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If you're in Western Canada, contact Dave Henry of D.Henry Gunmakers out of Bentley, Alberta. He did what you're looking for in my Marlin 1895 CB and I was very satisfied with the job he did.

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I believe so, but it was also added to the Winchester Model 70 line as well. Think the Winchester line was later, but I'll defer to the Model 70 experts on this one.

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In 1942-43 when my dad was working on the Muncho Lake segment of the Alaska Highway as a supply manager, he came across a timber wolf caught in a trap. He was able to free the wolf and darned if it didn't follow him back to camp where he kept it on a leash just outside the door of his office. Said i...

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My experience with a LH Browning A-Bolt II Stainless Stalker in 30 aught 6 is that it has always put the bullets exactly where I aimed. A few deer and a moose can attest to it's effectiveness.

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That must have been one seriously riled up bear!

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There is a bull elk tag left over up here, there are two beef cows hanging in the meat locker, I refuse to shoot that elk, we do NOT have the freezer space, Am I right or wrong? I'd say you are right in doing this, being what a good wildlife conservationist does. Did pretty much the same, except I ...

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Minus 19 Celsius (-2 Fahrenheit) at present up here. Lots of snow. Mild Canadian winter.

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My .33 WCF case forming setup is the same as the original posters - running Remington 45-70 brass through the RCBS case forming dies (all the way to the base before the rim), trim, anneal case necks, then run through either Redding or Lee resizing dies as part the handloading process. I do not insid...

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As far as rifles, if it is a repeater centerfire, it has to be registered. However, a bill has just been voted on in Parliament to abolish the registration of rifles, and it has passed first reading by a healthy margin. It still needs a second reading, but it should pass there as well. Thus rifles ...

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I've found cigarette filters stuck in cases on occasion. Given the long Canadian winters, no reason not to inspect every case.

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For now, I'd have to favor the 44-40. Thank you to Kirk for selling his 1892 made in 1914 to me. Those of you who have his Old Winchesters calendar will recognize it as the December 2009 rifle. I fully expect to have a blast plinking, close quarter varminting and deer hunting when it arrives.

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With the reformed brass, you may not be resizing all the way to the rim - your observations confirm this. Ken Waters mentioned this as an issue with his 1886 in 40-65 and found that using a Lyman X-17 shell holder worked. Or, you could file down a shell holder to allow you to resize more of the base...

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How much?

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In general not in Alberta, Canada. However if you're doing Camp Wainwright, hunter orange is manditory.

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If I get a big buck, its usually hung head down for a week, then butchered. Meat does are hung either head up or down and usually butchered within 24 hours of being harvested.

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I'm in with the processing the deer at home crowd - why waste money taking it to the butcher when one can do it themselves? Learning how to and making ones own sausage is a real treat.

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Got my 2 copies today. One stays with me and the other goes to my nephew.

Good job on the calendar, Kirk!

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What size dovetail blank does it take? 3/8 inch?

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I'll be trying it after hunting season is up.

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What a shame. Would have been nice to have corresponded with him on a number of the loads he worked up on various levergun chamberings.

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Since 1987, I've never regretted becoming a Macintosh user and have never experienced any big issues with Macs. Given that Macs run on Intel CPUs, you can set up a dual boot situation where you can boot either into Mac OS X (ten) or into whatever flavor of Windows or other OS you prefer. The time I'...

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Just wondering if he's still around or passed away a few years ago.

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Put me down for 2 of the bigger one. Will there be a centrefold?

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If you can remove the safe door, do so and take it down separately. It will make it easier to take the safe body down.

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Great moose! Can't count the 30-30 out as a valid moose gun.

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Good question! As I recently got myself a 25-35 WCF model 94 rifle, I'm wondering the same thing.

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It will be important to find out why this happened to ensure that the appropriate treatments are given -whether diet, oral medication, or intravenous. Also to ensure this doesn't happen again in the future.

Prayers up!

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I won't eat horse meat, but if it came down to survival from starvation - me or the horse - the horse would be humanely put down to feed me and my family, assuming I can't feed them any other way. Pretty much a long shot that things would work out that way at the present time, but if circumstances h...

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The closest would be Sam Fadala's book on the Winchester 94.

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I was wondering about that myself.

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I took the option of making 33 WCF brass out of 45-70 using RCBS' case forming die set - lightly lubed some Remington cases (did not anneal them) and ran them through the form and trim dies in one pass on the Rockcrusher, then full length sized and trimmed them again. Buffalo Arms is supposed to hav...

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Update: the model 55 went for $1600.00 CDN - sounds like there was a bit of auction frenzy involved. I wasn't close on this one and felt the final price paid was overkill. At the same auction I narrowly missed a very good condition Winchester 1894 in 38-55 with 26 inch octagon barrel, full magazine ...

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I had a chance to inspect the rifle: Barrel - bore is good, a bit dirty, with sharp but dark rifling. A May be 40-45% blueing left on barrel Elsewhere - hardly any blueing left. Wood is good Lever action - stiff - likely needs a good, thorough cleaning I'm going to put in a bid for it and see what h...

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71fan, good info. Always a good idea to confirm age of the gun with the official Winchester records - were this gun available in Canada, I'd be tempted to bid for it.

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Thanks, fellows! I'll be giving the rifle a personal inspection Friday and will make the final decision to buy or pass then.

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Birthday greetings from a fellow Canuck, and may he have many more!

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I think it more likely that it was rebarreled to 32 WS some time later. The 32 WS was not introduced until 1902 as that is when it first appeared in the Winchester catalog. A serial number search with the Cody Firearms Museum would determine if this was done by Winchester or if it was done by a thir...

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I have a chance to snag a low serial number model 55 in 30-30, take down model, 24 inch barrel, 1/2 mag, worn blue, bright action, good bore, good wood, straight grip shotgun style butt with checkered steel butt-plate. A check of the serial number suggests it was made in 1925. What price range would...

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I plan to try it in my 40-82 and 32 WS to see how it does.

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I agree with winchester1886's remarks - don't sell until you know for certain how much it's really worth - otherwise you'll be kicking yourself for the rest of your life.

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I'd hold off until you get more information about this knife - try Blade Forums. Also do a search for Bernard Levine - he wrote a number of books on knife values and I think would be a good source of information.

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Supplementary question: Which powder will get you closest to 100% load density?

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Hi, unless I am reading this wrongly from Ranch Dog's forum here: http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=2lcenr2r8hblgr66f3dqn1g3o7&topic=32240.0 Mrs. Ranch Dog had a good recovery and is back at home. The Ranch Dog store is apparently open for business. I still think that it wou...

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Good thread. I'm hoping to try some Blackhorn 209 in my 38-55 and other leverguns. Got some data from the Western Powder people and need to contact one of the dealers up here to get the powder shipped out my way.

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The polishing room records came out within the past couple years or so. However, it's been known for a longer period of time that George Madis' dating of Winchesters in some cases was out by several years. The existing factory records along with the polishing room records will help correct this.

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Nice bike thread. I'm in the same boat - will be getting a bike once I take the Alberta Safety Council's beginner riders course and get my licence as well as quality safety equipment. Still not sure if I want to go with a dual sport which would allow me to do some offroad biking/scouting before hunt...

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My take on this is that the manufacturers got the design and alloys right with the 30-30 with the sweet spot for speed 1600-1800 fps at about 75-125 yards, give or take a few yards or so.

I'm satisfied with the performance I'm getting.

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Thought provoking question, but my answer would be whatever powder shoots best in your particular gun.

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Just keep an eye on it - if it gets worse than this - see the doctor. I'd also make an effort to avoid getting stung by bees and similar insects (wasps, hornets) in the future. Benadryl, Chlor-Tripolon and other antihistamines will help as will anti-inflammatories such as Aspirin - make sure you're ...

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I'd start her out with left handed guns. There are left handed rimfires in bolt action. Leverguns such as the Marlin 39A or others will also be good. Once she's a bit older, then you can start her on rifles from Browning, Winchester, Savage, Tikka, etc. For shotguns, I'd go with Browning's BPS, Remi...

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