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My 6-1/2" Single-Six Convertible, bought new in 1968, is still my fave, and still shoots great. Definitely a keeper.

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I picked up a new Marlin 1894S .45LC--straight stock, 20" barrel--in '89. Seems to me it wasn't long after that they stopped offering that particular model and chambering. Every so often it gets an airing and some exercise and it does quite well.

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In our 'For-What-It's-Worth-Dept,' my Winchester 'Ball Powder Propellant Loading Data' booklet, Tenth Edition, Revised 1985, lists only one .45 Long Colt load: 250gr lead bullet; 7.1gr of 231; 875fps; 13,000 C.U.P. Pressure. Rounded down to an even 7 grains, it's identical to an 8-gr Unique load in ...

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For what it's worth: The Remington 250-grainer is .454" and works great in an Auto-Rim case in a shaved Webley.

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Back in 'The Day' there was the original Ranger, a model 94 with hardwood furniture and utilitarian finish, great for knocking around in the woods and critter-getting, but without the full Winchester price. Marlin had their Glenfield version of the 336 with the same features. They were both practica...

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Only have two Old Models: a '61 Bearcat I picked up in a Fairbanks pawn shop in '93, and my original dependable 6-1/2" Single-Six convertible, bought new in June '68 (at list price-- $69.95!), of which I'm the original and sole owner.

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The 21st is also Trafalgar Day, although a few (8) tears later, 1805. 'England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty.'

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For what it's worth, a Winchester 'Reloading Components Catalog' (Tenth Edition, Revised 1989) lists only one load for the .45 Colt/Long Colt (p. 32): A 255gr Lead bullet, 7.1 gr of 231, for 875 fps (5-1/2" barrel), 13,000 C.U.P. I use that interchangeably with 8-8.5 gr of Unique, with no diffe...

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My 6-1/2" Single-Six convertible is still my go-to, from original purchase new in '68 to now and beyond. Simple, reliable, and accurate, and works well with anything I feed it--what's not to like? Definitely my keeper.

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I'll always have my trusty 6-1/2" Single-Six Convertible I bought new in the summer of 1968 (for the list price of $69.50!), but last week on a lark I picked up a 6-1/2" Rough Rider. My brother has a Wrangler, but wanted the Magnum capability, so he 'splurged' on the Rough Rider, and repor...

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In addition to being 'Cheyenne' on t.v., Clint Walker was 'Yellowstone Kelly' in a movie of the same name, from around 1959 or '60.

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I've had a couple of single actions that shot to the side, never a Colt, but Ubertis and even a 7-1/2" Ruger New Vaquero. I took a dressing file and opened the rear notch a t-i-n-y bit to the side I needed the groups to go, just like working an adjustable sight. With the front blade re-centered...

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My W. W. Greener-converted Martini is a fun shooter--and it does have a lever, too. It was born in 1879 as a Martini-Henry Mk III in .577-450; converted to .303 Artillery Carbine Mk I in 1897; and became a .22 in the Edwardian period for the N.R.A.--of England. Goes bang every time, and happy with E...

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First was (still is) an Enfield No. 5, the so-called 'Jungle Carbine,' from K-Mart(!) in Alexandria, La, in the summer of 1967. It was unissued and coated with cosmoline, and cost the lordly sum of $30. The next one was a Single-Six Convertible, 6-1/2" barrel, in June of '68. That was more expe...

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For what it's worth, my 94 Trapper in .357/.38 (angle-eject, crater safety, etc.) has a screw in the underside forward part of the hinged floor plate that my .45 Trapper (1985 angle-eject, pre-crater satety) and AE .30-30 don't have. While the .45 and .30-30 have slight but noticeable lever droop an...

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There's one on display at the Kansas Cosmosphere (and Discovery Center) in Hutchinson, Kansas, about 40 miles northwest of Wichita. It's on display hanging nose-down, so you get an interesting view of it. Other items include a NASA T-38, Saturn V engine, and Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules. A li...

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So who gets to 'push the pram a lot?'

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Done that just recently. All other sites with a 'remember me' log-in feature do remember me, so I'll just re-log in every time for a while and see if it settles down. If not, no biggie. A few extra keystrokes don't hurt.

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No joy after shutdown and restart. Cookies aren't an issue--dump 'em every chance I get. Now when logging in, the window changes to the thread discussions before I have a chance to check the 'remember me' box. I can work around it; only a minor inconvenience--not a show-stopper. Just wondering if an...

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Thanks. I may just have to unplug the old iMac and see if it resets . . . .

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Lately--starting the last week--every time I click on Leverguns I have to log in again, even though I select 'remember me.' Is anybody else encountering this, or am I just a technological troglodyte (which is true, anyway) and haven't mastered the trick? Or could it be the site is just really visit-...

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For COSteve: "I'm taking off next week on a loop from Denver to Kansas, to Iowa, to Nebraska, to Wyoming hitting a bunch of Auto and Air Museums" Check out the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, at the south end of Forbes Field. I was privileged to fly their Gooney Bird (C-47 named 'Kilroy') for...

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Turns heads at the range, and a great conversation starter.

P.S.: You'll get great results with even bulk pack el cheapo ammo. You can run anything through it. Morris the cat it ain't.

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Have one like that but without the dust cover; South Africa marked, with a 1937 barrel. Fun (and cheap!) to shoot, and very accurate. You'll never wear it out . . . .

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+ 1 -- and Amen!

Welcome to the fire, 41Mag!

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For man-sized, try one of the Enfield No. 2 Mk IV (or Mk IV*) .22 trainers, single-shot .22 conversions of the .303 Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III. Full-sized and (many) sleeved with a .22 liner from A.G. Parker, its smaller diameter bore makes it heavier than the original .303 configuration -- and it wil...

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Like unto my Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine, converted from an 1879 Martini-Henry Mk III (.577-450) in 1897 to the M-E A.C. I configuration in .303, then to a .22 in Edwardian times (latest action body stamp is '08) by Greener ('Converted for the N.R.A. by W.W. Greener'). Massive, robust action t...

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Have you considered the Ruger No. 1 in .303? (Yep--.303 British!) I picked one up about five years ago, just to have something made brand-new in the 21st Century that was chambered for a round born in 1888. I hit a softball over 70 yards away, from a standing position using the factory iron sights (...

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Trapper45, I tried the Schofields in my 94 AE Trapper too. Worked just fine but I was worried the slightly larger rim might over stress the extractor. Joe No problems at all with extraction or ejection in the 94. The Rossi just had magazine tube issues, so anything else was moot with it. As far as ...

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On a lark I picked up 3 or 4 boxes of Ten-X Schofields at the Ft Worth Cabela's bargain cave a few years back (must've really been a few because they were priced at $10/box of 50!) just to see how they'd do. They shot well through everything at distances out to 50 yards or so: identical sight pictur...

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Got my 94AE Trapper in .45 (Long)Colt when it first came out, December '85--original model: no button safety, colored receiver, saddle ring. Not a single complaint in 30+ years of owning/shooting it. It handles any load with any bullet shape--round nose, flat nose, semi-wadcutter--with no hiccups or...

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Might I suggest Believers Chapel on Churchill Way as an excellent starting point? Sound theology, welcoming people, a variety of backgrounds, professions and experience. A gold-mine of support and information for a newcomer to the area. Close to Addison, just south of LBJ/Preston Rd.

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Some 'modern' folks seem totally amazed that old guys with old guns and open sights can hit anything at all. What was it?-- breath control, trigger squeeze and sight alignment. Still works . . . .

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A good topic to raise from the dead. The .303 Brit round is a great one. Anyone got one of the Ruger #1s? Picked one up about two years ago. Popped an old softball about 70 yards away from a standing position (me, not the softball) and using open sights. Yellow-box Rem-UMC ball ammo. Worked great. ...

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Flying around, passing gas -- from a KC-135.

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Seven (7) grains of 231 under a 250-255gr lead bullet does great. The ammo brochure that used to be available from Winchester (1985) lists 7.1 gr of 231 for the .45LC with a 250-gr bullet, for 875fps, 13,000 c.u.p. (I don't figure one-tenth of one 7000th of a pound makes much difference, and 7 is an...

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Got one of those same ones--.45, 7-1/2"--a couple of years ago. It had some issues that necessitated a trip to Colt. While there it got fitted with an ACP cylinder, and now can run anything. Price was decent, being an unsold commemorative, and not blinged-up with gaudy ornamentation it's a grea...

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RIMZ are the way to go. Rounds easy in; cases easy out. Work just fine in a 625-4.

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Mine's from '85; first production of the 94 in .45. As yours wears a bit from cycling and use, it will get smoother and slicker and will move to the top of your list of favorites.

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No problems with PPU .303. As 'Monarch' brand--Academy Sports' house brand--it's good in .30-30 and .38 Spl.

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It's a nice little gun. Not picky about what's run through it. Complements the 1911 .45 like the Peacemaker .22 does the .45 Single Action Army.

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I gave up on them (C-T-D) for good a couple of months ago when I wandered into the actual retail store on the north end of Fort Worth. The shelves were generously stocked, and the reason why was instantly evident. The very same Winchester 333 .22s available (intermittently) at WalMart for (still) $9...

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Get it. You'll like it. My Trapper 16" is first-year production, '85, with the case-colored/hardened receiver and no safety, tang- or crater-type. It feeds any and everything without a hiccup and has only gotten smoother over the years, with no polishing, modification or internal adjustments, j...

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My 39M is from the mid-'80s; pre-safety, Micro-Groove. Handles anything put through it from CB Shorts and CB Longs (even Super Colibris) and shorts and longs on up--mix and match in any order--without a hiccough. It's never been finicky about what goes through it, and I'm glad it's happy with bulk b...

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My .45LC 1894-S came brand-new with a 1/2" thick rubber pad as a buttplate, complete with the Marlin horseman logo. Not super-soft, but it's not metal or plastic, either. Satisfactory for whatever loads I use. I've since stepped down from rifle-only loads to those from the +P Ruger/Contender se...

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Still have the one I got new from Shooting Systems in Fenton, Mo., in '89 or '90. Model 1894-S; straight stock, round 20" Micro-Groove barrel; square bolt--looks like a bigger brother of my 39M. Very solid, and accurate with anything put through it, cast or jacketed. Somewhere around $320-330 b...

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I must have the world's only unreliable 10-22. It cannot feed thru one magazine without jamming. I've cleaned it. I've cleaned the mags. I can't get it to run. My 39 feeds anything and knocks down 100M rams. I wish I could say the same for the ruger. They have such a great rep. Mine's junk. Same th...

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I must have the world's only unreliable 10-22. It cannot feed thru one magazine without jamming. I've cleaned it. I've cleaned the mags. I can't get it to run. My 39 feeds anything and knocks down 100M rams. I wish I could say the same for the ruger. They have such a great rep. Mine's junk. Same th...

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My No.5MkI ('Jungle Carbine') likes the Hornady 150-gr Spire Point and Win 760.

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I'd been waiting for that stamp since I saw the original advert a while back in the P.O. lobby. When it was issued I promptly hied down to the local counter and cleaned them out. Should last a good long while . . . .

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