than the hammer falling. The bullet didn't move at all in the case. I thought it was a dud primer. When I pulled the bull...

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Rube, Yes the TP is a filler. I started using it after reading how others had good success getting better consistancy from shot to shot over a chronograph. There is also a gain of nearly 200 feet per second by keeping the 4198 powder back against the primer. I have only recently started experimentin...

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For those in the northern California area, the annual Redding Breakfast Lions Club gun show is coming March 5-6. This is not you typical gun show; no jerky vendors, no jewelery, no military surplus, no EBR's. There will be lots of vintage firearms displays and sale tables, with an antique & coll...

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Could it be that there was no powder or TP in the case? The primer generated sufficient pressure to push the bullet out the barrel, but the lack of lots of unburnt powder grains makes me think there was no powder in there in the first place. Kirk, That is an excellent thought that I had not even co...

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I was recently taking practice shots at a 150 meter turkey silhouette using my Taylors repo Winchester 1876 in .45-60. The load consisted of a 300 grain Lyman 457191 cast lead bullet pushed by 24 grains of IMR 4198 powder topped by half a square of single ply toilet paper. Primers were from an old b...

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If you have one of those sets of small number-sized drill bits, find the one that just will fit in the hole. That will give you the diameter of the spring you need. My local gunsmith has a good assortment of springs and so far has always had what I needed. Maybe you could try yours. As for a tiny ba...

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What will you be using the rifle for? If you intend it as strictly a hunting or target gun, then choice of style, caliber, etc. can be just about anything you like, and there is a lot to choose from. If you are contemplating NRA Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Silhouette shooting, you are somewhat limi...

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I do quite a bit of bullet casting, the smallest being 70 and 75 grain 25-20 bullets. I also cast a lot of 115 grain 32-20 bullets. I would agree that larger bullets are easier to cast than small ones, mostly because of what I will refer to as "flow time". I use a bottom pour RCBS 20 pound...

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The wife used to have a big ol' tom cat that didn't like me and I dang sure didn't like it. That cat took a swipe at me once, so to get even I dosed him up with a bottle of Croton Oil. Last time I saw that cat, he was headed over the hill with three of his buddies. One was digging, one was burying, ...

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I have one of these I picked up several years ago, and yes I do shoot it. I removed the rear barrel sight and installed a Lyman receiver sight (the receiver is factory drilled and tapped). It is fun to shoot and attracts a lot of attention as most folks have never seen a fullstock Winchester 30-30. ...

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A local shop has one of those that really temps me, but $800 for a used .22 seemed a bit high to me. Apparently it seems high to everyone else too, as it has been there over 6 months.

I think it would make one heck of a good Cowboy Lever Action Smallbore silhouette rifle!

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I shoot Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette and I find that the Marble's tang sight works great. I rarely have to use the windage knob, but it sure is nice to have when it's needed. I especially like the click adjustments, as that makes it very easy to reset the sight for each distance. I have four Winch...

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My avatar is a classic photo of the three Shastas, namely Mt. Shasta, Shasta Lake, and Shasta Dam, perhaps the best known identifiers for the far north of California. I am a lifelong resident of Shasta County, so it just seems natural to me to go by that handle.

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Thanks for the good wishes! I had a great day. Went to a Cowboy Lever Action silhouette match at Hat Creek Rifle & Pistol Club (got 2nd with a 28/40 using my Winchester Model 94 in .38-55). The wife is cooking me up some venison backstrap for supper and she made me a pie with some of the blackbe...

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I thought this might be of interest to you guys since just about everybody has one. I have a one quart Aladdin Stanley stainless steel thermos bottle that ceased to keep my coffee hot for even a couple hours. It was made in 1986, per the date stamp on the bottom. I knew they claimed a lifetime warra...

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If and when I see reloading components become readily available and reasonably priced, I will invest in a .50-95.

For the time being, I am really enjoying my .45-60. It's very easy to make brass from .45-70, and I'm casting my own bullets, so this one is fairly cheap to shoot.

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I don't own a .45-75, but I sure would like to some day get one of the "Crossfire" carbines. I think the high cost of custom ammo and/or reloading dies as well as the the lack of reliable sources for brass contribute greatly to the lack of interest in this caliber. It's bad enough to pay s...

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I have purchased just the stem for $6 from Buffalo Arms in the past. I know you stated that you "checked with" Buffalo Arms, so I hope that means a phone call, and not just checking on their website. It has been a couple years, but they were able to provide me with just the threaded old st...

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For me it's more about type than a particular model. I prefer a Winchester levergun (or copy) that has a checkered, pistol grip stock with crescent buttplate and octagon barrel. Kind of like this one:

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What I would do is set the sight at the middle or low middle setting and fire a couple shots at a paper target say 50 to 100 yards out. If both shots are too high, lower the rear sight. If the shots are too low, then raise the rear sight. This will at least establish a reference point to work from. ...

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I don't know where you might get just the spring for your sight, but Marble's still makes a similar fold down sight, so replacing the entire sight is an option. Click on this link and look at the fourth sight down from the top:

http://www.marblearms.com/rearSights.html

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I find that a scale weight check set is a good investment:

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?p ... ber=612694

They take the guesswork out of checking for scale accuracy.

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Currently it's a photo of my wife and kids taken at a muzzleloading rifle rendezvous near Mt. Shasta back in the early eighties: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1/ironsite/dianekids82.jpg Prior to that, a photo of my restored '55 chevrolet Nomad: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1/ironsite/mort...

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