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by QCI Winchesters
Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Felt Artistic.....
Replies: 17
Views: 1784

Re: Felt Artistic.....

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
Never really got any snow here, you can't really tell in the pictures but it's actually a few degrees below freezing.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Felt Artistic.....
Replies: 17
Views: 1784

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 ...
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Felt Artistic.....
Replies: 17
Views: 1784

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Felt Artistic.....
Replies: 17
Views: 1784

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Movies To Watch: John Wick
Replies: 30
Views: 3445

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!
by QCI Winchesters
Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 94 Transition rifle
Replies: 36
Views: 5950

Re: Winchester 94 Transition rifle

OldWin wrote: Sat Feb 16, 2019 7:35 am All of mine with gumwood are from around 1900 to 1910.
All prior to, and later, are walnut.
If I've learned anything, however, is that there is no absolutes.
I had one from 1904, and another from 1913, both were gumwood, and currently have one from 1910, walnut.
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 1894 versus Winchester 1892
Replies: 9
Views: 3689

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 94 Transition rifle
Replies: 36
Views: 5950

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
Replies: 13
Views: 2787

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
Replies: 13
Views: 2787

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
Replies: 13
Views: 2787

Re: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC

vancelw wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:09 pm Just like the originals, they are COAL sensitive
That is exactly why I use the original loading tool, no fiddling around to get the proper length. Yes, I am lazy.... so shoot me! :lol:
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
Replies: 13
Views: 2787

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester/Miroku 1873 SRC
Replies: 13
Views: 2787

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 1368

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 1368

Re: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester

It sure was a great day, our wedding anniversary, and my Wife wanted to go camping and shooting. :)
by QCI Winchesters
Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 1368

Re: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester

Here you go;
by QCI Winchesters
Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting her Classic Winchester
Replies: 12
Views: 1368

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sometimes living in Canada can be crazy-making
Replies: 13
Views: 2169

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Sun Feb 16, 2014 2:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Really Good Knife
Replies: 1
Views: 667

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 ...
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 351 Winchster ready for deer.
Replies: 9
Views: 1426

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 1907 Forward Sling Eye
Replies: 2
Views: 895

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 1907 Forward Sling Eye
Replies: 2
Views: 895

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?
by QCI Winchesters
Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Farm Boss
Replies: 33
Views: 2986

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Watching High Chaparral reruns......
Replies: 20
Views: 2267

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 ...
by QCI Winchesters
Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you shoulder a gun properly?
Replies: 20
Views: 1664

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!
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
Replies: 14
Views: 1489

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday papabear
Replies: 5
Views: 332

Re: Happy Birthday papabear

Happy birthday, hope you get a big box of guns!
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
Replies: 14
Views: 1489

Re: Wife Shooting Her .22

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
Dungeness crabs, razor clams, butter clams, scallops, Chinook Salmon, Pink salmon, Coho, various trout, rock cod, snappers, etc. etc. ad infinitum.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How often to do a detailed cleaning?
Replies: 5
Views: 681

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you shoulder a gun properly?
Replies: 20
Views: 1664

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!
by QCI Winchesters
Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday QCI Winchesters.
Replies: 6
Views: 398

Re: Happy Birthday QCI Winchesters.

Thanks for the Happy Birthdays, guys! It was a great day!
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
Replies: 14
Views: 1489

Re: Wife Shooting Her .22

It sure is nice, KirkD, especially after having that awful flu last month.
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
Replies: 14
Views: 1489

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
Replies: 14
Views: 1489

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wife Shooting Her .22
Replies: 14
Views: 1489

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hello Everyone! My first New Commercial Lever Gun Purchase!
Replies: 59
Views: 5256

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wild Kingdom experience just now
Replies: 34
Views: 2886

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. ...
by QCI Winchesters
Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: for the technically minded: straight stock conversion
Replies: 4
Views: 847

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Get the Lead out of your bore
Replies: 18
Views: 1933

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Get the Lead out of your bore
Replies: 18
Views: 1933

Re: Get the Lead out of your bore

Mescalero wrote:QCI,
:shock: dumping it out ........where?
Seems like extreme measures.
Down the kitchen sink drain, obviously! A little lead and mercury never harmed anything..... much... :P
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Get the Lead out of your bore
Replies: 18
Views: 1933

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who manufactured this .22?
Replies: 17
Views: 1360

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who manufactured this .22?
Replies: 17
Views: 1360

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who manufactured this .22?
Replies: 17
Views: 1360

Re: Who manufactured this .22?

Cooey, made in Canada. Lots of them around here.
by QCI Winchesters
Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Finally... A Levergun "Combo"
Replies: 5
Views: 963

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Neighbor's daughter fires first shot with a lever
Replies: 7
Views: 760

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.
by QCI Winchesters
Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
Replies: 26
Views: 2230

Re: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do

Thanks, I enjoy sharing them.
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
Replies: 26
Views: 2230

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 ...
by QCI Winchesters
Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Battle Rifle" still needed
Replies: 51
Views: 5942

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...
by QCI Winchesters
Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do
Replies: 26
Views: 2230

Re: Sure Blessed to Live Where we Do

Something slimy on the beach, dried out jellyfish.