Never really got any snow here, you can't really tell in the pictures but it's actually a few degrees below freezing.3leggedturtle wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:19 pm Nice, thanks for the pics. We still have 3 feet of snow cover in North central MN. Todd/3leg
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- Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Felt Artistic.....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1814
Re: Felt Artistic.....
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Felt Artistic.....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1814
Re: Felt Artistic.....
I hope he married a pretty French girl, instead of dying in the trenches. I hope so too, I have been researching all of the old cabins I find, by who occupied the property, then finding their war record. So depressing. :cry: Vast majority were either killed or badly maimed, like lost limbs etc. We ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Felt Artistic.....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1814
Re: Felt Artistic.....
A few more from last week, I climbed a hill and found an old cabin from a century ago. Pretty big one, about 25 feet long by about 14 wide. I don't think it was completed before the builder left for WW1, because his firewood wasn't even used, and I could find no sign of a well.
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Felt Artistic.....
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- Views: 1814
Felt Artistic.....
I was walking an old pioneer wagon road and took a side trip into this bog. Had to take a picture with my Winchester and my hat! The little trees grow in pools of stagnant water, and some of them die.
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Movies To Watch: John Wick
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3596
Re: Movies To Watch: John Wick
I just watched "The Domestics" with Kate Bosworth, lots of cool guns including a BREN of all things! Near the end she uses a Henry (Big Boy?) A good example of why a Henry wouldn't be my top pick, with that goofy .22 style mag tube!
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 94 Transition rifle
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6098
Re: Winchester 94 Transition rifle
I had one from 1904, and another from 1913, both were gumwood, and currently have one from 1910, walnut.
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 1894 versus Winchester 1892
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3741
Re: Marlin 1894 versus Winchester 1892
I have always been a Winchester fan, but in this case I think it's comparing apples to apples. Both are excellent rifles, I have had .32WCF's in a Winchester 1892, 1873, and an old Marlin 1894. I loved all of them, all were accurate. Only one I still have is the 1892.... But it was a case of "e...
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 94 Transition rifle
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6098
Re: Winchester 94 Transition rifle
Also, remember that Winchester used the same butt with carbine buttplate on the 1892 carbine, 1895 carbine, and 1895 and 92 muskets. A possible source for carbine butts would me those left over from the end of 1895 carbine production, but all I have seen were walnut.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2865
Re: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
[/quote] That safety is to make sure you can't fire out of battery, an important feature with the toggle link system. [/quote] I had no intention of removing the safety, but the way Miroku has it set up (Uberti too) is wrong. The trigger stop is supposed to be deactivated as the lever closes, the le...
- Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2865
Re: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
I have an original that the bore slugs .431 so I bought the Miroku hoping for a tighter bore but alas, same size! Forgot to say it's a 44 WCF. I agree it's a very slick action but when I backed off the lever and lifter springs it got a lot better. Also, I thinned the lever safety spring way down so...
- Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2865
- Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2865
Re: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
"Nice setup! I wish they'd make a trapper in 38wcf to go with my old colt."
I hope they DON'T! I would have to have one, and I can't afford it...
I hope they DON'T! I would have to have one, and I can't afford it...
- Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2865
Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
Always wanted a '73 carbine, and I finally bit the bullet and bought this Miroku/Winchester. I am really happy with it! I loaded up a few rounds using my original Winchester loading tool, using jacketed bullets, since I don't have a mould as yet.... Hope to get one soon. Really smooth action, it's a...
- Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1376
Re: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
BTW, the 1904's are very cute little guns. A friend had one back when I was a kid, it was his grandfathers gun. I've heard they were best not used with high velocity ammo to help them live longer, I don't know if that's true. Would be a really fun gun to plink with.[/quote] This one only gets SV .22...
- Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1376
Re: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
It sure was a great day, our wedding anniversary, and my Wife wanted to go camping and shooting.
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1376
Re: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
Here you go;
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1376
Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
Here is my wife, enjoying her Winchester Model 1904. She sure loves that little rifle! It is a pre-1914 built piece, but has a near mint bore. http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q741/QCIWinchesters/IMG_4339_zps02559d5d.jpg http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q741/QCIWinchesters/IMG_4337_zps28858b8c...
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes living in Canada can be crazy-making
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2182
Re: Sometimes living in Canada can be crazy-making
Not just the rifles, also a bunch of antique status revolvers got reclassified as restricted and prohibited. Scary to think what is next, with the RCMP off on a power trip. I would not be surprised if they restrict the SKS.
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 2:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Really Good Knife
- Replies: 1
- Views: 671
A Really Good Knife
If anyone needs a good knife for camping, you can't go wrong with Condor's Hudson Bay Knife. I have had mine for about 5 years now, and it has been used to split most of the kindling for the stove. On beach trips, it has cut all of our kindling, hot dog sticks, etc. Just a really handy tool, and it ...
- Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 351 Winchster ready for deer.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1432
Re: 351 Winchster ready for deer.
I have a bunch of the 180gr. GRAF bullets, and I am trying to find starting loads for IMR 4227 or Alliant 2400. Any ideas, guys? I don't have any loading manuals old enough to cover the .351, I guess.
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 1907 Forward Sling Eye
- Replies: 2
- Views: 899
Re: Winchester 1907 Forward Sling Eye
Oh... that sucks, I guess I will just live with the empty hole. I was hoping it was held with a nut or something. I don't even know how to get the forearm tip off! Oh, well, thank you Mike for your reply, probably saved me from buying a used one that won't work.
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 1907 Forward Sling Eye
- Replies: 2
- Views: 899
Winchester 1907 Forward Sling Eye
My 1907 has a factory sling eye on the butt, and an empty hole in the forearm cap. I have never had a Winchester with the sling eyes before, how does it attach? With a nut? Would it be the same one as on a lever action?
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Farm Boss
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3040
Re: New Farm Boss
I have three Stihls, an ancient 08S, an 070, and a modern MS170. None of them have ever let me down, not even the 08S from 1969. That thing was a company saw and had a hard life before I got it.
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Watching High Chaparral reruns......
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2293
Re: Watching High Chaparral reruns......
That was a strange series, the finale was really random and confusing. Johnny Ringo was another one, where Case, the storekeeper, was killed in one episode, then alive the next. You can spot lots of mistakes in the older TV shows. A few episodes of "Combat" showed 1960's cars driving on a ...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you shoulder a gun properly?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1685
Re: Do you shoulder a gun properly?
A really common error is having the weak arm elbow too far to one side, it should be right under the gun. I see lots of people shooting rifles that hold them like they were shotguns. Also, 90% of people seem to hold the crescent buttplates wrong. KirkD has it right!
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1499
Re: Wife Shooting Her .22
QCI Winchesters wrote "It sure is nice, KirkD, especially after having that awful flu last month." I haven't posted about it, but the Wife and I both have had the Flu this year it took about 3 weeks to get back to normal. We are both pushing 60 and it's NO FUN. I would Advise everyone ove...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday papabear
- Replies: 5
- Views: 335
Re: Happy Birthday papabear
Happy birthday, hope you get a big box of guns!
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1499
Re: Wife Shooting Her .22
Dungeness crabs, razor clams, butter clams, scallops, Chinook Salmon, Pink salmon, Coho, various trout, rock cod, snappers, etc. etc. ad infinitum.SteveR wrote:Oh, thats like 51F, still to cold for me, lol.
What kind of seafood do you have there? Clams? What type of fish?
Thanks,
Steve
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How often to do a detailed cleaning?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 692
Re: How often to do a detailed cleaning?
Not very often, I think maybe once a decade might be okay. Even my SAA that gets shot almost exclusively with black powder, only gets detail stripped once a year. Sometimes it is pretty dirty inside, but the fouling has never done any harm. Same with my '73, I used to detail strip it yearly, but the...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you shoulder a gun properly?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1685
Re: Do you shoulder a gun properly?
It seems that lots of girls have trouble holding the rifle butt right on the shoulder. This girl holds the 03A3 the same way my wife shoots. Lots of girls that come to our shoots hold rifles the same way. You would think the '06 would hurt with so little of the butt on her shoulder!
- Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday QCI Winchesters.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 401
Re: Happy Birthday QCI Winchesters.
Thanks for the Happy Birthdays, guys! It was a great day!
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1499
Re: Wife Shooting Her .22
It sure is nice, KirkD, especially after having that awful flu last month.
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1499
Re: Wife Shooting Her .22
Bare feet? Isn't to cold for that this time of year??? Nice to see that both of you enjoying yourselves with a very nice old rifle. Steve It was 11 degrees Celsius, they don't call it the Hawaii of Canada for nothing. But yeah, my wife is pretty tough, she goes barefoot almost 10 months of the year.
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1499
Re: Wife Shooting Her .22
I should mention, we did not throw trash on the beach to shoot at. That is tsunami debris from Japan. The government pays hippies $100 a day to clean it up every couple of months. The plastic bottle, she hit it first try at 70 yards, but it did not burst like she was used to with .22LR! Just poked a...
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1499
Wife Shooting Her .22
I got my wife this Winchester 1902 for Christmas, she is deadly with it. We only use CB's in it. Beautiful day here today, the pics were taken between 4 and 5pm.
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hello Everyone! My first New Commercial Lever Gun Purchase!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5381
Re: Hello Everyone! My first New Commercial Lever Gun Purcha
Nice collection! I have only bought one new lever gun in my life, a Marlin 1895 Cowboy .45-70. What a disappointment! I sold it soon after and bought an 1892 .38WCF.
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wild Kingdom experience just now
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2946
Re: Wild Kingdom experience just now
Last year, I heard a whole bunch of quacking, wondered what the heck was going on. Couple of eagles had ganged up on the two resident mallard families. They live in the slough by our house. Blasted things picked off almost the whole flock, then ate the parents after most of the ducklings were gone. ...
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: for the technically minded: straight stock conversion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 850
Re: for the technically minded: straight stock conversion
Very nice outcome! I prefer straight grip stocks. I plan to eventually straight grip my 71, and get rid of the front ramp, which I also don't like. I think it will be a copy of the tiny ramp used on the extra-light rifles in various calibers and models. Would like to chop 2" from the barrel al...
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Get the Lead out of your bore
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1954
Re: Get the Lead out of your bore
The mercury thing came out of several old, old books. It must have worked, they say the mercury amalgamated with the lead, removing it from the steel. Never tried it, though, don't like keeping mercury around! I have used fine steel wool soaked in Hoppe's #9 with good success. Also used the wire gau...
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Get the Lead out of your bore
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1954
Re: Get the Lead out of your bore
Down the kitchen sink drain, obviously! A little lead and mercury never harmed anything..... much...Mescalero wrote:QCI,
dumping it out ........where?
Seems like extreme measures.
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Get the Lead out of your bore
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1954
Re: Get the Lead out of your bore
I heard that corking up the barrel and pouring in some mercury, tipping it back and forth a few times, and dumping it, will get rid of the lead.
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who manufactured this .22?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1366
Re: Who manufactured this .22?
I get at least a couple a year, brought to me by owners that lost the bolt knob. It unscrews! Can never find replacements.
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who manufactured this .22?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1366
Re: Who manufactured this .22?
I just can't remember, now, who sold them. Eaton's, or Sears. An old guy that had one here told me Eaton's sold them, he remembered buying it from them. Just can't recall the info I dug up on them. They shoot really good.
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who manufactured this .22?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1366
Re: Who manufactured this .22?
Cooey, made in Canada. Lots of them around here.
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Finally... A Levergun "Combo"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 967
Re: Finally... A Levergun "Combo"
All .38WCF. I have a 94/22M and Ruger Single Six .22 Mag, too. The early one with fluted cylinder and no LR cylinder.
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Neighbor's daughter fires first shot with a lever
- Replies: 7
- Views: 766
Re: Neighbor's daughter fires first shot with a lever
Girls seem to catch on pretty fast, my wife had never shot anything before she met me, and in 15 minutes she was hitting everything she aimed at with my 94/22.
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2260
Re: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
Thanks, I enjoy sharing them.
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2260
Re: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
Looks like a great place to enjoy life!!!!! Do you work in the Timber? ollogger I used to, and I grew up in a logging camp and spent the first 28 years of my life there. No more though, too much BS in the industry, and the guy with the brownest nose gets to the top. Totally changed from when I was ...
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Battle Rifle" still needed
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6136
Re: "Battle Rifle" still needed
My battle rifle is a Lee Enfield No.5. I own it as a piece of Canadian history. We are not allowed to carry semi-auto battle rifles or assault rifles generally except at approved ranges with restricted PAL certficates. They are also limited to 5 shot mags. To me the leveraction 94, 92, or 336 are t...
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2260
Re: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
Something slimy on the beach, dried out jellyfish.