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For self defense I have mostly carried a Lightweight Commander n 45ACP in a version of either IWB or OWB Milt Sparks holsters. And that's one reason I have carried the Lightweight Commander more than any other, is it carries well, even in the summer with an open front shirt and tee shirt, or under a...

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I have not shot a factory load through any of my .45's in ... probably close to 30 years! I don't have anything against them. It's just that I have so many that I've loaded for myself. Back in the 1960's and early 70's I shot quite a lot of factory ammo. Winchester-Western Super X and Remington. I ...

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I've got a Skinner peep sight mounted on the rear of my Rossi carbine where the safety would mount and another Skinner peep sight mounted on the rear of the receiver of my Mossberg 464 30-30. Both give a great sight picture and with their small apertures close to my eye, both help me see both the f...

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Yep, I remember reading those old gun rags, about him and his guns, etc.

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I feel like his best was in "Lonesome Dove", but he really did do a lot of stuff over the years, like "Lucky Ned Pepper" in True Grit and Boo Radley in "To kill a Mockingbird". I loved him in "Apocalypse Now". And he did a bunch more, he will be missed, that's...

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Oliver Winchester, Buffalo bullets at fifty yards.jpg Those first three shots, (bigger group), was just fooling around before I settled down. But those 3 shots down in the lower right, were at 50 yards, off of a sandbag under my hand, with my hand resting on top of the bag and holding the forend ju...

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I like the barrel mounted peep. I have one on a Rossi single shot 22 and it is great. Plenty precise enough for squirrels. I would be very comfortable with this sight on a deer rifle. It's a great compromise if you don't want to D&T for a receiver sight. Yes, I believe it is a pretty good optio...

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I was playing around with the Barrel Mounted Skinner Peep sight today, shooting the Heavy Buffalo Bore ammo out of my Oliver Winchester 38/55. It's not my final configuration of sights on that rifle, I was just experimenting, never having tried a peep sight out where a semi-buckhorn usually goes. Th...

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The cartridge stop at the front of the link can be welded up and reshaped pretty easily. I've MIG & stick welded them in the past. After reshaping, heat to a cherry red and quench in oil. 30+ years after doing my 1st, it's still holding up. I only have one with the stamped steel carrier, in a '...

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Thanks guys, yes, I was very relieved when I realized what the problem was, I was worried that it would be a more involved fix, requiring the services of a gunsmith.

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I am a lefty also, and I always wondered if Samual Colt was left handed. When I watch the average right hander unload and load a singleaction they seem painfully slow, compared to how I do it. I shot some cowboy matches many years ago, but I never seen a match where someone had to reload their revol...

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I fined tuned my rifle a little bit more today, and it works flawlessly now. I received my order from Buffalo Bore today. They are pretty heavy loads, shooting a 255 grain bullet at about 1950fps or so. They fed, fired and ejected flawlessly. When i got the rifle, it had a broken rear sight, and I t...

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I remember my cousin had the problem with a shell jumping under the lifter and jamming an early post 64 model. He traded it off after that for a Marlin. But I believe most of the problems were in the first few years and by the late 60, the post 64's were pretty good. I remember I had one, probably a...

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I remember hunting with a man who carried 6 in an old model Ruger, with it on half cock. I mentioned it to him but he wasn't having any of it. He always carried that way.

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Thank you Gentleman, for the replies. I fixed it, just a few minutes ago. I kept looking at it and taking measurements against a couple of different other Commemoratives from about that same vintage, and shining a light down in there, and I finally figured it out. The floorplate, (that's what I wil...

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Thank you Gentleman, for the replies. I fixed it, just a few minutes ago. I kept looking at it and taking measurements against a couple of different other Commemoratives from about that same vintage, and shining a light down in there, and I finally figured it out. The floorplate, (that's what I will...

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Asking advice regarding the New to me, Winchester Model 94, Oliver Winchester 38/55. But the caliber is not the issue. In an earlier post, I mentioned that I bought an unfired but no box or paperwork, Oliver Winchester off of Gunbroker. Actually, I found it on Gunbroker with a buy it now, and I did ...

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Pat C wrote: ↑Wed Feb 11, 2026 6:33 pm When you load one , skip one, then load four more. You pull the hammer all the way back and de-cock it. This places the hammer on empty chamber.

Yep, that is the way, I learned to do it. Then I will always verify visually afterwards, but that always works for me.

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I noticed that Jim, I guess it fine. Actually, where you mess one up is rolling it to the second notch then letting it back down. I will stay with the old skip one method, because I find it better for me. YESSIR. I agree with you. I am not saying this method is better or that others should do it. I...

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I have only been doing that for 65 years or so. Never have hurt a Colt or a Ruger. You don't see a ring around the cylinder on that gun. I have been shooting it like that for more than 20 years. That particular gun is perfectly timed. There is no way it could be put out of time by what I do. I don'...

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You need to be careful about that doing that, because you can throw the Colt out of time and mark your cylinder . INHO, never roll it backwards. load one, skip one, load four, while you gun is on half cock, then, do not, I mean do not let the hammer back down from half cock. Go ahead and roll onto f...

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Being only a .308, the recoil should never have broken that stock, unless it was defective from the factory, I would think. I read about poor bedding of the tang on some rifles to result in cracked stocks, but usually not catastrophic like that.

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I have owned a few of the reproductions, over the years. If I was to stumble onto an original 30/40 Krag, I would be tempted, if it was in good condition.

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Well, I need to quite buying new stuff, as it tends to get expensive after a while but can't take it with you. I ordered two boxes of the Buffalo Bore loads to get started. And I ordered a Skinner barrel mount sight, yesterday. I just wanted to try the barrel mount out to see if i liked it. I will p...

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When I checked my deer in this past season, I was asked if I used shotgun or rifle, I said rifle, she said Cool! Nothing else. I could have use a howitzer for all they cared. Had the game warden been there it may have been a different story. Deer checkers are mostly students for wildlife biology I ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCohpF1JH5k&t=189s\ I don't know how to post a hot link. But you could copy and paste the above. This is a pretty good, youtube video on the 38/55, that I found very interesting. Worth the listen.' Well, heck, I guess the link is hot after all. I clicked on it and...

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I have a Remington Marlin 45.70 late production for Remington, pretty good gun, but it has that winter lever loop on it, which is slightly bigger than the old Marlins had, and It would bother me a little bit because I would whack the back of my fingers when levering fast on the down stroke. So, I wr...

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Nice looking rifle, I really like those Uberti short rifles. I have one in .357 Mag.

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I think you could argue your way out of the 38-55 "straight wall" debate as its not really a straight wall . It has two very distinct body tapers. It's straight enough to be legal in Illinois. I will probably never get checked anyway, but the case has no defined shoulder, so I think it wo...

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I own several Winchester commemoratives. Except for the John Wayne, they're all pretty good bargains for the shooter, which is possibly the only one that's outpaced inflation. While I have a couple of the carbines, a trapper, the only "rifle" I have is the short rifle version of the '66 C...

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Veeman, it looks like you have a Skinner sight on there. How is it mounted? I had this and both my Browning 1886's D&Ted for these Skinner sights. I don't think they are being produced in this style anymore. I called their shop to get a 2nd one for my 86 src but no go so still on the lookout. I...

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Here's a depressing video for you on the 38-55 commemoratives ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muJ8ohtBtC4 The 80's was just like the 70's but with better marketing. Quality was last on the list. I hope I have better luck with mine. As far as the commemorative's go, I have had very good luck wit...

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When I am hunting, I usually just use a camo type jersey glove, with the fingers cut off at about the big knuckles, leaving the last two digits of the fingers on both hands, uncovered so I can feel the trigger and get a good grip on the wood stocks.

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https://skinnersights.com/products/winchester-94-ae-sight…maybe 415, Ok, I figured it out, it's the sight for the 94 Angle Eject, but for the pre-angle eject rifles, you just have to have it drilled and tapped. I was hoping I could just use the holes on the side of the frame, that are used, when mo...

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<r><QUOTE author="Scott Tschirhart" post_id="1024304" time="1770334639" user_id="90689"><s>[quote="Scott Tschirhart" post_id=1024304 time=1770334639 user_id=90689]</s> From the most recent Gunsite letter. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> I guess I have kind of been a disciple of Jeff Cooper for over 50 years...

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Back about 40 years ago I bought a new in box Legendary Frontiersman from a guy and paid $450 for it. Got the box, papers, and it was all unfired and like new. I kept it 5 years and kept thinking it would grow in value, but also wanted to shoot it too. I refrained from shooting it, but finally deci...

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Check your state regulations for straight wall cartridge lengths. I think it might be too long, and that is why the 360 buckhammer, and other short straight cartridges came out. And don't worry about shooting those commemorative rifles once in a while. It wont hurt the value too much...enjoy it!!! ...

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I went ahead and called the shop who had it on gunbroker before I just hit the buy button. He sold it to me for 1060.00 out the door. No box or paperwork, and the rear sight is broken, which didn't matter to me, as those rear sights on the commemorative's are not very robust and very low quality com...

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There hasn't been a decent halftime show since Jay Lo did it, now several years ago. But it doesn't matter much to me. I don't keep up with football, anyway, never did. I don't even know who's playing.

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I used my Crazy Horse this past season with success! I used Barnes ..377 bullets with 2400 powder. That was the main reason I bought in NIB, new barrel, no bs lawyer safety's. I do wish it had an octagon barrel, the thin round barrel gets purty hot after a few shots. But it shoots great and fun to ...

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That's a nice rifle and a very nice buck. I do have a Buffalo Bill rifle with the octagon barrel in 30/30. It's a good shooter.

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Has anyone on used any of the 38/55 Commemorative Winchesters? I am thinking about buying an Oliver Winchester 38/55 with the 24" octagon barrel. There's 3 or 4 Commemorative models in 38/55. There's the Oliver Winchester, the Crazy Horse, and a Canadian Centennial, maybe another one or two. An...

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I would like to look at one of those Skinner scopes, I have used 99% Leupold's about all of life, with a few others thrown into the mix. The one thing I do like about the Leupold's is the very generous and forgiving eyebox. They usually have a more forgiving eye relief. I have seen some other brands...

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I remember many years ago when I killed a doe two days in row, both head shots, both at approximately 200 yards. Both dead right there. I shot them in the head because I didn't want them to run anywhere, because it would have gotten inconvenient for retrieval very quickly if thay ran a ways. I was s...

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I have an 1898 model 94, just like that one, as best I can tell. It's a pretty good shooter, but most of the bluing is gone. I also had to replace the magazine spring with a new one from Brownell's before it became reliable. But it's very reliable now, and I never hunted with it much, but killed a d...

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I have no doubt that a .22 and especially a .223 won't kill about anything at least in the lower 48 in a pinch, but I still think it a poor choice, and limits one's opportunities at best. Sure, an old timer who is cool headed and waits for the perfect shot, can kill their game with a tiny round. I w...

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I just remembered one time, about 40 years ago, when I was at a shooting match, and we had an after shoot jackpot, where we were shooting bowling pins off of a table. The pins were heavy already full of lead from be shot a lot, and winners were almost exclusively shooting 1911's including myself, bu...

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This discussion comes up from time to time. There are a lot of better options. I would say that you are correct, under most circumstances, but there are exceptions. A good single action is very safe to keep fully loaded, taking into account whether is has a transfer bar safety or an old model Colt ...

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I have about all of the early books written by Elmer Keith, and they are some of favorites. Jack O'Connor also. And I have a book written by Pope of Pope and Young fame, that I really like.

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Looks like Michigan, Indiana, and Iowa are the states that have the 1.8" max case length for straightwall cartridges. If I lived in one of those states, I think the buckhammer would be at the top of my list of options, as I've never been able to warm up to the look or even the idea of an ar st...

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