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Black powder will usually bump up an undersize bullet, but some of them commercial cast bullets are to danged hard, and don't bump up at all. Lots of old rifles need soft bullets and BP, because a bullet big enough to fill the rifling often won't chamber. I had that problem with a .38-55, which shoo...

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I wonder why it ended up down there.... Shooting kangaroos?

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The .32-40 must be one of the rarest calibres in the 1894, I have only ever held one. The carbine in that calibre is nearly impossible to find in Canada.

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I don't think a modern 1895 carrier would work, as the so-called "1895" is really just a 336. The old 1895 is quite a bit longer and wider. I know the ejector will interchange, but everything else looked bigger to me.

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I live right below Alaska on the Queen Charlotte Islands, we can actually see some of the Alaskan islands from the beach. I have never run out of things to do and see, but I constantly hear from people my age and younger "there's nothing for me here!" "it's so limiting!" "Th...

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Sixgun is right, sometimes an old gun is best left as a parts donor to resurrect other guns. Years ago, I bought an old Winchester 1894 round barrel rifle for $100. It had been owned by Indians on a fishing boat, and was a real basket case. Sewer pipe bore, and everything was rusted and pitted. Howe...

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I have sometimes wondered about the quality of old time Marlins, the ones I find always have broken wood, and often multiple broken parts. The 1895 I had even had a broken tang, it was all welded up. Saw an 1893 where the whole receiver was cracked, too. Remains of another 95 had the mag tube torn o...

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ollogger wrote:Them guys take a good pix, id say real deal!!!!!!!!!
the 92 doesn't fit with 1880s thou

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Sorta like the picture of "Jesse James" and his gang by the cave, where there is a big 1886 in the picture? (Jesse was dust by the time the '86 came out, LOL)

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I would get an old Weaver K3 or K4, and period mounts.

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There was an outfit on line that sold them, try googling "vintage Marlin stocks" and it might turn up. I had an 1895 that I wanted wood for, but mine had a shotgun butt, and they only had crescents.

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No idea, but don't see why it wouldn't be safe in your '86. The 1886 is pretty sturdy, and any cowboy ammo is usually pretty mild.

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An old friend who was in the RCAF told me the Russel knives were the worst thing knife ever. Never owned one, myself, though.

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Awesome! I have shot some deer with my old Winchesters, but never got the opportunity to try my '73 on one.... yet... The most modern rifle I have used for hunting in recent years would be my 1895 in .303 Brit. I have very little interest in modern rifles anymore, they are so boring.

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Throw in my 2 cents; I have carried my old 1918 vintage .32WCF on dozens of adventures, and shot at least 40 raccoons with it. I have only ever used the Winchester factory load, or my own loads with FFG and 115gr. cast bullets. I did experiment with the lighter bullets early on, but was not impresse...

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If any of the wood is loose, it will affect accuracy, but in my experience, the fit of the buttstock is the most important. I have had to shim up several of them, especially old Winchesters that hung over the fireplace for years. The wood dries out and shrinks quite a bit. I have also soaked wood ov...

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I have handled 26" 1894's in both round and octagon barrels, and the octagon in the same calibre does seem a bit heavier in the muzzle. The nicest balanced 1894 I have held was a .30WCF calibre with 24" octagon barrel. It was an original, too, not cut down. The blighter that owned sent it ...

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If you get vertical stringing from a Winchester, be it a 92, 94, 95, or whatever.... Check the fit of the buttstock between the upper and lower tangs. Sometimes, adding some shims under the upper tang tightens up the shooting quite a bit. A loose butt can throw shots waay high at even 100 yards.

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It always amazed me that Winchester sold more octagon rifles than round ones, as their octagon rifles are noticeably heavier than the round rifles. The round rifle is more practical, in my opinion. I guess with the older Marlins, the opposite would be true!

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I had a 14 1/2 in .44-40, they are pretty neat. Mine had Canadian Government proofs on it, probably a prison guard gun.

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Yes indeed, another nice lever gun picture...

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My BP guns get cleaned with plain hot water, no need for soap. Or some really cheap window cleaner that I paid a buck for, if the gun is really bad. Usually two wet patches, then dry and oil with 3-in-1. On my other rifles, Hoppe's #9 and 3-in-1. On some really badly fouled rifles I use Butch's Bore...

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Here is another nice pic, that includes a lever gun;

http://www.sherwinshootingsports.com/im ... -600-1.jpg

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The tension in the slider is easily fixed. Simply remove the slider, and carefully pinch the sides together. Reassemble the sight and it will be tight again. I must be lucky, I have only had to adjust the windage on one of my old Winchesters, and they eat handloads almost exclusively.

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Have you tried it at all with the factory sights? Most old Winchesters that I have owned, have been pretty much on target, and only a few needed minor adjustments. Do you have the ladder rear sight? If so, stand up the ladder, and you can adjust elevation that way. Marbles used to sell a short carbi...

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The shimming business on tang sights is not very satisfactory, unless you confine your shooting to one distance, say, 100 yards. If your sight is not level, any elevation adjustment will also be a windage adjustment.

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If your carbine is the older pre-WW2 type with the old style front sight, you will want the windage adjustable tang sight. Unless you are so lucky that windage lines up perfectly with the standard one, which is highly unlikely....

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.38WCF is one of my favourite calibres, I shoot an original '73 from 1890, and a '92 from 1907, along with a Colt New Service 7 1/2". I use the old Lyman bullet over 38gr. FFG, but found that the rifles needed a thin grease cookie under the bullet to provide additional lube. The revolver was fi...

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My cousin got one just like it in .45 Colt, the blighter won't sell it to me.

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Tang sights are not the best option for carbines, unless you get a windage adjustable one. The older carbines have a fixed front sight, so no windage there. The old advice "shim the tang sight base" for windage does not really work. If the base is shimmed, every elevation adjustment moves ...

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mod71alaska wrote:Hearty Congratulations! She's a beautiful bride!

Did you give her a Winchester for a wedding present???

Naaa, she shares my 94/22.

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Married my lovely Stephanie last Saturday, here I am carrying her through a downpour. We got soaked!

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Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

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I have done a few with bake on BBQ paint for my customers, stands up pretty well.

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I recall an auction fairly recently of a Winchester collectors estate sale. One of the items he had was a crate of 10 Winchester 94 SRC's unissued and still with all their original tags and bindings. They were in pristine condition looking like they had just left the Winchester factory the day befo...

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When my Uncles arrived in England in the early war with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, the Loyal Eddies, they marched in view of the German spotters in France. My favorite Uncle told me they didn't have enough rifles for live fire and marching in formation. They carried broom handles! To quote, the s...

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My favourite is the GM 6-71, I took this video about 12-13 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lKMcjvNkTs

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Hobie wrote:
QCI Winchesters wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Women ... rifles.jpg

Looks like Model 70's?
M1 Carbines is what I believe the original caption said...

Would M1 carbines be in boxes like that? I would think they would be in plain boxes.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Women ... rifles.jpg

Looks like Model 70's?

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Later on we shot some moon snail shells, and some big clam shells. It took three shots to penetrate a moon snail, two of the bullets actually left a lead smear on the shell!

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So, my fiance was shooting my 77/22 today, with some CB longs. Her target was a discarded whiskey bottle. At 50ft. I was sure that I heard two "tinks" on the bottle, and I was SURE I saw it move, yet there it stood, unharmed! :( I had her fire again, while I watched closely with my binocul...

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You know, from the time I was 15, living in an isolated logging camp, I carried an old SMLE .303 everywhere I went, due to the rather cranky bears that lived in the neighbourhood. Still carry a rifle whenever I go outdoors today. Nobody ever seemed to care. Even when going to the beach here, I carry...

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One of my favourite calibres of all time, I had both a '73 and a '92. Still regret selling the '73. :( I have killed dozens of raccoons with my old '92, the 115gr. lead bullet stops even the biggest coons with a centre hit. The .32WCF is also one of the best rounds for use with black powder. I attri...

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Where abouts are you on Queen Charlotte? I see a cluster on the southern outside coast, and another clatter inland close to Prince Rupert. The line of quakes outside of QCI looks to be on the Cascadia fault, is that correct? I am in Puget Sound and we aren't getting anything we can feel yet, not li...

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After the 7.8 in October the ground has been shaking pretty much non stop. Had to abandon ship twice in three months due to tsunami alerts. Some aftershocks have been over magnitude 6, most are about 3 or so. I think they said over 10,000 aftershocks since October. The 7.8 was the first quake that a...

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We had a 7.8 up here last October, and another 7.0 in January, I think it was. Put some nice cracks in the wall and knocked some things over.

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I have a Destroyer, one of my favourite rifles for poking around in the woods. Two interesting things happened whilst carrying it. I managed to kill a raccoon at something around 300 yards with it. The coon was just a speck, digging clams on the beach on the other side of a river. I couldn't get clo...

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336 Cowboy

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Here she is....

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Sitting here tonight on the net, while my lovely fiance loads black powder .38WCF rounds, with an original Winchester loading tool. She cast the bullets herself, too, this morning with my Lyman mould!

Think I picked a keeper, for sure!

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Nice looking rifles! Neat history. “The Winchester Model ’94 played a very important role in the defense of Canada’s west coast during the Pacific conflict of WW2.” For those that may not know, 3,000 Winchester M 94's in .30 W.C.F. chambering, were purchased for the PCMR (Pacific Coast Militia Rang...

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