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I've been a non hunter for a long time, but do own an original Deluxe model 71, low 4,000 serial number, mint condition. I was always impressed so much with the way the 200 grainer Winchesters tipped over an elk in Oregon, that I purchased, over a few years, 60 boxes of ammo, have 750 new Winchester...

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A little persistence pays off---glad you got a nice reward for your patience too.

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Thanks again guys, been off Leverguns awhile, came back, and you all gave me your time and concerns, I appreciate it. I did buy a Colt today. 6920 LE MPG-B, it will come from Davidson's, and get it Wednesday this week. I hope the disease of AR's is more treatable than the levergun variety of disease...

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Just as I figured---you guys gave me a lot to think about, and it's appreciated. Probably will get a LMT---just because my neighbor bud sells them and he does not rob me on stuff. The rifle will be for plinking and amusement mostly, I'm a collector and acquirer more than a hard core shooting enthusi...

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I've got many levers--love them all, but I have strayed just a bit, and would appreciate you guys giving me free info. I want a .223 AR. I can spend up to a grand or so, maybe 1100. I think I want a Colt---maybe it's just the name. My FFL neighbor wants me to buy a LMT (Lewis Machine Tool) AR, son-i...

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You guys are the encyclopedia of guns as I see it------Did Smith & Wesson make a particular model 6 gun in .38 special but built on an N frame? If you know the model number let me know. It might not exist.

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Steve----you didn't just buy a shootin iron, you also made a great investment. You will have pride in that rifle all the rest of your life. I'm glad for you.

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I knew my Levergun friends would offer good stuff to think about. I'll let you know what I get----may go ahead and repeat on the 870 like I already own, keeping everything familiar. That Winchester SXP is nice too, in fact all the suggestions look plenty ok for the intended purpose. Thanks, I'll get...

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You guys are full of good advise--- I have an 18.5 inch Remington 870 tactical shotgun--one of those all black babies that looks scary and mean, holds 6 in the mag and one in the chamber. They make the same gun that holds 4 in the mag, but mine is a 6 capacity. I want to get another similar gun, onl...

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Getting a "baby" like that is enough to make a grown man shed a tear griff-----

happy for you indeed! Nice one.

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I've got # 4079. My dad bought it like new from Howard Hill in 1945, the famous archer of the 50's, actually it was Howards son-in-law. Dad gave it to me in 1962, 50 years ago now. It's killed many mule deer, one elk in Oregon in the Coast range. No man can buy the rifle from me, nor would I sell th...

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I always wondered how the threshers didn't get a good fire started in the wheat field in the dry of summer and burn up everything. They must have cleared off a space. Those guys worked for pennies a day doing some hard old serious work, yet they got by somehow.

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I had to smile at this article and also to several of you levergunners comments. I too am guilty of not appreciating the 30-30. For years I lived in Oregon and hunted elk and deer. I firmly belived that even the 30-06 was way too little cartridge to seriousely kill. If it wasn't a 405 grain 45-70, a...

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Congrats on the new .44 Fred. I have the bright stainless 7 1/2 inch "old" 44 mag Vaquero, most accurate of all my handguns. I also bought 4 5/8 "old" blue model Vaquero in .45, still unfired. Take a look at the .41 "Hunter" model, it comes in .45 and .44 also, really n...

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My Model 71 is # 40XX, long tang deluxe. It too was mistreated in that it had a side mounted scope my dad put on when he acquired it in 1945 from a friend who bought it new in 1936. I had those mounting holes filled, and the gun re-blued when I inherited it in 1962, big mistake. Truth is, your gun h...

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Bound to be many heads roll, but yours may just roll into a very sweet spot. I hope it will anyhow. Prayers sent, and good luck.

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I have a 7 1/2 inch Blackhawk .357 that I resally like. It's a blue one, and is exactly as mentioned---a serious shooter but not a punisher. My other several Rugers are 45's and 44's, the 44's do punish a bit, but still enjoyale arms to own.

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Jay, got a rich son-in-law that places 5,000 dollar orders sometimes for a pallet of powder, primers, bullets etc, shot gun shot and so on. Some distributor he knows really likes him, and seems to just cut him all sorts of slack due to quantity buying, and this has gone on for awhile now. About 2 ye...

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Today I treated myself to some ammo, figured it was not going to hurt to beef up inventory a bit. No sales tax, no delivery charge---Got some American Eagle .357 158 grainers for 19.80 a box of 50, got some more in same brand 44 mags, 240 grainers at 33.50 a box of 50. Don't figure I got ripped too ...

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Back in about 1986 or so, those 71 Brownings came out, I got a standard grade 24 incher. Then, after getting married again in 1995, my bride bought a new unfired carbine in same, the wood was virtually identical to the first. Finally, in 2006, I got a heck of a deal on two unfired hi-grades in rifle...

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I can well imagine that you are a "giver" yourself. Good things come back when you invest once in awhile to some one elses good fortune. This was a good score for you, good news to hear.

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Always happy to hear of a fellow gunner who lucked out and got something really good for a fair price. Good on you Steve.

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Probably no need to worry about why someone sold this rifle, plenty of us have done that, and regretted it later. I have a 94 Win, that I paid 115 bucks for at a gun show in Salem, Oregon in 1985. It is like chrome, no blueing left at all, and the wood is plenty worn. Shoots like a dream, and is act...

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Amazing how some in this world have tried to put a guilt trip on someone for setting down with a knife and fork to eat a chunk of cow meat. I don't know how long I could live if I had never tasted beef, but at 65 I'm still looking to grill a big T-Bone soon, despite Pita.

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Ted is one of a dying breed, not many stars and celebs like him that I know of. One incident of him killing a deer, that could easily have been done in ignorance of law, is not enough for me to throw him in a trash can. When I compare this act, to about at least 100 politicians in Washington who are...

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Kirk, I'm not so interested in your birthday today, as I am in the fact that you simply have many----many, more b-days in the future. What are you now?, about 90?, looks like you might have decades left

All the best to you, happy day too!!

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I have always shot the 405 grain Remingtons, 1300 feet per second I think it is. I hope I need not start worrying that I'm a dangerous man afield with that, or at a range, got 3 different ones that havn't blown up so far. You see this stuff and it makes you wonder.

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Had a raccoon tearing up my corn patch couple nights ago. One of those will fall pretty easy to a regular old .22 long rifle, pretty shocking it has that much power.

Guess we will eat some corn about Friday night, peaches and cream. Sorry raccoon.

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Just a suggestion: Any of you CDL drivers that can drive anything, why not consider tankers? Many times a local oil company has work up the rear end, and need a transport driver that is dependable and will work long hours. I drove fuel wagons 42 years, never saw a poor day, tankers don't work 8 till...

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I've paid dues and been an annual member for 25 years at least. Earlier this spring, well after I had turned 65, I upgraded to Life, and they did credit me for 5 years paid ahead, which I thought was ok. I have never been against high salaries, if the employee does superb work, and gets things done ...

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A little off topic, but maybe some could help. I loaned my daughters boy friend one of my 336's (big mistake). When I got it back the sling was gone and the rear sling swivel was missing. I now have a hole in the butt stock where the sling use to attach. How do I fix it. Do I just buy a piece of do...

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You want to be a little different in the woods and that's understandable enough. In all my years in Oregon, only one time did I walk up on another hunter who was carrying an original .348 Win. I had mine that day and the other guy was a little surprised as I was. If open sights still work for you, t...

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Here in Kansas where I'm at near Abilene, we got maybe 2 or 3 inches, but somehow on the open wheat fields all around my hose it blows and dumps on our road off the farm. Had to remove a biunch of snow Sunday just to drive out of here, almost bare everywhere else. Good exercise I guess.

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I'm surprised that no one tossed a wet cat into a micro-wave to dry it off?

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Now that's what I would call "real" climate change. Where's Al Gore when you need him to shovel snow?

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Is self nominating allowed? http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo262/sda1969/skydiving%204-5-09/skydiving4-5-09007-1.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo262/sda1969/huntingtripfeb2009054.jpg Huntress, I agree with Hobie, I believe you are the real McCoy. That smile advertises who you are, a re...

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I guess for me, I will not drill any holes in rifles. I have a new Win 86 TD that I bought on this forum, and 2 Browning 86's, all 4 model 71 Brownings and a long tang deluxe 71. No way would I drill holes, I'm boring with those guns and have no guts to modify, I like them as is, a lot. I have a Bro...

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Guys like your son are simply the best the country has. I'm glad for you, and for him, that he is home safe now.

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Up until about 2 years ago, I had a streak of buying fever such as you describe. I got over it pretty good with abstinence and locking myself in a closet at times. But gun bug, which is like a mosquito bite in comparison, got took over by a bite that's like a crocodile bite when I started looking at...

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I lived in the Cascades of Oregon for 20 years, had access to Old Growth Doug Fir. I've burned Madrone, Oak, Ash, Chinquapin, Cedar, Pine, Alder, Dogwood, and maybe a few more. Of all my favorites, I prefer old growth Douglas Fir, I'm speaking of a tree that was 50 inches at the stump. It's very sol...

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A woman such as you describe is priceless and virtually impossible to even remotely replace. I am touched by your heartfelt and detailed words of your feelings for the relationship you had with her. AJ spoke of the twinkle in her eye, such a sign of positive attitude she must have had, obviousely sh...

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propane furnace in the country of Kansas. But Im considering buying and putting an outdoors wood stove boiler. 400 gallons of water at 180 degrees, circulating through underground insulated pipes and through a heat exchanger on the forced air furnace. They are neat installations, only load wood in t...

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Without giving away all your secrets, has anyone in their meditations thought of an ideal and dry and safe hiding place to leave valuables---that no one on earth would likely find by just quick searching? Hate the thoughts of burying stuff, so that even I can't find it, and if it's buried it is not ...

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My bride is a Judy as well, and she has bought me a couple or three of my most treasured pieces. It'll keep Terry, she just may have a very nice reward in store for you for your patience.

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I called the NRA on Monday the 14th. Got a "Life" for 375 bucks, I'm 65, and they even credited me back 100 bucks for the years I was paid ahead on annual membership. I was paid till Feb 2015, and they do offer right now 5 years for 100 dollars, so they made the total owed 275 dollars, whi...

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I know your pain. I bought a brand new Dodge HD 1/2 ton in 1967. 318 engine, 3 speed column, radio, heater, 8 ply tires were on it from the factory, and a nice rear bumper for towing. Out the door new for 2660 bucks including sales tax in Downey, California. I had a 2 year contract to pay it off, I ...

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Joe, you gave us good news here, now go on and tell us shortly how you moved to Arizona or some such place to your liking and found a great job you enjoy, you can do it brother.

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A "bad day" doing what you were doing, is still pretty good----compared to a lot of things. Just look at the kind of day the Democrats of New Jersey and Virginia had yesterday, real bad for them. Count your blessings!! You'll be back, and win next time.

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My inlaws lived at Kelseyville, California out on 12 acres far from town. We were eating breakfast on their screened in back porch when a wood pecker started hammering the side of the house. Wifes dad said, go shoot that darned woodpecker before he destroys the house. When I opened the back screen d...

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You need to figure a way to filter that beer after the experiment is over, seems like a waste. Maybe drink the beer first, fill the bottles back up with Mountain Dew, it looks like beer, no one will know

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